Helma Sawatzky

Education

2009 MA in Communication, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
2009 BFA in Visual Arts & Photography Emily Carr University, Vancouver
2000 - 2002 Desktop Publishing Associate Certificate —With Honours, BC Institute of Technology, Burnaby
1996 - 1997 Management Development for Residential Settings Certificate, Justice Institute of British
Columbia
1986 - 1992 BMus in Music Education & Contemporary Voice, Stedelijk Conservatorium, Groningen,
The Netherlands

Group Exhibitions

2010 Winter, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
2010 Surrey Art Gallery. Arts 2010. Surrey BC, Canada (juried exhibition, second prize)
2009 Elliott Louis Gallery. Emergence 2009: The Unexpected and Unpredictable. Vancouver
2009 Surrey Art Gallery. Arts 2009. Surrey BC, Canada (juried exhibition, first prize)
2009 Winsor Gallery. Emily Carr University Award Winners. Vancouver BC, Canada
2009 Surrey Art Gallery. Earth Matters. Surrey BC, Canada (juried exhibition, third prize)
2008 Concourse Gallery. Mixed Messages. Vancouver BC, Canada
2007 Concourse Gallery. RED. Vancouver BC, Canada
2007 A Rocha Field Study Centre. Created Life 2007. White Rock BC, Canada
2006 A Rocha Field Study Centre. Created Life 2006. White Rock BC, Canada

Awards

2010 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Graduate Scholarship
2009 The Governor General’s Academic Medal 2008 – 2009
2008 Alvin Balkind Memorial Scholarship
2007 Emily Carr Institute Achievement Scholarship
2007 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Student Scholarship Award
2006 Datatel Scholars Foundation Scholarship