EDUCATION

2017–2019: Master of Fine Arts (Painting), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, NS

2010–2015: Bachelor of Arts: Double Honours (Art History and Studio Art), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023: Evolving Palate, Art Mûr, Montréal, QC

2020: Square Appetites, Neutral Ground, Regina, SK

2020: On the Table, BAM Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2019: Taste Test, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

2015: Femineering, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024: Entrelacs, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montréal, QC

2024: Chroma, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montréal, QC

2023: Indeterminate Limits, School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

2020: Pending Install, BioFeedback Collective, www.biofeedbackcollective.com (online VR exhibition)

2019: The Politics of Too Many Dinner Parties, Inverness County Centre for Arts, Inverness, NS 

2019: Cabinet of Curiosities, BAM Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2018: Fresh Paint / New Construction – 14th edition, Art Mûr, Montréal, QC

2018: Came From Water, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK + Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

2017: Ladder Training, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

2016: Immersive Environments, AKA Artist Run, Saskatoon, SK

2015: Reunited, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2015: Peep, BAM Gallery, Nuit Blanche, Saskatoon, SK

SELECTED WRITING + PUBLICATIONS

2024: “Material Conversations,” essay and artwork, Surface, BlackFlash Magazine Issue 41.1 (Spring 2024)

2023: “First We Eat: The Shared History of Food, Paint, and Consumerism,” essay and artwork, Food, SNAPline Magazine Issue 1 (2023)

2020: “Feast for the Eyes - Consuming Colour,” essay and artwork, In the Kitchen, The Old Bureau Issue 2 (2020)

SELECTED SYMPOSIA

2023: “Sculptural Painting,” artist talk and panel discussion, Art Work, NSCAD Alumni Association

2023: “Hues on The Menu” artist talk and panel discussion, The Colour Research Society of Canada

2020: “Square Appetites,” artist talk, Neutral Ground, Regina, SK

2019: “Taste Test,” artist talk, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

SELECTED INTERVIEWS + PRESS

2024: ”A Day in the Life with Montréal Visual Artist Aralia Maxwell,” Montréal Guardian, June 12, 2024. Montréal, QC

2021: “Sask. artist organizing a different type of 'meat draw' to help the Regina Food Bank,” The Morning Edition: CBC Radio Saskatchewan, January 4, 2021. Regina, SK.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2023: Sessional Instructor, Intermediate Painting, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2023: Sessional Instructor, Painting: Materials and Methods, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2019: Teaching Assistant, Drawing: Aqueous Media, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2018: Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2018: Teaching Assistant, Intro. to Visual Culture, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2017: Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Painting, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

SELECTED AWARDS + RECOGNITIONS

2020: Governor General Gold Medal, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2018: Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2017: Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2015: Honours Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK 

2014: Michael Misanchuk Art History Award, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

SELECTED GRANTS

2025: Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2024: Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2022: Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2020: Independent Artist Grant, SK Arts

2016: Independent Artist Grant, SK Arts

RESIDENCIES

2020: BAM Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2019: Alchemy International Artist Residency, Hillier, Prince Edward County, ON

COLLECTIONS

2024: SK Arts Permanent Collection

2015–present: Private collections