Curriculum Vitae

Education:

2022        Visual Arts MFA Candidate, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2018        B.Sc., Combined Computer Science and Visual Arts Major, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2018        Environmental Studies Minor, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

 

Residencies:

2018         ONC Artist In Residence Program, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2022        Synoptic Translations, Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton, AB

2022        Uncertain Associations, University of Victoria Audain Gallery, Victoria, BC

2021         Fractured Waves, Artcite Inc., Windsor, ON

2018         Resonant Disintegration, FLUX Media Art Gallery, Victoria, BC

2017         Resonant Disintegration, University of Victoria Audain Gallery, Victoria, BC

2017         The Final Frontier, Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2022        Arts Alive Graduate Showcase, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC

2022        Systems of Creation, Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC

2021        Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Mahon Hall, Ganges, BC

2021        Agency and Iterations, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2021         Orcas: Our Shared Future, Royal BC Museum, Victoria, BC

2021         Tip of the Iceberg, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC

2020         To Fish as Formerly, Legacy Art Gallery, Victoria, BC

2019         Waste Land: A Climate Anxiety Haunted House, Victoria, BC

2019         Acoustic Turbulence, Victoria Arts Council Gallery, Victoria, BC

2019         Emerging Digital Artist Award Exhibition, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON

2017         Integrate Arts Flagship Exhibition, Victoria Arts Council Gallery, Victoria, BC

2017         Another Year, BFA Exhibition, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2013         Do or Diorama, James Black Gallery, Vancouver, BC

 

Festivals:

2021        Antimatter Media Art Festival, Victoria BC (Generative Architecture)

2019        Antimatter Media Art Festival, Victoria BC (Acoustic Turbulence)

2018        Antimatter Media Art Festival, Victoria BC (Resonant Disintegration)

2018        Koksilah Music Festival, Providence Farm, Duncan BC

2017        Integrate Arts Festival, Victoria, BC (Domestication)

 

Presentations:

2022        “Digital Reflections of the Anthropocene”, Context and Meaning, Graduate Visual Culture Association,

                 Queen’s University, Kingston, ON

2021        “Evolutionary Forest”, Fine Arts Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2021        “Ocean Art, Ocean Science: How 3 Artists are Using Science to Express Care for the Ocean“,

                  Ocean Networks Canada / UVic Fine Arts, Victoria, BC

2021         “Fractured Waves” (Artist Talk), Artcite Inc., Windsor, ON

2021        “Interactive Data Art and the Anthropocene”, Visual Impetus, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2020        “Creatively Rooted to Our Climate”, Creative Mornings Victoria, KWENCH, Victoria BC

2019        “Experiencing Ocean Data through Interactive Art”, Science Literacy Week, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2019        “Creating Multisensory Media to Foster Environmental Understanding”, Visual Impetus,

University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

 

Awards:

2021        Scholarship Award, BC Art Council

2021        Finalist for Salt Spring National Art Prize, SSNAP (Carbon Pulse)

2020        Joseph Armand Bombardier Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC CGS-M

2019        Finalist for Emerging Digital Artist Award, EQ Bank (Acoustic Turbulence)

2019        Witness Legacy Award for Social Purpose and Responsibility Through Art, ProArt Alliance Regional Award

2019        Acoustic Turbulence, UVic Research Reels Competition: First Place Feature Award

2018        VVALS Bursary Award, Victoria Visual Arts Legacy Society: Flemming Jorgensen Legacy Artist Bursary Award

2018        Resonant Disintegration, UVic Research Reels Competition: First Place Feature and Audience Choice Awards

2013        Forest Rendering Project, NSERC: Undergraduate Student Research Award

 

Publications:

2022        “Doubling down on wicked problems: Ocean ArtScience collaborations for a  sustainable future”,

                  Frontiers in Marine Science (co-author)

2020        “Exploring Environmental Art Through Interactive Data Visualization”, BC Art Teachers Association Journal (author)

2020        “Homeostasis”, Fire Season, Issue 1 (author)

 

Media Features:

2022        “Humanity’s Impact on the Planet for Your Contemplation..”, Edmonton Journal

2021        “Student Spotlight: Colton Hash”, Art Beat, Art History Visual Studies Graduate Association, University of Victoria

2021        “Maker Musings: Colton Hash”, MakerLab, Two Rivers Gallery

2020        “To Fish as Formerly Artist Interview – Colton Hash”, Legacy Art Gallery, University of Victoria

2019        “Resonant Disintegration”, Innovation, Shaw Spotlight

2019        “Experience Ocean Data Through Interactive Art”, Ocean Networks Canada

2019        “Colton Hash full Interview”, Check The Program (Podcast)

2019        “Meet Colton Hash, Artist In Residence”, My UVic Life, University of Victoria   

2019        “Ocean Networks Canada Artist Residency – Data + Art + Action”, Focus Magazine, Focus On Victoria

2018        “New Artist Residency Strengthens Connections Between Art and Science”, Galleries West News 

2018        “Emerging and Established Artists to be Honoured in Victoria”, Vic News

2018        “When Art Meets Science”, KnowlEDGE, University of Victoria

2013         Doers, Makers, Thinkers, CFUV