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