serena williamson / abstractaardvark
illustrator, emerging artist
hellothereserena@gmail.com
currently based in calgary, ab
EDUCATION
bachelor of design, illustration and character design
with distinction
alberta university of the arts 2020-2025
AWARDS
louise mckinney scholarship
awarded 2022, 2024
henry clinton scholarship
awarded 2024
steve vadnai memorial scholarship
awarded 2022, 2023
GDC alberta south chapter scholarship
awarded 2022
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
2024
2023
(upcoming) friends & flowers, vegan street, calgary ab
FREAK CITY, fall gallery crawl, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
BEASTFRIENDS, fridge gallery, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
2025
2025
2025
2025
2024
2023
2023
2022
2021
artlaunch x CF chinook center- next generation artists, chinook centre, calgary ab
2025 grad show, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
good vibrations: SCD show, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
downtown digital exhibition (march, may), brookfield properties, calgary ab
monsters and heroes, the new gallery, calgary ab
13th annual presidents student exhibition, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
on love, the garden gallery, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
cold tone, the pearl club, alberta unversity of the arts, calgary ab
up all night: SCD show, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
first year show, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
SELECTED COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2024
2023
bebeobobabys burgerhouse, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
(curated and performed in collaboration with dominique berger)
roadworks, BUMP mural festival, calgary ab
(in collaboration with dominique berger)
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER
2026
2026
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2024
2024
(upcoming) published in RAT MAG: QUADRANTS, calgary ab
published in paper boy quarterly, calgary ab
selected for the 2025 AUARTS grad show graphic, online and in calgary ab
published in I dont do comics: a good time by the sea, st johns nl
published in eat shit and die: volume 1, calgary ab
published in calgary mixtape: volume 1, compound comics, calgary ab
contributor, decalmania, riverbed collective, worldwide
selection, AUARTS holiday card, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
interview by bill kendrick, "interview with tuxpaint artist serena", online https://tuxpaint.org/interviews/abstractaardvark/
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2025
2025
2024
burgercourt, winter gallery crawl, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
good vibrations: SCD show, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab
(curated alongside sierra grace, john asilo, eva simone, danielle schulmeister)
dead bird society: rock a doodle doo, fall gallery crawl, alberta university of the arts, calgary ab (curated alongside danielle schulmeister and jillian dolan)
thank you for looking! for more details, feel free to reach out.