Zaida Gerritsen
b. 1998
Education
2023 | BFA. (Hons), Visual Arts, University of Victoria, Victoria BC
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2024 | Dwellings, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria BC
2024 | Smaller Acts, Victoria International Airport, Victoria BC
Group
2024| Artist Showcase: Zaida Gerritsen & Sarah Heaman, The Churchill, Victoria BC
2023 | Working Title, Space Blanket Society, Arc.hive Artist Run Centre, Victoria BC
2023 | Don’t Need to Know to Feel It, BFA grad exhibition, University of Victoria, Victoria BC
2022 | Tart: a contemporary study of the domestic woman, The Vault Gallery, Victoria BC, juried
2022 | Killjoys, Audain Gallery, Victoria BC
2022 | UnExpected, ArtSea Gallery, Sidney, BC
2022 | Somasphere, Audain Gallery, Victoria BC
2022 | Terribly Titled, Audain Gallery, Victoria BC
2022 | Darkroom, Space Blanket Society, Victoria, BC
2021 | Killjoys, Audain Gallery, Victoria, BC
Awards/Academic Achievements
2023 | President’s Scholarship
2023 | John Wyatt Book Prize in Photography
2022 | Dr. Milada Horakova Scholarship
2022 | Diane Mary Hallam Achievement Award
2022 | Ferdinand Edward Chapman Bursary
2021 | Dr. Milada Horakova Scholarship
Professional Experience
2024 | Manager, SUPPLY Victoria Creative Reuse Centre, non-profit & creative reuse community workshops
2023 | Executive Chair, Don't need to know to feel it., UVic BFA Grad Exhibition, Victoria, BC
2022 | Curator, Tart: a contemporary study of the domestic woman, The Vault Gallery, Victoria BC
2022 | Curator, Killjoys, Audain Gallery, Victoria BC
2022-2023 | Photography Lab Technician , UVic, Victoria BC
2021-2022 | Visiting Artist Program Coordinator, UVic, Victoria BC