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Margaret Joba-Woodruff is a visual artist whose practice employs an interdisciplinary approach to printmaking to consider the intersections of land, body, family, memory, and labour.

 

Born in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) and raised on the island of Noepe (Martha’s Vineyard), Joba-Woodruff is currently living as a guest on the island of Ktaqmkuk (St. John's, Newfoundland). When she is not behind the wheel of an etching press, you can find her looking for the people and places that feel like home.

Photo by: Ethel Brown

EDUCATION

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projects & publications

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Newfoundland Civic Art Collection - City of St. John's, NL
Archive – St. Michael's Printshop – St. John's, NL
AHVA Permanent Collection – University of British Columbia – Vancouver, BC
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BFA Major in Visual Arts — University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Semester Exchange — Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK



TBA — Alberta Printmakers — Calgary, AB
Worn & Torn, Broken or Blue, Something Something, Tired & True — Neutral Ground Artist-Run-Centre — Regina, SK 
Clean Yard Tidy House — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL 
Split Limbs / Gentle Body — North Van Arts District Library Gallery — North Vancouver, BC

 
 
Members Exhibition — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL
Loot Bag Member Show  — Eastern Edge Artist-Run-Centre  — St. John's, NL

ROLLING — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL
Members Exhibition — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL
Wake Up Inspired  — Eastern Edge Artist-Run-Centre  — St. John's, NL
 
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival  — The Cultch  — Vancouver, BC 
Emerging Print — Dundarave Print Workshop — Vancouver, BC
Sticky — Alley exhibition curated by @LasaluArtLibrary — Vancouver, BC

Art in the Garden — North Van Arts — North Vancouver, BC
Escaping Boundaries — Dundarave Print Workshop — Vancouver, BC

Taipei Art Book Fair — Taipei, Taiwan
And So They Print (Curator & Exhibiting Artist) — Hatch Art Gallery — Vancouver, BC
Errance — BFA & BA Graduate Exhibition — University of British Columbia — Vancouver, BC
OnSite! Performance Art Festival (Cancelled due to Covid-19) — University of British Columbia — Vancouver, BC
Taro Cake Pop-Up Exhibition — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC

UBC BFA Open Studios — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC
Third Base — Edinburgh College of Art — Edinburgh, UK
Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC

Works on Paper — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC


 
Vermont Studio Center  — Johnson, Vermont, USA
Union House Arts  — Port Union, NL
Don Wright Memorial Scholarship Residency — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL 
In Cahoots Residency  — Petaluma, California, USA



ArtsNL Professional Project Grant
Canada Council Explore & Create: Research and Creation Grant
Canada Council Explore & Create: Concept to Realization Grant
Holly Jordan Fellowship, In Cahoots Residency
Canada Council Explore & Create: Professional Development Grant
BMO 1st ART!  Competition Nomination
Dean’s List, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia, 2018 - 2020
Hugh M Brock Education Abroad Scholarship, University of British Columbia
Trek Excellence Scholarship for Continuing Students
Stafford D. Plant Scholarship in Fine Arts


 
CLEAN YARD TIDY HOUSE — artist book published by Nothing New Projects​​​​
My Mother, My Home — collaborator for artist book by Chipo Chipaziwa
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Project Assistant — Ghosts Don’t Always Know When They’ve Disappeared
grunt gallery & Mount Pleasant Community Centre — Vancouver, BC — Directed by Sylvan Hamburger

Project Assistant — Honouring Our Grandmothers — DTES Heart of the City Festival — Vancouver, BC
Directed by Nadine Spence 

Project Assistant — House of Nine Dragons — Love Intersections & VALU CO-OP — Vancouver, BC
Directed by Sylvan Hamburger, David Ng & Jen Sungshine
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Technician — St Michael's Printshop — St John's, NL

Screen Print Production Technician — Vancouver Artist Labour Union Co-op — Vancouver, BC
Volunteer Gallery Attendant — Dundarave Print Workshop — Vancouver, BC

Arts Education Assistant — North Van Arts — North Vancouver, BC
 
Traditional Print Media Assistant — UBC Print Research Centre — Vancouver, BC
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