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Tanta DeStaffany Pennington
Contemporary Artist

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
2012 Independent Studio Program Residency, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC
2011 Diploma of Fine Arts, from the Vancouver Island School of Art,Victoria, BC 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022 
 Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Winter Works.
Errant ArtSpace Gallery, Victoria, BC, 6 x 6 x6
Fort Commons Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC, Artists for Ukraine.
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Summer Works.
2021
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Winter Small Works
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Summer Works.
 
2020
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Winter Small Works
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, COVID CREATIONS.
The district of Oak Bay, BC, Hearts Alive Sculptures 2020
Fifty/Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC, Postcards from the
Pandemic:BOXCARSIX
Online Exhibition, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Summer Small Works
Chapel Gallery, Victoria, BC, PILGRIMAGE, Duo Exhibition
2019
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Summer Small Works
Unitarian Gallery, Saanich, BC, Tangled Memories, solo 
2018
Sooke, BC, Sooke Fine Arts Show
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, ART FOR YOU
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Summer Small Works
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Art Gallery Paint-In
2017
B-K @ 335 Cook Street,Victoria, BC, solo
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC,”To Return Again”
Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC, Artist Residency
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Summer Small Works
Cattle Point, Oak Bay, Victoria, BC, “Oh Canada” the Painted Piano Project 2017
Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, BC, PSYCHEDELIA
2016
Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC, ARTISHOW 2016, solo
Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, BC, LEGISLATED COLOURS
Victoria International Airport, Sidney, BC, Domestic Graffiti 
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Art Gallery Paint-In
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Summer Small Works
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Love at a Glance
2015
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, In Cahoots-(Synergy), by invitation
Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC, The Reflection of All Colours
Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC, Vancouver Island School of Art Alumni Exhibition
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Moss Street Paint-In, by invitation
Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, BC, “About Face! The #selfie art show”
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Captured Flight
Coast Harbourside, Victoria, BC, ARTISHOW 2015, solo
CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver, BC, Cerulean
Massey Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,Victoria, BC, Re-ify
Oswego Hotel, Victoria, BC, In Search of Shifting Memories, solo
2014
CACGV Victoria International Airport, Sidney, BC, INFINITE REALITY
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, 5th MAILMAINA  BIENNIA
Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC, Comic Book Cover Show
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Small Work
CACGV Main Gallery, Victoria, BC, Re-ify
Sooke, BC, Sooke Fine Arts Show
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Moss Street Paint-In
Xchanges Artist Gallery, Victoria, BC, EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN, solo
Massey Gallery, Victoria, BC, Black and White Essentials
2013
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Small Works
Metchosin Art Gallery, Metchosin, BC, Massively Mini Art Show
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, Difference and Repetition, by invitation
Downtown Victoria Business Association, Victoria, BC, Pop-Up Art
Sooke, BC, Sooke Fine Arts Show
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Small Works
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Moss Street Paint-In
Oswego Hotel, Victoria, BC, In Search of Memory, solo
SOPA FINE ARTS, Kelowna, BC, U 8, Emotionally Driven
Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, BC, Celestial Series
2012
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Small Works
Metchosin Art Gallery, Metchosin, BC, Massively Mini Art Show
Victoria, BC, DWELLING EXHIBITION
Sooke, BC, Sooke Fine Arts Show
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Small Works
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Moss Street Paint-In
Victoria International Airport, Sidney, BC, Emotionally Driven
Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria ,BC, RPM:The Lost Art of L.P. Covers by invitation
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, never odd nor even Independent Studio Program Exhibition
2011
Oswego Hotel, Victoria, BC, One step at a Time, solo
Florence, Italy, La Biennale di Firenze, by invitation
Sips Bistro, Victoria, BC, Sorting Through Domestic Graffiti, solo
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Moss Street Paint-in
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, Sculpture of Knitting
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Small Works
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, The Presence of Mind, Diploma of Fine Arts Exhibition
Crystal Pool, Victoria, BC, Crystal Pool Mural
Victoria International Airport, Sidney, BC, Domestic Graffiti
2010
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC, Small Works
Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria BC, Beyond the Pale
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC, Moss Street Paint-In
2009
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Small Works
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, Shelter
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Moss Street Paint-In
Sidney, BC, Sidney Fine Arts Show
2008
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, Victoria Site Unscene
2007
Sooke BC, Sooke Fine Arts Show
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, Urban Perspectives
2006
Victoria, BC, Look Show, honourable mention 

CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES
2010
Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, The Angle of Incidence and the Angle of Reflection

REPRESENTATION
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Art Rental and Sales, Victoria, BC
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Gift Shop, Victoria, BC