Annika Walsh is an emerging artist who works with food and cooking to further the notion of connectedness and togetherness. Their work is often presented as participatory sculptural installations and performance. They are consistent in their exploration of placing food theory into the art environment and reliably uses surrounding ingredients and materials in a sustainable manner.
Group Exhibitions
2023 Canadian Association for Food Studies Exploration Gallery - York University, Toronto
2022 Play Is a Roomy Subject - International exhibition featuring UK and Canada-based artists - Gallery 115, uOttawa Student Run Gallery
2022 Field Notes - Public Art Installation - Prince Edward County, ON
2022 Constellate - Smell Installation - BFA Undergraduate Exhibition, Ottawa, ON
2022 “You See Through Authenticity” - Multi-media Installation, Created by artist team: fin and Annika - Gallery 115
2021 “Le Mapping” - Hybrid Photography - Gallery 114, uOttawa Professor Run Gallery
2019 “Plaque Portraits Plates” - Large format photography, 40x32in prints - Gallery 115
Residencies
2022 + 2023 Alchemy Artist Residency, Prince Edward County
Publications
2023 Trials - flo literacy magazine
2022 Zine 0005 / Collaboration - Ottawa Design Club
2022 Food Studies: Matter, Meaning & Movement, Ottawa, ON: Food Studies Press.
Panel Discussions
2023 Author Meets Readers Carleton University Event
2022 Congress 2022 of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference
Education
Sept 2023 - Present MSc. Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems - University of British Columbia
2018 - 2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specialization in Media - University of Ottawa
Awards + Scholarships
2023 Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarship SSHRC Funding Recipient (UBC)
2022 Artengine Junior Fellowship - New Media Award (uOttawa)
2018 - 2022 Dean’s List Scholarship (uOttawa)
2020 Venture Initiative Winner (uOttawa)
2018 Entrance Scholarship (uOttawa)
Experience
2020 - Present Social Media Content Manager - Nantucket Spider
2022 Apprenticeship - Prof. David Szanto
Collaborative Projects
2020 Forecasting: Interesting Worlds - Produced by Fei Jun and Lucy Wood through Invisible Dust