Biography

Sean Caulfield was born in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1967. After completing his MFA in printmaking at the University of Alberta in 1995, Sean spent five years working in the United States, first at Northern Illinois University as a Visiting Professor, and then at Illinois State University as an Assistant Professor. He returned to Canada in 2001 to work at The University of Alberta as a junior Canadian Research Chair in printmaking.

During the last five years Sean Caulfield has participated in a wide range of national and international exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Selected Exhibitions:

International Print Triennial Kracow 2000;

Bridge to the Future, Kracow, Poland;

Re-membered Image, Gallery of the Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan;

2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art, Prague, Czech Republic;

Ljubljana Biennial Print Exhibition, The Modern Gallery and Tivoli Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Selected Awards and grants:

Canada Council Travel Grant;

Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, Illinois, USA;

Prix Banque Nationale du Canada, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada;

Best of Show, Works on Paper '99: a National Biennial Juried Exhibition,Millikin University, Decatur, IL, USA

Second Place in the Second Annual Great Canadian Printmaking Competition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;

Grand Prize in the Third 21st Century Grand Prix Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.

Selected Collections:

LiuHaisu Art Museum of Shanghai, Shanghai, China;

Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA;

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA;

University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA;

Ernst and Young, Toronto, Canada;

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;

Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.