About
Manny Travers (he/him/il) is a multidisciplinary artist of Acadian and Lebanese descent from Wolastoq, New Brunswick (Fredericton), who creates works about identity through purposeful incompleteness.
The centre of Travers' practice explores the destruction, distortion, and obstruction of the automotive and human figure using foliage.
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As a queer individual, he often confronts the idea of identity, and with it, the challenges of being fully and completely understood. The conundrums and quandaries in his works are symbolic of his own experiences, and are depicted in a manner that leaves viewers in his shoes.
Travers currently holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University, a minor in Visual Communications and Culture, and a certificate in Visual Literacy and Culture. He recently completed a Certificate in Contemporary Management of Arts & Culture at UNB.
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Education
2022-2023
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2019-2022
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2019-2022
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2018-2022
Certificate in Contemporary Management of Arts & Culture, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB.
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Minor in Visual Communications & Culture, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
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Certificate in Visual Literacy & Culture, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
Awards
2022
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2021-2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
Arts Scholarship, New Brunswick Arts Board, Fredericton, NB.
JEA Crake Scholarship, Sackville, NB.
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Simon Chang Foundation for Change Scholarship, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Merit Bursary, Sackville, NB.
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Lavinia Estabrooks Scholarship, Sackville, NB.
Group exhibitions
2023
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2022
2022
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2020
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2015
Third Watch (Festival of Audio-Visual Works), Saint John, NB.
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Graduate exhibition show, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB.
Printmaking group exhibition show, R.P. Bell Library, Sackville, NB.
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Group collaborated zine, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
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Exhibition of painting, Charlotte Street Art Centre Exhibit, Fredericton, NB.
Work Experience
2022
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2022
2021
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2020, 2021
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2021
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2020
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2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
Executive Director, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB.
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Program Coordinator, THIRD SHIFT Contemporary Art Festival, Saint John, NB.
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Student Technician for Printmaking, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
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Student Technician for Sculpture, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
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Intern for Metafy, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
Intern for OtoCast, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
Apparel Designer, Fredericton, Sackville, Saint John, NB.
Board Experience
2023
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2022
Board Director, AANFA (Atlantic Art at Night Festivals Alliance)
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Board Director, Chroma NB
Other
2017
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2017
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2017
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2016
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2015
Grand Champion, Junior Art Competition, Frex, Fredericton, NB.
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1st place, Junior Art Competition, Frex, Fredericton, NB.
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Academic Excellence Award in Audio-Visuals, École Sainte-Anne, Fredericton, NB.
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1st place, Remembrance Day Art Contest, Royal Canadian Legion, Fredericton, NB.
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1st place, Junior Art Competition, Frex, Fredericton, NB.