Danielle Bartlette
“Danielle Bartlette
Calgary-based artist, Danielle Bartlette, is a Canadian painter who uses mixed media on canvas/wood examining complex relationships between place and memory, texture and colour.
With each art series, Bartlette draws upon movements such as abstract expressionism, art nouveau, pop art, and excessivism to help create her work, identifying as an artist inspired by postmodernism. Collage, typography, signage, glued components (ie: semi-precious and plastic embellishments, 24K Gold) and paint are used to plot her memories of a particular time or place, separating and recombining them in new formations.
Danielle Bartlette was born and raised in Winnipeg, where she attended the School of Art (Fine Arts Honours Program at the University of Manitoba). In 2000, she moved to Calgary to further her experience as an artist and currently exhibits artwork for sale through local galleries. Her paintings are scattered in homes, private & corporate collections around Canada, USA, and Europe. Danielle started her own business, Neon Milkshake Art Studio, in 2016 and has been facilitating art classes since 2007.”
Visual Artist
403.200.5760
Email: neonmilkshake.me@gmail.com
Facebook: Neon Milkshake Art Studio
Website: www.neonmilkshake.com (artist personal galleries, art instruction information)
Instagram accounts: @dbartlette_art / @neonmilkshake.yyc
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts Program (Honours) 1994-2000
University of Manitoba – Double Major (Multi-Media/Video and Photography)
Minor: Painting and Drawing
Fine Arts Student Council Vice President
Solo Exhibitions
2023 cSPACE, Calgary AB - Metal Firecrackers and the Electric Bling (extension of joint show w Dana Schindelka)
2015 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary AB - I see London, I see France
2014 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Amsterdam Series: Touch Me! Raak Mij Aan!
2014 Artist Ranch (Western Showcase, Calgary Stampede) – OH Ranch Series displayed at Cinquecento Cusina, Calgary, AB
2012 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Brandon Series: Mnemonic strategies for a 1970s prairie childhood!
2011 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – The Oyster Bar Series: Beyond Tourist, Recollections for Edinburgh’s Café Royal
2010 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – New Works
2009 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Series Sampler
2008 Axis Contemporary Art Gallery, Calgary, AB – Inside Out
2008 Bravado Art Studio Gallery, Calgary, AB – New Studio Works
2008 Art Loop Gallery at Art Central, Calgary, AB – Inside Out
2007 Bravado Art Studio Gallery, Calgary, AB – New Studio Works
2007 Art Loop Gallery at Art Central, Calgary, AB – Welcome to the Blues
2006 Princes Street Gardens Market, Edinburgh, Scotland – Crop 16 Series
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2023 cSPACE, Calgary AB - Metal Firecrackers and the Electric Bling w Dana Schindelka
2019 Artist Ranch Project Gallery (Western Showcase, Calgary Stampede), Calgary, AB – Bar U: 10 year Alumni Show
2018 The Commons , Calgary, AB -Selected Work
2016 Venus Art Studios, Palm Desert, CA USA - Venus Art Show
2015 Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, AB – Connections
2014 Artist Ranch Project Gallery (Western Showcase, Calgary Stampede), Calgary, AB – OH Ranch Series
DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Rewind
Calgary School of Art, Calgary, AB - Art Show and Sale
Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, AB - Connections
2013 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Xmas Show
Hotel Arts, Calgary, AB – The Flood of Roses Auction (fundraiser)
Gravity Espresso & Wine Bar, Calgary, AB – Selected Works
Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, AB – Connections
2012 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Xmas Show
DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – HUSH Factory Party (with Montauk)
Gravity Espresso & Wine Bar, Calgary, AB – Selected Works
DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Art for MS (fundraiser)
2011 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Xmas Show
DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Art for MS (fundraiser)
2010 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Black and White Exhibition
Calgary School of Art, Calgary, AB – Art Show and Sale
2009 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Oil Paintings by Danielle Bartlette
2008 Private Residence, Calgary, AB – Moderne Collective Group Show
Keystone Art Gallery, Calgary, AB – Out There: Abstraction from the Last 30 Years
2007 To a T Gallery, Calgary, AB – Small Works
2000 Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, MB – Send + Receive Festival
Video Pool Inc., Winnipeg, MB – One Night Stand
Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg, MB – Thesis Show
Gallery 1.1.1., Winnipeg, MB – Thesis Show
Artist Residencies and workshops (juried)
2018 Calgary Stampede Artist Ranch Project Bar U, Longview, AB
2013 Calgary Stampede Artist Ranch Project at OH Ranch, Longview, AB
2009 Pith Studios studio resident, Calgary, AB
2001 Emmedia, Herland workshop, Calgary, AB
2000 VideoPool, Send & Receive Festival, Winnipeg, MB
Professional Experience
2015 -- now Neon Milkshake Inc., Calgary, AB -Commercial art studio owner and art Instructor (current employment)
2013 -- 2023 Create Center for the Arts, Palm Desert, California- Painting Workshop Instructor
2015 -- 2018 Splash Art Market , Calgary, AB -Event Creator Art Show & Sale
2019 Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, AB - Visiting Art Instructor
2016 -- 2019 Willow Park School, Calgary, AB – Visiting Art Instructor
2016 Market on Macleod, Calgary, AB -Splash Art Market Director
2015 Wild Rose Brewery, Calgary, AB -Splash Art Market Director
2008 – 2015 Calgary School of Art, Calgary, AB – Abstract Painting Instructor
2007 -- now Bravado Art Studio, Calgary, AB -- Personal art studio -Owner and Director
'09 – '10 Bravado Art Studio Gallery at Pith Gallery, Calgary, AB – Owner and Director
'07 – '08 Bravado Art Studio at Art Central, Calgary, AB – Owner and Director
2013 Atelier Molenpad Art Studio, Amsterdam, Netherlands – Painting Retreat Instructor (with Daniella Rubinovitz)
2012 Bonaventure Junior High School, Calgary, AB – Visiting Art Instructor
2009 – 2012 DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB – Artistic Advisor
2007 – 2008 Jon Williams Art Studios, Calgary, AB – Abstract Painting Instructor, Sales
2000 Urban Shaman Inc. / Video Pool Inc., Winnipeg, MB – Coordinator Artist Residency
2000 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB – Student Council Vice President
Collections (Selected)
Royal Bank of Canada, Calgary, AB (2011 – from the Oyster Bar Series)
Talisman Energy, Calgary AB (Breeze, 2009 – from the Fire Lilies Series)
Publications (selected) & TV appearances
● CSPACE spotlight on artist feature, 2023
● CTV NEWS (Live w. Lane) Stampede Artist Ranch Mentorship Program discussion, 2019
● Galleries West Magazine (Illustrated painting) DaDe Art & Design Lab 2019
● Condo Living Magazine Neon Milkshake Art Studio feature, 2017
● Galleries West Magazine (Collaborative show description and Illustrated painting) I See London, I See France @ DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary AB. 2015
● Calgary Herald, (Illustrated painting) Kit And Ace Article, Calgary, AB, 2015 http://calgaryherald.com/life/fashion-beauty/designers-weave-together-luxury-and-technology-at-kit-and-ace
● Galleries West Magazine (solo show description and illustrated painting), The Amsterdam Series: Touch Me! / Raak Mij Aan! @ DaDe Art & Design Lab, Calgary, AB. 2014
● Galleries West Magazine, (Illustrated painting) The Artist Ranch Project, Summer 2014
● Calgary Stampede Blog, Sky Hornig. Danielle Bartlette of the Artist Ranch Project, May 2014
● Calgary Stampede Press release. The Artist Ranch Project tours the Calgary Stampede OH Ranch, October 22, 2013. http://news.calgarystampede.com/News/Latest-News/Release-Details/2013/A-Stampede-of-art-inspired-at-the-Calgary-Stampede-OH-Ranch/default.aspx
● Alberta Flood Rose Project, Heinrichs, Terri. The Alberta Flood Rose Project. Calgary, AB, 2013.
● Janzen, Edwin. The Oyster Bar (catalogue and essay), Calgary, AB: DaDe Art & Design Lab, 2012.
● Avenue Magazine Shopping Guide (Illustrated painting), Calgary, AB, 2011
● Avenue Magazine (Illustrated advertisement), Calgary, AB, 2011
● Rachelle Starnes: Property of Distinction (paintings illustrated and used in property staging), Calgary, AB, 2010
● Breakfast TV (Paintings used in production), Calgary, AB, 2010
● Best Home Western Canada (illustrated advertisement), Calgary, AB, 2010
● Art Central Mosaic (magazine), Feature article on studio, Calgary, AB, 2008
● Dark Leisure: Poetry Collective (Cover illustration-magazine), Winnipeg, MB, 2002
● Carpe Noctum (magazine-Illustration) Los Angeles, CA, 2001
● Uptown (Illustration-magazine), Send + Receive Festival review, Winnipeg, MB, 2000
● Winnipeg Free Press (Review of work), Winnipeg, MB, 2000
