Curriculum Vitae

ARDELL PADENOM, Conceptual Artist

ardellpadenom@gmail.com

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Name: Ardell Padenom Intelligence Quotient: 142

Sex: Female Dexterity: Right Handed
Birth Place: Bordeaux, France Favorite Cheese: Brie
Current Residence: Regina, Saskatchewan Astrological Sign: Pisces

Background:
With my father employed in international work, I was exposed to a wealth of cultural diversity from an early age. Travelling
the world-over with my family as he was frequently transferred from one country to the next, I saw more than enough galleries
and museums to convince me that my life calling was to be an Artist. Though my parents appreciated the arts dearly, my
father did not deem such an occupation to be a dependable career move and refused to finance any of my schooling to this
regard. It was while my family was living in Athens, Greece, I abandoned scholarship altogether, despite my father’s
insistence to pursue Law, and opted instead to follow my passion as an Artist. I found my way into the local art community,
and, like a sponge, absorbed whatever information and skills I could from those who would share their knowledge and craft. I
devoted an incredible amount of time learning about art, and soon came under the impression that what I required was more
“life experience”, with the assumption this would somehow “complete” me and make me a better Artist. My solution was to
set out and explore the “world” (mostly Europe) on my own. I picked up odd jobs here and there to pay my way, while
supplementing my income selling sketches and small acrylic paintings depicting the places and people I met on my travels. It
was by circumstance I was eventually drawn to Canada, where I lived in Toronto, Ontario, for just over a year before making
my way west to the small prairie city of Regina, Saskatchewan. Regina, which is where I currently reside, is a wonderful city,
rife with all the eccentricities and energies an Artist seeking inspiration could ever ask for. Below, under the heading Projects
& Exhibitions, I have included a list of all my activities and accomplishments since arriving in this remarkable city.

While I love to dabble in a variety of mediums and modes when creating art, I find my concepts are where my true strength
resides as an artist. The ideas and the execution of my projects are far more important to me than the techniques or skills
applied in making an actual piece, and evidence of this is often presented intentionally and quite obviously in my work.
Documenting audience response toward my work and much of the mystery found behind it is my ultimate objective.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Hobbyist Magazine currently in pre-production (2010 - Present)

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Contact: TheHobbyistMag@gmail.com
Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief of an independent, non-profit magazine designed for art education.

Athens School of Fine Arts (2005-2006)

42 Patission Str., Athens, Greece 10682
Audited various classes, including Introduction to Art History, Advanced Contemporary Visual Art History and Practice,
Research and Exhibition Preparation, Feminism in Art History, Craft in Art History, Studies in Post-Modernism.

Various YouTube Art Tutorial Videos (2006 – Present)

Internet: www.youtube.com
Reviewed numerous art-related instructional videos posted on YouTube website.
SELECTED PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS

July 20, 2010 – Present (on-going)

Blog that discusses various “art” related topics,
PADENOM: a blog about “art” including certain consideration toward my own work.
Electronic Media The blog itself is a self-proclaimed art piece, with
audience response being its ultimate objective.
ardellpadenom.blogspot.com, Internet

June 7, 2010 Booklet containing a collection of ten poems, released

This, That, and Other Things: a collection of poems
Poetry Booklet, Self Published
Vertigo Reading Series, Aegean Coast Coffee & Tea,
Regina, SK
at the Vertigo Reading Series in Regina, SK. Booklet
includes a comprehensive forward providing the
artist’s statement, which clarifies that the poetry itself
is not the subject of the work, but rather audience
response is. Booklets are continually available upon
request.

February – July 2010 Forty 4 x 5” cardboard puzzles, broken into pieces and
placed in sealed envelopes reading “Open Me”,
“Jigsaw” Puzzle
Pre-cut Cardboard Jigsaw Puzzles, Permanent Black randomly distributed in various locations around the
Marker, Envelopes. Regina area over an extended period of time. Each
puzzle presents a stylized image of an actual jig-saw,
Various Locations, Regina, SK thus making them literal “Jigsaw” puzzles. Includes
two self-installed works at the Mackenzie Art Gallery.

November 2009
Art exhibition curated by Visual Artist Rob Bos, at
“I Didn’t Do It!”: Art by Alter Egos
School of the Art Institute Chicago. The installation
Art Exhibition.
explored artist altar-egos and mystery artists, and
included works from “Mailbox Art” (see below).
Siragusa Gallery, School of the Art Institute Chicago,
Chicago, IL

August 2009
A series of self-portrait photographs taken in various
Portraits of Me (Series) locations, strategically hiding the identity of the artist.
Digital Photographs. Released as a series of six images on the social
network websites Facebook and Flickr.
Electronic Media (Internet): Facebook, Flickr

June 30, 2009

Ten poems discreetly placed in the mailbox at Beet
Beet Root Poetry Reading Series Root, a local vegetarian restaurant/art venue the night
Assorted Poems. prior to the premiere of a monthly poetry reading
series. Poems were read by volunteers in the
Beet Root Organics Vegetarian Wholefoods, audience, as requested in a letter provided by the
Regina, SK mystery writer who was unable to attend the function.
Selected Projects and Exhibitions (continued)
April 30, 2009
You Are Beautiful: 50 Postcards/50 People
Acrylic on Canvas (Image of a Stylized Human Face),
Transferred to Full-colour Postcards.
Selected Mailboxes, Regina,SK
March – April 2009
Mailbox Art
Acrylic on Canvas Paper, in Ziploc Bags.
Visual Artist Rob Bos’ Mailbox,
Regina,SK
Fifty postcards were mailed concurrently and
anonymously to fifty individuals involved in the Regina
art community, signed by the sender with an illegible
signature, and a message: “You are Beautiful”.
Responses were then observed and documented.
Six paintings randomly placed in Regina local Artist
Rob Bos’ mailbox over the course of approximately a
six week period. Each piece included an elaborate and
creative artist statement giving life to otherwise
relatively simple images.