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Shari Hatt is a photo-based artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia currently living in Montreal and Toronto. Hatt has studied at The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Concordia University, Montreal and The Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. Hatt has exhibited her work in North America and internationally since 1993. Hatt was the first artist selected for The Canada Council for the Arts British Residency Program, in collaboration with The Canadian High Commission in London, England (2004). Hatt has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants, including The Duke and Duchess of York Photography Prize from the Canada Council (2001) and The Canadian Bureau for International Education Celanese Canada Fellowship (1998).

The Dogs 1999-2003 portrait series has been presented in solo exhibitions at: Space Gallery, London, England, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario, The Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Museum London, London, Ontario, The Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia and Truck Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.

A selection from this body of work circulated throughout North America and Asia in the survey exhibition: 1000 Hounds starting at UBS/Paine Webber Art Gallery, NYC, The Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ohio, The Ross Museum, Chillicothe, Ohio, The Delaware Art Museum, Willington, Delaware, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, The Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan, The Keihan Gallery, Osaka, Japan, The University of Maryland Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, and The Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, West Virginia.

The Liberace Museum, The National Gallery of Canada & The Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography, The Art Bank of the Canada Council, The Banff Centre for the Arts, The Cygnet Foundation NYC, Museum London, The Confederation Centre for the Arts, The Norton Museum of Art, Seneca College and The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia have recently acquired Hatt’s work for their collections.

All photographs are by Shari Hatt unless otherwise noted.
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