ᐃᔨ Shirley Moorhouse
Goose Bay, NL
Education
2026-
PhD student, Memorial University Newfoundland Labrador, Goose Bay campus.
2024
MFA, Visual Arts. Memorial University, Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook, NL.
2012–2011
College North Atlantic. Goose Bay, NL. Human Resource Management.
2003–2000
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. B.A. Canadian and Aboriginal Studies
2000–1999
Memorial University Extension and Frontier College, Goose Bay, NL. Interpersonal Conflict Resolution. Leadership and Collaborative Training
1998–1996
Memorial University Extension and PJ Gardiner Institute. Goose Bay, NL. Entrepreneurial Studies
1996
Ottawa School of Art. Ottawa. ON. Pan Arctic Inuit Symposium
1995–1993
College of the North Atlantic, Goose Bay, NL. Diploma of Applied Arts. Heritage Crafts. Valedictorian
Solo Exhibitions
ᐃᔨ - Eyes - Shirley Moorhouse, Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2026.
ᐃᔨ - Eyes - Shirley Moorhouse, The Rooms, St. John’s, 2025.
Northern Lights Reflections, Labrador Interpretation Centre, North West River, NL, 2010.
Exploring the Northern Lights, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning, NS, 2009.
Inuit Symbols in Stitchery, Arctic Artistry Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY, 1997.
Group Exhibitions
The Work Yet To Come,The Hour Glass, Victoria, BC,2026.
Winter Count: Embracing the Cold, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, 2025.
Inuit Sanaugangit: Inuit Art Across Time, Qaumajug/Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB, 2023.
2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host, Bonavista Peninsula, NL.
Int’l Cross-Cultural BeadingWorkshop, Parramatta Artist Studios, Parramatta, Australia, 2023.
50th Anniversary Exhibition, Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador, St. John’s, NL, 2022.
INUA: Inuit Nunangat Ungammmuaktut Atautikkut / Inuit Moving Forward Together, Qaumajug/Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB, 2020.
Dynamic Connections: Threads of Living Memory, Glenbow Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2020.
Traces: Indigenous Artists Moving Through Memory, Art in the Courtyard, Ottawa, ON, 2017.
SakKijajuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL, 2015. Traveling Nationally through 2017.
Material Experiment, A Space, Toronto, ON, 2015.
Spirit of the Caribou, Devon House Craft Council Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 2014.
Northern Scenes, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, 2013.
Northern Lights, Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, ON, 2012.
Labrador Inspired, Lawrence O’Brien Centre for the Arts, Goose Bay, NL, 2011.
Inner Works: North. The People’s Collection, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL, 2011.
Inoqatigiinneq: Sharing Life, Katuaq Cultural Centre, Nuuk, Greenland. Inuit Circumpolar Assembly, 2010.
National Aboriginal Day Art Exhibition, Department of Foreign Affairs, Lester B. Pearson Bldg., Ottawa, ON, 2010.
25 for 25: 25th Anniversary NL Provincial Art Bank, NL Provincial Art Bank, St. John’s, NL.
Illuminate: Northern Lights, Palais des Congrès, Montréal, QC, 2010.
Aboriginal Artists Exhibition, Vancouver Winter Games, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC, 2010.
Art is Journey, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB, 2009.
Invisible Seams: Continuity and Traditions in Contemporary Aboriginal Textiles and Textile-Inspired Art, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, Gatineau, QC, 2008.
Contemporaneous Aboriginal Art of Canada, Musee de la Wendat, Wendake, QC, 2008.
Creating Ourselves: Piecing together personal reflections on our land, our communities, ourselves, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 2008.
Anthem: Perspectives on Home and Native Land, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON; Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB; Halifax, NS; Kitchener, ON, 2007.
Arts Alive, Inuit Art Foundation, Ottawa, ON, 2006.
Inuit Circumpolar Assembly, Barrow, Alaska, 2006.
Guilty Pleasures, The Other Gallery, Banff, AB, 2005.
Currents, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., US, 2003.
To Please the Caribou and Seal, Labrador Creative Arts Festival, Goose Bay, Nain, Postville, Makkovik, Mud Lake, Rigolet, NL, 2001.
Trace, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 2000.
Sikumiut. People of the Sea Ice, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, Gatineau, QC, 2000.
Transitions 2: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, Gatineau, QC; Montreal, Whitehorse, Yukon, 2000.
Hanover World Expo. Canadian Pavilion, Hanover, Germany. 2000 Hanover World Expo.
Labrador on the Edge, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 1999.
Qaigit, Inuit Art Foundation, Ottawa, ON, 1998.
Finding Inner Strength, Labrador on the Edge, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, Gatineau, QC, 1998.
Labrador on the Edge, CBC Building, Toronto, ON, 1996.
First – Aboriginal Artists of Newfoundland and Labrador, Christina Parker Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 1996.
Qaigit, Inuit Art Foundation, Ottawa, ON, 1996.
Spirit of the Big Land, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL, 1995.
Spirit of the Arctic, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 1995.
Fine Art from Labrador, House of Commons. Ottawa, ON, 1995.
Commissions
INUA: Inuit Nunangat Ungammuaktut Atautikku (Inuit Moving Forward Together), Qaumajug/Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB, 2020.
Rita Novalinga, Sanikiluaq, QC, 1996.
John Archer. Kelowna, BC, 1995.
Labrador North Chamber Commerce, Goose Bay, NL. Presented to NL Premier Tobin, 1993.
Public Collections
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA
The Rooms, Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Art Collection, St. John’s, NL
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Art Centre, Gatineau, QC.
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Collection, Corner Brook, NL.
College of North Atlantic, Goose Bay, NL.
Residencies
Taqsiqtuut Indigenous Research-Creation Lab. Living Artists. Living Art. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, 2026
The Rooms Art Gallery and Museum, St. John’s, NL, 2024
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Self-directed, 2012
Banff Centre for the Arts. Banff, AB, Archive Explored, 2009
Banff Centre for The Arts. Aboriginal New Works, 2005
Affiliations
Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador (VANL), 2025/6
Inuit Art Foundation Board of Directors, Ottawa, ON, 2012–2006
Nunakatiget Inuit Community Corporation. Goose Bay, NL, 2010–2006
Inuit Art Foundation Board of Directors, Ottawa, ON, 2000–1996
Komatik Box Art and Craft Collective, Goose Bay, NL, 2000–1996
Newfoundland and Labrador Craft Development Association, 1997–1996
Publications
ᐃᔨ - Eyes - Shirley Moorhouse (forthcoming; independently published with support from The Canada Council for the Arts, The Rooms, and Taqsiqtuut Indigenous Research-Creation Lab), 2026.
Winter Count. Embracing The Cold, National Gallery Canada, 2026.
Bibliography
NQ: A Cultural Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador. “Pieces of Fabric.” Artist portfolio feature. Spring 2026. Vol. 118. Number 4: 34-41.
“Shirley Moorhouse combines textile art and new media in artist residence program,” The Martlet, University of Victoria’s independent newspaper, March 26, 2026, Vol. 78, Issue 18: 3.
”Shirley Moorhouse Explores New Beginnings Through Poetry and Drawings,”Inuit Art Quarterly Online. Poetry and illustrations, 2022.
”Choice,” Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 35.3, Fall 2022: 20.
”Cover Spotlight - INUA: Inuit Moving Forward Together | Inuit nunangat ungammuaktut atautikkutInuit,” Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 35.5, 2022, Special Collectors Issue.
”Cover Spotlight,” Labrador Life, Vol. 14, No. 1, Winter 2019.
InukKutivut IlukKusivut: Our People, Our Cultures, Nunatsiavut Government, 2019.
The Indigenous Art Collection. Selected Works from 1964 – 2017, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs, Gatineau, QC, 2017.
SaKKijajuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut, Goose Lane Editions and The Rooms, 2017.
The Labradorian, Goose Bay, NL, June 21, 2010: A9.
O Siyam, Aboriginal Art inspired by the 2010 Olympics/Paralympic Games, John Wiley and Sons, 2009: 60.
Illuminate: Northern Lights 2010 Business and Cultural Showcase, 2009: 72.
ANTHEM: Perspectives on Home and Native Land, Carleton University Art Gallery, 2008: 28-33.
The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, ON. Thursday, May 17, 2017; F2.
Transitions 2: Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada, Indian and Inuit Art Gallery, Gatineau, QC, 2001: 30.
”Sketches of Labrador Life,” Them Days Magazine, Creative Books Publishing, 2001: 49-50.
Land, Sea and Time, Book Two, Breakwater Publishers, 2001: 20.
First – Aboriginal Artists of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s Friendship Centre., St. John’s, NL, 1997: 46-47.
Inuit Art Quarterly, Vol. 1, No 2, Summer 1997.
Arctic Perspectives, Vol. 1, No 2, November 1996