biography

Edith Krause is a printmaker, currently living in Langley, British Columbia.  She began her art studies at Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design and recently completed her MFA at the University of Alberta.  Previously, she studied and worked in the fields of marine biology and aquatic ecology at the University of British Columbia and earned a Masters of Science degree in zoology.  Her interest in biology has been a major influence on the subject matter of her artwork and her current art practice consists of an inter-disciplinary exploration of ecosystems, employing scientific methodology to collect images and data, and art to express her findings.  She currently teaches at the School of Arts, Media and Culture at Trinity Western University.

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Awards

2013:  Award of the Mayor of the City of Oldenburg (Preis des Oberbürgermeisters von Oldenburg)

2010:  Academic Achievement Scholarship, Dep’t of Higher Education, Gov’t of Alberta

2010:  Visual Arts Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts

2009:  Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award

2009:  Department of Art and Design Graduate Student Scholarship, Honourable Mention

Publications

Krause, Edith.  2012.  [a]drift.  

Jalovaara, Hannamari, Gillian Armitage, Edith Krause and Marie Price.  2006.  Ad Idem:  of the same mind.  CHOP:  Malaspina Printmakers Quarterly Newsletter, August 2002:  6-9.

Krause, Edith Penner and A.G. Lewis.  1979.  Ontogenetic migration and the distribution of  Eucalanus bungii (Copepoda; Calanoida) in British Columbia inlets.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 57(11): 2211-2222.

Walters, C. J., E. Krause, W. E. Neill, and T. G. Northcote.  1987.  Equilibrium models for seasonal dynamics of plankton biomass in four oligotrophic lakes.  Canadian Journal of   Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44(5): 1002-1017.

Lectures

Krause, Edith.  2014.  [a]drift artist talk at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, August 2013.