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Raneece Buddan is a Jamaican visual artist who resides in Treaty 6 territory, Amiswaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). She immigrated to Canada in 2015 and completed her BFA in Art and Design with Distinction at the University of Alberta in 2020. Raneece’s artwork has been exhibited throughout Alberta as well as, internationally through Artsy, New York, Vermont and France. She has completed Artist Residencies in Edmonton, Alberta, Salem, New York and most recently in Mandelieu-La-Napoule, France.

Raneece’s artistic practice is an ongoing journey to self-discovery. It is an attempt to learn more about her cultural identity as a Jamaican woman reconnecting with her Afro and Indo-Caribbean ancestry. This is done through material exploration and textile research. She shows the beauty of merging these cultures while also addressing the generational loss of culture and ancestry as a result of historical and ongoing assimilation, slavery and indentured servitude in the Caribbean.  


Raneece considers each piece a self-portrait. These are her hybridized paintings and sculptures that start from finding the figure in the material, her clay pots that combine the processes of the Ashante tribe in Ghana and those in India and her textiles inspired by blocking printing motifs and woven patterns from Nigeria, Ghana and India. Combined with incorporating themes of hair and skin complexions, she touches on the roles colourism and texturism have played in racial identity and beauty standards in Jamaican society and ethnic communities. This can be seen with the replacement of her skin with textiles as her new racial identifiers and the use of synthetic hair to represent the importance of hair across cultures.


As an interdisciplinary artist, Raneece finds joy in a well-rounded practice of oil painting, woodworking, clay sculpting, resin casting, printmaking and weaving.



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Solo Exhibitions

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2024

Come mek mi hole yuh han, The Works Art & Design Festival, Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB

2024

Out of Many, We Became One, The Works Art & Design Festival, The Westin, Edmonton, AB

2024

Threading Through Time, Art Gallery of St. Albert, curated by Emily Baker, St. Albert, AB

2024

In this vessel I am…, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, curated by Nura Ali, Edmonton, AB

2022-2023

Desiderium, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, curated by Adam Whitford, Lethbridge, AB  

2022

Blending Families through Cultural Textiles, Prairie Crocus, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB

2022

De more yu luk, de less yu si, Stollery Gallery, Edmonton, AB

Group Exhibitions

2024

Dragon Fried Rice curated by Jordon Hon and Yihua Zhang, Edmonton, AB

2024

Sharp Teeth, BGSU Fine Art Centre Gallery, curated by Sanaa Humayun, Bowling Green, Ohio

2023

Patch Portraits, TREX Southeast Travelling Exhibition, curated by Genevieve Farrell, AB

2022

Ornament and Crime, Stride Gallery, curated by Noor Bhangu, Calgary, AB

2022

Snap at 40: Archival Showcase, Future Forwards, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2022

Atlantic World Art Fair, Artsy, exhibiting with Gallery OCA, London

2021

the soil between plants, Latitude 53, curated by Making Space: Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet and 

Sanaa Humayun, Edmonton, AB

2021

Amplify, Art Gallery @ 501, curated by Kris Miller,  Sherwood Park, AB

2021

Sometimes I Have These Moments, Stollery Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2021

Edmonton Gallery District Diversity in Art Online Exhibition

2021

5 Artists 1 Love - Black Every Day, Art Gallery of Alberta, curated by Lindsey Sharman and 

Natalie Mayer, Edmonton, AB

2021

Skirts-A-Fire Visual Art Exhibit and Festival, curated by Stephanie Florence, Edmonton, AB

2020

Schmoozy, Latitude 53, curated by Michelle Schultz, Edmonton, AB

2020

Breathing Room Grad Show Online Exhibition, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

2020

Castles of Butter, Lowlands Project Space, curated by Steven Teeuwsen, Edmonton, AB

2020

5 Artist 1 Love, Art Gallery of Alberta, Scott Gallery and  Jake’s Framing, curated by Elizabeth Hill, Natalie Mayer and Darren Jordan, Edmonton, AB

2019

As Is, On Sight Auction, curated by the Visual Arts Student Association, Enterprise Square, 

Edmonton, AB

 

2019

North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show (NBOSS), curated by Joe Chirchirillo, North Bennington, Vermont, USA

2019

Becoming, North Main Gallery, curated by Anthony Cafritz, Salem, NY, USA

2019

As if Matter Matters, Rutherford Library, curated by Royden Mills, Stephanie Jonsson, Cam Wallace, Edmonton AB

2018

Going Once Auction and Exhibition, Enterprise Square Gallery, curated by the Visual Arts 
Student Association, Edmonton, AB

2017

Hope and Fear, Rutherford Library, curated by Royden Mills and Marliene Oliver, Edmonton AB

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Residences, Workshops & Talks

2024

“Come mek mi hole yuh han” Maypole Dance Workshop, The Works Art & Design Festival, Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB

2024

Carving these moments Workshop, Art Gallery of St. Albert, St. Albert, AB

2024

Voices of Change Community Art Workshop, Norquest College, Edmonton, AB

2024

Artists of the Caribbean Diaspora Panel, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

2024

Artist-in-Residence - Sculpture Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

2023

Artist-in-Residence, La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France

2023

Living in Colour: Painting and  Collage Workshop, The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse, Edmonton, AB

2019

Representation of Blackness in the Arts in Edmonton Research Presentation by Mpoe Mogale, 


University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

2023

STEPS CreateSpace Public Art Forum, Digital Forum 

2022

Artist Talk, Alberta University of Arts, Calgary, AB

2022

Artist in Residence, Gather Textiles, Edmonton, AB

2022

Digital Now: Future Artist Program, SNAP, Edmonton, AB

2022

Teen Night Collaging Workshop, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

2021

TD Artist Collaboration Workshop, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, Edmonton, AB

2021

RBC Emerging Artist Apprenticeship, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, Edmonton, AB

2020

Artist Talk, Lowlands Project Space, Edmonton, AB

2019

Artist Talk, Union College, Albany, NY

2019

Artist Talk, North Main Gallery, Salem, NY

2019

Young Artist in Residence, Salem Art Works, Salem, NY

2019

Representation of Blackness in the Arts in Edmonton Research Presentation by Mpoe Mogale, 


University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

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Education

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2016-2020

The University of Alberta, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design

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Awards & Grants

2023

AFA - Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grant

2021

Edmonton Arts Council's (EAC) Equity and Access Grants for Individuals & Collectives

2018

Universiade ‘83 Scholarship

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Member of the Following Organizations

2016 - 2020

Visual Arts Student Association

2020 - present

Making Space

2023 - present

 Ribbon Rouge Foundation Artist Collective

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