Cindy Hergott Pellerin

Cindy Hergott Pellerin is a process-based painter who produces rigorously composed abstract paintings infused with references to architecture, structures, geography, landscapes, and plant forms. She completed a BFA at the University of Saskatchewan and has maintained a consistent studip practice since the 1980s. Her works have been exhibited locally and provincially, and collected by individuals across Canada.

Artist Statement

“Drawing inspiration from formalist and colour field painters, I focus on process and formal relationships. Beginning with spontaneous engagement with tools and materials, I cultivate a ground of uncertainty, intuitively allowing marks and forms to shape the pictorial field through addition and subtraction. The resulting convergence of overlapping planes suggests layered histories and sustains a continual process of exploration… While abstract, familiar references surface to engage the viewer, inviting sustained looking and the uncovering of latent narratives within the layers. By negotiating the space between abstraction and representation, the work develops a visual language that bridges these two genres.”
- Cindy Hergott Pellerin

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

1998 - M.Ed., Educational Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
1991 - B.Ed., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
1982 - 85 - B.F.A., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
1981-82 - Art & Design, Red Deer College, Red Deer Alberta
1980-81 - St. Peter’s College, Muenster, Saskatchewan

Workshops:

2024 - Art2Life CVP - Nicholas Wilton
2019 - September - Jean Pederson - Regina
2018 - July - Cold wax - Janice Mason-Steeves
2017 - October – Blu Smith – Regina
2016 - October - Blu Smith - Calgary
2015 - July - Seductive Surfaces - Jean Pederson - Red Deer College Summer Series
2014 - July - Abstraction and Cold Wax - Janice Mason-Steeves - Red Deer College Summer Series
2013 - July - Painting the Figure - Bev Tosh - Red Deer College Summer Series

Solo Exhibitions:

2019 - November - "New Work" - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2018 - October - "Gardens" - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2017 - June - "A Garden Party" - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2016 - May - "A Medley" - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2015 - April - "Posies & Places" - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2014 - July - December – University of Saskatchewan, University Club, Saskatoon, SK
2014 - May - "Pedal Power" - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2013 - October – “Favourite Spaces" - The Gallery, at Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK
2013 - June - “Prairie and Ponds” - Kathy Thiessen Art Gallery, Station Arts Centre, Rosthern, SK
2009 - October/November - “Recent Works” – Station Arts, Rosthern, SK
2004 - June/July - "Hidden Secrets" - The Gallery, at Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK

Two Person Exhibitions:

2026 - June-Sept - "Off the Grid" - with Cathryn Miller - St. Thomas More Gallery - Saskatoon, Sk.
2025 - Nov/Dec - "Colouring Outside the Lines" - with Karen Pask-Thompson - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2023 - April/May - "From Winter to Spring" - with Karen Pask-Thompson - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2020 - October - "Perspectives" - with Karen Pask-Thompson - Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
1985 - April - BFA Exhibition - with Kathy Thiessen, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan. Distinguished Exhibition Award.

Group Exhibitions:

2025 - Art & Sip - Abstract'd Art Collective - Calgary, AB
2025 - Faulty Club University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, SK
2025 - Calories Restaurant - Saskatoon, SK
2025 - St. Thomas More Gallery - Saskatoon SK
2024 - Open Studio - Studio on 20th - Saskatoon, SK
2024 - St. Thomas More Gallery - Saskatoon, SK
2023 - Open Studio - The Studio on 20th - Saskatoon, SK
2022 - The Studio on 20th - Calories, Saskatoon, SK
2022 - The Studio on 20th - Anthology, Saskatoon, SK
2017-18 - Boheme Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2016 - Midtowne Gallery, Calgary, AB
2016 - May - "The Expressed Landscape"- with Andrew Hyslop & Keith Walker, Midtowne Gallery, Calgary, AB
2015 - Red Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
2015 - The Stall Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2014 - May – “A Slice of Life” - Modern Country Interiors, Saskatoon, SK
2013 - November- “A Room with a View” - Modern Country Interiors, Saskatoon, SK
2004 - October/November - Verve Gallery, Regina, SK

Affliations:

CARFAC Saskatchewan

Abstract'd Art Collective - https://www.abstractdartcollective.com/

Media Reviews:

The 2023 Art2Life International Juried Art Exhibition – Juror Anita Rogers, owner and director of Anita Rogers Gallery in New York City

Honourable Mention (2), selected in the top 6 of over 5,000 works of art.
In conversation with Anita Rogers, she shared - “Great job, really beautiful job…the sense of line, colour, space, super! I can tell you are very dedicated. I love the mixed media. I think it is a solid high-quality piece of art.”
https://www.art2life.com/exhibition-2023/#more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTWJAVgWwT0

Unlikely Source of Paintings Furnishes Beauty – Marsha Day – 2011 – Saskatoon StarPhoenix

“Her floral-inspired canvasses were like eye poetry for their punctuated compositions, risky edge-of-abstraction graphic energy, uber-confident paint control and commanding use of colour… her prairie landscapes: Blithe highways electrified by power poles and blinking, winking colour-pellets, delicate celestial grids, and crisp fresh air. There is light everywhere. This is what I mean by new approaches to landscape painting, where talent fertilizes vision.”