Harold Sikkema

EDUCATION

Honours BA - McMaster University

• Hamilton, Ontario
• Art & Multimedia
• Graduated Summa Cum Laude, spring 2009

OSSD - Guido de Brès Christian High School

• Hamilton, Ontario
• Graduated in 2003

HONOURS AND AWARDS

• McMaster Dean's Honour List | 2003 – 2009
• Bank of Montreal Humanities Multimedia Scholarship | 2005 & 2006
• Women’s Art Association Scholarship | 2005
• Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship | 2003 - 2006
• McMaster University Honour Award – Faculty of Humanities | 2003 & 2004
• The Ontario Scholar Certificate | 2003
• Guido de Brès Extracurricular Participation Award | 2003
• Guido de Brès Proficiency Scholarship | 2003
• Guido de Brès Senior Art Award | 2003
• Guido de Brès Honor Roll | 2000 – 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

Visual Artist & Web Developer - nsitu (self employed)

• Locally and globally | 2002 – Present
• Freelance design and development for web and print production
• Clients include: ACT International, Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development, International Council of AIDS Service Organisations (and its CSAT initiative), reformedteacher.net, Reviews in Culture, UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation

Art Teacher - Emmanuel Christian High School

• Fergus, Ontario | 2009
• Taught AVI10 (Grade 9 Visual Art) and AVI30 (Grade 11 Visual Art)
• Created a successful mural-painting group among the student body

Webmaster & Communications Assistant - Act International

• Geneva, Switzerland | Fall 2007 – Fall 2008
• Built content management framework and design for http://www.act-intl.org
• Designed visual layouts for several publications

Teaching Assistant, McMaster University

• Hamilton, Ontario | Fall 2006, Summer 2007, Fall 2008
• Introduced year-one students to graphic & web design with Adobe Photoshop.

Lab Assistant - Humanities Media and Computing, McMaster University

• Hamilton, Ontario | Summer 2005
• Computer lab maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

• Production assistance - Museum catalogue for "play nice" exhibition | Spring 2009
• Creative direction - Roadside Assistance Magazine | 2006 – 2007
• Webmaster, Canadian Reformed Soccer League (http://www.crsl.ca) | 2004 – 2007
• Camp counsellor, Campfire! (http://www.campfirebiblecamp.ca) | 2004 – 2006

MEDIA COVERAGE

• "Fall; Rise" as cover material | Prelude coursepack at Calvin College | August, 2010
• Interview with Artist Harold Sikkema | All Art Friday Special Edition | May, 2010
• "Pentecost" as front cover | Comment Magazine | March, 2010
• 1000 Words Feature | Comment Magazine | July 2009

ART EXHIBITIONS

• Artcetera - Elora Centre for the Arts | Elora, Ontario | April, 2010
• Waterfront Wingfest | Hamilton, Ontario | June, 2009
• Across Borders | Redeemer University, Ancaster Ontario | June, 2009
• The Self-Proclaimed Artist Show | Sealed Art, Hamilton Ontario | May, 2009
• play nice | McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton Ontario | April, 2009
• Four Walls | McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario | March, 2009
• Visual Theology (solo show) | James North Studio, Hamilton Ontario | February, 2009
• The River Artists Show | Dunnville Ontario | November, 2006

REFERENCES

• References available upon request.