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Bill Morton

Artist Biography

 

Born
Didsbury, Alberta, 1940
 
Education
Worked in Kunio Isa Textile Studio, Kyoto, Japan, 1972-83
Honours Diploma Sculpture, Alberta College of Art, 1964-68
 
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1994  Bill Morton: Dyed Works, The Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary (Aug 16-Sept 25)
1992  Intervals, Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary
1987  Bill Morton Silk Hangings, Art Gallery of South Okanagan, Penticton
1982  Canadian Color, Kokusai Gakuyukai Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1982  Moods, Kuroda Tei, Osaka, Japan)
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
1992  Textile Works by Three Canadian Artists, Itami Craft Centre Gallery, Itami City, Japan
1992  Three Silk Dying Exhibition, Alberta Craft Presents Gallery, Edmonton
1991  Works by Three Canadian Textile Artists, Sakaimachi Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1990  Cover, Illingworth Kerr Gallery; Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary
1988  Celebration, Nature Transformed, Sakaimachi Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1988  Art is our Game", Alberta Society of Artists, Calgary; Grande Prairie; Medicine Hat; Lethbridge; Edmonton; Red Deer
1987  Four Calgary Artists, Rubaiyat, Calgary
1987  Not Commercially Viable, Muttart Gallery, Calgary
1986-87  On the Road to Kobe, 5 venues in Japan and Korea: Tokyo, Chiba; Niigata; Kobe and Seoul
 
Collections
University of Alberta
Alberta Government
British Petroleum
Alberta Art Foundation
Sceptre Resources
Amoco Corporation
Canadian Airlines
Calgary Civic Collection
Private Collections, Japan, USA and Canada
 
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