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David T. Alexander

Artist Biography

 

Born
Vancouver, British Columbia, 1947
 
Education/Experience
Arts Adivisory Member, Lake Country, BC, 2006
Artist/Mentor, Slocan City, BC, 2006
Artist in Residence, Morris Graves Foundation, California, 2006
Visiting Artist, Georgian College, Barrie, ON, 2005
Guest Artist, Painting Workshop, Georgian College of Design & Visual Arts Department, Lake Simcoe, ON, 2005
Painting & Drawing Instructor, University of Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, 2004
Visiting Artist, Keyano College, AB, 2003
Visiting Artist, Victoria School, Edmonton, AB, 2003
Visiting Artist, Iceland, 2002
Member of the Board, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, 2002
Visiting Artist, Georgian College, Barrie, ON, 1999
Guest Artist, Painting Workshop, Georgian College of Design & Visual Arts Department, Lake Simcoe, ON, 1999
Juror, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnepeg, MN, 1999
Visiting Artist, Iceland Academy of Fine Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1999
Curator, "About the Rock", Touring Exhibit, NF, ON, AB, 1999
Visiting Artist, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 1999
Visiting Artist, Wilfred Grenfell, Cornerbrook, Nfld, 1998
Visiting Artist, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, 1998
Guest Artist, Painting Workshop, Georgian College of Design & Visual Arts Department, Lake Simcoe, ON, 1997
Guest Artist, Painting Workshop "Residency in Newfoundland", James Baird Gallery, Pooch Cove, Newfoundland, 1996
Co-curator, "Contemporary Canadian Landscape" Exhibition, Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1996
Visiting Artist, Thomspn Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, 1996
Artist in Residence, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, 1996
Visiting Artist, Okanagan University, Kelowna, British Columbia, 1996
Co-curator, "Paintings on Paper of Emily Carr", 1995-1996
Arctic Institute of North America Painting Workshop, Kluane, Yukon, 1994
Juror, Saskatchewan Arts Board, 1994
Visiting Artist, Portland College, Portland, Oregon, and Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1993
Visiting Artist, Grande Prairie College, Grande Prairie, Alberta, 1992
Drawing & Painting Instructor, St. Peter's College, Saskatchewan , 1991-1997
Visiting Artist, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta, 1991
Juror, Manitoba Arts Council, 1990
Visiting Artist, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1990
Visiting Artist, Prince George, British Columbia, 1989
Juror, Manitoba Arts Council, 1988
Instructor of Painting, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1987 (Intersession)
Juror, Canada Council Art Bank Canada Council Visiting Artist, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1986
Canada Council Visiting Artist, Dundas School of Art, Dundas, Ontario, 1986
Canada Council Visiting Artist, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia, 1985
Instructor of Painting, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1985
Emma Lake Workshop participant, 1984 (V. Tatransky, critic, writer - New York; T. Scott, sculptor - London, England)
Emma Lake Workshop Coordinator, 1983 (S. Boxer, painter - New York; James Wolfe, sculptor - New York)
Guest Artist, Boston Museum School, Boston, Maryland, 1982
Instructor of Drawing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1982
Emma Lake Workshop Coordinator, 1982 (D. Bannard, painter - New York; J. McLean, painter - London, England)
Curator, "Emma Lake Now", Library Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1981
MFA Exbition, University of Saskatchewan, 1980-1985 (painting and thesis, Graduate Research: London, Paris, Giverny, France, New York and Boston)
Emma Lake Artists' Workshop Saskatchewan participant, 1979 (Dzubas, painter - Boston. Elderfield, curator - Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.)
BFA, Notre Dame University, 1975-1978 (painting and sculpture)
Vancouver City College, Langara Art Dept., 1971-1972 (painting)
Extension and Audit, Vancouver Art School, 1980-1985 (photography & painting)
 
Drawing and Painting Research Expeditions
Washington, Oregon, California, 2006
Utah, Nevada, 2005
Iceland, 2002
Northern Ontario/Quebec, 2002
Northern Ontario/Quebec, 2000
Iceland/Holland, 1996
Northern Ontario/Quebec, 1996
New Mexico, Arizona, 1996
Northern Ontario/Quebec, 1994
Northern Scotland, 1990
Orkney Islands, 1989
California, 1989
Ellsmere Island, Canadian Artic, 1988
London, Paris, NYC, Boston, 1986
London, Paris, NYC, Boston, 1985
London, Paris, NYC, Boston, 1983
London, Paris, NYC, Boston, 1981
 
Scholarships/Awards
1993  Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance (High Artic trip - Greenland & Baffin Island)
1993  Sakatchewan Arts Board Grant
1990  Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance (Drawing trip - Scotland)
1988  Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance (Drawing trip - High Artic)
1984  Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance
1982  Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance
  Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Gallery (Purchase)
1980  Canada Council (Project)
1980-82  University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1978  Notre Dame University
1976  City of Nelson, British Columbia
 
Solo Exhibitions (Commercial)
2006  Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2005  Galerie D'Avignon, Montreal, QB
2005  Borderless, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2004  Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2003  Bau-XI, Toronto, ON
2003  Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2002  Ontario Paintings, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2001  Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2000  Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
1999  Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1997  Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1996  Virginia Christopher Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1995  Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
1995  Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1994  Wallack Gallery, Ottawa, ON
1994  Costin & Clintworth, Toronto, ON
1994  Feheley Fine Arts (Drawings)
1993  Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1993  Virginia Christopher Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1992  Wallack Gallery, Ottawa, ON
1992  Costin & Clintworth, Toronto, ON
1992  Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
1991  Feheley Fine Arts (Drawings)
1991  Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1991  Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1990  Wallack Gallery, Ottawa, ON
1989  Feheley Fine Arts (Drawings)
1989  Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1988  Waddington & Sheill Gallery, Toronto, ON
1988  Elca London Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
1987  Waddington & Sheill Gallery, Toronto, ON
1987  Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1987  Eva Cohen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1986  Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
1986  Elca London Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
1985  Waddington & Sheill Gallery, Toronto, ON
1985  Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1984  Elca London Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
1984  Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
1983  Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1982  Virginia Christopher Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1982  Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
 
Solo Exhibtions (Public)
2003  Unversity of Saskatchewan, SK
2003  Keyano College, Ft. McMurray, AB
2002  Hafnarborg Institute of Fine Arts, Iceland
1997  Whyte Museum, Banff, AB
1997  Kootenay Art Gallery, Castlegar, BC
1997  Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
1996  Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1995  Mendel Art Gallery (traveling exhibition)
1986  Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1985  Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1985  Traveling Exhibition, Hamilton, ON; Edmonton & Lethbridge, AB; Regina,SK
1983  Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1980  Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC
1979  Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
1979  David Thompson University Centre, Nelson, BC
1979  Worthington Art Gallery, Nelson, BC
1978  Notre Dame University (B.F.A.)
 
Group Exhibitions (Commercial)
2005  Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2005  Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
2004  Galerie D'Avignon, Montreal, QC
2004  Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2003  London Art Fair, London, England
2003  Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2002  NYC Art Fair, NYC
2002  West of Wawa, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2002  Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2001  Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2000  International Drawing Show,Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2000  Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
1996  Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994  Waddington Gorce Gallery, Montreal, QC
1994  Art First, London, England
1991  Editions, Basel, Switzerland
1989  Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, California
1986  Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
1985  Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
1982  Elca London Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
1983  Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, AB
1982  Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1982  Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, AB
1981  Art Placement, Saskatoon,SK
1978  DeVooght Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1977  Topham Brown Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia
1977  Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1976  Clockwork Gallery, Nelson, BC
1966  Peter Ohler Gallery, Richmond, BC
 
Group Exhibitions (Public)
1998  Whitman College, Washington
1998  Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina
1997  Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
1997  Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
1997  Memorial Art Gallery,University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
1996  Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1996  Muttart Gallery, Calgary, AB
1996  Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1994  Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994  Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1994  Musee d'art comtemporain de Montreal, QC
1994  Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1994  Reflecting Paradise, University of Lethbridge,Calgary Venue
1993  Galerie Pallas, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1992  Hope & Optimism Portfolio, Oxford, England, Gibraltar
1991  Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1991  Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
1990  Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
1988  Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
1987  University of New Brunswick (traveling exhibition)
1987  G.H. Dalsheimeer Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
1986  Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
1986  Expo '86, Vancouver, BC
1985  Fourteen Saskatchewan Painters, MacKenzie Gallery, Regina, SK
1984  Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1983  Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1983  Canadian Contemporary Art, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1980  Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB
1980  Edmonton Art Gallery (Traveling Exhibition)
1980  University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
1977  Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
 
Public Collections
City of Trail, Trail, BC
Notre Dame University, Nelson, BC
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Grant MacEwen Community College, Edmonton, AB
Keyano College, Ft. McMurray, AB
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
Burnaby Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK
McKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, QC
Saskatchewan Arts Board Collection, Regina, SK
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Georgian College, Barrie, ON
McLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
Tom Thompson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Department of External Affairs, Manilla, Philippines and Melboune, Australia
Institute of Art, Hafnerfjordur, Iceland
Canadian Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
Canadian Embassy, Beijing, China
Department of Foreign Affiars, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Department of Foreign Affiars, Berlin, Germany
Grand Forks Art Gallery, BC
 
Corporate Collections
Metropolitan Towers, Vancouver, BC
BC Gas, Vancouver, BC
BC Lotteries Foundation, BC
First City Trust, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Airlines International, Edmonton, AB
Cruickshank Karvellas, Barristers & Solicitors, Edmonton, AB
Esso Resources, Calgary, AB
Hughes Petroleum, Edmonton, AB
Husky Oil, Calgary, AB
Imperial Oil, Calgary, AB
Nova Corporation, Calgary, AB
Pan-Oil, Calgary, AB
Petro-Can, Calgary, AB
Rick Arndt Architect, Edmonton, AB
Shell Resources, Calgary, AB
Stanley Technology Group, Edmonton, AB
Syncrude Canada, Edmonton, AB
TD Evergreen Investments, Edmonton, AB
TransAlta, Calgary, AB
Saskatchewan Potash Corporation, Saskatoon, SK
Saskatchewan Telecommunications, Regina, SK
Bank of Montreal, Winnipeg, MA
Armak Chemicals, Toronto, ON
Burroughs Memorex Inc., Toronto, ON
Canadian General Electric, Toronto, ON
Dupont Canada, Toronto, ON
Granite Club, Toronto, ON
Guaranty Trust, Toronto, ON
Hewlett Packard, Toronto, ON
Hiram Walker, Toronto, ON
McLean Hunter Publishers, Toronto, ON
McMillan and Binch, Toronto, ON
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt,, Toronto, ON
Suncor Inc., Toronto, ON
Sunlife Assurance, Toronto, ON
Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, ON
Trimark Investments, Toronto, ON
Air Canada, Montreal, QC
CIBC - Montreal, QC
Leopold Properties, Montreal, QC
Pratt and Whitney, Montreal, QC
Power Corp., Montreal, QC
Royal Trust, Montreal, QC
Teleglobe Canada, Montreal, QC
Via Rail, Montreal, QC
Westbourne Industries, Montreal, QC
Hudson's Bay Oil, Denver, Colorado
Strikeman and Elliot, New York
Korean Energy, Seoul, Korea
Koch Industries, Kansas
Rothchilds Inc.
MGM - Communications
 
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