Virginia Christopher Fine Art

 

Gwen Curry

Artist Biography

 

Education/Employment
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, Victoria, 1968-1974
Master of Fine Arts, Arizona State University, Phoenix, 1976-1978
Professor, University of Victoria, Department of Visual Arts, 1978-1994
 
Awards, Grants and Commissions
2001  B.C. Arts Council
2000  Ocean Park Library, Ocean Park
1998  B.C. Arts Council
1991  University of Victoria Research Grant
1990  University of Victoria Research Grant
1989  University of Victoria Research Grant
1986  Canada Council Short Term Grant
1986  University of Victoria Research Grant
1985  University of Victoria Research Grant
1980  University of Victoria Research Grant
1977  American Association of University Women Fellowship
1976  Canada Council Short Term Grant
1975  Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation Grant
1968  B.C. Cultural Fund Grant
 
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2004  Interface: the New Victoria Open, Art Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, BC (Guest curated by Linda Sawchyn of the Kelowna Art Gallery)
2004-7  Three Rivers...wild waters, sacred places, Yukon Art Gallery, Whitehorse, YT (travelling exhibit, 8 artists, catalogue by John Grande)
2003  Souvenir Series, Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria
2002  Witness, Vortex Gallery, Ganges
2002  G8 Summit, Kananaskis (work chosen for exhibit)
2001  Erosion, Vancouver (curated exhibit for Artropolis 2001)
2001  Witness, Art Gallery of Southern Alberta, Lethbridge
2001  Witness, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo
2001  Public Art-Creative Process, Kwantlen University College, Surrey
2000  To remain at a distance, Open Space, Victoria
1999  Solo Show, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria
1999  Bird Portraits, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria
1998  The Original Print & the Contemporary Printmaker, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria
1998  Gwen Curry & Lyndal Osborne, (Un)Natural Histories, The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie
1998  Birds of a Feather, Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Qualicum Beach (Gwen Curry and Carol Frank)
1997  Gwen Curry & Lyndal Osborne, (Un)Natural Histories, Open Space Gallery, Victoria
1997  Crow, Campbell River Public Art Gallery, Campbell River
1997  Measuring Parts, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton
1996  Blind Date, L'oeil de Poisson, Quebec
1996  Blind Date, Open Space Gallery, Victoria
1996  Images of Birds in Contemporary Art, Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary
1995  Works on Paper, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
1994  Ground Zero Printmakers Show, Ground Zero Printmakers Show, Victoria
1994  Drawing +, Open Space Gallery, Victoria
1993  Okanagan Print Invitational, Kelowna
1993  Strait Art III: the Canadian Waters, Port Angeles Fine Arts Centre, Port Angeles
1993  Malaspina Printmakers Annual Members Show, Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver
1993  Show of Cats: The Feline in Art, Prior Editions, Vancouver
1993  Changing Images, A. Wilfrid Johns Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria
1992  Canadian Participation, Expo '92, Seville (Exhibit of works chosen for Canadian Pavillion)
1992  Interprint, Ukranian Independent Centre of Contemporary Art, Lviv
1992  The October Project, Open Space Gallery, Victoria
1992  New Editions, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
1991  Drawings, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
1991  Gallery Artists, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
1991  Zhuhai - Surrey Cultural Exchange, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey (An exchange show between Zhuhai, China and Surrey, BC)
1991  101 Prints, Malaspina Print Makers, Law Courts, Vancouver
1991  Small Works, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
1991  Friends of Boundary Bay, Art Club Review Theatre, Vancouver
1990  Mapping the Coast, Latitude 53, Edmonton
1990  Tsitika Valley - Robson Bight, Westerm Canada Wilderness Committee by invitation, Vancouver, Victoria, Coutenay, Nanaimo
1990  Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
1990  Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, California
1990  Celebrating Victoria Artist, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1989  Mapping the Coast, a quartet, Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University
1989  Mapping the Coast, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
1989  Western Canadian Woodblock Prints, Muttart Gallery, Calgary
1989  Ground Zero Printmakers Show, Victoria
1989  18th Biennale of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1988  Angioblast, Open Space Gallery.
1988  Art on Wheels, Open Space Gallery.
1987  Marker Series, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
1987  Icons: Images of Power and Transformation, Open Space, Victoria
1987  Icons: Images of Power and Transformation, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
1986  Permanent Collection 1970-1986, Surrey Art Gallery
1986  Group Show, Equinox Gallery
1986  Group Show, Studio Gallery, Edmonton
1986  Group Show, Vanderlielee Gallery, Victoria
1986  Art in Victoria 1960-1986, Art Gallery of Victoria, Victoria
1985  Observations from the Edge, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary
1985  Observations from the Edge, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey
1985  Vanderlielee Gallery, Victoria
1985  Pacific Printmakers, Winchester Galleries, Victoria
1984  Solo Exhibit, MacGregor Gallery
1984  David Thompson University Centre, Nelson
1984  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1984  Canada Council Art Bank Collection, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver
1984  New Aquisitions, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
1983  MacPherson Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria
1983  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1983  Art Gallery of Victoria, Victoria
1983  Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown
1983  McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London
1983  Royal Bank Exhibit
1983  Victoria Harbour Festival
1982  Open Space
1982  Surrey Art Gallery
1982  Maltwood Art Gallery, University of Victoria.
1981  Open Space
1980  Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
1980  London Regional Art Gallery, London
1979  13th International Biennale of Graphic Art, Ljubljana Yugoslavia
1979  Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe
1979  Rembrandt Gallery, Vancouver
1979  Open Space, Victoria
1978  Third Arizona Print Competition, Phoenix
1978  London Regional Art Gallery
1977  Spokane National Print Competition
1977  Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
1976  Shaw-Rimmington Gallery, Toronto
 
Collections
Canada Council Art Bank
Imperial Esso of Canada
Expo '86, Vancouver
Rothmans Pall Mall of Canada Ltd.
West Coast Savings
Burnaby Art Gallery
Surrey Art Gallery
Texaco Canada Ltd.
Laing Corporation
Art Gallery of Victoria
Skopje Museum, Yugoslavia
Reader's Digest
Trans Mountain Pipeline, Calgary, Alberta
Telesat Canada
United Airlines, Denver, Colorado
Washington State Arts Commission
Sterling Computers, New York, N.Y.
Suncorp, Calgary
University of Victoria
 
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