Virginia Christopher Fine Art

 

Peter Deacon

Artist Biography

 

Born
England, 1945
 
Education
Awarded Diploma in Art and Design, Portsmouth College of Art, England, 1963-67
First Class Honours (Dip. A.D), Portsmouth College of Art, England, 1963-67
Awarded Art Teacher's Diploma (A.T.D.), University of Wales, School of Art Education, Cardiff, Wales, 1967-68
Awarded University of London Higher Diploma in Fine Art (H.D.F.A. London), Slade School of Art, University College, University of London, England, 1968-70
 
Awards, Prizes, Scholarships and Residencies
1966  City of Portsmouth Traveling Scholarship, England
1968-70  Slade Scholarship, England
1969  Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Prize, England
1970-72  Abbey Major Scholarship in Painting, British School, Rome, Italy
1973-75  Fellowship in Fine Art, Nottingham University, England
1975  Prize Second British International Drawing Biennale, Middlesborough, England
1977  Purchase Prize, Graphex 5, Brantford, Canada
1978  Canada Council Project Cost Grant
1980  Canada Council Project Cost Grant
1981  Purchase Prize, Graphex 8, Brantford, Canada
1995  Appointed to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
 
Solo Exhibitions
1972  Zella 9 Gallery, London, England
1973  Nottingham University Gallery, Nottingham, England
1974  University Gallery and Trent Polytechnic Gallery, Nottingham, England
1975  Nottingham University Gallery, Nottingham, England
1975  Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada
1983  Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Canada
1989  Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Canada
1989  Gulf Canada Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1998  The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1998  Suncor Corporation, Calgary, Canada (arranged by the Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary)
1999  Facing West, Trans Alta, Calgary, Canada (organized by the Muttart Public Art Gallery)
1999  Facing North - Looking South, the Boswell Gallery, Little Rock, AR, USA
1999  The Divide, Enmax Headquarters, Calgary, Canada (organized by the Muttart Public Art Gallery)
 
Group Exhibitions
1969  Northern Young Contemporaries, Manchester, England
1970  Three Schools Show, Royal Academy, London, England
1970  Platform '70, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
1970  Young Contemporaries, London, England
1971  Slade Centenary Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, England
1971  Six Young Britons, Tyler School, Rome, Italy
1971  Giovanni Borsisti a Roma, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
1972  Mostra '72, British Academy, Rome, Italy
1973  First British International Drawing Bienalle, Middlesborough, England
1973  Biennale of Graphic Art, Yugoslavia
1974  First International Biennale of Graphic Art, Segovia, Spain
1975  Second British International Drawing Biennale, Middlesborough, England
1976  Contemporary Royale, Vancouver, Canada
1976  Graphex 4, Brantford, Canada
1976  Spectrum Canada, Montreal, Canada
1977  50 Canadian Drawings, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, Canada
1977  Albertawork, Calgary, Canada
1977  Graphex 5, Brantford, Canada (Prize Winner)
1977  3rd British International Drawing Biennale, Middlesborough, England
1977  Making Marks, Norman MacKenzie Gallery; University of Regina, Regina, Canada
1977  Alberta Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Glenbow Institute, Calgary, Canada
1978  First Canadian Biennale of Prints and Drawings, Edmonton, Canada
1978  Deacon/Hushlak, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada (Two-man Exhibition)
1979  Alberta Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Lethbridge, Canada
1979  Alberta Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Shell Centre, Calgary, Canada
1979  'Summer '79' Exhibition of Western Artist, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada
1979  Graphex 7, Brantford, Canada
1979  Alberta Artists, Artcore Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1980  Present Tense, Beaverhouse Gallery, Edmonton, Canada (Recent Acquisitions by The Alberta Art Foundation)
1980  Some Drawings by Some Albertans, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1981  Alberta Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Beaverhouse Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
1981  Alberta Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1981  Recent Acquisitions (A selection of work purchased by the Alberta Art Foundation. Held at the Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary and subsequently at the Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie and Beaverhouse Gallery, Edmonton, Canada.)
1981  Viewpoints, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Canada (A juried exhibition organized by the Alberta Society of Artists)
1981  Selected Works from the Permanent Collection, Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Canada
1983  35th Boston Printmakers National Exhibition, Boston, USA
1983  Anniversary Exhibition for the 1983 World University Games, Edmonton, Canada
1983  'Viewpoints' Alberta Society of Artists, Muttart Gallery, Calgary Canada.
1984  Alberta Society of Artists Juried Exhibition (touring locations in Japan and Korea)
1984  Alberta Society of Artists Exhibition, Fort Calgary, Canada
1984  Inaugural Exhibition, Evelyn Amis Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1984  The Alberta Landscape, Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1984  The Alberta Landscape, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Canada
1984  The Alberta Landscape, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
1984.  OSA/A.S.A. (A touring exhibition of work by artists in Alberta and Ontario. Juried and organized by the Alberta Society of Artists)
1984  Select, Beaverhouse Gallery, Edmonton, Canada (Work recently acquired by the Alberta Art Foundation)
1985  Exploring Art and The Earth, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Canada (An exhibition organized by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists)
1985  Series 10, Beaverhouse Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
1986  Earth Resources, Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Canada (An exhibition of miniature work organized by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists)
1986  Alberta Society of Artists Exhibition, Fort Calgary, Canada
1987  'One on One' Feature Artist, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1987  Alberta Show, Edmonton, Canada (A juried exhibition held to coincide with the Alberta Summer Games)
1988  Contemporary '88 - Calgary (An exhibition held in conjunction with the Winter Olympic Games)
1988  Wintershow '88, Mobil Oil, Calgary, Canada (A juried exhibition selected by the Olympic Organizing Committee)
1988  From the Landscape, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada (An exhibition of contemporary landscape painting)
1988  Visions of Alberta, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada (An invitational exhibition)
1988  Recent Acquisitions of the Calgary Civic Art Collection, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1989  Two Corporate Collections, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada (Selections from the Nova and Petro-Canada Collections)
1989  First Impressions, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada (Recent acquisitions of the Alberta Art Foundation)
1989  Alberta Drawings, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada (A survey exhibition of contemporary drawing)
1990  Polarities, Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie, Canada (A juried exhibition of Alberta Art, which also is subsequently on a tour throughout Alberta)
1991  25th Anniversary Exhibition, Nickel Arts Museum; University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
1991  Alberta Society of Artists, Tokyo, Japan (Also subsequent tour venues in Japan)
1992  Marks of Distinction, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada (Recent acquisitions of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts)
1992  Canadian Flags Revisited, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Canada (A group exhibition of nine artists in celebration of the 125th anniversary of Canadian Confederation)
1992  Alberta Vision (A juried exhibition of work by members of the Alberta Society of Artists - on tour in Japan and China)
1993  Canadian Artists to the Benefit of the Olga Havel Foundation, Prague, Czech Republic
1993  New Works from the Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1993  Spring Exhibition, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1994  Artists' Circle Exhibition, Triangle Public Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1994  'Works from the Leighton Foundation", The Leighton Studio, Priddis, Canada
1995  Artist's Circle Exhibition, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1996  Selected Works from the Permanent Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1997  Celebrating a Legacy, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada (Alberta Foundation for the Arts 25th anniversary exhibition)
1998  The Artist Circle, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1998  Looks Like, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada (a traveling exhibition)
1999  Friends & Mentors Revisited, Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2000  The Artists Circle, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000  The Artists Circle, Prague, Czech Republic
2000  ABGESTELLT! Kunst-Kanal, Dorsten, Germany
2000  Austellung: VORGESTELLT!, Kanadische Kunstler in Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
2001  2001 An Art Odyssey, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada (Recent acquisitions to the contemporary collection)
 
Selected Collections
Air Canada, Canada
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada
Art Gallery of Brant, Canada
Ballem, McDill, MacInnes and Eden, Canada
Big Rock Brewery, Calgary, Canada
B.P. Canada Ltd., Canada
Canada Council Art Bank, Canada
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada
East Midlands Arts Association, England
Esso Resources, Canada
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Canada
Hewlett- Packard, Canada
Husky Oil, Canada
Imperial Oil, Canada
Inverness Petroleum Ltd., Canada
MacLeod Dixon, Canada
MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Canada
MacKimmie Matthews, Canada
Morgan Bank, New York, USA
Nickel Arts Museum, Canada
Nova Corporation, Canada
Petro-Canada, Canada
Sceptre Resources, Canada
The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
Texaco Canada, Canada
Toronto Domion Bank, Canada
University of Alberta, Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, Canada
University of Calgary Informations Commons, Calgary, Canada
Victoria and Alberta Museum, England
Winchester Group of Companies, Calgary, Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Art works in private collections in Great Britain, Canada, Germany, USA, Italy, the Czech Republic and Japan.
 
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