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Roy Leadbeater

Artist Biography

 

Born
England, 1928
 
Awards and Grants
1978  Grant from Government of Alberta to assist with the London exhibition
1980  Awarded Allied Arts medal by Royal Institute of Canadian Architects
 
Exhibitions
1961  Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1962  Open Air Exhibition of Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, ON
1962  Quebec Provincial, Musee de Quebec, Quebec City
1963  Alberta Society of Artists, Allied Art Centre, Calgary, AB
1964  Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1965  Sacred Art, St. Dunstans University, Charlottetown, PEI
1966  One Man Show, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1968  One Man Show, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1968  Quebec Provincial, Musee de Quebec, Quebec City
1969  Environment '69, Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB (Government of Alberta)
1970  Environment '70, Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB (Government of Alberta)
1971  One Man Show, Canadiana House, Calgary, AB
1971  One Man Show, Lefebvre Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1972  One Man Show, Lefebvre Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1972  One Man Show, Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, ON
1973  One Man Show, Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1973  Damkjar Burton Gallery, Hamilton, On
1977  Alberta Society of Artists, Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary, AB (Juried Show)
1978  West End Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1978  Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, ON
1978  Alwin Gallery, London, England
1979  Gallery West, Vancouver, BC
1979  Nickle Museum and Art Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
1982  Gallery West, Vancouver, BC
1983  Vik Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1990  One Man Show, Edmonton, AB
1991  Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1993  Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, AB
1997  Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1999  Hands That Shape, Calgary, AB (The Alberta Society of Artists Juried Show)
1999  The Works Festival of Visual Arts, Edmonton, AB
2000  Gallery 124, Edmonton, AB
2001  Gallery 124, Edmonton, AB
 
Films
1967  This Land, CBC film featuring the building of the Kinetic Sculpture for the Four Western Provinces Pavilion, Expo '67, Montreal, PQ
1968  Art in Alberta, Calgary and Region E.Y.V. Program
1968  The Search, C.T.V. (sculpture shown in relation to the background of the North Saskatchewan River)
1969  Alpha and Omega, Canada West Film, Calgary (Film showing sculpture in relation to the modern city)
1971  Roy Leadbeater's Space Figures, BBC TV, Southampton Studios, England
1979  Welding Techniques in Sculpture, ACCESS, Edmonton, AB
 
Commissions
1967  Four Western Provinces Pavilion, Expo '67, Montreal, PQ (kinetic sculpture 28' x 14' x 6')
1967  Yates Memorial Centre, Lethbridge, AB (welded steel 8' x 2' x 2')
1967  Science Building, Lethbridge College, Lethbridge, AB (welded steel 15' x 6' x 6')
1969  Bradie Building, Calgary, AB (cast bronze fire and water fountain 15' x 8' x 8')
1970  Galaxy, Bank of Canada, Calgary, AB (cast bronze 12' x 8' x 1')
1970  Crown Trust Building, Calgary, AB (cast bronze 10' x 4' x 4')
1970  Walter Mackenzie Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (welded steel 8' x 5' x 1')
1972  College Plaza, Edmonton, AB (welded steel 21' x 14' x 6')
1973  Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Company Limited, Calgary, AB (cast bronze wall mural 4'9" x 3'6")
1975  Government of Alberta Film Award (bronze plaques)
1975  Alberta Art Foundation purchase
1975  Ukrainian Memorial Committee, St Michael's Cemetery, Edmonton, AB (bronze cross 13')
1977  Jason Goldsmith, Edmonton, AB (welded steel; interior: pedestals, planters, screens; exterior: 40' x 11', gates 8' x 6')
1977  Plumb Construction, Edmonton, AB (cast bronze wall mural 10' x 7')
1977  Loram International Ltd., Calgary, AB (cast bronze wall mural 5' x 4')
1977  International Oilmen's Golf Tournament Award, Calgary, AB (bronze golfer 21" high)
1978  The Nickel Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (cast bronze wall mural 15' x 10' x 1')
1978  Executive Hangar, Saxon Group of Companies, Edmonton, AB (welded steel 15' x 3' x 4')
1979  Calgary Petroleum Club, Calgary, AB (cast bronze 42' x 18' x 9')
1979  CBC Building, Calgary, AB (welded steel 18' x 11' x 5')
1979  Banff International Festival of Films for Television, Banff, AB (bronze 'Rocky' awards presented annually)
1979  Marine Star, Pacific American Games, Auckland, NZ (cast bronze)
1981  AGT Building, Calgary, AB (suspended sculpture cast bronze 20' x 10' x 12')
1981  Banff International Festival of Films for Television (award presented by Bank of Montreal)
1981  Fantasy Chariot, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, AB (bronze sculpture 6' x 8' x 4' 1982)
1981  Cambridge Group for Deerfoot Shopping Centre, Calgary, AB (bronze sculpture in the round: 10' x 5' x 5')
1983  Falconbridge Nickel (stainless steel sculpture sent to Sweden)
1983  Canadian Utilities, Atco Building, Edmonton, AB (two bronze sculptures, each 42' x 20' x 8')
1984  Genesis, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton: AB (welded Steel 17' x 6' x 6')
1986  Medicine Hat Hospital, Medicine Hat, AB (wall mural - cast aluminum and stained glass 40' x 8' x 6')
1986  Ashes to Life, Memorial to the Holocaust, Calgary, AB (cast bronze 17' x 6' x 6')
1987  Joy, Calgary City Hall, Calgary, AB (cast bronze 8' x 6' x 2')
1988  Sponsor Award; 1988 Calgary Olympics, Calgary, AB
1989  Calgary City Hall, outdoor sculpture, Triangle Gallery (welded steel 20' x 8' x 3')
1989  Banff Springs Golf Clubhouse (designed and produced entry doors and light fixtures)
1993  Synergy, Tillyard Management Inc., Norcen Tower, Calgary, AB (aluminum 10' x 9' x 5'; now Servil Tower)
1994  Moments, Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, AB (welded Steel 12' x 6' x 3'; relocated to Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, AB)
1994  Alberta College, Edmonton, AB (welded Steel 7' x 2'6' x 2')
1996  A Celebration of Life - Children Having Fun, Leigh's Meadow, Cardiff Echoes, Morinville, AB (welded Steel 7' x 14' x 12')
2000  Aurora's Dance, Art and Design in Public Places 104 Street Project, Edmonton, AB (painted steel sculpture divider 440' x 1')
2001  Ocean Moon, Thornton Court Hotel, Edmonton, AB (cast bronze and fabricated copper - sculpture in the round: 9' x 9' x 15')
 
Collections
Leadbeater sculptures, paintings and jewelry are in many private collections
 
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