| BORN | 1951, Vancouver, BC |
| EDUCATION |
1995
Art Institute Program - Capilano College 1969 Banff School of Fine Art, Summer Session Painting 1969 - 1973 Vancouver School of Art (Emily Carr College of Art and Design) |
| EXHIBITIONS |
2009 Feb Jade Art Now, Tucson AZ 2008 Oct Jade Festival Big Sur, California 2008 June Gallery Odin, Vernon B.C. 2008 Feb Jade Art Now, Tucson AZ 2007 Oct Jade Festival Big Sur, California 2007 June Gallery Odin, Vernon B.C. 2007 Feb Jade Art Now, Tucson AZ 2006 Oct Jade Festival Big Sur, California 2006 Sept Art Walk, Lake Country B.C. 2006 June Gallery Odin, Vernon B.C. 2005 Oct Jade Festival Big Sur, California 2005 Sept Art Walk, Lake Country B.C. 2005 May Fugitive Gallery, Vernon B.C. Group Show 2005 Feb Manning House Show, Tucson AZ 2004 Dec Thomas Bartlett, Napa California 2004 Oct The Jade Festival, Jade Cove California 2004 Oct Peju Province Winery, Napa California 2004 Oct Jade Festival Big Sur, California 2004 Sept Art Walk, Winfield, B.C. 2004 May Group Show with members, Fugitive gallery, Vernon B.C. 2004 May The San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2004 Feb Tucson Museum of Art 2004 Feb The Manning House Show, Tucson Az 2003 Dec Odin Gallery, Vernon B.C. 2003 Nov Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery 2003 Sept Art Walk, Winfield, B.C. 2003 March "A Fine Line" Exhibition, Salmon Art Gallery of the Arts, B.C. 2003 Feb Gem Galleria, Manning House, Tucson Az. 2001 Sept "Amazing Space", Sculpture Exhibition, Vernon Performing Arts Centre 1999 Aug Garden Sculpture Show, Van Dusen Gardens, Vancouver , B.C. 1999 May Vernon Art Gallery, 3 sculptors, Exhibition "Stone, Wood & Metal", Vernon B.C. 1999 May Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham, Washington, USA 1996/97/98 Art Walk, Holiday Park Resort, Winfield 1995 - 1996 International Jade Exhibition, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, California, USA 1995 Sept National Congress of Art & Design, Utah, USA 1994 July Vernon Art Gallery, Group Show 1993 Apr The Heritage Gallery, Westbank, BC Group Show 1992 May The Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC, Solo Show 1989 Sept Faculty Club, UBC 1987 May Topham Brown Gallery, Vernon, BC, Solo Exhibition 1985 23rd Okanagan Valley Juried Show, Kelowna, BC 1984 22nd Okanagan Valley Juried Show, Kelowna, BC 1977 Oct Sheraton Plaza 500, Vancouver, BC Exhibition of Jade Jewellery 1973/74 Group Exhibition with New World Jade held in New York, Dallas, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver 1973 May Grad Show, Burnaby Art Gallery |
| COLLECTIONS |
Gallelli,
Calgary, Alberta M. Koerner, Toronto, Ont. Woodward McLaren, London, U.K. Mohawk Oil Co., Burnaby, B.C. Cartier, New York, N.Y. Holiday Park Resort, Winfield, B.C. Jade Haven Galleries, Napa CA |
| ADDITIONAL
HISTORY |
2008/09 Jade Art Now Exhibitions, Tucson AZ (administration) 2008 Monumental Marble Sculpture “Luna” commissioned for The Rise, Vernon B.C. 2008 Second annual Jade Carving Workshop, Fairfield CA 2006/07 Assisted in launching the first International Jade Exhibition, Jade Art Now, with the Friends Of Jade Org., Tucson AZ. @ Antiquities , Plus... 2006 Completed commissioned granite sculpture for Shawnigan Lk. School 2005 Participated in An Giang Hallmark II Sculpture Symposium, Chau Doc, Vietnam 2004 Assisted Gwen Boyle , Project, "Abacus" for Vancouver's Chinatown 2004 Joined the Fugitive Gallery in Vernon B.C. 2002 Commissioned Sculptor by OTISS 2002 for the City of Vernon, B.C. Project - Monumental Jade Sculpture, "Kalamalka Reflections" Site: Vernon Library 2001 Assisted Stanley Klengenberg on Monumental Jade Sculpture in Kugluktuk, Nunavit 2001 Assisted Fah Cheong Chong with Monumental Jade Sculpture "Ovation". Site: Singapore 2000 Invited Artist "Art In Action" , Waterperry House, Oxfordshire, England 2000 Became a member of the Gem Artists of North America 1996 (October & November) Assisted Danny Osborne with the Oscar Wilde memorial project. Garranes, Beara, West Cork, Ireland. Sponsor: Guiness. Site: Merrion Square, Dublin. 1993, 1994, 1995 & 1997 Particpated in the 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th Annual Stone Sculpture Symposium, Mount Vernon, Washington (Northwest Stone Sculptors' Association) 1994 & 1995 Instructed Northwest Stone Sculptors' Association members on hardstone carving techniques. 1993 - Present Conducts Jade Carving Workshops year round. 1992 - Present Conducts Soapstone Carving Workshops winter/spring 1991 Assisted Jack Harman on two federally awarded commissions: 1. Queen Elizabeth II on Horseback, in bronze, 1 3/4 life size; 2. Monument honouring Canadian Peace Keeping Forces, in bronze, 1 2/3 life size 1988/89 Completed a large scale sculpture of "The Sea Turtle" in nephrite jade 1987 Hired by Canada Works to introduce First Nations Artists to Hardstone Carving 1983 Relocated to Vernon, BC and established an independent studio, "Evergreen Carvings in Jade" 1981 Assisted in developing a new jade carving studio in Vancouver, BC 1978 - 1981 Focused on speculation and commissioned pieces in jade 1976 - 1978 Produced unique jewellery in jade 1975 Assistant to Hiromi Akiyama at the 1975 Vancouver International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Vancouver, BC 1974 - 1976 Taught wood carving and clay modelling throughout BC (Federation of Canadian Artists). |
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