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CURRICULUM VITAE

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Education

2009     MFA Degree, University of Tasmania, AU
             Thesis: painted pools: a lens into subjectivity
1987     BFA (Honours) Degree, (Painting and Drawing), University of Victoria, BC



Professional Development Courses and Workshops

2009     The Art of Fully Engaged Dialogue…a coach approach, Personal
             Profile International, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
2009     Effective Public Speaking, Incite Coaching, University of British
             Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
2007     Strategies for Teaching Art, Professional Development Workshop,
             Gallery Vertigo and the British Columbia Arts Council, Vernon, BC
1998     Brian Ayteo Workshop, River Rock Studio, Cochrane, AB
1997     Art by the Lake, David Alexander, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
1997     Canadian Society of Watercolour Painters, Doris McCarthy, Jasper, AB



Solo Exhibitions

2011     Ebb & Flow , Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC, CA
2011     Selected Paintings– Embodied Pool Series, Kalamalka Vertigo, Okanagan College, Vernon, BC, CA
2008     Selected Paintings and Projected Images – Painted Pools:
             A Lens into Subjectivity,
fina Gallery, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, CA
2005     painted pools: a lens into subjectivity, MFA Graduation Exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, AU
2004     The Feeling of What Happens, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart, AU
2002     Recent Paintings, The Gallery at JPL, Jasper, CA
2001     The Rockies Larger than Life, The Gallery at JPL, Jasper, CA
2000     New Landscape Paintings, The Gallery at JPL, Jasper, CA
2000     Alberta Passages, Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, CA
1996     Leah’s Gift, Sunrise Gallery, Jasper, CA



Group Exhibitions

2010     Marking Identity, Kelowna Art Gallery Members’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2010     10: The Tenth Annual North Okanagan Artists Alternative’s Open Members’ Exhibition, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2010     Autumn Art Expo: VISAC Art Gallery, Trail, BC
2009     ROW: Reflections on water, Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, Nelson, CA
2007     Green, Juried Members’ Exhibition, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, CA
2006     Nucleus, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, CA
2004     CAST Annual Members’ Exhibition, Hobart, AU
2004     Propinquity and Distance, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, AU
2002     Converging Landscapes, Leighton Foundation, Calgary, CA
2001     Annual Members’ Exhibition, SA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, CA
2000     In the Artist’s Eye: Mount Alberta, Jasper Museum, Jasper, CA
1999     Reflections of Jasper National Park, Jasper Museum, Jasper, CA
1998     Annual Members’ Exhibition, SA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, CA
1995     Wildlife, Landscapes and Wildflowers, Jasper Museum, Jasper, CA



Traveling Exhibition

2001-2003     Blooming Prairie, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Traveling Exhibition
                      Juried Exhibition from the Alberta Society of Artists Produced by the Edmonton Art Gallery



Current Gallery Representation

Gallery Odin, Vernon, BC
Mountain Galleries: Jasper, Banff & Whistler


Paintings in Collections

Acrobat Results Marketing Inc.
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Bennett Jones LLP
Canadian Farm Credit Corporation
Consulate General, Japan
Finning Canada
Parks Canada, Jasper National Park
Penticton Art Gallery
Sherritt Greene
Simpson’s Num-Ti-Lodge
Whistler Hotel
Private homes in Canada, USA, Asia, Australia, Europe



Commissions

Private Commissions
1997-1998    Prizes Men’s Mountain Classic Golf Tournament,




Artist in Residence Programs

2002     Simpson’s Num-Ti-Lodge Artist in Residence Program, AB
2001     The Leighton Foundation, Visiting Artist’s Program, Rocky Mountain Ranch, CA
2001      Brewsters’ Artist in Residence Program, Columbia Icefields, AB
1999     Brewsters’ Artist in Residence Program, Columbia Icefields, AB
1998     Gushul Studio Artist in Residence Program, Blairmore, AB




Artist Presentations

2010     Life, Nature, Art & Healing, Guest Artist Presentation, Second year
             studio theory, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
2010     Life, Nature, Art & Healing, Public Artist Presentation, VISAC Art Gallery, Trail, BC
2002     Leah’s Gift, Artist Presentation, Psychology Students University of Alberta continuing education course, Jasper, AB
1997     Leah’s Gift, Artist Presentation, After-Eight Club, Edmonton, AB




Jury Committee

2010     2010 Lake Country Art Walk



Awards and Grants

2004     Graduate Research Support Scheme, University of Tasmania, AU
1997     Arts Jasper Scholarship, CA
1993     Arts Jasper Scholarship, CA
1986     Victoria Arts Council Bursary, CA
1986     Academic Scholarship, University of Victoria, CA
1985     Academic Scholarship, University of Victoria, CA
1985     M.H. Mooney Fine Arts Bursary, University of Victoria, CA
1984     Credit Union Foundation Bursary, University of Victoria, CA
1981     Academic/Athletic Scholarship, Selkirk College, BC
1980     Athletic Scholarship, University of British Columbia, BC



Future Curatorial Project and Exhibitions

Co-Curatorial Project: Drawing Exhibition
  • 2011 October 13 – November 13, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
Painting Exhibitions (confirmed)
  • 2011 January, Kalamalka Vertigo, Vernon, BC
  • 2011 (exact date TBD) Revelstoke Visual Art Centre, Revelstoke BC
  • 2011 or 2012 (exact date TBD) Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC


Teaching Experience

2010    Assisted Associate Professor Gary Pearson in VISA 225 course at University of British Columbia
            Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
  •   Assisted in discussions, critiquing and analysing student paintings
  •   Assisted in the final project evaluations
2010    Designed and conducted a painting workshop: Plein Air Painting, Visac Gallery and Visual Art Centre, Trail, BC
  •   Seven hours, one day course
  •   Seven students
  •   Feedback evaluations
2010    Designed and conducted a painting workshop: Broadening Your Horizons,
           Visac Gallery and Visual Art Centre, Trail, BC
  •   Six hours, one day course
  •   Ten students
  •   Feedback evaluations
2010    Private painting critique sessions and art consultations, Vernon, BC
  •   • Artist James Postill, BFA
2007    Private painting and drawing lessons, Vernon, BC
  •   Designed personal lessons for 7 adult students
  •   One hour per week for eight weeks
  •   Designed personal three hour painting lesson for one teenager
2003    Assisted Wilderness, Natural Environment and Art course coordinator,
           University of Tasmania, Australia – Two Field Trips
  •   Designed personal lessons for 7 adult students
  •   One hour per week for eight weeks
  •   Designed personal three hour painting lesson for one teenager
2002    Private drawing student, Jasper, AB
  •   Designed personal lessons for one teenager
  •   One hour per week for ten weeks
1999    Mixed-Media Workshop, Jasper, AB
  •   Three hour evening course for adults
1999    Summer Art Camp for elementary school children, Jasper, AB
  •   Co-ordinated and co-taught with a high school art teacher
  •   Five day, five hours a day art camp for children, six through 10 years
1999    Summer Art Camp for elementary school children, Jasper, AB
  •   Co-ordinated and co-taught with a high school art teacher
  •   Five day, five hours a day art camp for children, six through 10 years


Additional Professional Art Experience

Planning and implementing exhibition submissions, and coordination and installation of exhibitions
  • 2008 Selected Paintings and Projected Images: painted pools: a lens into subjectivity, fina Gallery, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC

  • 2004 The Feeling of What Happens, Entrepot Gallery, University of Tasmania, Australia

  • 1999 Reflections of Jasper National Park, Jasper Museum, Jasper, BC

  • 1995 Leah’s Gift, Sunrise Gallery, Jasper, AB

2010     Installation of Lake Country Art Gallery exhibition: Sculpture Partners with Abstract
2010     Painting collection installation in private residence
2009     Painting collection installation in private residence
2009     Illustrations for book, Song of the Troubadour
1999     Produced and participated in millennium calendar project entitled: Reflections of Jasper National Park
1990     Designed and marketed notepaper and t-shirts
1988     Co-designed and painted back-drop for stage for the Jasper Folk Festival
1987     Glass cutter for 1988 Winter Olympic gift project
1985     Worked co-operatively with an MFA student to illustrate 400 pictures for a clinical test of language development
              for pre-school children
1984     Collaboration with Professor of Art Education, University of Victoria on Heritage Mural Project
             for elementary school children



Citings in Publications

  • ‘Reflect on water at Touchstones’, Anna Heywood-Jones, Express, 09/09/09
  • ‘Row: Reflections on water’ (curatorial statement), Deborah Thompson, Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, 2009
  • Visual artist’s exhibition features six-foot square pieces’, Christine Pilgrim, The Daily Courier: Vernon Edition, 10/10/08
  • ‘Artist takes a dive in her painted pool: Life continues to flow for Norris’, Kristin Froneman, The Morning Star, 31/01/07
  • ‘Propinquity and Distance: Self-portraiture in Contemporary Painting Practice’ (catalogue essay), Mary Pridmore, Carnegie Gallery, 2004
  • ‘Propinquity and Distance’, Joerg Andersch, The Saturday Mercury, 27/11/04
  • ‘Artists dominate and dazzle’, John Briggs, The Saturday Mercury, 20/05/04
  • ‘The feeling of what happens’, Joerg Andersch, The Saturday Mercury, 28/08/04
  • ‘Local artist headed down under’, Quintin Winks, The Jasper Booster, 11/12/02
  • ‘In the Artist’s Eye: Mount Alberta’ (catalogue essay), Wendy Wacko, Jasper Museum, 1999
  • ‘Galleries: Best Bets’, Calgary Herald Entertainment Guide, 04/05/00
  • ‘Calendar girls market unique reflections of Jasper’, Nick Lees, The Edmonton Journal, 07/03/99
  • Leah’s gift a tribute’, Heather Berezowski, The Jasper Booster, 06/12/96
 
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