Jim Davies

EDUCATION
1982 Grant MacEwan College (Edmonton) / Adult Ed Courses/Introduction to Computer Technology
1979 Banff School of Fine Arts (Six week Summer Scholarship "Young Artists from the Praries")
1977 - 79 University of Alberta (Masters of Visual Arts - Painting) MVA
1973 - 77 University of Guelph (Ontario) BFA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 1979 - 2004
2006 Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
2004 (Group) *Edmonton Art Gallery ("Draw" - 26 Edmonton Artists) - Fall/04
2004 (Solo) *Art Gallery of The South Okanogan (Penticton / BC) - Fall/04
2004 (4-Person) *Whyte Gallery of the Canadian Rockies (Banff / AB) (100 years of Painting in Alberta) Fall/04
2004 (2 Person) *Wallace Galleries Ltd (Stokes / Davies Landscape Painters) (Calgary / AB)
2003 (Solo) *Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery
"The Blue Before Dawn" - Exhibition of paintings / drawings
2003 (Solo) *Extension Centre Gallery / Faculty of Extension / U of A
"The Blue Before Dawn" Drawings / Paintings
2002-4 (Group) *"Pulse" (A Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition) - Traveling Show - Drawings by 34 invited artist
2002 (Group) *Fran Willis Galleries Ltd (Victoria / BC)
2002 (Group) *Prince George Art Gallery / BC ("Western Landscapes") Fall/02
2000 (2-Person) *Vanderleelie Art Gallery (Edmonton / AB) - (Davies / Cantine)
2000 (Group) *Invitational Painting to Chine (organized by Ontario College of Art & Design) Professor Peter Mah / Curator
1999 (Solo) *Amelia Douglas Gallery (Douglas College / BC)
"Restless Journeys" paintings / drawings
1998 (Group) *Vanderleelie Gallery Ltd (Edmonton / Vancouver) - solo exhibition of recent paintings / drawings
1998 (Solo) *Art Placement Gallery (Saskatoon / SK) "Summer Invitational Landscape Exhibition" - Western Canadian Artists
1997/1993/1995 *Douglas Udell Galleries Ltd (Edmonton / Vancouver) - Solo Exhibition of recent paintings / Drawings
1997 (Solo) *Art Gallery of Swift Current (Saskatchewan) - recent works
1996 (Solo) *Wallace Galleries Ltd (Calgary/AB) - recent large paintings / drawings
1994 (Solo) *Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology (Exhibition Gallery) "Shadowlands" - large paintings / drawings
1984/86/88/90/94 *Vik Gallery (Edmonton) - Jim Davies / Solo Exhibitions (gallery now closed)
1993 (Solo) *Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery "Suntides" / Badlands paintings/drawings
1991 (Solo) *Edmonton Art Gallery "Pieces of the Puzzle" / Exhibition of Narrative paintings by Jim Davies / Catalogue essay by Lelde Meulenbachf (Edmonton)
1992/89/87 (Solo) *Evelyn Aimis Fine Arts (Toronto/Ont) - now closed
1991 (Solo) *McLaughlin Civic Centre Art Gallery (Oshawa /Ont) Night "Paintings of the Prairies"
1989 (Solo) *Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery (Ont) "New Work in Landscape"
1989 (2 Person) *Edmonton Art Gallery "Art for All" (Violet Owen / Jim Davies)
1988 (Group) *Edmonton Art Gallery "1st Canadian Biennial of Prints and Drawings Juried Exhibition (ACA/EAG)
1988 (Solo) *Grande Prairie Art Gallery "Narrative Paintings"
1987 (Group) *Fine Arts Building Gallery (University of Alberta)
1987 (4 Person) *Alberta College of Art Gallery "Witness of Private Motive"
1986 (Group) *Alberta Foundation of the Arts (Gov't of Alberta) "Spaces and Places" (8 Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta) catalogue essay / Professor Jetska Sysbema (International touring exhibition)
1985 (Solo) *Southern Alberta Art Gallery (Lethbridge / AB) "witness to Private Motives" / essay catalogue by Liz Wylie
1984 (Solo) *Kamloops Public Art Gallery / "New Landscape Paintings"
1981 (Solo) *Citadel Theatre Lobby: "New Paintings"
1980 (Group) *Alberta College of Art Gallery / "some Drawings by Some Albertans" (Survey of Drawing /Alberta) Calgary
1980 (Group) *Alberta Culture / Alberta Foundation of the Arts / Edmonton Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Alberta Painting
1980 (Solo) *Nickle Arts Museum (University of Calgary) recent work
1979 (Group) *Banff School of Fine Arts ("Six Young Artists From the Prairies")
1979 (2-Person) *Graduate "Thesis" Exhibition / Student Union Building / University of Alberta (MVA Candidates) (Davies/Dunford)

COMMISSIONS
1997 Francis Winspear Centre for Music (Edmonton)
(Original Artwork: Mural 25 ft x 6')

AWARDS
Canada Council Mid "B" Grant - 1979/80
Canada Council "Project" Grant - 1984
Alberta Art Grants: 1995 - 2004

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
University of Alberta McLaughlin Civic Art Gallery / Ont
Nickle Art Museum (Calgary) Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon)
University of Guelph (Ontario) Mississauga Art Gallery / Ont
Art Gallery of Alberta Hunting Hills Secondary School
Economic Development Edmonton (Red Deer / AB)
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Kamloops Public Art Gallery
Medicine Hat Museum Art Gallery University of Lethbridge Perm Coll
Government of Canada (Dept of External Affairs) Edmonton City Hall
Kitchener / Waterloo Art Gallery
University of Alberta Hospital
Red Deer College of Art Collection
Francis Winspear Centre for Music (Edmonton)

PUBLICATIONS / PERIODICALS
-Exhibition Catalogue: Alberta Culture/Vis Arts - 1980/Invitational Painting Exhibition "Glimpse of the Present" / Susan Fridman (Curator)
-Exhibition Catalogue: Alberta Culture/Vis Arts - 1980/ Invitational Drawing Exhibition
"Some Drawings by Some Albertans / Don Mabie (Curator)
-Periodical: Vanguard Magazine/ Review "The Underside of Edmonton" May 1984 / Liz Wylie (Writer)
-Periodical: Vanguard Magazine / (Review) Southern Albert Art Gallery Exhibit May /1985 - Mary Beth Laviolette (Writer)
-Educational Tool: Alberta Artists 'IMAGE' Bank / Sponsored by Alberta Foundation for the Arts
-Exhibition Catalogue: Southern Alberta Art Gallery / Publication of "States of Being" 1985 / Liz Wylie (Writer)
-Exhibition Catalogue: Alberta College of Art Gallery / Publication of "Wittiness to Private Motives" 1987 / Aritha van Herk (Writer)
-Exhibition Catalogue: Alberta Foundation of the Arts / Publication of "Spaces and Places" (8 Decades of Landscape Painting / Alberta) 1987 / Jetska Sysbema (Writer / Curator)
-Periodical: Art Post Magazine / Review "James Davies @ Vik Gallery / Edmonton / Winter / Lelde Muelenbachf (Writer)
-Exhibition Catalogue: The University of Alberta (Dep't of Art & Design), "Celebrations" 1970 - 86 / Works by Selected Graduate Students / Richard Chenier (Writer)
-Exhibition Catalogue: The Edmonton Art Gallery / Publication of "Pieces of the Puzzle" (Jim Davies Narrative Paintings) 1990 / Lelde Muelenbachf(Writer)
-Brochure: Douglas Udell Gallery Exhibition Independent Publication / Jim Davies "Recent Works" 1995 / Jim Trevelyan (Writer)
-Brochure: Vanderleelie gallery Exhibition "Jim Davies / Recent Work" / 1998 Les Graff (Writer)
-Brochure: Independently Curated Traveling Exhibition "Pulse" (A Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition), 2002 / Curators: Les Graff / Jim Davies (Writers)
-Brochure: Red Deer Museum and Gallery / Publication of "The Blue Before Dawn" (Jim Davies Exhibition of Paintings/Drawings) 2003 / With Introduction by Les Graff (Writer)
-CD: AFA Art Collection @ 25 (Celebrating 25 years Collecting) (Virtual Gallery) 1991
-Book/CD: *"An Alberta Art Chronicle") Adventures in Recent & Contemporary Art) Altitude Publishing / 2005 / Marry-Beth Laviolette (Writer)

 

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