Francine Gravel

Over the years Francine Gravel has established in her work a procession of characters - musicians, dancers and dreamers - moving through a world of lyrical reverie. Her oil paintings, rich in colour and texture, are presented in a range of themes that are often whimsical and always evocative, filled with an atmosphere of celebration and wonder.

Birth Montreal Quebec, 1944Education1965 Graduated: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Diploma in painting and printmaking
1966 Diploma in psycho-pedagogy plus Brevet qualificationSelected Solo Exhibitions1967 Gallery, Lycee da Silva, Montreal, PQ
1969 Gallery Windkind, Antwerp, Belgium (two person)
1969-70 Town Hall, Torhout, Belgium (two person)
1970 Emiel Verhaeren Museum, St-Amons-on-the-Scheldt, Belgium (two person)
1971 Gallery Paris, Montreal, PQ (two person)
1972 Gallery Paris, Montreal, PQ (two person)
1972 Graphic 8 Gallery, Calgary, AB (two person)
1973 Galerie Paris, Montreal, PQ (two person)
1974 Galerie la Maison des Arts la Sauvegarde, Montreal, PQ
1977 Graphica Gallery, Edmonton
1978 Graphica Gallery, Edmonton
1979 Wells Gallery, Ottawa, ON
1979 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1979 Graphica Gallery, Edmonton
1980 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1980 Paperworks Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1980 Backroom Gallery, Victoria, BC
1980 La Galerie d’Estampe, Hull, PQ
1981 Graphica Gallery, Edmonton
1982 Graphica Gallery, Edmonton
1982 Galerie d’art l’Estampe, Hull, PQ
1983 Paperworks Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1983 Walsh Galleries, Red Deer, AB
1983 Vik Gallery, Edmonton
1984 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1985 Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
1985 Galerie d’Art de l’Ile des Moulins, Terrebonne, PQ
1986 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton
1986 Kennth G. Heffel Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
1986 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1987 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton
1987 Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
1988 Galerie Maison d’Art St-Laurent, St-Laurent, PQ
1989 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC.
1989 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton
1989 Galerie Maison d’Art St-Laurent, St. Laurent, PQ
1991 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1991 Galerie Maison d’Art St. Laurent, St. Laurent, PQ
1992 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton
1992 Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1993 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1993 Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1994 McLaren-Barnes Gallery, Oakville, ON (two person)
1994 Galerie Klimantiris, St. Laurent, PQ
1994 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton
1994 Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1995 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC.
1995 Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1996 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1996 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton
1996 Galerie Klimantiris, St. Laurent, PQ
1996 Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1997 Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1998 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1998 Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1998 Scott Gallery, Edmonton
2002 Scott Gallery, EdmontonSelected Group Exhibitions1968-69 Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, London, UK
1969 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
1969 53rd Annual Exhibition of Canadian Painters and Etchers, Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto, ON
1969 International Arts Guild “Diplome d’honneur” Palme d’or des Beaux Arts, special mention of the jury; Monte Carlo,
Monaco
1971 University of Calgary, Library Foyer Gallery, Calgary, AB
1971 Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1971 Summer Exhibition, CPE., Toronto, ON
1974 Pascal Gallery, Toronto, ON
1974 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
1975-76 Alberta Art Foundation collections show in: London, England, Canada House,Paris, France, Canadian Cultural Centre, Brussels, Belgium, Canada House, New York, N.Y., Canadian Consulate
1977 Rodrigue Le May Gallery, Ottawa
1977 Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary
1978 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B.C.
1978 Wells Gallery, Ottawa
1978 Pascal Gallery, Toronto
1978 Graphica Gallery, Edmonton
1981 Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
1982 Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B.C.
1984 Hett Gallery, Edmonton
1984 Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

Principal Public Collections

The Albert I Royal Library, Belgium
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Atelier Libre, Montreal
Athabasca University
La Bibiliotheque Nationale du Quebec
The British Columbia Government
British Columbia Systems Corporation
The Glenbow Foundation (Calgary)
Gardner, McDonald and Company
Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna
Laing Property Development Corporation
McGill University, Montreal
Walter C. McKenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton
National Library of Ottawa
National Hoger Institute in Koninklijke Academie, Antwerp
Peter Pocklington Corp.
Edmonton Stage West, Calgary
Toronto Metro Library
Umberto Restaurants, Vancouver
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
Concordia University
University of Manitoba
Vancouver Public Library
University of Saskatchewan
Xerox of Canada
Harper, Grey,Easton and Company
Sheraton-Cavalier Hotel, Saskatoon

Private Collections: In Africa, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada Denmark, England, France, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan and the U.S.A.

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