Robert Sinclair

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Robert Sinclair is a practicing Canadian artist who has exhibited professionally since 1972. He is a member of the Royal Academy of the Arts and the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. Robert's primary mode of expression is in watercolour and acrylic stain painting focusing around landscape and botanic themes. This subject matter represents his concern with nature, aesthetics, timelessness and change. "I am engaged in painting the perception of the extraordinary in the ordinary."

Born: 1939 Saltcoats, SaskatchewanSelected Solo Exhibitions2006 As Above So Below, Scott Gallery, Edmonton
2004 Potpourri, Scott Gallery, Edmonton
2002 Botanic Work, Scott Gallery, Edmonton
2001Willock & Sax Gallery, Waterton
2001 Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, Lethbridge
2000 Mountian Mantra, Scott Gallery, Edmonton
1997 Mountain Onlyoneness (Bow Valley Series), Scott Gallery, Edmonton
1997 Between Sun and Moon, Profiles Public Gallery, St. Albert
1996 The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, “Robert Sinclair: A View of Newfoundland”, St. John’s, NF
1995-86 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton
1994/92 Della Scala Fine Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
1991 Peter Whyte Museum, “Heaven-and-Earth”, Banff
1990-81 Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1989 Edmonton Art Gallery, “Amaryllis, Amaryllis”, Edmonton
1988/87 Madison Gallery, Toronto, ON
1986 The Conservatory, Delta Bow Valley Inn, Calgary
1984/82 Hett Gallery, Edmonton
1984 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ONSelected Group Exhibitions2003/02 "Qu'Appelle: tales of Two Valleys", (touring exhibition) McMicheal Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON, Mendal Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2001 "Sweet 16", Profiles Public Gallery, St. Albert
2000 "April Flowers", Ingram Fine Art, Toronto, ON
2000 "Mexico / Canada Watercolour Societies Show", Etobicoke City Hall Art Gallery, Etobicoke, ON
2000 "Christmas Treasures," Scott Gallery, Edmonton
1999 “No Quiet Within”, McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
1998 “Gallery Artists”, Scott Gallery, Edmonton
1998 Xuhong Mao with guest Robert Sinclair (installation elements piece), Profiles Public Gallery, St. Albert, AB
1997 “Gallery Artists”, Scott Gallery, Edmonton
1996 “Gallery Artists”, Scott Gallery, Edmonton
1995 “Grower’s Well”, McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
1994 “Hidden Values: Western Corporations Collect”, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
1993 “Amaryllis, Amaryllis”, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
1992 “Artist In Wilderness: Images of a Vanishing Alberta”, Provincial Museum, Edmonton
1990 “Art of Research and Technology, Esso, Calgary, AB
1990 “Spaces and Places: Landscape Painting in Alberta”, Alberta Foundation for the Arts travelling show
1990 Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
1989 26th Annual Sumi-e Society of America, juried exhibition, Washington DC.
1989 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Annual Show, Toronto, ON
1989 “Canadian Art”, Government of Alberta Centre Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1988 25th Annual Sumi-e Society of America, juried exhibition, New York
1986-88 “Spaces and Places: Landscape Painting in Alberta”, Alberta Foundation for the Arts travelling show, Canada, HongKong, China
1985 Alberta Pavilion, Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs; Japan World’s Fair
60th Annual Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Diamond Jubilee, juried exhibition (presented to Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth at the Windsor Castle Library).Selected Collections

Windsor Castle Library, Queen’s Collection, England
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
Agnes Etherington Art Gallery,Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
The Gallery, Stratford, ON
Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
CBC Calgary
Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, Toronto
Simon Fraser University Art Gallery
University of Alberta
University of Iowa
Western Illinois University
Deutsche Bank, Toronto
Norcen Energy Resources, Toronto and Calgary
Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary
Toronto Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto
Oxford Development Group, Edmonton
Esso Resources, Calgary
Chevron Standard
Canadian Superior Oil
Pan Canadian Petroleum
Department of External Affairs, Government of Canada
Canadian Development Corporation
Investcan Ltd.
Ouida Touche and Associates
Athabasca University
Interprovincial Pipeline, Edmonton
Government House, Edmonton
Heinz-Jordan Co., Toronto
Government of Alberta Agent General to Japan, Tokyo
Westcorp Inc., Edmonton
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
British Petroleum, Calgary
Melcor, Edmonton
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina