SHARON CHRISTIAN

www.sharonchristian.ca

BORN:

• June 11, 1950 Stettler, Alberta

• Painted under maiden name since 1989 (As Sharon Holmes in 1970’s and 80’s)

RESIDED:

• Resided in Alberta from birth to 1983

• Resided in Vancouver, B.C. from 1985 – 2012

• Resided in Chilliwack, B.C. 2012 – until her death on Aug 6, 2015

STUDIES:

• 1967 - 68 University of Calgary, Alberta, Fine Arts

• 1969 - 71 University of Calgary, Alberta, Bachelor of Education degree

• 1976 - 79 Alberta College of Art, summer and evening programs

EXHIBITIONS:

SOLO:

• 2013 West Van’s Crows, The Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver

• 2009 Delany’s, West Vancouver

• 2008 November Studio Show and Sale

• 2005 Monsters in the Garden, a show on the web at www.sharonchristian.ca

• 2004 May Studio Show and Sale

• 2003 Studio Show and Sale – May and November

• 1998 Mother Nature’s Pots and Pans, Seewall Gallery, West Vancouver

• 1997 Monuments and Pedestals, Leighton Art Centre, Alberta

  • Living Room; A Visit to the Museum of Anthropology - Hallway; Tribute Series – Studio; Queen of Scrap

  • Gift and Gallery Area; The Best Dressed Cow Contest - Upstairs; Stray Notes - Atrium Green Room

• 1996 The Queen of Scrap, The Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver

• 1995 Rock Poets and Prophets, Pinebrook Golf and Country Club, Calgary

• 1994 Rock Poets and Prophets, Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat

• 1993 Feeding the Animals, Pinebrook Golf and Country Club, Calgary

• 1992 Rock Poets and Prophets, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver

• 1990 Stanley Park, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver

• 1990 Stanley Park and Bird Sanctuary, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver

• 1989 Stanley Park and UBC Video Arcade, Humberston Edwards, West Van

• 1988 Stanley Park, North Vancouver City Hall, North Vancouver

• 1986 Power and Grace, a Draft Horse Series, Gold Design Fine Arts, Calgary

• 1984 The Long Ride, a Draft Horse Series, Leighton Center, Alberta

TWO AND THREE PERSON SHOWS:

• 2007 “Walk Don’t Walk” Ferry Building Gallery, Vancouver,

• 1993 A Visit to the Museum of Anthropology, Monuments and Pedestals, and Stanley Park, Terminal City Club, Vancouver,

• 1989 Vancouver People and Places, Wallace Galleries, Calgary

• 1983 Bolder Boulder, Horizon Art Gallery, Edmonton

• 1982 Boulton Creek, Masters Gallery, Calgary

• 1982 Chinatown, Masters Gallery, Calgary,

• 1980 Transcience The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary

• 1979 Centennial Gallery, Feature Artist, Calgary

GROUP SHOWS:

• 2015 ANIMAL FARM, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver

• 2011 - 2014 Anonymous Art Shows, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver

• 2011 - 2014 Bi Annual Art Rental Shows, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver

• 2010 World Garden, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver

• 2009 Showcase, Harmony Arts, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver

• 2008 A Walk in the Woods, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver

• 2005 Salmon Tales, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver

• 2004 Writing on the Wall, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver

• 2000 Folk, Humour and Whimsy, The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

• 1990 Raccoons and Cattails, Images and Objects, Vancouver

• 1989 Florescence, Fourth Annual Exhibition and Sale, Edmonton Art Gallery

• 1985 Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, O’Keefe Centre, Toronto

• 1984 Green Curtains Hang over Grey Ivy, Alberta Society of Artists, Korea, Chibashi, Sapporo, Japan

• 1984 As Seen From Above, Gulf Canada Gallery, Calgary

• 1984 Water’s Edge, Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff

• 1984 Alberta Society of Artists, Le Marchand Gallery, Edmonton

• 1983 Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Verdun, Quebec

• 1982 Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, O’Keefe Centre, Toronto

• 1982 Prairie Haze, Back to the Farm, Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton

• 1982 Calgary Corporations Collect Realism, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary

• 1981 “Canadian Perspectives Canadiennes”, National Arts Centre, Ottawa

• 1981 Young Canadian 1981, Alberta Society of Artists, Beaver House, Edmonton

• 1979 Snowbound, Mount Royal College, Calgary

• 1976 Implement, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Glenbow Museum, Calgary

• 1976 Autumn Sands, Show & fundraiser auction for Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary

COLLECTIONS and AWARDS:

• 1998 Mother Nature’s Parrot Pot, Van City Savings, Vancouver

• 1997 Avon Calling, Commissioned painting included in collection and used as corporate Christmas card, Pointe Claire, Quebec

• 1993 Stanley Park Christmas; Fall Feeding at the Deer Farm; and Jennifer; Cross Cancer Clinic, Edmonton

• 1991 Hitching Up Barney and Big Boy, Alberta Art Foundation

• 1989 Irises, Alberta Government Telephones, Calgary

• 1988 Matisse Visits Stanley Park, Painting included in collection and used as corporate Christmas card, Avon, Pointe Claire, Quebec

• 1987 No Building Code, Maple Ridge Centre, Langley, B.C.

• 1987 Daily Ritual, Amoco

• 1986 Winter’s Edge; Spring Breakup; and Water’s Edge, Rockyview Hospital, Calgary

• 1986 Old Ways; Percherons in the Plowing Contest ; 50 Miles to the Gallon of Oats; Step Lightly My Beauty; Fanciful Fare; Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grande Prairie, Alberta

• 1985 We’re Next, Salmon Arm Hospital, Salmon Arm, B.C.

• 1984 Icicles, Popsicles, Dreamsicles too, Calgary Women’s Shelter

• 1986 Summer Flitting; Sunshine on Our Shoulders; Mother’s Day Flowers, The Last Furrow, and Golden Turning, Claresholm Auxiliary Hospital, Claresholm, AB,

• 1982 A Time of Festivity, Alberta Art Foundation

• 1982 Of Boys and Bikes, Crown Life Award

• 1982 Gone Fishing, Husky Oil

• 1981 The Water is so Shallow, Nu West Homes

• 1981 Pausing on 8th Ave. Mall, A. E. LePage Realty

• 1981 Corner of Center and Third, Calgary Herald

• 1976 Summer Haze, Alberta Art Foundation

Other paintings are also included in the following collections:

Gulf Canada, Alberta Energy Co., Foster Wedekind, Phoenix Resources, Western Mines, Interprovincial Pipeline, Bow Valley Industries, Esso, Pan Canadian Petroleum, Brascan Collection, Chevron, Petro Minerals, Calgary Philharmonic, and Dunhill Personnel

TEACHING:

• 2009 ArtSpeaks, Sculpture Public Demonstration, Harmony Arts Festival – West Vancouver

• 1992 Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour Workshop – Calgary

• 1980 - 2015 Workshops and Classes:

• 1971 - 1978 Calgary Public School Board: Grade 7 through Grade 9 Art

PUBLICATIONS:

• 2013 West Van’s Crows on Show, North Shore Outlook, by Michaela Garstin

• 1989 Abstract - Realist, Local Artist Creates Own Style, (including illustration 'Good Guys, Bad Guys’) by Evelyn Jacob, North Shore News, Wed. Sept. 6

• 1983 Paintings of Chinatown included in Landmark's Chinatown story, Edmonton

• 1982 Show Offers Rare Glimpse of Corporate Art Collection, by Patrick Tivy, Calgary Herald

• 1982 Back to the Farm, (including illustration of ' Prairie Haze ') by Lori Cohen, Alberta Report, Feb. 15

• 1981 New Canadian Artists, A Preview of the Future, (including illustration of ‘Young Canadian’) by Carol Fleming, Arts West Magazine

• 1981 Illustrations in the book, Prairie Remedies, included in an article by Kate Scott in the Calgary Herald

• 1980 Prairie artists display images (including large illustration of ‘Prairie Sundering’, by Brooks Joyner, Calgary Herald Sunday, Feb. 10)

BROADCASTS:

• 1992 MUCH WEST, MUCH MUSIC, Host Terry D. Mulligan, half hour special - Review of Ferry Building show, Rock Poets and Prophets

• 1990 Arts Access, Shaw Cable, Host Sharman Munro, Review of Ferry Building Show

• 1989 Arts Access, Shaw Cable, Review of Humberston Edwards Show

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

• 1998 - 1999 Co-owned and operated Seewall Gallery Inc. in West Vancouver.

• 1993 Compiled 20 years of writing into a philosophical book on art called “THE THIN WOLF WITHOUT THE COLLAR”/THE FAT DOG.

• 1980 Illustrated the book Prairie Remedies, and the second edition called Pioneer Remedies, which collectively sold 10,000 copies.

REPRESENTATION:

• 2004 - 2015 CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver

• 2001 - 2005 Rendez-vous Art Gallery, Howe Street, Vancouver

• 2000 - 2002 The Collector’s Gallery, 17th Ave., Calgary

• 1998 - 1999 Seewall Gallery, West Vancouver, B.C.

• 1987 - 1992 Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

• 1980 - 1991 The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour

• 1981 - 1991 The Alberta Society of Artists

• 1983 - 1989 Horizon Art Gallery, Edmonton

• 1987 - 1989 Humberston Edwards Gallery, West Vancouver

• 1983 - 1986 Gold Design Fine Arts Gallery, Calgary

• 1981 - 1982 Lodestone Gallery, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

• 1981 - 1982 Masters Gallery, Calgary