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Painting has been of intense interest to me since a very early age. I have focused on painting, establishing studios that I have maintained over the past 26 years. During this time I have continuously painted and exhibited in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.

My first painting experience was with watercolour. This work led me in a natural way to acrylic paint, which allowed me to play with a wider scale and texture range than watercolour would allow. I have been primarily concerned with, though have not limited my work to, abstract and non-objective imagery. My repertoire includes pictorial expressions principally in watercolour and drawing. My practice of painting focuses on the use of the visual elements (colour, line, texture, surface and form) as a means of expression.  I paint on both unstretched and stretched canvas, varying the format and process depending on the direction of the painting.

INFORMATION

1988
  Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, University of Saskatchewan

1984-1985
  Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, University of Saskatchewan

1982
  Triangle Artists' Workshop, Pine Plains, New York   

1980
  Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, University of Saskatchewan

1977
  Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, University of Saskatchewan

1970-1976
  University of British Columbia

1976
  Bachelor of Fine Arts

1974
  Bachelor of Science (Agr.) Hon.

1952
  Born Vancouver

AWARDS

2004
  Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

2001
  Education Leave, Langara College

1977
  Special University Prize, Head of the Graduating Class in Fine Arts, University of British Columbia

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2007
  Aurora Flow, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

2006
  Recent Works, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alta

2005
  Banners & Standards, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
  With Flying Colours, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

2003
  Harbingers, HSBC Bank Atrium, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Full Fathom, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

2001
  Spiritus Forma, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.

1998
  An Uncertain Journey, National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

1997
  Sound Bytes, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta   

1994
  Ten Painting Years, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.

1993
  Zambesi Zone, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1990
  Scott Plear, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - Art Rental

1987
  Scott Plear, Recent Paintings, exhibition organised by the
  Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C. travelling to the Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta & Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.

1985
  Scott Plear Paintings, Wade Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1983
  Scott Plear, Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
       
1996
  Harlech Biennale 1996, Harlech, Wales, United Kingdom (group)

1995
  Scott Plear, Painting Exhibition, British Columbia House, London, England, U.K. (solo)

1993
  Mbile International Artists' Workshop Exhibition, Lusaka, Zambia (group)

1990
  North of the Border, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, USA (group)

1988
  Painting Exhibition, Eva Cohn Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA (group)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004
  Abstract Artists: Charles Killam and Scott Plear, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2002
  Jerusalem, Jewish Community Centre, Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1999
  Cuillin Bantock/ David Lemon/ Scott Plear, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.

1996
  Metamorphosis, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.

1995
  By Example, exhibition of Langara College Fine Arts, Department    Faculty Members, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.

1994
  My Own Space, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  The Abstract Image, Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1993
  My Own Space, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  Driven to Abstraction, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C.   

1992
  Bonifacho, Gordon Caruso, Scott Plear, Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1991
  Jonathan Forrest & Scott Plear, Vik Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  Aspects of Abstraction, 291 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1988
  Emma Lake 1988, Buschlen/Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1986
  The Joy of Form, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.

1984
  Keller, Christie, Perehudoff, Plear, The Gallery/art placement inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1983
  The Current Generation, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  Dealing with Colour, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.

1982
  First Annual B.C. Festival of the Arts, Kamloops, B.C.

1981
  The West Face, Charles Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
  B.C. Currents, Sarnia Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario
  Three from Vancouver, Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1979
  Malaspina Printmakers 5th Annual Exhibition, Presentation House, North Vancouver, B.C.

1977
  9th Burnaby Biennial Print Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby B.C.

CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Art Bank, Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
B.C. Investment Management Corporation, Victoria, B.C.
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
Campney & Murphy, Vancouver, B.C.
Canpotex Corporation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Coast Hotels, Vancouver, B.C.
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.
Sharecom Industries, DeWinton, Alberta
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C.
TransAlta Corporation, Calgary, Alberta
Triangle Arts Association (Ltd.), New York, New York
Westburne Collection, Montréal, Quebec   

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Amos, Robert, Victoria Times Colonist, 11 April 1992, Page B5
Bingham, Russell, Canadian Contemporary Art - The Current Generation, Update Magazine, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Vol. 4, No. 4, July/August 1983
Bouchard, Gilbert, Feeling, emotion produce joy in vibrant colours, Preview, Edmonton Journal, Friday, March 10, 2006, F6
Bouchard, Gilbert, Driven to Abstraction by Gallery Walk, Edmonton Journal, Friday, November 16, 2004
Boulet, Roger H., Scott Plear, Recent Paintings, Update Magazine, The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1987, First Issue
Fenton, Terry, Surprises 1981: The Year in Review, Update Magazine, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Volume III, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1982
Hunt, Laurel, The West Face, exhibition catalogue, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, 1981
Moffett, Kenworth, Moffett's Artletter, Volume 1, Number 10, December 1986

SPECIAL PROJECTS

2007
  Painting Commission, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, Livingston Place, Calgary, Alberta

1980
  Designed chapel windows for Westminster Abbey Benedictine Monastery Church, Mission, B.C., through L. Haufschild and Associates Ltd.

GUEST LECTURER

1998
  National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

1991
  Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Tour and discussion of the exhibition, Flat Side of the Landscape - The Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, curated by John O'Brian

1987
  Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

1986
  Department of Art, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
           
GUEST ARTIST

2000
  Saskatchewan Invitational Artists' Workshop, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan

1993
  First Mbile International Artists' Workshop, Siavonga, Zambia

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1986-Present
  Faculty Member, Fine Arts Department Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.

1994-2001
  Division Chair, Creative Arts Division, Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.

1992-1994
  Department Chair, Fine Arts Department, Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.

1983
  Assistant Professor, Extra Sessional Studies, Spring Session University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

1978,1979
  Visiting Member, Summer Session, Extra Sessional Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.