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Gary Pearson |
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Gary Pearson is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. He received his MFA from the University of Saskatchewan, SK and his BFA from the University of Victoria. He is an interdisciplinary artist who works primarily in painting and video, and who has been exhibiting internationally since 1983. His work in video includes experimental and documentary genres, and in 2002 he wrote and directed a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) sponsored video documentary on a rural health care project in Northern Ghana. Gary Pearson is also an author and he has written for exhibition catalogues and is a contributing art reviewer for several journals including Border Crossings and Sculpture Magazine. He is the recipient of numerous awards such as the International Studio Award at PS.1/MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) New York, and the Vancouver Institute of Visual Arts (VIVA) award. Recent and upcoming solo exhibitions 2008 - Upcoming solo exhibition at the Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC 2007 - Come Back Later, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver BC 2006 - Gary Pearson Lab 6.0 The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC 2005 - I'm going back to Greenville Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver BC 2005 – Gary Pearson Oblique Stories, residency and exhibition at the Sydney College of the Arts/University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2005 – One Way Ticket (tour) Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George BC 2004 - One Way Ticket (tour), The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa ON 2003 - One Way Ticket (tour), The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon SK, One Way Ticket, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC (catalogue) Collections The Vancouver Art Gallery Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver BC Kelowna Art Gallery Kamloops Art Gallery Canada Council Art Bank Westbourne Industries, Montreal University of Saskatchewan The Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia The Artists Museum, Lodz, Poland Druckwerkstatt, Berlin and private collections. |
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