C A R O L E    T H O M P S O N
abstraction, colour, geometric symbolism

CV

Curriculum Vitae

 

BORN:                        Barrie, Ontario, Canada

 

EDUCATION:             Honours Graduate Vancouver School of Art , 1967   (Emily Carr University of Art and Design)

 

AWARDS:         

                                   1967:             Charles H. Scott Memorial Award

                                   1968/1969     Canada Council "B" Grant

                                   1982:             Canada Council Short Term

 

COLLECTIONS:

Canada Council Arts Bank, Ottawa

Esso Resources Collection, Calgary, Alberta

Simon Fraser University Print Collection

Mercantile Bank Collection, Vancouver, B.C.

Delta Hotels, Whistler, B.C.

Robert Ledingham Inc. Design Consultants, Vancouver

B.C. Lottery Foundation

B.C. Government Provincial Collection

Vincent Price Collection

Numerous private collections in Canada, U.S.A. and Europe

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2019   Comox Valley Art Gallery, Approaching Painting, Courtenay BC, Canada  5 person show  

2016   *XChanges Gallery, Expand, Victoria BC, Canada

             Robert Bateman Gallery, Endangered Species, Victoria BC, Canada

2015     Slide Room Gallery, In Cahoots, Victoria BC, Canada

             Gage Gallery, Intersections, Victoria BC, Canada  3 person show

2014     Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV), Distortions, Victoria BC, Canada  5 person show

             Two Rivers Gallery, Earthly, Prince George BC, Canada

2012     Sculpture Studio, The Imagists Winter Show, Victoria, BC, Canada

2011     Sculpture Studio, The Imagists Winter Show, Victoria, BC, Canada

2011     Polychrome Gallery Group Show, HOBNOB, Victoria, BC, Canada

2010     Polychrome Gallery VCA Faculty Show, Victoria, BC, Canada

2009     CACGV Gallery, Victoria College of Art and Design Faculty Show , Victoria, BC, Canada

             Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) Art Rental, Summer Selections; Christmas Show, Victoria, BC, Canada

2008     VCAD Gallery, Victoria College of Art and Design Faculty Show, Victoria, BC, Canada

2006    *Fran Willis Gallery, Dimensional Dream, Victoria, BC, Canada

2005     Community Arts Council Gallery, Victoria College of Art Faculty Show, Victoria, BC, Canada

             Comox Valley Art Gallery, Invitational, Courtenay, BC, Canada

             Fran Willis Gallery, Summer Selections, Victoria, BC, Canada

2004     Comox Valley Art Gallery (CVAG), Elemental Translations–Two person show, Victoria, BC,

2003     Fran Willis Gallery, From the Beginning - Two person show, Victoria, BC, Canada

2002     Fran Willis Gallery, Summer Selections, Victoria, BC, Canada

2001   *Studio Show, Comox, BC, Canada

2000     Fran Willis Gallery, Summer Show, Victoria, BC, Canada

1999     Comox Valley Art Gallery (CVAG) 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Courtenay, BC, Canada

             CVAG, Art and Artists of the 20th Century, Courtenay, BC, Canada

1997     Open Space, 25 Pieces, Victoria, BC, Canada

             CVAG, Raining Colour, Courtenay, BC, Canada

1996    *Courtenay Museum, Neon Tetras and other works, Courtenay, BC, Canada

             CVAG, Women and Fear, Courtenay, BC, Canada

1995     CVAG, Contemporary Being, Courtenay, BC, Canada

1990     Vancouver Art Gallery, Art in the Dark, Vancouver, BC, Canada

1989     Surrey Art Gallery, Four from the Islands, Surrey, BC, Canada

             Travelling Exhibit, Carmanah: Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest – BC, Canada

1988     Open Space Gallery, Victoria, Gallery on Wheels, Victoria, BC, Canada

             Robson Square Media Centre, A Celebration of Wilderness,Vancouver, BC, Canada

1987     Open Space Gallery, Victoria, Gallery on Wheels, Victoria, BC, Canada

            *CVAG, Underwater Series, Courtenay, BC, Canada

             CVAG, We All Live Here, Courtenay, BC, Canada

1985     Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Women Artists of British Columbia 1885-1985 , Touring Exhibition

1984    *Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

             Open Space Gallery, Victoria, Beyond the Malahat, Victoria, BC, Canada

             Robson Square Media Centre, Paper Fair, Vancouver, BC, Canada

1983     Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island Invitational

1982     CVAG, Invitational Show, Courtenay, BC, Canada

1978    *Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

             Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby, Women in the Arts, Burnaby, BC, Canada

1977     University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery, New Dawn, Victoria, BC, Canada

1976    *Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

1975     Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Landscape Abbreviations, Victoria, BC, Canada

1974     Burnaby Art Gallery, Group Show, Burnaby, BC, Canada

           *Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

1968     Vancouver Art Gallery, Spectrum 68, Vancouver, BC, Canada

1967     University of B.C., Joy and Celebration, Vancouver, BC, Canada

1966     Vancouver Art Gallery, 35th B.C. Annual Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

*Solo Shows