Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith Born: 1919, Hove, Sussex, England (Canadian Citizen) Education: 1935-1937: Attended Winnipeg School of Art under L.L. Fitzgerald 1944, 1945: Graduated Vancouver Normal School and Vancouver School of Art 1950: Advanced painting courses, California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca., studied under Elmer Bischoff 1957: Summer Studies in Art History at Harvard University, Boston Selected Exhibitions: 1955: Canadian Biennial, Ottawa, Ontario and successive biennials until 1967 1957: Guggenheim International Exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York 1959: l00 Years of Canadian Painting, Laing Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 7 West Coast Painters, U.B.C. Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1960: Sao Paolo Biennial, Sao Paolo, Brazil Ten West Coast Painters, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario 1961: Warsaw, Poland National Gallery of Canada group exhibition, touring to Mexico, Australia, England and Chile 1962: Pacific Northwest Paintings, Seattle World's Fair, Seattle, WA 1966: Ten Years of Painting by Gordon Smith, touring exhibition organized by U.B.C. Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1967: Canadian Graphic Art, Expo 67, Montreal, Quebec 1968: British Print Biennial, Bradford, England 3rd Biennial of Modern Prints, Santiago, Chile Godard Lefort Gallery, Montreal, Quebec 1970: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York Screenprint 1970, Chicago, Illinois New Graphics from Canada, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Editions Unlimited, White Museum, Ithaca, New York Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware Tacoma Museum, Tacoma, Washington Katonah Museum, New York Portland Museum, Portland, Maine 1971 9th International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, New York University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Gallery Three, Connecticut Cornell University, Ithaca, New York National Collection, Smithsonian Institute, Washington 1972: Gallery of Contemporary Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pratt Art Centre, New York Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. 1st Norwegian International Print Biennial, Oslo, Norway 4th International Biennial, Cracow, Poland 1973: 10th International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Selections from Art Bank, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1973-94: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, Toronto 1974: 13 Artists from Marlborough Godard, Marlborough Gallery, NY 1975: Canadian Canvas, group exhibiton touring Canada 1976: Gordon Smith, retrospective organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery 1977-80: Mira Godard Gallery, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary 1979: Aspects of Canadian Printmaking, travelling group exhibition organized by the Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto 1983: Vancouver Art and Artists 1931-1983, Vancouver Art Gallery 1985: Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1986: Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario 1988: Gordon Smith Recent Work, Vancouver Art Gallery 1989: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver and Toronto 1990: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1991: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver and Toronto 1992: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C 1993: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1994: Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C. 1995: Simon Fraser University Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1996: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1997: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. "Gordon Smith: The Act of Painting", Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1998: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1999: Les Peintures", Galerie Rene Blouin/Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Quebec. "Paintings on Paper", Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 2000: "New Paintings", Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 2001: "Byway Trees", Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 2002: "On Reflection", Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2003: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2004: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2005: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2006: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2008: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2009: Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC Awards and Commissions: 1955: First Prize, Biennial of Canadian Art 1960: Canada Council Senior Fellowship 1961: Baxter Award, Toronto Prize, Group Exhibition, London, Ontario Prizes in Vancouver Annuals Prizes in Victoria Annuals 1966: 2nd Prize, Winnipeg Biennial 1967: Commission, Children's Playground in collaboration with Cornelia Oberlander 1968: First Prize, Canadian Group, Montreal Prize, 3rd Santiago Biennial Exhibition of Modern Engraving, Santiago, Chile 1970: Canadian Pavillion Commission - Kinetic Umbrellas - in collaboration with Arthur Erickson, Expo ?70, Osaka, Japan 1973: L.L.D., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 1974: Allied Arts Medal, Royal Canadian Architectural Institute 1976: Commissioned to contribute to "Hommage au Prix Nobel" - a suite of graphics commissioned by the Nobel Prize Committee for presentation to the Nobel laureates 1981: Professor Emeritus, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C. 1988: Canadian Embassy, Washington, .D.C., mural commission 1993: Art Leadership Award, Art Fair Seattle 1993: Waterfront Hotel, Vancouver, B.C., commission 1995: Received an L.L.D. from the Emily Carr College of Art & Design 1996: Appointed to the Order of Canada 2000: Appointed to the Order of BC 2009: Governor General's Award, Visual and Media Arts Murals: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver Law Library, Vancouver, B.C. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Canadian Trade Pavillion, Tokyo, Japan Canadian Pavillion, World's Fair 1970, Osaka, Japan Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1988 Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, U.B.C., 1997 The Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University, Downtown Campus, Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, B.C. Selected Bibliography: B.C. Artists: Gordon Smith, Western Homes and Living, July, 1964 Chamberlain, Ray, Gordon Smith, exhibition review, artscanada, Vol. 36, No. l, p. 65, May/June, 1979 Chandler, John, Gordon Smith, exhibition review, artscanada, Vol. 35, No. 2. p. 49, April/May, 1978 Dault, Gary Michael, Preliminaries: A Critical Notebook II, artscanada, Vol. 25, No. 5, p. 84, December, 1968 Emery, Anthony, Gordon Smith, interview, Canadian Art, Vol. 23, No. 3, p.p. 36-37, July, 1966 Emery, Anthony, Gordon Smith and the Gesture of Painting, Canadian Art, Vol. 14, No. 1, p.p. 3-5, Autumn, 1956 Emery, Anthony, Ten Years of Painting by Gordon Smith, catalogue foreword, The Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, 1966 Fulford, Robert, Smith, Canadian Art, Vol. 28, No. 1, p.p. 44-45, January/February, 1961 Heywood, Irene, Smith's Year of Discovery, Montreal Gazette, p. 34, March 9, 1968 Johnson, Eve, Portrait of an Artist in a Fine Residence, Vancouver Sun, September 21, 1984 Kaplan, Joel H., Gordon Smith, Tlell: New Paintings and Graphics, Bau-Xi Gallery, Exhibition Review, Issue p.p. 37-38, November, 1984 Lord, J. Berry, Printmaking East & West, Canadian Art, Vol. 22, No. 4, p.p. 8-12, September/October, 1965 Lowndes, Joan, Gordon Smith Confronts the Basic Problem of Op, The Province, Vancouver, February 17, 1967 Lowndes, Joan, Smith Returns to Coastal Landscape, Vancouver Sun, P. 42, March 17, 1973 Lowndes, Joan, Gordon Smith: A New Perspective, artscanada, Vol. 30, No. 3, p.p. 60-65, August 1973 Lowndes, Joan, A Lighter Palette for Gordon Smith, Vancouver Sun, p. 31, January 24, 1975 Lowndes, Joan, A Man of Power: The True Achievement of Artist Gordon Smith, Vancouver Sun, April 27, 1976 Lowndes, Joan, Gordon Smith: 3 Views, artscanada, Vol. 33, No. 3, p.p. 48-50, October/November, 1976 Lowndes, Joan, Gordon Smith, A Palette of Deliberation, Vanguard, p.p. 18-24, November, 1981 Malkin, Peter, Gordon Smith, catalogue introduction and interview, The Vancouver Art Gallery, 1976 Malkin, Peter, La Nature Geometrique de Gordon Smith, Vie des Arts, p.p. 57-59, Spring, 1979. French translation by Marie-Sylvia Fourtier- Rolland. Original text in same edition, p.p. 97-98 Metcalfe, Ben, Gordon Smith at the New Design Gallery, Canadian Art, Vol. 19, No. 2, p.p. 109-110, March/April 1962 Ostiguy, Jene-Rene, The First Biennial of Canadian Painting, Canadian Art, Vol. 12, No. 4, p. 159, Summer, 1955 Palette, City Artist Sketches on the Italian Frontier, The Province, Vancouver, Magazine Section, p. 3, april 29, 1944 Palette, One Man Display, The Province, Vancouver, p. 17, June 19, 1947 Perry, Art, Sensitivity on Exhibit, The Province, Vancouver, p. 35, May 4, 1976 Perry, Art, Smith's New Works Shift Gears, The Province, Vancouver, p. A6, May 30, 1983 Plaskett, J., Paintings by Gordon Smith, Tenth Quarterly Group Exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, October, 1953 Sabbath, Lawrence, Gordon Smith, exhibtiion review, Canadian Art, Vol. 21, No. 2, p.64, March/April 1964 Scott, Andrew, Gordon Smith: Into Unknown Territory, Western Living, p. 9, March/April, 1979 Scott, Michael, "Ripples on Smith's Ponds", The Vancouver Sun, Wed., Jan. 29, 1997, C3 Scott, Michael, "Portrait of a Restless Artist", The Vancouver Sun, Wednesday, October 15, 1997, C5 Smith, Gordon, artist statement, Canadian Art, Vol. 28, No. 2, March/April, 1961 Smith, Gordon, The Artist's Image of Himself, artist statement, artscanada, Vol. 32, No. 3, P. 54, Autumn, 1975 Stephenson, Wendy, A Look at One Artist's Work, Enterprise, p.p. 23-24, December 77/January 78 Tempelman-Kluit, Anne, Experiments in Colour, Vancouver Sun, p. C3, May 20, 1983 The Perils of Satisfaction, Time Magazine (Canadian Edition), p. 14, November 4, 1966 Thom, Ian M. and Hunter, Andrew, "Gordon Smith: The Act of Painting", Douglas & McIntyre, 1997 Thom, Ian M., "Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia", Published by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, BC, 2000 Toupin, Gilles, Gordon Smith ou le regard de la Cote Ouest, La Presse, Montreal, p. D18, November 16, 1974 Walters, Gary, Gordon Smith, exhibition review, artscanada, Vol. 34, No. 1, p. 67, March/April 1977 Watmouth, David, How it is to be a Painter, Vancouver Sun, P. 6B, October 28, 1966 Watmouth, David, Strength is in his Reserve, The Province, Vancouver, p. B7, September 2, 1981 Webb, Marshall H., Gordon Smith, Arts West, P. 34, March/April, 1980 Woods, Kay, Gordon Smith, exhibition review, artscanada, Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 76, December 1979/January 1980 Wyman, Max "Gordon Smith - Life in the Abstact", The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, September 27, 1997, C4 Coupland, Douglas, "Inside the Water, Inside the Trees, The Works of Gordon Smith", Catalogue essay for Equinox Gallery exhibition, Published September, 2003 also excerpted in The Vancouver Sun, Queue Magazine, Sept. 11-18, C14-15, 2003 Collections: Albright-Knox Members Gallery, Buffalo Albright-Knox Purchase for Maine Midland Bank Building, Buffalo, N.Y. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Birmingham Art Gallery, Birmingham, England B.C. Provincial Art Government Art Collection, Victoria Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa Carnegie Foundation, New York Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown Department of External Affairs, Ottawa Glenbow Museum, Calgary Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge London Regional Art Gallery Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Modern Art, New York National Collection, Smithsonian Institute, Washington National Gallery of Canada National Museum of Wales , Cardif, Wales Sir George Williams Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal South London Art Gallery, London, England Vancouver Art Gallery Victoria and Albert Museum, London Victoria Art Gallery Winnipeg Art Gallery Aird, Berlis Amstar Corporation Atlantic-Richfield Bank of New York Bank of Nova Scotia Benson and Hedges Chase Manhattan Bank Ciba-Geigy Citibank Clarkson Gordon and Company Crown Life Insurance Company Cummins Engine Company Davies, Ward and Beck Dunwoody and Company Ferguson Gifford First National City Bank Guaranty Trust Company of Canada Gulf and Western Building Imperial Oil J.C. 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