BORN: London, England 1947
EDUCATION: 1979 Diploma of Fine Arts (Honours, Printmaking)
Vancouver School of Art
1969 B.A. (Philosophy) University of British Columbia
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
Reporter, assistant art editor, copy and layout editor, The Vancouver Sun
Editorial assistant, Vancouver Calendar Magazine
Intaglio instructor, Burnaby Arts Centre
Guest artist, Burnaby High Schools
Monotype workshop instructor, Richmond Arts Centre
Guest speaker, Simon Fraser University Art Gallery
Guest speaker, Emily Carr College of Art and Design
Panelist, UBC Museum of Anthropology
Instructor, Metchosin Summer School of the Arts, Victoria
Workshop instructor, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Project leader, Ribbons of Life, Burnaby General Hospital
Linocut workshop instructor, Malaspina Printmakers Society
Mural project, Moscrop Secondary School, Wesburn Community Centre
Print demonstrator, Rembrandt & Chagall exhibits, Vancouver Art Gallery
Curator, The Relief Print, Burnaby Art Gallery
Tour guide, Sybil Andrews & Alistair Bell exhibits, Burnaby Art Gallery
Demonstrator, Culture Blast: An Arts Explosion, Deer Lake Park
Demonstrator; Linofest (Culture Days) Burnaby Art Gallery
Monotype & linocut instructor, Artemis in the Cove Studio Gallery
Sculpture commission jurist, Bosa Developments
Moderator, The Art of Collecting panel: Charles van Sandwyck, Hilary Letwin, Joseph Therrien & Barbara Zeigler, Burnaby Art Gallery
Curator, Layers: Print and Beyond, Burnaby Art Gallery
Committee member, New Burnaby Art Gallery
Guest speaker (with Leslie Poole) Beyond the Horizon, Richmond Art Gallery
OFFICES:
President, Malaspina Printmakers Educational Society (1992-94)
Board Member, Malaspina Printmakers Society (1988-94)
MPS Chop editorial committee (1984-94)
Chair, BAG Education and Communication Committee (1986-87)
Trustee, Burnaby Art Gallery (1985-87)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2023
Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Group show
2017
Beyond the Horizon, Landscapes from the Collection,
Richmond Art Gallery
2015
Layers: Print and Beyond/Gillian Armitage, Kim Mi Hyang, and Marie Price,
Burnaby Art Gallery, curator (catalogue)
Urban Echoes, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, curator
2013
Art Afloat, Ladner, B.C.
Heartfelt, The Print Room, Vancouver
2012
Under Construction: Vancouver/Hong Kong, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver
2011
Cove Creek Gallery, North Vancouver, with Joseph Therrien
Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Linocut, Burnaby Art Gallery
2010
Under the Shadow of Cranes, Leighdon Studio Gallery, Vancouver, with Rosamund
Norbury
Malaspina Printmakers members show
2009
Hot Off the Press, Malaspina members exhibition
Artists, Tea and Tai Chi, Taoist Tai Chi Society, Vancouver
2008
Malaspina Printmakers members show
2007
Malaspina Printmakers members show
2006
The Relief Print, Burnaby Art Gallery (curator)
Metropolis, Architectural Institute of B.C., curated MPS show
2005
Get the Picture, BAG art rental showcase
A Survey of B.C. Printmaking: Burnaby, Simon Fraser & Langley public art galleries
Ten Years of Canadian Printmaking/Prior Editions: Burnaby, Edmonton, Vernon & Comox Valley public art galleries
2004
Urban Elements, Metropolitan Home, Vancouver
The Art of Printmaking, Omega Gallery, Vancouver
A Survey of B.C. Printmaking, Burnaby Art Gallery
2000
Inkling to Ink, solo exhibition, Curator Sarah Dobbs, Ceperley House Gallery,
Burnaby
Bob Prittie Library, Metrotown, Burnaby (solo)
West Point Grey Community Centre (solo)
1998
The Fort Gallery, Fort Langley, B.C., two-person show with Kathryn Youngs
1997
Browning & Company, solo exhibition, Vancouver
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Alumni Exhibition, Vancouver
Hana Gallery, Vancouver
Malaspina Printmakers Summer Group Exhibition, Vancouver
1996
Rembrandt's Attic, Group Show, Curator Richard Reid, Grand Forks Art Gallery, B.C.
Malaspina 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, Jurors Ann Rosenberg and Noboru Sawai
1995
Matrix to Montage, solo retrospective, Richmond Art Gallery, B.C.
Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Juried Show, University of Hawaii, Hilo
(catalogue)
Malaspina Printmakers Society, Celebrating 20 Years of Original Printmaking,
Curator Todd Davis, SFU Gallery and Burnaby Art Gallery
Petley Jones Christmas Group Show, Vancouver
1994
The Furlan Collection of Contemporary Canadian Prints, Curator Todd Davis,
Burnaby Art Gallery (catalogue) B.C.
Malaspina Printmakers, Richmond Art Gallery & Langham Cultural Centre, Kaslo, B.C.
1993
On The Surface, Dr. Vigari Gallery, Vancouver, furniture group show,
Curator Barbara Cohen
A Prayer for the Planet; A Prayer for the Species, invitational collaborative performance with St. Michael's Printshop, Curator Valerie Metz, mixed media,
Middle Cove, NL
Still Life Show, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
1992
Malaspina 17th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jurors Rory Wallace and Landon McKenzie
Petley Jones Gallery, solo show, linocuts and monotypes,Vancouver
1991
Instituto Cultural Norteamericano, Lima, Peru
The 3-D Print, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery,Vancouver
Prior Editions, group show, Vancouver
Waterfront Theatre Gallery, solo show, Vancouver
Print and Drawing Council of Canada Gallery, Selections from the Print Collections, Curators Andres Pang and Rodney De Vries, Toronto, Ontario
1990
Windsor Printmakers Forum, Juried Exhibition, Windsor, Ontario
International Centre of Graphic Research, Callela, Spain
Contemporary Prints, Malaspina Archives, Curator Todd Davis, Burnaby Art Gallery
Malaspina Printmakers 15th Anniversary Show, Jurors Noboru Sawai and Nigel Harrison, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby
Monotype Exhibition, M.P.S. at the Patrick Doheny Gallery, Vancouver
Prior Editions, Christmas Show, Vancouver
Mini-Print Exhibition, M.P.S. Gallery, Vancouver
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
Extension Gallery, Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto
1989
Edition and Subtraction, solo show, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
Instituto Cultural Norteamericano, Lima, Peru
Pohjannaan Museo, Vaasa, Finland
18 at Robson Square, Vancouver
Ganges Print Show, Saltspring Island, B.C.
The Fax, Burnaby Art Gallery
1988
Kanagawa '88, Yokohama, Japan; 14th International Independent
Exhibition of Prints (catalogue)
Malaspina Printmakers Society 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, Simon Fraser University,
Juror Letia Richardson (catalogue)
8th Mini-Print International, Cadaques, Spain; travelling show (catalogue)
Crown Gallery summer show, Vancouver
Malaspina: Sixteen, Robson Square, Vancouver
Petley Jones Artists at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Gallery
Medicine Hat Print Show '88, Alberta, Curator Roger Boulet, director Edmonton Art
Gallery; travelling exhibition: Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Calgary,
Edmonton, Swift Current, Grande Prairie, Brandon, Kamloops (catalogue)
Scratching the Surface, (two-woman show with Jan Smith), Malaspina Printmakers
Gallery, Vancouver
Select Prints, Malaspina travelling exhibition: Grand Forks Art Gallery; Langham
Cultural Centre, Kaslo, B.C.
1987
Three Printmakers, Richmond Art Gallery, B.C. (catalogue)
12th Annual Malaspina Printmakers Society Juried Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery,
Curator Ted Lindberg (catalogue - Newsprints Dec. 1987)
Malaspina Group Exhibition, Sinclair Centre, Vancouver
Christmas Print Show, Simon Fraser University Gallery
Winter Show, Crown Gallery, Vancouver
Malaspina Gallery Group Exhibition, Vancouver
Harrison Festival of the Arts, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C.
Artists Behind the Art, Granville Island Graphics, Vancouver
Black and White, Granville Island Graphics
1986
100 Vancouver Artists, Pitt International Galleries Vancouver
1985
Malaspina Printmakers: Celebrating A Society, Charles Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Curator Ted Lindberg (catalogue)
Malaspina: Ten Years, Burnaby Art Gallery, Curator Roger Boulet
(retrospective catalogue)
1984
Prints and Paper (two-woman show with Jan MacLeod), North Vancouver Civic Centre
Surrey Arts Centre Theatre Gallery, Malaspina group show
1982
Graphica Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1979
Helen Pitt Awards Exhibition, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, B.C.,
Jurors Christopher Varley and Jessica Bradley (catalogue)
Vancouver School of Art Grad Show '79, Robson Square Gallery
Frans Wynans Gallery, Vancouver
1978
Malaspina Printmakers Society 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery,
Juror Noboru Sawai, honourable mention (catalogue)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2012 Under Construction: Vancouver/Hong Kong, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver
2000 Inkling to Ink, Burnaby Art Gallery
Linocuts, Bob Prittie Library
1997 Browning & Company, Vancouver
1995 Matrix to Montage, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.
1992 Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
1991 Waterfront Theatre Gallery, Vancouver
1990 Petley Jones Gallery
1989 Edition and Subtraction, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
1984 Coburg Gallery, Vancouver (Community Arts Council)
Allan Edwards Gallery, West Vancouver
1980 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Gallery, Vancouver
1978 Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Vancouver Art Gallery
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
Burnaby Art Gallery
Richmond Art Gallery
Simon Fraser University Collection
Grand Forks Art Gallery
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
TD Bank (Toronto, Vancouver)
The Salient Group
I.B.M.
National Cash Register
CP Hotels (Waterfront Centre, Vancouver)
Touche Ross & Co.
Westin International Hotels (Los Angeles, Calgary, Victoria)
Canadian Commercial and Industrial Bank
Lexington Properties Ltd.
The Clorox Company of Canada Ltd.
Stein and Co. Ltd.
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Browne, Shannon. Monotype with Susan Gransby. Vancouver Vantage, Dec.6, 2011
MacLellan, Julie. Talking about art. Burnaby Now, May 11, 2011
Hackwell, Sher. Exhibit highlights power of linocut. Burnaby Newsleader, March 4, 2011
Hackwell, Sher. In 2011, Why not bring art into your life? Burnaby Newsleader, January 7, 2011
Hyslop, Lucy, Artist’s Work an Invitation to Examine Vancouver. The Vancouver Sun, August 20, 2010
Armitage, Gill. The Relief Print. Malaspina’s newsletter CHOP. February 2007
Prior Editions: Ten Years of Canadian Printmaking, Burnaby Art Gallery catalogue, 2005
Boulet, Roger. Thoughts on the Terminal City... Inkling to Ink catalogue essay. Burnaby Art
Gallery. 2000
Boulet, Roger. Past and Present, Thoughts on the Terminal City... Artichoke Magazine, Calgary, AB. Spring 2000
Davis, Todd A., MPS, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, SFU and BAG. Catalogue and BAG News. October 1995.
Miyamoto, Wayne A. Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition. University of Hawaii, Hilo. 1995.
Henry, Karen A. The Furlan Collection. Burnaby Art Gallery News. November 1993
Metz Valerie. Video: A Collaborative Performance. Middle Cove Nfld. July 28, 1993
Expreso. De los bosques canadienses, Lima, Peru. March 31, 1989
Pickett, Hugh. Petley Jones Finds Permanence. The West Ender. Vancouver, B.C. April 27, 1989
Guitart, Manuel. Minigravats fets a tot el mon exposen a Cadaques. Diari de Barcelona. August 20, 1988
Fort i Pascual, Pascual. ADOGI, Mini-Print International 1988, Cadaques, Spain. Catalogue, 1988
Prefectural Gallery Committee, Kanagawa. The 14th International Independent Exhibition of Prints '88. Yokohama, Japan. Catalogue. November 1988
Boulanger, Annie. Malaspina in Vital Display at SFU Show. Burnaby Now. Burnaby, B.C. October 12, 1988
Boulet, Roger. Medicine Hat Print Show 1988. Catalogue. Medicine Hat, Alberta.March 2, 1988
Lindberg, Theodore. Malaspina Printmakers/Celebrating A Society. Catalogue. Vancouver, B.C. September 19, 1985
Boulet, Roger. Malaspina: Ten Years. Newsprints (Burnaby Art Gallery). Burnaby, B.C.
September 1985
Johnson, Eve. An Exuberance of Happy Color. The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, B.C.
July 14, 1984
Boulet, Roger. What's Going On Around Town ... Susan Gransby: Etchings at the Coburg Gallery. Newsprints, Burnaby, B.C. July 1984
Bradley, Jessica & Varley, Christopher. Helen Pitt Awards Exhibition 1979. Catalogue. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, B.C. July 1979
Sawai, Noboru. Malaspina Printmakers at the Burnaby Art Gallery. Catalogue. Burnaby, B.C. November 1978
PUBLICATIONS:
The Ornament of a House, Sybil Andrews essay. Burnaby Art Gallery. 2017
Layers: Print & Beyond, curatorial essay, Burnaby Art Gallery, 2015
On Urban Topographies, Richard Tetrault catalogue essay. St. Thomas-Elgin Public Arts Centre, Ontario. January 2008
The Relief Print, curatorial essay, Burnaby Art Gallery. 2006
Val Metz: Navigate by the Stars Part II. Malaspina Exhibitions Catalogue. 1989
Gransby, Susan. Profile. CHOP (Malaspina Printmakers Society Newsletter). Vancouver, B.C. September 1987
Xerography...graduate of ’79, May 18 The Vancouver Express. May 18, 1979
Raymond Verdaguer: A nomad who would beautify a poet’s words. The Vancouver Express. June 1, 1979