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John Macdonald is a Canadian painter, born in Prince George, British Columbia. After graduating from Emily Carr in 1987, he lived and worked in Vancouver for a number of years.Macdonald chooses to paint in a manner that is engaged with historical tradition, in both a conceptual and formal sense.His subject matter includes landscapes, seascapes and people engaged in various activities - swimming, fishing, and sometimes just 'watching'. His figure paintings are narrative compositions, often cropped in such a way that seems informed by snapshot photography. This cropping, along with his methodology -which sometimes involves obscuring the image with a hazy veil of paint- gives his pictures anostalgic resonance. John Macdonald currently resides on Salt Spring Island with his wife, painter Patricia Murphy Macdonald, and their daughter. |
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Education 1987 Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Diploma in Fine Arts, Honors Selected Solo Exhibitions 2005 New Work, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal 2003 New Work, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver 1999 Echoes, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver 1998 Northern Lakes Series, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton 1996-1997 Recent Work, Starr Anise Resturant, Vancouver 1995 Night River Series, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver 1994 Recent Work, Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George 1993 Passages, Other Art Gallery, Prince George 1990 New Work, McEwens Art Gallery, Vancouver Selected Group Exhibitions Gallery Artist, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal 2004 Miami Art Fair, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto 2001-03 Group Shows, Forum Gallery, New York 2002-2003 Toronto Art Fair, Douglas Udell Gallery, & Galerie de Bellefeuille, Toronto 2001-04 Group Show, Canada House Gallery, Banff Alberta 2001 Spring Show, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario 1994-2004 Gallery Artist, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver/Edmonton 2000-2004 Gallery Artist, Wallace Gallery, Calgary 1995 Emerging Artists, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver 1993 Prague Art Exhibition, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1992 Six Painters, Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Vancouver 1990 Christmas Exhibition, Harris- Jones Gallery, Vancouver 1989 Strong Painters, 163 Gallery, Vancouver 1988 Emerging Young Artists, Burnaby Art Gallery Drawing Show, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Selected Collections Heenan & Blakney, Montreal DCD Management Ltd, Vancouver Bentall Corporation, Vancouver Toronto Dominion Bank, Vancouver & Toronto Department of External Affairs, Ottawa Shaw Cable, Calgary Price Waterhouse, Richmond Hewlitt Packard, Vancouver Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George Hyatt Regency, Calgary Grand Pacific Hotel, Victoria Awards and Prizes 1987 B.C. Cultural Fund Scholarship 1987 Merit Award, Emily Carr College of Art and Design 1987 Honours Award, Emily Carr College of Art and Design 1985 Duro Test Electric Scholarship Award 1985 Leon and Theo Koerner Foundation Scholarship Award 1983 D. P. Todd Art Award 1983 D. P. Todd Faculty Award |
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