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Ivan Trevor Wheale (Canadian, contemporary) Ivan Wheale was born in Sunderland, England in 1934. Self-taught, he became interested in painting at the age of fifteen when he work in watercolour. In 1956 he turned to oil painting. Wheale came to Canada in 1957 settling in Sudbury. There he began to exhibit and has staged more than 85 solo and group exhibitions. He currently lives and works on Manitoulin Island. Awards Honorary Degree from Laurentian University The Ministry of Culture Rotary International Paul Harris Award Ontario Arts Council Canada Council for the Arts American Survey of Leading Contemporaries, 1989. Shows 86 solo exhibitions, including three major provincial touring exhibitions Ten-Year Retrospective, McDonald Gallery, Queen’s Park, Toronto Fifty-Year Retrospective, Centennial Museum, Sheguiandah 54 Group Exhibitions The Acute Image in Canadian Painting, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University Watercolour Painting in Canada Today, University of Waterloo Collections Over 42 Public and Corporate Collections, including: Shell Laurentian University, Sudbury INCO, Sudbury Sudbury Museum and Art Centre Dofasco, Hamilton Queen’s Collection, Windsor Castle, England Dean’s Collection, Windsor Castle, England Government of Ontario, Toronto Parliament Buildings, Ottawa Provincial Parliament, Newfoundland |
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