BETTY MEYERS (Warnock)

BACKGROUND:

Born at Alexandria, Virginia, September 6, 1938. Emigrated to Canada in 1963. Canadian citizen.

Residence: 1963 - 1974, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 1974 - 1981, Naramata, British Columbia; 1981 - 1985, Victoria, B.C. 1986-1991, Alvena, Saskatchewan, 1991 -; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Education: The American University, Washington, D.C. B.A. with a major in Fine Arts, 1959. Graduate work, 1961 - 1962.

ONE PERSON SHOWS:

1994 Touring Six Centres in Saskatchewan, "People Pulling Together".

1994 Amaryiis Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1992 Collections Fine Art Gallery, "Water Colours", Regina, Saskatchewan

1992 Rosemont Art Gallery, Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre, "Arctic Journey", Regina, Saskatchewan

1990 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, "Arctic Journey", Victoria, B.C.

1989 Queen Charlotte Island Museum, "This Earth is Worth Saving", Queen Charlotte City, B.C.

1989 Gordon Sneigrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, "This Land is Worth Saving", The Great Sand Hills and the Queen Charlottes, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1989 Ukrainian Museum of Canada, "Prairie Pearls", Ukrainian churches, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1987 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Rental Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1986 Art Works Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1986 Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1985 Ammare Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

1985 Madrona Centre, Malaspina College, Nanaimo, B.C.

1983 Group 5 Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1981 X Changes Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1980 Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.

1978 Topham Brown Gallery, Vernon, B.C.

1977 R. Dow Reid Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.

1974 Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.

1974 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1972 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1971 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1966 St. Thomas More Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

PUBLIC GALLERY GROUP SHOWS:

1992 "Sask. Open", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1987 "The Farm Show", touring, The Mendel Art Gallery & AKA. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1986 "Art in Victoria, 1960 - 1986" Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria B.C.

1984 "Victoria Artists", Open Space Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1983 & 84 "Bank Art", Victoria Artists' Juried Show, Harbour Festival, Victoria, B.C.

1983 & 84 "Victoria Artists", Victoria City Hall, Victoria, B.C.

1983 "Object and Images", B.C. Community Arts Council, Robson Media Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

1983 "75th Anniversary Show", Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.

1974 "Canada West", Bronfman Center, Montreal, P.O.

1973 "Prairie Landscapes" Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.

1973 "Juried Show", Saskatchewan Arts Council, Saskatoon, Sask.

1972 "Little Gallery Show", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.

1970 "Women Artists of Saskatoon", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.

1961 "Graduate Students", Watkins Gallery, The American University, Washington, D.C.

WORKS IN PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

Saskatchewan Arts Board

Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.

Community Clinic, Saskatoon, Sask.

College of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

St. Andrews College, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.

West Coast Credit Union, Victoria, B.C.

Pacific Coast Savings, Victoria, B.C.

Glengarry Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, B.C.

Northern Transportation Company Ltd., Edmonton, Alta

Canadian Coast Guard, Dartmouth, N.S.

WORKS HANDLED BY THE FOLLOWING GALLERIES:

Collections Fine Art Gallery, 2175 Smith Street, Regina, Sask.
(306) 757-1217

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Rental and Sales Gallery Victoria, B.C.

Island Art Shuttle, P.O. Box 42008 - 2200 Oak Bay Ave., Victoria, B.C., V8R 1G0,
1(250) 389-6045

 

 

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

1984 One of the founding members of the Ideas Gallery, Victoria, B.C., an artists' co-operative.

1983-84 One of the main organizers of the "Bank Art" shows, Harbour Festival, Victoria, B.C.

1983 Assisted Frances Hatfield on Canada Council project for a mural (34' x 60') on the Naramata Growers Co-operative building, Naramata,B.C.

1983-84 Member of Group 5 Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., an artists' co-operative.

1982-83 Member of Alley Art Group of Victoria, B.C., which organized two street shows: Waddington Alley, August 1982; On the Causeway, September 1983

1971-82 One of the founding members of the Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., an artists' co-operative.