Violet Owen – Biography
Born: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 1930
Education: Ontario College of Art 1949 – 1953, Toronto, Ontario
Department of Drawing and Painting.
Diploma – First Class Honours.
Violet Owen – Mimi #7/25, 1979, 29 x 24
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 “In the Studio”, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2008 “Violet Owen” Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2000 “Recent Sculpture” Fringe Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1994 “Recent Paintings” Bugera Kmet Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1992 “Personas” Recent Sculpture, Art Evo Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1992 “Violet Owen – Paintings” Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, AB
1991 “Violet Owen – Paintings” Grand Forks Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
1988 “Recent Paintings” Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton, AB
1987 “Recent Paintings” Woltjen-Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1984 “Violet Owen” The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1977-1979 “Coast to Coast” (touring)
Extension Services, Edmonton Art Gallery
1973 “Violet Owen” Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1971-1972 Atlantic Provinces Art Circuit (Touring)
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2003 Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society
Annual Exhibition, Edmonton, AB
1989 “Summer Show” The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1988 “Summer Show” The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1987 “West of Jersey” Selected by Valentine Tatransky
The Edmonton Art Galley, Edmonton, AB1987 “Kenworth Moffett Selects” Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1986 “Edmonton Painters” The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1985 “Studio Watch” Selected by Terry Fenton, The Edmonton Art Gallery,
Edmonton, AB
1983 “Latitude 53 – A Decade” Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton and Tourin
1980 “Alberta Now” The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1974 “Prairie ‘74” The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1975-1976 Alberta Art Foundation Premiere Touring Show London, Paris Brussels
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, AB
Athabasca University, Edmonton, AB
Canadian Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Edmonton Public School Board, Edmonton, AB
Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
University of New Brunswick, Art Centre, Fredericton, NB
University of Alberta Collections, Edmonton, AB