C.V. of Artist William Pura - Ken Segal Gallery

William Pura – C.V.

INTRODUCTION

Born in Manitoba, Canada

Visual artist and music composer

Fine arts professor at the University of Manitoba

EDUCATION
1973	Master of Fine Arts Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
1970	Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking Major) University of Manitoba, School of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba

TEACHING
Present	Since 1973 Fine Arts Professor (printmaking, drawing, colour theory, and painting) University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1971–73	Assistant Instructor (Fundamental Studio Courses) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
1968–70	Technical Assistant (School of Art Printshop) University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1969	Evening classes assistant (School of Art Printshop) University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

HONOURS & AWARDS
1989,90	Travel grants to Ukraine Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1986	Explorations grant for the production of the record Black Water & Sonata for Solo Violin Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario
1985	Art Ventures Grant for “Variations” Concert Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1983	Research grant for The Interaction and Complementarity of Music and Visual Art University of Manitoba Research Board
1980	Opus Frames Materials Purchase Award Print and Drawing Council of Canada exhibition
1973–74	Research and Development of Fine Art Lithography Joint project held with Arnold Saper University of Manitoba Research Board
1970	Dean’s Honour List University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Honourable Mention, Art for Religion Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
1965	Janet Ian Cameron Memorial Scholarship University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

SERVICES
2007	February 21 Lecture on Painting and Photography Winnipeg South Photo Club Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba January 23 Manitoba Arts Council Major achievement award juror
2006	September Western Canadian Music Awards Juror (Best Classical Composition)
2005	September Western Canadian Music Awards Juror (Best Classical Composition) January – February Juno Awards Juror (Best Classical Composition)
2003	January – February Juno Awards Juror (Best Classical Composition)
2002	May 30 Canadian Music Centre (CMC) New Associate Composer Jury
2001	May Artworks used in the Alliance Atlantis film production Another Day Music Juror Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999	October 27 Landscape Architecture: Lecture on Creativity (with David Arnason, Lorrie Kirshenbaum and Aliza Amihude)
1996	March 1 Architecture Cultural Events, Food for Thought Series: Art, Music, & Technology
1995	March 9–25 Slides of work used in staging of the Catherine and Carol Shields’s play Fashion, Power, Guilt, and the Charity of Families Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1994	October 2 Juror for the Winnipeg Sketch Club members show August 27–28 Hosted the radio program "Audio Gallery" for CBC radio a presentation of music related to works of art - broadcast
1993	March 26–28 Explorations Juror Canada Council (Saskatoon) February 28 Manitoba Arts Council Peer Adjudication Review Panelist
1992	September Organized visiting artist Ed Bernstein’s workshop in photo-etching with the School of Art, University of Manitoba and Manitoba Printmakers’ Association May 25 Manitoba Arts Council Juror - Major Arts Grant April 6–8 Explorations Juror Canada Council (Regina) January 30 Panelist for The Critics Corner The Influence of Media on Critical Theory and Artists’ Practice organized by Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba January Curatorial Advisor Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow print exhibition Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba
1990	June 29–30 Explorations Juror Canada Council (Grand Prairie) May 3 Guest Speaker Springfield Collegiate Institute Career Day April 7–8 Explorations Juror Canada Council (Regina) January Organized visiting artist Ed Kalke’s workshop in papermaking with the School of Art, University of Manitoba
1989	November 1 St. James Sketch Club Exhibition Juror January 25–27 Visiting artist Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta Music Juror Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba Organized exchange shows with: Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta Carthage College, Racine, Wisconsin
1988	November 8 Lecture on "The Vinland Project" prints University of Manitoba Icelandic Collection July 6–10 Change of Reasons Conference speaker and participant Canadian Association of Landscape Architects Music Juror Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1987	October Lithography workshop Brandon Allied Arts Centre (Gallery of South Western Manitoba) July Organized a show of Manitoba artists for the Pan-Am Games Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Music Juror Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1986	November 21–23 Panelist for Creating the Future: A conference on Ukrainian Arts in Manitoba
1985	December The Fine Art Print (History & Process) sponsored by the Manitoba Printmakers Association July 22 – September 4 Worked to bring the show British Printmakers to Gallery 111, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Major Arts Grant Juror Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1984	April The History of Printmaking Lecture Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba March Visiting Artist at: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Multi-Disciplinary and Performance Art Juror Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario
1982	January Visiting Artist Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
1978	November 30 – December 1 Visiting Artist Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario

Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario

Gallery 111, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Government of Manitoba

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA

United States Information Agency, Washington DC, USA

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Archer Communications, Calgary, Alberta

Arthur & Betty Ward, Calgary, Alberta

Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver, British Columbia

Brian Mestdagh, Bri-Ann Facilities Chiropractor, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Bryan Kells, Winnipeg, Manitoba

C.P. Rail, Canada

Campbell, Godfrey, Toronto, Ontario

Canadian Airlines International, (Winnipeg Terminal)

Catherine Lee, Winnipeg, Manitoba

City Bread, Winnipeg, Manitoba

CN Hotels - L’Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

College of Physicians and Surgeons, Winnipeg, Manitoba

D. Kmet, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Deloit, Haskins, and Sells, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Donald & Patricia Outerbridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Douglas & Laureen Forbes, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dr. David Starr, Connecticut, USA

Dr. Gordon Risk, Topeka, Kansas, USA

Dr. Susan Collison, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Encore Energy, Calgary, Alberta

Esso Resources, Calgary, Alberta

Fairweather Properties, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Heather Shayna, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Jean and Bob Altemeyer, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Jeffrey Baigrie, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Jeffrey Reiner, Los Angeles, California, USA

Joan Walters, Winnipeg, Manitoba

John McGuire, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Judy Campbell, Calgary, Alberta

Ken Brown, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ken Cooper, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Kevin McDowell, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba

Michael Szul, Toronto, Ontario

Michel Cheff, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Mr. & Mrs. Albert Schultz, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Myron Schultz, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Nova Corporation, Calgary, Alberta

P.M. Haeger & Associates Fiduciary Management, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Patrick Friesen, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Paula Macleod/Thibaudeau Macleod Translations, Calgary, Alberta

Phil Lynd, Toronto, Ontario

Pierre Arpin, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Pitblado, Buchwald, Asper Winnipeg, Manitoba

Price, Waterhouse Inc., Toronto, Ontario

Prudential Life Insurance Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Richard Johnston, Calgary, Alberta

Sean Daly, North-West Territories

T. Mirhady, Calgary, Alberta

TRIMAC Corporation, Calgary, Alberta

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009	November 7 – 25 New Paintings Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2006	May 26 – June 18 Landscapes, Gods and Animals Kulturmodell Passau, Bavaria, Germany January 17 – February 24 Logan Avenue Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2005	July 2 – 30 Water, Stone and Cloud Site Gallery II, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002	November 5 – 30 Der Holzweg: The Way Through the Woods Site Gallery II, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1996	September 28 – November 2 Piano Nobile Gallery Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1992	August 31 – September 30 Piano Nobile Gallery Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba March 20 – April 12 New Urban Images Uptown Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1988	November 20 – December 15 Crossroads Gallery 111, School of Art University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba November 16 – December 3 Uptown Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1985	January – March Variations Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1984	November – December Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA March University of Arkansas Art Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA February – March Cardigan-Milne Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982	March Senior Common Room, University College University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba January Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
1980	October 24 – November 14 Gallery 111, School of Art University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1977	December – January, 1978 Plug-In Arthur Street Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1974	October Gallery Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007	May 31 – June 19 Landscapes Near and Far (two-person exhibition with Franz Stanislaus Mrkvicka) Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba February 28 – March 11 Year of the Pig 6th Annual International Print Exchange and Exhibition Proof Studio Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006	Print Exchange IV Exhibition presented by Print Zero Studios, Seattle, Washington, USA travelled to: September Rainbow Building Gallery Coral Gables Campus University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA July – August Sev Shoon Arts Center (Ballardworks), Seattle, Washington, USA June Basil Hallward Gallery Portland, Oregon, USA April Old Inlet Printmakers Homer, Alaska, USA January 26 – February 11 Year of the Dog - 5th Annual International Print Exchange and Exhibition Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2005	Print Exchange III Exhibition presented by Print Zero Studios, Seattle, Washington, USA travelled to: May Rainbow Bldg. Gallery Coral Gables Campus University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA March 18 Blue Door Gallery Seattle, Washington, USA February 5 Year of the Rooster - 4th Annual International Print Exchange and Exhibition Schorndorf, Germany
2004	December 4 x3 Annual Fundraiser Ace Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba Der Holzweg: The Way through the Woods DVD accepted into: April 27 Festival International de Biarritz, France March 12 New York International Film Festival (Short film Category)
2002	July 6 – August 15 Off<Site> (5 Winnipeg Artists Exhibition: Bill Pura, Steve Gouthro, Aurora Landín, Ted Howorth and G.N. Louise Jonasson) Gretchen Kottke Gallery, Cooperstown, North Dakota, USA February Cross Borders Reineke Visual Arts Gallery North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
2001	September 27 – January 13, 2002 Art on the Plains (4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition) Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, USA January 3–30 Memory and Metaphor (two-artist exhibition with Bruce Reimer) Site Gallery II, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000	April 8 – May 14 Nocturne: From Twilight to Dawn Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999	July – August Intimate Impressions: Art from Pan-America Manitoba Printmakers Association Juried Exhibition Site Gallery II, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1998	18th Mini Print International Touring Show to: Wingfield, England Cadaqués, Girona, Spain Barcelona, Spain Bages, France
1997	December 14 – March 29, 1998 Breaking the Line: When is a drawing not a drawing? Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba December Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario June 1–27 The Fishing Party (3 artists show) Site Gallery II, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1996	September 22 – November 3 25 years of Contemporary Art Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA February 5 – March 9 Suncor Collects (artworks from the Suncor collection) Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1995	April 26 – May 28 Grand Jury 3 (a juried exhibition/sale for Winnipeg Art Gallery Art Rental & Sales) Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba February 5 – April 23 Fractured Spaces - Contemporary Art in Manitoba Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1994	Those Who Stayed - Manitoba’s School of Art 1960–1970 December 8 – January 28, 1995 Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba October 16 – November 16 Gallery 111, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba September 6–23 Putting Through An exchange exhibition with: Indiana University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Printmakers’ Association Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba September Hidden Values, Western Corporations Collect Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta May 26 – June 23 The Texas International University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA March 1–11 History, Memory, Architecture Faculty of Architecture, 210 Russell Building University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1993	June 24 – August 8 1st International Graphiek Biennale - Maastricht 1993 Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre, Maastricht, Holland June 4–18 Winnipeg/Windsor Juried Exchange Exhibition (Winnipeg in Windsor) Common Ground Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
1992–93	Synergos II (an exhibition of Manitoba/Ukrainian art) Tour in Ukraine
1992	June 25 – August 28 Gallery on the Avenue 1992 Juried exhibition by Downtown Winnipeg BIZ Winnipeg, Manitoba April 14 – May 2 Ace Art Annual Juried Members Show Ace Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba January 13 – February 7 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Gallery 111, School of Art University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1991	November 14 – December 7 Manitoba Printmakers Association Mini-Print Show Winnipeg, Manitoba September 23 – October 27 Synergos II (an exhibition of Manitoba/Ukrainian art) University of Winnipeg Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba September 20 – October 1 Graceland (Print exchange exhibition) Bare-Montgomery Memorial Gallery Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA March 23 – April 17 Three from Winnipeg Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
1990	August 28 – September 22 Signs of the Times Gallery 111, School of Art University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1989	November Progressions A show organized in honour of the Manitoba Printmakers Association Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1988	April 8 – May 8 Two-Artist Exhibition (with Jocelyn Barrable) L’Alliance française du Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba March 10 – April 10 Two-Artist Exhibition (with Diana Pura) Kitchener/Waterloo Centre-on-the-Square, Kitchener, Ontario
1987	August 20 – November, 1989 Contemporary Art in Manitoba Winnipeg Art Gallery touring show Winnipeg, Halifax, Calgary and Guelph July 31 – August 29 Pan Am Games Exhibition 431 Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA March 15 – April 26 Two-Artist Exhibition (with Diana Pura) Ukrainian Cultural & Educational Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1985	December – January, 1986 Manitoba Theatre Centre foyer show, Winnipeg, Manitoba April – May, through 1988 Contemporary Canadian Printmaking A group show touring Australia, beginning in Queensland
1983	May 19 – June 30 The Drawn and Printed Image Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA February Developmental Art: A Canadian Exhibit University of Michigan, Flint, Michigan, USA
1980	September Opus Frames Materials Award Print and Drawing Council of Canada Exhibition Edmonton, Alberta
1979	December 2–31 Charlotte Printmakers Society 3rd Annual Exhibition Charlotte, North Carolina, USA November 16 – December 30 56th Annual Rockford & Vicinity Show Rockford, Illinois, USA May Hand Held Print Show Virginia Beach Art Centre, Virginia, USA
1976	April Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba January Two-Artist Exhibition (with Jack Butler) Gallery 111, School of Art University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1975	December – January, 1976 School of Art Staff Exhibition Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba June – August International Jury Art Show (Manisphere) Winnipeg, Manitoba June Land-Escapes P.S. Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba March Manitoba Society of Artists (Honourable Mention) Winnipeg, Manitoba January – April Winnipeg Artists Invitational Exhibition Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1974	October – November Canadian Printmakers Showcase Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario March Arctic Arts Festival Invitational Exhibition Anchorage, Alaska Manitoba Society of Artists (Graphics Award) Winnipeg, Manitoba February Gallery 115, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1973	April Indiana University Fine Arts Faculty & Graduate Students Washington Gallery, Frankfort, Indiana, USA United States Information Service Prints for American Embassies Washington DC, USA
1972	February Young Artists The Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana, USA Group Exhibition Unicorn Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
1970	Art for Religion (Honourable Mention) Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Mid-Western States Exhibition Evansville, Indiana, USA
1969	Manitoba Society of Artists, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1968	Canadian Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Toronto, Ontario

PUBLISHED ARTICLES
1997	December 9, Tuesday Portage & Main Winnipeg Free Press Reader’s Forum May A View from the Canadian Midwest Sounding Board (American Composers Forum’s newsletter) vol.24, no.5
1992	Spring Moving to the Clear A review of the exhibition Spirit of Ukraine at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1991 Border Crossings, vol.11, no.2
1989	Canadian Art - Perspectives Teachers’ book, vol.9 Ernst Klett GmbH u.Co.KG, Stuttgart, Germany
1986	Summer The Music Within by Ferdinand Eckhardt Book review Border Crossings, vol.5, no.3
1983	Winter New Music in Manitoba Arts Manitoba, vol.2, no.2
A Quiet in the Land (with B.Welch) Border Crossings, Winter, vol.5, no.1

PUBLISHED ARTWORK & REVIEWS (Selections)
2004	Vertical Development: A New Genereration of Ukrainian Canadians Vol. IV By Michael Ewanchuk Published on Canadians of Ukrainian Descent Michael Ewanchuk Publisher, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1998	Summer Review by David Garneau Vie des Arts, no.171, pp.65
1995	April Cover of Ovation magazine (Manitoba Theatre Centre), vol.2, no.6
1994	November 26 Hidden Values Review Toronto Star, Entertainment Section Hidden Values, Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections Douglas & McIntyre, pp.55
1992	March 28, Saturday New Urban Images by Allison Gillmor Review Winnipeg Free Press, pp.C27 New Urban Images - William Pura Uptown Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Synergos II - Art by Ukrainian Manitoba Artists Manitoba Ukrainian Arts Council, p.21
1988	Crossroads Gallery 111, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1987	Contemporary Art in Manitoba Winnipeg Art Gallery, p.23
Der Holzweg: The Way Through the Woods by Cliff Eyland Review Border Crossings, issue 85, vol.22, no.1, pp.74 Cover illustration for Mister Goodmorning A collection of short stories by Murray Andrew Pura Regent College Publishing, Vancouver, British Columbia Cover illustration for The Poets of Windhover Marsh A collection of short stories by Murray Andrew Pura Regent College Publishing, Vancouver, British Columbia Cover illustration for Tasting the Dark A new anthology of poetry by George Amabile Muses Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba

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