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1 Hospice CATALOG 1 THE ART OF LOSS Loss is woven into the tapestry of our lives. The repeated experience of loss becomes a template for managing the loss of those we love and, ultimately, our own demise. GPAG and the Hospice Society invited a number of local artists to consider how experiences of grief and loss can inspire us to live more fully. These works in painting, sculpture, mixed media and videography will inspire reflection and discussion on this intimate, and frequently avoided, topic. A portion of the proceeds from art sales will benefit the work of both GPAG and the Hospice Society. The Hospice Society Loss Loss comes to all of us if we are fortunate enough to spend time here on Earth, in this world full of wonder and potential. Loss of many things, of anything once valued and cherished... Loss of identity, loss of freedom, loss of childhood dreams... Loss of income, health, mobility... Loss of environment... Loss of loved ones. Loss of a child, a parent, a cherished lover, a life partner... Loss of a young person, gone too soon and before their time... Loss of an old life, of a life well lived, a skin well lived in, creased with the many lines of adventures taken along the way. Is the glass half full or half empty? A sense of grief can surround those who have lost those beloved but also a sense of joy for having loved or having been loved. Surely that is the most wondrous gift of all. Paula O’Brien, Curator SELECTED ARTISTS Donna Balma Shain Jackson Charly Mithrush Paul Clancy RoseAnn Janzen Paula O'Brien Pat Crucil Trisha Joel Dionne Paul Liz De Beer Carol La Fave Cindy Riach Jen Drysdale Kim La Fave Miyuki Shinkai Mary Lou Guest Ian MacLeod Donna Stewart Kristjana Gunnars Marilyn Marshall Robert Studer Gordon Halloran Sheryl McDougald Marleen & Dolf Vermeulen Roger Handling Janice McFegan Alanna Wood Jane Hennessy Tim McLaughlin 2 Donna Balma website donnabalma.com ARTIST STATEMENT ONE My vision is stronger than my eyesight; and because my physical strength is lessened, I now make art that takes into account my limitations. Throughout my life I have re-invented themes, shapes, patterns, colours, and deeply felt impressions and obsessions that manifest my personal vision. I rely on instinct, insight and intuition to stay true to my originality. BIOGRAPHY Donna Balma is an innovative and prolific Canadian artist currently living in the Pacific Northwest Rainforest of B.C., Canada and is a member of the West Coast Surrealist Group. Her work is profoundly affected by nature and her internal visions. She has established herself as an imaginative artist whose work has been variously described as fantasy, naïve, outsider, visionary, classical, folk, cosmic pop, and surreal amongst others. 3 EXHIBITION CV SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Retrospective, Gibsons Public Art Gallery Gibsons, BC 2013 Artom Gallery Rome, Italy 2011 Seaside Centre Sechelt, B.C. 2011 Goldmoss Gallery Robert’s Creek BC 2002 Gift of the Eagle Gallery Gibsons, BC 2000 Beachcomber Gallery Gibsons, BC 1999 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC 1998 Gallery Gachet Vancouver, BC 1996 @ Studio Gallery Vancouver, BC 1995 Gumboot Garden Gallery Roberts, Creek, BC 1992 British Columbia Hall Salthouse, Norfolk, UK 1989 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC TWO & THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2005 Nanaimo Art Gallery Nanaimo 2003 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC 1994 Newton Gallery Victoria, BC 1994 Quay Works Gallery Gibsons, BC 1992 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC 1988 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 F.O.G. Sunshine Coast Arts Council Sechelt, BC 2014 Metamorphosis Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Existential Elders Nanaimo Art Gallery Naniamo, BC 2013 Untamed Goldmoss Gallery Robert’s Creek BC R.C.A.C. Goldmoss Gallery Robert’s Creek BC 2012 Body of Snow Goldmoss Gallery Robert’s Creek BC North American Visionaries Museum of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia Dayism Goldmoss Gallery Robert’s Creek BC Obsession Goldmoss Gallery Robert’s Creek BC 2011 Infinity Goldmoss Gallery Robert’s Creek BC Annual Outsider Art Exhibition Gallery Belage Westhampton Beach, NY USA 2010 Annual Outsider Art Exhibition Gallery Belage Westhampton Beach, NY USA Ordinary Miracles Slaughterhouse Space Gallery Healgsburg, California, USA Continuum Leighdon Studio Gallery Vancouver BC 2008 Art Singuleur Show Roquevaire, France Annual Outsider Art Exhibition Gallery Belage Westhampton Beach, NY USA 2007 Society for Art of Imagination International London, England Juried Traveling Show Touring Show Internal Guidance Systems 10 cities in U.S.A. and Canada Art Singuleur Show Roquevaire, France Annual Outsider Art Exhibition Gallery Belage Westhampton Beach, NY USA 2006 Thrown, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Vancouver, BC Touring Show Internal Guidance Systems 10 cities in U.S.A. and Canada Society for Art of Imagination London, England International Juried Traveling Show Art Singuleur Show Roquevaire, France 2006 Annual Outsider Art Exhibition 2005 Gallery Gachet Exhibition Vancouver, BC 4 2005 SAI Festival and Exhibition London, England Harmony Gallery International Juried Exhibition Hollywood, USA Blake’s Gallery Vancouver, Canada Society for Art of Imagination London, England International Juried Traveling Show Art Singuleur Show Roquevaire, France Annual Outsider Art Exhibition Westhampton Beach, NY USA 2004 Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery UBC Vancouver, Canada Annual Invitational - Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC International Juried Show “Singuleur” France Silver Anniversary Show - Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, BC Society for Art of Imagination London, England International Juried Traveling Show Art Singuleur Show Roquevaire, France 2003 Society for Art of Imagination London England, Scotland International Juried Traveling Show New York, USA Friends of the Gallery - Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, BC Self Portrait Show - Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Art Singuleur Show Roquevaire, France 2002 Mariners Gallery International Cornwall, England The Gallery London, England Hofstra Gallery New York, USA Artropolis Vancouver, BC 2001 Evergreen Cultural Center Coquitlam, BC 2001 American Visionary Art Museum (year long) Baltimore MD, USA 2000 International Arts of Imagination Show London, England 1999 Mall Galleries London, England 1998 Gallery Gachet Vancouver, BC 1997 St. Brannocks Gallery Norfolk, Mundelsley, England Kelling Festival of Music Arts & Flowers Norfolk, England Surrey Art Gallery Surrey, BC Gallery Gachet Vancouver, BC Head Bones Gallery Vernon, BC 1996 Syracuse University Firenze, Italy Headbones Gallery Vernon, BC Arts Council Gallery Vancouver, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC 1995 Headbones Gallery Vernon, BC Quay Gallery Gibsons, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Gumboot Garden Galley Roberts Creek, BC Hoi Polloi Victoria, BC Quay Gallery Gibsons, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Craft Museum Vancouver, BC Headbones Gallery Vernon, BC Presentation House Gallery North Vancouver, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Headbones Gallery Vernon, BC Quay Gallery Gibsons, BC Simon Patrich Vancouver, BC 5 1994 Quay Gallery Gibsons, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Silk Purse Gallery West Vancouver, BC BC Festival of the Arts Campbell River Eaton Centre Victoria, BC Newton Gallery Victoria, BC Quay Gallery Gibsons, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Simon Patrich Gallery Vancouver, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC 1993 Simon Patrich Gallery Vancouver, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC BC Festival of the Arts Trail, BC Quay Works Gallery Gibsons, BC Del Bello Gallery Toronto, Ontario 1992 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC 1991 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC Trail Bay Mall Sechelt, BC Brackendale Art Gallery Brackendale, BC Western Front Gallery Vancouver, BC 1990 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC BC Festival of the Arts Victoria, BC Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Sechelt, BC 1989 Sunshine Coast Art Centre Sechelt, BC Represented By: 2005-present ARTROM, Rome Italy (http://www.artrom.com) 2004-present Anne Grgich Raw Visions Art 2002-present Survivors Art Foundation 2002-present Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 1999-2005 Society for Art of Imagination, London, England AWARDS 2003 Canada Council Travel Grant to New York – participant in exhibition 2000 Klein Award (Visual Arts) 1992 Gillian Lowndes Award (Visual Arts) 1983 Canada Council Explorations Grant (Writing and Drawing) INTERVIEWS Vancouver Art Gallery Catalogue, Vancouver Art and Artists, Scott Watson (1983) N.F.B. Is It Hot in Here? Laura Alper, Vancouver (1985) Western Front Video, Letter From the Front, Vera Frenkel, Vancouver (1983) Paintings filmed on CBC Film, Beachcombers, Gibsons (1990) Channel 10 Video, Balma and MANDAD, Sechelt (1992) Sechelt Arts Council Video (1993) Referenced in book, Whispered Art History - 20 Years at the Western Front, Vancouver (1993) Channel 10 Video, Arts Update, Kaye Bonothan (1997 & 1998) Referenced in Novel, The Invitation, Joan Haggerty COOP Radio Vancouver, Jay Hamburger (1990) 6 PUBLISHED WORKS Cover for Literary Journal, New York (1976) – Graphic art Short Story, Vol. 5, No. 3, BC Monthly, Vancouver (1981) Drawings Vol. 5, No. 2; Vol. 5, No. 3, Interface Magazine, Winnipeg (1984) Short Story Women’s Press, Toronto (1988) Short Story Vol. 38, BC Monthly, Vancouver (1986) Article Contact Magazine, No. 94, Calgary (1993) LENTIS BOOKS Reconciliation, The life and work of Donna Balma (2007) Beloveds
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