NEIL PATTERSON OPAM, ASA, SFCA, SCA, RMPAP

“I paint what I love and see around me, scenes that speak to me, places I want to explore. I try to capture moments of light, colour and atmosphere which spark my imagination. I want to create my own personal version of reality and entice the viewer to share it with me.”

“A photograph is what it is; a painting is what you want it to be.”

Born 1947 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Education

1969-1972 University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Charles Movalli Workshop The Scottsdale Artists’ School, Scottsdale, AZ Ted Goerschner Master Class, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 2014 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, AB 2014 The Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC 2013 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 2013 The University Club, New York, NY 2012 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, AB 2011 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 2010 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, AB 2009 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 2008 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, AB 2001-2007 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 2005-2006 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, AB 2004-2006 West End Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2002 West End Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2001 Adele Campbell Fine Art, Whistler BC 2000 Pacific Gallery, Saskatoon, SK 1999-2003 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, AB 1999 Buffalo Trails, Big Fork, MT

1999 Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB 1998-1999 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 1997 Tutt Street Gallery, Kelowna, BC 1995-1997 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, AB 1995 Medicine Hat Museum, Medicine Hat, AB 1993 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, AB 1987 Wallace Gallery, Calgary, AB 1983 Kiln Gallery, Bragg Creek, AB 1982 Renaissance Gallery, Calgary, AB 1979 Quest Gallery, Calgary, AB 1979 Walsh Gallery, Red Deer, AB 1978 Muttart Gallery, Calgary, AB 1978 Sequoia Gallery, Edmonton, AB 1975 Canadian Guild of Crafts, Toronto, ON 1975 History of Ceramics in Alberta, Calgary & Edmonton, AB 1974 Rubiyat Gallery, Calgary, AB

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 Gu Yuan Art Museum, , , 2018 The Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC 2016-2017 Reinert Fine Art Gallery, SC 2016 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 2016 The Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC 2016 City Art Academy, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China 2016 Danxiashan Exhibition, Danxia Mountains, Guangdong, China 2015 Zhiwei Tu Art Museum, Wengyuan County, Guangdong, China 2014 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY 2014 Zhiwei Tu Art Museum, Wengyuan County, Guangdong, China 2014 Shaoguan Art Exhibition Hall, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China 2014 University Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 2000-2014 Oil Painters of America 2012-2014 Western Art Show, Calgary, AB 1994-2013 CM Russell, Great Falls, MT 2012-2013 Federation of Canadian Artists 1999-2012 Alicat Gallery, Bragg Creek, AB 2011 Desheng International Canvas Week Exhibition, , City, Guangdong, China

2011 Kwan Wu Sculpture Art Museum, Nanhai, Guangdong, China 2011 Wengshan Institute of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting, Longxian, Guangdong, China 2011 Shaoguan Art Exhibition Hall, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China 2010 Western Art Show, Calgary, AB 2008-2009 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters 2006 Longxian Art Exhibition, Longxian, Guangdong, China 2006 Shaoguan Museum Exhibition, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China 2005-2006 Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT 2005 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 2004-2005 Snow Fire, Estes Park, CO 2004-2005 West End Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2004-2005 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters 2001-2003 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB 2000-2001 Adele Campbell Fine Art, Whistler, BC 2000 Western Art Show, Calgary, AB 2000 Federation of Canadian Artists 1999 Plein Air Invitational, Carmel, CA 1999 Pacific Gallery, Saskatoon, SK 1999 Arts for the Parks 1998 Federation of Canadian Artists 1998 Tutt Street Gallery, Kelowna, BC 1998 Adele Campbell Fine Art, Whistler, BC 1998 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY 1997-1998 Oil Painters of America 1997-1998 Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB 1997-1998 Western Art Show, Calgary, AB 1995-1997 Arts for the Parks 1997 Hillcrest International Exhibition, CA 1996 Hammond Galleries, OH 1994-1995 Oil Painters of America 1993-1994 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY 1992-1994 Scottsdale Artists’ School, Scottsdale, AZ 1991-1993 Federation of Canadian Artists 1992 Oil Painters of America 1990 Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB 1990 IBM, Banff, AB 1989-1990 State of the Arts Beaver House, Edmonton, AB

1987-1990 Sunshine Village, Banff, AB 1988-1990 Alberta Society of Artists 1985-1986 Alberta Society of Artists 1983-1990 Leighton Centre, Calgary, AB 1988 Olympic Organizing Committee, Calgary, AB 1983 Western Art Show, Calgary, AB 1981 Muttart Gallery, Calgary, AB 1978-1980 Bragg Creek Artisans, Bragg Creek, AB 1977 Annex Gallery, Calgary, AB 1976 Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB Best of Plein Air Laguna Plein Air Painters

COLLECTIONS

Alberta Art Foundation Alberta Government Telephones Alberta Housing Corporation Alberta Treasury Branch Alberta Wheat Pool Amoco Canada ATCO Enterprises Black & Company Canada Utilities Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CJ Campbell Coles Nikiforuk Pennel CP Rail Donghua Buddhist Temple Esso Resources Government of Longxian Government of Shaoguan Government of Guangdong Gruman, Brown & Crossfield Heritage Hotels Heritage Savings and Trust Home Oil Howard Mackie

Mcleod Dixon Milner Fenerty Northern Telecom Olympic Organizing Committee 1988 Ogilvie & Company Pioneer Oil & Gas Royal Bank of Canada Shaoguan Art Museum Shaoguan University Stanford Perrott Sunshine Village University of Calgary Wengshan Institute of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Zhiwei Tu Art Museum

AWARDS AND HONOURS

2018 Painting Demonstration, Gu Yuan Art Museum, Zhuhai, China 2017 Visiting Professor and Painting Demonstration, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, China 2015 Golden Brush Award, Oil Painters of America 2008-2014 President, Oil Painters of America 2002-2014 Member, Board of Directors, Oil Painters of America 2013 Honorary Membership, Society of Canadian Artists 2013 Painting Demonstration, Zhiwei Tu Art Museum, Wengyuan, China 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award, Federation of Canadian Artists 2006-2007 Vice-President, Oil Painters of America 2002 Award of Excellence Second Place, Everett Raymond Kinstler 2001 Juror of Awards, Oil Painters of America, Springville, UT 2000 Awarded Master Signature Member, Oil Painters of America 1999 Top 100, Art for the Parks 1996-1998 Top 200, Art for the Parks 1995 Top 100, Art for the Parks 1993 Elected Artist Member, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY 1993 Non-member Show, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY 1993 Signature Member, Federation of Canadian Artists 1992 Premier National Juried Exhibition, Oil Painters of America, Chicago, IL

1991 Finalist, Artist Magazine Landscape Competition 1991 Robert Genn Award, Federation of Canadian Artists 1987-1989 Sunshine Village Purchase Awards 1988 Gifts for Dignitaries, Olympic Organizing Committee 1984 Membership, Alberta Society of Artists 1978 Mural Commission, Petro-Chemical Plant, Joffrey, AB Co-chair Exhibitions, Oil Painters of America Signature Advisory Board Chair, Oil Painters of America First Canadian awarded Signature Member, Oil Painters of America Signature Membership, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Honorary Advisor, Wengshan Institute of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting, Longxian, China

PUBLICATIONS

2013-2018 Zhiwei Tu Art Museum Publications 2006 The Artist’s Magazine, December 2006 Art of the West 2005 Art Avenue Magazine 2005 100 Ways to Paint Still Life & Florals 2001 Art Avenue Magazine 2000 Report News Magazine, July 2000 CFCN Television 1999 International Artist Magazine 1995 The Best of Flower Painting: North Light Books, Cincinnati 1993 Access Television Network 1991 The Artist’s Magazine, December 1990 Signature Magazine Cover, Edmonton 1990 ATCO Enterprises, Christmas Card 1985 CTV Network News 1985 CFCN Television 1982 The Calgary Herald 1975 The History of Ceramics in Alberta 1975 Red Deer Advocate 1975 Mountaineer, Rocky Mountain House 1973 Tactile Magazine, March/April 1962 Observer Magazine Art of the West Magazine USA

Southwest Art USA Plein Air Magazine USA Connoisseur Magazine USA Cowboys and Indians Magazine USA Liliedahl Video Productions (3 DVD’s) Design and Composition: Secrets of Professional Artists

AFFILIATIONS

Salmagundi Club, New York, NY Master Signature Member, Oil Painters of America (OPA) Signature Member, Alberta Society of Artists (ASA) Signature Member, Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) Honorary Member, Society of Canadian Artists Signature Member, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Tucson Plein Air Painters Laguna Plein Air Painters California Club Plein Air Painters of Alberta National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society