Bill Laing
RCA
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Bill Laing was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1944. He received his
education at the Vancouver School of Art, graduating in 1971. He
received his MFA from the Royal Collage of Art, London, England
in 1974. Bill currently lives in Calgary and is Professor and Head
of the Printmaking Department at the University of Calgary.
Bill Laing has had fifty-four solo exhibitions and over one hundred
group exhibitions around the world. His artwork is found in many
permanent collections including The University of Liverpool, California
College of Arts and Craft, Metropolitan Museum in Miami, Johannesburg
Art Gallery, Pavillion D'Exposition in Cracow and The National Gallery
of Australia.
Bill's artwork includes artist prints, paintings and constructive
pieces.
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Alignment
Screenprint
22 x 30 inches
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Mask III
Screenprint
22 x 15 inches
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Narin Pool
Screenprint
21 x 13 inches |
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Vein 18
Oil on Panel
24 x 61 inches
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Motif 9
Oil on Panel
25 x 60 inches
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Displacement II
Serigraph
22 x 30 inches
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Displacement IV
Serigraph
22 x 30 inches |
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Displacement III
Serigraph
22 x 30 inches
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Location IV
Serigraph
22 x 30 inches |
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Mask
Serigraph
30 x 22 inches
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Dusk II
Serigraph
30 x 22 inches |
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Location I
Serigraph
22 x 30 inches
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Location III
Serigraph
22 x 30 inches |
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Inside Out
Serigraph
22 x 30 inches
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Inverted Pear
Serigraph
15 x 22 inches |
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Minding
Serigraph
22 x 30 inches
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Terrain of the Domestic
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Serigraph
22 x 30 inches |
Artist Statement for Paris exhibition;
These recent works are sourced from time spent in Paris several
years ago. I am combining painted surfaces with veils of silkscreened
colour, texture and motif.
Some panels are about patterns found in nature: microcosms of leaves,
ripples in water, textures in a forest. Other panels are about patterns
that mirror nature: floral lace designs, a leaf motif on drapery.
When these panels are juxtaposed, a narrative is produced. The resulting
combinations are about relationships - of sparcial dimensions, clarity
and obscurity, the abstract and concrete, the ephemeral world of
time and memory.
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Paris #9
Oil on Panel
20 x 35 inches
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Motif #5
Oil on Panel
25 x 41 inches
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Other works at The Art Ark Gallery
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Terrain of the Domestic 1 SOLD
Screen Print
30 x 44 inches
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Terrain of the Domestic
2
Screen Print
30 x 44 inches |
ASSOCIATIONS
Member of British Printmakers Council. (Executive Past)
Associate of the Royal College of Art, London, England.
Print and Drawing Council of Canada. (Executive Past)
Chairman, Calgary Review Committee of Alberta Art Foundation. (Past)
Alberta Printmakers Society. (Director)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. (Appointed)
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Terrain of the Domestic 10
Screen Print
19 x 27 inches
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Terrain of the Domestic
7
Screen Print
30 x 44 inches |
Solo Exhibitions:
1971 Vancouver Community Arts Council Gallery; Vancouver, Canada.
1972 Vancouver Art Gallery; Vancouver, Canada.
1973 Die Treppe Gallery; Lahr, West Germany.
1975 Equinox Gallery; Vancouver, Canada.
1976 University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
1977 Glenbow Alberta Institute; Calgary, Canada.
Mendel Art Gallery; Saskatoon, Canada.
Equinox Gallery; Vancouver, Canada.
1979 Thomas Gallery; Winnipeg, Canada.
Graphica Gallery; Edmonton, Canada.
Equinox Gallery; Vancouver, Canada.
1980 Equinox Gallery; Vancouver, Canada.
Graphica Art Gallery; Edmonton, Canada.
Thomas Gallery; Winnipeg, Canada.
1981 Gallery Moos; Toronto, Canada.
1982 Susan Whitney Gallery; Regina, Canada.
Angel Art Gallery; Toronto, Canada.
1983 Graphica Art Gallery; Edmonton, Canada.
Southern Alberta Art Gallery; Lethbridge, Canada.
James Ulrich Gallery; Calgary, Canada.
1984 Angel Art Gallery; Toronto, Canada.
1986 Peter Whyte Gallery; Banff, Canada.
1990 Canadian Art Galleries; Calgary, Canada.
New Gallery, Window Project, Jack Singer Hall; Calgary, Canada.
1991 Canadian Art Galleries; Calgary, Canada.
Ferry Building; West Vancouver, Canada.
1992 Muttart Art Galleries, Calgary, Canada.
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Canada.
Whyte Museum of Canadian Rockies, Banff, Canada
1994 Bill Laing, Constructions 1979-1993, Suncor Gallery, Calgary.
1995 Ubicacion Y Translado , Laing/Besant, Instituto Cultural De
Providencia, -Santiago, Chile.
1996 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta.
1997 William Laing: A Journey 25 Year Retrospective The Nickle Arts
Museum, University of Calgary,
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
S.N.A.P. Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1998 Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Charles Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1999 The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta
Canadian Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2000 The Bugera /Kmet Galleries, Edmonton, Alberta
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Terrain of the Domestic 3
Screen Print
30 x 44 inches
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Viewpoint from Ayr V
Screen Print
30x 11inches
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Midpoint
Screen Print
22 x 13 inches |
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Terrain of the Domestic 6
Screen Print
30 x 44 inches
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