Artist Information
David T. Alexander
Price Range: $3500 - $35000
Alexander studied at the Vancouver Art School and Langara College art dept. and then graduated with a BFA from Notre Dame University.
In 1980 he moved to Saskatoon to obtain his Master degree while researching in New York, London and Paris. He has travelled the world to attend his exhibitions, conduct lectures and drawing and painting research.
In 2006 Alexander attended the Morris Graves Foundation in California as an invited guest artist in residence and completed a large body of small paintings on wood panels.
In 2007 he visited Tokyo and Kyoto and was inspired by the parks and water features.
In September 2008 he returned to the high arctic as an invited member aboard a 75 ft. sailing ship that was circumnavigating North America through the North West Passage where he sailed from Tuktoyaktuk, Canada to Point Barrow Alaska. The expedition, Nord 69 consisted of artists, scientists and writers raising cultural and environmental awareness towards global warming.
David Alexander’s art is in many public, private and corporate collections throughout the world, including The Vancouver Art Gallery, Museum of London, University of Toronto and Concordia University in Montreal, Museum of Art in Iceland, Canadian Embassies in Berlin, Beijing and Krakow. Corporate collections also include works throughout Canadian cities as well as Dubai, Seoul, New York, Mumbai and Nice France and others.
Solo Exhibitions – Public
2016 Toronto Art Fair
2015 “Waterland”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 “Land We Have Not Synthesized”, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2013 “Evidence in Place”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013, 2012 “The Shape of Place”, Travelling Exhibition - Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC; Confederation Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI; Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON; Twin Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC; Touchstone Gallery, Nelson, BC; Esplanade Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB
2010 Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC 2006 Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2003 University of Saskatchewan, Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2003 Keyano College, Ft. McMurray, AB
2002 Hafnarborg, Institute of Fine Arts, Iceland
1997 Whyte Museum, Banff, AB
1997 Kootenay Art Museum, Castelgar, BC
1997 Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
1996 Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1995 Travelling Exhibition - Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; Kelowna, BC; Swift Current, SK
1986 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon SK
1987, 1986 Travelling Exhibition - Hamilton, ON; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Regina, SK
1983 Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1980 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC
1979 Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
1978 Notre Dame University, (BFA), David Thompson University Centre, Nelson, BC
Solo Exhibitions – Commercial
2016 Bau-Xi, Toronto
2015 Foster White Gallery
2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006 Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2011, 2008 Foster White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2011, 2009 Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010, 2012 Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 ‘Drawing’, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2009, 2006 Galerie D’Avignon Montreal, QC
2008 ‘An Hour Before the Wind Blew the Colour Away’ (catalogue), Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 ‘New Pictures’, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005, 2002, 2000 Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2005, 1996, 1993, 1982 Virginia Christopher Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
2004 ‘New Paintings’, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1995, 1993 Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2003, 2000, 1998, 1994,1992, 1990 Wallack Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2000 ‘Improbable Possibilities’, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2000, 1998, 1994, 1991, 1989 Feheley Fine Arts , Toronto, ON
1995, 1992, 1987, 1984, 1982 Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
1994, 1992 Costin & Klintworth, Toronto, ON
1991 Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1991, 1989, 1985, 1983 Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1988, 1987, 1985 Waddington & Shiell Gallery, Toronto, ON
1988, 1987, 1984 Elca London Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
1987 Eva Cohen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1976 Worthington Art Gallery, Nelson, BC
1975 Clockworks Gallery, Nelson, BC Group Exhibitions - Public
2016 Whyte Museum Canada House, London, England
2014 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
2013, 12 “The Shape of Place”, Travelling Exhibition - Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC; Confederation Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI; Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON; Twin Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC; Touchstone Gallery, Nelson, BC; Esplanade Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB
2010 “Kelowna Collects”, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2009 “Point, Counterpoint’”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2008 Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2008 Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
2008 Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
2004 Faculty Exchange Exhibition, University of Washington,Washington State
1997 Museum of South Texas, Corpus Chrisiti, Texas 1997 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
1997 Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York
1996, 1977 Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1996 Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1996 Muttart Gallery, Calgary, AB
1996 Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1995 Traveling Exhibition, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1994 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994, 1985 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1994 Musee d’art Contemporain de Montreal, QC
1994 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1994 University of Lethbridge, AB
1993 Galerie Pallis, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1992 Hope & Optimism Portfolio (Traveling Print exhibition), Oxford, England; Gibraltar, India
1991, 1986, 1984 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1991 Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
1990 Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
1988 Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
1987 University of New Brunswick, Traveling Exhibition - Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
1986 Expo ‘86, Vancouver, BC
1985 “Fourteen Saskatchewan Painters,” MacKenzie Gallery, Regina, SK
1983 Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1981 Traveling Exhibition, Edmonton Art Gallery
1981 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
1980 Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB
1980 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1978 Notre Dame University, Nelson, BC
1977 Topham Brown Gallery, Vernon, BC
Group Exhibitions – Commercial
2008 Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008, 2002 NYC Art Fair, New York
2013,2012,2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 Toronto Art Fair, ON
2005, 1985, 1982 Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2004 Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal, QC
2003 London Air Fair, London, England
2003 “Waterscapes,” Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 “About the Rock,” Drawing Exhibition, St. Johns, Ottawa & Edmonton
2000 Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1996 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994 Waddington Gorce Gallery, Montreal, QC
1992 Art First, London, England
1991 Editions, Basel, Switzerland
1989 Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
1986 Theo Waddington Gallery, London, England
1983, 1982 Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, AB
1984,1982 Elca London Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ
1982 Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Arts, Vancouver, BC
1984,1982,1980, Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
1978 DeVooght Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1966 Peter Ohler Gallery, Richmond, BC Education / Experience
2016 Master’s painting workshop, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, SK
2015 Juror for provincial painting exhibition- Winnipeg, Manitoba
2014- 2006 Art Advisory Member, Lake Country, BC
2008 Island Mountain Arts, painting mentor, Wells, BC
2008 Guest Artist, on “Nord 69”, a sailing/global warming awareness expedition
2007 Documentary, “David Alexander”, “Landscape as Muse” on Bravo, Knowledge Network, SCN, Canadian television networks, March 13, 2008-13
2006 Artist / Mentor, Slocan City, BC
2006 Artist in Residence, Morris Graves Foundation, California
2005, 1999 Visiting Artist, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
2005, 1999, 1997 Guest Artist, Painting Workshop, Georgian College of Design & Visual Arts
2004 Instructor, Painting & Drawing, University of the Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
2003 Visiting Artist, Keyano College, AB
2003 Visiting Artist, Victoria School, Edmonton, AB
2002 Visiting Artist in Residence, Iceland
2002-1999 Member of the Board, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1999 Juror, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnepeg, MN
1999 Visiting Artist, Iceland Academy of Fine Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
1999 Curator, “About the Rock”, Touring Exhibit, NF, ON, AB
1999 Visiting Artist, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
1998 Visiting Artist, Wilfred Grenfell, Cornerbrook, Nfld
1998 Visiting Artist, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON
1996 Guest Artist, Painting Workshop ’’Residency in Newfoundland,’’ Pooch Cove, Newfoundland
1996 Co-curator, ’’Contemporary Canadian Landscape’’ Exhibition,
1996 Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1996 Visiting Artist, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1996 Artist in Residence, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario
1996 Visiting Artist, Okanagan University, Kelowna, British Columbia
1995-96 Co-curator with John O’brian, ’’Paintings on Paper of Emily Carr’’
1994 Arctic Institute of North America Painting Workshop, Kluane, Yukon
1994 Juror, Saskatchewan Arts Board
1993 Visiting Artist, Portland College, Portland, Oregon
1992 Visiting Artist, Grande Prairie College, Grande Prairie, Alberta
1991-97 Drawing & Painting Instructor, St. Peter`s College, Saskatchewan
1991 Visiting Artist, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta
1990 Juror, Manitoba Arts Council Visiting Artist, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
1989 Visiting Artist, Prince George, British Columbia
1988 Juror, Manitoba Arts Council
1987,1994 Instructor of Painting, Guest artist, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design: Halifax, Nova Scotia
1986 Juror, Canada Council Art Bank Canada Council Visiting Artist, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
1986 Canada Council Visiting Artist, Dundas School of Art, Dundas, Ontario
1985 Canada Council Visiting Artist, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
1985 Instructor of Painting, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1984 Participant, Emma Lake Workshop (V. Tatransky, critic, writer - New York; T. Scott, sculptor - London, England)
1983 Workshop Coordinator, Emma Lake (R. Zox, painter - New York; C. Millard, curator - Washington, District of Columbia)
1982 Workshop Coordinator, Emma Lake (S. Boxer, painter - New York; James Wolfe, sculptor - New York)
1982 Guest Artist, Boston Museum School, Boston,
1982 Instructor of Drawing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1982 Workshop Coordinator, Emma Lake (D. Bannard, painter - New York; J. McLean, painter - London, England)
1981 Curator, ’’Emma Lake Now’’ - Francis Morrison Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1980-85 University of Saskatchewan, M.F.A. Exhibition, Saskatoon (painting & thesis), Graduate Research: London, Paris, Giverny, France, New York and Boston
1979 Emma Lake Artists` Workshop Saskatchewan participant (Dzubas, painter - Boston) (Elderfield, curator - Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1975-78 Notre Dame University - B.F.A. (painting and sculpture)
1971-72 Vancouver City College, Langara Art Dept. (painting)
1967-70 Vancouver Art School, Extension and Audit (photography & painting)
Drawing and Painting Research Expeditions
2015 Faroe Islands, Iceland, Denmark, Taos New Mexico
2014 Iceland, Faroe Islands
2013 New Mexico 2008 Nevada, Arizona, California
2006 Washington, Oregon, California
2005 Utah, Nevada 2001 Iceland
2002, 2000, 1996, 1994 Northern Ontario/ Quebec
1999 Iceland/ Holland 1996 New Mexico, Arizona
1993 Greenland 1993 Baffin Island
1990 Northern Scotland
1989 Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands
1989 California 1988 Ellesmere Island, (Canadian Arctic)
1986, 1985, 1983, 1981 London, Paris, NYC, Boston Scholarships / Awards
1993 Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance (High Arctic trip - Greenland & Baffin Island), Saskatchewan Arts Board Grant
1990 Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance (drawing trip - Scotland)
1988 Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance (drawing trip - High Arctic)
1984 Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance
1982 Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Gallery (purchase)
1980 Canada Council (projects)
1980, 82 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1978 Notre Dame University
1976 City of Nelson, British Columbia
Public Collections
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Museum London
Canadian Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
Canadian Embassy, Beijing, China
City of Trail, BC
Notre Dame University, Nelson, BC
Belkin Art Gallery, University of B.C. Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, AB
Keyano College, Ft. McMurray, AB
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Saskatchewan Arts Board Collection, Regina, SK
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Georgian College, Barrie, ON
McMaster University, Hamilton , ON
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Concordia University, Montreal, PQ
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Department of External Affairs, Manilla, Philippines; Melbourne, Australia
Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland Department of Foreign Affairs,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Department of Foreign Affairs, Berlin, Germany, Warsaw, Poland
Grand Forks Art Gallery, BC
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, California
Saskatchewan Arts Board Collection, Regina, SK
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation,Taos New Mexico
Hart House, University of Toronto,Toronto
Corporate Collections
Stantec Inc., Edmonton, Alberta
Metropolitan Towers, Vancouver, British Columbia
B.C. Gas, Vancouver, British Columbia
B.C. Lotteries Foundation, British Columbia
First City Trust, Vancouver, British Columbia
Esso Resources, Calgary, Alberta
Husky Oil, Calgary, Alberta
Imperial Oil, Calgary, Alberta
Nova Corporation, Calgary, Alberta
Pan-Oil, Calgary, Alberta
Petro-Can, Calgary, Alberta
Shell Resources, Calgary, Alberta
Canadian Airlines International, Edmonton, Alberta
McCarthy, Tetrault, Vancouver and Toronto
Atelier Baraness&Cawker,Nice, France
Cruickshank Karvellas, Barristers & Solicitors, Edmonton, Alberta
Hughes Petroleum, Edmonton, Alberta
Sterling Crane, Edmonton, AB
Rick Arndt Architect, Edmonton, Alberta
Stanley Technology Group, Edmonton, Alberta
Syncrude Canada, Edmonton, Alberta
TD Evergreen Investments, Edmonton, Alberta
Wood Gundy, Edmonton , Alberta
Saskatchewan Potash Corporation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Telecommunications, Regina, Saskatchewan
Bank of Montreal, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Armak Chemicals, Toronto, Ontario
Burroughs Memorex Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Canadian General Electric, Toronto, Ontario
Dupont Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Granite Club, Toronto, Ontario
Guaranty Trust, Toronto, Ontario
Hewlett Packard, Toronto, Ontario
Hiram Walker, Toronto, Ontario
McLean Hunter Publishers, Toronto, Ontario
McMillan and Binch, Toronto, Ontario
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto, Ontario
Suncor Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Sunlife Assurance, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ontario
Trimark Investments, Toronto, Ontario
Air Canada, Montreal, Quebec
Leopold Properties, Montreal, Quebec
Pratt and Whitney, Montreal, Quebec
Power Corp., Montreal, Quebec
Royal Trust, Montreal, Quebec
Teleglobe Canada, Montreal, Quebec
Via Rail, Montreal, Quebec
Westbourne Industries, Montreal, Quebec
Hudson`s Bay Oil, Denver, Colorado
Stikeman and Elliott, New York
Korean Energy, Seoul, Korea
Rothchilds Inc. CIBC – Montreal, Quebec
Emaar Properties, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Capital Guardian (Canada) Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Waterclub, Toronto, Ontario
MGM – Communications
TransAlta, Calgary, Alberta
Koch Industries, Kansas
Royal Bank, CanadaReviews /
Articles/Books
Drawn into Taos,Hulse, Warman Gallery,Taos New Mexico
Okanagan Artists in their studios,by Patricia Ainslie,published by FrontenacHouse,Calgary Ab.
The Shape of Place,McGill Queens UniversityPress,Montreal
Landscape as Muse, TV film documentary, March 13, 2008-13 (many tv networks)
Harper’s Magazine, NYC, July 2006
Galleries West, Spring 2005
Globe & Mail Review, Gary Michael Dault, May 2004
Edmonton Journal, Persistent Ideas from an Imperfect Land, November 30, 2004
Arts, Star Phoenix, June 1, 2002
Morgunbladid, Reykjavik, July 17, 2002
Menning, Reykjavik, July 6, 2002
Postudagur, Reykjavik, July 5, 2002Artweek,
This Rock is a Magnificent Muse, McLean’s Magazine 2001
The End of the Earth, Canadian Art 2000, Gary Michael Dault
“Gathered Into Earth” Whitman College, WA, November 1998
Evening Telegraph, St. John’s, Nfld, February 13, 1998
Arts Atlantic, “Painters Newfoundland”, 1998
Whyte Museum, Banff, AB articles:
One Step, Removed p Cairn, 1997
Wonderful and Terrible Power, 1997
Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB, “One Step Removed”, Catalogue, 1997
Border Crossings “Pride of Influence”, 1997, Winnipeg, MN
Border Crossings Winter Issue 1996, Summer Issue 1997
Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas, 1996 Catalogue, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Museum ofTuscon, Arizona’ Art Museum of S. Texas, Corpus Christi; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY; Gibbes Museum, Charleston, South Carolina
Encyclopedia of Acrylic Techniques, Harrison, London, England, 1995
Mendel Art Gallery,Saskatoon, (Kelowna Art Gallery, Swift Current), Catalogue 1994, “Continental Drift”
Greenland and Baffin Island Drawings, St. Peters Press, University of Saskatchewan, Catalogue 1994
The Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, September 17, 1992, Sect. E, pg. 5
Canadian Art Reviews, Toronto Kate Taylor, Winter 1992, Volume 9 & 27, pg. 69
The Globe & Mail, Toronto, September 18, 1992, Kate Taylor
The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland by Richard Jaques, November 12, 1991
Fort McMurray News by Kerri Phillpott, March 24, 1991, The Arts
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Newspaper, by Christina Sabat, 1991
Alexander Breaks out of West Coast Mould, Saskatoon, Star Phoenix, 1990
The Flat Side of the Landscape 1989 by John O’Brian, Mendel Gallery Publication, pg. 90
Arts Atlantic – Christina Sabat, pg. 3, Fall 1988
Contemporary 88, Olympic Arts, Calgary, pg. 33, January 1988
The Canadian Encyclopedia 1988, Hurtig Press, Edmonton, AB (Canadian Painters Section)
Entertainment C5, Elizabeth Godley, Review, October 14, 1987, pg 16
Baltimore Sun, Art, Review by John Dorsey, 1987
Baltimore Daily Record, Art, Bennard Perlman, 1987
Border Crossings, Prairie Achdemonics, Terrance Heath, 1987, pg. 53
Newsletter (Arts) by Ken Moffatt, Stamford, Connecticut, December 1986, Volume 1, pg. 6
Edmonton Art Gallery, Update 1986, Volume 7, pg. 6-7
Out of Saskatchewan, Expo 1986, Joan Borsa, 1986, pg. 14
Canadian Print Portfolio, Winter Spring Volume 2, #4, Volume 3, #1, 1985/86, pg. 7, by Alison Brannen
Vie des Arts, Ken Carpenter, Volume 30 #1, December 1985, Winter, pg. 36
Canadian Arts Review 1985, Winter, by Robert Enright, pg. 84
Canadian Arts Winter 1985, Expanding the Tradition, Peter Millard
The Art Post, Volume 1, August-September 1985, pg. 26 by ClydeMcConnel
Canadian Art, Winter 1984/85, pg. 54
Art, Montreal Gazette, Review Arts, Lawrence Sabbath, May 31, 1984
At the Crossroads, Painting in Saskatoon,Peter Millar, Winter 1983, Volume2, pg. 28
Rhythm and Colour, Vancouver Courier, April 27, 1983, pg. 23, Artline Beth Evans
Contemporary Canadian Art by D. Burnett and M. Schiff, Hurtig Publishers 1983, pg. 278
Arts Canada 1982, pg. VI, by Carol Phillips