Mary Jo Major...Biography
Mary Jo Major Artist Biography |
| Selected Recent Exhibitions | |
| 2023 | Smalls-Artmatch Group Exhibition, 500 Collective, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (May 4-9) |
| 2023 | Gathering Threads Festival, Edmonton Expo, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (May 5-9) |
| 2023 | Night of Artists, Night of Artists Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (June-July) |
| 2023 | Around the World: A Visual Travelogue, Artpoint Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (January 6-29) |
| 2022 | Artmatch Spring Exhibition, CSpace, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (May 30 - June 6) |
| 2022 | Calgary's Story, Calgary Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (December '21 - January '22) |
| 2021 | Annual Juried Members Show, Leighton Centre, Millarville, Alberta, Canada (May - June) |
| 2020 | Annual Juried Members Show, Leighton Centre, Millarville, Alberta, Canada (May - June) |
| 2019 | Inspired by a Book, Artpoint Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (November 1-23) |
| 2017 | Elements, Artpoint Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Nov 1 - Dec 3) |
| 2017 | Calgary Stampede Western Showcase, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Creative Arts & Crafts 1st Prize) |
| 2017 | "Play", Pumphouse Theatre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Juried Exhibition. Feb 8 - Apr 1) |
| 2015 | Alberta Textures, BlueRock Gallery, Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada (Sept 26 - Oct 17) |
| 2015 | Getting Naked, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (Juried Canada Council Collection, May 6 - May 31) |
| 2013-2014 | Celebrating Alberta (Juried touring exhibition, Alberta Society of Artists. Northwest Art Center, North Dakota, USA; Marjorie Woods Gallery, Red Deer; Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery) |
| 2012 | Botanical Artists of Canada, Todmorden Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 2012 | Festive Spirit, Walterdale Playhouse Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (December) |
| 2012 | Out and About in Alberta, Milner Library Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (May 1 - May 31) |
| 2010 | Glaciers, Higher Ground Café, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 2009 | Artorama, Triangle Gallery of Visual Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 2004 | Colour Power, Central Blends Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 2001 | Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, 91st Annual Juried Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA (September) |
| 2001 | The Works, Alberta Arts Festival, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Jun 24 - Aug 3) |
| 2001 | Blaze of Colour, Leighton Residence, Priddis, Alberta, Canada |
| 2000 | Parallel Lines, Burns Visual Art Society, Leighton Residence, Priddis, Alberta, Canada |
| 2000 | Into the Garden Again, Red Deer Museum, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada |
| 1999 | Alberta Bound, Canadian Book Artists Guild, Sunlife Plaza, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 1999 | Alberta Artists, Leighton Center, Millarville, Alberta, Canada |
| 1999 | Artwalk, Grand Opening, Alberta Printmakers Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 1998 | Pages from a Book, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| 1998 | Prints, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 1998 | Forest Series Paintings, Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 1998 | Bookworks 98, International Authors Festival, Uncommon Objects Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1997 | Women and Texts, Languages Technologies & Communities, Leeds University, England |
| 1996 | Face (touring exhibition - Open Studio, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto (Jan - Mar 1996); Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, (May 1996); Station Gallery, Whitby(Mar 1997)) |
| 1996 | Open and Closed Book, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| 1995-1997 | Fine Printing (National Touring Exhibition, Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library) |
| 1995 | Bound to Please, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 1995 | Into the Garden, Red Deer District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada |
| 1995 | Guests, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1995 | Touched, Folio Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Education |
| Masters of Fine Art, University of Calgary, 1992 |
| Bachelor of Fine Art, Concordia University, Montreal, 1976 |
| Teaching and Project Experience |
| Workshop instructor, Omlette Press Fine Art Etching Studio, Calgary Alberta, 1996-2000 (Workshops: Art As Healer, The Illuminated Journal, Non-adhesive Book Structures, Painting, Mono-printing, Etching) |
| Printmaker, Iqualuit Fine Arts Studios and Arts Induvik, Montreal, Quebec, 1996-2000 (Interpret and transpose Inuit legends in drawings by Germaine Arnaktauyok to the medium of etching on copper plate. Production and printing of limited Editions.) |
| Printmaker, Virginia Christopher Galleries, 1996-2000 (Collaboration with Woodland Cree artist Fred MacDonald and the gallery to produce and print Limited Editions of multicoloured etchings commemorating Wolf Creek site in northern Alberta.) |
| Part-time Instructor, Alberta College of Art and Design, Extension Department, 1990-1992 (Two-Dimensional Design, Monoprinting Workshops) |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Calgary, 1990-1992 (Drawing, Design Fundamentals, Anatomy, Printmaking) |
| Printer, Omlette Press, London, England, 1980-1988 (Book illustration Letterpress printing, lithography on stone and plate, intaglio, woodcut and wood engraving.) |
| Master Printer, Skye Editions, 1980-1988 (Lithography) |
| Scholarships/Grants/Awards/Residencies | |
| 2003 | Artist in Residence, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada |
| 2001 | Maggie Milono Award for Artistic Excellence, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. |
| 1994 | Artist in Residence, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1992 | Study Grant, New York Center For Book Arts |
| 1991 | Alberta Foundation for the Arts Scholarship |
| Works in Public and Corporate Collections |
| Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Art Bank, Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Canadian Pacific Railway, London, England |
| Encana Petroleum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Enrindale College, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada |
| Special Collections, University of Calgary Library, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Westin Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| New York Public Library, U.S.A. |
| University of Michigan, U.S.A. |
| British Petroleum, London, England |
| Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges, England |
| London Chest Hospital, Tower Hamlets Library, England |
| All designs, images and text are copyright to Mary Jo Major |