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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2001 Master of Educational Administration University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Issues selected for study include many of those having a significant impact upon the future of Alberta education:
site based management; the consequences of budgetary restrictions upon public education; class size reduction; and
corporatepooling.
1990 B. Ed. with Great Distinction and Professional “A” Certificate University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1982 M.F.A. in Art, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
1980 B.F.A. in Art with Great Distinction University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2007 ●“BEST IN SHOW” Juror’s Choice; Canmore Artists and Artisans Guild 2007 Annual Juried Show, Canmore, Alberta
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/messages/viewthumb/7005295799-1172888725-76632/0/page/1/15/
2006 ●Barrie Chadwick Award for best landscape; Federation of Canadian Artists open juried show
“Painting on the Edge”, Vancouver, B.C.
http://www.artists.ca/edge/edge2006/exhibition/06-pyra.html
SGI 2007●Calendar Award; painting published in Sask. Government Insurance Calendar, Regina, Saskatchewan.
1997 ● Awarded $750 educational scholarship from the Alberta Teachers’ Association to assist in pursuing a
Master’s of Education in Ed. Admin. from the University of Calgary.
1983●Alberta Culture Grant valued at $899 from the Alberta government.
1982●Thesis Research Grant valued at $500 from the University of Calgary.
Summer 1981●Scholarship to attend summer Young Artists from the West program at the Banff Centre, School of Fine
Arts, valued at $1,288. The class was limited to ten outstanding young artists from Western Canada who were recent
graduates of art colleges or universities.
1980 – 1981●Graduate Research Assistantship valued at $4,160 from the University of Calgary.
●Fine Arts Prize for the most distinguished graduate in Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan.
●Bachelor of Fine Arts with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan.
1979●Honours Scholarship valued at $630 from the University of Saskatchewan.
EXHIBITION RECORD
2008 • Ongoing display (beginning in June 2008) at James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, NFLD
• Ongoing display at Galerie Crescent Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec
• Ongoing display at Masters Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Group Show, 22nd International Juried Show, Visual Arts Centre of New Jersey, Summit, NJ, USA – “A&W”
• Art donation of “Saskatoon the Beautiful:2” to the Pouch Cove Foundation Art Auction, held in Toronto
• Art donation of “Tangerine Light” to the Cork and Canvas silent auction in support of
the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO)
• “The Traveller” was selected for the ASA’s “Small is All” Inter-provincial traveling exhibition
• Solo Show, Campbell River & District Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, B.C., April
11th to May 16th, 2008, “Night Scenes”
• Leighton Art Centre, Gallery and Museum International Juried Figurative Art Show,
March 15th to April 26th, 2008 – “Portrait of a Young Musician”
2007 • Ongoing Display, Masters Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Calgary Artwalk, Masters Gallery “Meet the Artist”, Calgary, Alberta (Sept 2007)
• Group Show, 2007 Annual Juried Show, Canmore Public Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Group Show, 21st International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, USA
• Solo Show, “Night Scenes”, Kootenay Gallery of Art, History & Science, Castlegar, BC
2006 • Councillor at Large for The Alberta Society of Artists
• Solo Show “Night Scenes”, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Solo Show, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• Group Show, Canmore Public Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Group Show “Painting on the Edge”, Vancouver, B.C. (4th annual open juried exhibition)
• Group Show “Harvesting Hopes”, High River, Alberta
• Group Show “Artwalk” Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Ongoing display at Elevation Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Group Show, “Unplugged”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Group Show, “Honey I Shrunk The Artwork”, a juried exhibition, The Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC
• Group Show, Christmas “Small Gems”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Member of CAAG (Canmore Artists and Artisans Guild)
• CAAG Juried Exhibition, group show, Canmore, Alberta
• “In Your Face”, group show (AGO – Art Gallery of Ontario), Toronto, Ontario
2005 • Solo Show “Greg Pyra”, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• “Alberta Scenes” group show, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• “Eye Candy II” group show, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• “Art Walk 2005” group show, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1990 – 1994 • Art Placement, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; ongoing display.
1988 • Anna Visser Gallery, Noorbeck, Holland; one man show.
• Oase Gallery, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
1987 • City Library Cologne-Brueck, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
• City Library Cologne-Weidenpesch, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
• Participate in “Open Studio Days”, organized by the Artothek Gallery, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
• Restaurant “Melisse”, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
1986 • Representative for Canada in an international art exhibition in West Berlin to
commemorate the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936. Organized by the “Oneness World Peace Family”; group show.
1985 • Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario; one man show.
• Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario; one man show.
• Works exhibited at the Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
1984 • Rodman Hall, St. Catherines, Ontario; “Ontario Jury Exhibition”; group show.
• Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario; group show.
• University of Waterloo Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario; one man show.
• Works exhibited at the Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
1983 • University of Waterloo Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario; two person show.
• Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; one man show.
• Plug-In Gallery, Wininipeg, Manitoba; one man show.
• Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta; one man show.
• Canadian Music Centre, Calgary, Alberta; one man show.
1982 • Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta; “Preview ‘83”; group show.
• Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary campus; “M.F.A. Exhibition”; one man show.
• Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; “Saskatchewan Open ‘82”; group show.
1981 • Little Art Gallery, University of Calgary campus; group show.
• Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta; group show.
• Little Art Calgary, University of Calgary campus; one man show.
1980 • Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon,
Bachelor of Fine Arts students’ exhibition; exhibition space was shared with one other person.
• Saint Thomas More Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon;
group show.
• Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon; group show.
1979 • Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon; group show.
1977 • Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon; group show.
PUBLICATIONS
Review in Galleries West, Fall/Winter, 2006; page 36
http://www.gallerieswest.ca/ftp/PDFArchives/GWest_Fall06.pdf
Work featured in Notebook, Premiere Edition, 2006
Work published in Sask. Government Insurance Calendar 2007
Work featured in Alberta Views, May, 2007
Paintings displayed in “New Art International” 2008/2009 edition.
RELATED EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Initiated the annual Fine Arts Celebration at J.C. Charyk School in 2002. Community groups are
invited into the school to give a host of presentations in drama, music, dance, art, computer animation, etc.
• Conducted PD workshops for Prairie Land Regional Division; the Calgary and Area Fine Arts Council
(CARFAC); and the Palliser Convention (2003).
• Councillor at Large for The Alberta Society of Artists – 2007
• Residency at Gushul Studio, Blairmore, Alberta ( in the Crowsnest Pass) – July 2008
• Residency in Pouch Cove, NFLD through James Baird Gallery (August 2009)
Han
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2001 Master of Educational Administration University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Issues selected for study include many of those having a significant impact upon the future of Alberta education:
site based management; the consequences of budgetary restrictions upon public education; class size reduction; and
corporatepooling.
1990 B. Ed. with Great Distinction and Professional “A” Certificate University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1982 M.F.A. in Art, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
1980 B.F.A. in Art with Great Distinction University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2007 ●“BEST IN SHOW” Juror’s Choice; Canmore Artists and Artisans Guild 2007 Annual Juried Show, Canmore, Alberta
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/messages/viewthumb/7005295799-1172888725-76632/0/page/1/15/
2006 ●Barrie Chadwick Award for best landscape; Federation of Canadian Artists open juried show
“Painting on the Edge”, Vancouver, B.C.
http://www.artists.ca/edge/edge2006/exhibition/06-pyra.html
SGI 2007●Calendar Award; painting published in Sask. Government Insurance Calendar, Regina, Saskatchewan.
1997 ● Awarded $750 educational scholarship from the Alberta Teachers’ Association to assist in pursuing a
Master’s of Education in Ed. Admin. from the University of Calgary.
1983●Alberta Culture Grant valued at $899 from the Alberta government.
1982●Thesis Research Grant valued at $500 from the University of Calgary.
Summer 1981●Scholarship to attend summer Young Artists from the West program at the Banff Centre, School of Fine
Arts, valued at $1,288. The class was limited to ten outstanding young artists from Western Canada who were recent
graduates of art colleges or universities.
1980 – 1981●Graduate Research Assistantship valued at $4,160 from the University of Calgary.
●Fine Arts Prize for the most distinguished graduate in Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan.
●Bachelor of Fine Arts with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan.
1979●Honours Scholarship valued at $630 from the University of Saskatchewan.
EXHIBITION RECORD
2008 • Ongoing display (beginning in June 2008) at James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, NFLD
• Ongoing display at Galerie Crescent Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec
• Ongoing display at Masters Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Group Show, 22nd International Juried Show, Visual Arts Centre of New Jersey, Summit, NJ, USA – “A&W”
• Art donation of “Saskatoon the Beautiful:2” to the Pouch Cove Foundation Art Auction, held in Toronto
• Art donation of “Tangerine Light” to the Cork and Canvas silent auction in support of
the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO)
• “The Traveller” was selected for the ASA’s “Small is All” Inter-provincial traveling exhibition
• Solo Show, Campbell River & District Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, B.C., April
11th to May 16th, 2008, “Night Scenes”
• Leighton Art Centre, Gallery and Museum International Juried Figurative Art Show,
March 15th to April 26th, 2008 – “Portrait of a Young Musician”
2007 • Ongoing Display, Masters Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Calgary Artwalk, Masters Gallery “Meet the Artist”, Calgary, Alberta (Sept 2007)
• Group Show, 2007 Annual Juried Show, Canmore Public Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Group Show, 21st International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, USA
• Solo Show, “Night Scenes”, Kootenay Gallery of Art, History & Science, Castlegar, BC
2006 • Councillor at Large for The Alberta Society of Artists
• Solo Show “Night Scenes”, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Solo Show, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• Group Show, Canmore Public Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Group Show “Painting on the Edge”, Vancouver, B.C. (4th annual open juried exhibition)
• Group Show “Harvesting Hopes”, High River, Alberta
• Group Show “Artwalk” Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Ongoing display at Elevation Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Group Show, “Unplugged”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Group Show, “Honey I Shrunk The Artwork”, a juried exhibition, The Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC
• Group Show, Christmas “Small Gems”, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
• Member of CAAG (Canmore Artists and Artisans Guild)
• CAAG Juried Exhibition, group show, Canmore, Alberta
• “In Your Face”, group show (AGO – Art Gallery of Ontario), Toronto, Ontario
2005 • Solo Show “Greg Pyra”, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• “Alberta Scenes” group show, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• “Eye Candy II” group show, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• “Art Walk 2005” group show, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1990 – 1994 • Art Placement, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; ongoing display.
1988 • Anna Visser Gallery, Noorbeck, Holland; one man show.
• Oase Gallery, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
1987 • City Library Cologne-Brueck, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
• City Library Cologne-Weidenpesch, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
• Participate in “Open Studio Days”, organized by the Artothek Gallery, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
• Restaurant “Melisse”, Cologne, West Germany; one man show.
1986 • Representative for Canada in an international art exhibition in West Berlin to
commemorate the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936. Organized by the “Oneness World Peace Family”; group show.
1985 • Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario; one man show.
• Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario; one man show.
• Works exhibited at the Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
1984 • Rodman Hall, St. Catherines, Ontario; “Ontario Jury Exhibition”; group show.
• Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario; group show.
• University of Waterloo Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario; one man show.
• Works exhibited at the Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
1983 • University of Waterloo Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario; two person show.
• Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; one man show.
• Plug-In Gallery, Wininipeg, Manitoba; one man show.
• Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta; one man show.
• Canadian Music Centre, Calgary, Alberta; one man show.
1982 • Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta; “Preview ‘83”; group show.
• Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary campus; “M.F.A. Exhibition”; one man show.
• Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; “Saskatchewan Open ‘82”; group show.
1981 • Little Art Gallery, University of Calgary campus; group show.
• Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta; group show.
• Little Art Calgary, University of Calgary campus; one man show.
1980 • Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon,
Bachelor of Fine Arts students’ exhibition; exhibition space was shared with one other person.
• Saint Thomas More Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon;
group show.
• Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon; group show.
1979 • Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon; group show.
1977 • Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan campus, Saskatoon; group show.
PUBLICATIONS
Review in Galleries West, Fall/Winter, 2006; page 36
http://www.gallerieswest.ca/ftp/PDFArchives/GWest_Fall06.pdf
Work featured in Notebook, Premiere Edition, 2006
Work published in Sask. Government Insurance Calendar 2007
Work featured in Alberta Views, May, 2007
Paintings displayed in “New Art International” 2008/2009 edition.
RELATED EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Initiated the annual Fine Arts Celebration at J.C. Charyk School in 2002. Community groups are
invited into the school to give a host of presentations in drama, music, dance, art, computer animation, etc.
• Conducted PD workshops for Prairie Land Regional Division; the Calgary and Area Fine Arts Council
(CARFAC); and the Palliser Convention (2003).
• Councillor at Large for The Alberta Society of Artists – 2007
• Residency at Gushul Studio, Blairmore, Alberta ( in the Crowsnest Pass) – July 2008
• Residency in Pouch Cove, NFLD through James Baird Gallery (August 2009)
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