RESUMÉ

 

Personal

 

Name: Margaret van Gurp

Address: 6277 Yukon Street

Halifax, NS, B3L 1E9

Telephone: (902) 425-5200

E-mail: margaretvangurp@gmail.com

Website: http://jvangurp.com/mvg

 

 

Art Education

 

1945-47 Studied drawing and painting under Gillis van Oosten, Delft, Holland

1968 Continuing Education courses at College of Art and Design and under several artists in

Halifax, NS

1975 Studied portrait sculpture in clay under Allison McNeil, Hants County, NS

1980 Studied portraiture under David Leffel and Robert Phillip at the Art Students League of New York NY, USA

 

 

Publications

 

  • Interview, The Mail Star by Lois Beaton, 1973
  • “The Visual Arts Interview with Margaret van Gurp”, Visual Arts News, Winter 1997 by Kay Stanfield.
  • Landscape drawings - frequent publications in The Globe and Mail - 1995-1998 ,
  • “At the Galleries”, the Sunday Herald, December 1999, interview by Sharon Workman , arts reporter.
  • “At the galleries”, the Sunday Herald October 2003, by Elissa Barnard, arts reporter
  • “Visual Art News” winter 2004, review by Gary Castle.

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2005   Corridor Gallery portrait exhibition, VANS, Halifax, NS
2004 Craig gallery

2003 Ballroom gallery Halifax, NS

2002 Corridor Gallery, VANS, Halifax, NS

1999 Multicultural Art Gallery Pier 21, Halifax, NS

1983 Emberly Galleries, Halifax, NS

1982 Faculty Club, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

1980 Heritage Art Gallery, Dartmouth, NS

 

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2002 Cobalt, Corridor gallery, VANS, Halifax, NS

1994 Two-women exhibition at Dunk City Art Gallery, Halifax, NS

1994 Hidden Values - Canadian Corporations Collect, national exhibition

1982 Two-women show at Zwicker Inn, Mahone Bay, NS

1976 Spectrum, Charlottetown, PEI

1975 Contemporary Art Society, Halifax, NS

1974 Atlantic Winter Fair , Halifax, NS

1974 Maritime Art Association, Halifax, NS

 

 

Grants

 

1980 Travel and Study grant to attend Art Students League of New York NY, USA

1979 Exhibition grant for solo-show, Dartmouth, NS

1975 Special-project grant for teaching art to handicapped people at Pine Haven Estate,

Halifax, NS

 

 

Teaching

 

·        Halifax City Recreation Department - 1980, 1981, 1983

·        School of Pottery - 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984

·        Holland College, Charlottetown, PEI - 1982

 

 

Workshops and demonstrations for art organizations:

 

·        Atlantic Art Association - 1977 - 1997

·        Contemporary Art Society - 1976 - 1997

·        14th Palette Painters - 1979 - 1997

·        Citadel Group of Portrait Painters - 1987

·        Bethany Art Group - 1989

·        Dartmouth Visual Art Society, Dartmouth, NS - 1997

 

Other

 

·        Judging Contemporary Art Society’s annual exhibition, Halifax, NS - 1990

·        Judging Atlantic Art Association’s annual exhibition, Halifax, NS - 1989

·        Guest artist in portrait sculpture at Holland College, Charlottetown, PEI - 1982

·        Book illustrations for “learning to live” Annapolis County network

·        Book Illustrations for “Acadian Awakenings” Port Royal Publishing Co.

 

 

Special commissions: sculpting and painting mannequin heads

 

·        Parks Canada, Castle Hill, Nfld.: 10 Basque figures - 1987

·        Parks Canada, Signal Hill, Nfld.: 1 soldier - 1988

·        HMCS Sackville, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS: 2 navy veterans -1990

·        Citadel Hill Museum, Halifax, NS: 3 soldiers - 1992

·        Ship “The Hector”, Pictou, NS: 8 Scottish immigrants - 1992

·        Parks Canada - Fort St. Joseph, Ont: 4 Ojibway Indians; 4 voyageurs - 1993

·        Beothuk Indian Interpretation Centre, Boyd’s Cove, Nfld.: 3 Beothuk Indians -1994

·        Parks Canada Citadel Hill Museum, Halifax, NS: 4 soldiers; 1 soldier’s wife - 1997

·        Ryan Premises Interpretation Centre, Bona Vista, Nfld.: 2 fishermen - 1997

·        Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, NS: 2 Loyalists, 3 Acadians - 1998

 

 

Works are in the collections of:

 

·        Nova Scotia Art Bank

·        Province House, Halifax, NS

·        Office of the Leader of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

·        Office of the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Nova Scotia

·        Novatron Information Corporation

·        Atlantic Searoute Ltd.

·        Atlantic Searoute Purdy’s Wharf

·        U.M.A. Engineering

·        McDermaid Agencies

·        Underwood and McLellan

·        J.D. Mack Ltd.

·        McCurdy Printing, Halifax, NS

·        D.M.R. Group, Hollis Street, Halifax, NS

·        Keane Canada Inc., Halifax, NS

·        Mc Innes, Cooper & Robertson, Halifax, NS

·        HMCS Athabaskan, F.M.O., Halifax, NS

·        Dartmouth Heritage Museum

·        Black Cultural Centre, Dartmouth, NS

·        MicMac Learning and Friendship Centre, Halifax, NS

·        Fairbanks Interpretation Centre, Dartmouth, NS

·        Emilou Harris

·        Harry Bellafonte, USA

·        Estelle Getty, California, USA

·        Vanna White, California, USA