RICHARD TETRAULT      
EXHIBITIONS & BACKGROUND INFORMATION



SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2001 October            Maritime Museum - Vancouver B.C. -  “Harbours”
         May                  Simon Fraser Gallery - Burnaby B.C. - “Urban Excavations”
1999 July                   2 Oceans 23 Gallery - Bangkok Thailand -  “Heat”
1996 November        Richmond Art Gallery - Richmond B.C. -  “Crow”
         October            Basic Inquiry Studio - Vancouver B.C. -  “Figures, Faces”
1995 November        Community Arts Council Gallery - White Rock  B.C.
1992-1993                 Dr.Vigari Gallery - Vancouver B.C. -  “Europa ‘93”
1991 December         Richmond Art Gallery - Richmond B.C. -  “Baskets of Fire”
         October            Genesis Art Gallery - White Rock B.C. - “Threshold”
1990 October            Galerie Beaux Arts - Toronto  Ont.
1989-1988                 Jacqueline M. Gallery - Vancouver  B.C.
1987 December         Firehall Arts Centre - Vancouver  B.C.
         October            Jacqueline M. Gallery - Vancouver  B.C.
         February           Jacqueline M. Gallery
1986 September        Firehall Theatre - Vancouver  B.C.
         February           Surrey Art Gallery - Surrey   B.C.
1985 September        Sunshine Coast Arts Centre - Sechelt B.C.
1984 July                   U.B.C. Student Gallery - Vancouver  B.C.
         June                  Carnegie Community Centre - Vancouver B.C.
1983 February           Vancouver East Cultural Centre - Vancouver B.C.
1982 November         Burgundy Gallery - New York USA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2001 August-September        Dundarave Gallery - Vancouver B.C. -  “Just to Print”
1999 August-September        Srinakharnwirot University - Bangkok Thailand - International Exhibition
         April                             Seymour Art Gallery - North  Vancouver B.C l
1998 July-August                  Acadie-Ouest-Centre Cultural Francophone - Manitoba/New Brunswick
1998 April                             Chinatown Gallery - Vancouver  B.C.
1997 October                        Vancouver Public Library -  “Word on the Street”
         May-June                     Campbell River Art Gallery - “Crow”
1995 November                    W.I.N. Gallery - Summerland  B.C.
         March                          Currents - Vancouver B.C. -  An Exhibition of Contemporary Art
1993                                      Maastrich International Print Exhibition - Maastrich  Holland
1993 May-June                      Arts In Action-Touring Exhibit-(Central-West Africa)
         May                              Arts In Action-Touring Exhibit - "Canadian Expressions" - Mexico
1992 April                             Salon De Plastica Mexicana - Mexico D.F.
1991 June                              Jardin Borda - Cuernavaca Mexico
1990                                      Art Against Racism - Touring Exhibit - Canada-USA
1989 October                        Art Against Racism  - Vancouver  B.C.
1989 & 1988                         Jacqueline M. Gallery - Vancouver  B.C.
1986 October                        Firehall Theatre - Vancouver B.C. - "Art Off Main" Exhibit
         January                         Surrey Art Gallery - Surrey B.C. - "Art About Issues"
         January                         Simon Fraser University Gallery - Burnaby B.C. -  Dundarave Prints
1985 January                         Pitt International - Vancouver  B.C.
1984 November                    Warehouse Show - Vancouver  B.C.
1983                                     Richmond Art Gallery - Richmond  B.C.
1982                                     Burnaby Art Gallery - Burnaby  B.C.
1973                                     Indigo Art Gallery - New York City USA



MURAL PROJECTS

SOLO PROJECTS - VANCOUVER AREA:
                                2001        Tom Lee Music (floor-walls)
                                1998        Jim Green Residence (2 murals)
                                1990        Four Sisters' Housing Co-op (Conference Room)
                                1987        Firehall Arts Centre - "Street Performance"
                                1980        Carnegie Community Centre - "Summer City Street"
                                1979        Simon Fraser University - Peace Mural

COLLABORATIONS:
                                2002    Vancouver                    "Community Walls/Community Voices"
                                2000    Wells B.C.                    Island Mountain Art Centre
                                1998    Vancouver                    Walls of Change
                                1998    Vancouver                     "X-Site" (Children's Festival)
                                1997    Richmond                      "Islands in Time"
                                1997    Vancouver                     "Youth Forum on Peace (Children's Festival)
                                1997    Wells B.C.                     Wells-Barkerville Elementary School
                                1997    Roundhouse Exhibit       "Inside Out - A Visual Journey" (Beaconsfield School)
                                1997    travelling show               "Kid's Guernica" (International Children's Peace Mural)
                                1994    Vancouver                     "Guardian Dragon" (Keefer Street Overpass)
                                1994    N.Vancouver                  Metropolis Mural
                                1993    Langley B.C.                  Gotham City Mural
                                1992    Vancouver area              "Arrivals & Encounters"
                                1992    Oakland California          "Mural for Solidarity"
                                1991    Cuernavaca Mexico        University Library
                                1991    Vancouver                      "Multicultural Mural"  Ray Cam Community Centre
                                1989    Vancouver                      "Art Against Racism"  4 Corners Community Savings
                                1988    Vancouver                      Prior Street Art Project-(with Public Dreams Society)
                                1987    Vancouver                      Strathcona Community Centre



DESIGN COMMISSIONS-PERFORMING ARTS (Vancouver)

1996        Firehall Arts Centre                                     poster design - "Someday" production
1993        Firehall Arts Centre                                     poster design - "Dancing on the Edge"
1992        Kokoro Dance                                            props/set design - "Bats"
1993        Firehall Arts Centre                                     poster "Our Country's Good"
1992        Firehall Arts Centre                                     poster "Ecstacy of Rita Joe"
1992        Aids Vancouver                                          poster Image - World Aids Day
1991        Firehall Arts Centre                                     poster - "The Colored Museum"
1991        Kokoro Dance                                            set design
1990        Firehall Arts Centre                                     poster - "La Beaute du Diable" (Serge Bennathan)
1990        Kokoro Dance                                            set design -  "City on the Edge"
1989        Arts Against Racism                                    poster - "Fear of Others" Exhibit
1988        Firehall Theatre                                           set design - "Fairies Are Thirsty"
1987        Firehall Arts Centre                                     set design-poster - "Opening Doors"
1986        Dance in Canada  (National Conference)     poster -programme - "Dance On Track"
1984        Special Delivery Dance                                set & costume design
1984        Special Delivery Dance                                poster design



WORKSHOPS

MURAL CO-ORDINATION-VANCOUVER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
                    Tecumseh                            Charles Dickens                            Beaconsfield
                    Lord Strathcona                   General Gordon                            Cunningham
                    Queen Alexandra                 Tyee                                             Selkirk Annex
                    Grandview (2)                      Bayswater                                    Tillicum
                    Van Tech                             Point Grey Secondary                   Moberley
                    Kitsilano Secondary             Prince of Wales                             Tupper Secondary
                    South Slopes                        Lakeview                                      Windsor
                    Douglas                                Cedar Hills                                    Creekside

PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS (INSTRUCTOR)
                    Basic Inquiry Studio             Paneficio Studio
                    Waverley School                  Tyee School



GRAPHIC ART-ILLUSTRATIONS

1999   book cover painting -  “diss/ed banded Nation” - PoleStar Books
1998   book illustrations & concept  “Oppenheimer Park” with Bud Osborn
1996   magazine cover - Pacific Currents
1994   cover & text illustrations - Vancouver Foundation Annual Report
1991   self-published artist's book - “Baskets of Fire”
1990   cover & illustrations - "Suzie-A"  with Alan Haig-Brown - Pacific Education Press
1988   cover design -  "MAIN & HASTINGS" - Carnegie Publication
1988   illustration - Vancouver Sun  newspaper - September 10
1986   cover illustration - Dance in Canada Magazine-Spring Issue
1983   illustration - Vancouver Sun newspaper - Lee Bachus - October 29
1979   cover design - Labour Histroy Narrative-New Star Books



REVIEWS-PROFILES-INTERVIEWS

2001                              "Walls For Change" - documentary film by Cindy Leaney
1999  June                      Metro Magazine  (Steven Pettifor)  Bangkok
          Fall                       Siam Trade “Capturing Bangkok on Canvas”
          Summer                Thai-Canadian Chamber Magazine  “The Mural Man Cometh”  (Scott Murray)
1998  June                      C.B.C. Television (Midday) Walls of Change
1997                               "Community Based Public Art-Strengthening Our Communities" - BC Parks
1996  November             The Richmond News - “Art to Crow About”
1995  04 November        The Peace Arch News "Of cities, crows and weathered wood"
1995                               "Atelierhaus Worpswede" - catalogue profile
1994  02 May                 The Province- "The Art of Education"
1993  14 October           C.B.C. Radio - Gabereau Show
          15 October           The Vancouver Sun - Peter Wilson
           01 September      The Peace Arch News "Auf Wiedersehn to the New Germany"
1991  06 November       The Peace Arch News "On the Urban Edge"
1989  13 April                The Globe & Mail
          13 April                Westender Newspaper
1988   March                  B.C.T.V. News
          March                   C.B.C. -The National News
          March                   The Vancouver Sun  (Elizabeth Godley):
1987  31 October           The Vancouver Sun  (Elizabeth Godley)
          06 August              The Vancouver Sun   (Elizabeth Godley)
          23 March              C.B.C. Television - Pacific Report
1986  08 May                 Westender Newspaper - Profile
          Summer                 Channel 10 Community Television Interview
1985  11 September        The Coast News
          11 September        The Press
1984  23 May                  The Weekly Post (David Jaffe)
          Summer                  Channel 10 Community Television Interview
1984                                 "Community Murals" by Alan Barnett (Associated Press) - mural profile
1983  04 February            The Vancouver Sun  (Lloyd Dyck)



EDUCATION

1980                Arts Student's League - New York City
1978-1979      Vancouver School of Art - printmaking
1970-1971      Vancouver School of Art - painting-drawing
1962-1967      Vancouver School of Art - painting
1968-1969      University of British Columbia - piano-composition
1956-1968      Royal Conservatory of Music - grade 10



REPRESENTATION-VANCOUVER

2002                      Industrial Artifacts
1997-present         D'Or Art International
1993-present         Paneficio Studios
1992-1994            Dr. Vigari Gallery
1987-1991            Jacqueline M Gallery
1984-1988            Bau-Xi Gallery
1982-1984            Atelier Gallery
1969-1988            Danish Art Gallery



RELATED EXPERIENCE-VANCOUVER

1999-                    Roundhouse Community Centre -  Board Member
1997-                    CARFAC B.C.- Advisory Member
1997-1998            Artstarts in Schools - Advisory Member
1996-1999                    Vancouver School Board - Artist in Residence Program
1993                     Vancouver Parks Board - Arts & Culture Policy Advisory Member
1988-1997            Arts in Action Society - Curatorial Committee & Board Member
1987                     Community Arts Council - Jury Member
1987                     A.C.E. Auction - Exhibit Co-Ordinator
1985-                    Dundarave Print Workshop - Co-Op Member
1980-1989            Carnegie Art Gallery - Selection Committee Member



GRANTS RECEIVED

                        2001    City of Vancouver (Community Walls/Community Voices)
                        1999    Canada Council Travel Grant (Thailand Exhibition)
                        1998    City of Vancouver & Vancouver Park Board (Walls of Change)
                        1994    City of Vancouver (Guardian Dragon)
                        1993    Five month residency/stipendium - Worpswede (from the German Academic Exchange)

                       RESIDENCY GRANTS - B.C. SCHOOLS 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996



PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

GALLERIES-MUSEUMS:
                                                    Surrey Art Gallery
                                                    Burnaby Art Gallery
                                                    Richmond Art Gallery
                                                    Simon Fraser University Gallery

NUMEROUS CORPORATE - PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Canada - U.S.A.- Mexico - England - Germany - France - Australia - New Zealand - Thailand - Malaysia



ART RENTAL PROGRAMMES

                                           Vancouver Art Gallery            Richmond Art Gallery
                                           Surrey Arts Centre                  Community Gallery of White Rock



CALENDAR OF FUTURE EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

                                                2002
                                                24 MAY-03 JULY       Vancouver East Cultural Centre - "Red Divide: Paintings and Prints"
                                                AUGUST                     "Galeria Sztuki" Print Exhibition - Olsztyn Poland
                                                2003
                                                APRIL-MAY                "What a Relief" - Evergreen Cultural Centre - Coquitlam



ARTIST CONTACT

                                                        Vancouver Studio Telephone/Fax - 604-215-4492
                                                        E-mail - r_tetrault@hotmail.com



                                                                         SITE LAST UPDATED:   JANUARY 2002


 

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