The Alberta Society of Artists

The ASA is a registered society under the regulations of the Province of Alberta. Its members include professional artists in all media as well as visual arts supporters.

Current Members

Brent R. Laycock

Birth Place
Lethbridge, Alberta
1947

Residence
Calgary, Alberta

Education
1974, M.F.A., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1972, B.F.A., Brigham Young Unversity, Provo, Utah

Selected Awards

  • Sam Black Award-Outstanding Transparent Watercolour CSPWC Open Water 77, Nova Scotia Public Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2002
  • Bobs and Peter Haworth Honour Award CSPWC, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 2002
  • Antoinette Stevens  Award SCA, Toronto, Ontario, 2000
  • ASA Recognition Award Alberta Society of Artists, 1990
  • ASA Purchase Award Fort Calgary Show, 1987
  • Crown Life Purchase Award CSPWC 57th Annual Show, 1983

Public Commissions

  • Hyatt Regency Hotel, Calgary, Alberta
    1999
  • High River Historical Mural (outdoor)
    1990
  • Lethbridge Regional Hospital
    1989
  • Amoco Centre, Calgary, Alberta
    1988
  • Standard Life Building, Calgary, Alberta
    1988
  • Painting of Glacier National Park for Canada Post $1 stamp
    1984
  • Painting of Waterton Lakes National Park for Canada Post $1.50 stamp
    1982

Public Collections

  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Brigham Young Unversity, Provo, Utah
  • Calgary Civic Collection, Calgary, Alberta
  • University of Alberta, Edmotnon, Alberta

Represented by

  • Gust Gallery, Waterton Park, Alberta
  • Art and Soul Gallery, High River, Alberta
  • Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
  • West End Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta & Victoria, British Columbia
  • Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Bibliography

  • Suggestive Dabs and Random Strokes International Artist Magazine, pp100-107, April/May, 2001
  • Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. Zimon University of Calgary Press, 2000
  • Brent Laycock Nature Abstraite Magazin' Art, 12, No. 4, Summer, 2000
  • Master Painters, Canada Showcase International Artist Magazine, June/July, 2000
  • What is Watercolour? International Artist Magazine, Spring, 2000
  • Treasured Moments John & Monica Kurtz, 1997
  • Magazin' Art Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries, 1996-1999
  • Magazin'Art Biennial Guide, RCA Members, 1996
  • Utah Art Swanson, listing p 234, 1996
  • back cover Reader's Digest, 1990
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1986 Calendar, 1986
  • Harmony on the Horizon Skyword Magazine, 1984

Solo Exhibitions

  • Sojourn
    Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    2002
  • Sojourn
    VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    2002
  • Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
    2001
  • Gust Gallery, Waterton Park, Alberta
    2001
  • West End Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    2000
  • Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
    1999
  • Recent Work
    West End Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1998
  • Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    1997
  • Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
    1996
  • West End Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta and Victoria, British Columbia
    1995
  • Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
    1993
  • Whitten Gallery, King City (Toronto), Ontario
    1993
  • West End Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1993
  • Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
    1992
  • Whitten Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    1991
  • Yates Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1989
  • Buschlen/Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, British Colubia
    1988
  • Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1981

Group Exhibitions

  • Watermark
    Alberta Foundation of the Arts, McDougall Centre, Calgary, Alberta
    2003
  • Open Water 77
    Nova Scotia Public Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia
    2002
  • In Search of the Human Essence: Mankind at the Beginning of the 21st Century
    CSPWC, Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Alberta
    2002
  • Landscape Celebrations
    Leighton Foundation Museum and Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
    2002
  • Visions of Wellness
    McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
    2002
  • 70th Anniversary Millennium Show, The Alberta Society of Artists South Branch
    Leighton Foundation Museum and Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
    2001
  • Selected Works by Members of The Alberta Society of Artists
    Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
    1999
  • Triple Take: Past, Present and Future
    Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
    1999
  • Awakening Souls to Art - ASA Juried Exhibition and Sale
    Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1998
  • 4th International Art Competition
    Museum of Church History and Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
    1997
  • ASA 65th Anniversary Show
    Leighton Centre, Calgary, Alberta
    1996
  • Open Water 70
    John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    1995
  • Alumni 100: Centennial Art Exhibition
    BYU, Provo, Utah
    1994
  • Not a Diploma Show (RCA)
    John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    1994
  • SCA Annual Members' Exhibition
    Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke, Ontario
    1994
  • Fusion International Exhibition
    Shizuoka Prefectural Museum, Japan
    1992
  • Western icons
    Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
    1988
  • Hot Watercolor Show, SCPWC
    Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    1985
  • Hot Watercolor Show, SCPWC
    Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    1985
  • Salute to Canada
    Birmingham Festival of Arts, Alabama
    1979
  • Graphex Two
    Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
    1974
  • National Invitational Exhibit
    Springville Museum of Art, Utah
    1973

Traveling Exhibitions

  • Blooming Prairie
    Edmonton Art Gallery's Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program, Alberta
    2001-03
  • Bridging A New Century
    Red Deer, Stony Plain, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Blairmore, Grande Prairie, and Calgary, Alberta
    2000-02
  • My Name is Tom Three Persons
    Alberta
    1993
  • Art Is Our Game
    Alberta
    1988
  • Sharing Visions, ASA Intercultural Exchange Show
    Japan
    1984