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

Ilda Lubane

Birth Place
Latvia

Residence
Edmonton, Alberta

Education
1967, University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico
1959-64, Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta
1957-58, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Selected Awards

  • 1st Prize, Latvian Drawing Exhibition University of San Francisco, California, 1974
  • 1st Prize, Latvian Drawing Exhibtion University of San Francisco, California, 1974
  • Ballot and Purchase Award Banff School of Fine Arts, 1959
  • Recognition Award Banff School of Fine Arts, 1959
  • 1st Prize,  Portrait Edmonton Summer Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, 1957-59
  • Recognition Award Latvian Art Exhibtion, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Molson Award
  • Senator A. Grushew Scholarship

Public Commissions

  • University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Banff School of Fine Arts
  • Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Dr. Hanson & Associates Laboratories, Edmoton, Alberta

Public Collections

  • Alberta Farmers Union
  • Banff School of Fine Arts
  • Cook, Kennedy Professional Corporation
  • Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Hog Marketing Board, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Prodor Construction Ltd.
  • Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  • University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Alberta
  • University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
  • University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico

Bibliography

  • Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. Zimon University of Calgary Press, 2000
  • Seeing It Our Way CBC documentary series, 1982

Solo Exhibitions

  • Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
    1991
  • University of Alberta, Faculty Club, Edmonton, Alberta
    1988
  • Woman's Network, Edmonton, Alberta
    1986
  • Business & Professional Women's Club, Edmonton, Alberta
    1984
  • Goldeye Foundation Society, Edmonton, Alberta
    1982
  • University of Alberta, Faculty Club, Edmonton, Alberta
    1980
  • Rice Theatre Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1978-79
  • Fort McMurray Public Library, Fort McMurray, Alberta
    1975
  • The Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta
    1975
  • Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
    1971
  • The Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
    1969
  • Unitarian Church, Edmonton, Alberta
    1967
  • Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta
    1965-68

Group Exhibitions

  • Aida to Zazà
    Rigaletto's Café, Edmonton, Alberta
    2004
  • Officially Naked/Works Approved
    The Works International Visual Arts Festival, Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
    2000
  • It's In the Cards: Alberta Artists Explore the Mystery of the Tarot
    The Works International Visual Arts Festival, The Rice Theatre Lobby, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
    2000
  • Saints and Sinners - Presented by the Alberta Society of Artists
    The Works International Visual Arts Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
    1998
  • Artifacts of Past Lives
    ASA/The Works Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
    1990
  • Into the Nineties
    ASA/Front Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1990
  • Summerscapes Faculty Exhibition
    Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
    1989
  • Towards a New Canadian Mythology
    ASA/The Works Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
    1989
  • Summerscapes Faculty Exhibition
    Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
    1989
  • ASA at the Front
    Front Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1989
  • Camera Canada Faculty Exhibition
    University of Regina, Saskatchewan
    1988
  • Alberta Geologists
    Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
    1987
  • An End In Itself
    ASA/The Works Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
    1987
  • Federation of Canadian Artists, Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta
    1986
  • Alberta Society of Artists, Edmotnon, Alberta
    1985
  • Summerscapes Faculty Exhibition
    Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
    1985
  • Johnson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1985
  • Latvian Song Festival
    Cleveland, Ohio
    1974
  • Exhibition of Latvian Drawings
    San Francisco University, California
    1974
  • Women Artists
    Centennial Library, Edmonton, Alberta
    1972
  • Latvian Song Festival
    Vancouver, British Columbia
    1972
  • Alberta Artists Festival
    Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta
    1971
  • Alberta Artists Exhibtion
    Beth Shalom Synagogue, Edmonton, Alberta
    1969-71
  • Banff School of Fine Arts Faculty Exhibtion
    Banff, Alberta
    1969-71
  • Centennial Library, Edmonton, Alberta
    1969
  • University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico
    1967
  • Edmonton Art Club Exhibition
    Edmonton, Alberta
    1966-67
  • Latvian Artists Exhibition
    Edmonton, Alberta
    1961
  • Banff School of Fine Arts Student Exhibition
    Banff, Alberta
    1960-65
  • Edmonton Summer Art Exhibition
    Edmonton, Alberta
    1957-59

Traveling Exhibitions

  • The Human Condition
    Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta
    1990-91
  • Art Is Our Game
    ASA Olympic Exhibition, Alberta
    1988-89
  • Medicine Hat Print Show
    Alberta
    1987-90
  • Traditional Japanese Brush Painting
    Japan
    1987-88
  • Exhibition of Latvian Drawings
    USA, Canada and Australia
    1975-80