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

James O. Painter

Birth Place
Emporia, Kansas, USA
1933

Residence
Edmonton, Alberta

Education
U.S Air Force Cadet Academy
1975, M.B.A., California Western University

Selected Awards

  • Critics Choice AwardEdmonton Art Club, 1988
  • Critic's Choice Award Edmonton Art Club, 1987

Public Collections

  • City of St. Albert
    St. Albert, Alberta
  • South Windsor, Connecticut, USA

Bibliography

  • Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. Zimon University of Calgary Press, 2000

Solo Exhibitions

  • Walterdale Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
    1994
  • Johnson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1993
  • Johnson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1993
  • Johnson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1992
  • Castanea Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1991

 

Group Exhibitions

  • Books2Eat
    Edmonton Public Library, Edmonton, Alberta
    2006
  • Touch Of Whimsy
    Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
    2006
  • South Pacific -- Evening With Artists
    Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
    2005
  • In My Backyard
    ASA 100th anniversary exhibition, Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta
    2004
  • Moulin Rouge -- Evening With Artists
    Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
    2004
  • What We Do Best 2003
    City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta
    2003
  • Inspired by the Landscape
    Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, Alberta
    2003
  • Sweet Sixteen
    Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
    2001
  • Painters & Carvers
    Profiles Public Art Gallery, St Albert, Alberta
    2001
  • Open To The Public
    McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
    2000
  • Awakening Souls to Art - ASA Juried Exhibition and Sale
    Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1998
  • Johnson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1994
  • 5th Year Retrospective Members Exhibition
    Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1993
  • Johnson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1993
  • Edmonton Art Club Annual Exhibition
    Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1993
  • Plum Nellie Art Festival
    Chatanoga, Tennissee, USA
    1993
  • Art in Bloom
    Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1992
  • Harcourt House Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1992
  • Art for All
    Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1991
  • Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
    1991
  • What's New Alberta
    Margaret Brine Gallery, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1990
  • Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
    1990
  • Edmonton Art Club Annual Exhibition
    Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1990
  • Margaret Brine Gallery, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1989
  • The Works
    Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta
    1987
  • Wapping Fair Art Festival
    South Windsor, Connecticut, USA
    1975
  • Mystic Seaport Art Festival
    Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, USA
    1974
  • Glastonbury Art Festival
    Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
    1974

Travelling Exhibitions

  • Common Ground
    Alberta & Manitoba
    2006-07
  • Memory & Identity
    ASA Travelling Exhibition
    2005-06
  • Bridging A New Century
    Red Deer, Stony Plain, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Blairmore, Grande Prairie, and Calgary, Alberta
    2000-02
  • Symbols In Civilizations, ASA Juried 65th Anniversary Exhibition
    Alberta
    1996/97