Birth Place
Salmon Arm, B.C.
1947

Residence
Calgary, Alberta

Education
1967, B.Ed., University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Selected Awards

• Artist of the Year Trout Unlimited Canada, 2008
• First Place, "Nature's Sanctuaries," Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Red Deer, Alberta, 2005
• Travel GrantThe Canada Council for the Arts, 2002
• Landscape Division WinnerFaber-Castell Pitt Pastel Contest, 2001
• Premier Pastellist DesignationPastel Society of Canada, 2001
• Life MemberAlberta Society of Artists, 2001
• Wallis Corporation Award, Annual National Members ExhibitionPastel Society of Canada, Jenkins Showler Gallery, White Rock, B. C., 2000
• Signature MembershipPastel Society of Canada, 1997
• Purchase AwardWhyte Museum, Banff, Alberta, 1990
• Grand Prize Commission and Purchase Award Exhibition of Sunshine Art, 1988

Public Commissions

• GLJ Petroleum Consultants
  2005
• Gulf Canada, Calgary, Alberta
  1990
• Shell Canada, Calgary, Alberta
  1986
• Info-Tech Shows and Conferences, Calgary, Alberta

Public Collections

• Bennett, Jones, Verchere, Calgary, Alberta
• D.M. Wolcott & Associates, Calgary, Alberta
• Alberta Government Telephones, Edmonton, Alberta
• Suncor Inc. Resources Group, Calgary, Alberta
• Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta
• Barringer Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta
• Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta
• Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
• Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta
• Capital Care Group, Edmonton, Alberta

Represented by

• Masters Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

Bibliography

• "Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art," Jane Lytton Gooch, Rocky Mountain Books, 2007
• "In the Galleries," Where Canada Magazine (Calgary Edition), November/December, Laura Pellerine, 2005
• Artist Portraits, A brief look at some of the artists represented by local galleries Fall 2002, Galleries West, Vol. 1, No. 2, Shannon Heth, T2 Media Inc., 2002
• Following the Footsteps of University of Alberta Alumni Autumn 2002, New Trail, The University of Alberta Alumni Magazine, University of Alberta Alumni Association, 2002
• Photorealism with Pastel Pencils Pastel Artist International, Issue 17, Jeane Duffey (Editor - Canada), Elladrent Pty. Ltd., 2002
• The Art of High Reality April 23, Stephen Kuno, Crowsnest Pass Promoter, Blairmore, 2002
• Travelling the High Trails and Back Roads with Jean Pilch June 21, Diana Rinne, Daily Herald Tribune, Grande Prairie, Alberta, 2002
• Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. Zimon University of Calgary Press, 2000
• Magazin'Art Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries Editart International Limitee, 2000
• Master Pastel Artists of the World, Canada Showcase Pastel Artist Internatioal, Issue 5, Jeane Duffey, Elladrent Pty. Ltd., 2000
• Best of Canadian Pastels, Pastel Society of Canada (Edited by Herbert Rogoff) Art Instruction Associates, 1999
• Winter Treasures by Debra Moncur Mentor Communications, Inc., 1997
• Paradise Found Avenue Publications, 1996
• Alberta Spaces and Species, Calendar FEESA, an Environmental Education Society, 1994-1998

Solo Exhibitions

• Fall Fling
  Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB
  2005
• High Trails and Back Roads
  Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge; Crossnest Pass Public Gallery, Frank; Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie; Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Red Deer; Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  2002
• New Works - Jean Pilch
  Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1999
• Southern Exposure
  Old Courthouse Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta
  1997
• New Works
  Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1996
• A Sense of Place
  Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1994
• Sharp Focus
  Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta
  1993
• Sharp Focus
  Bowman Arts Centre Galleries, Lethbridge, Alberta
  1993
• Gulf Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1990
• Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta
  1987
• Annual Exhibition
  Galleria Arts And Crafts, Calgary, Alberta
  1984-90

Group Exhibitions

• Nature's Sanctuaries
  Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Red Deer, Alberta
  2005
• Inspired by the Nature
  ASA exhibition, Leighton Centre, Calgary, Alberta
  2003
• Visions of Wellness
  McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  2002
• 15th Annual Juried Miniature Exhibition
  Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
  2002
• 70th Anniversary Millennium Show, The Alberta Society of Artists South Branch
  Leighton Foundation Museum and Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  2001
• Annual National Members Exhibition
  Pastel Society of Canada, Jenkins Showler Gallery, White Rock, British Columbia
  2000
• Between Friends, Pastel Society of Canada & Pastel Society of America Invitational Exhibition
  Galerie Montcalm, Hull, Quebec
  1999
• Triple Take: Past, Present and Future
  Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1999
• Six Degrees of Separation, Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the AFA Collection
  The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta
  1998
• Awakening Souls to Art - ASA Juried Exhibition and Sale
  Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1998
• 65th Anniversary Exhibition of the ASA, South Branch
  Leighton Centre, Calgary, Alberta
  1996
• Views
  Museum of the Regiments, Calgary, Alberta
  1995
• Realism Revisited
  Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1995
• Sight and Sound
  International Organ Festival, Calgary, Alberta
  1994
• Annual Figure/Portrait Show
  Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
  1994
• University of Alberta Alumni Show
  Alberta House, New York, USA
  1993
• Annual International Exhibition and Sale of Miniature Art
  Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  1990
• Exhibition of Sunshine Art
  Whyte Museum of the Rockies, Banff, Alberta
  1988-91

Travelling Exhibitions

• Small is All
  ASA travelling exhibition, across Canada
  2008 - 2010
• Common Ground
  ASA travelling exhibition, Manitoba and Alberta
  2006 - 08
• Memory & Identity
  ASA travelling exhibition, Alberta
  2005 - 06
• ARs poetica
  Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX)
  2003 - 05
• Bridging A New Century
  Red Deer, Stony Plain, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Blairmore, Grande Prairie, and Calgary, Alberta
  2000-02
• Fine Lines: An Exploration of Drawing Styles
  AFA Travelling Exhibition, Alberta
  1998/2000
• Just the Way It Is
  AFA Traveling Exhibition, Alberta
  1995-97
• Small Things A Muse
  AFA Traveling Exhibition, Alberta
  1992-94
• My Name is Tom Three Persons
  Alberta
  1992
• International Fusion, A.S.A. Exhibition
  Japan
  1992
• Alberta Visions
  Japan
  1991-92