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

Karen Brownlee

Birth Place
Lethbridge, Alberta

Residence
Lethbridge, Alberta

Education
1976, B.A., University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta

Selected Awards

  • Davis & Henderson Intercheques Prairie Heritage Preservation Award, 1999
  • Founder City of Lethbridge Artists in Residence Program, 1997-98

Public Commissions

  • United Way of Lethbridge, High Level Bridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1995
  • Father Leonard Van Tieghem School, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1992

Public Collections

  • City of Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1998
  • City of Lethbridge, Alberta
    1998
  • The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta

Represented by

  • Scott Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Willock-Sax Ltd. Gallery, Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta
  • Virginia Christopher Galleries Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

Websites
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Bibliography

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

Solo Exhibitions

  • Rural Communities
    The Leighton Foundation, Calgary, Alberta
    1998
  • Rural Prairie Communities
    Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1998
  • Rural Prairie Communities
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1997
  • This Land is My Land
    Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1992
  • Potpourri
    Radish Factory Artist's Society, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1989
  • Fish Tales
    Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1985
  • Analogies to Nature
    Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1985
  • Chinese Brush Painting
    Truls Restaurant & Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1984
  • Chinese Brush Painting
    Moose Jaw Art Museum, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
    1984
  • Watercolors Using a Chinese Brush
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1983
  • Images in Ink and Color
    Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta
    1983
  • Chinese Brush Painting
    Shadows Gallery, Waldens Restaurant, Edmonton, Alberta
    1982
  • Images in Ink 
    Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1982

Group Exhibitions

  • West 2005
    The Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
    2005
  • Aida to Zazà
    Rigaletto's Café, Edmonton, Alberta
    2004
  • King Wheat (permanent exhibit)
    The Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
    1999
  • Saints and Sinners - Presented by the Alberta Society of Artists
    The Works International Visual Arts Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
    1998
  • Awakening Souls to Art - ASA Juried Exhibition and Sale
    Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1998
  • 35 curated and  juried exhibitions throughout Alberta
    1982-97

Traveling Exhibitions

  • Bridging A New Century
    Red Deer, Stony Plain, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Blairmore, Grande Prairie, and Calgary, Alberta
    2000-02
  • Finding Our Way Home; Alberta's Disappearing Grain Elevators, Karen Brownlee & R.F.M. McInnis
    The Alberta Foundation for the Arts' Travelling Exhibition Program organized through Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
    1999/2000
  • Cheesecake & Other Visual Delights (group)
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts' Travelling Exhibition Program, Medicine Hat, AB
    1997-98
  • Rural Prairie Communities (solo)
    Muttart Art Gallery, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts' Travelling Exhibition Program, Calgary,  Alberta
    1997-2000
  • Hues of Blue (group)
    Muttart Art Gallery, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts' Travelling Exhibition Program, Calgary, Alberta
    1996-99
  • 10th Anniversary, Travelling Exhibition Program
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts' Travelling Exhibition Program, Alberta
    1996-98
  • Scientific Landscape (group)
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery Exhibition Program, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1995-97
  • Domestic Images (group)
    Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1993-94
  • Southern Alberta Survey
    Sourthern Alberta Art Gallery, Extension Exhibition Program, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1987-89