Shirley Watson
Residence
Calgary, Alberta
Education
1983 University of Calgary, BFA, Major
Painting
Art Related Experience
1999
A Painters Paradise, San Miguel de Allande, Mexico Painting
Residency
2000 Painting Residency, MISSA Pearson College,
Victoria. B.C.
2000 Architectural Tour - Spain, Portugal, out of
California, USA
1996 Restaurant and Museum Tour, New York, John
Gilchrist
1992 Exploration of Contemporary Painting MISSA Pearson
College, Roland Hill
1992 Brush Usage, MISSA, Lorne Loomer
1990 Red Deer College, Summer Session, Painting
1989 Emma Lake Workshop, Painting
1981 Alberta Culture Travel Grant, Painting and
Ceramic Tour, Taiwan, Korea
Public Collections
Council for Canadian Unity
Alberta Foundation for the
Arts
Uof C Medical School
SAIT Dining Centre
Bibliography
2009 Article, Kim Heinrick
Gray, Alberta Views
2003 Article, Kim Heinrick
Gray, Calgary Herald
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Prairie Spectrum, Axis Gallery, Art
Central, Calgary, Alberta
2003 Two Decades, Art Space, Calgary, Alberta
2001 Wheat Grass Country, Art Space, Calgary, Alberta
1999 Past Present and Abstraction, Kensington Fine Arts
Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1994 A Sense of Place, Kensington Fine Arts Gallery, Calgary,
Alberta
1989 New Paintings, Kensington Fine Arts Gallery, Calgary,
Alberta
1987 Recent Paintings, Kensington Fine Arts Gallery, Calgary,
Alberta
1985 Gulf Canada Gallery, Calgary, Main
Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2002
Clear Cut: The Understanding Exhibition, Bowman Arts Centre,
Yates Theatre Galleries, Lethbridge,
Alberta
2003 May Mixture, UofC
Mezzanine Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1999 University
of Calgary Alumni Show, Theatre Lobby, Calgary,
Alberta
1999 Stoney Plain and Multi Culture Centre Exhibition,
Stoney Plain, Alberta
1994 The Leighton Foundation Exhibition
1993 Art Lotto Auction, Glenbow Museum Acquisition
Society, Calgary, Alberta
1993 Calgary Winter Festival Patrons Parade of
Art, Calgary, Alberta
1992 Alberta Landscapes, Two Person Show, Kensington
Fine Arts Gallery
1992 Evergreen Exhibition, Canadian Museum of Nature,
Ottawa (juried)
1991 Evergreen Exhibition, Canadian Museum of Nature,
Ottawa (juried)
1988 Prairie Scapes, Pentley Jones,
Vancouver, BC
1988 Gulf Canada Gallery, Main Gallery,
Calgary, Alberta
1988 Olympic Art Festival Exhibition,
Calgary, Alberta
1988 Parallels and Affinities, Grand Prairie
Gallery
1986 The Alberta Landscapes,
Kensington Fine Arts Gallery
1985 Three Artists, Muttart Art Gallery,
Calgary, Alberta