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

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