Bio
Canadian artist Randall Steeves was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. He studied at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick and received an MFA from The University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia. Since then he has been based in the Vancouver area. He has lectured and led workshops at art galleries, colleges and universities across Western Canada and has exhibited his work internationally.
SELECTED PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS
47th Annual Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR 2010. Luminous Layers: Exploring Contemporary Encaustic – Group Exhibition, curated by Linda Womack.
The Amelie Rothschilde Gallery @ The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD 2009. Wax Actual: Contemporary Representational Painting in Encaustic – Group Exhibition, curated by Christine Sajecki and Joseph Young.
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona 2009. Fourth Annual Encaustic Invitational – Group Exhibition.
Cain Shulte Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA 2008. Translucent: Contemporary Works in Wax – Group Exhibition.
Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC 2008. Show Me Everything – Solo Exhibition.
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona 2008. Third Annual Encaustic Invitational – Group Exhibition.
Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2008. Everything Matters – Solo Exhibition.
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon 2007. Proper Research – Solo Exhibition.
Kwantlen Art Gallery, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC 2006. Proper Research – Solo Exhibition.
Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2006. River Variations – Solo Exhibition.
Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC 2005. River Variations – Solo Exhibition.
Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2004. The Medium of Proof – Solo Exhibition.
Artropolis, Vancouver, BC 2003. 1977 T-Bird selected for inclusion in Residue – Group Exhibition curated by Pauline Conley.
Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2003. Evidence – Solo Exhibition.
Artropolis, Vancouver, BC 2001. Proper Research selected for inclusion in Erosion – Group Exhibition Bettina Matzkuhn.
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC 2000. Arts 2000, Juried Exhibition.
Big American Adventure, 1992-1998. A series of encaustic paintings and digitally enhanced photographs based on travels throughout the United States and Mexico.
McPhearson Gallery, Victoria, BC 1990. MFA Thesis Exhibition.
EDUCATION
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC 1988-1990. Master of Fine Arts
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB 1984-1988. Bachelor of Fine Arts
TEACHING AND LECTURES
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon 2007. Visiting Artist Lecture/Encaustic Master Class/Workshop
University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC 2006. Visiting Artist Lecture/Workshop
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC 2006. Visiting Artist Lecture/Workshop
Comox Valley Visual Arts Conference, North Island College, Comox, BC 2005. Guest Lecturer/Panel Discussion with Susan Bozic, Ian Carr Harris and Connie Watts
Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC 2005. Visiting Artist Lecture, Workshop
University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB 1990-1991. Modern Art History: Modernism, postmodernism, and an introduction to contemporary art practices
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC 1990. Printmaking: lithography
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC 1989. Painting and Printmaking (T.A.)
AWARDS
British Columbia Arts Council Project Assistance Grant (Level 2 award) 2008
British Columbia Arts Council Project Assistance Grant (Level 1 award) 2003
New Brunswick Cultural Development Grant 1984, 1988 and 1989
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arc Poetry: Canada’s National Poetry Magazine, Winter 2009 issue. Featured visual artist, pages 53-60, and front and back covers (Ottawa, Canada)
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Third Annual Encaustic Invitational catalogue, 2008, pages 44-45 (Tucson, Arizona)
The Nanaimo Star, Encaustic Paintings at the Nanaimo Art Gallery, Wednesday, May 14, 2008, page B5 (Nanaimo, BC)
What’s Up Yukon, The Trace of Human Presence by Tara McCarthy, December 14, 2007, page 21 (Whitehorse, Yukon)
The Comox Valley Echo, An entertaining talk by artist Randy Steeves, Friday, October 7, 2005, page B1 (Courtenay, BC)
Comox Valley Record, Things are a changin', Wednesday, August 24, 2005, page A19 (Courtenay, BC)
Where Magazine, September 2004 issue. Art, on and off the wall by Adriana Barton, pages 18-19 (Vancouver, BC)
Where Magazine, September 2003 issue. Editor’s Choice feature, 1977 T-Bird, page 17 (Vancouver, BC)
Artropolis, Celebrating Contemporary BC Visual Art catalogue, 2001, pages 42 and 59 (Vancouver, BC)
CBC Radio3 2001. Ten paintings from Science Against Modern Crime featured on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's 120seconds.com (Toronto, Canada)
GALLERY/CURATORIAL
Vancouver ACCESS Artist Run Centre 1992-1998. Board Member, Co-curator.
Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1993-1994. Preparator.