Hilary Prince
Selected Works
Biography
EDUCATION
1963 – 1966: Johannesburg School of Art, Johannesburg, South Africa
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014: May, Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2011: February, Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
200: November, Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2005: April – May Bogani Café, Edmonton, AB
2003: May, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2001: October, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2000: September, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1998: October, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1997: November, Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, AB
1996: October, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1994: November, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1993: March, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1990: November, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1989: November, Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, AB
1989: April, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1988: April, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1986: March, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1983: Shadows Gallery, Waldens Restaurant, Edmonton, AB
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012: Exhibition, Enterprise Square, Edmonton,
2011: 19th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Enterprise Square, Edmonton, AB
2010: 18th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Enterprise Square, Edmonton, AB
2009: 17th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2009: Alberta Vistas, Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2008: Fall Confluence, Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2008:16th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Common Sense Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2007:15th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton. AB
Aug2005 – Jan 2006: Natural Philosophy, Curated by Shane Golby, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB
2006:14th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Planet Zee Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2005: 13th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Great West Saddlery Building, Edmonton, AB
2005: 12th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Great West Saddlery Building, Edmonton, AB
2004: Christmas Show, Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2003: Local Landscapes with Terry Fenton, Hank Bres, Gerald Faulder, curated by Mitchel Smith, TransAlta, Alberta Barns, Edmonton, AB
2002: 11th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Great West Saddlery Building, Edmonton, AB
2003 : Color and Line, with Peter Hide, Mitchel Smith, Russell Bingham, Sheila Luck, Terry Keller, Hank Bres, Lambton, Junction Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2002: 10th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Anniversary Exhibition, Art Gallery of Alberta. Curated by Kenworth Moffett. Edmonton, AB
2001: 9th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Bus Barns, Edmonton, AB
2000: 8th Annual Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Bus Barns, Edmonton, AB
1999: The King’s College, Edmonton, AB
1999: 7th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Bus Barns, Edmonton. Spring Exhibition, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1998: 6th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Exhibition, Bus Barns, Edmonton., AB
1997: Still Life with Lynn Malin, Sylvia Blashko, John Freeman, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1997: 5th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Bus Barns, Edmonton, AB
1996: Perspective on Drawing, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB
1996: 4th Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Commerce Place, Edmonton, AB
1995: 3rd Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Commerce Place, Edmonton, AB
1994: 2nd Annual Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society Exhibition, Commerce Place, Edmonton, AB
1993: Inaugural Exhibition, Edmonton Contemporary Artist’s Society, Commerce Place, Edmonton, AB
1992: Still Life with Lynn Malin and Catherine Perehudoff, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1990: Art of Research and Technology, Esso Resources, Calgary, AB
1987: Studio Watch, Edmonton Art Gallery, selected by Kenworth Moffett.
1986: Dealer’s Choice, Edmonton Art Gallery, selected by Lynn Fahlman.
1986: Mountains in the EAG Collection, Edmonton Art Gallery.
1986-7: Spaces and Places, Alberta Art Foundation Travelling Exhibition, curated by Jetske Sybesma; Edmonton Art Gallery. Travelling to: Prince George, B.C, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary; Burnaby, B.C.; Grande Prairie AB; St. Catherines, ON; York Downsview; Sackville NB; Stratford ON.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
‘From the Mayor’s Doorstep’, New York newsletter, by Piri Halasz, December, 2009
‘From the Mayor’s Doorstep’’, New York newsletter, by Piri Halasz, October, 2009
The Edmonton Journal, Sept 6 2007, Gilbert Bouchard. ‘Artist’s Society To Mount One Of Its Most Diverse Showings’
An Alberta Chronicle: Adventures in Recent and Contemporary Art. Mary Beth Laviolette. P 160. Pub. Altitude Publishing, 2006
Alberta: A State of Mind. Ed. Sydney Sharpe, Roger Gibbins, James H. Marsh, Heather Bala Edwards. Section by Russell Bingham, p 180. Pub. Key Porter Books 2005
The Edmonton Journal, Nov 14, 2005. Gilbert Bouchard. ‘Landscapes Toss The Eye Into Albert’s Big Skies’
‘From The Mayor’s Doorstep’, review by Piri Halesz, Internet Newsletter, New York City, 1998
The Edmonton Review, Vol. 2 Issue 2. Interview by Russell Bingham. 1995
See Magazine, #54 Vol 4 No 17. ‘ Prince’s Twist On Landscapes’ by Russell Bingham. 1994
The Edmonton Review, Vol1 Issue 1. 1993
The Edmonton Journal, Nov 16 1990. Review by Elizabeth Beauchamp
The Edmonton Journal, April 1989. Review by Elizabeth Beauchamp
The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors by Grania Ogilvie. P. 537. Pub. Everard Read. 1988
The Edmonton Sunday Sun, ‘Art For All Winds Up A Winter’ by Valerie Gregory. March 27, 1988
The Edmonton Journal. Review by Phyllis Matousek, March 24 1984
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Edmonton Art Gallery
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Canada Council Art Bank
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Art Gallery of Alberta
City of Edmonton, City Hall
University of Alberta
University of Alberta Hospital
Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton
Athabasca University, Alberta
Texaco
Coca Cola
Esso Resources, Calgary
Century Sales
Funds Administrative Services
Field and Field
Ironwood Group
Wheatley Professional Corporation
Accent Exploration
Day’s Engraving
Alberta Labour Construction
Macleod Dixon, Calgary
Sceptre Resources
Mackimmie Matthews
AGT
Hotel MacDonald, Edmonton
Deloitte & Touche, Vancouver
Artist Statement
Trained as an abstract painter, I took up landscape painting in 1980, shortly after coming to Alberta from Britain. I found that painting the landscape suited my feelings as an artist better than abstraction, although what I had learned from abstraction helped me a lot in doing large pictures.I began by painting landscape in watercolour, but then started to use acrylic and oil as I wanted to paint bigger pictures. I have continued to use all 3 media.In my formative years, growing up in South Africa, I was influenced by the landscape, and when I came to Canada, I was pleased to discover a strong and living landscape painting tradition.Apart from the obvious beauty and simplicity of the Albertan landscape, I found the quality of the light and revealed colour of this region to be a powerful influence on my work. Perhaps this light and colour partly explains why there are so many good painters, both figurative and abstract here in the Prairies. Having become acquainted with the distinct forms of this particular landscape, the trees, mountains, flat spaces and especially the skies, I am now concentrating on imbuing these forms with some of the emotion that this exceptional landscape has aroused in me"In my opinion, the sky is the great subject of the Prairies, not only because the horizon is so low thereby drawing the eye upwards, but also because the quality of the light in the sky here results in remarkable colour and form. It seems to me that so much of this remains to be defined artistically, despite the fact that there are and have been many notable painters of it. This means that there is still great freedom and opportunity to ‘make it one’s own’, artistically speaking. You don’t feel everything has been ‘done’. "I turned from abstraction to landscape as I felt that this was more in keeping with my artistic feeling, and the desire to connect with the Canadian land itself. I would like to convey a particular sense of place in my pictures – what it was like there on that particular place, on that particular day." - Hilary Price