George Tanner - Artist Profile

CONTACT:
Ph: 204-633-6680
Please visit www.tannergraphics.ca for e-mail address.

MEDIUM
Painting, drawing, printmaking, computer graphics

DESCRIPTION OF WORK
"I work in a semi-realistic style, often either simplifying or emphasizing details to focus attention on the relationships between objects and their environment. I frame images in unusual and interesting ways."


EDUCATION:
BFA University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB 1974
Printmaking, Etching course, SAIT, Calgary, Alberta 1977
Airbrush Illustration Workshop, Dynamic Graphics Design Institute, Peoria Illinois, 1989
Screen Printing Workshop, Manitoba Printmakers Association, 1990
Computer Graphics Certificate, Red River College, Winnipeg, MB, 2000
Painting workshops in Winnipeg and Jasper, Alberta

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Dillon Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB - Solo Exhibitions 1988, 89, 90
Atelier 10 Gallery, Winnipeg, MB - Group Exhibitions, 1989,90
Winnipeg Sketch Club, Annual Juried Exhibitions, 1989 - 2006
Manitoba Agriculture, juried touring exhibition, 1998-99
Manitoba Art Expo, 1997-98
Adelaide McDermot Gallery, Group Exhibitions, 2004, 2005
Adelaide McDermot Gallery, Solo Exhibition, 2004

COLLECTIONS (corporate):
Eaton Place
Great West Life Association
Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba Government Services
Manitoba Fish Futures
Winnipeg Sketch Club Archives
Air Heritage Museum, CFB Winnipeg

MEMBERSHIPS
CARFAC Manitoba (Canadian Artists Representation)
board member, 2005, vice chair 2006
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg Sketch Club .
Treasurer 1998,
Vice President 1999, 2000, 2005
Secretary 2001,
Executive council member 1991-2005
President 2006
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PRIZES and AWARDS:
Best Watercolour Painting- Winnipeg Sketch Club Annual Juried Exhibition - 1993
Judges Choice - Winnipeg Sketch Club AJE - 1998
Judges Choice - Winnipeg Sketch Club AJE - 1999
Best Sketch - Winnipeg Sketch Club AJE - 2005
Best Non-Watercolour- Winnipeg Sketch Club AFE - 2006