 KELVIN ADAIR FREE
MEDIUM
Painting and drawing, printmaking, puppetry
BORN
29/07/52, Edmonton, Alberta
ADDRESS
602-376 Osborne St. South
Winnipeg, Manitoba R2L 2V3
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
"I like to draw upon reality dealing with a multi-levelled interpretation of what the reality source represents. I sketch the objects that I paint as this allows me to observe them for a long Period of time. I adapt the portrait of reality to geometric rhythms and interplay. Philosophically, I regard art as a means to create higher emotional vibrations thus exciting our as yet underdeveloped emotional state of being."
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Group, 1991, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, "The Grand Jury: Art Sales and Rental Juried Exhibition"
Group, 1990, 1988, Gallery 454, Winnipeg, Manitoba, "Just For Christmas"
Group, 1989, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, "Urban and Rural Art Show"
Group, 1989, Gallery 454, Winnipeg, Manitoba, "The Great Canadian Landscape"
National and International Shows
Scheduled show World Financial Center, NYC October 2006
Transformation J. F. Kennedy Center, Washington 2006
Abilities Festival International Show, Toronto 2005
*Won Artist of Distinction, Top Honour
Disabled Peoples’ International World Summit ’04, Winnipeg 2004
Mindscapes 2 National Gallery of Canada 2004
Juried Show
Mindscapes 1 Parliament Hill, Ottawa 2003
Juried Show *Awarded Best Artist of the Show
Solo Exhibitions
Solo show Red Road Lodge 2006
Jazz Ensemble Bethesda Church 2004
Landscape In Three Acts Gas Station Theatre 1997
The Architecture of Spirit Main Access Gallery 1997
Piano Noble Gallery Centennial Concert Hall 1996
Penetrating the Surface Gallery 454 1995
Exhibition of Paintings St. Thomas Anglican Church 1986
Group Exhibitions
Night Lite Artbeat Studios, Winnipeg 2006
Behind the Scenes Artbeat Studios, Winnipeg 2004
Between the Lines Manitoba Schizophrenia Society 2003
Art for the Heart Winnipeg 2003, 2004
Annual Group Show Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg 1998-2003
Many Group Shows Gallery 454 1988-2000
Annual Shows Norwood United Church 1985-1992
Group Shows Promoting the Arts 1988-1990
Urban/Rural Landscape Main Access Gallery 1989
Urban/Rural Landscape Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba 1989
Juried Show Winnipeg Art Gallery 1991
Articles
An Artful ‘healing process’ Winnipeg Free Press May 22, 2003
by Anne Cote
Expressionist Symbols Give Winnipeg Free Press March 15, 1997
Churches New Look
By Garth Buchnotz
Catalogue: The Architecture Stephen Phelps March 1997
of Spirit
Free Enterprise Winnipeg Sun August 30, 1996
AWARDS / GRANTS / COMMISSIONS
Travel Grant Manitoba Arts Council 2006
Trip to opening at J F Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Artist Development Grant Manitoba Arts Council 2005
For the development of new work
Travel Grant Manitoba Arts Council 2004
Trip to National Gallery in Ottawa—Mindscapes 2
Ventures Grant Manitoba Arts Council 1999
Production of a hand-made book
L.I.P. Grant Government of Manitoba 1977
Little Pathways Puppet Theatre
S.T.E.P. Grant Government of Manitoba 1973
Puppet Factory
COLLECTIONS
Province of Manitoba, Winnipeg
AGENT / DEALER
Bruce Hildebrand, 952 Dorchester Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3M 0R9 Phone: 204-475
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1976, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Canadian Artists' Representation Manitoba
The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg
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