Provenance:

Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Note:

JOHN FREEMAN (1944 - )

John Freeman was born in Toronto in 1944, and moved to Alberta in 1947. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Art, with a minor in Psychology in 1966, studied sculpture at the Alberta College of Art from 1967 to 1969, and obtained his Master of Visual Arts, with a specialization in Painting and Printmaking, from the University of Alberta in 1972. Upon graduation, Freeman taught at the University of Alberta, as a tenured faculty member until his retirement in 2005.

Freeman has worked in various media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, print making photography and video. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally for the past forty years and his work is included in many public, private and corporate collections across Canada.
Freeman lives in Edmonton, Alberta, where he owns a fine art digital printing company called The Big Pixel Inc, and concentrates on his own art work.
Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists
Art Gallery of Alberta
Canadian Offshore Financial Services
Chateau Developments Ltd.
Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC
Collection of Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton Savings and Credit Union, Edmonton, AB
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, AB
Interprovincial Pipelines Ltd.
Keevil Rich Resource Management Ltd., Calgary AB
Northwest Research and Consulting, Edmonton, AB
Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd.
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grand Prairie, AB
Texaco Canada Ltd.
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB
University of Alberta Permanent Collection, Edmonton, AB

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012 Venerator: Contemporary Art From The Aga Collection - Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2009 John Freeman: The Horizon As It Should Be - Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1998 Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Rowles and Company Ltd., Oxford Tower Lobby
1997 Rowles and Company Ltd., Oxford Tower Lobby
May Flowers, Front Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1996 Limited Edition Iris Prints, Rowles and Company Ltd., and Edmonton, AB
1995 More Myths, Commerce Place Gallery, Commerce Place, Edmonton, AB
1994 Myth/Science/Bleeding Hearts & Roses, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1993 November, Mini Show Individual exhibition of new drawings, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1986 New Work, Robert Vanderleelie Gallery Ltd., Victoria, BC
1985 New Work, Robert Vanderleelie Gallery Ltd., Edmonton, AB
1984 New Work, Lemarchand Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1982 Tatay Gallery, Toronto, ON
Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Shadows Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1981 Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1970 Preliminary Drawings - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 Ecotone - The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2004 Pulse – Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition, Red Deer District Museum, Red Deer, AB
2003 Tidal Trace, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
A&D (Art and Design) Index - Staff Show 1, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Pulse – Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition, Chuck MacLean Arts Centre, Camrose, AB
Pulse – Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition, Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB
Pulse – Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition, Bowman Arts Centre and Yates Memorial Centre Galleries, Lethbridge, AB
Pulse – Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition, Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, AB
Pulse – Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition, Keyano College Gallery, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, AB
2002 Pulse – Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB
Bodily Pleasures {an exhibition exploring perceptual experiences}, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Flash Point, Painting Department of Art and Design Painters: 2001/2002, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2001 Drawings-4: Bagan/Carson/Freeman/Stehelin, The Works, Edmonton, AB
2000 Perceptions / Conceptions, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Into the Garden Again! A Multi-Media Exhibition, The Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, AB
113 Degrees West: In the Crosshairs - Show 1 - Selected Works by Members of the Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1999 Art on Our Block, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1998 Gallery Walk Christmas Show, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Fine Lines: An Exploration of Drawing Styles, The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB
1997 Gallery Walk Christmas Show, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
New Acquisitions, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1996 Selected Work from Rowles and Company Ltd., Commerce Place, Edmonton, AB
The Works, Selections from the Rowles and Parham Design Galleries, Select Restaurant, Manulife Place, Edmonton, AB
1995 40 Degrees Celsius, Commerce Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, exhibition organized by the Aggregate Society
Growing Well Plant and Floral Images from the University of Alberta Hospitals Permanent Collection, McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospitals, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1994 Graff Selects, Contemporary work from the Collection of The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1993 Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Three simultaneous exhibitions by Greg Edmonson - Soviet Pangaea, John Freeman - Reference, Grant McConnell - Going Straight Home, Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1992 Christmas Show Gallery Artists, Vik Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Gallery Artists Presentation for the Canada Council Art Bank, Vik Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Just Niche It, Art EVO Gallery, City Centre Building, 10155 102 Street, Edmonton, AB
1991 Gallery Artists Presentation for the Canada Council Art Bank, Vik Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Vik Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Serendipity the Fascinating Orchidaceae, McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospitals, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1990 PERFORMANCE, LatiDADAtude, Wrong, Masonic Temple, 10318 100 Avenue, Edmonton, AB
Staff Show 1, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Landscape, Greene Gallery, 1090 Kane Concourse, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
Edmonton 90 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Art for All, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1989 Open Water, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
Staff Shows one + two, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Thirteenth Annual Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
1988 Group Show of Gallery Artists, Gallery Moos Ltd., Toronto, ON
Art for All, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Re-opening of Heffel Gallery Ltd., Vancouver, BC.
Staff Show, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Third International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
1987 A Decade Plus - M.V.A., The McMullen Gallery, the Walter C. MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, AB
Edmonton Orchid Society, Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, AB
Art for All, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Kathleen Laverty Gallery Ltd., Edmonton, AB
1986 A Tale of Two Cities: Video Art in Alberta, Ring House Gallery, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
The Works, Edmonton, AB
1985 University of Alberta, Department of Art and Design Staff Exhibition, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1984 Dealer's Draw, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1983 Arts West Fest, Lemarchand Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1981 Collector's Choice, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1980 Some Drawings by Some Albertans; jury selection, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1978 Canadian Video Open, open invitation, Artons, Calgary, AB
Artists Video, invited contributor, Biddick Farm Arts Centre, Washington Tyne on Wear, England
1977 Light Video, invited contributor, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
IV International Open Encounter On Video (Audio Video), open invitation, Caracas, Venezuela
Department of Visual Arts Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
INTERVIEW AND BROADCAST of excerpts from video tape EAT shown as part of CBC national television program Cross Point.
1976 Artists Video, invited contributor, Biddick Farm Arts Centre, Washington Tyne on Wear, England
1975 Video tape EAT sent to Ture Sjolander in Sweden
1974 Joint staff exhibition of the University of Alberta, Department of Art and Design and the Art Department of the University of Calgary, Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
University of Alberta, Department of Art and Design Staff Exhibition, Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1973 Video Exhibition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
University of Alberta, Department of Art and Design Staff Exhibition, Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Video Show, invited contributor, Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1972 M.V.A. 72, Traveling Exhibition, Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
M.V.A. THESIS EXHIBITION, S.U.B. Gallery, Student's Union Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1971 West 71, jury selection, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
5 Show, invited contributor, Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1969 Environment '69, jury selection, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB

Selected Links

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