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ARTISTS STATEMENT

Colour, placement of shapes, light, and pattern are of primary
importance to Louise Williamson.

The images in her work may be recognizable or abstract.
Williamson is a painter, also working with fabric, printmaking and
sculpture.
She is also known for her miniatures.

A resident of Calgary, Alberta, she is a graduate of Fine Art from the
Alberta College of Art and Design. She specialized in Painting,
Printmaking and Art History for one year at the Accademia di Belle
Arti, Florence, Italy.

Williamson has a studio in Calgary with the Burns Visual Art Society
and is a member of The Alberta Society of Artists and Visual Arts
Alberta Association. She is an active participent in Artist Trading
Cards. She exhibits in Canada and Internationally.

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA 403, 269 – 4089
lllouise@telus.net, www.burnsvisualarts.com

Louise Williamson

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Quebec City. Lives and works in Calgary, Alberta

EDUCATION

1977 Bachelor of Education, University of Calgary, Alberta
1970 Diploma of Fine Art , Painting, Alberta College of Art
1968 One year study of painting, Academia de Belle Arti e Liceo
Artistico, Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1998 “Veiled Dandelions”, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1993 Prime 8, Calgary, Alberta

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2005 “Taking Liberties”, Harcourt House, Edmonton, Alberta
2005 “Internationale d’art miniature”, Saint-Nicolas, Quebec
2004 “Taking Liberties”, Allied Arts Council Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta
2003 “Cabinet of Curiosities”, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
2002 “The First International Biennial of Artists Trading Cards”, New
Land Gallery,Port Adelaide, Australia
2002 “Artist Trading Cards”, Country Frame Shop &Studio, St. Eugene,
Ontario
2002 “The First International Biennial of Artist Trading Cards”, The
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
2000 “Silver”, Celebrating 25 Years of Artist-Run Culture in Calgary,
The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design,
Calgary, Alberta
2000 “The First International Biennial of Artist Trading Cards” , The
New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2000 “Parallel Lines”, Burns Visual Art Society, Leighton Residence,
Priddis, Alberta
1993 “Focusing”, Alberta Society of Artists, The Works, Manulife
Place, Edmonton
1989 “Fifth Annual International Exhibition and Sale of Miniature
Art”, Toronto, Ontario
1987 “Return to Laughter”, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1973 “Satori West”, Alberta Designer Craftsman, Calgary, Alberta
1971 “New Faces ‘71”, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
1968 “Foreign Artists”, Il Centro d’Incontro per Stranieri, Florence,
Italy

LOUISE WILLIAMSON

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002 “Projected 75”, Slide survey of ACAD alumni, Illingworth Kerr
Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta
2001 “Portrait of the Twenty First Century”, Stride Gallery, Calgary,
Alberta
“Icons & Idols” The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
“Christmas Show and Auction”, Truck, Calgary, Alberta
1998 “Shared Visions, Alberta Society of Artists, Mount Royal
Villiage, Calgary, Alberta
1997 “Shared Visions”, Alberta Society of Artists, Mount Royal
Village, Calgary, Alberta
“Winter Solstice”, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996 “Beyond the Brush”, Alberta Society of Artists, Artwalk 96,
Mount Royal Village, Calgary, Alberta
1995 Artwalk Exhibition, Alberta Society of Artists, Mount Royal
Village, Calgary, Alberta
1994 “Do the Art Thing”, Alberta Society of Artists, Mount Royal
Village, Calgary, Alberta
1993 “Contributions From the Shadow”, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton,
Alberta
“Focusing”, Alberta Society of Artists, The Works, Manulife Place,
Edmonton, Alberta
Artweek ‘93, Exhibition, Alberta Society of Artists, Calgary
Contemporary Arts Society, Calgary, Alberta
1991 “Group Exhibition”, Provenance Gallery, Calgary, Alberta