Clive Powsey
4160 Chancellor Crescent,
Courtenay, BC
V9N 0E7
Telephone: 250.898.2719 Email: [email protected]
www.psychotopography.com
Training
A.O.C.A. Fine Arts, Drawing, Painting and intaglio and lithographic Printmaking
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
Final year, Florence, Italy, off-campus program
1980
Summer program Banff School of Fine Arts, 1976.
Selected Teaching Experience
North Island College Metal Jewelry Design Certificate Program 2012-2022 Drawing and Rendering, Introductory Design.
North Island College Continuing Education 2009-present Drawing: The Basics, A Survey of Life Drawing Method
Ontario College of Art and Design 1987-1991 Credit courses in Drawing and Painting
Lupine Studio, Courtenay BC watercolour workshops and drypoint print workshops 2018 to present
Max the Mutt Animation School, Toronto 2001–2004 Credit courses in Background Painting
Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts 2010/2016 Watercolour Painting
Gibson's Summer School of the Arts, Gibsons BC., 2019 life drawing intensive
Comox Valley Art Gallery 2008-2012 Survey of Life Drawing Method The Figure with a Thousand Faces: Myths Memes and the Life Model
The Old School House Centre for the Arts2009-2018 Basic Drawing Life Drawing, Anatomy Drawing, Drypoint Printing
Awards and Grants
D.L. Stevenson Award for Excellence in Watercolour, 2009, ‘Open Water’ Annual Juried Exhibition, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Best Watercolour, 1999, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Canada Council Short-term Grant, 1984
Nature Artist’s Scholarship, 1983, The Canadian Nature Federation
Nora E. Vaughan Scholarship for Drawing and Painting, 1979
Ontario College of Art
Tuition Scholarship, 1976, Banff School of Fine Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Involuntary Images (printmaking) The Old School House Center for the Arts, Qualicum Beach
2016 Terrain Traps and Other Delightful Horrors (printmaking), as part of MAP, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC.
2015 What You See Is What You Get (printmaking), The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC
2015 Transmitted Drawings (printmaking), McMillan Gallery, Oceanside Arts Council, Parksville, BC
2013 Effigies, New Drawing, Art Alchemy Studios, Courtenay BC
2015 What You See Is What You Get (printmaking), The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
2015 Transmitted Drawings (printmaking), McMillan Gallery, Oceanside Arts Council, Parksville, BC
2013 Effigies, New Drawing, Art Alchemy Studios, Courtenay, BC
2011 'Complex Terrain: Figurative Drawings' Corre Alice Gallery, Cumberland, BC
2011 ‘Man Eating Landscapes’ Dales Gallery, Victoria, BC
2010 'Clive Powsey: Watercolours' The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum
Beach, BC
2007 'Urban Watercolour Paintings' Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC (with ceramicist Meg Burgess)
2007 'Watercolour Landscape Paintings' The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach, BC
2006 ‘Watercolour Landscapes from Vancouver Island’ Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
2004 'Recent Watercolours' Hunter West Gallery, Peterborough, ON
2000 'Clive Powsey' Ashton Evicta Gallery, Toronto, ON (with Andrew Kwiecinski)
1999 '60 Watercolours' North American Center of Oriental Arts, Toronto, ON
1998 'Clive Powsey, Watercolours' Hunter West Gallery, Peterborough, ON
1995 ‘Clive Powsey Watercolour Landscape' Gallery 306, Toronto, ON
1993 'Recent Watercolours' Bancroft Art Gallery, Bancroft, ON
1990 'Recent Painting' Brock Street Gallery, Kingston, ON (with Bonnie Brooks)
1990 'New Watercolours' Gallerie Rochon, Toronto, ON
1988 'Recent Works in Watercolour' The Magpie, Port Hope, ON
1986 'Watercolour Night Paintings' Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON
1985 'East Coast Watercolours' Thomas Gallery, Port Hope, ON
1984 'New Watercolours from the Pacific Coast' Thomas Gallery, Port Hope, ON
1984 'Drawings' Trent University, Peterborough, ON (with Norma Pattuelli)
1983 'Watercolours from Wales and Downlands' Thomas Gallery, Port Hope, ON (with ‘Inuit Carvings from Quebec')
1981 Gallery 76, Toronto, ON (with Esther Lui)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 'Diverse Approaches to Watercolour' Comox Vally Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC, and The Old Schoolhouse Centre for the Arts, Qualicum Beach, BC
2011 ‘3 Submerging Artists from the Comox Valley’ McMillan Gallery, Parksville, BC
2010 ‘Reflections’ Juried Members Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 ‘Current Streams’ Juried Exhibition of BC members of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Port Coquitlam, BC
2009 ‘Open Waters’ Annual Juried Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Leighton Centre, Calgary, AB
2008 ‘The Codpiece and Merkin Show’ Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
2006 ‘Waterworks’ Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, BC Members
Exhibition, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody, BC
2005 ‘Exquisite Smaller Works' Hunter West Gallery, Peterborough, ON
2003 ‘4 Watercolour Painters' Hunter West Gallery, Peterborough, ON
2000 'Group Exhibition' MacLaren-Barnes Gallery, Oakville, ON
1999 ‘Canadian Spaces’ North American Center of Oriental Arts, Toronto, ON
1991 ‘International Waters’ A joint exhibition by the Canadian Society of Painters in
Watercolour, the American Watercolour Society, and the Royal Watercolour Society. Toronto, New York and London
1986 ‘New Faces’ Artspace, Peterborough, ON
Residencies
Artist in Residence at North Island College, printmaking studios, July/August 2016
Speaking Engagements
North Island College artist talk, February 2018
North Island College Eldercollege artist talk, 2016
North Island College Eldercollege artist talk, 2015
Selected Animated Film and Television Screen Credits
-Fly Colt Fly, Documentary with animated sequences by Style Five Animation, Toronto. 2012-13 Background Painter
-The Dark Years, Animated documentary co-produced by Chuck Gammage Animation Inc., Barner-Alper Productions, and the National Film Board of Canada, 2007. Background Stylist and Painter
-Back to School with Franklin, Television Special Nelvana Ltd. 2002 Art Direction and Background Styling
-Franklin’s Magic Christmas, Direct to Video Feature Nelvana Ltd. 2001 Art Director and Background Stylist
-Franklin and the Green Knight, Direct to Video Feature Nelvana Ltd. 1999 Art Director and Overseas Supervisor of Background Painting
-Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Direct to Video Feature Walt Disney Animation Canada, 1998 Art Director
-Pippi! Theatrical Release Feature Nelvana Ltd. 1996 Art Director
-Journey to the Planets, Imax/Omnimax Short Theatrical Feature Bear Spots, 1993 Background Painter
-Babar: The Movie, Theatrical Release Feature Nelvana Ltd. 1989 Art Director and Overseas Supervisor of Background Painting
-Carebears in Wonderland, Theatrical Release Feature Nelvana Ltd. 1988 Background Stylist
Selected Animated Television Series and Commercials
Freelance background artwork and development for television commercials, educational series, development promos, and interactive web games for Chuck Gammage Animation Inc., Style Five Animation, Pronk Communications, Bear Spots, Animation House, Chuck Gammage Animation, Red Rover Studios, Guru Studio, Squeeze, and Laughing Horse (Germany)
Television Series work for Nelvana Ltd including Dog City Series; Babar Series; Rupert Series; My Pet Monster; Free Willy; Background Stylist. Droids Series; The Great Heep (TV Movie); Layout Artist and Background Painter.
Other Work Experience
Studio Assistant to printmaker David Blackwood
1984 – 86
ACMG Certified Gym Climbing Instructor and Supervisor at Cumberland Recreation 2015-20
Selected Collections
McCain Foods
Trent University
Providence Healthcare
IBM Canada
HSB Asset Management
Gibralter Solutions
Fulcrum North
Diploma Collection of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Art Gallery of Peel