Education

1966 Diploma of Art, University of Manitoba

1968-69 Opened the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop, Winnipeg, MB

1972-75 Elected President, Canadian Artist’s Representation, MB

1973-74 Professor, School of Art, Printmaking, University of Manitoba

1973 Served as a member of the Canada Council Art Bank juries

1976 Served as a member of the Canada Council Art Bank juries

1979 Served as a member of the Canada Council Art Bank juries

1980 Served as a member of the Canada Council Art Bank juries

1984 Served as a member of the Canada Council Art Bank juries

1987 Served as a member of the Canada Council Art Bank juries

1989 Served as a member of the Canada Council Art Bank juries

1974-76 Served as a member of the Manitoba Arts Council

1975 Established the first program of grants to individual artists

1975 Visiting Guest Artist, Canada Council Art Bank Commission, GRAFF Print studio, Montreal, Quebec

1976-78 Elected National Representative, Canadian Artist’s Representation, CARFAC

1977-80 Appointed President, Canadian National Committee of the International Association of Art, UNESCO

1978-80 Appointed National Director, Canadian Artist’s Representation, CARFAC

1979-80 Advisory Committee, Gallery Oseredok, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Winnipeg, MB

1980 Appointed Fundraiser, Jack Chambers Memorial Foundation

1981 Visiting Guest Artist, Canada Council Art Bank Commission, St. Michael’s Print Studio, Newfoundland

1982 Elected Chairman of the Board, Arts Manitoba magazine (Border Crossings), Winnipeg, MB

1983-88 Elected Board Member, Gallery Oseredok, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Winnipeg, MB

1985-2005 Arranged a donation of prints from the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop to the School of Art Collection, University of Manitoba, Gallery 111

1985-87 Chaired the Collection Committee, Gallery Oseredok, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Winnipeg, MB

1985-88 Served as Board Member, Manitoba Puppet Theatre

1986 Arranged a donation of 40 works of art to the St. Boniface General Hospital art collection, Cancer Ward

1987-91 Served as Board Member, West End Cultural Center, Winnipeg, MB

1987-95 Opened and operated “Gallery 454”, Winnipeg, MB

1989 Arranged the purchase of the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop print collection by the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1991 Arranged the purchase of the “Sightings” collection by the Winnipeg Art Gallery

1993 Elected Chairman, Manitoba Ukrainian Arts Council

1995 Established the “Art Collectors Club”, Winnipeg, MB

1996 Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art (R.C.A.)

1999-2005 Served on the board at CARFAC, MB. One term as national rep, one term as President of CARFAC, MB

2002-2007 Appointed Executive Director of Jack Chambers Memorial Foundation

Awards and Commissions

2009 Deep Bay Cove Artist’s Residency, Manitoba Arts Council

1999 Project Grant, Manitoba Arts Council

1991 Series of nine watercolours for a book of poetry, “Sightings” – set purchased by the Winnipeg Art Gallery

1988 Commission of edition of commemorative prints, 100 years Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Cen- ter, Winnipeg MB, “Harvest Sunset”

1988 CKRC Juried Art Show – Purchase Award, Winnipeg, MB

1987 CKRC Juried Art Show – Purchase Award, Winnipeg, MB

1987 Canada Council Art Bank purchases

1986 Canada Council Art Bank purchases

1985 Canada Council Art Bank purchases

1984 Commission of edition of prints, Contemporary Dancers, Winnipeg, MB, “Double Bill”

1982 Commission of edition of prints, Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, “Concerning Work”

1982 Canada Council Art Bank purchases

1982 Commission of edition of prints, Winnipeg Women’s ORT, “Bulrushes”

1981 Manitoba Arts Council Project Grant – produced a limited edition lithograph at the St. Michael’s Print Shop, Newfoundland

1980 Canada Council Art Bank purchases

1975 Commission, Benson & Hedges Art Wall Competition, Winnipeg, MB

1975 “Special Canadian Award”, Manisphere Show, Winnipeg, MB

1973-77 Canada Council Art Bank purchases

1971-77 Canada Council grants for operation of the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop

1969-70 Canada Council Arts Bursary

Selected Exhibitions

2011 Prairie Landscapes Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre

2010-2011 Buhler Gallery, Landscapes x 2

2010 The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop Collection: The Bill Lobchuk Donation, Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba

2008 Group Show, Art Trax Gallery, Toronto

2008 "(Re)VISITING the Collection", Selections of Manitoba Art from the University of Winnipeg Collection, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2007 "Black Swan & Me", Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2007 "Treasures From the Collection", Buhler Gallery, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2007 "ORANGE CORNER", Tribute to Kenneth Lochhead, Group Exhibition, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery 111

2007 RCA 2007 Group Exhibition, Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2007 One person show at Manawaka Gallery, Viscount Cultural Center, Neepawa, Manitoba

2006 Christmas Group Show, Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2004 Wellinks Antiques, Lockport, Manitoba

2004 One Person Exhibition, Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2000 “Red, Yellow & Blue”, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba

1999 “Grey Owl and Me”, Wasagaming Arts Center, Wasagaming, Manitoba

1997 One Person Exhibition, Piano Nobile Gallery, Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1997 “The R.C.A. Prairie Exhibition”, Winnipeg Art Gallery and Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1996 “PRAIRIETHEISM”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, group exhibition

1994 Leonard Marco Studio, Summer Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1994 “Those That Stayed”, Gallery 111, University of Manitoba and Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitob, Brandon, Manitoba

1992 “The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop Exhibition”, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1991 “Wild Things”, Winnipeg Art Gallery

1991 “Art and Ethnicity”, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec

1991 “Sightings”, Gallery 454, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1988 CKRC Manitoba Juried Exhibition, Manitoba Archives, Winnipeg

1988 “New Works”, Gallery 454, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1987 “The Box Show”, Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1987 Uptown Gallery Christmas Show, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1987 “Self Portrait Show”, Gallery 454, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1986 Fleet Gallery Christmas Show, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1985 “Conscious Objections”, Gallery 111, University of Manitoba

1983 “The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop – A Print Legend”, Ukrainian Cultural Center and Gallery 111, University of Manitoba

1981 “10 Contemporary Canadian Print Artists”, 10-city touring exhibition, Japan

1980 5th Norwegian International Print Biennale”, Fredrikstad, Norway

1980 “Contemporary Canadian Prints”, Amsterdam, Holland

1980 “Prints from l’Ouest”, Centre d’art du Mont Royal, Montreal, Quebec

1980 “Compass: Winnipeg”, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1980 Susan Whitney Gallery, group show, Regina, Saskatchewan

1979 18th Biennale of Graphic Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yugoslavia

1978 Kesick Gallery, group show, Regina, Saskatchewan

1978 7th International Print Biennale, Cracow, Poland

1977 “Burnaby Biennial”, Burnaby Art Gallery, British Columbia

1977 Gallery Interlake Show, Manitoba

1977 “The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop Show”, Centre Culturel Candadien, Paris, France

1976 “Imprint ‘76”, Art Gallery of Ontario, touring exhibition

1975 Manisphere Show, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1975 “Exchange/Echange”, Le Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec

1975 “9 Out of 10”, Survey of Contemporary Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario

1973 “New Prints from the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1973 One Man Show, Gallery Oseredok, Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1972 “Manitoba Mainstream”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, touring exhibition

1971 “Opening Exhibition”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Collections

Government of Manitoba Legislative Buildings, Art Gallery of Ontario, Nova Scotia Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Manitoba School of Art, Univer- sity of Regina, University of Winnipeg, Air Canada, CIL, Clarkson Gordon, Dome Petroleum, Great West Life, Investors Group, Petro Canada, Steinbergs, Toronto Dominion Bank, James Richardson & Sons Collection, Dauphin General Hospital Collection, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canada Council Art Bank.