biography
Carole Arnston is a West Coast-based artist with a multi-faceted background in design. The past fifteen years has proved oil painting to be a responsive medium to the powerful messages of the landscape. Arnston has built on the abstract impressionist influences of Bonnard, Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell and Georgia O’Keefe to develop her own style of lyrical abstraction. From her studio perched amongst tall cedar trees with ocean vista, she is immersed in the verdant growth of rainforest and exposed to the subtleties of changing skies and rhythms of soft westerly winds and rains. Hikes into the local mountains, forests and meadows and kayaking up the north coast provide the sublime liberation and sensual joy that inspires all her work.
1954 Born Toronto, Ontario
Education
1978 Bachelor
of Arts, McMaster University, Hamilton ON
1979 Art Teacher
Education, University of British Columbia, BC
1982 Bachelor
of Architecture, University of British Columbia, BC
Design and Architecture
1984 - 1993 Conceptual design and drawings for design firms including Expo ‘86, The Urban Design Group, City of Toronto Planning Department, Henriquez Architects, Waisman Dewar Grout Carter Architects and Planners
Teaching
1995- 1999 Artists for Kids Trust - Design and Architecture for Kids and High School Students
1995 Creative Drawing, Adult Education, West Vancouver Recreation Centre
1996-1998 Architecture For Kids, West Bay Elementary School, West Vancouver and Artists for Kids Trust, North
Vancouver
1996 Exploring Gertrude Lawson House, with graduating art students at Sentinel Secondary School West Vancouver
1997 Workshops on Architecture and Design for Teachers. BC Teachers Art Conference, Burnaby
1997 Architecture and Design Weekend Workshop, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Affiliations and Awards
1991 Registered
Member of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
1997 Cultural
Award, Teaching and Architecture, West Vancouver BC
1998 Architecture
Institute Award of Distinction for "Architecture for Kids"
Program
2001 Member of
the Federation of Canadian Artists
2001-2007 Juror, West Vancouver District Arts
2008-2010 Juror, North Vancouver City District Arts
Solo Exhibitions
1993 Vincents Obsession Gallery, Boston MA
1994 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Gallery, Vancouver BC
1994 Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver BC
2001 Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver BC
2001 International Art Expo, New York NY
2002 Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA
2002 International Art Expo, New York NY
2003 One of a Kind, Toronto ON
2003 One of a Kind, Chicago ILL
2003 Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster BC
2004 Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta GA
2004 Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster BC
2005 Van Dop Gallery, New Westiminster BC
2006 Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver BC
2007 Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver BC
2007 West Vancouver Municipal Hall
2008 Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver BC
2008 Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster BC
2008 Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver BC
2009 Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver BC
2009 Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster BC
Group Exhibitions
1994 Artropolis, Vancouver
1994 Ferry Building Galley, West Vancouver BC
1996 Harmony Arts, West Vancouver BC
1998 Canadian Craft Museum Group Show, Vancouver
2000 Art For Life 2000, Vancouver BC
2000 Endeavour 2000, Vancouver BC
2001 Splash 2001, Vancouver BC
2002 Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA
2002 Splash 2002, Vancouver BC
2003 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA
2003 Boulevard Fine Arts, Chicago ILL
2004 Bennet Street Gallery, Atlanta GA
2004 Splash 2004, Vancouver BC
2004 Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA
2005 Slash 2005, Vancouver BC
2006 Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta GA
2006 Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA
2006 Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster BC
2006 Splash 2006, Vancouver BC
2007 Harmony Arts, West Vancouver BC
2007 Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA
2007 Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta GA
2007 Splash 2007, Vancouver BC
2008 Bennett Street Gallery, Altanta GA
2008 Splash 2008, Vancouver BC
2008 Van Dop Gallery New Westminster BC
2008 Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA
2009 Splash 2009, Vancouver BC
2009 Van Dop Gallery New Westminster BC
2009 Jules Place Gallery, Boston MA
2010 Brights Gallery, Blue Mountain ON
2010
2010 Jules Place Gallery Boston MA
Collections
Mariott Hotels
Westin Hotels
British Pacific Properties
Keg Restaurants
Lions Gate Films
Royal Bank of Canada
Gallery Representation
Brights Gallery, Blue Mountain, Ontario
Jules Place Gallery, Boston, MA
Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster, BC
Envers Chapin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
