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| FRANCINE GRAVEL BIOGRAPHIE Francine Gravel est née à Montréal le 17 mars 1944. Elle a étudié à l'École des beaux-arts de Montréal sous la direction d'Albert Dumouchel et de Pierre Ayot et a obtenu un diplôme en peinture et en gravure en 1965. Elle a ensuite obtenu un certificat d'enseignement en 1966 et a enseigné au Québec et en Ontario dans plusieurs écoles et centres d'art. De 1967 à 1969, elle a voyagé en Europe, travaillant surtout en Belgique. À son retour au Canada, elle a travaillé à Toronto avant de déménager à Calgary, où elle a enseigné à l'Alberta College of Art à Calgary jusqu'en 1976. Elle a ensuite obtenu un poste d'enseignement à l'Université Concordia de 1976 à 1977 avant de déménager cette fois-ci à Vancouver, où elle a vécu et travaillé jusqu'en 1986. C'est à ce moment qu'elle a décidé de s'établir dans la vallée de l'Okanagan en Colombie-Britannique, où elle a installé son studio permanent. Depuis 1978, elle se consacre exclusivement à la peinture, la gravure et la poésie. |
Biographical Data
Born in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, 17 March 1944
1950-61 Primary and Secondary studies in French in Montreal
Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montréal:
1950-61 Saturday classes
1961-65 Regular day courses
1965 Diploma in painting; option, printmaking
1963-66 Psycho-pedagogy courses, nights and Saturdays
1966 Diploma in psycho-pedagogy plus Brevet qualification Professor in visual art.
1965-summer Art Instructor, Valley School of the Arts, North Gower, Ontario.
1965-66 Art Instructor, Carignan School Board, Sorel, Québec
1966-Summer Art Instructor, Art Centre of "La Ville de Répentigny"
1966-Fall Freelance, graphics, painting and illustration.
Graphics professional workshop, nights, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Montréal with Albert Dumouchel.
1966-67 Art Instructor, Art Centre of Berthierville, Quebec.
Art Instructor, Lycée da Silva, Montreal.
Art Instructor, Milles Iles School Board, Mille Iles, Quebec.
1967 Jan.-May Atelier Libre 848, etching, engraving, and lithography with Pierre Ayot.
1967 May-Oct. Drawing and portrait painting contract in Belgium
1968 Jan.-May Drawing sessions: Allied Arts centre, Calgary, Alta.
Graphics at Alberta College of Art with John Esler
1968 June-Sept. Lithography and etching by invitation from Helmut
Beker, University of Calgary, Alta.
1968 July Shane Weare Etching Symposium, University of Calgary, Alberta.
Jan.-Oct. Freelance in graphics and photography.
1968-69 Oct-Mar Professional workshop in graphics, University of Calgary
1969 April Lived and worked in Antwerp, Belgium -- graphics,
painting and photography.
1969-70 Graphics at the Higher Institute of the Arts, Antwerp.
1970 Lived and worked in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1970 Sept. Lived and worked in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1971 April-Aug. Special student at the University of Calgary
1971 Freelanced in graphics, painting and photography; part-time instructor in oil painting and drawing, Adult Education, City of Calgary.
1971 Instructor in Adult Education, Calgary School Board
1972 Printmaking Instructor, Alberta College of Art, Calgary
1973-74 Part-time instructor in oil painting and drawing, Adult Education, Calgary School Board; also Adult Education, division of Alberta College of Art.
Adult Education division Alberta College of Art Summer session; Art Instructor, oil painting, Okanagan Summer School of the Arts, Penticton, British Columbia
1975-76 Preparation and publication of13 prints made for the book, Et le verbe s'est fait chair, with poems by Jean-Marcel Duciaume.
1975 Sept. Lived and worked in St-François Sud, Laval, Québec.
1976 Sept. Lived and worked in Terrebonne, Quebec; part-time art instructor in etching, University of Concordia, Montreal, Quebec.
1978 Sept. Lived and worked in Vancouver, B. C.; part-time
instructor in drawing, Centre for Continuing Education, University of B. C.
1978-85 Working solely as a painter and printmaker in Vancouver, British Columbia.
From 1985-98 Lived at Mabel Lake, in the region of the North Okanagan, B. C., as a painter and printmaker.
For artistic resources, has made short trips to Europe, the U. S. and Mexico.
EXHIBITIONS
1967 Exhibition of drawings, Montreal, Quebec.
Apr. 7-17 One-woman show in graphics at the gallery of
Lycée da Silva, Montreal.
1968 6th Annual Arts Fair, Calgary Allied Arts Centre.
Saskatoon Industrial Exhibitions, Saskatchewan award.
1968-69 Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Engravers,London, England.
1969 Calgary Allied Arts Rental Service exhibition
Political and Social Consciousness in Art - Fine Arts Festival Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Univ. of Calgary, Alta.
2nd National Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Arts Dept.,
Dickinson State College, Dickinson, North Dakota, U. S. A.
Portrait of Easter show, Parkdale United Church, Calgary, Alta. 53rd Annual Exhibition of Canadian Painters and Etchers, Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto, Ont.
International Arts Guild "Diplôme d'honneur" Palme d'or des Beaux Arts, special mention of the Jury; Monte Carlo, Monaco
Two-person exhibition with Lucien Compernol, Gallery Windkind, Antwerp, Belgium.
1969-70 Two-person show with Lucien Compenol, Town Hall, Torhout, w. FL, Belgium.
1970 Two-person show with Lucien Compernol, Emiel Verhaeren Museum, St-Amons-on-the-Scheldt, Belgium.
1971 Three-woman show with Ursula Landmer and Margaret Simpson, University of Calgary, Library Foyer Gallery - B.F.A. show.
1971 Apr. 12-23 11th Annual Graphics Exhibition, Alberta College of Art Gallery Among the 10 best were in the show.
1971 July 8-29 The Society of Canadian Painters, Etchers and Engravers:
Summer Exhibition C. P. E., Toronto, Ont.
Oct. 24-Nov. 12 Two-person show with Lucien Compernol, Gallery Paris, Montreal, Quebec (mini-prints)
1971-72 C. P. E. Summer Touring Exhibition
1972 Two-person show with Lucien Compernol, Gallery Paris, Montreal, Quebec.
Two-person show with Lucien Compernol, Graphic 8 Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
The Society of Canadian Painters, Etchers and Engravers 56th Annual Exhibition, London, Ont.
1973 Two-person show with Lucien Compernol, Galerie Paris, Montreal, Quebec.
Group show, Galerie la Maison des Arts la Sauvegarde, Montreal, Quebec
1974 Two-woman show with Sally Spector, Galerie la Maison des Arts la Sauvegarde, Montreal, Quebec.
C. P. E. group show, Commonwealth Art Gallery, Alberta.
Pascal Gallery, anniversary show, Toronto, Ont.
Apr.-May Calgary Printmakers; group show; The Edmonton Art Gallery
1975 Penticton Art Gallery group show, Penticton, B. C.
Miniature show, Dandelion Gallery, Calgary, Alta. ; group show
1975-76 Alberta Art foundation collections show in:
London, England, Canada House
Paris, France, Canadian Cultural Centre
Burxelles, Belgium, Canada House
New York, N. Y., Canadian Consulate
1976 Feb. Show of the portfolio, Et le verbe s'est fait chair
at the Dandelion Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
March Presentation of the portfolio, Et le verbe s'est fait chair at la Maison des Arts la Sauvegarde, Montreal, Quebec.
July One-woman show of paintings at the Dandelion Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
Instructors' show, The Okanagan Summer School of the Arts, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B. C.
1977 Jan. Instructors' show, University of Concordia, Montreal, Quebec
July Instructors' show, The Okanagan Summer School of the Arts, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B. C.
Aug.-Sept. One-woman show, Barrocco Gallery, North Vancouver,
B. C.
One-woman show, opening of the Graphica Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
Show at Charlotte Frenette Gallery, St-Charles, Quebec.
Show at Rodrigue Le May Gallery, Ottawa, Ont.
Oct.-Nov. Show of the portfolio, Et le verbe s'est fair chair at the library of the Sir Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ont.
Alberta College of Art Group show, Glenbow Art Gallery,
Calgary, Alta.
Group show, "Artist's Self-Portrait," Dandelion Art Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
1978 April Group show at the Raymond chow Art Gallery, Vancouver, B. C.
June Exhibition of Books-Objects (Et le verbe s'est fait chair); group show, Graphica Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
Summer "The Blue Bird" (print) included in the Exhibition to Commemorate the XI Commonwealth Games; sponsored by the Alberta Art Foundation Edmonton, Alta.
August One-woman show at the Graphica gallery, Edmonton, Alta., commemorating the first anniversary of the gallery's opening. Opening included a concert of four-hand piano music performed by Dale Reubart and Ernesto Lejano.
Sept. Group show, Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
Nov. Group show at the Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
Dec. Group shows:
Wells Gallery, Ottawa, Ont.
Pascal Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
Graphica Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
One-woman show at the Walsh Gallery, Red Deer, Alta.
1979 Jan. One-woman show at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery,
Lethbridge, Alta.
Feb. One-woman show at the Attic Gallery, Regina, Sask.
One-woman show at La Galerie par Charlotte Frenette,
St-Charles de Bellechasse, Quebec.
Mar. One-woman show at the Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Apr. One-woman show at Wells Gallery, Ottawa, Ont.
May One-woman show at the Backroom Gallery, Victoria,
B. C.
One-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
Oct. Publication of 16 prints in the West Coast Review, Vol. XIV/2/June, 1979.
Nov. One-woman show at the Graphica Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
Dec. Group show at Graphica Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
Publication of Foraging, poetry by Frederick Candelaria
with illustrative drawings by the artist, published with the aid of the Canada Council by Intermedia Press Ltd.
1980 Mar. One-woman show at the Walden's Shadow Lounge, courtesy of the Graphica Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
Apr. One-woman show at the Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver, B. C.
May One-woman show at the Walsh Gallery, Red Deer, Alta.
Aug. One-woman show at the Faculty Club of the University of B. C.
Sept. One-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
Oct. One-woman show at the Paperworks Gallery, Vancouver, B. C.
Nov. One-woman show at the Backroom Gallery, Victoria,
B. C.
One-woman show at La Galerie St-Charles de Bellechasse, Que.
Dec. One-woman show at La Galerie d'Estampe, Hull, Quebec.
1981 Jan. Exhibit at the High Street Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
May-June One-woman show of oils, watercolours, prints and drawings at the Graphica Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.
Sept. Pro-Coro Canada: invitation to the first performance; use of a reproduction of "Sonata da Chiesa" for programmes, posters, and cards.
Oct. One-woman show of oils, watercolours and etchings at the Walsh Galleries, Red Deer, Alta.
Dec. Six watercolours reproduced and distributed as bookmarks by Aspen Books, Edmonton, Alta.
Dec.-Jan ('82)One-woman show at the Centre Culturel Colombien, Vancouver, B. C.
1982 Mar. Festival Francophone; group show at the Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver, B. C.
One-woman show of oil paintings at the High Street Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
May Exhibit at the Graphica Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
Sept. One-woman show at the Graphica Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
Oct. One-woman show at the Walsh Galleries, Red deer, Alta.
Group show, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B. C.
Dec. One-woman show at the Galerie d'art l'Estampe, Hull, Quebec.
Group show, Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
1983 Mar. Fifth Festival Francophone, Salon du Printemps, 1983; group show. Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver, B. C.
May One-woman show at the Paperworks Gallery, Vancouver, B. C.: oil paintings, watercolours and prints
Aug. Group show, Centre Culturel Colombien, Vancouver,
BC
Oct. One-woman show at the Walsh Galleries, Red Deer, Alta.
Nov. One-woman show at the High Street Gallery, Calgary, Alta. Group show, Backroom Gallery, Victoria,
B. C.
Dec. One-woman show at the Vik Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
1984 May One-woman show at the Vik Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.: oil paintings, watercolours and prints.
Nov. One-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.: oils, wastercolours and prints
One-woman show at the Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B. C. Large oil paintings.
Dec. Group show at the Walsh Galleries, Red Deer, Alta.
Group show at the Canada Arts Gallery, Victoria, B. C.
Group show at the Hett Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
Group show at the Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, B. C.
1985 Feb. One-woman show at the Walsh Galleries, Red Deer, Alta.
Oil paintings, watercolours and prints
Apr. 9 Sixth Festival Francophone, Salon du Printemps, 1985,
Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver, B. C.
26 Fifth International Festival of the Arts (1985), New Convention Centre, Montreal, P. Q.
27 One-woman show at Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art, Vancouver B. C., with opening that included a concert of four-hand piano music performed by Dale Reubart and Patricia Hoy.
Group show: ART'85; guest artist at the 11th Annual Exhibition at the Laval Jewish Community Centre, Laval, Quebec.
May Travelling Exhibition, Alberta Art Foundation -- group show for the International Youth Year.
June Two-person show at the Galerie d'Art de l'Ile des Moulins, Terrebonne, P. Q.
July 15 Opening of one-woman show at the Kamloops Public Art
Gallery, Kamloops, B. C.
- Aug. 8 Group show: Centre Culturel Colombien, Vancouver,
B. C.
Oct. 19 Opening of one-woman show at the Kathleen Laverty Gallery (formerly Hett Gallery), Edmonton, Alta.
20 Opening of group show at the Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B. C.
Dec. Group show, The Walsh Galleries, Red Deer, Alta.
1986 Mar.16 Opening of Group Show, Maison d'Art St-Laurent,
St-Laurent, Quebec.
Apr. 5 One-woman show at Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art, Vancouver, B. C.
June 1 One-woman show at Galerie Maison d'Art St-Laurent,
St-Laurent, Quebec
Nov.-Dec. Group show. First Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art. Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
Dec. 4-11 One-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
1987 May 2-20 One-woman show at the Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.
Sept.12-26 One-woman show at the Walsh Galleries, Red
Deer, AB
Oct.9-Nov.8 One-woman show at the Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B. C.
1988 Feb.28-Mar.9 One-woman show at Galerie Maison d'Art St- Laurent, St-Laurent, Quebec.
Nov. 20-27 One-woman show at Galerie Maison d'Art St- Laurent, St-Laurent, Quebec, coinciding with the publication of a book on Gravel's work in the Signature Series (110 pages), with 82 reproductions.
1989 Feb.-Mar. Group show (large works) at Galerie Maison d'Art St-Laurent, St-Laurent, Quebec.
Apr 29-May13 One-woman show at the Walsh Galleries, Red
Deer, AB
May 18-27 One-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
June 23-30 Group print show at Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alta. (coordinated with launching of book by Bente Roed Cochran,
Printmaking in Alberta, 1945-1
985.)
Sept.10-17 Group show (musical themes) at Galerie Maison d'Art St-Laurent, St-Laurent, Quebec.
Sept. 30 Opening of one-woman show at the Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.1990
Feb. 11 Opening of one-woman show at Galerie Maison d'Art St-Laurent, St-Laurent, Quebec.
Apr. 2-May Five-women show of watercolours at Oppertshauser House, Stony Plain, Alberta.
Nov.28-Dec.23 Five-women show of watercolours at Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta.
1991 Feb.6-27 Five-women show at Gulf Canada Resources Ltd., Calgary, Alberta.
Apr. 21-May 12 One-woman show, Rimouski, Quebec.
Sept.26 Opening of one-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
Dec. 8-15 One-woman show at Galerie Maison d'Art St- Laurent, St-Laurent, Quebec.
1992 Apr. 23-May 9 One-woman show at the Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Nov. 22 Opening of one-woman show at the Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, B. C.
1993 Apr. 17 Opening of one-woman show at the Walsh Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta.
Sept. 19 Opening of one-woman show at the Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, B. C.
Oct. 28 Opening of one-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
Nov. 13 Painting, "Aubade," on the cover of Allegro, the magazine of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, as well as on the programmes for the orchestra's following concerts.
1994 January Commission by the Vancouver Opera Association for paintings to illustrate the five operas to be presented during the 1994-95 season.
Apr. 10-23 Opening of Two-person show at McLaren-Barnes Gallery, Oakville, Ont.
Apr. 17-24 One-woman show at Galerie Klimantiris, St- Laurent, Que.
Sept. 17-Oct. 1 One-woman show at the Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.
Nov. 23 Opening of one-woman show at the Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, B. C.
1995 May 8 Contract with C. B. C. for the use of the painting, "Humoreske," as cover art for the compact disc, " Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances" (SMCD5143), performed by the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra
May 11 Opening of one-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, B. C.
May 21 "Café rencontre" at Galerie Klimantiris, St-Laurent, Que.
May 27 Opening of group show at the McLaren-Barnes, Gallery, Oakville, Ontario.
Sept. 26 Contract with C. B. C. for the use of the painting, "Danse des moissons," as cover art for the CD,
"Dvorak - Slavonic Dances" (MVCD1088).
Nov. 8 Opening of one-woman show at the Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, B. C.
1996 May 9 Opening of one-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
June 27 Contract with C. B. C. for the use of the painting, "With Flute Obbligato," as cover art for the CD, "Rhythm N' Flute," with pianist Louise Bessette and flutist Lise Daoust (MVCD1101)
Aug. 19 Commission for painting, "A Celebration of
Music" by Telus of Edmonton, AB, for the cover of
the 1997 white pages.
Sept. 14 Opening of one-woman show at the Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Sept. 18 Opening of group show, "The Naked Truth," the Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
Oct. 20, 1996 Opening of one-woman show at Galerie
Klimantiris, St-Laurent, Québec.
Nov. 27, 1996 Opening of one-woman show at the Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
Dec. 23, 1996 Completion of commission for theSheraton Hotel, Saskatoon, Sask.: a 5'x15' mural painting
1997 Jan. 10-Apr. 1Sojourn in Spain (Andalusia)
Apr. - May Several commissions completed
October Openings for two one-woman shows at the Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, one on Oct. 22 at the gallery on 2932 Granville, and the second on Oct. 26 at the West Vancouver gallery.
1998 May 7 Opening of a one-woman show at the Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna B. C.
June Release of a CD, "Concierto Pastoral," featuring flutist Timothy Hutchins with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, conducted by Mario Bernardi, using the painting, "Before the Performance," as cover
Art.
Sept. 30 Opening of a one-woman show at the Harrison Galleries, West Vancouver, BC
Oct. 3 Opening of a one-woman show at the Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1999 Jan. 21 Opening of a one-woman show at the Harrison
Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
May 16 Opening of a one-woman show at the Galerie Klimantiris, St-Laurent, Québec.
July 5-31 "Babel 99" A Celebration of Belgian Culture
Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver BC
Oct. 22/23 "Canada-Belgium – A Century of Friendship,
International Colloquium, Cover-art &
Biography, Ottawa, ON
Oct. 27 Opening of a one-woman show at the Harrison
Galleries, Vancouver, BC
2000 Feb. 24-Apr. 1 Retrospective exhibition at the Vernon Art
Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
June 2-July 15 Retrospective exhibition at the Campbell River
Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC
Aug. 5- Sept. 16 Retrospective exhibition at the SAGA Art Gallery
Salmon Arm, BC
Oct. 14-31 One-woman show at the Scott Gallery, Edmonton
AB
Nov. 10-29 Group show at the Stephen Lowe Art Gallery,
Victoria, BC
2001 Jan. 31 Opening of a retrospective exhibition at the Art
Ark Gallery, Kelowna, BC
May 3, 2001 Opening of a one-woman show at
Harrison Galleries, Calgary, AB
Nov. 8, 2001 Opening of a one-woman show at
Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
May 9-25, 2002. One-woman show at the
Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
Oct. 5, 2001. Opening of a one-woman show at
The Scott Gallery, Edmonton, AB
May 8, 2003. Opening of one-woman show at the
Harrison Galleries, Vancouver, BC
November 2003 – Opening of a one-woman show
At the Harrison Galleries, Calgary, AB
COLLECTORS
Public Collections
Albert I Royal Library, The (Brussels, Belgium)
Alberta Arts Foundation
Atelier Libre, Montréal (Graff)
Athabasca University
Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec, La
British Columbia, The Government of, Victoria, B. C.
British Columbia Systems Corporation
Gardner, McDonald and Company
Glenbow Foundation, The (Calgary)
Harper, Grey, Easton and Company
House of Alberta, The (London, England)
Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, B. C.
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B. C.
Laing Property Development Corporation
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Walter C. McKenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
National Hoger Institute en Koninklijke Academie, Voor Shone Kunsten (Antwerp, Belgium)
National Library of Ottawa
Peter Pocklington Corporation, Edmonton, Alberta
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
Stage West, Calgary, Alberta
Tolten Interiors, Ottawa
Toronto Metro Library
Umberto Restaurants (Vancouver, B. C.)
University of Alberta, The
University of Calgary, The
University of Concordia, The
University of Manitoba, The
University of Saskatchewan, The
Vancouver Public Library
Winspear Centre for Music, Edmonton, Alberta
Xerox of Canada
Private Collections: In Africa, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan and the U. S. A.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Hambleton Galleries (Kelowna, B. C.)
Harrison Galleries Calgary, Alberta
www.harrisongalleries.comGalerie Michel-ange
www.michel-ange.netHarrison Galleries (Vancouver, B. C., Calgary Alberta)
Scott Gallery (Edmonton, Alberta)
http://www.Scottgallery.com/index2.html
Galerie d’art du Manoir Richelieu
www.galeriedartdumanoir.co Galerie D'Art du Châteauwww
www.galeriechateaufrontenac.comWestend Galleries
www.westendgalleryltd.comFRANCINE GRAVEL
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Brennan, Maev, "The Poetic Painter," in the Kelowna Capital News, 3 November 1993.
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1995 -Jeanne Baillaut – Le Soleil de Colombie-Britanique – ‘PLACE A LA
FANTAISIE avec Francine Gravel"
1996 -Maev Brennan – Kelowna Daily Courrier – ‘ON DISPLAY AT THE
HAMBLETON GALLERY’
-Jeanne Baillaut – Le Soleil de Colombie-Britanique – ‘L’ÉCHAPPÉE’
de Francine Gravel
-The Salmon Arm Observer – Review of one man show at the Hambleton Gallery
1998 - Johanne Cordeau – l’Express du Pacifique, P.13 – FRANCINE GRAVEL- RÊVES DE LUMIÈRE
1999 – Cinnamon West – Calgary Sun, Jan. 31, 1999. "Drawing on Love of
Art."
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Miscellaneous Media Coverage
Common Ground magazine; cover-art by Gravel with biographical material (p. 12), Dec. 1999.
Radio interview with Michel Charron, Radio-Canada, Edmonton, AB, Jan. 14, 1999 (Broadcast, Jan. 25/29, 1999.
Television interview on Shaw Cable at the opening of the retrospective exhibit, the Vernon Art Gallery, Feb., 2000.
"Good opportunity to get a little art in your life," in The Mirror, Campbell River, B. C., May 26, 2000.
"Gallery features lively, music-inspired display," in The Courier Islander, Campbell River, B. C., May 30, 2000.
"French-Canadian artist’s colourful, fanciful work premieres at C. R. Gallery," in The Mirror, Campbell River, B. C., May 31, 2000
"Hitting a high note; Francine Gravel’s musical journey comes to art gallery," in Shuswap Market News, Aug. 11, 2000.
"Musical and mystical," in The Edmonton Journal, (giving the ten best things to do that weekend), p. E9, Oct. 13, 2000.
Cover Art
Allegro, Magazine of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; front cover, 1993-94
Telus ; phone directory (March 1997-98) for Edmonton and Area, p. 10/ Cover story re: the oil painting: A Celebration of Music. commissioned by the Telus Compny commemorating the opening of the Winspear concert hall.
C. B. C. Records. Covers for CDs:
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances (SMCD5143) Vancouver Symphony, conducted by Sergiu Comissiona
Dvorak Slavonic Dances (MVCD 1088) Anagnoson and Kinton
Concierto Pastoral - CBC Van. Orchestra with Timothy Hutchins, flute (SMCD5171), conducted by Mario Bernardi.
“Rhythm’n Flute”, Daoust (flute) and Bessette (piano) (MVCD1101)
National Youth Orchestra CD, conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama (1996); program cover (1998)
Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra CD, “Celebration! “ conducted by Arthur Polson (2001); also program cover for tour of Scotland.
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Sanford, season program cover (2002-2003)
“The Gift of the Star Queen,” CD, music by Anita Perry (2003)
Calona Wines Artist Series, pinot noir. First prize winner for the label, 2000 and 2001.
77th Annual Pentictgon Kiwanis Music, Dance and Speech Arts Festival, program cover (2003).
A banner, “The Skater,” was commissioned and displayed during the winter season of 2001 and 2002 in numerous locations along the commercial corridor of South Granville, Vancouver, BC.
FRANCINE GRAVEL
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1995 -Jeanne Baillaut – Le Soleil de Colombie-Britanique – ‘PLACE A LA
FANTAISIE avec Francine Gravel"
1996 -Maev Brennan – Kelowna Daily Courrier – ‘ON DISPLAY AT THE
HAMBLETON GALLERY’
-Jeanne Baillaut – Le Soleil de Colombie-Britanique – ‘L’ÉCHAPPÉE’
de Francine Gravel
-The Salmon Arm Observer – Review of one man show at the Hambleton Gallery
1998 - Johanne Cordeau – l’Express du Pacifique, P.13 – FRANCINE GRAVEL- RÊVES DE LUMIÈRE
1999 – Cinnamon West – Calgary Sun, Jan. 31, 1999. "Drawing on Love of
Art."
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Miscellaneous Media Coverage
Common Ground magazine; cover-art by Gravel with biographical material (p. 12), Dec. 1999.
Radio interview with Michel Charron, Radio-Canada, Edmonton, AB, Jan. 14, 1999 (Broadcast, Jan. 25/29, 1999.
Television interview on Shaw Cable at the opening of the retrospective exhibit, the Vernon Art Gallery, Feb., 2000.
"Good opportunity to get a little art in your life," in The Mirror, Campbell River, B. C., May 26, 2000.
"Gallery features lively, music-inspired display," in The Courier Islander, Campbell River, B. C., May 30, 2000.
"French-Canadian artist’s colourful, fanciful work premieres at C. R. Gallery," in The Mirror, Campbell River, B. C., May 31, 2000
"Hitting a high note; Francine Gravel’s musical journey comes to art gallery," in Shuswap Market News, Aug. 11, 2000.
"Musical and mystical," in The Edmonton Journal, (giving the ten best things to do that weekend), p. E9, Oct. 13, 2000.
Cover Art
Allegro, Magazine of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; front cover, 1993-94
Telus ; phone directory (March 1997-98) for Edmonton and Area, p. 10/ Cover story re: the oil painting: A Celebration of Music. commissioned by the Telus Compny commemorating the opening of the Winspear concert hall.
C. B. C. Records. Covers for CDs:
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances (SMCD5143) Vancouver Symphony, conducted by Sergiu Comissiona
Dvorak Slavonic Dances (MVCD 1088) Anagnoson and Kinton
Concierto Pastoral - CBC Van. Orchestra with Timothy Hutchins, flute (SMCD5171), conducted by Mario Bernardi.
“Rhythm’n Flute”, Daoust (flute) and Bessette (piano) (MVCD1101)
National Youth Orchestra CD, conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama (1996); program cover (1998)
Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra CD, “Celebration! “ conducted by Arthur Polson (2001); also program cover for tour of Scotland.
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Sanford, season program cover (2002-2003)
“The Gift of the Star Queen,” CD, music by Anita Perry (2003)
Calona Wines Artist Series, pinot noir. First prize winner for the label, 2000 and 2001.
77th Annual Pentictgon Kiwanis Music, Dance and Speech Arts Festival, program cover (2003).
A banner, “The Skater,” was commissioned and displayed during the winter season of 2001 and 2002 in numerous locations along the commercial corridor of South Granville, Vancouver, BC.
