Mark Bovey mbovey@nscad.ca
Education
1997 B.ED. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada A.C.E. Artist in the Community Education Program
1992 M.V.A. Printmaking, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1989 B.F.A. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Awards
2008 3rd Prize- “Sense of Place” International Print Exhibition, Windsor
Printmakers Forum, Jurors- Ian Baxter, James Patton and Nancy Stojka
4th Prize- Kochi International Triennial Print Exhibition, Japan
2007 Nova Scotia Arts Council Creation/Production Grant
2004 Purchase Prize, 13th Seoul Space Biennial, Seoul Korea
2003 Grant in Aid, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.
2002 Jurors Prize, Regional Juried Exhibition, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
2001 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2000 Queen’s University Fund for the Support of Artistic Production, Grant
1998 Ernst and Young Purchase Prize, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
1991 1st Prize, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Best Original Print Alberta Art Foundation Scholarship Graduate Research Assistantship
and Teaching Assistantship, University of Alberta
1989 Berol Prismacolour University Fine Art Scholarship
Collections
Nova Scotia Art Bank
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Open Studio Toronto Canada
Ernst and Young
Koffler Foundation
Queen’s University
University of Alberta Print Study Center
Taiwan Museum ROC
Tama Art University Foundation Tokyo Japan
Dong Nai Architecture Group Seoul Korea
Alberta Art Foundation
Solo Exhibitions
2009Upcoming- Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists, Edmonton Alberta, June
Upcoming- Open Studio Sales Gallery Exhibition 2009
2004 “Between States” SNAP Gallery (ARC), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2003 Mind Field , invited, Alternator (ARC), Kelowna British Columbia, Canada
2001 “Mind Fields”, Modern Fuel Parallel Gallery, Kingston Artists Association,Kingston Ontario, Canada
Selected National Juried and International Exhibitions
2008
2008 EPI Edmonton Print International Exhibition, Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists, Edmonton Alberta, Canada, Fall 2009
“Arena” The Art of Hockey, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax NS, Canada, Work scheduled to travel across Canada and to International
Venues including the Albright Knox in Buffalo NY through 2009
Kochi International Triennial Print Exhibition, Kochi Japan, 4th Prize
Biennale Voir-Grand (Large Print Biennial) Atelier Circulaire, Maison de la culture, Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension Gallery, Montreal Quebec, Canada
13th International Biennial PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION, ROC
Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Tai-Chung Taiwan, ROC
“Sense of Place” International Cross Border Print Exhibition, Windsor Printmakers Forum, Windsor ON, Canada, (touring Ontario) 3rd Prize
2007
- Urtopia, Selected Group Exhibition, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada
- Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax NS, Canada
- ROC Exhibition, Contiues to Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1st Maritime and Atlantic Printmakers International Print Exhibition cont’d, Includes work by print artists from China, Japan, Korea, UK, USA, and Canada, touring to China and Korea
2006
-12th International Biennial PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION, ROC Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Tai-Chung Taiwan, ROC -Travelling- Nov17th to Dec. 10th 2006 Angel Art Gallery IF #41, Hsin-Yi Rd., Sec. 3 Taipei
-4th BIMPE International Mini-Print Biennial Exhibition, Vancouver, BC
-1st Maritime and Atlantic Printmakers International Print Exhibition Includes work by print artists from China, Japan, Korea, UK, USA, and Canada
2005
4th International Print Biennale I’ estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivierres, Quebec, Canada
Novosibirsk Graphic Art Biennial, Novosibirsk, Russia
Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial (Invited), 70th Anniversary of the Foundation of Tama Art University,Tokyo, Japan
2004
13th Seoul Space Biennial, Seoul, Korea
11th Bharat Bhavan Biennial, Bhopal India
Aquaforta Contra Digital, Galeria Studio, Warsa Poland
Krakow Triennial, Main Exhibition, traveled to Oldenburg 2004, Poland
2003
-11th International Print and Drawing Exhibition, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, TaiChung Taiwan, ROC
-Krakow Triennial, Main Exhibition, Palace of Art, Krakow, Poland
-Aquaforta Contra Digital, Contemporary Art Gallery, Opale Poland
-The Fourth International Mini Print Biennial Cluj International Mini-print Biennial, Cluj Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1-25 (juried competition) Nov. 2003 Western Printmakers Exhibition and Symposium, Campbell River Public Art Gallery, Campbell River BC
2001
- Kanagawa International Print Triennial, Kanagawa, Japan
- 2nd Canadian Print Biennale I’ estampe de contemporaine, Trois-Rivierres, Quebec, Canada
2000
- 3rd International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Bitola 2000, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
- 1st BIMPE International Mini-Print Biennial Exhibition, Vancouver, BC
- Y2K (regional juried exhibition, Modern Fuel Gallery), Kingston, Ontario
1999
“99 Degrees” (regional juried exhibition), Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston Ontario
1997
“Works on Paper” (juried exhibition), three artists included Mark Bovey, Kai McCall and Gabrielle Sims, Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
Selected Invitational and Student Exhibitions
2006
Traversing Landscapes, Recent Work by Otis Tamasauskas and Mark Bovey, VERB Gallery, Kingston Ontario, Canada
“Botanica”- A portfolio of prints and Exhibition of work from Holland, USA and Canada, To be exhibited in the Hawaii and Amsterdam, Fall 2006
Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers Association Quarterly Newsletter Print Work
2005
“Portal”, ARTport Contemporary Group Exhibition, Port Shed 21, Organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
Eyelevel Members Exhibition Passamaquoddy Suite, A Collective Geography, Student and Faculty Portfolio Exchange Project between NSCAD University and The Maine College of Art exhibited in three venues including The Maine State House in Portland Maine, The Tides Institute and Museum in Eastport Maine and at the Anna Leonowns Gallery, NSCAD University
2004
IV Printmaking Festival 2004, Evora Portugal Open Studio Sales Gallery Exhibition, Toronto Ontario
2003
Southern Graphics Council Print Exchange and Exhibition, Mass. Art, Boston Mass, U.S.A. Open Studio Sales Gallery Exhibition, Toronto Ontario
2002
New Works on Paper by Mark Bovey, Briar Craig and Bill Laing, Art Ark, Kelowna, BC
Faculty Exchange Exhibition Okanagan University College and the University of Calgary, Calgary Alberta
“Flavio’s Stone” New work by Mark Bovey and Otis Tamasauskas Open Studio Sales Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, (juried) Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
2001
“Visions of Nine”, Group Exhibition, Wilson Room, Kingston Public Library, Kingston, Ontario
Group Exhibition, “Gallery September”, (invited group exhibition), 64 Rideau St., Kingston Ontario 2000 “
Lithographic Washes - Tusche and Toner”, International Invited Group Exhibition, Southern Graphics Council Conference, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Also Exhibited at the University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, U.S.A
“Sight and Insight”, Wilson Room, Kingston Public Library, Kingston, Ontario
1999
“Printmakers”, Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1998
“Printmakers”, Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada “Printmakers”, Edward Day Gallery, Yorkville - Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The works accompanied the Ernst and Young Great Canadian Printmaking Competition
1997
“Sightlines” An International Exhibition of Printmaking and Image Culture, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1992
M.V.A. Graduation Exhibition, F.A.B. Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1991
Traveling Exhibition of Prints at Maison dela Culture, Nimir, Belgim, included works from Loda Poland, Tokyo Japan, Brataz Pava in the former Czechoslovakia, and the University of Alberta Edmonton
“Lasting Impressions” Friends of Printmaking Portfolio Exhibition, F.A.B. Gallery, University of Alberta, and Art Evo City Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
International Student Print Exhibition, Show included works from schools across Japan and Alberta. Exhibited at each of the schools
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto Ontario
1989
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto Ontario
B.F.A. Graduating Exhibition, Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, Canada
Professional and Teaching Experience
2004-07 Assistant Professor, 2nd Appointment, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2001-05 Printmaking Instructor, Sir Sanford Fleming College, Haliburton School of the Arts, Summer Art Program, Halliburton, Ontario
2003-04 Assistant Professor, Sabbatical Replacement for Erik Edson, Mount Allison University, Sackville New Brunswick
2003 Adjunct Professor- Summer, 2003, Department of Art Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
2002-2003 Assistant Professor, Sabbatical Replacement for Doug Biden, Oakanagan, University College, Kelowna, B.C. Intaglio/ Relief Printmaking, Advanced Drawing, Two Dimensional Structures
1999-2002 Adjunct Instructor, Intro. Printmaking (intaglio, relief, monotype and transfer) Department of Art Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Printmaking Technician, half of each year, Department of Art, Queen’s University
1998 Printmaking Sabbatical Replacement (for Carl Heywood- senior silkscreen printing), Department, of Art, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1998- 2002 Printmaking Instructor, Sir Sanford Fleming College, Halliburton School of the Arts, Summer Art Program, Halliburton, Ontario
1997 Printmaking Sabbatical Replacement, (senior lithography and independent study), Department of Art, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
Workshops
2008 OCAD, Toronto, ON Canada, The implementation of Estisol as a replacement for VOC’s in studio practice
2006 The Poetry of Images Through the Matrix, photo-copy transfer methods for copper, St. Michaels Print-shop, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2002 “New Approaches to Lithography”, Printmaking as a Mobile Language, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Assisted Prof. Otis Tamasauskas, Presentation on New Creative Approaches to Lithography, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.
1996-1997 Lithography Workshops, Kingston School of Art, Kingston, Ontario
Presented by
Open Studio, Toronto