Bio

Scott Plear, RCA, 

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Scott Plear, of Vancouver, Canada, graduated from the University of British Columbia with bachelor’s degrees in both science and fine arts. Plear has painted for more than 40 years, exhibiting in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

From 1986 to 2013, Plear was a faculty member in the Fine Arts Department of Langara College and served terms as department chair and division chair during that time. Since retiring from teaching in 2013, he has been painting full-time.

He attended the Emma Lake Artists’ Workshop five times from 1977 to 2000 and has completed several major commissions for Bentall Kennedy between 2007 and 2011.

He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) in 2004.

Awards

2012

Awarded Education Leave for 2013, Langara College

2007

Education Leave, Langara College

2004

Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

2001

Education Leave, Langara College

1977

Special University Prize, Head of the Graduating Class in Fine Arts, University of British Columbia

Solo Exhibitions

2018

Still Dancing, galerie MX, Montreal, Quebec

2017

Wordless Songs, Gevik Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2017

Wild Jungle Song, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC

2016

Within Living Memory, South Main Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2015

Double Blind, No Placebo, Bugera Matheson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2014

Colour Bound, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC

2013

A Blaze of Glory, galerie MX, Montreal, Quebec

2012

Coarse Too Tender, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2011

Core Theory, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2009

Core Quest, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2008

Core Samples, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2007

Aurora Flow, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2006

Recent Works, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2005

Banners & Standards, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2005

With Flying Colours, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC

2003

Harbingers, HSBC Bank Atrium, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2003

Full Fathom, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2001

Spiritus Forma, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC

1998

An Uncertain Journey, National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

1997

Sound Bytes, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1993

Zambesi Zone, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1994

Ten Painting Years, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC

1990

Scott Plear, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria – Art Rental

1987

Scott Plear – Recent Paintings

1987

Exhibition organized by the Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC, travelling to the Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, & Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC

1985

Scott Plear Paintings, Wade Gallery, Vancouver, BC

International Exhibitions

2012

Paia Contemporary Gallery, Paia, Hawaii, USA (group)

2011

Paia Contemporary Gallery, Paia, Hawaii, USA (group)

2007 & 2010

Bounty: A Case of Preposterous Optimism, Morley College Gallery, London, UK, and at APT Gallery, Deptford, London, UK (group)

1996

Harlech Biennale 1996, Harlech, Wales, UK (group)

1996

Scott Plear – Painting Exhibition, British Columbia House, London, England, UK (solo)

1993

Mbile International Artists’ Workshop Exhibition, Lusaka, Zambia (group)

1990

North of the Border, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, USA (group)

1988

Painting Exhibition, Eva Cohn Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA (group)

Group Exhibitions

2013

Station Arts Centre, Group Show from Darrell Bell Gallery, Rosthern, Saskatchewan

2012

Summer Tributes, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC

2011

Criss-Cross, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC

2010

Celebrating 25 Years, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2009

Remote Viewing, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna BC

2004

Abstract Artists: Charles Killam and Scott Plear, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2002

Jerusalem, Jewish Community Centre, Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1999

Cuillin Bantock/ David Lemon/ Scott Plear, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.

1996

Metamorphosis, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.

1995

By Example, exhibition of Langara College Fine Arts Department Faculty Members, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.

1994

My Own Space, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta - The Abstract Image, Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1993

My Own Space, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta - Driven to Abstraction, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C.

1992

Bonifacho, Gordon Caruso, Scott Plear - Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1991

Jonathan Forrest & Scott Plear, Vik Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta - Aspects of Abstraction, 291 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1988

Emma Lake 1988, Buschlen/Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1986

The Joy of Form, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.

1984

Keller, Christie, Perehudoff, Plear, The Gallery/art placement inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1983

The Current Generation, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta - Dealing with Colour, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.

1982

First Annual B.C. Festival of the Arts, Kamloops, B.C.

1981

The West Face, Charles Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C., B.C. Currents, Sarnia Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario

1981

Three from Vancouver, Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1979

Malaspina Printmakers 5th Annual Exhibition, Presentation House, North Vancouver, B.C.

1977

9th Burnaby Biennial Print Exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby B.C., RCA, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Corporate & Public Collections

Art Bank, Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario

Art Gallery of Alberta, (formerly the Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC

Bentall Capital, Calgary Alberta

B.C. Investment Management Corporation, Victoria, BC

Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC

Campney & Murphy, Vancouver, BC

Canpotex Corporation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Coast Hotels, Vancouver, BC

Hu Eliot Young Law Firm, Edmonton. Alberta

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC

Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Montrose Mortgage Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Petroleum Club, Edmonton, Alberta

Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC

Saint Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC

Sharecom Industries, DeWinton, Alberta

SITQ – Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Montreal

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary. Alberta

Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC

TransAlberta Corporation, Calgary, Alberta

Triangle Arts Association (Ltd.), New York, New York

Westburne Collection, Montréal, Quebec

Bibliography

Bingham, Russell, Canadian Contemporary Art - The Current Generation, Update Magazine, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Vol. 4, No. 4, July/August 1983

Bouchard, Gilbert, Feeling, emotion produce joy in vibrant colours, Preview, Edmonton Journal, Friday, March 10, 2006, F6

Bouchard, Gilbert, Driven to Abstraction by Gallery Walk, Edmonton Journal, Friday, November 16, 2004

Boulet, Roger H., Scott Plear, Recent Paintings, Update Magazine, The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1987, First Issue

Canadian Who’s Who 2022 Volume LIV

Moffett, Kenworth, Moffett's Artletter, Volume 1, Number 10, December 1986

Commissions &
Special Projects

2015

Gifted Painting, Deep River, library, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library, Surrey Campus, Surrey, BC

2011

Painting Commission, The Other Sleep Empire, British Columbia Investment, Management Corporation at Livingston Place, South Tower, Calgary, Alberta

2011

Painting Commission, Thermal Core, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and SITQ - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Montreal, 1075 West Georgia Street, Vancouver BC

2008

Gifted Painting, Big Bam Boo, Langara College Library, Vancouver, BC

2007

Painting Commission, Alberta Aurora, British Columbia Investment, Management Corporation, at Livingston Place, West Tower Calgary, Alberta

1980

Designed chapel windows for Westminster Abbey Benedictine Monastery Church, Mission, B.C., through L. Haufschild and Associates Ltd

Guest Lecturer

2010

Morley College, Lambeth, London, UK, Don’t Let the Truth Get in the Way of a Good Story: The Story of Mutiny on the Bounty in Film and at APT Gallery, Deptford, London, UK in 2007

1998

National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

1991

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. Tour and discussion of the exhibition, Flat Side of the Landscape - The Emma Lake, Artists' Workshops, curated by John O'Brian

1987

Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

1986

Department of Art, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta

Guest Artist

2000

Saskatchewan Invitational Artists' Workshop, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan

1993

First Mbile International Artists' Workshop, Siavonga, Zambia

Academic Positions

1986 - 2013

Faculty Member, Fine Arts Department Langara College, Vancouver, B.C. (retired)

1994 - 2001

Division Chair, Creative Arts Division Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.

1992 - 1994

Department Chair, Fine Arts Department, Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.

1983

Assistant Professor, Extra Sessional Studies, Spring Session, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

1978 & 1979

Visiting Member, Summer Session, Extra Sessional Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.