Bio

Awarded Education Leave for 2013, Langara College

Education Leave, Langara College

Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

Education Leave, Langara College

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

Still Dancing, galerie MX, Montreal, Quebec

Wordless Songs, Gevik Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Wild Jungle Song, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC

Within Living Memory, South Main Gallery, Vancouver, BC

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

Colour Bound, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC

A Blaze of Glory, galerie MX, Montreal, Quebec

Coarse Too Tender, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Core Theory, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

Core Quest, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Core Samples, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

Aurora Flow, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Recent Works, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

Banners & Standards, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC

With Flying Colours, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC

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

Full Fathom, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC

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

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

Sound Bytes, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

Zambesi Zone, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

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

Scott Plear, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria – Art Rental

Scott Plear – Recent Paintings

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

Scott Plear Paintings, Wade Gallery, Vancouver, BC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summer Tributes, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC

Criss-Cross, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC

Celebrating 25 Years, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Remote Viewing, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna BC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Three from Vancouver, Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

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

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

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

Saskatchewan Invitational Artists' Workshop, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan

First Mbile International Artists' Workshop, Siavonga, Zambia

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

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

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

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

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