Bio

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.