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
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)
Solo Exhibitions
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
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