Jim Tanner   

Jim Tanner, B.Sc., B.F.A., M.F.A.

Associate Professor
Department of Creative Studies
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Office: FIN 173
Telephone: (250) 807-9773
Email: james.tanner@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Painting, Drawing,
Contemporary Realism

Education

 

1981-1983
MFA (Painting), University of Calgary

1973-1977
BFA With Distinction (Painting and Drawing), University of Calgary

1967-1971
BSc, Civil Engineering, University of Calgary

Teaching

2005-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Creative Studies
UBC Okanagan

2001-2005
Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts
Okanagan University College

1998-2001
Chair, Department of Fine Arts
Okanagan University College

1984-2001
College Professor, Department of Fine Arts
Okanagan University College

Recent Exhibitions

 

2006
See: Three Decades of Realist Painting at the University of Calgary
Mezzanine Gallery, University of Calgary

2006
40th Anniversary Alumni Web Exhibition
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Calgary

2006
Waterworks, British Columbia Members of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody BC

2005-2006
Limitless Potential, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour 80th Anniversary Exhibition
Varley Art Gallery, Markham ON
McMullen Gallery, Edmonton AB
Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie AB
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Point Claire PQ

2005
Unlimited Potential
Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener ON

2004
Open Water, The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour 79th Annual Open Juried Exhibition
Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto ON

2004
Faculty Art from Okanagan University College
Gallery II, Washington State University, Pullman WA, USA

2003
New Works from the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour Diploma Collection
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton ON

2002
Faculty Exchange
Little Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary AB

2001
Looking In/Looking Out: Lynn Crouch, Keith Harder, Eve Koch, Glen Semple, Wade Stout, and Jim Tanner
Mezzanine Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary AB

2001
Prints From Canada’s Pacific Province
Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2000
A Brush with History
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga ON

2000
Faculty Front
Glacier Gallery, Nelson, BC

Public Collections

 

Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Burnett, Duckworth and Palmer
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour Diploma Collection
Kelowna Art Gallery
PanCanadian Petroleum Limited

 

Selected Honours, Awards, Grants

 

2006
Pacific Terminals Award for Excellence in Watercolour Painting
(Waterworks: BC Members of the Canadian Association of Painters in Water Colour)

2004
Curry’s/Winsor Newton Award
(Open Water, The Canadian Society of Painters In Water Colour, 79th Annual Open Juried Exhibition)

2002
Okanagan University College Grant-in-Aid, Research Travel to Great Britain

1997
Elected to Membership in Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour

1994
Toose Art Award
(Open Water, The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour 69th Annual Open Juried Exhibition)

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click for larger Campfire  
Campfire

2003
oil on canvas
137 X 98 cm
 

click for larger Washing Up
Washing Up

2005
oil on canvas
122 X 91 cm

click for larger Fish Cleaning
Fish Cleaning

2004
watercolour on paper
74 X 54 cm

click for larger Old Sarum
Old Sarum
2003
watercolour on paper
75 X 55 cm

click for larger Hats
Hats
2002
oil on canvas
137 X 98 cm

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