CURRICULUM VITAE OF ROBIN de LAVIS
EDUCATION
2002 Diploma of Classical Animation, Vancouver Film School
1997 Diploma of Applied Arts, Honours
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo BC
1997 Certification in Small Business Practice -Art Consultation
Vancouver Island University
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
2009 Studies with Alex Grey, Visionary Art-scholarship
1997 Studies With Vladislav Andrejev, Russian Iconographer-full scholarship
1994 Professional Practices for Artists, Emily Carr Institute
1994 Studies with Comox Indian Band, Native Imagery and silk-screening
1990 Apprenticeship to Kurt Morrison, Master Goldsmith, Hornby Island, BC
1986 Apprenticeship to Wayne Ngan, Master Ceramist, Hornby Island, BC
1979-81 Fine Arts North Island College
SOLO SHOWS
2009 Dreaming, Arbutus Arts, Hornby Island, BC
2009 The Road to Home, Hornby Island Hall, Hornby Island, BC
2009 Flowers, Not Bombs. Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
2008 The Trees of Hornby Island, Hornby Island, BC
2007 Examinations, Hornby Island Hall, Hornby Island, BC
2006 Flowers Not Bombs, The ARC Gallery, Hornby Island, BC
2004 The Animated Landscape, Arbutus Arts, Hornby Island, BC
2000 Being, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC, Tony Martin, Curator
1999 ‘inversion’ Arbutus Art Gallery, Hornby Island, BC
1999 Infinite Imagery Nanaimo Arts Council Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2010 Mandala, Unity in Diversity ,
ARTROM Gallery, Artist Presentation Space, Rome, Italy
2009 Live at the Bolt, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, BC
2009 Spaces, Hornby Island Festival Art Show
2009 Blues Festival Art Show, Hornby Island, BC
2008 Close to the Heart, The ARC, Hornby Island, BC
2008 Hornby Island Artists, Feast in the Village, Vancouver, BC
2007 The Artist Trek, The ARC Gallery, Hornby Island, BC
2007 XL, Hornby Island Hall, Hornby Island, BC
2007 Work, Work, Work, International Artist Postcard Exhibit,
curated by Ed Varney, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, BC
2007 The View From Here: A Hornby Island Perspective
TOSH Gallery, Qualicum, BC
2006 Luminosa, Hornby Island Festival, curated by Ken Flett
2006 Transformation, with Cimarron Knight,
Hornby Island Hall, Hornby Island, BC
2005 Island Elements, Tsawassen Longhouse Gallery, Tsawassen, BC
2005 Beneath the Veil, Hornby Island Hall, Hornby Island, BC
2004 Digi-Fest Digital Art Festival, Hornby Island, BC,
2003 Merrickville Studio Tour, Guest Artist, Merrickville, Ont.
2003 REBOOT: where art and technology <click> Hornby Island, BC,
curated by Ann Newdigate,
2002 MANDALA with Tibetan Monks, Hornby Island, BC
2001 BC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, Fort St. John, BC
Awarded full scholarship to Vancouver Film School
1999 BC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, Victoria, BC
1998 Windows to Heaven Mystic, Connecticut, USA
1998 Wake up the Garden Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
curated by Pamela Speight
1998 Pacific Region Juried Art Show, Nanaimo Honorable Mention
1994 “Just Stumbling Along Between the Immensities of Birth and Death”,
Hornby Island, BC, with Penny McCullough and Cimarron Knight
1993 The Miniature World, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC,
curated by Janet McPhedran
1993 Images and Objects xi, BC Festival of the Arts, Trail, BC
1993 Wearable Art Show, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC
1992 The Chair Show, Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC, curated by Tony Martin
ANIMATED FILMS
2002 tempore.......
2002 A Horse, Some Rain, The Sun and a Cowboy
FILM SCREENINGS
2003 Damah International Film Festival, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wash.
PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES
1999 “artwork”-Celebrating BC’s Emerging Visual Artists
1997 Barros, Anne, “Ornament and Object: Canadian Jewellery and Metal Art”,
Pg. 128 Boston Mills Press, Toronto, Canada
1993 Gervais, Pearl, “Forward in the Spirit”, text pg. 259, photo pg. 88, Hignell
Press, Victoria
1993 Assembly of BC Arts Councils, Images and Objects X1, pg. 32
1992 Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC “Art of Cooking” pg 38
1992 Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC “The Chair Show” pg 10
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2009 Scholarship to study under visionary artist, Alex Grey
2006 Selected Delegate to International Symposium of the Arts,
“Artists With Conscience”, Victoria, BC
2001 Full Scholarship to the Vancouver Film School
1999 BC Festival of the Arts, Victoria BC (painting)
1998 Pacific Region Juried Art Show, Nanaimo
-Honorable Mention, (painting)
1998 Full Scholarship to study with Vladislav Andrejev, Russian Iconographer
1997 John Bodnar Award for Graphic Design
1996 Nanaimo Rotary Club Scholarship for Applied Arts
1996 BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union Scholarship for Applied Arts
1996 Dean’s Honour Roll, Malaspina University-College, Applied Arts
1996 BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union Scholarship
1993 Pacific Region Juried Art Show, Powell River
-AWARD OF EXCELLENCE (silver necklace)
1993 Comox Valley Juried Art Show, Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC
-HONORABLE MENTION (sculpture)
1992 Look ‘92, Tidemark Theatre, Campbell River, BC
-AWARD OF MERIT (silver necklace)
1991 Pacific Region Juried Show
-AWARD OF MERIT (clay sculpture)
1991 Comox Valley Juried Art Show
-TWO AWARDS OF MERIT (assemblage and clay sculpture)
1990 Comox Valley Juried Art Show
-AWARD OF EXCELLENCE (clay sculpture)
LECTURES AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTISE
2006 Hornby Island Artist Run Gallery, artist guest speaker, BC Arts and Culture Week
2003 Guest Lecturer, AGM of Hornby Island Arts Council on the subject of contemporary practice of Craft
2002 Guest lecturer in a series with Jerry Pethick, Annette Hurtig and Ann Newdigate. Subject: Moving Stills and the Digital Paintbox
1997-present, freelance Art Consultant and Graphic Designer
1989 founder of Cymharus Silverworks-handmade precious metal jewellery, owner artisan
1989-Workshop leader, “Clay as a Form of Extrovert Meditation”, Bethlehem
Monastary, Nanaimo, BC
1988 -Workshop leader in an International Forum, Creative Compassion, with
Matthew Fox, The Empress Hotel, Victoria BC
1981-1988-Earthen Vessels-handmade architectural renderings and tileworks,
AFFILIATIONS
1974 Founding member of the Comox Valley Art Gallery (as Robin Knight)
1993-present. Member of CARFAC
2000-2008- Executive director of Hornby Island Arts Council
Member of Hornby Island Artist Run Gallery
Member of Hornby Island Arts Council
COMMISSIONS
1988 Wall Hanging, Christ the King Church, Courtenay, BC
1986 Stained glass window, Emmaus Community Chapel, Courtenay, BC
PUBLIC WORK
1998 Street painting for Heritage Mews, Nanaimo, BC
1998 Two Street Banners for the Festival of Banners, Nanaimo, BC
1997 Two Street Banners for the Festival of Banners, Nanaimo, BC
1996 Mural for a 32’ cylindrical pole, Departure Bay, Nanaimo
