LES THOMAS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Beare, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
2008 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2007 Arrested Images, Udell Contemporary, Calgary
2006 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2003 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2001 Bilder Galleries Due, Bochum, Germany
2000 Photoshop Paintings, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
1998 Recent Paintings, Masters Gallery, Vancouver
1996 Illuminated by Colour, Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat
1995 Recent Landscapes, Front Gallery, Edmonton
1994 Still Life Paintings, Front Gallery, Edmonton
1993 Singular Adventures, GSL Galleries, London, England
1992 Paint-ings by…, Alberta House, London, England
1992 English Landscapes, Front Gallery, Edmonton
1991 Small Paintings, Front Gallery, Edmonton
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Best of the best”, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2004 “Art Blooms”, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2000 Canadian Survey, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Three Young Artists, Masters Gallery, Calgary
1999 Eat the Music, The Little Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary
1998 Nineteen-Ninety-Eight, Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary (Juried)
1997 Neoteric, Beaver House, Edmonton (Juried: AFA Collection)
1997 Paint-ings, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta (Juried)
1996 Face to Face, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
1996 ECAS Annual Exhibition, Strathcona Arts Centre, Edmonton (Juried)
1996 Still Life, McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton (Juried)
1995 40 Degrees Celsius, Commerce Place Gallery, Edmonton (Juried)
1995 Introducing… The Glenbow Museum and Art Gallery, Calgary
1993 Four Young Painters, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
1991 Real Life: Observed, Harcourt House Art Gallery, Edmonton
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2000-1 Contributor of Art Review: Calgary Strait (Independent Arts Newspaper: Calgary)
1998-9 Full-time Sabbatical Replacement: Painting, Drawing, Fundamentals, Augustana Univeristy College, Camrose, Alberta
1997-8 Graduate Teaching Assistant: Senior Level Painting and Open Studio, Univeristy of Calgary, Alberta
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Art Theory and Criticism, University of Calgary, Alberta
AWARDS
2000-2001 Alberta Foundation for Arts Project Grant
1999-2000 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
1999 Canada Council Travel Grant
1999 College Art Association: Travel Grant (Los Angeles, California)
1998-1999 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
1998 Governor General’s Gold Medal Award: Nominee (University of Calgary)
1996-1997 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
1996 Dean’s Special Entrance Scholarship (University of Calgary)
1994-1995 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Projects Grant
1992-1993 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Projects Grant
1992 Winspear Education Development Scholarship
1991 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travel Grant
1991 British Council Grant (Slade School of Fine Art)
1990 Florence Adison Scholarship: Painting (University of Alberta)
1990 Alberta Heritage Scholarship: Painting (University of Alberta)
1989 Seven Arts Club Award: Painting (University of Alberta)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004 Connoly, Dayna. “New Work a Must See”. April 21.
2001 “Rote Flamingo und viel Wachs: Les Thomas stellt in der Galerie Due aus”, WAZ, May 19.
PUBLICATIONS / CONFERENCES
1999 “Painting in the Digital Age”, 87th Anuual CAA Conference: Los Angeles, California
1998 600 Years of Coloured Mud, Graduate Studies Thesis: University of Calgary (Published)
1997 “The Quandaries of Art School Education”, In- Tention Conference: Univeristy of Calgary (Published)
1996 “Beholden to Beauty: Revisiting Kant”, Vancouver Art Gallery/ Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
COLLECTIONS
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
The Canada Arts Council
Air Canada
University of Calgary
Ranger Oil (England)
Alberta House (London, England)
Grant MacEwan Community College
Hilton Hotels (Whistler, BC)
Avenir Capital Corporation (Calgary)
Shaw Cable
Nesbitt Cable
GLS (London, England)