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DESTANNE NORRIS

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DESTANNE NORRIS

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Norris was awarded a BFA (Honours) Degree in Painting and Drawing from the University of Victoria in British Columbia in 1987 and a Master of Fine Art Degree by Research at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia in 2009.
 
The natural environment is the source of Norris’ inspiration and explorations. Her work is based on her direct experience where investigation, memory and imagination are amalgamated into her visual language. Norris paints and draws intuitively, allowing the subject to dictate the methodology and style. An overarching theme in her landscape painting is the mirroring of ‘inscape and landscape’.
Norris’ paintings have been exhibited in Public, University and Artist-Run galleries in Canada, Australia and Germany. Her paintings have been to many national and international private collectors and found in corporate and public collections.

Norris had a visceral connection between existence and spirituality inspired by loss that is expressed in her book, Leah’s Gift: A Story about Reframing Loss - which features images of artworks - published in 2020. In addition, a documentary film, Beneath the Painted Surface, about her art-life created released in 2020 by independent filmmaker Brian Taylor of En Queue Film is available to be watched on You Tube.
 
Curriculum Vitae 
Education
2009    MFA Degree, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
            Thesis: painted pools: a lens into subjectivity
1987    BFA (Honours) Degree, (Painting and Drawing), University of Victoria, BC
            
Professional Development Courses and Workshops
2019    Toni Onley Artists’ Project 2019 for Professional and Emerging Artists,   
            Diana Thorneycroft and Peter von Tiesenhausen, Wells, BC
2019    Pleinair Magazine’s 8th Annual Plein Air Convention & Expo, San   
            Francisco, CA, USA
2013    Direct Expressive Painting in Acrylic Workshop, Rick Cepella, Lake           
            Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
2007    Strategies for Teaching Art, Professional Development Workshop,
            Gallery Vertigo and the British Columbia Arts Council, Vernon, BC
1998    Brian Ayteo Workshop, River Rock Studio, Cochrane, AB
1997    Art by the Lake, David Alexander, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
1997    Canadian Society of Watercolour Painters, Doris McCarthy, Jasper, AB

Solo Exhibitions
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2021    Dream Time, Hidden Garden Gallery, New Denver, BC
2021    The Wellsian Series, Member Exhibition, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2018    Stellar: Grounded in the Dark Night Sky, Jasper Yellowhead Museum &   
            Archives, Jasper, AB
2017    Stellar, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2011    Selected Works from the Embodied Pool Series, Kalamalka Vertigo,
            Okanagan College Kalamalka Campus, Vernon, BC
2008    Selected Paintings and Projected Images – painted pools: a lens
            into subjectivity, fina Gallery, University of British Columbia
            Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
2005    painted pools: a lens into subjectivity, MFA Graduation
            Exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2004    The Feeling of What Happens, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2002    Recent Paintings, The Gallery at JPL, Jasper, AB
2001    The Rockies Larger than Life, The Gallery at JPL, Jasper, AB
2000    New Landscape Paintings, The Gallery at JPL, Jasper, AB
2000    Alberta Passages, Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1996    Leah’s Gift, Sunrise Gallery, Jasper, AB

Two – Four Artist Exhibitions
2018    Running with The Ball: Jane Everett, Destanne Norris, Reg Kienast &           
            Amber Powell, The Drawers - Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
2014    Sotto Voce: Wanda Lock & Destanne Norris, Lake Country Art 
            Gallery, Lake Country, BC2011    Ebb & Flow ~ Equilibrium: Brent Bukowski, Judy DesBrisay & Destanne                                                  
            Norris, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC
             
 
Group Exhibitions
2022  I Am Here: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces, Art Gallery of
          Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
2022  The Sunflower Wayfinder Project: Seed by Seed, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon,    
           BC
2022  I Am Here: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces, Art Gallery of 
          Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
2022  The Sunflower Wayfinder Project: Seed by Seed, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon,    
           BC
2021   You are not Alone: An International Mail Art Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2021   Portraits of Resilience, online exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto,
           Ontario
2021   On the Edge, (Online) Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2021   Or, SOS, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
2021   Art of Water V, presented by James May Gallery online through Artsy
2021   Voice and Land, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
2020   Dust to Dust: Artists exploring death and transition, Salmon Arm Art     
           Centre, Salmon Arm, BC
2020   Not This, Not That, Members’ Exhibition, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2020   You are not Alone: An International Mail Art Exhibition, Penticton Art   
           Gallery, Penticton, BC
2019   OkanAWEgan, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
2018   CORrE, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
2007-2021 Summer & Winter Exhibition, Gallery Odin, Silver Star Mt., BC
2016    Expressions of Death: Personal Journeys, Alternator Centre for        
            Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
2010    Marking Identity, Kelowna Art Gallery Members’ Exhibition, Kelowna
             Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2010    10: The Tenth Annual North Okanagan Artists Alternative’s Open
            Members’ Exhibition, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2010    Autumn Art Expo, VISAC Art Gallery, Trail, BC
2009    ROW: Reflections on water, Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art
            and History, Nelson, BC
2007    Green, Juried Members’ Exhibition, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, B
2006    Nucleus, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2004    CAST Annual Members’ Exhibition, Hobart, Australia
2004    Propinquity and Distance, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2002    Converging Landscapes, Leighton Foundation, Calgary, AB
2001    Members’ Exhibition, SA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC 
2000    In the Artist’s Eye: Mount Alberta, Jasper Museum, Jasper, AB
1999    Reflections of Jasper National Park, Jasper Museum, Jasper, AB
1998   Members’ Exhibition, SA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC
1995    Wildlife, Landscapes and Wildflowers, Jasper Museum, Jasper, AB
 
Travelling Exhibition
2001-2003      Blooming Prairie, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition
Juried Exhibition from the Alberta Society of Artists
Produced by the Edmonton Art Gallery
 
Paintings in Collections
Acrobat Results Marketing Inc.
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Allan Brooks Nature Centre
Alpine Village
Bennett Jones LLP
Caetani Cultural Centre
Canadian Farm Credit Corporation
Consulate General, Japan
Dexter Realty
Fairmont Banff Springs
Finning Canada
Jasper Inn
Parks Canada, Jasper National Park
Penticton Art Gallery
Sherritt Greene LLP
Simpson’s Num-Ti-Lodge
Whistler Hotel
Private Collections in Canada, USA, Asia, Australia, Europe
 
Artist in Residence Programs
2016   Mountain Galleries, Artist-in-Residence, Banff, AB
2015   Fresh! AiR, Artist-in-Residence, Caetani Cultural Centre and Allan Brooks
            Nature Centre, Vernon, BC
2010   Mountain Galleries, Artist-in-Residence, Whistler, BC
2002   Simpson’s Num-Ti-Lodge Artist-in-Residence, AB
2001   The Leighton Foundation: Visiting Artists Program, Rocky Mountain
            Ranch, AB
2001    Brewsters’ Artist-in-Residence, Columbia Icefields, AB
1999    Brewsters’ Artist-in-Residence, Columbia Icefields, AB
1998    Gushul Studio Artist-in-Residence, (University of Lethbridge), Blairmore, AB
 
 
Artist Presentations

​2021    The Creative Flow of Self Trust, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC
2021    Life, Healing, Nature & Art – An Artists Journey, Online, Federation of
            Canadian Artists, Vernon, BC
2021    Leah’s Gift Online Author Talk, Okanagan Regional Library, Kelowna, BC
2018    Portal to Imagination: an artist’s journey, Jasper-Yellowhead Museum &   
            Archives, Jasper, AB
2018    Portal to Imagination: a passage to creativity, Vernon Women in
            Business, Vernon, BC
2018    Leah’s Gift: a story of hope, faith and love, Storytelling Tuesdays,    
            Balance Well-Being Centre Inc., Kelowna, BC
2017    Stellar, Public Artist Presentation, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2017    An Artist’s Journey to the Jasper Dark Sky Festival and the Stars,    
            Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Kelowna Chapter, Kelowna, BC
2017    Experiences (& more) as a Guest Artist at the Jasper Dark Sky Festival,     
            Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Vernon Chapter, Vernon, BC
2016    Life, Healing & Art, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
2016    Creative Flow of Self Trust: An Artist’s Journey, OPUS, Kelowna, BC
2015    Whether from the Centre, Allan Brooks Nature Centre, Vernon, BC
2014    Sotto Voce: Artist Walk & Talk, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake
            Country, BC
2012    Creative Flow of Self Trust: An Artist’s Journey, Okanagan Artists of     
            Canada, Vernon Community Art Centre, Vernon, BC
2011    Life, Nature, Art & Healing, Public Artist Presentation, Lake Country Art
            Gallery, Lake Country, BC
2011    Life, Nature, Art & Healing, Public Artist Presentation, Gallery Vertigo,
            Vernon, BC
2010    Life, Nature, Art & Healing, Guest Artist Presentation, Second year
            Studio Theory, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
2010    Life, Nature, Art & Healing, Public Artist Presentation, VISAC Art Gallery,
            Trail, BC
 2002    Leah’s Gift, Artist Presentation, Psychology Students University of
           Alberta continuing education course, Jasper, AB
1997       Leah’s Gift, Artist Presentation, After-Eight Club, Edmonton, AB
 
Awards and Grants
​
2019    Bernie Cattani Scholarship, South Okanagan Community Foundation, BC
2004    Graduate Research Support Scheme, University of Tasmania, Australia
1997    Arts Jasper Scholarship, AB
1993    Arts Jasper Scholarship, AB
1986    Victoria Arts Council Bursary, BC
1986    Academic Scholarship, University of Victoria, BC
1985    Academic Scholarship, University of Victoria, BC
1985    M.H. Mooney Fine Arts Bursary, University of Victoria, BC
1984    Credit Union Foundation Bursary, University of Victoria, BC
1981    Academic/Athletic Scholarship, Selkirk College, BC     
1980    Athletic Scholarship, University of British Columbia, BC
 
Publications as Author
  • Destanne Norris. ‘Transformed’. Sageing with Creative Spirit, Grace & Gratitude, Number 35, Winter 2021. Available online www.sageing.ca
  • Destanne Norris. Leah’s Gift: A Story about Reframing Loss. Balboa Press, 2020
  • Destanne Norris. ‘Portal to Imagination’. OutdoorPainter.com March 2020. Available online www.outdoorpainter.com
  • Destanne Norris. ‘Portal to Imagination: a passage to creativity’. Sageing with Creative Spirit, Grace & Gratitude, Number 26, Summer 2018. Available online www.sageing.ca
 
Citings in Publications and Catalogs
  • ‘Auction highlights needs for grief services’, Jennifer Smith, Vernon Morning Star, 04/11/21
  • ‘Or, SOS’ (curatorial statement in exhibition catalogue), Julie Oakes, Headbones Gallery 2021
·       ‘OkanAWEgan’ (curatorial statement in exhibition catalogue), Julie Oakes,Headbones Gallery, 2019
·       ‘CORrE’ (curatorial statement in exhibition catalogue), Julie Oakes,Headbones Gallery, 2018
  • ‘Stellar: Grounded in the Dark Night Sky’, (exhibition catalogue), Mountain Galleries and Jasper Yellowhead Museum & Archives, 2018
·       ‘Running with the Ball’, (curatorial statement in exhibition catalogue), Julie Oakes, Headbones Gallery, 2018
  • ‘Stellar’, (curatorial statement in catalogue), Lubos Culen, Vernon Public Art Gallery, 2017
  • ‘Grounded in the Dark Night Sky’ (Stellar catalogue essay), Katie Brennan, Vernon Public Art Gallery, 2017
  • 'Narrative paintings of the vast cosmos', Parker Crook, Vernon Morning Star, 28/07/17
  • 'Painter seeks answers in space', Emily Corrie, Okanagan Advertiser, 03/08/17
  • ‘INSIDE to OUTSIDE: art as an act of claiming’ (catalogue essay), Katie Brennan, Curator, Sotto Voce The Lake Country Art Gallery, 2014
  • ‘Presentation focuses on healing through art’, Morning Star Staff, The Morning Star, 26/01/11
  • ‘Reflect on water at Touchstones’, Anna Heywood-Jones, Express, 09/09/09
  • ‘Row: Reflections on water’ (curatorial statement), Deborah Thompson, Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, 2009
  • Visual artist’s exhibition features six-foot square pieces’, Christine
            Pilgrim, The Daily Courier: Vernon Edition, 10/10/08
  • ‘Artist takes a dive in her painted pool: Life continues to flow for Norris’, Kristin Froneman, The Morning Star, 31/01/07
  • ‘Propinquity and Distance: Self-portraiture in Contemporary Painting Practice’ (catalogue essay), Mary Pridmore, Carnegie Gallery, 200
  • ‘Propinquity and Distance’, Joerg Andersch, The Saturday Mercury, 27/11/04
  • ‘Artists dominate and dazzle’, John Briggs, The Saturday Mercury, 20/05/04
  • ‘The feeling of what happens’, Joerg Andersch, The Saturday Mercury, 28/08/04
  • ‘Local artist headed down under’, Quintin Winks, The Jasper Booster, 11/12/02
  • ‘In the Artist’s Eye: Mount Alberta’ (catalogue essay), Wendy Wacko, Jasper Museum, 1999
  • ‘Galleries: Best Bets’, Calgary Herald Entertainment Guide, 04/05/00
  • ‘Calendar girls market unique reflections of Jasper’, Nick Lees, The Edmonton Journal, 07/03/99
  • ‘Leah’s gift a tribute’, Heather Berezowski, The Jasper Booster, 06/12/96

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