Judges

Jean Pederson, AWS, AFCA, CSPWC, CWA, CIPA

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Jean is the author of "Exressive Portraits: Creative Methods for Painting People". She has been painting for over twenty years, balancing her strong teaching abilities, and writing with her continuing aspiration to convey her ideas in visual form.

Jean's traditional practice includes referential imagery of people, still life, landscape and abstraction. The layering of a variety of media offer Jean an assortment of possibilities within her work: quality of edge, line and texture all play a role within her imagery. Although Pederson is well known for her mastery of watercolours, mixed media has become an important venue for her creative expression.

"Finding a way to express the human figure in a language that relects the twenty-first century is perhaps the greatest challenge in figurative work today. Figurative painting has long extablished global history. Most cultures represented the human form early on in the developement of their iconography. We are hard pressed to find a period in art history when the human figure wasn't drawn, painted or sculpted. Representing the figure has always been a thoroughly satisfying experience for me, from my first figure drawing class in university to connecting with my sitters in my studio today. Capturing the human spirt is very rewarding. My paintings reflect ideas and issues faced by people in my community. The subjects in my paintings are people I have met and felt compelled to paint." 

Jean Pederson has exhibited her work internationally in China, London England, Stockholm Sweden, New York - United Nations, San Francisco, Mexico and across Canada. She is also a Signature Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.

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Solo Exhibitions

2011 – Centre 64 Public Gallery, Kimberley, B.C. 
2011 – Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, Estevan Saskatchewan
2010 – Red Deer District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta
2010 – The Avens Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
2009 – Pynlogs Public Gallery, Invermere, B.C.
2007 - Birchwood Gallery, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2005 - Leighton Centre, Calgary, Alberta
2002 - Birchwood Gallery, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
1998 - Unisource Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

Selected Exhibitions 

2011 – C.W.A. National Exhibition, Gallery Concord, Concord CA
2010 – C.I.P.A. International Portrait Exhibition, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta
2010 – 09, 08,07, 06, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00- CSPWC Open water Exhibition, Toronto
2010 - China International Invitational Water Media Exhibition, Jiangsu Water Color Institute
2010 – T.W.S.A. International Exhibition, Kenosha Public Museum, WI
2009 – Drawing Project 2009, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2008 – Triangle Gallery Artist’s Circle Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta
2008 – 06, 05, 01 - A.W.S. 134th International Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, N.Y., N.Y.
2008 – C.I.P.A. International Portrait Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta
2008 - 07 – China International Invitational Water Media Exhibition, Jiangsu Water Color Institute
2007 - 05, 03,02,01,00 - C.W.S. National Exhibition, Academy of Art University Gallery, San Francisco
2007 - 06, 03 – N.W.W.S. 63rd Exhibition, Artists Gallery, Seattle
2006 - CIPA National Open Exhibition, Red Deer Museum, Red Deer
2006 – T.W.S.A. 30th International Exhibition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2005 - 04, 03 – Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2004 – CIPA National Exhibition, Calgary
2004 - C.S.P.W.C. 80th Anniversary Traveling Exhibition
2002 – 2003 International Watercolour Exhibition, National Watercolour Museum, 
Mexico City, Mexico
2002 - Search for the Human Essence, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Albert
2001 - Royal Collection Exhibition, traveling exhibition: Canada House, London, 
England: O’Connor Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario
2000 - A Brush With History: The first 75 Years, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 
Mississauga, Ontario
2000 - Your World In The Year 2000, International Exhibition, Winsor and 
Newton, traveling exhibition: New York (United Nations):  London, England: Stockholm, 

Sweden    

1999 – 2000    Mexico/ Canadian Watercolour Exhibition, Mexico
1996 – 2010    The Alicat Gallery, Bragg Creek, Alberta
1996 – 2000    The Artnest Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

Public Collections

The Royal Collection, London, England
Laramie Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

Selected Corporate and Private Collections

Covenant Real Estate, Alberta
Fairchild Resources, Alberta
Kinderhook Resources - Alberta
The Mustard Seed - Alberta
A.G.R.A. Collection - Alberta
Phillips Bros. – Alberta
Diploma Collection, C.S.P.W.C. - Ontario
Doris McCarthy – Ontario
Agrium Collection – Alberta

Affiliations

Sponsored by Winsor and Newton 
American Watercolor Society (AWS Signature Member)
Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists (CIPA Senior Signature Member)
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (C.S.P.W.C.)
Alberta Society of Artists (A.S.A.  Signature Member)
Federation of Canadian Artists (SFCA Senior Signature Member)
California Watercolor Association (MCWA Master Signature Member)

Selected Awards

2011 – Jurors Award- C.W.A.-Gallery  Concord – San Francisco 
2010 – Walter J. Philips Award- CIPA- Mount Royal University
2010 - Finalist – The Artist’s Magazine – Experimental– U.S.A.
2009 - The Charles Comfort Medal –C.S.P.W.C. - Leighton Centre, Alberta 
2009 – Swinton Award- C.S.P.W.C.
2008 - The Charles Comfort Medal– C.S.P.W.C.  Toronto, Ontario
2008 – Mario Cooper & Dale Meyers Medal – A.W.S. 141st International Exhibition, N.Y.
2007 – Certificate of Honor with Medal – Jiangsu Water Color Research Institute -China
2007 – Jarvis Award – C.S.P.W.C. – Toronto, ON
2007 – Presidents award – C.S.P.W.C. – Toronto, ON
2007 – M. Graham Award – N.W.W.S. International Exhibition – Seattle - Washington
2006 – Daler-Rowney Award – CSPWC –Open Water International Exhibition -Toronto
2006 – Merit Award – T.W.S.A. International Exhibition – Elmhurst, IL
2006 – Honorable Mention – N.W.W.S. International Exhibition – Seattle - Washington
2005 – Grand Prize – Painting on the Edge International Exhibition -Vancouver
2005 – Early Achievement Award – Presented for the first time by the F.C.A – Vancouver, Canada
2005 - Finalist – The Artist’s Magazine – Portraits – U.S.A.
2004 – Best Water Media of Show – CIPA Nation Exhibition – Masters Gallery- Calgary
2004 – Finalist – The Artist’s Magazine – Portraits – U.S.A.
2003 - Opus Award – Paintings on the Edge International Exhibition -Vancouver
2003 – Finalist – Artist’s Magazine – Portraits - U.S.A.
2003 - Silver Medal, Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists - Canada
2002 - Gold Medal, New York Adirondacks International Exhibition - U.S.A. 
2002 –Honorable Mention – Artist’s Magazine Competition - U.S.A.
2001 - A.W.S. - Silver Medal of Honor - U.S.A.
2001 - C.W.A. - Silver Medal - U.S.A.
2001 - Finalist - Artists Magazine - Portraits - U.S.A.
2000 - C.S.P.W.C. - S.J. Sloan Award - A Brush with History - Ontario
2000 - C.S.P.W.C. - H. K. Holbein Award - Open Watercolour Exhibition - Ontario
2000 - Watercolour West - National Watercolour Society Award U.S.A.
1999 - Honorable Mention - Artists’ Magazine - Portraits - U.S.A.
1999 - The Evans Award - Vancouver, B.C.
1999 - 1st Place - Signature Show, Western Canadian Artists F.C.A. - Alberta
1998 - 4th Place - Windsor and Newton International Watercolour Competition - U.S.A.

Selected Publications

Contributing Artist for North Light Publication “Sketchbook Confidentials” 2010 Watercolor Artist/Magic 2011, 10, 2008, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01
Author of “Artists Pocket Guide to Better Painting” 2010 
CCP Video of Jean’s work available in 2010
American Artist Watercolor Summer Issue- Feature article, 2009
Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Article by Karen Cotton June 16, 2009
Feature Water Media Artist for Daniel Smith International 2009 Catalogue 
Author of “Expressive Portraits: Creative Methods for Painting People” North Light Pub., fall 2007
Artist’s Magazine 2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 01, 02, 01, and 99
Canada’s Who’s Who 2011, 10, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02 Editions
International Artist 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
Splash 10, 9, 8 - F& W Publications – 2007, 06, 04
Magazin’Art – October - 2005
The First Seventy Years - Historical Book A.S.A. – 2000    
Our World in the Year 2000 - Windsor and Newton

Teaching

Contributing Editor for “The Artist’s Magazine”
Chairperson for National CSPWC Water Media Symposium- University of Calgary
Red Deer College – Series 2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04
Alberta College of Art and Design - Extension, 2000 - 2010
C.B.E. - Art Education, 1985-1999
Variety of workshops taught to groups across Canada/ U.S.A.

Education

1985 – B.Ed. from the University of Calgary   (Major in Fine Arts)
1983 – B.P.E. from the University of Calgary   

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