Anna Syperek, CSPWC

EDUCATION:

1969-1971 Fine Arts Program, Concentration on Drawing and Painting

York University, Toronto, Ontario

1977-1980 B.F.A., Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2005 Old New Scotland, Traveling Exhibit, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, N.S.,

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S., Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Gaelic College, Isle of Skye,

Scotland, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

2004 Quiet Hours, Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, N.S.

2003 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.

2003 Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, N.S.

2001 Downeast Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2000 Lay of the Light, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S. and

City of Saint John Gallery, Saint John, N.B.

1997 Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, N.S.

1995 Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, N.S.

1995 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.

1992 Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, N.S.

1991 Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario

1991 St. Francis Xavier University Gallery, Antigonish, N.S.

1991 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.

1986 Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, N.S.

1986 Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, N.S.

1986 Market House, Annapolis Royal, N.S.

1984 St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.

1983 Gallery 1889, Tatamagouche, N.S.

1982 Wallack’s Art Editions, Ottawa, Ontario

1981 Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, N.S.

1973/76/79 St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S.

1980/83 Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, N.S.

1975/78 Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, N.S

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006 The First International Printmaking Biennial 2006, Maritime & Atlantic Printmakers Association,

Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, N.S., and

Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario

2006 Open Water, Annual Show, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, John D. Aird Gallery,

Toronto, Ontario

2006 A Gathering of Visions, Nova Scotia Printmakers Association, Acadia Univ., Wolfville, N.S.

2005 Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

2005 Unlimited Potential, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Homer Watson Gallery,

Kitchener, Ontario

2004 Celtic Colours, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, N.S.

2003 Inksmithing, Nova Scotia Printmakers Association Biannual Exhibition, St. F.X.U., N.S.

2002 Open Water, Annual show, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Halifax, N.S.

2002 Women of the Art Bank, Government House, Halifax, N.S.

2001 Innovations on Paper, Nova Scotia Printmakers Association, Acadia Art Gallery,Wolfville, N.S.

1995/97 Far and Wide, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.

1994/98 N.S. Printmakers Assoc. Show (traveling)

1991 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Collection Series - N.S. Printmakers Assoc., Halifax, N.S.

1990 N.S. Museum, Botanical Illustrations Through the Ages, Halifax, N.S.

1990 Living Proof - N.S.P.A., St. F. X. U. Gallery, Antigonish, N.S.

1987 Living Nature, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario;

Painting used as poster for the exhibition.

1986 Visual Facts, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.

1986 Living Nature, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario

1985/84/83 The 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Annual Print Exhibitions, The Willows Art Gallery, Canning, N.S.

1983 Atlantic Print Exhibition, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.

1983 Nova Scotia Art Bank, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.

1979 Close to Home, The Art Gallery, Mount St. Vincent Univ., Halifax, N.S.

COLLECTIONS:

The Canada Council Art Bank IBM University of New Brunswick

Nova Scotia Art Bank Alcan Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Petro Canada Clarkson Gordon St. Mary’s University

VIA Rail Canadian Airlines International St. F. X. University

Canadiana Fund for Government Residences, Ottawa

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS:

2003 Visual Arts News, Summer Issue

1999 Soft Ground, Chapter on Anna Syperek in Studio Rally, Art and Craft of Nova Scotia, by Robin Metcalf,

Gooselane Editions, Fredericton, N.B.

1991 Review of Anna Syperek at Studio 21 by Gil McElroy, Arts Atlantic 41

1984 Review of Anna Syperek at St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S., by Kit Lort, Arts Atlantic 20.

1984 Article “In an English Country Garden” by Marilyn Vance, Visual Arts News, Halifax, N.S.

AWARDS:

2002 Wittnauer Award, ‘Best non-member work’ Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour’s annual

Open Water exhibition

2001 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant

1982 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant to travel to England to paint and

study early English watercolourists.

CATALOGUES:

1984 Anna Syperek by Carol Fraser for exhibit at S.M.U. Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.

COMMISSIONS:

2001 Commemorative Painting for the Sisters of Notre Dame, Mount St. Bernard, Antigonish, N.S.

1997 Commemorative Painting for the Sisters of St. Martha, Antigonish, N.S.

1989 Poster of a watercolour painting, Public Relations, St. F. X. University, Antigonish, N.S.

1988 Limited Edition print of St. F. X. Campus for Public Relations, St. F.X.U., Antigonish, N.S.

1987 Commemorative Limited Edition Print of Acadia University to celebrate

their150th Anniversary. Wolfville, N.S.

Christmas Card Commissions: Sisters of St. Martha, the Honorable Alan J. MacEachen

LECTURES:

“Art and Spirituality”, Bethany Centre, Antigonish, N.S., 2005

“Art and Ethics”, Ethics Lecture Series, Philosophy Dept., St. Francis Xavier Univ., 1996

“History of Landscape Painting, St. Mary’s University, 1984

Numerous presentations on printmaking to local school programs

MEDIA PROFILES:

1990 Off the Wall - interview and profile of the artist, ASN Television - aired

September, 1990

MEMBERSHIPS:

Maritime and Atlantic Printmakers Association - founding member, current secretary

Nova Scotia Printmakers Association- founding member, past vice-president, past secretary, current president

Visual Arts Nova Scotia

Society of Antigonish Printmakers- founding member

Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour

PUBLICATIONS AND COVERS:

2003 St. Francis Xavier University Prayer Book, 2nd printing 2004

2001 CD cover, Buddy MacMaster’s “Judique Flyer”

1991 Cover, Yankee Professor’s Guide to Life in Nova Scotia, by Philip Milner

1989 Cover & Illustrations for The History of Antigonish, by Patrick Walsh

1984 The Antigonish Review Portfolio

TEACHING AND COURSES:

Credit Courses: St. Francis Xavier University Art Department, Part-time Instructor: Drawing and Etching

Non-Credit Courses: St. Francis Xavier Continuing Education Program, drawing, painting and etching

Labrador Creative Arts Festival, Goose Bay, Labrador

Yarmouth Etching Society, The Ark, Yarmouth, N.S.

Guysborough District School Board Evening Course, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Extension Program,

Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Center, St. Andrews by the Sea, New Brunswick

Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Lecture, National Watercolour Day, N.S. Archives, Halifax, N.S.

VIDEOS:

Wrote and co-starred with Susan Wakefield in a 20 minute educational video on intaglio printmaking

for the N.S. Printmakers Association and the N.S. Dept. of Education

While with an eye made quiet by the power

of Harmony, and the deep power of joy,

We see into the life of things ...

... Therefore am I still

A lover of the meadows and the woods,

And mountains; and of all that we behold

From this green earth; of all the mighty world

Of eye, and ear, - both what they half create,

And what perceive ...

--William Wordsworth