BOB BOYER
b. 1948, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
d. August 30, 2004, Nebraska
EDUCATION
1971 B.Ed., [art education] University of Saskatchewan, Regina
EMPLOYMENT
1971 - 73 Art and drama teacher in Prince Albert,
Saskatchewan
1973 - 75 Community Program Officer, Mackenzie Art
Gallery, Regina
1974 Guest Curator, Prairie Ceramics, Mackenzie
Art Gallery, Regina
1975 - 76 Program Supervisor, Northern Continuing Education, Saskatchewan
1975 Guest Curator, 100 Years of Saskatchewan
Indian Art, 1830-1930
1976 - 78 Personnel Officer, Department of Northern
Saskatchewan
1978 - 80 Assistant Professor and Consultant in Indian
Art, Saskatchewan
Indian Federated College
1980 - Department Head, Department of Indian
Fine Arts Associate Professor of Indian Art History, Saskatchewan Indian Federated
College
1982 Co-curator, New Works by a New Generation
1993 Curator, New Native Scene in Saskatchewan, The Little Gallery, Prince
Albert, Saskatchewan
1994 Curator, Kiskeyatum: Allen Sapp, A Retrospective,
Mackenzie Art
Gallery
PUBLICATIONS AUTHORED
1974 Prairie Ceramics, catalogue
1975 100 Years of Saskatchewan Indian Art, 1830-1930,
catalogue
1981 "Indian Art and Oral History,"
Saskatchewan Archives (Summer)
1982 Review, Daphne Odjig Exhibition, Regina
Leader Post (November)
1983 Review, Arthur Shilling Exhibition, Regina
Leader Post (May) Review, "Quillwork of the Plains," Prairie Forum
1993 Essay, "Bob Boyer's Collaborative Project,"
Dunlop Art Gallery
1994 Kiskeyatum: Allen Sapp, A Retrospective, catalogue
1998Article written: Chapter on “The Cowboy paintings
of Allen Sapp” in the Exhibition book of “Indian Cowboy Culture” Canadian Museum
of Civilization presently at publishers.
1999 “Powow at the End of the Millennium” by Bob Boyer, De Facto Magazine, Brussels,
Summer .
1999“Bob Boyer: Connections to Collections” Exhibition Article/Statement, published
in connection with Exhibition
1999 ChapterIII: “L’etudie de L’Art Contemporain de Deux Peintres de la Saskatchewan:
Bob Boyer and Allen Sapp”
1999 Allen J. Ryan: Completed Ph.D. theses, University
of British Columbia, B.C.
2000 Currently writing a catalogue for the “Pow
wow Show” A Survey of Native Painting from Painted Buffalo Robes, 1800 to 1990’s.
SELECTED BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES
Management Committee, Canadian Plains
Research
Centre,
University of Regina - past member
Regina Arts Commission - board member,
since
1986
Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry - board member, since 1980,
Juror, Canada Council 'B' Grants, Summer
1987
National Museum of Canada - Exhibition
Advisory
Committee, since 1987
Regina Youth Unlimited - board member,
1987-89
ATLATL - The Association of Native
American
Artists [US] - "Second
Circle" board member, since 1988
Society of Canadian Artists of Native
Ancestry
- Co-Chairperson, 1988-90
The Journal of Indigenous Studies/Le
Revue
Des Etudes Indigenous,
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native
Studies,
Regina, Sask. - Associate
Editor
Juror, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Spring,
1989
Mackenzie Art Gallery - SMART Move
Committee
member, 1989-90
Juror, Canada Council Art Bank [works
on
paper], 1990
Regina Arts Commission, 1986-89
Regina Civic Art Collection Committee
- Chairperson,
since 1989
Regina Arts Commission - Advisory Committee,
since 1990
Mayor's Task Force on the Arts - member,
since 1990
Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC),
Sask. - member, since 1991
Canada Council Visual Arts Advisory
Committee
- member, 1991-94
Ironbow: Sask. Native Arts Association
-
member, since 1991
Windscript Magazine, Sask. Writer's Guild, Regina - Art Editor, since 1992
Task Force on Museums and First Nations,
Canadian Museums
Association and Assembly of First Nations,
Ottawa - member, 1990-92
Status of the Artists Committee, Province
of Saskatchewan - member
1992-93
Regina Economic Development Association:
Native Business
Development - member, 1992-93
Cornwall Alternative School Board -
member,
1994-95
Juno Awards - juror, 1995
Canada Council - juror, 1995
Mackenzie Art Gallery Hiring Committee
for
curatorial position - member,
1995
Arnott & Architects for the Regina
Casino
Renovations - Art Consultant,
1995
Boreal Forest Art Institute Advisory
Board,
Keyano College, Ft. McMurray,
Alberta, - member, since 1995
University of Regina, Fine Arts Curriculum
Committee, Regina, Sask.- ongoing
University of Regina, Grad Studies Committee,
Regina, Sask. 1998-2000
Exhibition Review, Rosemont Gallery, Regina,
Sask.- 1999
Acquisitons Committee, MacKenzie Art Gallery,
Regina, Sask.- 1999
Board Member, Saskatchewan Housing Association,
Rouleau Seniors Centre- 1999-2002
Board Member, Regina Plains Museum- 2000-
2003
Board Member: MacKenzie Art Gallery- 2000-
2003
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
1984 Poster design for Department of Indian and
Northern Affairs
1985 Hand-painted and hand-sewn quilt for the Saskatchewan Government Heritage
Collection
1986 Cover design and illustration, Grain Magazine
1988 Odeon Cineplex, Regina - Two large paintings
Via Rail
Cover for Anthology of Poetry by Evelyn Bolding
1990 Mural (16 x 45 feet) for Saskatchewan Museum
of Natural History,
Regina
20 banners (each 45 x 10 feet) for
Sky Dome
Corporation, Toronto
Triptych painting (8 x 13 feet), Regina
Public
Library Board
1992-93 Stained glass window, Sacred Heart Cathedral,
Prince Albert,
Saskatchewan.
Installed 1994.
1995 Banner Designs, installed around the National
Capital Grounds,
Government of Canada National Capital Commission,
Ottawa
1998: Four individually designed banners 3’w x
10’h completed Summer 1999 for the Brussels, Belgium Musee Royaux D’Art
et D’Histoire
EXHIBITIONS
1970 Campion College, University of Regina [group]
Gallery on the Roof, Regina [group]
1971 Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C. [group]
1972 Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston,
Ont. [group]
1973 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon [solo]
Saskatoon Public Library [group]
1979 Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina [group]
Kesik Gallery, Regina [group]
1980 Splash Gallery, Ottawa [solo]
Contemporary Indian Art of Saskatchewan,
Rosemont Art Gallery,
Regina [group]
First National Native Art Show, Native
Canadian
Centre, Toronto
[group]
1981 Art Amerindian '81, National Arts Centre,
Ottawa [group]
1982 Native Canadian Centre of Toronto [group]
New Work by a New Generation, Mackenzie
Art
Gallery, Regina
[group]
Seven Canadian Artists, The Foundry,
Washington,
D.C. and
Mercer Street Gallery, New York [group]
Church Gallery, Ottawa [group]
1983-85 Contemporary Inuit and Indian Art of Canada,
New York City,
Washington, D.C., Dallas,
Los Angeles, Mexico City, Lima, Buenos
Aires
[group]
1984 Horses Fly, Too, Mackenzie Art Gallery,
Regina [group]
3rd Annual Wild West Show, Alberta
College
of Art, Calgary
[group]
Assiniboia Gallery, Regina [group]
1985 Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton [solo]
The Metis Show, Glenbow Museum, Calgary
[group]
Second Generation, Mackenzie Art Gallery,
Regina [group]
Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina [group]
14 Saskatchewan Artists, Government
of Saskatchewan
Legislative
Building [group]
1986 Brignall Gallery, Toronto [solo]
The Club Gallery, Regina [solo]
Sapp, Lonechild, Boyer and Beaudry,
Saskatchewan
Arts Council
- touring exhibition [group]
Indian Art '86, Woodland Cultural Centre,
Brantford, Ont. [group]
New Beginnings: Native Business Summit,
Metro
Convention
Centre, Toronto [group]
Out of Saskatchewan, Vancouver Art Gallery, Mendel Art Gallery,
Saskatoon,
and Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina [group]
Ascending Culture, Terrasses de la
Chaudiere,
Hull, P.Q. [group]
A Celebration of Contemporary Native
Art,
Canadian Consulate,
Los Angeles [group]
Cross Cultural Views, National Gallery,
Ottawa
[group]
1987 Two Worlds, Mackenzie Art Gallery Outreach
Program, Regina
[group]
Eight from the Prairies, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay
[group]
A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian
Native
Art, Southwest
Museum,
Los Angeles [group]
1988 Bob Boyer: A Blanket Statement, University
of British Columbia
and Thunder Bay National Exhibition
Centre
[solo]
1988 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto [solo]
Quiet Protest, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon
[group]
Ode'min, Laurentian University Arts
Centre,
Sudbury
[travelling-group]
In the Shadow of the Sun, National
Gallery,
Ottawa [group]
1989 Bob Boyer: Summer Dreams - Mountain Prayers,
Ufundi Gallery,
Ottawa [solo]
Assiniboia Gallery, Regina [solo]
Re-Look, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
[group]
Beyond History, Vancouver Art Gallery,
Vancouver
[group]
Curators Choose, Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto [group]
First Nations Art Show, Meewasin Centre,
Saskatoon [group]
Regina Public Library [group]
1990 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary [solo]
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto [solo]
Found Objects, Mendel Art Gallery,
Saskatoon
[group]
In the Shadow of the Sun, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Hague
Museum, Rijkmuseum, Leiden, Germany
[group]
Seeing Red, Agnes Etherington Art Centre,
Kingston, Ont. [group]
Contemporary Rituals, Whitewater Gallery,
North Bay, Ont.,
Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld.,
Confederation
Art Centre,
Charlottetown, P.E.I., Forest City
Gallery,
London, Ont., Art Gallery,
of Southern Okanagan, B.C.,
Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay, Ont.
[group]
Mackenzie Gallery, Regina - inaugural
exhibition
[group]
1991 Shades of Difference: The Art of Bob Boyer,
Edmonton Art Gallery
[solo]
Myth and Magic in America: The Eighties,
Monterrey
Contemporary Art Museum, Monterrey,
Mexico
- inaugural
exhibition [group]
OKA-NADA, Workscene Gallery, Toronto
[group]
Strengthening the Spirit, National
Gallery,
Ottawa [group]
Assiniboia Gallery, Regina [group]
Cultural Explorations, Winnipeg Art
Gallery,
Winnipeg [group]
1992 New Works in 1992, University of Regina
Faculty Club, Regina
[solo]
Works from Summer '92, Mackenzie Art
Gallery,
Regina [solo]
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ont. [solo]
Bob Boyer: A Survey, Keyano College Gallery,
Fort McMurray [solo]
Reconstructed Symbols, Deconstructed
Meaning,
Cleveland
Centre for Contemporary Art and Howard
Yezerski
Gallery, Boston
[group]
1992 Indigena, National Museum of Civilization,
Hull [group]
1492, Monterrey Museum of Contemporary
Art,
Mexico [group]
Decolonizing the Mind, Centre for Contemporary
Art, Seattle,
Washington [group]
1993 The Bob Boyer's Children's Collaborative Project, Dunlop Art
Gallery, Regina [group]
You Are on Indian Land, Neutral Ground
Gallery,
Regina [group]
Canada Summer Games, Kamloops Art Gallery,
Kamloops [group]
Traditional Images/Contemporary Reflections,
Saskatchewan Craft
Council Travelling Exhibition [group]
1994 Hidden Values: Ontario Collects, McMichael
Canadian Art
Collection, Kleinburg [group]
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto [solo]
Hidden Values: Revealing the Art of
Business,
Edmonton Art
Gallery, Edmonton, [group]
Canada Council Collects, Edmonton Art
Gallery,
Edmonton [group]
Living Art: A First Nations Travelling
Art
Show, Regina Board of
Education [group]
Mackenzie Art Gallery Collects, Regina
[group]
20 Years Plus: Celebrating the University
of Regina 20th
Anniversary, Mackenzie Art Gallery,
Regina
[group]
80 Favourite Works, Mendel Gallery,
Saskatoon
[group]
Miniatures, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina
[group]
Textiles That is to Say, The Museum
for Textiles,
Toronto
and On Gallery, Vancouver [group]
1995 Indigena, travelled to Europe and the U.S.
[group]
An Odd Couple: Bob Boyer & Susan
D'Amato,
The Cultural
Exchange Society, Regina
Exploring the Connections, The Mackenzie
Gallery, Regina [group]
Contemporary Native Art, Thunder Bay
Art
Gallery [group]
Bob Boyer: New Work, Assiniboia Gallery,
Regina [solo]
Native Canadian Voices, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
[group]
Who Speaks for the River? Derek Simpkins Gallery, Vancouver
[group]
1995 Saskatchewan Stories: A Celebration of Saskatchewan's 90th
Anniversary, Mackenzie Art Gallery,
Regina
[group]
First Nations Perspectives, The Mendel
Art
Gallery, Saskatoon
[group]
Indian Humour Show, Neutral Ground
Artist-Run
Centre, Regina
[group]
Windows: Store Front on Art (Six artists
invited to do storefront
installations),
Scarth Street Mall, Regina
1997 From the Universal Songbook, Gallery Gevik
[solo]
1999 Life Is For The Living And Summer Is For The Dancers, Gallery
Gevik [solo]
Spiritual Landscapes, Thunder Bay Art
Gallery
(travelling to
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
& MacKenzie Art Gallery,
Regina [solo] 1999- Bob Boyer: Spiritual Landscape, Thunder
Bay Art Gallery Thunder Bay, Ontario April-June 1999 [solo]
1999 Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge,
Alberta, June-August 1999
Art Gallery, Regina, Sask., September-November
1999 [solo]
1999 Bob Boyer: Connections to Collectors, Glenbow
Art Gallery,
Calgary, Alberta, June-September 1999 [solo]
1999 Bob Boyer: Trains-nBoats-nPlains; The Nina,
The Santa Maria and Pinto, one person installation, MacKenzie Art Gallery,
Regina, Sask., June 1999 [solo]
1999 Bob Boyer: Timelessness- Rosemont Art Gallery,
Regina, Sask. [solo]
1999 "Drawing the Line" Dunlop Art Gallery, Sherwood Village, Regina,
Sask. October to December 1999 [group]
1999 “Mark Makers” First Nations Graphics” MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina, Sask.,
November 1998, February 1999 [group]
1999 “50th Anniversary Show Saskatchewan Arts Board” MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina,
Sask, April 1999 [group]
1999 “Art In Bloom” Group Show, MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina, Sask. April 1999 [group]
1999 “Guerrilla Tactics” Group Show, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge,
Alberta, June- September 1999
2000 “Indian Summer” Musee Royaux D’Art et D’Histoire Brussels September 1999- April 2000 [group]
2000- Faculty Show, University of Regina, MacKenzie
Art Gallery
January 2000- March 2000, [group]
“New Paintings on the Praries”, Doug Udell Gallery, Vancouver B.C., February,
2000 [group]
2000- “Bob Boyer & Rick Rivet”, Keyano College Art Gallery., Ft. McMurray,
Alberta, March, 2000
2000 “Travelling Identities- The Space Between”, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina,
July- November, 2000
2001 "Dial a Line" eye-[kju:] projectroom for contextual contemporary
art, Greifswald, Germany [group]
2002 "Qu'Appelle: Takes of Two Valleys", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskachewan,
travelling exhibition [group]
2002 "Unwritten History", Gallery Gevik, Toronto
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
National Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario
National Native Exhibition Centre,
Thunder
Bay, Ontario
City of Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina Public Library Art Collection,
Regina,
Saskatchewan
McMichael Canadian Art Collection,
Kleinburg,
Ontario
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
Ottawa,
Ontario
Imperial Oil, Calgary, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs,
Ottawa, Ontario
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina Separate School Board, Regina,
Saskatchewan
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
Texaco Canada
Interprovincial Pipe and Steel Corp.
Sheraton Hotels, Toronto, Ontario
Native Canadian Centre, Toronto, Ontario
MacPherson, Leslie and Tyerman, Regina,
Saskatchewan
C.B.C., Regina, Saskatchewan
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba
Cineplex-Odeon, Regina,Saskatchewan
Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Canadian Auto Workers, Oshawa, Ontario
Northern Telecom, Toronto, Ontario
Tory, Tory and Binnington, Toronto,
Ontario
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Native Heritage Foundation, Regina,
Saskatchewan
Merrill-Lynch, Toronto, Ontario
Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Bronfman Foundation, Montreal, P.Q.
Via Rail
Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, Regina,
Saskatchewan
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
Winnipeg,
Manitoba
Sky Dome, Toronto, Ontario
Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History,
Regina,
Saskatchewan
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Saskatchewan Telecommunications, Regina,
Saskatchewan
Regina Public Library Board, Saskatchewan
Crown LIfe, Regina, Saskatchewan
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.
The Osler Law Firm, Toronto & Calgary
National Museum of Art & History
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