Philip Mix

Philip Mix – Artist Biography

Philip Mix was born in Edmonton Alberta in 1955. His formal art education came from the Alberta College of Art,Calgary and he received his Bachelor of Arts in painting in 1980. The following year he gave his first One Man show at the Muttart Gallery, Calgary and was represented by Virginia Christopher Gallery. In 1984 he attended summer session at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1986 he returned to Canada and started a conservation studio Fine Art Restoration in Victoria B.C. He became a member of the Pacific Conservation Group, and Canadian Conservation Associates.

In 1992 Philip took a hiatus to travel to France and painted for six months the environs of Languedoc, Narbonne. Then he set up studio for one year in Paphos ,Cyprus, and guest lectured at the Cyprus College of Art in Lemba. The collective paintings from this period were shown by Cadogan Gallery in London, England. He returned to Vancouver Island and eventually designed and built an in-home art studio in Chemainus B.C. Philip enjoys continued success with his developing style and is presently represented by several British Columbia and Alberta galleries.

With a strong interpretative design sense and evident admiration of Modern art, the works of Philip Mix display an elegant thoughtfulness, a balance of convention with a probing inventiveness.

Education

1980 Graduate Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Modern Times, Winchester Galleries, Victoria, B.C.
2011 About Time, Winchester Galleries, Victoria, B.C.
2010 Sundials and Metronomes, Brentwood Bay Resort, B.C
2010 Pivotal Views, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, B.C
2008 A Fold In Time, Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2007 Recent Works, Keystone Art Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2005 Metaphor Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2004 Arbutus: West coast Luminism, Brentwood Bay Resort, B.C.
2003 Portrait of a Tree, Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2002 Selected Works, Goward House Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
1996 Small Gouaches, Vanity Fair, Victoria, B.C.
1994 Philip Mix and Ken Faulks Paintings, Winchester Galleries, Victoria, B.C.
1990 Manus Deo, Stephen Lowe Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
1980 Portrait/Gestus, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, AB

Group Exhibitions

2011 Toni Only: Letters To Ukiko and Guest Artists, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 Form Rearranged, Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2009 Celebrating Small, Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C
2009 Masterpiece Weekend,Steffich Fine Art, Saltspring Island, B.C
2008 Size Matters,Steffich Fine Art, Saltspring Island, B.C
2007 Celebrating Small, Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2007 A New Perspective, Steffich Fine Art, Saltspring Island, B.C
2006 Christmas Show, Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C
2005 Celebrating Small, Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2002 Opening Show, Avenue Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2002 Christmas Show, Adele Campbell Gallery, Whistler, B.C
2002 The Small Show, Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2001 First Show, Caswell Lawrence Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2000 Summer Show, Island Folk Gallery, Tofino, B.C.
1996 Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1995 Sooke Art, Show Sooke, B.C.
1994 Cadogan Gallery, London, U.K.
1993 Carmel Art Gallery, Carmel, Israel
1988 Sooke Art Show, Sooke, B.C.
1988 North Park Galley, Victoria, B.C.
1984 Gallery Show, Gallery Santa Cruz, California, USA
1982 Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, AB
1980 Graduate Show, Alberta College of Art, Calgary AB

Collections

Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, AB
Amadon Group, Victoria, B.C.
Brentwood Bay Resort, Brentwood Bay, B.C.
Harbour Towers, Victoria, B.C.
Michael C. Williams Trust, Victoria, B.C.
Scotia Bank, Victoria, B.C.
Victoria Pub Company, Victoria, B.C.
Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.