CV – Denise Lemaster
Exhibitions/Juried Shows
Solo
April 2020 Bow Lake, Num-ti-jah Lodge , solo show, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
January – May 2015 Denise Lemaster: Canadian Foothills, Nicholayson Art Museum, Casper, WY
August – July 2015 Denise Lemaster: Canadian Foothills, Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art,
Omaha, NB
August 4, 2012 In your own Backyard, Panorama Resort, BC
September 15-25, 2006 Solo, The Avens Gallery, Canmore,
April 19 – May 2, 2003 Western Landscapes, solo show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
August 2001 Solo, Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere, BC
Group
September 2021 Highway 93 Group Show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
October 2019 Plein Air Exhibition, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
October 2018 Plein Air Exhibition, Artym Gallery, Invermere BC
October 2016 Bragg Creek Plein Air Show – Juried First Prize winner
September 2016 Plein Air Exhibition, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
September 2015 Plein Air Exhibition, Artym Gallery, Invermere BC
October 2014 Landscape Trio, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
February 2014 East Meets West, Avens Gallery, Canmore, AB
October 2013 Western Canadian Landscape, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
July 2013 Plein Air Paint-out Invitational, Kimberley, BC
October 2012 Masters of Canadian Landscape, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
April 14-June 3, 2012 10th Juried Members Show, Leighton Art Centre
Sept. 18-25, 2010 Calgary Art Walk feature artist, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Nov. 26-28, 2009 Winter Exhibition at Gallery Odin, Vernon, BC
Nov. 21 – Dec.3, 2009 Two Big, Two Small, Group Show – Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
Sept. 19-30, 2009 Mountain Sketches V – Plein Air paintings, Artym Gallery, Invermere BC
Aug. 28 – Sept. 3, 2009 Four Seasons, group Show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
Feb. 14-26, 2009 Out of the Ordinary, group Show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
November 2008 Light up with Art, group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
Sept. 28 – Oct 5, 2008 Mountain Sketches IV, plein air group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
September 11-21, 2008 The Canadian Landscape group show, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
November 24-30, 2007 The Local Perspective, group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
Sept. 27 – Oct. 4, 2007 Mountain Sketches III, plein air group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere BC
November 2006 Light up Show, Two person show, Artym Gallery, Invermere BC
June 10-17, 2006 Mountain Sketches II, plein air group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
September 2005 Mountain Sketches, plein air group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
April 23- May 6, 2005 Threesome, Group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere BC
September 23-30, 2004 A Sense of Place, group show, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
June 5 – June 18, 2004 From Mountains to Beach, group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
January 2004 The Works Invitational show, Theatre Gallery, Cranbrook BC
February 2003 Living Art, group show, Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
September 2002 Strands Art Show and Sale, Invermere BC
July 2002 Rocky Mountain Art, Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere, BC
December 2001 Strathcona Juried Show, FCA, Calgary AB
December 2001 Christmas Small Picture & Miniature FCA Juried show, Vancouver, BC
September 2001 Fall Juried Show, FCA, Vancouver BC
July 2001 Fabulous Five, Strand’s Art Show and Sale, Invermere BC
February 2001 Mainland Chapter Juried Show, FCA, Vancouver BC
January 2001 Winter Juried Show, FCA, Vancouver BC
December 2000 Renaissance, Centre 64 Gallery, Kimberley BC
September 2000 Strand’s Art Show and Sale, Invermere BC
July 2000 Midsummer Madness, Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere BC
April 2000 Human figure in Painting, FCA Juried Show, Vancouver BC
July 1999 Strand’s Art Show and Sale, Invermere BC
June 29 – July 4, 1999 Rocky Mountain Landscapes, Pynelogs Cultural Centre Gallery, Invermere BC
May 1999 Artwork, BC Festival of the Arts Juried Show, Victoria BC
March 1999 VisArts’99, Juried Exhibition, Cranbrook and District Art Council, Cranbrook, BC
May 1998 Artsaround 98, Juried Exhibition, Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere BC
Awards and Residencies
Painting Residency 2019, Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, Bow Lake AB
Calgary Stampede Artist in Residence 2018 – selected participant
Calgary Stampede Art Auction 2017 – juried entry
Bragg Creek Plein Air Festival 2016 – juried first place winner
Artist in Residence Project, Calgary Stampede – selected participant 2014-15
Calgary Stampede Art Auction 2014 – juried entry
Calgary Stampede Art Auction 2010 – juried entry
July 9, 2009 – Stampede Western Art Live Auction in Calgary, Alberta (Juried)
Finalist in the 2008 Landscape/Interior Contest, Artists’ Magazine annual competition.
Signature Member Artists for Conservation – 2014
Associate Federation of Canadian Artists (AFCA) – 1999
BC Festival of the Arts – Award of Merit, ArtWork ’99,
Artsaround ’99 – (Kootenay regional juried art show) Award of Excellence 1999
Basin Best Tour 1999 (juried regional touring exhibition)
Artsaround ’98 – (Kootenay regional juried art show) – Award of Excellence 1998
Basins Best Tour ’98 (juried regional touring exhibition)
Publications/Features
‘Denise Lemaster Canadian Foothills’, Mosaic Magazine, October-March 2014/15
‘Illuminations – Spotlight On Ones to Watch’, Western Art & Architecture, October-November 2014
Denise Lemaster: Canadian Foothills, 2014, Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, catalogue, ISBN 978-0-
9832263-3-8
‘Valley Landscapes Captured by Oil Painting Master’, May 28, 2014, The Valley Echo
Art of the Kootenays: A Collection of 56 Kootenay Artists, (2009, Karla Pearce, ISBN 978-1-926747-62-0
Hardcover) Featured as one of 56 Kootenay artists.
‘An Interpreting Nature – Invermere artist Denise Lemaster celebrates the environment through her
paintings’, Kootenay Life East, Summer 2008
‘The Scene – Denise Lemaster: A Brush with Greatness’, Kootenay Mountain Culture, Issue 6, Winter 2004/05
Artist Profile feature produced by ASAHI Broadcasting of Japanese TV, in conjunction with BC Rockies Tourism.
September 2000
Education
B.Ed/Fine Arts, University of Calgary
Alberta College of Art and Design – Painting Major
Collections
McCarthy Tetrault Law (Canada) Price Waterhouse
Provident Energy Growth Capital Corporation
Suncor Oil and Gas Dr. Norman Schachar
Dr. Tom Olson Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, Omaha NB
Dr. Ann Calvert Nicolayson Art Museum, Casper WY
USA Ambassador Residency, Calgary AB Cheryl Cohen Collection
Gallery Representation:
Stephen Lowe Art Gallery
http://www.stephenloweartgallery.ca/artists/ld0603001.asp
Artym Gallery
https://www.artymgallery.com/paintings/denise-lemaster