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Artist Statement:
William Pura's work as an
artist and composer has
spanned a wide range of
sensibilities and issues from
an early interest in the
landscape, to pure abstraction
and later a return to the
landscape as the primary
subject in his work.
He has worked in many
different media, adapting his
ideas to the form and
technique that seems to work
best for them. He has explored
painting, drawing,
printmaking, photography as
well as sculpture and
multi-media.
In 1986 he made an important
transition from more abstract
work to the kind of subject he
is concerned with today. At
that time, he began exploring
the urban landscape, using the
lighting (both natural and
artificial) and the
arrangements of streets,
buildings and trees to create
images that communicate the
mystery and beauty of the
contemporary city.
Other recent paintings
concerned themselves images of
food and are, more than
anything else, an extension of
the urban landscape. The forms
are treated in a similar way
to the cityscapes, using
clear, bold shapes with
dramatic lighting.
Other explorations looked at
the landscape from the
mythological point of view, in
particular the symbolic
concerns of Nordic culture and
images that addressed the
North...
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Artist Galleries:
Ken Segal Gallery
4- 433 River Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3L 2V1
Tel: 477-4527
www.kensegalgallery.com...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
United States Information
Agency, Washington DC
Canada Council Art Bank,
Ottawa, Ontario
Gallery III, School of Art,
University of Manitoba
The Ukrainian Institute of
Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois
The Winnipeg Art Gallery,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Wilfrid Laurier University,
Waterloo, Ontario
Department of External
Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario
The Government of ...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for William Pura:
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
May 26- June 18,2006 Landscapes, Gods and Animals Kulturmodell Passau, Bavaria Germany
January 17-February 24, 2006 Logan Avenue Martha Street Studio Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 2-30 2005 Water, Stone and Cloud Gallery II Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 5-30, 2002 Der Holzweg: The Way Through the Woods II Gallery,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sept. 28 - Nov. 2, 1996 Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall Piano Nobile Gallery
Aug. 31- Sept. 30, 1992 Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall Piano Nobile Gallery
March 20-April 12, 1992 The Uptown Gallery, New Urban Images Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 20 - December 15, 1988 Crossroads Gallery III, School of Art, University of Manitoba
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
6th Annual International Print Exchange and Exhibition Year of the Pig Proof Studio Gallery February 28- March 11, 2007 Toronto, Ontario
September, 2006 Exchange print show in Seattle, Washington Print Zero Studios Rainbow Bldg. Gallery Coral Gables campus University of Miami
July- August, 2006 Exchange print show in Seattle, Washington Print Zero Studios –Sev Shoon Arts Center/ Ballardworks Seattle WA
5th Annual International Print Exchange and Exhibition- Year of the Dog- Jan,26.06-Feb.111.06 Ken Segal Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 18, 2005 Exchange print show in Seattle, Washington Print Zero Studios –Blue Door Gallery
February 5, 2005 Exchange print on the theme Year of the Rooster- exhibited in Schorndorf,
Germany
December 4, 2004 3x3 show Ace Art Winnipeg. MB
April 27, 2004 DVD Der Holzweg: The Way through the Woods accepted into the Festival International de Biarritz, France
March 12, 2004 DVD Der Holzweg: The Way through the Woods accepted into the New York International Film Festival in the Short film Category
July 6- August 15, 2002 Off 5 Winnipeg artists exhibit at the Gretchen Kottke Gallery
Bill Pura, Steve Gouthro, Aurora Landín, Ted Howorth, G. N. Louise Jonasson Cooperstown, North Dakota USA
February 2002 Cross Borders Reineke Gallery, University of North Dakota USA
September 27,2001 – January 13, 2002 Art on the Plains, 4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Plains Art Museum Fargo North Dakota, USA
January 3 – 30, 2001 Memory and Metaphor – two artist exhibition with Bruce Reimer,
Gallery II, Winnipeg, Manitoba
April 8 - May 14, 2000 Nocturne: From Twilight to Dawn The Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
July - August 1999 Intimate Impressions: Art from Pan-America The Manitoba Printmakers
Association Juried exhibition Winnipeg, Manitoba
1998 18th Mini Print International Touring Show including: Wingfield, England; Cadaqués,
Girona, Spain; Barcelona, Spain; Bages, France
December 14, 1997 - March 29 1998 Breaking the Line: When is a drawing not a drawing?
Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba
December, 1997 Pari Nadimi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
June 1-27, 1997 The Fishing Party 3 artists show at the Gallery II
Winnipeg, Manitoba
September 22 - November 3, 1996 25 years of Contemporary Art Ukrainian Institute of
Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois USA
February 5 - March 9, 1996 Suncor Collects artworks from the Suncor collection
The Muttart Public Art Gallery Calgary, Alberta
April 26 - May 28, 1995 Grand Jury 3 a juried exhibition/sale for Winnipeg Art Gallery Art
Rental & Sales Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
February 5 - April 23, 1995 Fractured Spaces Contemporary Art in Manitoba
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Those Who Stayed Manitoba's School of Art 1960-1970 Gallery III University of Manitoba, October 16- November 16, 1994, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba
December 8, 1994 - January 28, 1994
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