Welcome
This website contains examples of the mature abstract acrylic paintings by Michael Jeffery, a West Coast Canadian artist.
Artist's Statement
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Abstract painting is what interests me. My works are painted in acrylic on canvas or paper. They are intended to be hung where people live and work and to be thought-provoking, aesthetically pleasing, and worthy of repeated viewing. I use line to create form, movement and tension, the grid as an emblem of modernism and as a compositional device, and colour for spatial effects. I strive for a balance between simplicity and complexity, and in this connection, I am inspired by the works of Richard Diebenkorn. |
Biography
Born in Vancouver and raised and educated in West Vancouver.
Obtained a degree in Law (LLB) at UBC in 1959. Practiced law in Vancouver for 35 years until 1995.
Attended Emily Carr College of Art and Design from 1996 to 2000. Obtained a degree in Fine Arts (BFA Visual Arts) at ECCAD in May of 2000.
Winner of the 1999 West Vancouver Visual Arts Scholarship. President of the Arthur Erickson House & Garden Foundation from 1996 to 2001.
Group Exhibitions
2011 "The Artists' Salon" Ferry Building Gallery
2010 “In the Abstract” Ferry Building Gallery (10 paintings)
2005 West Vancouver Harmony Arts Artbeat and Group Show
EVOLUTION – 80 Years of Emily Carr Institute Alumni
2004 Artists in the Gallery; Inaugural Exhibition part II,
Dear Gallery, Vancouver
West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival Artbeat and Ferry
Building Group Show
2003 West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival Artbeat and
Ferry Building and Silk Purse Group Shows
2002 West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival Silent Auction and
Harmony Arts Artbeat
2001 West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival Artbeat
‘Abstraction’ Ferry Building Gallery
‘Space Odyssey’ Seymour Art Gallery
2000 West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival Artbeat
Solo Exhibitions
2005 & 2006 Saltaire Restaurant & Terrace
2004 Dear Gallery, Vancouver (November)
2003 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Mezzanine Gallery
In-studio exhibition since 2007
Michael Jeffery, 1258 Gordon Avenue, West Vancouver, BC, V7T 1R2
Telephone: (604) 922 9743 email: imjeffery@telus.net
Webpage: www.michaeljeffery.ca
(September, 2011)