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BORN

P.E.I., Canada

EDUCATION

1977  University of British Columbia, Canada.  Bachelor of Education, Art Major, UBC.

1974  Kwantlen College, Surrey, B.C., Canada.

AWARDS  

1979 - Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant,

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

2020 - Present,  Co-Owner of Altostar Co., Ltd.

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2012 - 2020  Chairman and Co-Owner, Altostar Co., Ltd. formed in 2006, Takasaki, Japan.

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2012 - 2017  Corporate Advisor, Apex Co., Ltd.

2010 - 2012  Chairman and Co-Owner, Apex Co., Ltd.   www.apexb1.com.  

1989 - 2010  President and Co-Owner, Apex Co., Ltd., formed in 1989, Takasaki, Japan.

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1980 - Present,  Professional Artist, Represented by Galleries in Canada, United States and Japan.

1992 - 1994  Advisor and Art Director for 3D animations and computer graphics. Taiyo Network, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.

1983 - 1992  Instructor of Painting, Design, and Computer Graphics. Higashi Nihon Design College, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.  http://www.yamasaki.ac.jp/design-com/

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1986 

• "New Works: Watercolours and Computer Graphics", OZ, Seiyu Department Store Gallery, Oizumigakuen, Tokyo, Japan. (Organized by Seiyu Saison and Tokyo Gallery; Co-Sponsored by the Canadian Embassy, Tokyo).

1985 

• "New Work: Watercolours on Paper", Oise Gallery, Nagoya, Japan.
  
• "Kimono Series and Other Important Works", (Co-Sponsored by the Canadian Embassy, Tokyo) Nihonbashi Art Salon, Tokyo, Japan.
• "Flying Colours Series" & "Kimono Series", (A Major Exhibition Co-Sponsored by the Canadian Embassy, Tokyo), Kankodo Art Gallery, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
  

 1984  

• "New Work: Acrylic and Watercolour Paintings", Gallery Obje, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.

1983 

• "New Work: Acrylic and Watercolour Paintings", (A Major Exhibition Co-sponsored by the Canadian Embassy, Tokyo), Kankodo Art Gallery, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
• "Waterlily Series: Recent Watercolours", Mido Framers Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1982 

• "Waterlily Series: Recent Watercolours", Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Up in the Air" An Exhibition of Watercolours Completed in 1976, Mido Framers Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1981 

• "Kimono Series: Recent Watercolours", Keenlyside Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1980 

• "New Works on Paper: Watercolours and Sumi Ink Paintings", Keenlyside Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1979  

• "Kimono Series: New Works on Paper", Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA., U.S.A.

1978 

• "Under Towels", Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C., Canada.

1977 

• "Mystic Realism", Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, WA., U.S.A.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1988

• "Group Show", Bau-Xi Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1987

• "The 2nd Annual International Miniature Art Competition", De Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

1986

• "Gallery Artist", Nihonbashi Art Salon, Tokyo, Japan.
  
• "Gunma Artist" (7th Annual), Kankodo Art Gallery, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
  
• "The 1st Annual International Miniature Art Competition", De Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
  

1985

• "Gallery Artist",  Nihonbashi Art Salon, Tokyo, Japan.
  
• "Gallery Artist", Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Eaux, 5th Annual Art Competition", Ginza Hall Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

1984

• "Gunma Artist" (5th Annual), Kankodo Art Gallery, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.

1982

• "San Diego Watercolour Society 1982 International Exhibition", San Diego, California, U.S.A.
  
• "Group Show", Vancouver Art Gallery, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Winter Group Show", Kankodo Art Gallery, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.

1981

• "Stolen Moments, An Exhibition of Contemporary Realism", Vancouver Art Gallery, B.C., Canada. (A Provincial Touring Exhibition).

1980

• "Gallery Artist", Keenlyside Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1979

• "Gallery Artist", Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Gallery Artist", Artcore Consultants Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Watercolour Painting in Canada; A Survey of Traditional and Experimental Forms",
  
• UW Arts Centre Gallery, The University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

1978

• "Westcoast Drawings", Capilano College Art Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Under 30" Art Competition, Klee Wyck Gallery, West Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Gallery Artist", Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Gallery Artist", Artcore Consultants Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Art & Living", W.Switzer / Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Figurative Paintings and Drawings", Capilano Art Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1977

• "Emerging Artist", Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, WA., U.S.A.
  
• "Crown Printers Exhibition", Paperworks Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Under 30" Art Competition, Presentation Gallery, West Vancouver, B.C., Canada
  
• "The 9th Annual Student Film Festival", Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  
• "Contemporary Westcoast Realism", Artcore Consultants Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1976 

• "Small Drawings, Paintings and Boxes", Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, WA., U.S.A.
  

COLLECTIONS

Akio Holdings, Langley, B.C. Canada.

Brink, Hudson and Lesever Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The Commonwealth Insurance Bank, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Contemporary Art Collections, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Davidson Co., Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Daiwa House Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

Esso Resources, Alberta, Canada.

Gunma Bank, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.

Hashizum Meriyasu-ten Ltd., Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.

Ikaho Golf Club, Ikaho, Gunma, Japan.

Ishiji Country Club, Nigatta, Japan.

Kobayashi Industry Ltd., Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.

Mido Framers Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Opus Framing Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Sekisui House Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

Shell Oil Resources of Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Taiyoh Group, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.

Taisei Sogo Bank, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.

Texaco, Toronto, Canada.

U.M.A. Group, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Numerous private collections in Canada, United States, Australia and Japan.

ARTICLES

Andrew Scott. "Review of Foster/White Show", Vanguard, V8N8, Sept. 1979.

K.Vonschak. "Mystery in Realism", Art West, V5N5, Sept. 1980.

David Watmough. "Japanese Idiom and Canadian Realism", Interface, V4N11, Dec. 1981.

Susan Stewart. "Vincent Buell: Watercolourist", Nine to Five, Vancouver, B.C., Summer, 1982.

M.J.Jung, "Japanese Idiom, Canadian Realism", West Ender, Dec. 1982.

Aya. "Vincent Buell", Hunter, Tokyo, Japan., Sept. 1985.