Tracy Kobus Curriculum Vitae

Tracy Kobus, Fine Artist 3206 Rachel Rd. Ph: (250)338-8205
Courtenay, B.C. V9N 9L4 Email:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 Selected Work: 1998 - 2006, The Abbey, Cumberland, B.C.
2005 Water Dwellers, The Abbey, Cumberland, B.C.
2004 Protected Waters, Portfolio Gallery & Opus Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.
2003 Totem Series, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2002 Points on the Journey, Denman Island Art Gallery; curated by Jane Fawkes
2002 Points on the Journey, Island Mountain Arts Gallery, Wells, B.C.
2001 The Same Shore, Gallery at the Mac, Victoria, B.C.
2000 Roots/Routes, Prince George Art Gallery; Prince George, B.C.
2000 New Collages, Plaskett Gallery, New Westminster, B.C.
1999 A Meeting Place, The Old School House Gallery, Qualicum, B.C.
1997 Inland, Filberg Gallery, Comox, B.C.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Valley Women, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.
2005 Small Works Christmas Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
2005 Comox Valley Invitational, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.
2005 10th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition, Campbell River Art Gallery, B.C.
2005 Strange Women, The Abbey, Cumberland, B.C.
2003 Passages, Campbell River Art Gallery; curated by Gordon James
2003 Residue, group exhibition at Artropolis 2003; curated by Pauline Conley
2002 Fiction of Landscape, Comox Valley Art Gallery; curated by Tony Martin
2001 Artropolis 2001, CBC television studios, Vancouver, B.C.
2001 North Island College Fine Arts Department Exhibition, Muir Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.
2000 Landscape Redefined: Six Contemporary Approaches, Nanaimo Art Gallery
2000 B.C. Festival of the Arts, Nelson, B.C.
2000 In Transition, (with Kathryn D. Ellis) Muir Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.
2000 The River Speaks: River Art 2000, Kootenay Art Gallery, Castlegar, B.C.
2000 Subjects and Symbols: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, B.C.
1999 Transcending Boundaries, Monarch Contemporary Art Center, Tenino, WA.
1999 BC Festival of the Arts,Victoria, B.C.
1998 B.C. Festival of the Arts, Prince George, B.C.
1998 Pacific Regional Juried Art Show, (Honorable Mention) Port Alberni and Courtenay B.C.
1997 Pacific Regional Juried Art Show, Campbell River, B.C. (Honorable Mention)
1996 Pacific Regional Juried Art Show, Powell River, B.C. (Honorable Mention)
1996 Environmental Observations, with Nick Raynolds, Comox Valley Art Gallery

COLLECTIONS AND REPRESENTATION

Prince George Art Gallery; permanent collection
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; art rental program
Campbell River Art Gallery; permanent collection

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2000 Grant to participate in River Art 2000, Nelson, B.C.
1998 Honorable Mention, Pacific Regional Art Show, Port Alberni and Courtenay
1997 Honorable Mention, Pacific Regional Art Show, Campbell River
1996 Honorable Mention, Pacific Regional Art Show, Powell River

PRESENTATION EXPERIENCE

2002 Jack Shadbolt, Westcoast Visionary, B.C. Lecture Series, Campbell River Art Gallery
2002 Points on the Journey; presentation, Island Mountain Arts Gallery, Wells, B.C.
2002 Fiction of Landscape; presentation, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.
2000 Routes/Roots; presentation, Prince George Art Gallery

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Awakening the Healer Series with Storyteller, Margo McLoughlin, Courtenay, B.C., 2007
Transcending Boundaries Conference Celebrating Women in the Arts, Olympia, WA. 1998
Delegate; BC Festival of the Arts, Victoria, B.C., 1999 and Nelson, B.C., 2000
Visual Arts Conference, Richmond Art Gallery, B.C. 2001

TEACHING AND FACILITATION EXPERIENCE

2007 Currently teaching small and one on one art classes for adults
and children out of own private art studio
1998-06 Designed and taught classes in painting, drawing and mixed media
at various locations such as the Comox Valley Art Gallery and the Art Room in Courtenay
2001-04 Art Explorations Camp, North Island College
2004-05 Art Workshops for Grades 3-6, North Island Distance Education
2004 Workshop for Grades 5-6, Huband Elementary, Courtenay
2002 ArtStarts Lighthouse Mural with Grade 7s, Cape Lazo Middle School, Comox, B.C.
1998-00 Sessional Instructor; Fine Arts Program, North Island College (on substitute list)
2001 ArtStarts Transformation; Mural project, Courtenay Junior School (now Isfield High)

RESIDENCIES

2005 Leighton Studios, Banff Centre for the Arts; Banff, Alta
2000 Idea and Creative Process, Atlin Art Centre; Atlin, B.C.

CATALOGUES

See Art Now, Artropolis 2003, p. 22.
Doyle, Brian & Melcombe, Lynne, eds. Artropolis 2001, p. 105.
Speight, Pamela, ed. Landscape Redefined, (exhibition brochure), Nanaimo Art Gallery, 2000
B.C. Festival of the Arts catalogues 1998 " 2000

MEDIA: PRINT and RADIO

MacLeod, Jennifer, ed. "Artists Portraits", Galleries West Magazine, Fall 2003, Calgary
MacKay, Sheryl, "North by Northwest", CBC Radio Interview, March 2002
Mattila, Donna, "The Fiction of Landscape", The Word, Courtenay, B.C. December 13, 2001
Abercrombie, Kirsten, "Landscapes of the Mind", This Week, Prince George, B.C. Jan. 2, 2000

EDUCATION

Open Learning Agency, History of British Columbia, general interest, 2002
University of Victoria, Courses in Continuing and Adult Education, 1998
Atlin Art Centre, Idea and the Creative Process, 1998
University of British Columbia, Bachelor of Fine Arts (honours), 1993

AFFILIATIONS

CARFAC BC; member since 1998
Comox Valley Art Gallery, Comox Valley Arts Council, Campbell River Art Gallery