CURRICULUM VITAE OF ROBIN de LAVIS
EDUCATION
2002 Diploma of Classical Animation, Vancouver Film School
1997 Diploma of Applied Arts, Honours
Malaspina University College, Nanaimo BC 1997
1997 Certification in Small Business Practice and Art Consultation
Malaspina University College
1997 Studies With Vladislav Andrejev, Russian Iconographer
1994 Professional Practices for Artists, Emily Carr Institute
1994 Studies with Comox Indian Band, Native Imagery and
silk-screening
1990 Apprenticeship to Kurt Morrison, Master Goldsmith, Hornby
Island, BC
1985 Apprenticeship to Wayne Ngan, Master Potter, Hornby Island, BC
1980-1984 Fine Arts North Island College
ANIMATED FILMS
2002 tempore.......
2002A Horse, Some Rain, The Sun and a Cowboy
FILM SCREENINGS
2003 Damah International Film Festival, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle,
Wash.
GROUP AND SOLO SHOWS
2008 The Trees of Hornby Island, Hornby Island, BC
2007 XL Show, Hornby Island Hall, Hornby Island, BC
2007 The Art Trek, ARC Gallery, Hornby Island, BC
2007 The View From Here, Qualicum Beach, BC
2006 Flowers, Not Bombs, Artist Resource Centre, Hornby Island, BC
2006 Luminosa, Hornby Island Hall. Hornby Island, BC
2006 Transformation, Hornby Island Hall, Hornby Island, BC
2005 Island Elements, Tsawassen Longhouse Gallery, Tsawassen,
BC
2005 Beneath the Veil, Hornby Island Hall, Hornby Island, BC
2004 The Animated Landscape, Arbutus Arts, Hornby Island, BC
2004 Digi-Fest Digital Art Festival, Hornby Island, BC
2003 Tour-Cimarella Gallery, Merrickville, Ont.
2003 REBOOT: where art and technology <click> Hornby Island, BC
2002 MANDALA with Tibetan Monks, Hornby Island, BC
2001 BC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, Fort St. John, BC Awarded full
Scholarship to Vancouver Film School
2000 BEING, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC, Tony Martin,
Curator
1999 BC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, Victoria, BC
1999 ‘inversion’ Arbutus Art Gallery, Hornby Island, BC
1999 Infinite Imagery Nanaimo Arts Council Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
1998 The Hallowed Eye Olde Firehall Rosterie, Nanaimo, BC
1998 Wake up the Garden Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
1998 Pacific Region Juried Art Show, Nanaimo Honorable Mention
1994 “Just Stumbling Along Between the Immensities of Birth and
Death”, Hornby Island, BC
1993 The Miniature World, Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC
1993 Wearable Art Show, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver,
BC
1993 Images and Objects xi, BC Festival of the Arts, Trail, BC
1993 Pacific Region Juried Art Show, Powell River Award of
Excellence
1993 Comox Valley Juried Art Show, Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC
Honorable Mention
1992 The Chair Show, Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC, Tony Martin,
curator
1992 Look ‘92, Tidemark Theatre, Campbell River, BC Award of Merit
1991 Pacific Region Juried Show Award of Merit
1991 Comox Valley Juried Art Show Two Awards of Merit
1992 The Chair Show, Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC
1991 Hornby Island Artists’ Show, Hornby Island, BC
1990 Women’s Group Show, Hornby Island, BC
1990 Womanwise Show, Queenswood House, Victoria
PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES
1999 “artwork”-Celebrating BC’s Emerging Visual Artists
1997 Barros, Anne, “Ornament and Object: Canadian Jewellery and
Metal
Art”, Pg. 128 Boston Mills Press, Toronto, Canada
1993 Gervais, Pearl, “Forward in the Spirit”, text pg. 259, photo pg. 88,
Hignell Press, Victoria
1993 Assembly of BC Arts Councils, Images and Objects X1, pg. 32
1992 Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC “Art of Cooking” pg 38
1992 Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC “The Chair Show” pg 10
AWARDS
2001 Full Scholarship to the Vancouver Film School
1998 Full Scholarship to study with Vladislav Andrejev, Russian
Iconographer
1997 John Bodnar Award for Graphic Design
1996 Nanaimo Rotary Club Scholarship for Applied Arts
1996 BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union Scholarship for Applied Arts
LECTURES AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTISE
2003 Guest Lecturer, AGM of Hornby Island Arts Council on the
subject of contemporary practice of Craft
2003 Assistant at Professional Development Workshop with Annette
Hurtig
2002 Guest lecturer in a series with Jerry Pethick, Annette Hurtig and
Ann Newdigate. Subject: Moving Stills and the Digital Paintbox
1997- present, freelance Art Consultant and Graphic Designer
1989 Cymharus Silverworks-handmade precious metal jewellery,
owner artisan
1989- Workshop leader, “Clay as a Form of Extrovert Meditation”,
Bethlehem Monastary, Nanaimo, BC
1988 - Workshop leader in an International Forum, Creative
Compassion, with Matthew Fox, The Empress Hotel, Victoria BC
1981-1988-Earthen Vessels-handmade architectural renderings and
tileworks, co-owner/artisan
AFFILIATIONS
1974 Founding member of the Comox Valley Art Gallery (as Robin
Knight)
1993-present. Member of CARFAC
2000-2007 Executive Director, Hornby Island Arts Council
Member of Hornby Artist Run Gallery
Member of Hornby Island Arts Council
COMMISSIONS
1988 Wall Hanging, Christ the King Church, Courtenay, BC
1986 Stained glass window, Emmaus Community Chapel, Courtenay,
BC
PUBLIC WORK
1998 Street painting for Heritage Mews, Nanaimo, BC
1998 Two Street Banners for the Festival of Banners, Nanaimo, BC
1997 Two Street Banners for the Festival of Banners, Nanaimo, BC
1996 Mural for a 32’ cylindrical pole, Departure Bay, Nanaimo
GALLERIES
Represented by The Island Gallery, Hornby Island
Arbutus Arts, Hornby Island,
Mima Gallery, Denman Island
UPCOMING SHOWS
2009-Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
2009-Hornby Island HaLl
2009-Arbutus Arts
