About News Practice CV
CV
WORKS
ONGOING:
2016 – 2020
Continued exploratory works on paper and canvas
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS:
2013
Parataxis, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC [solo]
2011
October, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC [solo]
Vancouver, Vancouver, Gallery 1965 Vancouver BC
Monomania, Trench Gallery, Vancouver BC, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010
Drawing, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC
Charles Rea, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC [solo]
2009
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2008
Charles Rea, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC [solo]
2006
Crystal Lab/Mirror Maze, Kenderdine Art, Gallery, Saskatoon SK [solo]
Crystal Lab/Mirror Maze, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina SK [solo]
2005
Crystal Lab/Mirror Maze, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver BC [solo]
1998-99
Painting, Painting, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver BC [solo]
1992
Charles Rea, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC [solo]
1989
Charles Rea, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC
1986-87
London Regional Art Gallery, London ON
1986
Charles Rea / Attila Richard Luckas, Mercer Union, Toronto ON
Charles Rea, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC
1984
Western Front Gallery, Vancouver BC
1981
Inform Gallery, Vancouver BC
12 West Gallery, Vancouver BC
1980
Pumps Gallery, Vancouver BC
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015
Mainstreeters – Taking Advantage, 1972-1982, exhibition focusing on a Vancouver art collective of which Charles Rea was an integral part,
Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014
Concurrent – Charles Rea & Tom Burrows, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011
Vancouver/Vancouver, On Main, Vancouver, BC
2001
Vancouver Invitational, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
These Days, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2000
Questions, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
1995
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC
1990
Artropolis, Vancouver BC
UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver BC
1988
Vancouver/Hamburg, Galerie Kampnagel/Hamburg,W. Germany
1987
Art Cologne (Diane Farris Gallery), Cologne, W. Germany
Toyama Now ‘87, New Art Around the Pacific, Museum of Modern Art,
Toyama, Japan
1986
Beyond the Line, Galerie J Yahouda Meir, Montreal PQ
Vancouver Now, Walter Phillips Art Gallery, Banff AB:
traveling to London Regional Art Gallery, London ON,
and Montreal PQ, Winnipeg Art Gallery MB
1985
Young Romantics, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
Five Young Artists, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC
1984
Warehouse Show, Vancouver BC
Pitt International Gallery, Vancouver BC
Paper Fair, Robson Square, Vancouver BC
1983
October Show, Vancouver BC
Artist’s Gallery, Vancouver BC
Reflections Gallery – Two Person Show, Vancouver BC
1979
Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver BC
ART
EDUCATION
1976-79 Vancouver School of Art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1991
University of British Columbia: instructed 3rd
year studio arts course, Fine Arts 391
1984 – present
Art Instructor at Shadbolt Center for the Arts, Burnaby BC
1989-93
Culture Talks organized by E. Brewer-White: presentations and workshops for elementary and secondary schools
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013
Keith Wallace on Charles Rea’s ‘Parataxis’
2008
Vancouver Sun, October, review by Lloyd Dykk of solo show Charles Rea at the Winsor Art Gallery, Vancouver BC.
2006
The Star Phoenix, May, review by Colleen McPherson of solo show Crystal Lab at the Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon SK
Prairie Dog, January, review by Gregory Beatty of solo show Crystal Lab at the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina SK
Fillip, Winter, review by Andrew Power of solo show Crystal Lab/Mirror Maze at the Belkin Satellite
2005
reviews of solo show Crystal Lab/Mirror Maze at the Belkin Satellite:
– Vancouver Sun, October, review by Clint Burnham
– Georgia Straight, October, review by Christopher Brayshaw
– Vancouver Sun, December, review by Michael Scott
2001
reviews of These Days at the Vancouver Art Gallery:
– Max, Fall, review by Michael Turner
– Globe & Mail, August, review by Sarah Milroy
– The Georgia Straight, May, review by Robin Laurence
– Last Call, May, review by Marina Roy
– Vancouver Sun, May, review by Michael Scott
1999
The Georgia Straight, September, artist profile by James-Jason Lee
1998
Vancouver Magazine, December, artist profile by Michael Turner
1992
The Georgia Straight, February, review by Robin Laurence of solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Gallery
1989
The Vancouver Sun, September, review by Ann Rosenberg of group show at UBC Fine Arts Gallery
The Vancouver Sun, June, review by Elizabeth Godley of the solo exhibition at Diane Farris Gallery
1986
reviews of Charles Rea / Attila Lucaks at Mercer Union, Toronto, ON:
– C Magazine, Winter, review by Deirdre Hanna
– The Globe & Mail, September, review by John Bentley Mays
– The Toronto Star, September, review by Christopher Hume
1986
reviews of Vancouver Now, Banff, Montreal, Winnipeg, London :
– The Banff Craight Canyon, June, review by Nancy Tousley
– Le Devoir Culturel, August, review by Gilles Daigneault
– Vie des Art, review by Jean Tourangeau
– Vie des Arts, ‘Aux confins de la Tradition et de l’Ouverture’ by Manon Blanchette
1985
reviews of Young Romantics at the Vancouver Art Gallery:
– The Globe and Mail, August, review by Stephen Godfrey
– Vancouver Magazine, March, City Scene
– Vancouver magazine, July, review by Anne Templeman Kluit
– The West Ender, June, review by Liz Gilbert
– Western Living, October, review by Helga Pakasaar
– The Vancouver Sun, review by Eve Johnson
– Vanguard, review Roy Arden
1984
Vanguard, May, review of solo exhibition Western Front Gallery by Scott Watson
SELECTED
COLLECTIONS
The Canada Council Art Bank
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver Art Gallery
Galerie bei Svetlana, Munich, W. Germany
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Opera House, Calgary AB
Rick Erickson, Vancouver BC
Bombast, Vancouver BC
Roy Duquette, Vancouver BC
Brian and Mikolt Brown, Vancouver BC
CANADA COUNCIL
GRANTS
2001 ‘B’ Grant
1996 ‘B’ Grant
1994 ‘B’ Grant
1994 Visual Art Jury (Project)
1992 ‘B’ Grant
1989 Short Term Project
1988 Visual Art Jury (Project)
1987 ‘B’ Grant
1987 Travel Grant (Toyama Now ‘ 87)
1986 Short Term Project
CULTURAL
SERVICES (BC)
2000 Project Assistance for Artists
1999 Project Assistance for Artists
1998 Project Assistance for Artists
1995 Project Assistance for Artists
ART JURY
1988 Visual Arts Juror (Project)
1994 Visual Arts Juror (Project)