Manny Blair

Professional Experience

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2024       Chester Arts Centre Board Member, Chester, NS, Canada

2022-26  National Gallery of Canada Board of Trustees member, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2019       Calgary Stampede; Jury Member; Calgary, AB, Canada

2017-20  Art Calgary; Founder/Curator, Calgary, AB, Canada

2015-18  Alberta University of the Arts, Drawing & Abstract Painting Instructor, Calgary, AB, Canada 

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Selected Exhibitions

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2024    Captain's House Gallery; Chester, NS, Canada

2021    Online gallery representation; CollexArt, Maine, USA

2021    Peoples Poetry Festival: Visual Art Response to Written Work; Loft112; Calgary, AB, Canada

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2019    Art Calgary; Group Exhibition; Mona Lisa Art Salon; Calgary, AB, Canada

            A Point on the Horizon; Group Exhibition; Leighton Art Centre; Millarville, AB, Canada

            Art Now; Group Exhibition; The Sound Stage; Regina, SK, Canada

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2018    Pleasing Everybody All the Time; Solo Exhibition; Okotoks, AB, Canada

            Art Calgary; Group Exhibition; cSPACE King Edward; Calgary, AB, Canada

            Bodies of Work; Group Exhibition; Leighton Art Centre; Millarville, AB, Canada           

            Art Now; Group Exhibition; Prairieland Park; Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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2017    Trinity Figure Show; Group Exhibition; Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada

            People’s Portrait Prize; Group Exhibition; cSPACE King Edward, Calgary, AB, Canada

 

Art & Design Education

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2008    University of Bolton, UK                                   Master of Art - Public Art

2005    Manchester Metropolitan University, UK          Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

1994    University of Sunderland, UK                           Bachelor of Fine Art

1993    East Carolina University, NC, USA                   Student Exchange Program

1991    Cyprus College of Art, Paphos, Cyprus            Foundation Studies