Aston, Heather: Monotypes, Etchings, Linocuts (20 artworks)

Full Biography

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Born in Vancouver, Heather has a highly accomplished artistic career record for almost four decades. she graduated from The Vancouver School of Art with Honours in Printmaking. She studied in Santa Reparata Institute in Florence Italy with Doug Biden. As an Artist/Printmaker she has represented Canada in the Trilateral Exhibition in Dochi, Japan. Her works have been traveling from Japan to Netherlands and Canada.

Her work is represented in galleries in three Canadian provinces and is included in numerous private and corporate collections locally and internationally. She also teaches printmaking courses.

EDUCATION/AWARDS: Canada Council Travel Grant, Yokohama, Japan; Printmaking, Santa Reparata Studio, Florence, Italy; The Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver BC; Graduated Honours in Printmaking, The Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver, BC; Awarded Helen Pitt Fine Art Scholarship (Four years)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Ferry Building Art Gallery, West Vancouver, BC; Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC; The Alma Street Cafe, Vancouver, BC; Ferry Building Art Gallery, West Vancouver, BC; Heather Aston. The Alma Street Cafe, Vancouver, BC; Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

SELECTED Recent GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Trilateral Exhibition, Travelling Canada, Holland & Japan; Korteminrebroederstraat, Utrecht; Ferry Building Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Print Sales Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; Canadian Federation Gallery, Vancouver; Malaspina Printmakers Art Gallery, Burnaby' Capilano College Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Thompson Rivers University Fine Arts Gallery, Kamloops, BC; Harmony Arts Festival Group Show. (Invitational); Gallery OM, Shin-Yokohama, Celest Gallery, Yokohama; Saint Paul Gallery, Maebashi; Trip Art Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japanese Paper Museum Inomachi, Kochi; Nagasaki Peace Museum, Nagasaki; Federation Gallery, Vancouver; Omega Gallery, Vancouver; Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver; Dundarave Gallery, Vancouver; Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver; Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; Cityscape Gallery, Vancouver; Cityscape Gallery, Vancouver; Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta; Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria; Dundarave Gallery, Vancouver; OM Gallery, Yokohama, Japan; John Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver; Dundarave Gallery, Vancouver; Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver; VanDusen Garden, Vancouver; John Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver; Havana Art Gallery, Vancouver; Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC;  ECIAD Gallery, Vancouver, BC

COMMISSIONS: Monotypes. Balanced Financial Inc., Corporate Client Christmas gifts Vancouver; Macdonald Real Estate Co., Corporate Calendar, Vancouver; Wall Murals. Great West Life, Semiahmoo Shopping Centre, White Rock, BC

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: UBC Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital Foundation Collection, Vancouver; TD Canada Trust Collection, Canada; Four Seasons Hotel, Whistler; Vancouver General Hospital Foundation Collection, Vancouver; Toronto Dominion Bank Collection, Canada; OM Printhouse Collection, Yokohama, Japan; Burnaby Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Burnaby; Dr. Bruce Ward, Dental Offices. Corporate Collection, Port Coquitlam; Malaspina Printmakers Society Archive Collection, Vancouver; Hollyburn Country Club, West Vancouver; BMC Financial Group, Vancouver; Porte Realty, Vancouver

REVIEWS: The Province Newspaper, p. B4; Galleries and Museums”. Where Magazine. Preview Magazine.; The Vancouver Sun; Shaw Cable TV;  “Art News”. North Shore News;  “Heritage Calendar Offered”. North Shore News; “Art in Vancouver”; VTV Television;  “Art News”;  “Gallery News”. Jennifer Wittmann Gallery;“AMS Curatorial Statement”; “First Thursday Notebook”; “First Thursday Notebook”. Georgia Straight