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Born in Canada, Julie Cowan
Married Sir Christopher Oakes
Resides in Toronto and
Vernon,
BC.
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Education
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2004 Masters Degree in Cultural
Theory, New School University, NY.
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2000 Masters Degree, Art and Art
Professions, New York University, NY.
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1996 Computer Graphic Design,
Extension Dept. Okanagan University College, Vernon, BC.
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1998 Canadian Securities Commission
Certificate, CSC, Toronto, Ont.
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1975 Professional Teaching
Certificate, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
BC.
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1974 Intensive Chinese Language,
Tibetan History, New School for Social Research, New York,
NY.
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1971-1973 Thanka painting under the master
Lhasa court Thanka painter, Sherab Palden Berut,
Samye Ling Tibetan Center, Eskdalemuir,Scotland.
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1970 Emma Lake Workshop, University
of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask.
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1969 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Gold
Medal, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
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1966 Painting 101, Emma Lake Summer
School, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask.
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1965 Summer Painting School, Banff
Centre of Fine Arts, with Charles Stegeman and Francoise
Andre
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Solo
Exhibitions
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2008 The Life Screen, Ashpa Naira
Gallery, Vernon, BC
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2008 The Buddha Composed, Galerie
Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, QC, Catalogue
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2008 The Buddha Composed, The
Varley Gallery Of Markham, Ontario, Catalogue
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2007 The Buddha Disturbed, The Art
Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
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2006 Human Sacrifice, Conscientious
Perversity, Lehmann Leskiw Fine Art, Toronto, Book
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2005 Human Sacrifice, The Revolving
Door, Lehmann Leskiw Fine Art, Toronto, ON, Book
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Human Sacrifice, Quercia
Stories, The Rivington Gallery, London, England
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Poultry in Motion, The
Absolute Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
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2004 Human Sacrifice, The Art Ark,
Kelowna, BC., Book
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2004 Forbidden Fruit, The
Destination Gallery, Parrsboro, NS.
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2001 Gentle Bondage, Vernon Public
Gallery, Vernon, BC.
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Private Parade, Bau-Xi
Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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2000 Reptiles and Roses, Bau-Xi
Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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1999 Venezia, Headbones Gallery,
Vernon, BC.
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Complimenti, Bau-Xi
Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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1998 Rising Above, Bau-Xi Gallery,
Toronto, Ont.
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Feathers Flying, Bau-Xi
Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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1997 The Venice Series, Headbones
Gallery, Vernon, BC.
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The Venice Series, The
Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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Home Offerings, Bau-Xi
Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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1996 Herstory, The Alternator
Gallery, Kelowna, BC.
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1994 Cunte Perfume Launching,
Artimisia Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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Upright Man, Upright
Woman, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC.
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Born to Shock, Gallery 56,
Vancouver, BC.
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1993 B.P.A. RCA Visuals, Public Art
Gallery, St. Johns, Nfld.
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1992 Born to Shock, Alternator
Gallery, Kelowna, BC.
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1987 I am a Woman with a Past,
Vernon Public Gallery, BC.
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1985 Gardens and Clothes Lines,
Assiniboia Gallery, BC.
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1983 Lady Oakes, Temple Gallery,
Nassau, Bahamas
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1973 Chandoo Gallery, Toronto,
Ontario, Zangmo
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2008
Bogota 2008, Esto No Es Una Galeria, Bogota, Columbia,
Catalogue and Essay Writer
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2008 Sex on the Beach, Gallery
Moos, Toronto, Ontario
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2008
Five Canadian Artists, Galerie Atelier III, Barmstedt,
Germany, Catalogue
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2007 Looking East, Lehmann Leskiw
Fine Art, Toronto, ON
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Julie Oakes - Featured
Artist, Ashpa Naira Gallery, Vernon, BC
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2006 Headbones Gallery, Inaugural
Exhibition, Exotic Erotic Xmas, Toronto, ON, Catalogue
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Heidi Cho Gallery,
Parnassus, New York, NY
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2005 Spot the Dog, Anchorage Museum
of Art and History, Anchorage, Alaska, Catalogue
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The Fugitive Gallery,
Vernon, BC
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Out of the Closet, The
Rivington Gallery, London, England
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Gallery Artists, The Totem
Gallery, Venice Italy
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2004 Big and Small Show, EVAC, Des
Moines, Iowa
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2003 SCOPE International, Curcio
Projects, Miami, Florida
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Gallery Artists, Totem
Gallery, Venice Italy
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2002 Meledandri, Fred Mitchell and
Julie Oakes, Sugarhill Art Center, NY
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SCOPE International,
Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY
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2001 Having Returned, Headbones
Gallery, Vernon, BC.
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2000 Master Program Exhibition, New
York University, New York, NY.
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1999 Gallery Artists, Totem
Gallery, Venice, Italy.
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Clara e gli Americani,
Brescia Gallery, Brescia, Italy. Catalog
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Masters Program
Exhibition, Venice, Italy. Catalog
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1998 Venice, Casa Italiana, New
York, NY.
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1998 New York University Masters
Program Exhibition, Venice, Italy. Catalogue
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1996 Jury Show, Vernon Public Art
Gallery, Vernon, BC.
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Gallery Artists,
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC.
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1995 Gallery Artists, Grunt
Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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1994 Emerging Artists, Museum of
Modern Art, Miami, Fla.
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Art of the Motorcycle,
Redding Art Gallery, Redding, Ca.
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1993 Images and Objects XI,
Assembly of BC Arts Councils, Trail, BC. Catalogue
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1992 Juried Show, Daniel Cameron,
Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY.
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In the Biblical Sense,
Smash Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
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B.C. Festival of the Arts,
Vernon, B.C.
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1991-1992 Earthlines, Deadlines, Lifelines
is a group show of seven artists curated by John Taylor.
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01/14-02/13 The Kelowna Public Art
Gallery/Museum, Kelowna, B.C.
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03/30-04/29 The Vernon Public Art
Gallery/Museum, Vernon, B.C.
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05/29-07/05 The Redding Public Art
Gallery/Museum, Redding, CA
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08/01-08/31 The Hama Sushi Gallery, Venice
Beach, CA
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12/01-12/31 Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan
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09/06-10/20 The Art Gallery of the South
Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.
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Canadian Museum and
Curators Conference held here in September.
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11/22-01/05 The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,
Victoria, B.C.
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1991 Helio Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show
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1990 OAL Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
Condominium Show
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1989 Dome Gallery, New York, N.Y
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1989 Vernon Public Art Gallery,
Okanagan Artists
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1989 Loch Mayberry Gallery,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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1988 Okanagan Jury Show, Penticton,
Kelowna, Vernon, Kamloops, B.C.
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1986 Assiniboia Art Gallery,
Regina, Sask. Two Woman Show
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1986 Bessborough Gallery, Sakatoon,
Sask.
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1985 Rosemont Gallery, Regina,
Sask. Two Women Show
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1985 Penticton Art Gallery, Art
Attack, four artists
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1983 PIAFA Art Auction, Penticton,
B.C.
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1982 Okanagan Jury Show, Penticton,
B.C.
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1982 Kamloops Public Gallery, A bed
of Ones Own, eight women
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1980-1978 Grainary Gallery, Fintry, B.C.
Owned and operated and
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Exhibited solo and group
shows
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1977 Kelowna Public Gallery B.C.
Two person show
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1976 BauXi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
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1976 Galerie Royale, (now Heffel
Fine Art) Vancouver, B.C.
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1969 Winnipeg Public Art Gallery,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Visual
Performances
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1994 Cunte Perfume Launching,
Artimisia Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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1993 A Bevy of Beauties, Alternator
Gallery, Kelowna, BC
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1992 Breasts Protest Fashion
Extravaganza, RCA Visuals, St. Johns, Nfld
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Breast Protest Anonymous,
Vernon, BC
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1986 SWAT, OAA Gallery, Kelowna, BC
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1983 I am a Woman with a Past,
Vernon Public Gallery, Vernon, BC
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1969 Purse Snatching, General Idea
in conjunction with Felix Partz.
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Videos
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1996 Women who Wax and Pluck, (5
minutes) produced and acted.
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1993 Cunte, (3 minutes) produced.
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1994 Crow's Feet, (2 minutes, 48
seconds) produced.
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1994 Trashy Lingerie at the
Cappuccino Bar, (12 min. 14 seconds), produced & acted.
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1993 A Bevy of Beauties, (3
minutes, 4 seconds) produced, acted.
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1992 Breasts Protest Anonymous, (13
minutes) produced, acted.
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1989 Snuff Walls Around Townhouses
(SWAT), 4 minutes, produced, acted.
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1987 I am a Woman with as Past, 25
minutes, produced, acted.
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1983 Lewd Wave, (5 minutes)
designed, acted.
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1984 Wives and Lovers, (4 minutes)
produced, acted.
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Writings
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2007 Headbones Gallery, The
Drawers, 2007, Rich Fog Publishing, 2007, 178 pages
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2006 Conscientious Perversity, Rich
Fog Publishing, 2006, 198 pages Canada
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Forward by Dr. Robert C
Morgan
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Headbones Gallery, The
Drawers, 2006, Rich Fog Publishing, 2006, 180 pages
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Art Editor and writer for
Riverside Quarterly Magazine, Toronto, ON
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2005 HOOKS, a novel, 304 pages,
unpublished
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2005 The Revolving Door, 200 Pages,
published by Rich Fog Publishing, Canada,2005
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Forward by Dr. Terry
Williams
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2004 Quercia Stories: Lay My Head
on the Chest of the Dane, Gentle Bondage, Editing Evil,
167 pages, Rich Fog Publishing,
Forward by Susan
Brandoli
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2001 A Canadian Artist's
Perspective of 911, Power Images, 68 pages
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Personal observation
reportage for “The Morning Show”, CBC radio, BC following
September 11, for eight broadcasts.
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1974 White Socks Suck, young adult
novelette, 87 pages, unpublished
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Catalogues
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200 The Buddha Composed, 2008-,
Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, QC
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2004 Sync Collections,
Retrospective Catalog, 80 pages, Rich Fog Publishing,
Canada
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Selected Reviews
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2007 Canadian Art, Julie Oakes:
Lehmann Leskiw Fine Art by Ashley Johnson, Spring 2007,
Volume 24, Number 1, page 109
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2006 Mass Art Guide, Julie Oakes:
Juliette and Justine by Dr Robert C. Morgan, November
2006, page 25
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MIX Magazine, issue 31.3
Justine Tells Juliette All, feature article, back and
front inside cover, pages 38-41
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2001 Sights of Resistance by Robert
J. Belton (University of Calgary Press), Julie Oakes -
Boys when the Spring Comes, pages 167, 318, 319.
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1994 Art in America, March 1994,
Cunte, a Performance Piece by Julie Oakes p. 60,61
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Selected Collections
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The Art Gallery of the
South Okanagan
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The Kenderdine Gallery,
University of Saskatoon
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The Glenbow Museum,
Calgary
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Mendel Art Gallery,
Saskatoon
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The Norman McKenzie Art
Gallery, Regina
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Credit Union Central,
Regina
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Canada Council Art Bank
(2)
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Lower Manhattan Cultural
Council
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Saskatchewan Telephone
Company (2)
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Vancouver Authors Society
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Vernon Arts Council
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Vernon Public Art Gallery
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Vernon Performing Arts
Centre
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Vernon Public Library
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Holiday Park Resort
Corporate Collection
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Gotham Restaurant, Hys
Corporation, Vancouver
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Cotes Hallmark Collection
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Scholarships and Grants
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2008 Ontario Arts Council
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1993 Canada Council Project Cost
Grant
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1985 Canada Council Art Bank
Purchase
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1975 Canada Council Project Cost
Grant
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1973 Canada Council Short Term
Grant
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1970 Canada Council Bursary
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1969 Canada Council Bursary
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1967 Cotes-Hallmark Scholarship
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Teaching Experience
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2005 Guest Lecturer, The New School
University, Department of Sociology, NY
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Guest Lecturer, The
Toronto School of Art, Painting, Toronto, ON
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2001-2003 Guest Lecturer for Professional
Practices for the Artist, Dept. of Fine Arts, Okanagan
University College
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1983-2000 Vernon Arts Council, taught Figure
Drawing and Painting and Foundations
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1979-1983 Vernon Adult Education Department,
taught Figure Drawing and Painting and Foundations
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1976-80 Vernon School District,
Substitute teacher for art and theatre, Primary and
Secondary
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Work
Experience
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2005 Assistant curator and
catalogue commentary writer, Headbones Gallery, The
Drawers, Toronto, ON
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1994 - 2000 Owned, directed and curated
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
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Professional Organizations
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2006-2008 Ontario College of Teachers
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1975-1980 British Columbia College of
Teachers
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2004-2008 College Art Association
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