Rebecca Cowan Presented by Open Studio

Rebecca Cowan
	Excerpt from artist statement I wanted to slow down my process and work in a more thoughtful way, and to appreciate the things that made me fall in love with printmaking: drawing details, creating textures, feeling the creaminess and hearing the smacking sound of ink being mixed, wiping slowly and gently to reveal the markings on the plate, overlaying transparent colours until they reach a kind of visceral density, and finally unveiling the image itself. And so, I made these prints in a meditative way – without thought to outcome, just enjoying each moment of the process, being amazed, delighted and made breathless by the results –letting go, and going beyond.
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Education 1983-1985 Toronto School of Art Diploma Program in Fine Art 1979-1981 York University B.A. in English Literature 1974-1976 Ryerson University Theatre Production and Design Grants, Awards •2008 Mid-career Grant for Visual Artists, Ontario Arts Council •2006 Frameworks Award, Juried Arts Salon, Kingston Arts Council, Jan Winton and Daniel Oxley, jurors Jury Prize, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Janice Kinch, juror •1999 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts •1996 Atelier GF Purchase Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Jeannie Thib, juror •1995 Ontario Volunteer Service Award •1994 Best Print, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, David Blackwood, juror •1993 Best of Show, Toronto Indoor Art Show, Cynthia Stark, juror •1991-1992 Nick Novak Scholarship, Open Studio, Susan Schelle, Richard Sewell, Sybil Goldstein, jurors •1989 Graphics Prize, Aviva Art Show and Sale, Katharine Lochnan, juror •2001 Member of the Board of Directors, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Ont. •1999 Contributing Editor, DA - A Journal of the Printing Arts •1998 Handmade books/invitations, Nesbitt Burns •1996 Handmade books/invitations, Manulife of Canada •1996 Blank Cards, Trinity Hospice, Toronto •1996 - 1999 Member or the Toronto Artists Health Centre Steering Committee •1993 Chair, 100 Prints committee, Open Studio, Toronto •1992 - 1994 Member of the Board of Directors, Open Studio, Toronto •1992 Instructor, Refresher Etching, Open Studio, Toronto •1992 Lecturer, Open Studio, Toronto •1991 Lecturer, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver Selected Collections National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario York University Library, Toronto, Ontario Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, Toronto, Ontario Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Ontario University of British Columbia Library, Vancouver, British Columbia Wellesley College Library, Wellesley, MA, USA Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia MacKimmie Library, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Newmarket Public Library, Newmarket, Ontario Peat Marwick Thorne, Toronto, Ontario Ontario Securities Commission, Toronto, Ontario Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Ontario Granite Club, Toronto, Ontario Desjardins Financial, Toronto, Ontario Selected Group Exhibitions 2008 •The Stories Between Us, Open Studio, Toronto •Book Variations, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto •World Washi Summit, A.K. Collings Gallery, Port Hope •Annual Exhibition, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Kingston 2007 •Dimensions, Studio 22, Kingston, Ontario •Seongnam International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, Korea •Annual Exhibition, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Kingston •Shaken not Stirred, Open Studio, Toronto •Sense and Sensuality, Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon •Frameworks 25th Anniversary Show, Kingston 2006 •Contemporary Works on Paper, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto •In Cahoots, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, New York •The Power of Two, Clarington Visual Arts Centre, Bowanville, Ontario •Juried Art Salon, Kingston Arts Council, Kingston •Annual exhibition, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Kingston 2004 •Annual exhibition, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Kingston 2003 •Annual exhibition, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Kingston •Millennium in a Box, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta •Objects of Desire, Open Studio, Toronto 2002 •Agnes Etherington Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Kingston •Big and Small, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Kingston •Imago National Art Competition, Painted City Gallery, Toronto •Flora and Fauna, Open Studio, Toronto 2001 •Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto •Paper Trail, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto •Feast, Open Studio, Toronto 2000 •Millennium in a Box, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto •Mary Hawkins Memorial Library, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia •Central Public Library, Canberra, Australia •Boundary Press Studio, Canberra, Australia •City of Thompson Museum, Thompson, Manitoba •Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota •Conseil Quebecois de l’estampe, Montreal, Quebec •New South Wales Writers Centre, Sydney, Australia •Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta •Works on Paper, Art Gallery of Ontario Art Rental, Toronto Exhibiting since 1986 Selected Solo Exhibitions •2006 George Gilmour Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto •2002 George Gilmour Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto •1997 Open Studio Gallery, Toronto •1994 Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto •1992 Open Studio Gallery, Toronto •1991 Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver •1990 Here and Now Gallery, Toronto