paintings by A.M. Bourgeois

About the Artist

A.M. Bourgeois tells whimsical picture stories of everyday people which include themes of mystical forces, intrigue, joy and melancholy. The human and animal characters which appear in these stories take on a life of their own as they emerge onto the artist's colorful canvases.
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EXPERIENCE
Political cartoonist for the campus newspaper and illustrator for literary magazine (Xavier University, Cincinnati)
Program designer for campus theatre productions and day care centre (Cincinnati)
Muralist for fundraiser event (Cincinnati)
Arts instructor in summer camps (Ohio, Michigan and Switzerland)
Arts activity coordinator for senior center,(Canada)
Set designer and painter for theatrical productions (Canada)
Artist in residence in 2 Ottawa (Canada) schools.

GROUP EXHIBITS (1971-2006)
(Cincinnati, Winnipeg and Ottawa area)
Burke Gallery ; Mainstreet Gallery; Teacher;s College, Rodrigue Lemay Gallery, Gallery 200; Ottawa City Hall; Ottawa Byward Market; Ottawa Women's Credit Union; Ottawa Art Exchange; Nepean Visual Arts Centre; Sante Gallery; Ottawa School of Art; Russell Fine Arts Festival;Glebe Community Centre; Ottawa Convention Center, Vankleek Hill Fine Arts festival, Kidney Foundation National Capital Fine Arts Festival, Art in the Park art exhibit (Ottawa), Rideau Valley Arts Festival (Westrport, Ont.), Exclusive Art Forms Gallery (Lancaster, Ont.) , The Green Door Restaurant

SOLO EXHIBITS
1985 Ottawa Women's Credit Union
1994 West End Station Restaurant (Ottawa)
1995 Sante Restaurant and Gallery (Ottawa)
1998&2001 Gerry and Isobel's (Chelsea, Quebec)
2000 The Green Door Restaurant (Ottawa)
2003 & 04 Gerry and Isobel's (Chelsea Quebec)

WORKS SOLD IN FUND RAISING AUCTIONS (1987-2004)
Children's International Summer Villages (Ottawa) PBS Public Television; United Way, WNIP TV (Watertown, NY); SAW Gallery (Ottawa); Opera Lyra, Ottawa Immigrant Women's Services, " Save Our Planet " funding drive (Cincinnati); Big Brothers Art Auction (Ottawa), United Way Silent Auction (Ottawa); Save our Children, MASC (Artists in the Schools), The Catholic Center in Athens, University of Georgia

AWARDS
1978 First place in a political caricature competition in Winnipeg ,Manitoba
1979 First place in ice sculpture competition in the annual winter festival (Festival du Voyageur in Winnipeg Manitoba)
1982 Category winner in City of Ottawa (Rideau Area Project) mural competition
1987 Third place winner in the mural competition sponsored by the Rosebud Retirement Centre project in Ottawa.
1989&98 Artist-in-Residency grant at the Hambidge Arts Center in Georgia , USA
2004 Artist-in- Residency grant from Georgia Dept of Natural Resources, USA

WORKS IN PUBLIC LOCATIONS
*Crossroads (Ottawa)
*Mental Health Services East (Cincinnati),
*Royal Ottawa Hospital
*Villa Marconi Retirement Residence (Ottawa)
*Lenscrafters International Head Office (Cincinnati)
*Georgia Departmenat of Natural Resources (Atlanta)
*5 paintings featured in 2 two made -for -tv movies (Ottawa).

WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
France, Switzerland, Peru, USA, Canada,England

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