 Curriculum Vitae of Blair M Thorson
EDUCATION:
2009 The Yukon and Beyond, Porfolio and Marketing Clinics
2008 Marketing Workshop, 2 days, Travel & Tourism Yukon
- Self taught, experimentation and discovery of techniques
Grades 9 & 12 Art Awards.
EXHIBITIONS:
July 2011 Selected pieces in a Group Exhibition as part of the Adaka Culteral Festival at the Old Firehall, Whitehorse, Yukon
June 2011 Selected pieces in a Group Exhibition at Gallery 22, Whitehorse, Yukon
September 2010 All new artwork Exhibition, Baked Cafe Whitehorse, Yukon (Public Showing - Solo)
August 2010 Selected pieces from "All Over the Map" Show Johnson's Crossing, Yukon (Private Gallery - Solo)
April 2010 “All Over The Map” Show. Arts Underground,
Yukon Art Society, Whitehorse, YT (Public Gallery - Solo)
March 2010 “All Over The Map” Show. Dawson Creek Art Gallery,
Dawson Creek, B.C. (Public Gallery – Solo)
Sep. 2009 “All Over The Map” Show. Yukon Art Center,
Whitehorse, YT (Community Grotto – Solo)
Dec. 2008 “All Over The Map” Show. Yukon Art Center, Whitehorse, YT (Community Grotto - Solo)
July 2008 Member’s Exhibition & Show. Arts Underground,
Yukon Art Society, Whitehorse, YT (Public Gallery - Group)
May 2008 Yukon Portraits at the “Old Fire Hall”, Yukon Art Center, Whitehorse, YT (Public Gallery - Group)
Feb. 2006 The Idea of North, Arts Underground, Yukon Art Society, (Canada Winter Games), Group
REPRESENTATION: The Copper Moon Gallery, Whitehorse, YT The Yukon Gallery, Whitehorse, YT ARTICLES :
ECHO Environment Canada, Vol. 2 - No. 2, Pg. 2, Mark Camarero
Yukon News, Whitehorse, YT, Pg. 26, April 14, 2010 - The Arts, Chris Oke
Dawson Creek Daily News, March 5, 2010, Front Page, Megan Gorecki
Alaska Highway News, Fort St. John, B.C., February 25, 2010, Front Page, David Bell
The Peace, Dawson Creek Daily News, February 25, 2010, Pg. A2 - David Bell
What’s Up Yukon, Sep. 10, 2009, Issue 150, Pg. 10 – Arts Imperative, Tara McCarthy
Yukon - North of Ordinary, Fall 2009, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Pgs. 60/61 – ArtsNet Yukon, Elaine Corden
More of Our Canada, Sep. 2009, Premier Issue, Pgs. 58/59 – Crafty Canadians, Linda Thorson
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
2008 – Present Member of CARFAC
1998 – Present Member of Yukon Art Society
1990 – Present South Peace Art Society, Dawson Creek, BC
1990 – 1998 Member of North Peace Art Society, Ft St John, BC |