artwork of   
Arlene Nesbitt
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Arlene's Biography

Born in Alberta
Lived in BC, United States, England and Scotland
BA summa cum laude and post graduate work in art and psychology
Classes and workshops in oil painting, lithography, collographs, cyanotypes, fibrearts
Worked in elementary education and art therapy
Travelled in Mexico, France, India and Russia enjoying different landforms, people, art and food not necessarily in that order.

My interest in photography began while living on a
tiny island in the Hebrides. The main theme of my
images was archetypes as revealed in close-ups of unusual rock formations. My work was shown and sold on the Island of Iona, Mull and in Glasgow.

In 1995 I returned to BC. After taking a course in Photoshop I began to work digitally with layers of rubbings, monoprints, encaustic and photos.

SOLO SHOWS
2010 Image Informed, Collective Works Gallery, Victoria, BC
2009 Mind over/with Matter,Collective Works Gallery, Victoria, BC
2008 The Medium and the Machine, Collective Works Gallery, Victoria, BC
2007 Strategies and Confusions, CACGV, Victoria, BC
2006 Refuse Illusion, Artists of Conscience, 20 works, Phantom Gallery, Victoria, BC
2005 Reformation Now, Campbell River Public Art Gallery
2004 Imago Mundi,CACGV, Victoria, BC
2003 The Virtual Reality of Ideas, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC

GROUP SHOWS
2010 National Winter Juried Art Show, The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach, BC, Third Place
" Sooke Fine Arts, Sooke, BC, Juried
2009 Multimedia Fine Arts, Ladysmith, BC Juried
" Goldstream Nature House Art Show,Goldstrea Park, BC, Invitational
" Sidney Fine Arts, Sidney BC, Juried
" Look Show, Victoria,BC, Second Prize
" Human Body: Dependence on the Physical, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtney, BC
2008 Festival of Art, Oceanside Arts Council, Parksville, BC Award of Excellence
" Look Show, Victoria,BC, Honorable Mention
" Red, Redder, Reddest, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
" Stilled, Collective Works, Victoria, BC
" Myself: Women in the World, CACGV, Juried
2007 Sidney Fine Arts, Sidney, BC Juried
" Multimedia Fine Arts, Ladysmith, BC Juried
" Sooke Fine Arts, Sooke, BC, Juried
" Fairfield Art Tour
" Regeneration, online showhttp://www.islandsinstitute.com
2006 Sidney Fine Arts, Sidney, BC, Juried
" Multimedia Fine Arts, Ladysmith, BC Juried
" Moss St. Paint In, Victoria, BC
" Fairfield Art Tour, Victoria, BC
" Euphorbia, Whiterock, BC Juried
" Look Show, CACGV, Victoria, BC
2005 Multimedia Fine Arts, Ladysmith, BC, Juried, Honourable Mention
" Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, BC
" Helen Pitt Gallery ARC, Vancouver, BC
" CACGV, Victoria 'Look' Award
2004 Sidney Fine Arts, Sidney, BC, Juried
" Arts Council New Westminster
2002 -3-4 Sooke Fine Arts, Sooke, BC, Juried

MEMBERSHIPS
Collective Works Artists Association
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria
CARFAC