John Eckstein is a contemporary painter working on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Many of his early paintings were completed in a non-figurative style. Feeling limited by this type of abstraction, he began to work with a realistic form of imagery based on observation. This shift to direct perception continues to the present day.
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Born in 1955
Lives and works in the Pacific Northwest
Education
Concordia University; BFA, Montreal, Quebec, 1986
McGill University; B Sc., Distinction, Montreal, Quebec, 1980
Teaching Experience
Coast Mountain School District; Terrace, BC; Art Instructor, 2003-2012
Awards
2007, Wells Artist Project, Exhibition Grant, Penticton, British Columbia
Group Exhibitions
Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, Group Show, 2006
Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, Group Show, 2007
Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, “Trading Spaces”, 2008
Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, “Annual Member’s Exhibition”, 2009
Campbell River and District Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, “Telling Stories”, 2010
Solo Exhibitions
Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, “Perceptual Painting”, 2007
Kitimat Centennial Museum, Kitimat, “People, Paintings and Prints”, 2008
Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, “Drawings and Prints”, 2008
Bibliography
2007
Cameron Orr, A matter of perception, Northern Sentinel, October 24
Paul Crawford, Perceptual Painting, Arts Letter, September/October
2008
Margaret Speirs, Portraits show artist’s sharp skills, Terrace Standard, November 26
2010
Campbell River Art Gallery puts a “Fresh Face” on the New Year, Discovery Islander, January 15