Curriculum Vitae

Murals, commissions and public art

2026 Summer City Street, mural 6’ X 24’ incorporated into the City of Vancouver Public
Art collection. Work created in 1979 to remain installed at Carnegie Centre, Vancouver
2025. Artistic director, Big Print Powell/Paueru-Gai Festival, printing six 4’ X 8’
woodblock prints designed by Indigenous and Japanese-Canadian artists
artists: Xwalacktun, John Spence, Manuel Axel Strain, Larissa Healey,
Eri Ishii, Tomoyo Ihaya and Lynda Nakashima Vancouver
2024. Flightpath commissioned mural alley installation, acrylic/ plywood Vancouver
2022 The Gathering Suite, a sequel to 2016 mural by Tetrault. Artists: Marissa
Nahannee, Charlene Johnny, Jerry Whitehead, Richard Tetrault.
Series exhibited annually at Heart of the City Festival, Carnegie Centre Vancouver
2022. Big Print Steveston. A collaboration with 7 artists ( Musqueam and Japanese
Canadian) printing 4’ X 8’ woodblocks with a steamroller at 2-day event.
Artists: Debra Sparrow, Atheana Picha, Cyler Sparrow, Isaiah Sparrow-Point,
Gerald Pedros/Tetrault, Dona Nabata, Mariko Ando, Kinichi Shigeno Steveston, BC

2019 Continuum, Richmond Public Art Commission, 6000 sq. ft community-
engaged mural wrapping Richmond Cultural Centre (w. Jerry Whitehead) Richmond

2018 Atira’s Gift Bridge Housing, collaboration (Eri Ishii, Michelle Stoney)
A two-storey mural for the Womens’ Shelter in the Downtown Eastside Vancouver
2018 York Mural (with Jerry Whitehead and Sharifah Marsden). a mural celebrating
Art and culture in the City Vancouver
2017- KW Studios entranceway mural, Woodwards, (COV ) 1500 sq. ft mural
reflecting creative culture of Downtown Eastside (Kee Toy Joseph assist) Vancouver
2016- artistic coordination, Big Print Project Jazz and Big Print Project Chinatown

24 artists, 4’X8’ woodcuts printed with a steamroller in public setting Vancouver
Artists: Susan Point, Corey Bulpitt, Sharifah Marsden, Kee Toy Joseph, Jeanette Lee,
Sylvia Wong, June Yun, Jerry Whitehead, Arnold Shives, Connie Sabo, Haisla Collins,
Ben Duncan, Taiga Chiba, Barbara Klunder, Bobbie Burgers, Tracey Tarling, Mariko
Ando, Leonard Brett, Saskia Jenkins, and others.
2014-15 Commercial Transit station, mural coordination 5 artists Translink Vancouver
2015- Urban Weave, City of Richmond Public Art, 120 ft. long Etched aluminium
frieze designed for Storeys Housing façade development, Richmond
2014- Big Print Project, artistic coordinator, 12 artists printing 4’X8’ woodprints with a
steamroller in a public venue (Granville Island) Vancouver, Artists include: Susan Point, Soo Sunny Park, Betsabe Romero, Arnold Shives, Peter
Kiss, Cheryl Hamilton, Richard Tetrault, Gerald Pedros, Michael Abraham, Corey
Laroque.
2013 Counterpoint, Salmon Cycle & Migrations, City of Port Coquitlam Public art.Dan
Bushnell, Jerry Whitehead, Sharifah Marsden Port Coquitlam, BC
2013 Coordination, Radius Mural, Firehall Arts Centre-cross-cultural collaboration.
Chinese, Japanese & Aboriginal artists, mentored youth, Year of Reconciliation
Artists: June Yun, Eri Ishii, Gerald Pedros, Jerry Whitehead Vancouver
Mentored artists: Marissa Nahanee, Christine Chung and Mayuka Hisata
2012 Lawson Arts Centre mural Design and fabrication, relief mural West Vancouver
2012 Strathcona Mosaic project, Tetrault/Jerry Whitehead celebrating SPOTA
(Strathcona Property and Tenants Association) history Vancouver
2011 River of Crows Mural artistic co-ordination Great Beginnings fund Vancouver
Fifteen artists and volunteers.
2010 Through the Eye of the Raven artistic co-ordination, Vancouver Native Housing
City of Vancouver Great Beginnings Grant Vancouver
Artists: Sharifah Marsden, Haisla Collins, Jerry Whitehead, Richard Shorty.
Coordination through Vancouver Native Housing and City of Vancouver
Photo-documentation by Esther Rausenberg.
2009 Eastside Mural Projects Artistic co-ordinator, four large-scale murals including:

Britannia Community Centre, The Russian Hall, Adanac Bike Route and Fratellis
Great Beginnings Funds, Canadian Heritage, etc. 15 artists & community Vancouver
2007Canada/Argentina mural (large collaboration with Argentinean artists) London, Ont

2003-4 Community Walls/Community Voices artistic coordination
Primary funders: City of Vancouver, Native Education Centre, Vancouver Engineering
and Vancouver Parks Board. Artists: Dan Bushnell, Jerry Whitehead and Tetrault

1998 Walls of Change-mural coordination (12,000 sq ft. murals, Downtown Eastside,
Funded: Community Public art fund, the City of Vancouver
12 artists, 80 mentored community members Vancouver

1997 Kids Guernica, collaborative mural, world traveling Richmond
Youth from City of Richmond High Schools

1995 Eastside Life. Four Sisters Housing Cooperative Vancouver

1989. Art Against Racism Mural, installed Four Corners Community Bank. Vancouver
Artists: Maurice Spira, Alberto Cerritos, Thomas Anfield, Haruko Okano, Jose Tlatelpas
Artistic director: Tetrault

1979. Summer City Street. Installed Carnegie Centre 1980-present Vancouver

1977 Peace Mural. Simon Fraser University, Student Union Burnaby, BC

Awards and residencies (selected)
2025 Canada Council for the Arts, Big Print Powell/Paueru-Gai Festival Vancouver
(Creative Cultural Collaborations Society)

2024 Canada Council for the Arts, for Red River Project. Vancouver, Manitoba

2022. Canada Council for the Arts, for the Gathering Mural suite Vancouver

(Creative Cultural Collaborations Society)

2022 BC Arts Council, Big Print Steveston (Creative Cultural Collaborations Society)
2019 City of Richmond, Cultural Centre public art (with Jerry Whitehead) Richmond
(Creative Cultural Collaborations Society)
2016 City of Vancouver, Public Art grant, York Theatre mural Vancouver
2015 Richmond City, public art grant for Storey’s Mural Richmond
2013 Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal Vancouver
2008 City of Vancouver Mayor’s Award for the Arts Vancouver
2008 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant, Urban Topographies St.Thomas, Ont
2004 Canada Council for the Arts, Painted Lives and Shifting Landscapes, Anvil Press
2002,1998, 1994 City of Vancouver Cultural Affairs Public Art Fund, various projects
2000 Vancouver Foundation, Millennium Grant Wells, BC
2002,1998 Vancouver Park Board Matching Grants. various projects
Exhibits, selected
2026 In the Shadow of the Pavilions-Expo 86 and Contemporary Art Surrey Art Gallery
Curator Jordan Strom group
2023 Hard-Edge City-paintings, collages of the Downtown Eastside
The Gallery at the Cultch, Vancouver solo
2021, 2022, 2203, 2024 curated Preview Exhibitions, Eastside Culture Crawl, at
Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver group
2021 Woodcuts, Malaspina Printmakers Vancouver solo
2022 Big Print Steveston, exhibition group
2018, 2019. Eastside Culture Crawl, Cultch Gallery, and Arts Factory
Vancouver curated group

2017 Limited Editions-The Art of Printmaking curated 3-person exhibit
CityScape Gallery North Vancouver group
2016 Reversing the Tide curated 4-person exhibition, Ferry Building Gallery
North Vancouver group
2016 + 2014 Big Print Project collaborative print event and exhibitions
Vancouver, BC group
2015 The Elusive Landscape, a 3-person collaborative exhibition
` Cities of Zadar and Benkovac, Croatia group
2015 New Mylar Works, Barristers Lounge, Vancouver Law Courts
Vancouver, BC curated solo
2014 Off the Block Elevation Gallery solo
Canmore, Alta.
2014 Time and Place Ferry Building Gallery solo
West Vancouver
2014 From the Urban Landscape Regent Gallery solo
University of British Columbia
2014 Woodcuts, Celia Duthie Gallery group
Saltspring Is. BC.
2013,14 Touchwood, VanDusen/ Duthie Gallery, woodprints
Vancouver, BC solo
2013 CT International Print Exchange –(Malaspina Print Workshop)
travelling exhibition, Cuba and Canada. Various venues group
2012 The Making of Murals. Gallery at the Cultch
Vancouver, BC solo
2011 Idea of North-Visual Variations St. Thomas/Elgin Public Art Gallery,
London, Ont. group
2011 Point of Contact Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas
Santiago, Cuba group

2010 Idea of North-Visual Variations Galleria Peon Contreras (group)
Merida, Mexico group
2008 Gallery artists, Thielsen Gallery ( Jens Thielsen, curator) London, Ont. group
2007 Colectiva –La Raza Artists Salon de Plastica Mexicana
Mexico, DF, Mexico group
2008 Smoke, Steel, Sky. Elliott Louis Gallery solo
2008 Urban Topographies St. Thomas/Elgin Public Art Centre
Curator Laura Woermke solo
2006 Havana, SWS Anodyne 2 Gallery curated
Palm Desert, Ca solo
2006 The Relief Print, Burnaby Arts Centre (Susan Gransby curator)
Burnaby,BC group
2006. Connexions, Three-person exhibition, Ferry Building, North Vancouver group
2005 Trilateral Print Exchange Malaspina Printers,
Japan, Canada, Holland curated group
2003 Painted Stories-Visualizing the Downtown Eastside
Interurban Gallery, Vancouver solo
1996. Urban Crow Richmond Art Gallery solo
1992 Island Processions. Richmond Art Gallery solo
Related Experience (selected)
2025. Juror, public art for housing, Portland Hotel Society and Eastside Arts District
2019. selection panel juror, City of Richmond public mural roster
2015-2021 Artistic contribution to Simon Fraser University/Heart of the City Festival
production of Bah Humbug!

2014 Presenter, Lulu Series, Art in the city. City of Richmond
2014-Juror, Jayden Mews Public Art Project
2012-Juror, Foundation Michaelle-Jean, Generation Art
2011- Juror, BC Arts Council, public art
2011-Community Arts Council of Vancouver, committee member
2010-Creative Cultural Collaborations Society, founding member & co-artistic director
2007. Founding member, Studio 101 (Eastside Culture Crawl) Youth workshops
2002-2021 Selection jury, Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery
1990-2004. Board member, Roundhouse Community Centre
1997-98. Advisory member, Artstarts in Schools
1990-2010. Artist in Residence program, Vancouver School Board
1996 Founding member, Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver
Collections, selected
Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, Surrey Art Gallery, Richmond
Art Gallery, Burnaby Art Gallery, The City of White Rock, City of West Vancouver, St.
Thomas/Elgin Public Art Gallery, Ont., The Office of the Mayor, the City of Vancouver,
Senator Larry Campbell, MLA Libby Davies, Vancouver General Hospital Collection, St.
Paul’s Hospital Collection, Teekay Shipping, Sea Span International, Hastings Labour
Law Offices, Concert Properties, Catalyst Papers and others.
Education: University of British Columbia 1968-69 Music Faculty
Vancouver School of Art-1970-71, 1978-79 printmaking, painting, drawing
Art Students’ League, New York City 1980- drawing, anatomy.