BIOGRAPHY

Honors

2010 Jade Shri Chakra / Yantra Installation at Memphis India Cultural Centre & Temple, Memphis TS USA
2000 Canada Post Corporation, collaborated on the commemorative stamp design for the 2001 Chinese New Year
1992 Jade Buddha, appointed as Advisor to the Artisans, Bangkok TH

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Global Fine Arts Gallery, Las Vegas NV
2003 Canada House Gallery, Banff AB
2000 Tilting at Windmills, Bonita Springs FL USA
1994–1999 Whistler Village Gallery, Whistler Resort BC
1992–1998 Brousseau & Brousseau, Quebec City PQ
1991–1999 Art of Man Gallery, Victoria BC / Lake Louise AB

Special Exhibitions

2008 University of North Texas, Department of Music, permanent public exhibition, Dallas TX
2001 Vancouver Museum, "JADE, The Ultimate Treasure of Ancient China", Vancouver, BC
1987 Commonwealth Conference
1986 Expo '86 Exhibition, Canada Pavilion, Vancouver BC

Group Exhibitions

2011 Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Art Inc.
New York, NY, U.S.A.
2010 Olympic 2010 Collection, Izzard Gallery,
West Vancouver BC
2008 Lahaina Gallery, Maui HI USA
2006–2010 Lahaina Gallery, Bend OR USA
2005, 07, 08 Lahaina Gallery, Newport Beach CA USA
2007–2008 Lahaina Gallery, San Francisco CA USA
2005, 2010 Lahaina Gallery, Healdsburg CA USA
2004–2010 Global Fine Arts Gallery, Victoria BC
2003 Art of Man Gallery, Victoria BC
2002 North Shore Arts Council, North Vancouver BC
2001 Sopel Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver BC
1998 New York Art Exposition, New York NY USA
1995 Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show, Vancouver BC
1993 Sage Brush Gallery, San Sable Island FL USA
1991 Lahaina Gallery, Maui HI USA
1988 Canada Corporate Art Conference, Toronto ON
1987 Southland Museum, Invercargill NZ
1986 Expo ’86 Exhibition, Canada Pavilion,
Vancouver BC

Selected Notable Collections

  • Former President George Bush Sr., USA
  • Duke & Duchess of Westminster, United Kingdom
  • President of Germany, Richard Von Weizaecken
  • Prime Minister of Sweden, Ingvar Carlsson
  • H.H. The Begum Sultan Mohamed Shah Agakhan III, Paris France

Additional works have been acquired by visiting international heads of state from Canada, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, China, Hong Kong, France, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States.

Commissioned works are also held in private, international collections.

Selected Corporate Collections

  • Grosvenor of America
  • Genstar
  • Carborundum
  • Swiss Bank Corporation
  • Nikken of Japan
  • BC Gas
  • IBM Corp.
  • Teck Corp. of Canada
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • The Jim Pattison Group
  • Procura Real Estate Services
  • McAllister & Ledingham
  • CIBC World Markets
  • Mining Association of BC
Lyle Sopel