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CURRICULUM VITAE
Billie Rae Busby
Lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada (nee Sparrow)
Phone: (403) 282-6621 Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Extended Studies 2008-2010, Abstract Painting, Alberta College of Art and Design
Extended Studies 2004-2007, Painting, Alberta College of Art and Design
Extended Studies 2005, Silkscreening on Fabric, Alberta College of Art and Design
Extended Studies 2004, Mixed Media, Alberta College of Art and Design
Extended Studies 1999, Marketing Your Art, Alberta College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Arts, 1998, Fine Arts (Studio Art), University of Saskatchewan
Bachelor of Science, 1998, Kinesiology/Phys. Ed, University of Saskatchewan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Faculty, Alberta University of the Arts, School of Continuing Education (Winter 2019, Winter 2020)
RESIDENCIES
2021 Banff Centre of Arts and Creativity, Leighton Art Studios (self-directed), October 3-16, 2021
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Mayberry Fine Art (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
Canada House Gallery (Banff, Alberta, Canada)
EXHIBITION RECORDS
2025 LOOK2025 Art Auction Exhibition, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, May 1-May 28
2024 Out of the Blue, solo exhibition, Bluerock Gallery, Diamond Valley, Alberta August 17-September 11
2024 LOOK23 Art Auction Exhibition, Contemporary Calgary, Alberta May 2-25
2024 The Spaces To Be, solo exhibition, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 11-February 4
2023 Prairie Landscapes, group exhibition, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba July 7- August 1
2023 Swoon, solo exhibition, S16 Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, May 25- June 11
2023 LOOK23 Art Auction Exhibition, Contemporary Calgary, Alberta May 4-June 3
2022 Night Lights: The Wonder of the Northern Lights, solo exhibition, Leighton Art Centre, Foothills, Alberta Aug. 27-Oct.23
2022 LOOK2022 Exhibition group show, Contemporary Calgary, Alberta
2022 See Me Through This, solo show, Bluerock Gallery, Black Diamond, Alberta (April 30-May 28, 2022)
2022 Below Zero, online group show, dodomu gallery (based in Brooklyn, NY)
2021 Dreamland, online group show, Arts to Hearts Project (based in India)
2021 Wandering, Wondering, online group show, PxP Contemporary, (based in USA)
2021 Marks We Make, online group show, Curator's Salon UK (August 14-September 21)
2021 19th annual Members Juried Exhibition, Leighton Art Centre, Foothills, Alberta
2021 The Changing Landscape, online group show, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario (March-April 2021)
2020 Summer Salon, Leighton Art Centre, Alberta
2019 Art Calgary, group exhibition, Mona Lisa Art Space, Calgary, Alberta (November 2019)
2019 Artist Ranch Project Alumni, Western Showcase, Calgary Stampede, Calgary (July)
2019 Clothesline Festival and Art Sale, Leighton Art Centre (June)
2019 Thomas Mawson and Calgary: Vienna on the Bow, Art Calgary alumni group exhibition, Central Library, Calgary (April)
2018 Geometry, Alberta Society of Artists - various locations
2018 Calgary Stampede Mini Masterpieces (July)
2018 Leighton Centre Juried Members Show (April-May)
2017 Postwest (with artist Rosanna Marmont), Lebel Gallery (August-October)
2017 I AM WESTERN (group exhibition) Medalta Medicine Hat & cSPACE King Edward Calgary (June 29-October 1, 2017)
2017 Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection Western Canada group show, Instituto Veneto di Sceienze Lettere de Arti, Venice
2016 Leighton Art Centre (June 25-July 31, 2016)
2015 Here and There (solo exhibition), Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, Alberta (September 12-November 7, 2015)
2015 Artist Ranch Project, Western Showcase, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta (July 1-12, 2015)
2014 Scenes of Western Canada, Canadian Federation of Artists, Vancouver, BC (September 30-October 12, 2014)
2014 Celebrating Alberta, The Alberta Society of Artists (touring exhibition), Northwest Art Center, Minot, North Dakota, United States of America (Nov. 5-Nov. 26)
2014 Celebrating Alberta, The Alberta Society of Artists (touring exhibition), Cando Art Center, Cando, North Dakota, United States of America (Sept. 22-Oct. 10)
2014 Made for This Place: The Art, Architecture and Artifacts of the Leighton Legacy, Nickle Galleries, Calgary, Alberta (June 6-July 19)
2014 Celebrating Alberta, The Alberta Society of Artists (touring exhibition), Visual Arts Alberta Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta (Jan 30-March 15)
2013 Four Winters (group show), Lougheed House, Calgary, AB (November 19-December 22, 2013)
2013 Below Zero, (group show), Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, AB (October 26, 2013-January 11, 2014)
2013 artRISE exhibition, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB (November 1-December 20, 2013)
2013 Borealis, Team Alberta Solar Decathlon project (featured artist), Irvine, California (October 3-13, 2013)
2013 Summer Spirit, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB (July 18-August 31)
2013 Three Transformations: Our Vast Prairie Landscape (group show), Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, AB (July 20-September 2)
2013 Celebrating Alberta, The Alberta Society of Artists (touring exhibition), Crowsnest Pass, AB (June)
2013 Transcending Tradition, Juried Members' Show, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, AB (April 27-May 30)
2012 Hearts of the New West, 2012 Calgary Biennial of Contemporary Art, Haight Gallery, Calgary, AB
2012 Western Art Gallery, Western Showcase (at BMO Centre), Calgary Stampede, Calgary, AB
2011 Juried Members' Show, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, AB
2011 The Triangle Gallery's Artist Home & Studio Tour (featured artist/home studio), Calgary, Alberta
2011 Art-O-Rama, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta2010 Studio Art Sale, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2010 U8, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia
2010 Seasonal Affective, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2010 Art-O-Rama Exhibition & Sale, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2010 Open Spaces: Window to A View, City of Calgary Public Art Program, Calgary, Alberta
2010 Extended Abstract Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
2009 Art for the Holidays, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, Alberta
2009 The Studio, Show/Sale Fundraiser, Triangle Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2009 Abstract Painting Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
2009 Outside In: Group Show -February-March, '09 @ Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, Alberta
2009 Holiday Show of Small Works -Dec. 6, '08-Jan.10, '09 @ Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, Alberta
2008 Odyssey Show & Sale, SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, Alberta
2008 Landscape & Memory: Portraits group show, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, Sask.
2008 Member's Showcase group show, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2000 S.S.E.A. Select: The Alumni Show, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan
1998 History of Art group show, Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
1997 Drawing and Related Materials group show, Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
1994 Canada Day Poster Challenge group show, Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario
1993 Canada Day Poster Challenge group show, Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario
1993 Solo exhibition, Yorkton Regional High School, Yorkton, Saskatchewan
ART FAIRS
2022 CONTEXT Art Fair Miami, S16 Gallery
2022 Art Toronto, S16 Gallery
2019 Art Now Saskatchewan, group exhibition in Regina with Art Calgary
2018 Art Now Saskatchewan, group exhibition in Saskatoon with Art Calgary
PUBLIC ART/MURALS
2024 "The Sky and the Field" exterior mural, Downtown West Community Association, Calgary, Alberta
2022 "Courage" meeting room vinyl mural, Inn from the Cold, Calgary, Alberta
2022 Pumpkin-Infinity creative seating benches, PARK Productions, Calgary, Alberta
2022 "Whimsy, Joy, Beauty and Hope" exterior mural, Renfrew Community Associarion, Calgary, Alberta
2022 "Intersections" public art community project, cSPACE King Edward, Calgary, Alberta
2021 New Covenant Assembly Children's Education Space, Calgary, Alberta (in collaboration with artist Karen Scarlett)
2021 Beltline Urban Mural Project (BUMP) Road Works, Calgary, Alberta
2014 SAIT Polytechnic, Shaping/Expanding Horizons; Public Art, Calgary, Alberta
COLLECTIONS
Calgary Stampede Art Collection
TC Energy Corporate Art Collection
Canadian Mental Health Association Calgary
The Ranchmen's Club
Canada House Collection (High Commission in London, England)
SAIT Polytechnic
Embassy of Canada to Kazakhstan
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame
Yorkton Terriers Hockey Club
Private collections across Western Canada
COMMISSIONS
2007-2025 Various private commissions
2024 Calgary Stampede Art Collection, 4 - 4' x 10' paintings, BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta
2022 TC Energy Corporate Art Collection, 16 paintings for neXus 10 floor, Calgary, Alberta
2015 cSPACE Projects, groundbreaking event custom hard hats, Calgary, Alberta
2015 SAIT Polytechnic "Horizons" banner and project
2014 Foreign Affairs Canada, custom carpet designs for the Laurier Room and Alberta Room, Canada House, London, England
1999 Hockey Canada Royal Bank Cup drawing and volunteer gift, commissioned by Yorkton Co-op
1994 Cover art for 1994-95 Yorkton Terriers Hockey Team souvenir program
1994 Home Team, Limited edition reprints for the Yorkton Terriers Junior A Hockey Club
1993 Induction portraits (2), Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame
GRANTS
2024 Calgary Arts Development Individual Project Grant (Visual Arts)
2022 Community-Run Microgrant, Calgary Arts Development
PUBLICATIONS
2024 AQ Volume 2 book
2024 LOOK2024 Contemporary Calgary Auction exhibition catalogue
2023 Create! Magazine Issue #38 Summer Issue
2023 New Visionary Magazine, Summer Issue #7
2023 LOOK2023 Contemporary Calgary Auction exhibition catalogue
2022 ArtSeen, The Curator's Salon, Issue #5, Autumn 2022
2022 Uppercase, Issue #54, Abstract Thinking, July/August/September 2022
2022 LOOK2022 Contemporary Calgary Auction exhibition catalogue
2019 Vistas of the West: Poems and Visuals of Nature
2016 Canada House Collection publication
2016 Oh West Canada! Contemporary Artists from Western Canada, Imago Mundi hardcover book
2016 Shapers, Makers and Originals. The Story of SAIT's First 100 Years book
2015 Calgary Stampede Western Showcase Art Auction 2015 catalogue
2014 LandEscape Art Review (November 2014)
2014 Celebrating Alberta, Alberta Society of Artists catalogue
2013 Alberta Flood Rose Project catalogue, Calgary, Alberta
2012 International Painting Annual 2 (INPA2), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012 Hearts of the New West: The 2012 Calgary Biennial of Contemporary Art Catalogue
PRESS
2023 SaskToday/Yorkton This Week, February 26, 2023 Billie Rae Busby: From Yorkton to commission of a lifetime
2022 Okotoks Today, September 2022 "Foothills gallery exhibiting compelling abstract landscapes"
2021 YYCScene Calgary, July 2021
2017 Swerve Magazine, June 2, 2017, Through the Eyes of Calgary Artists
2016 Calgary Herald, Jan 2, 2016 Compelling Calgarians 2016 - 20 People to Watch - Billie Rae Busby
2015 Global Calgary, Nov 30, 2015, "Calgary artist happy to have famous feet walking all over her creation"
2015 Okotoks Western Wheel, September 10, 2015, "Artist offers unique look at landscape"
2015 Yorkton This Week, March 12, 2015, "Art Fit For a Queen"
2015 The Huffington Post Canada, Feb. 20, 2015 "Canada House renovations turns floors into gallery of artful rugs"
2015 Calgary Herald feature, Feb 14, 2015, "Calgary painter Billie Rae Busby received royal walkover at Canada House"
2014 Link Magazine, Calgary, Fall 2014
2014 The Weal, SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, AB, September 16, 2014
2014 Alberta Views, June 2014 (featuring "The Outlook" artwork)
2013 “Summer Spirit” AGC group show feature SHAW TV Calgary, July 2013
2012 Where Magazine Calgary, September 2012
2012 Calgary Herald feature, July 2012, "Centennial holds special meaning for Calgary artist"
2012 Galleries West, Summer 2012, "What Keeps Cowboy Art Collectible?"
2012 Where Magazine Calgary, July/August 2012
2010 The Weal, SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, Alberta
2008 The Weal, SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, Alberta
2008 Alumni Link, SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, Alberta
2000 Yorkton This Week, Godfrey Dean Art show participation
1993 Yorkton This Week, Canada Day Poster Challenge Finalist
1993 "The Provincial" news television program
AWARDS/HONORS
2014 Painter's Key Emerging Artist Award, Canadian Federation of Artists
1994 Canada Day Poster Challenge Finalist (Saskatchewan)
1993 Canada Day Youth Award
1993 Canada Day Poster Challenge Finalist (Saskatchewan)
1993 Art Award, Yorkton Regional High School, Yorkton, Saskatchewan
ART EVENTS/FUNDRAISERS
2025 LOOK2025 Contemporary Calgary Silent Auction
2024 LOOK2024 Contemporary Calgary Silent Auction
2024 Leighton Art Centre Harvest Dinner Auction
2023 LOOK2023 Contemporary Calgary Silent Auction
2023 Leighton Art Centre Harvest Dinner Auction
2022 LOOK2022 Contemporary Calgary Silent Auction
2021 LOOK2021 Contemporary Calgary Online Auction
2017 Maple Leaf Trust Ball, 2017 fundraiser Silent Auction, London, England
2017 Rotary Club Calgary Art Auction, Calgary, Alberta
2015 34th Annual Calgary Stampede Western Art Live Auction, Calgary, Alberta
2015 LOOK2015, Contemporary Calgary Online Auction
2014 Meet The Press, Team Tamara Fundraiser, Calgary, Alberta
2014 Team Shan Breast Cancer Awareness, Ontario
2013 artRISE Fundraiser, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2013 Alberta Flood Rose Project, Hotel Arts, Calgary, Alberta
2013 Creative Affair for the Alberta Diabetes Foundation, Hotel Arts, Calgary, Alberta
2013 Masterpiece Contemporary Art Auction, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2010 Timeraiser Art Auction, Flames Central, Calgary, Alberta
2010 Inhabiting Spaces Exhibition Fundraiser, Calgary, Alberta
2008 Timeraiser Art Auction, Flames Central, Calgary, Alberta
2005 MEOWArt Fundraiser, Artspace, Calgary, Alberta
Various fundraising events annually
ART LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2025 Calgary Girls School, Calgary, Alberta
2023 St. Philip School, Calgary, Alberta
2021 BUMP Artist Talks, Calgary, Alberta
2019 St. Augustine Fine Arts School, Calgary, Alberta
2017 St. Augustine Fine Arts School, Calgary, Alberta
2016 Kingsland Child Development Centre, Calgary, Alberta
2014 St. Augustine Fine Arts School, Calgary, Alberta
1994 Yorkton Regional High School, Yorkton, Sask.
1994 St. Paul's Elementary School, Yorkton, Sask.
1994 Fairview Elementary School, Yorkton, Sask.