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SATURDAY CAME BUT ONCE A WEEK
PSSCBOAW
leather-bound book, serigraph
10" x 10.5"
$ 200 CDN
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A FORT SHOWPIECE
PS380
oil, canvas
22" x 28"
$ 4195 CDN
WE WILL NEED TO FLOOD OUR RINK ON SATURDAY SHOWPIECE
PS378
oil, canvas
12" x 16"
$ 1995 CDN SOLD
NOT TIRED YET SHOWPIECE
PS376
oil, canvas
30" x 36"
$ 6795 CDN
WE DIDN'T KEEP SCORE SHOWPIECE
PS375
oil, canvas
24" x 36"
$ 5595 CDN
IT'S NOT TOO COLD SHOWPIECE
PS374
oil, panel
11" x 14"
$ 1795 CDN
BACK LANE AFTER HEAVY SNOWFALL
PS364
oil, canvas
12" x 12"
$ 1595 CDN
LET'S WAIT UNTIL BABA GETS ACROSS
PS363
oil, canvas
24" x 30"
$ 4495 CDN
APPLE PICKERS
PS362
oil, canvas
24" x 30"
$ 4495 CDN
I WILL PHONE YOU LATER
PS355
oil, canvas
8" x 10"
$ 1295 CDN
ONE OF MANY CHORES
PS349
oil, canvas
16" x 24"
$ 2795 CDN

Peter Shostak

Peter Shostak was raised on a farm in north-eastern Alberta. His paintings reflect his love of the Alberta prairies where he grew up. After completing high school in 1961, he left the farm to attend the University of Alberta, majoring in Art Education. He became a junior high school teacher, and taught adult drawing and painting classes at night.

Peter Shostak returned to the University of Alberta in 1968 and secured Graduate Degree in Art Education. He moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he assumed the position of Assistant Professor of Art Education at the University of Victoria. He stayed at the university for ten years, but felt that he was limiting the time he spent working on his art. He resigned in 1979 to pursue his career as an artist.

Peter Shostak's achievements in the arts were recognized by the Government of Alberta and awarded Peter the status of Honorary Alberta Artist in 1983. In 1990, the first annual award for artistic excellence in the field of visual arts was presented to Peter by the Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts, a province wide, non-profit organization dedicated to the celebration and propagation of art in all genres. To commemorate the centenary of the first Ukrainian pioneers arriving in Canada, Peter devoted four and a half years to painting their experience. The fifty large oil paintings, each three feet by three feet, toured Western Canada in 1992 and were the feature exhibition at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. The companion book "For Our Children" features this series of paintings. It is a celebration of the human spirit and perseverance in the face of adversity.


Peter Shostak



Awards
2003 Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal
1990 Artistic Excellence, Alberta Council for the Ukranian Arts
1983 Honorary Alberta Artist, Government of Alberta


Collections
Esso Resources Canada Ltd
Security Pacific Bank Canada
MacLeod Dixon
Government House Foundation Alberta
City Hall, City of Edmonton
Alberta Government Telephones
Tippet-Richardson Limited
Morguard Group
Labatts
Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club
Grant MacEwan Community College
Alberta Art Foundation
Ukranian Canadian Art Foundation
Nu-West Developments Corporation
Pannell, Kerr, MacGillivray
Numerous Private collections including Whoopie Goldberg and the late Bob Hope.


Commissions
1986 Alberta Pavilion, Expo '86 - Six Large Oil Paintings
Bonnyville Health Centre - Mural, 6'x15'
Alberta Culture - Edition of Serigraphs
University Hospital Foundation, Alberta - Edition of Serigraphs
Numerous commissions for private individuals


Education
1970 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Dip. Education
1970 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Masters Education
1968 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Graduate Degree, Art Education
1965 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Bachelor of Education
1961 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Art Education


Exhibitions
2010 SNOWtastic, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2007 Hockey Time, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2005 A Sense of Place, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2004 From Lodge to Lodge, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2003 Wonder of Water, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2002 Those were the days, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB


Publications
2000 "Hockey Under Winter Skies"
1997 "Prairie Born" with David Bouchard
1991 "For Our Children"
1985 "Saturday Came But Once a Week"
1982 "When Nights Were Long"


Teaching
1969-79 Associate Professor, University of Victora,BC
1965 - 68 Junior High School teacher
1965 - 68 Taught adult painting and drawing classes


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