Liane Bedard was born in Montreal into a family of artists. Nurtured in this creative environment she has been drawing and painting all her life. Now semi-retired from a 35-year career as a graphic artist, she paints every day in her home studio in Mississauga, Ontario.

EDUCATION

1984 University of Calgary, Bachelor of Fine Arts

1980 CEGEP John Abbott College, Diploma of Fine Arts

REPRESENTATION

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Sales + Services, Hamilton Ontario www.aghartsales.com

Westland Gallery, London Ontario www.westlandgallery.com

ELECTED MEMBERSHIPS

Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC)

Ontario Society of Artists (OSA)

Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA)

Society of Canadian Artists (SCA)

DISTINCTIONS

2024 – Juror - CSPWC Open Water Annual Juried Exhibition

JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

2024 – SCA Elected Members Juried Exhibition (Technical Excellence Award)

2024 – Women in Watercolour 5th International Online Juried Competition (Honourable Mention)

2024 – The Best of Watercolor, Splash 25 Art Competition (Finalist)

2024 – FCA Toronto ‘Spring Kaleidoscope’ Juried Exhibition, Pazan Gallery, Mississauga (Juror’s Choice)

2024 – Gallery Ring ‘Spring Countdown’ Online Show (Sapphire Award)

2024 – SCA Open International Juried Online Exhibition (Top 25)

2023 – CSPWC ‘Here and Now” Juried Online Exhibition (Endeavours Art & Play Award)

2023 – Gallery Ring ‘Holiday Advent’ Online Show (4th Place)

2023 – 9th Edition of The Brush Off, Alvento Winery, Niagara

2023 – FCA Toronto ‘Perspectives’ Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto (Honourable Mention)

2023 – CSPWC Open Water Annual Juried Exhibition, Neilson Park Centre, Toronto (Royal Talens Award)

2023 – SCA 55th International Juried Exhibition, Neilson Park Centre, Toronto (Best in Show)

2023 – Women in Watercolour International Online Juried Competition (Finalist Award)

2023 – Gallery Ring ‘Blue’ Online Show (Award of Merit)

2023 – Gallery Ring Crystal Artist of May, Online

2023 – SCA Open International Juried Online Exhibition

2023 – Gallery Ring ‘Best in Show Event’ Online Show (Diamond Award of Excellence)

2022 – Gallery Ring ‘Holiday Advent’ Online Show (Diamond Snowflake Award)

2022 – FCA Toronto ‘Fall Harvest’ Juried Exhibition, Beaux Arts Gallery, Brampton (Second Place)

2022 – SCA 54th International Juried Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto

2022 – Gallery Ring ‘Alive’ Online Show (Emerald Award)

2022 – 8th Edition of The Brush Off, Alvento Winery, Niagara (First Place – Brush Off Award)

2022 – International Artist Magazine, June/July Issue 145, Challenge No. 129, Still Life (Finalist)

2022 – Gallery Ring ‘Anything’ Online Show (Best in Show)

2022 – Gallery Ring ‘Flower and Still Life’ Online Show (Crystal Award)

2022 – SCA Open International Juried Online Exhibition

2022 – FCA Toronto ‘Spring Thaw’ Juried Exhibition, Toronto (Honourable Mention)

2022 – Gallery Ring ‘Colourful’ Online Show (Sapphire Award)

2021 – Gallery Ring ‘People’ Online Show (Award of Merit)

2021 – CSPWC Open Water Annual Juried Exhibition, Online

2021 – FCA Toronto ‘Show up Show’ Juried Exhibition, Toronto

2021 – FCA Chapter Challenge 2021 Juried Exhibition, Online

2021 – SCA 53rd Open International Juried Exhibition, Online (Award of Merit)

2021 – SCA Open International Juried Exhibition, Online

2020 – FCA Toronto Open National Juried Exhibition, Online (First Place)

2020 – CSPWC Open Water Annual Exhibition, Online (Heinz Jordan Award)

2020 – OSA Open Juried Exhibition, Online

2020 – SCA Open International Juried Exhibition, Online

2018 – CSPWC Annual Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2018 – CSPWC Exhibition "Water Reflections", Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto

2017 – OSA Annual Juried Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2017 – CSPWC Exhibition "Water Reflections", Owen Sound Santa Fe Gallery

2016 – CSPWC Annual Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2016 – CSPWC Exhibition "Water Reflections", Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto

2013 – CSPWC Annual Show, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary

2012 – CSPWC Annual Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (s.j. sloan Award)

2011 – CSPWC Annual Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (Heinz Jordan Award)

1997 – CSPWC Annual Show, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto

1995 – CSPWC Annual Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

1995 – TWS Spring Show, North York WMCA

1994 – TWS 10th Anniversary Show ‘Aquavision’, Queen’s Quay Terminal Gallery, Toronto

1994 – Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square

1994 – The Lakeshore Through the Eyes of the Artist, Lakeshore Psychiatric Centre, Etobicoke

1994 – TWS Spring Show, North York YMCA, Toronto (Honourable Mention)

1994 – TWS O’Keefe Centre Show, Toronto

1993 – CSPWC Annual Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

1993 – TWS (Toronto Watercolour Society) Fall Show, North York YMCA. Toronto

1987 – Ottawa Watercolour Society Group Show, Ottawa

1986 – Ottawa Watercolour Society Group Show, Ottawa

1984 – University of Calgary Graduating Exhibition, Calgary

1983 – University of Calgary Painting Exhibition, Calgary

EXHIBITIONS

2024 – Art Gallery of Hamilton Group Show & Sale, Hamilton

2023 – FCA Toronto ‘Summer Pleasures’ Online Exhibition

2023 – Art Gallery of Hamilton Group Show & Sale, Hamilton

2022 – Art Gallery of Hamilton Group Show & Sale, Hamilton

2021 – John B. Aird Gallery, Mistletoe Magic, Toronto

2021 – ‘Faded but Beautiful’, Art of Emotions Gallery, Toronto

2020 – OSA Member’s Online Exhibition of Select Works

2019 – OSA Member’s Exhibition of Selected Works, Withrow Common Art Gallery, Toronto

2019 – OSA New Member’s Exhibition, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto

2016 – Mistletoe Magic, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2015 – CSPWC Group Show, ‘Where I’m Coming From’, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2003 – CSPWC Group Show ‘World Water Colour Day’, The Learning Club & Fine Art Gallery, Mississauga

1997 – CSPWC Miniature Show Traveling Exhibition, 'Water Colour: Into the Next Millennium'

1995 – CSPWC 70th Anniversary Show, Roberts Gallery, Toronto

1995 – Picture Only Us Gallery Spring Group Show, Toronto

1995 – CSPWC O’Keefe Centre Show, Toronto

1995 – First Unitarian Church Two-person Show, Toronto

1994 – Picture Only Us Gallery Fall Group Show, Toronto

1988 – Five Signatures Portraiture Show, O’Keefe Centre, Toronto

1986 – ‘Picture Your House’, One-person Show, Tosh Graphics, Hudson, PQ

1985-87 – Images on Elgin Art Gallery, Ottawa

PUBLICATIONS

The Best of Watercolor, Splash 25 Art Competition, Summer 2024, pg 61

International Artist Magazine, June/July Issue 145, Challenge No. 129, Still Life; 2022; pg 11

Painting in Watercolor, The Indispensable Guide, Published by Firefly Books Ltd, 2016; pgs 65, 121

Where Toronto Magazine, 1994; pg 7