MaryAnn Bidder

MaryAnn Bidder      85 100^th Avenue, Kimberley, BC  V1A 3A4

  250 427-7142      mbidder@shaw.ca      www.maryannbidder.com

Education

Various Painting workshops with

Jean Pederson SFCA, Alan Wylie SFCA, Marilyn Timms SFCA

Red Deer College Summer Series

Group Exhibitions

Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Shows

 2010 - Art Visions  - (Beauty In Wood)

2011 – TNSC – Chapter show – (Sibajene)

2010  - TNSC – Open Show – Kamloops, BC –  (Linnea – ski)

FCA – Vancouver Federation Gallery    

2012 – Abstract Show ( twists & turns)

         – Works on Paper (early morning lookout)

2011 – Human Figures (fashion statement)

          -  Abstract – (Attitude)

2010 -Small, Smaller & Smallest (lockup)

2009  - Small Painting Salon (Sibajene)

          - Abstract Show (Crystal Clear)

          -A Bird A Stone A Letter Show (Soapstone Carving)

          - Chapters Show (Door to the Past)

           - Landscape Show (Mayook Memories)

2008 – Experimental and Mixed Media (Rock Shadows)

         - Small Smaller & Smallest (Bee Happy)

         - Small Smaller & Smallest

         - Mixed Media (when red meets blue)  -  (Beyond)

2007 – Blossoms & More (moss along the west coast trail)

         - Figures (Reflections from the past)

         - Images From Western Canada (Lizard Ragnge – Fernie BC)

         - Red & Gold (Aniella)

          2006 – Hyper Real Show (child of the north)

         - Small Smaller Smallest Show (little girl big board)

         - A Pear, A Chair, A Vessel (Miss Mara)

         - Monochromatic Show (backcountry experience)

West Kootenay FCA Juried Shows

 2010 -  Perspectives  (Child of Africa)

  2008 – West Kootenay Show (CPRail #1  -  CP rail #3)

2007 – West Kootenay Show

Awards

2011 – FCA Jurors Choice – WKFCA

2009 – FCA Third Prize Award – A Bird A Stone A Letter – Federation Gallery Vancouver BC

2007 – FCA Award – Human Figures  Show  -

2008 – Honorable Mention    Arts on the Edge  - Kimberley, BC

2001, 2002, 2003, Basins Best for black & white watercolor paintings

Publications

2009 – International Artists Magazine

2010   -Art of the Kootenays, A collection of 56 Kootenay Artists     by Karla Pearce

Gallery Representation

-        Chateau Kimberley Gallery

-        Trickle Creek Gallery Kimberley, BC

      -     Fisher Creek Gallery, Cranbrook, BC

Membership/ Affiliations

      -    International Guild of Realism

-        Federation of Canadian Artists

-        Federation of Canadian Artists, West Kootenay Chapter

-        Kimberley Arts Council (Board Member 2004 – 2006

-        Cranbrook Arts Council

-        Columbia Valley Arts Council