MARGARETHA BOOTSMA
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Born in the Netherlands and now resides in Vancouver, BC
Education
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver
1986-89 Diploma of Fine Arts, Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver
1980-82 Art Education Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
1978-79 Ceramics, Instituto D'Allende, San Miguel D’Allende, Mexico
Solo Exhibitions
2007
- “Limited Vision”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006
- “City Limits”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005
- “Marking time”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
- “Counter-Point”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004
- “Axis Mundi”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002
- “Out of Place”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
- “Point in Time”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001
- “Power Lines”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- “Convergence”, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC
2000
- “Fragile Ground” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1999
- “Travel of Rivers” Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- “After Before” Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
- “The Land Speaks” Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
1998
- “Pilgrim”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
1997
- “Standing Still”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
- “Across The Near”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996
- “River Reveries”, (installation), Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
- “New Works”, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
1995
- “Talisman”, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
1992
- “Recent Paintings”, Patrick Doheny Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1991
- “New Works”, Patrick Doheny Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Group Exhibitions
2007
- 'Gifted' Sopa Fine Arts Holiday exhibition, Kelowna, BC
2006
- “SilverettAtelier ’04”, Kemi Art Museum, Kemi, Finland
- “Trees: An Interpretation”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005
- “SilverettAtelier ’04”, Palais Liechenstein, Felldkirch, Austria
- Kunst Verein Baden Galerie, Baden, Austria
- “Selected Works form the Permanent Collection”, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC
2000
- “35th Anniversary, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, August
- “Looking to the Future”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, January
1998
- “Our Salmon, Our Children, One Earth”, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC
- “Springs Eternal” curated by Barbara Brady, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997
- “Ars Mundi, 4th International Conference of the Visual Arts”, Vancouver,
- “Seattle Art Fair”, (represented by Newzones Galley, Alberta), Seattle, WA
- “Introductions”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
- “Surfaces”, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC
1996
- “Alterations”, (installation with Jill Sabre), Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- “San Francisco Art Fair”, (represented by Sarah Dobbs Gallery, Vancouver), San Francisco, CA
1995
- “Winter Soltice Exhibition”, Sarah Dobbs Gallery, Vancouver BC
- “West Coast Artists”, (Los Angeles, Vancouver, Victoria), Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria
- “Art Detours”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB
- “Currents: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art” (installation with Jill Sabre), Vancouver, BC
1994
- “New Faces”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB
- “The Abstract Image”, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
1993
- “Artropolis 1993”, Vancouver, BC
- “Art Can't Hurt You”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1992
- “Endeavour 1992”, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Publications
2005
- SilvrettAtelier 2004, catalogue essay by Ariane Grabher, Vorarlberger Illwerke, Austria
2004
- Margaretha Bootsma “Dynamic Equilibrium”, catalogue essay by Rebecca Fairburn, Bau-Xi Gallery
2003
- 100 Artists of the West Coast, book essay by Douglas Bullis, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. USA. P. 204 - 05
Reviews
Rebecca Fairbairn, Margaretha Bootsma, Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver, Canadian Art, Spring 2007, p. 108
Mia Johnson, Margaretha Bootsma, Dynamic Equilibrium, Preview Guide, 2004 June/July/August, p.30
Frank Peebles, Metallic Impressions, the Prince George Free Press, Aug. 12, B3, 2003
Ann Severson, Margaretha Bootsma: A Contemporary Archaeology, Vie Des Arts, No. 176, pg 82, 2000
Ann Severson, Margaretha Bootsma, Landscape Transformations, Review: "After Before",
Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Fast Forward, September, 1999
Becky Striegler, “Yukon Today, CBC Yukon”, September 10, 1999
Regina Hackett, Margaretha Bootsma, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 21, 1998, p. E1, E4
Gustafson, Paula, Margaretha Bootsma, Linda Hodges Gallery, Asian Art News, Nov./Dec 1998, p.78
Gustafson, Paula, Margaretha Bootsma, River Reveries, Artichoke Magazine, spring, 1997, p.32
Geneau, Rachelle, Margaretha Bootsma, Echoing Our Past Present & Future, Artichoke, spring, 1997, p.28-31
“Fast Forward”, Canadian Art, spring 1997, Vol. 14, No. 1, p.25-26
Lindberg,Ted, Margaretha Bootsma, Preview of the Visual Arts, Jun, Jul, Aug 1997, p.57
Bradshaw, Christopher, Mural Encompasses BC Life, the Vancouver Courier, Dec. 4, 1996
History Becomes Art, (River Reveries), Community News Section, the Richmond News, Jun. 23, 1996
Rosenberg, Ann, Inuit Women Lead Shows of Female Point of View, The Vancouver Sun, Jun. 6, 1992, D7
Rosenberg, Ann, Messages From Pasts, both Near & Distant, the Vancouver Sun, Mar. 21, 1991
Collections
McNaul, Ebel, Nawrot & Helgren Law Firm, Seattle, WA
Nordstrom, Seattle, WA
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
Washington State Public Collection Commission, Seattle, WA
Washington Mutual Bank, Seattle, WA
Canadian Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC
Canada Pavilion, Tokyo, Japan
Canadian Airlines, Calgary, AB
Lyman Agencies Ltd., Vancouver, BC
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer Law Firm, Calgary, AB
Seaboard Life Insurance, Vancouver, BC
Raincoast Books, Vancouver, BC
Coe & Company International Ltd., Calgary, AB
Numerous Private Collections
Schnitzer Northwest, Bellevue, WA
Megan Ellis & Co. Vancouver, BC
Numerous Private Collections
Grants
2003 Recipient of a Canada Council Travel Grant
2001 Recipient of a Canada Council Travel Grant
1999 Recipient of a Canada Council Grant
1998 Recipient of a Canada Council Grant
Artist Residences
2004 SilvrettaAtelier, Bielerhohe, Austria
1997 Atlin Art Centre, Atlin, BC
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