Nancy BOYDPrevious ArtistNext Artist

Nancy Boyd, a Vancouver artist and educator, has worked in various capacities in the local art scene for many years. Once a designer and illustrator for Expo ‘86, she now teaches drawing and painting part-time at Capilano College in North Vancouver when she is not in her studio. Her mixed media work is increasingly abstract, highly tactile and frequently infused with figurative or metaphoric allusions. She has shown extensively around the lower mainland in the public galleries of Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby and Coquitlam. In addition, her work has been exhibited in Washington State, Japan and locally at Equinox and Diane Farris galleries. In Vancouver, her work is handled exclusively by Elliot Louis Gallery. In Victoria, her work is shown by Fran Willis Gallery and in Calgary by Wallace Galleries.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2004
    • New Work (with Camrose Ducote), Wallace Gallery, Calgary Alberta
    • SCANQUEST, Elliot Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1999
    • Portrait Analogs, Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, BC
    • Recent Drawings of Classical Sculpture, Ramsay Gallery, BC
    • Portrait Analogs, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
  • 1998
    • Beyond Random, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
  • 1997
    • Geography Duets, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
    • Opening, Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1994
    • Into the Labyrinth, Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1993
    • Vessels, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
  • 1992
    • Vessels, Patrick Doheny Fine Arts, Vancouver, BC
  • 1991
    • New Drawings, Patrick Doheny Fine Arts, Vancouver, BC
  • 1990
    • New Paintings & Drawings, Patrick Doheny Fine Arts, Vancouver, BC
    • Nancy Boyd: 1984-1990, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey , BC
  • 1987
    • Sports Paradigms, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1984
    • Limits of Measure, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1983
    • Limits of Measure, Lawrence Intl. Gallery, Washington, USA

Group Exhibitions

  • 2002
    • Art Books, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
  • 2001
    • Prime Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
  • 1999
    • Art for Life, Vancouver, BC
  • 1998
    • Art of the Book, Community Arts Council, Vancouver, BC
    • Printmakers, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
  • 1997
    • Art for Life, Vancouver, BC
    • Ji Ku / Space-Time, Asian Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
  • 1996
    • Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1994
    • Capilano College Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
  • 1993
    • Ramsay Callery, Vancouver, BC
    • Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
  • 1992
    • Aichi Gerkusan College, Japan
  • 1990
    • Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1988
    • Surrey Art Gallery

Bibliography

  • “Nancy Boyd at the Evergreen Cultural Centre”, Asian Art News, March/April, 1999
  • “Nancy Boyd: Portrait Analogs”, Preview, November, 1998
  • “The Power and the Glory”, The Vancouver Sun, November 14, 1992
  • “New Drawings form Nancy Boyd”, The Vancouver Sun, June 28, 1991
  • “Works From a Female Perspective”, The Vancouver Sun, May 12, 1990
  • “Visual Puns Compelling”, The Province, May 11, 1987

Selected Collections

  • Telesate Canada
  • City of Vancouver Art Collection
  • MacAulay McColl
  • Brian, Angus, McCellan and Rubenstein
  • First City Financial Corporation
  • Lignum Lt
  • McDonald’s of Canada Ltd
  • Air Canada
  • Hotel Georgia, Vancouver
  • Fireside Industries International
  • Boughton, Pererson, Yan , Anderson