William (Bill) Parker

(1946 – 2013)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Alberta College of Art

EDUCATION

• 1972 Alberta College of Art (Diploma)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2014 The Collectors’ Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• 2003 The Collectors’ Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• 1995 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
• 1986 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
• 1985 West End Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 1981 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
• 1979 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
• 1977 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2021 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. The Black and White Exhibition
• 2020 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. New Arrivals
• 2018 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. Go Figure
• 2017 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. New Arrivals
• 2016 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. New Arrivals
• 2012 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. New Arrivals
• 2010 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. Go Figure
• 2007 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. My Alberta
• 2006 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary AB. New Aquisitions
• 2003 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary, AB, ArtWalk Exhibition
• 2002 The Collectors’ Gallery of Art, Calgary, AB, My Alberta
• 1999 The Collectors’ Gallery, Calgary, AB Canadian Prints and Drawings: 1880-1999.
• 1985 Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB A Measure of Success:
  Graduates of the Alberta College of Art, 1963-1974.
• 1984 Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB Alberta College of Art Staff Exhibition.
• 1983 Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB Alberta College of Art Staff Exhibition.
• 1977 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB Alberta Society of Artists Exhibition.
• 1976 London Regional Art Galleries, London, ON Young Contemporaries ’76 (travelling)
  Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB Four Alberta Realists.
• 1975 Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB Alberta College of Art Staff Exhibition.
• 1974 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB Alberta Realists
  Les Galleries d’Anjou, Montreal, QC Art ’74
  Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB Young Contemporary Calgary Artists
  The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC Prairies

SELECTED BIOGRAPHY

Baker, Suzanne Devonshire, Artists in Alberta. Edmonton, AB. University of Alberta Press, 1980, pg. 74.
Greenfield, Val. A Measure of Success: Graduates of the Alberta College of Art,
1963-1984. Calgary, AB: Alberta College of Art Gallery, 1985, pp. 104-105.
Hogg, Carol. “Mutual influence of artists revealed in Glenbow exhibit.” The Calgary Herald, circa 1976.
Laviolette, Mary-Beth. Contemporary ’88 Calgary. Calgary, AB: Olympic Arts Festival, 1988,
pp. 20-21.
Tousley, Nancy. “William Parker: Recent Paintings.” The Calgary Herald, 3 May 1979, sec. B, p. 20.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
• Blake Cassels and Graydon, Calgary, AB
• City of Calgary Art Collection, Calgary, AB
• Coles Gilbert Law Offices, Calgary, AB
• Department of Public Works, Edmonton, AB
• Dow Chemical Canada Ltd., Calgary, AB
• Gulf Canada Resources, Calgary, AB
• Home Oil Company Ltd., Calgary, AB
• Enbridge Inc., Calgary, AB
• Nu-West Developments, Calgary, AB
• Oakwood Petroleums, Calgary, AB
• Panarctic Oils Ltd., Calgary, AB
• Shell Canada, Calgary, AB
• Talisman Energy, Calgary, AB
• TransCanada PipeLines, Calgary, AB
• Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, AB
• Trimac Ltd., Calgary, AB
• Trizec Hahn, Calgary, AB
• Touche Ross & Co.
• Xerox, Toronto, ON