Joan Balzar

Education

1958 Honours Graduate, Vancouver School of Art,
1958 Study in Paris,
1959 Travel study to Mexico and Guatamala,
Commission to paint in major Mayan city of Takal, Guatamala
Masters Curriculum in Fine Arts (incomplete), Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Solo Exhibitions

2003 Morris and Helen Belkin Satellite Gallery, UBC
1999 Mezzanine Art Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC
1969 Bibliotec National, Guatamala City, Guatamala
1968 Light on Light, Intermedia, Vancouver Art Gallery
1967 Exit Series, Intermedia, Vancouver Art Gallery
1969 Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver BC
1968 Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver BC
1967 Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver BC
1962 New Design Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1959 Palace of Capitanes Generales, Antigua, Guatamala

Group Exhibitions

2002 Victoria Art Gallery, A Little Bit of Funk,
2002 Vancouver Art Gallery, Colouring the West,
2001 Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, UBC
1999 Vancouver Art Gallery, Out of This Century,
1996 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver 1965 – 1975
1969 Seattle Art Museum, 55th Annual Northwest Artists

Collections

Seattle Museum, Seattle, Washington
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ontario
El Peren, Guatamala
Antigua Museum, Guatamala
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (3 paintings)
Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC (2 paintings)
Morris Belkin Gallery, University of BC, Vancouver, BC (4 paintings)
Private Collections in Canada and USA

Awards

1969 Allied Publications Prize Winning Paintings
1969 Bau-Xi Gallery Choice
1969 Vancouver Art Gallery Annual Painting Award
1968 Purchase Award, Seattle Art Museum
1967 Canada Council Grant
1957 Koerner Foundation Scholarship, UBC Summer School
1956 Koerner Foundation Scholarship, UBC Summer School

Teaching

Douglas College – Fundamentals of Painting and Drawing
Vancouver Art Gallery – Advanced Painting, Figure Painting and Drawing
UBC Faculty Club – Painting and Drawing
Vancouver Art School (Night School) Painting
University Women's Club – Painting and Drawing
West Vancouver Recreation Centre – Advanced Multimedia Workshop, 1954 - 1973