About

Jeff Wilson grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland & trained as a structural geologist.  He worked in mineral exploration around the world, settling in Vancouver in 2004, and took art classes at Emily Carr University, kick-starting a hobby that transitioned to a full-time art practice in 2013.

Jeff’s painting collections have exhibited widely in public galleries in BC, Alberta and WA State.  Highlights include the Art Gallery of St. Albert, Port Moody Arts Centre, The Langham, Okotoks Art Gallery, Smithers Art Gallery, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, ACT Gallery, Bellingham City Hall and the University of Washington Law School.

Jeff has received a number of awards, including Finalist in the inaugural Saltspring National Art Prize, appeared in the recent “Landscape Artist of the Year Canada” TV show, and received two Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants from the Vancouver Foundation.  Jeff has completed several residencies, including the Cassiar Cannery outside Prince Rupert, BC the Booth in Shetland, and the Wallace Stegner House in Eastend SK. 

His work is held in numerous private, public and corporate collections, including Alexco Resource Corp., BC Children's Hospital, Firehall Arts Centre, Le Dressay and Company, Lion’s Gate Foundation, MOI Solicitors, Salmon Arm Art Gallery, SimplexGrinnell, Smithers Art Gallery, Town of Okotoks, Union Gospel Mission, Vancity Credit Union, VGH Foundation and Victoria Gold Corp.

Commercial representation includes Gray Sky Gallery (Seattle, WA), Hambleton Galleries (Kelowna, BC), Kube Gallery (Fort Langley, BC), Lipont Gallery (Richmond Gallery) and Van Dop Gallery (New Westminster, BC).

Jeff Wilson is based out of Portside Studios in Vancouver.


Awards

2021 Launch Online Grant, Alacrity Canada and Province of British Columbia

2020 Contestant, Landscape Artist of the Year Canada, CBC TV

2017   Honourable Mention,  Signature Members’ Exhibition, Vancouver, BC 

2016   Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grant, Vancouver Foundation 

2015   Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grant, Vancouver Foundation 

2015   Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize

2014   2nd Place, Annual Open Show, Peninsula Art League, Gig Harbor, WA

2013 Best in Show, Oil & Water, South Delta Artist Guild, Tsawwassen, BC 

Residencies

2022 Cassiar Cannery Long Residence, Prince Rupert, BC, Prince Rupert Community Arts Council and The Cassiar Cannery

2017 Wallace Stegner House, Eastend SK, Eastend Arts Council

2017 Keno Hill, Yukon, Alexco Resources Corp.

2016   Art in the Park, Glacier National Park, Parks Canada & Revelstoke Visual Arts Society

2014   The Booth, Shetland, Scotland, Shetlands Arts Trust & WASPs Studios

Solo Exhibitions 

2024 North by Northwest, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, BC

2024 Seattle to Sin City, Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle

2024 North by Northwest, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC

2024 North by Northwest, The Hearth Gallery, Bowen Island, BC

2023 North by Northwest, THIS Gallery, Vancouver

2023 Seattle City Lights, Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle

2022 Wolf Willow, Old School House Art Centre, Qualicum Beach, BC

2022 Signs of a Time, Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle

2021 SuperFiller, Lipont Gallery, Vancouver BC

2021 Street Dreams, B1 Gallery, Vancouver BC

2020 Artist spotlight, Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC

2020 Signs of a Time, Strange Fellows Brewing, Vancouver, BC

2019   Wolf Willow, Revelstoke Art Gallery, Revelstoke, BC

2019   Wolf Willow, Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, BC

2018   The View from Here, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC

2017   Back in the Eastside, Langham Art Gallery, Kaslo, BC 

2017   Back in the Eastside, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, AB

2016   Back in the Eastside, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC

2016   Scottish Landscapes, Jericho Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC

2016   60°N: Shetland, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC  

2015   Up Close, Montague & Studio Gallery, New Westminster, BC 

2015   By Land, Air and Sea, Salmon Arm Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC

2015   60°N: Shetland, ACT Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC

2014   By Land Air & Sea, Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC 

2014   Vancouver Mid-Century, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC

2014   By Land, Air & Sea, Brotman Galleria, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2013   Portside, Performance Works Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC   

Two & Three Person Exhibitions

2019   People & Places, (w/ Graham Dowden), O’Conner Art Gallery, Chilliwack, BC

2018   Changing the Landscape, (w/ Viktor Brim & Matthew Allan Clarke) Art Gallery of St. Albert, St. Albert, AB

2018   On the Water (w/ Ivanno Macci) North Vancouver District Hall, North Vancouver, BC 

2018   Urban Landscapes, (w/ Andrew McDermott), Gryphon Musée, Vancouver, BC

2017   Progressions, (w/ Ann Willsie), Peachland Art Gallery, Peachland, BC

2017   Progressions, (w/ Ann Willsie), Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Art Gallery, BC 

2016   From the Street, (w/ Norman Fox), Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver BC 

2016   Up Close, (w/ Sarah Ronald), Leigh Square Arts Village, Port Coquitlam, BC

2016   Selected Works, (w/ Harold Coego), The Cultch, Vancouver, BC 

2014   Water (w/ Cheryl Fortier), Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2013   Leaves & Tides, (with Ann Willsie), Silk Purse Art Gallery, West Vancouver, BC

2013   Planes, Trains &…, (with Myuki Shinki) N. Vancouver District Hall, North Vancouver, BC

Group Shows

2021 On the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2019 ArtRich, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC

2019 June Group Show, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver

2019   Pastoral, Gateway Theatre, Richmond, BC

2018   Abstract Realism, CityScape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC

2017   Great and North, Palazzo Veneto di Scienze ed Arti, Venice, Italy

2017   Rolling Stock, Salmon Arm Art Centre, Salmon Arm, BC

2016-17   Art in the Park, Various venues, Parks Canada, Revelstoke Arts Council and Canada 150

2016   As the Crow Flies, Culture Crawl 20th Anniversary Show, Vancouver BC

2016   Asymmetry Project, Unit/Pitt Gallery, Vancouver BC

2016   FCA 75th Anniversary Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC

2016   DTES Small Arts Grant Group Show, Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC 

2015   Saltspring National Art Prize Group Show, Saltspring Island, BC

2015   Animal Farm, Cityscape Community Art Space, North Vancouver, B

2015   Maritime Works, Bellingham City Hall, Bellingham, Washington, USA

2015   ArtRich, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC

2015   The Boat Show, Cityscape Community Art Space, North Vancouver, BC

2015   DTES Small Arts Grant Group Show, Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2014   Cascadia: A Juried Exhibition of West Coast Flora and Fauna, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC

2014   PAL 12th Annual Open Juried Show, Gig Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, WA

2014    SCA 46th Annual National Open Exhibition, Salmon Arm Art Centre, Salmon Arm, BC

2014   Local Pride, Global Love, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC 

2014   Expressions Northwest, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA, USA 

2014   Oil & Water, Gallery 1710, Tsawwassen, BC 

Publications, Media & Press

2024 “Paintings at GPAG reveal changing landscapes of coastal BC”, Coast Reporter, Aug 11

2024 North by Northwest interview with Margaret Gallagher, CBC Radio, June 1

2023 “Why is there a vintage neon sign on a busy Coquitlam highway?”, TriCity News, April 24

2022 Jeff Wilson - Artist Residency - CFTK-TV

2022 “Brushstrokes create Cassiar Cannery as work of art”, The Northern View, May. 6

2021 “Metro Vancouver's free "junk food gallery" is a whole snack”, Daily Hive, Dec 11

2021 “Jeff Wilson”, Destig - Toronto, p244-247

2020 “Landscape Artist of the Year Canada”, CBC TV

2020 “Deadline Painting”, The Province, Feb 18

2020 “Top British Landscape TV hit gets fresh coat of Canadian paint”, Vancouver Sun, Feb 13

2019    “Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre showcases “Wolf Willow” by Jeff Wilson”, Revelstoke Mountaineer, May 31

2019   “Vancouver artist invites lake city on a tour of Saskatchewan at the Station House”.  Williams Lake Tribune, May 16

2019   “Paintings, photographs displayed together in Chilliwack art show ‘People and Places’, Chilliwack Progress, Feb 2

2017   “Celebrating the range of B.C. art”, Vernon Morning Star, Aug 6

2017   “O Canada! Patriotic pride on show at Port Moody Arts Centre”, Tr1-City News, June 2

2017    “Painter brings beauty to desperate neighbourhood”, Okotoks Western Wheel, Mar 01

2017   “Oh West Canada!  Contemporary Artists from Western Canada”, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Foundation, 300pp

2016   “Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre hosts Art in the Park reception”, Revelstoke Mountaineer, Nov 2

2016   “Five reasons to check out the Eastside Culture Crawl”, Vancouver Sun, Nov 10

2016   “Back in the Eastside”, The Interior News, Aug 24, pp A12

2016   “Say cheese! Animal portraits in Port Coquitlam”,  Tri-City News, Feb 29, pp A30

2016   “Wilson and Westover on show”, Coast Reporter, Feb 18

2015   “Vancouver Life”, Essential Vancouver 2015-16 edition, pp 62-65

2015   “Animal art in focus at arts council gallery”, New Westminster Record, Jun 1

2015   “Exhibition features vivid, industrial Art”, Salmon Arm Observer, Apr 1

2015   “Jeff Wilson: 60º North: Shetland”, Preview Gallery Guide, Feb-Mar  

2014   “Scottish Realist show at Maple Ridge art gallery”, Maple Ridge News, Dec 29

2014   “Art show charms with familiarity”, Merritt Herald, Sep 30

2014   “Neon lights lure painter”, Tri-City News, Jun 18

2014   “Trains, planes and terrifically whimsical art”, Squamish Chief, May 28

2014   “Wilson brings colour to the Booth”, Shetland Times, Mar 21

2014   Artists of British Columbia, Volume 4, Leighton Gallery 

2013   Artist Portfolio Magazine, Nov 27

Charity Fundraisers

2021-23 Art for Life, Dr. Peter Centre, Vancouver BC

2014-23        SPLASH!, Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, BC  

2015-22        Yukon Imagination Library, Whitehorse YK 

2012-19        TMX Charity Golf Classic, Vancouver, BC 

2016-19        Project Empty Bowl, A Loving Spoonful, Vancouver BC

2015-18        BC Children’s Hospital Crystal Ball, Vancouver BC 

2015-16        Painting By Numbers, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver BC 

Teaching

2013-20 Demonstrator, Opus Art Supplies, various locations, BC

2018-21 Instructor, visual arts, North Van Arts, North Vancouver, BC

2014-19 Instructor, Riverside Art Circle, Richmond, BC

Selected Public & Corporate collections

Armstrong Group

Association of Mineral Exploration BC

BC Children's Hospital Foundation

Broccolini Construction

Firehall Arts Centre 

Forum Capital Partners

Hecla Mining Company

Le Dressay and Company

Lion’s Gate Hospital Foundation

Overdose Prevention Society

Parks Canada

Port Moody Arts Centre

St Paul’s Hospital Foundation

Salmon Arm Art Gallery

SimplexGrinnell

Teekay Tankers Ltd.

Union Gospel Mission

Vancity Credit Union

VGH Foundation

Victoria Gold Corp.

Western Potash Corporation

Videos

Arts Umbrella Interview for Splash 2023