Errol Lee Fullen

Personal:
PERSONAL:   Born in Camrose Alberta, June 9th, 1956
Lived and completed public school in rural Alberta
Lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

WEBSITE:      www.errolleefullen.com

POST SECONDARY EDUCATION:
M.F.A., Painting,      1986, University of Calgary,                                   1983 -1986.
B.F.A., Painting,       1983, University of Calgary,                                   1981 -1983.
Honours Diploma, Painting,         1981, Alberta College of Art,          1974 -1981.

PROFESSIONAL
Errol has worked extensively with architects, designers, consultants and collectors on public, corporate and private commission work included paintings, sculptures and book illustration.  He has taught at the University of Calgary and the Alberta College of Art. 

Errol has worked extensively with the “learning through the arts community” and was an early innovator in developing the CAPES, ArtSmarts and ArtScore programs for the Calgary School boards.  He has also been a workshop facilitator in the professional development programs for teachers. Errol was instrumental in developing and initiating the implementation of the Montessori Alternative Public School Program for the Calgary Board of Education.

In 1995, Errol created the “Painter’s Workshop” and through this non-judgmental expressive approach to art making has introduced hundreds of people to the art of free painting.

Errol has been a serious student of Yoga for many years and is a Certified Yoga Instructor with an extensive following.  He also sits on the Fitness Board at the Glencoe Club.

He has traveled widely and has had a continuous art practice for over 30 years. 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Errol’s been involved in many arts organizations, assorted community concerns and associations.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Calgary Contemporary Arts Society (CCAS)
Member of the Board of Directors of the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts
Member of the Curatorial / Exhibition Committee of the CCAS
Organizing Committee for the Triangle Gallery’s Home and Studio Tour
Member of the Artist's Circle of the Calgary Contemporary Arts Society
Founding members of the Alberta College of Art and Design Alumni.
Pioneer member of the Calgary Arts Partnership in Education Society (CAPES)
Artist Instructor and Professional Development Facilitator within the Learning through the Arts Communities: CAPES,  ARTSMARTS, ARTSCORE
Initiated and Founded the Calgary Board of Educations Public Montessori Program 1999 - 2000
Founding Director of the Montessori Alternative Public School Society (MAPSS) 1999
Member, Instructor and Visiting Artist at the Leighton Foundation for the Arts
Member of the Fitness Board, The Calgary Glencoe Club. 

FUNDRAISING CONTRIBUTIONS + PROJECT INVOLVEMENT
Errol has been involved with many worthwhile charitable groups.  He has worked on numerous fund raising events and has made significant donations to the following charitable groups:

AARC - Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre
Alberta College of Art and Design Alumni Association
Alberta College of Art and Design:  Evening in Paris, Orient Express and various other events
Alberta Theatre Projects
Atlin Art Center
Banff Centre for the Arts “Spring into the Arts”
The Calgary Foodbank "Empty Bowl Project" 2004, 2005, 2006
Calgary Catholic School Board
Cancervive Foundation of Alberta
Calgary Jewish Centre Theatre Calgary
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

Calgary Public School Board
Calgary Waldorf School
Head Injured Relearning Society
Hospice Calgary
Kids Help Phone, Designer Showcase – Tea Room at the Murphy House 1999
Leighton Foundation for the Arts
Montessori Alternative Public School Society Good Luck Gala’s, 2003 2004, 2005.
Mount Royal College Foundation
One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Company
Street Teams
Triangle Gallery and Calgary Contemporary Arts Society Home and Studio Tour, 2007
Udderly Art – Raised over $50,000 with his cows “Physics of Angels” and “ AuAgCu”
for the Alberta Children’s Hospital and the Tom Baker Cancer Centre
University of Calgary, Art Department      
Vertigo Theatre

SELECTED RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS

Calgary Stampede Inaugural Artist’s Ranch Project
Leighton Foundation for the Arts Visiting Artist’s Program
Emma Lake Artists Workshops
Banff Centre for the Arts, Leighton Studios Residency Program

EXHIBITIONS:

September 2009,  an exhibition of new paintings, Roberto Osteberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

July 2009, “ the Artists Ranch Project”, the Calgary Stampede, Calgary Alberta

March, 2009 - Centre for Contemporary Art, Martin, Republic of Slovakia

January/February, 2009 - National Art Gallery, Bratislava, Republic of Slovakia

October 3 – 16, 2008 Images and Reflections, Artist Circle Group Exhibition, Galeria ZPAP “Pryzmat” Krakow Poland

May 16 – June 14, 2008, Images and Reflections, Artist Circle Group Exhibition, “Galeria Zamojska” Zamosc Poland

April 10-30, 2008, Images and Reflections, Artist Circle Group Exhibition, “Galeria BWA Kalisz” Klisz, Poland

Feb 15- March 14, 2008, Images + Reflections, Artist Circle Group Exhibition, Galeria “U Jezuitow”, Poznan, Poland

Jan 4-27, 2008, Images + Reflections, Artist Circle Group Exhibition, State Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sopot Poland

December 2007,  Abstract Group Show, Keystone Gallery, Calgary Alberta

October 2007, Images and Reflections, Artist Circle Group Exhibition,  Gallery “Kruth”  Ostrava, Czeck Republic

June 2007,  Images and Reflections, Artist Circle Group Exhibition,  Gallery “G”  Olomouc, Czeck Republic

March 2007, Triangle Gallery Artist Home and Studio Tour

November 2006, Art-o-rama Group Exhibition, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

September 2005, New Works, ErroL Fullen Studio, Calgary Alberta

October 2004,   “Two Decades” 20 year retrospective solo exhibition, Artspace Gallery,  Calgary, Alberta

COLLECTIONS:
Alberta Art Foundation
Alberta Government Telephones
Alwest Neon Signs
Angus Design Associates
Canada Life
City Focus Optical
DaVanti Contemporary Interiors
Douglas Cridland Interiors
          Edgecombe Properties
Fourth Street Rose
Fourth Street BRZ – Angel Heart, public sculpture
Form + Function
Gulf Canada Corporation
Jerilyn Wright and Associates
Laurier Arts Corporation
Lexicom
Mount Royal College
Mount Royal College Foundation
Norcen Energy Resources
North American Life
Radford Developments
Rock Cloth and Paper
Royal LePage
Sharecom Industries Ltd.
Simmons Group of Companies
Telus Communications
Pasta Frenzy
Petro Canada
Velocity Clothing Company and numerous private collections

Often, traditional western art has focused on trying to capture The Spirit of the West.  My vision is that there are many spirits of the west.  For me, the Spirits of the West include all of the forces of nature that drew me to art in the first place.  Growing up on a farm in western Canada and being the grandson of immigrant homesteaders, I naturally have a very close connection to the land.   Being in the wild and experiencing the forces of nature raises up in me memories, feelings, and emotional reactions that, like poetry, connect me to many Spirits of the West.  The  Calgary Ranch Project and, in particular, visiting the Stampede Ranch near Hanna, has opened for me a well of inspiration.  My paintings are not literal representations of western themes; rather, they are visual poems which celebrate the raw beauty, strength, challenge, and opportunity of the Spirits of the West.
Errol Lee Fullen