Exhibition History
February 10th–April 7th 2012 “Down the Rabbit Hole” Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
May 2011, “Metanoia” Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC. (Solo show)
June 2010, Unite with Art (UNICEF), Art Auction and Gala, Vancouver, BC (group show)
April 2010, U8, SOPA Gallery, Kelowna, BC (group show)
March 2010, Drawn Festival, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC (group show)
September 2009 “Heads and Tales” Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC. (two person show)
March 2009, Drawn Festival, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Nov, 2008, Amnesty International, Presentation and Auction of commissioned painting “Ode to Perseverance”
Art Auction and Gala, Vancouver, BC (group show)
March 2008, “Tales of Isolated Incidents” Numen Gallery, Vancouver, BC. (solo show)
August 2007, “Power Games” Studio 344, 1000 Parker St.Studios, Vancouver, BC. (solo show)
January 2007, “Showcase for the Visual Arts” Cambridge House International Art Auction. (group show)
October 2004, St. Augustine’s Centre Hall, Vancouver, BC (solo show)
September 2003, “Transitions” Amati Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo show)
April 2002, “Tales of the Mehnavides Trees” Gallery 1248, Victoria, BC(solo show)
2001-2003, Dr. Vigary Gallery, Vancouver, BC (group show)
2001, Summer Show, Gallery 1248, Victoria, BC (group show)
November 2000, “Dresses and Contemplation” Mc Pherson Library Gallery, Victoria, BC (solo show)
April 2000, “De Velos, Sueños y Polleras” Alternativa, Centro de Arte. La Paz-Bolivia. (solo show)
March 2000, New Works Gallery 1248, Victoria, BC (two person show)
2000, “ i ”is for Immigrant, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre, Victoria, BC (group show)
2000, “The Perfect Gift” Gallery 1248, Victoria, BC (group show)
2000, “Carlos Salazar Mostajo” Peña Naira Gallery, La Paz – Bolivia (group show)
Spring 1999, “Sooke 1999” Sooke Juried Annual Art Show. (Invitational) Sooke BC (group show)
Bibliography
- “Pop goes the Art World”, Indrani Karin, Fast Forward weekly, Calgary, AB, Feb 16th ,2012
- “Portrait of Artist-Pilar Mehlis”, Lena Sin, The Province, Vancouver,BC May 9th ,2011
- “Artist Paints the Significance of Dress” Ingrid Paulsen, Arts Saanich News, Victoria, November 2000
- “Pilar Mehlis Pinta Añoranzas”Editor German Arauz Crespo, La Razon. La Paz, May 2000
Awards and Honours
1998 Juror, Centro Educativo Utasawa “ProyectoProtejo mi Medio Ambiente” La Paz, Bolivia
1993 2nd Prize in Painting, Juried Art Exhibition “Salon de Bellas Artes” Casa de la Cultura. La Paz, Bolivia
1993 First Honourable Mention in Painting, Juried Art Exhibition “Salón de Bellas Artes” Casa de la Cultura. La Paz, Bolivia.
Related Activities:
2010-2011, Artist in Residence, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC
April 2006, Artist Talk: Studio Visit and Artist Crawl
Vancouver Art Gallery Young Associates Gallery Crawl.
“The Studio Environment & Creativity In a Shared Space”, Vancouver, BC
Selected Commissions
2008, Amnesty International Visual representation of Article Number 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (private collection)
2002, “Pear Pickers” “A gift from the Heart Youth Foundation” The painting serves as a traveling trophy for the first place prize winners of “Resonance” an annual amateur choir festival. (private collection)
2001, Portrait of St Louis Blues’ Mike Keane. Commemoration of his 1000th game. (Private Commission)
1995 International Scholarship Fund. Logo Design. University of Victoria. Victoria, BC
1994 Banco Central de Bolivia. Portrait for the Gallery of Presidents. La Paz, Bolivia (public collection)
Education and Training
2010 Painting workshops with Juliette Aristides, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA, USA
2008-2009 Painting workshops with Paul Chizik, Langara College, Vancouver BC
2007 Art Criticism and Curatorship Seminar
National Museum of Art, La Paz, Bolivia
2002-2003 Painting workshops with Thomas Anfield, Vancouver Academy of Art, Vancouver BC
1998 B.F.A. Double Major Visual Arts/History of Art, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
1992-95 Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia
1990 Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia
1984 Summer Intensive Painting Course, Sherry Takala Studio, Haines, Alaska, USA