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TOM SMITH  Born: Vancouver, British Columbia Studied: Vancouver School of Art, 1969 – 1971 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1997: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. I 1991: Ferry Building, West Vancouver, B.C. 1989: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1983: Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Ont. 1982: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1980: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1978: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1976: Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.       GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012: Ferry Building, West Vancouver, B.C. 2000: 35th Anniversary Show, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1994: Spring Run, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1994: George Woodcock Tribute, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1994: Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C. 1993: Drawings Show, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1992: Group Exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1990: Group Exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1988: Group Exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1987: Group Exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1985: Group Exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1983: Group Exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1977: “Graphite on Paper”, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria “50 Canadian Drawings” travelling exhibition organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick 1976: Olympic Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec 1975: Group Exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 1974: Group Exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. “23 Draughtsmen”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.              COLLECTIONS Air Canada, Gulf Oil Company Collection, Calgary, Alta., Concord Security Corporation,Vancouver,B.C., Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Imperial Oil Co. Collection, Calgary, Alta., B.C. Ferry Corporation, Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corp., B.C. Provincial Collection, Shell Oil Company Collection, Calgary, Alta., Davis & Company, Vancouver, B.C., Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C., Private Collections in Canada and the U.S.A.    PUBLICATIONS: Canadian Artists in Exhibition – Roundstone Council of the Arts, 1974, p.76 VSO – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – February 1 – 3, 1976, Cover Illustration Performance Magazine, November 1976 - Cover Illustration Performance Magazine, January 1977 – “Tom Smith Deals with Apparitions” Western Windows, 1977 Vancouver Calendar Magazine, January 1978 – “City Faces” In the Age of Photography Portraiture Still Thrives – Audrey Grescoe Vancouver Sun, February 10, 1978 – A Long Way from the East End – Andrew Scott Vancouver Sun, June 24, 1980 – German Realists – Brenda White Vancouver Magazine, April 1980 – Truer to Life – Andrew Scott Artswest, January 1981 – Tending Toward Realism – Frank Nowosad Artmagazine, Feb-March 1981 – Tom Smith at Bau-Xi Gallery – Susan Stewart Artswest, April 1981 – Talent in Three Provinces – Marshall Webb Flare Magazine, May 1981 – Revelations – Avis Andrews Home Décor/Canada, Winter 1981 – A Portrait…the Ultimate Gift – Jennifer Fisher West Coast Review, 1983 Western Living Magazine, July 1983 – Andrew Scott Canadian Who’s Who, 1991 B.C. Bookworld, Spring 1994 – Cover Illustration