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Born Canora, Saskatchewan.
EDUCATION: Teaching Certificate Fine Arts, University of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts Major (Distinction), University of Regina.
Other Certificates: Banff School of Fine Arts; R&F Encaustics, New York.
Jewelry courses at Gulf Coast State College, Panama City Beach Florida and Kingston Lapidary Club.
AWARDS
2002/07 Organization of Kingston Women Artists Exhibition Awards.
2006 Ontario Arts Council M.A.G.
2004 Kingston Arts Council Juried Exhibition.
1992 Canada Council Grant, Explorations Program.
1991 Ontario Society of Artists Jury Award, Toronto.
1976 Art of Kingston Jury Exhibition Award, St. Lawrence College.
1974/75 Agnes Etherington Jury Exhibitions, Purchase and Public Vote Awards.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1989/2012 Co-founder Organization Kingston Women Artists.
2010/13 Curator Mill Street Gallery, Sydenham, Ontario.
2010 Media consultant, Organization Kingston Women Artists.
2007/09 Encaustic Workshops: McArthur College, Queen’s University, Kingston and Terra Nova, Newfoundland.
2005/06 Art Residencies: Terra Nova, Pouch Cove, Faculty of Ed. Queen’s University
2003 Kingston InSightS Art in Community Project.
1995-97 Founding Director, The Kingston School of Art.
1977-89 Part time art instructor at St. Lawrence College, Kingston.
1983-84 Curator Women’s Art Exhibition, Kingston Artists Association.
1982 Board of Directors, Kingston Artists Association.
SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBTIONS
1989-2012 Organization of Kingston Women Artists
2009 “Conflux”, Group Show, Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston.
2008 “The Art and Craft of Sailoring”, Kingston Marine Museum, Ontario.
2007 “Encaustic 2007”, Watermark/Cargo Gallery, Kingston, New York and .
Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie,Indiana.
2007 Solo at Gallery Raymond, Kingston, ON.
2006/07 Gallery Artists, North Park Gallery, Victoria, B.C.(1992/91)
2005/06 Gallery Artists, Calloway Gallery, Rochester, Minnesota.
1990-2004 The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
1997-2001 Craft Shows: Toronto One of a Kind,Vancouver Circle Craft,Ottawa Lansdowne
Park,Toronto CabbageTown.
1999 Solo Exhibition: Baba Yaga Flies Over Saskatchewan, Agnes Etherington Art
Center,Kingston, Ontario.
1996 Doukhobor Centennial, group exhibition touring British Columbia.
1976-1994 Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston.
1979-1993 Solo Exhibition: Brock Street Gallery, Kingston.
1983/92 Kapell/Purdie, Shrines, Rituals and Myth, and McPhail/Kapell New Leaves at Modern Fuel Artists Run Center/ Kingston.
1990 Ontario Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Toronto.
1988 Group Exhibition, Midway Forum Gallery, 80 Spadina,Toronto.
1984 Opus National Watercolour Juried Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C.
1982 Solo Exhibition, Aries Gallery, Ottawa.
1976 Young Contemporaries, National traveling exhibition, Art Gallery of London, ON.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Myers, Lori “The Art of Sailoring by Alana Kapell.” Rug Hooking Magazine. Jan/Feb 2009. Vol XX, No 4, Pg 80.
Tarasoff, Koozma. Spirit Wrestlers: Doukhobor Pioneers' Strategies for Living. Legas Publishing. 2002.
Duggan, Melanie. Profile Magazine, Kingston. “Alana Kapell” March 17,1999, Vol.14, No.3, Pg.22-26.
Tarasoff, Koozma. Spirit-Wrestlers’ Voices, “Material and Artistic Achievements”. Legas Press, 1998.
Turner, Gordon. “Event Celebrates Doukhobor Women” THE CASTLEGAR SUN, April 26, 1995.
Roche, Jennifer. “More Than One Hand”. ASH Arts, Sciences, Humanities, Vol. 1, No.4, Fall 1994.
Allen, Jan. “Shrines, Ritual and Myth” PARALLELOGRAMME, Vol.18, No.4, 1993.
Malone, Judy. “Young Contemporaries ’76 Exhibit Wide Diversity of Style” THE LONDON FREE PRESS, October 9, 1976.
Walker, Kathleen. “The Art of Drawing”. THE CITIZEN, May 31, 1975 (Ottawa).
Kritzwiser, Kay. “F-stops, eye-stopper”, At the Galleries. THE GLOBE AND MAIL, 1975 (Toronto).
CATALOGUES
2010 Curator: Jocelyn Purdie "Conflux" Art Shift Intergenerational Project Union Gallery ON
2009 Curator: Joan Snyder Encaustic Works 2007 , 6th International Biennial
2003 Curator: Alana Kapell "finders keepers, what do you collect?" Community Art Project, Kingston.
2002 Juror: Milly Ristvedt Organization of Kingston Women Artists
1988 Curator: Lenni Workman “The Influence of the Land”, Etherington Art Center.
1976 Curator: Frances Smith “Small Objects”, Etherington Art Center.
1975 Juror: Tony Urquhart “Juried Exhibition of Drawings” Etherington Art Center.
VIDEO: "Borscht" 10 minute video produced and directed by Alana Kapell with the assistance of Canada Council Explorations 1996.
“Tying the Knot”. 5 minute looped DVD produced and directed by Alana Kapell, 2008.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, ON/ McArthur College, Queen's University/Kingston City Hall, ON/Art Gallery of Peterborough, ON/ University of Victoria, Nelson BC extension Library (Doukhobor video collection)/ Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.