James Bentley is a Canadian artist who lives and works on the
small island L'Île-Perrot, just off Montreal, Québec.
He studied and began his career as a freelance illustrator;
a practice which gave him a great love for drawing. Anchored in
figuration, he now works mainly with acrylic on canvas and acrylic & pastel on paper.
Bentley's current body of work is focused on the ocean,portraits
and figure studies. He is always on the search to paint in an inventive open manner. |
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EDUCATION
John Abbott College - Fine Arts, Ste-Anne de Bellevue Quebec 1989-1990
Dawson College - Illustration & Design, Montreal Quebec 1991-1993
The Illustration Academy – Liberty Missouri1997-1998
Saidie Bronfman Centre - Drawing The Model, Montreal Quebec 2003-2004
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Galerie d'art Michel Bigué,Saint-Sauveur, Quebec – July 30 to June 15 2018
Galerie de la Ville, Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec – 2012
Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal - 2010
Campbell House Museum, Toronto - 2009
Campbell House Museum, Toronto - 2008
Chateau Vaudreuil, Quebec - 2001
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto - 2021
Artport Gallery, Toronto - Fubruary 2 to April 22 2018
Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives, Brampton, Ontario - Nov 2 to January 21 2018
The Kingston Prize, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario - 2017
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto - 2015
E.K. Voland Gallery, Montreal - 2014
Galerie McClure, Montreal - 2013
The Artist Project, Toronto - 2011
Sunnyside Beach Art Shontreal Quebec - Le Salon Du Dessin - 2010
Espace Ars Longa, Mo - 2010
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibitionw, Toronto - 2009
Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Quebec – 2009
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition - 2008
Georges-Vanier Gallery, Montreal – 2007
Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal - 2007
Society of Illustrators Museum, New York - 2004-1999
California State University - 2001
Pacific Design Center, Hollywood, California – 2001
Design Exchange, Toronto, Ontario - 1999-1998
CLIENTS
National Geographic, Canadian Embassy, Harper Collins, Houghton Mifflin,
Penguin Publishers,McClelland & Stewart, Tundra Books, Scholastic Publishers,
Orca Books, Napoleon Books, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education,
Pauline Books and Media, Affaires Plus, LDS Living Magazine, Good Times Magazine,
The National Film Board, Nestle, Avon, E.D. Smith,
Molson, Hagen, Air Canada, and Bombardier.
ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
Creative Thresholds - 2017
The Plant - 2010
Pastel Journal - March/April 2003
Applied Arts - Cover Story, Nov/Dec 2000
CMYK Magazine - Fall 1998
AWARDS
Commication Arts-Illustration Annual 44-45
Society of Illustrators (L.A.)- Joseph Morgan Henninger Award- Best of Show, Merit Award (2001)
Society of Illustrators (NY) - Three Merit Awards (1999-2004)
C.A.P.I.C. - One Silver, One Bronze, Two Merit Awards (1998-1999)
LUX - Two Grand Prix, Two Finalist (2000-2002)
Applied Arts - Award of Excellence (2002)
Pierrefonds Art Competition - 1st Place (1998)
VISITING ARTIST: LECTURES
Dawson College 1999 -