DAVID THAUBERGER Selected Work (1991- 2002)

(at 2260 Oak Bay Ave.)
Preview Saturday, May 31, 2008 10 - 5:30 pm
(work subject to prior sale)
Opening Reception Sunday, June 1, 2008 1 - 5 pm
Elizabeth Ely, harpist; Karel Roessingh, piano
Exhibition continues until June 21, 2008

David Thauberger is originally from Holdfast. He is a Saskatchewan painter and printmaker of national importance. Thauberger completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus in 1971, a Master of Arts degree at California State University (Sacramento) in 1972, and a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Montana (Missoula) in 1973. Thauberger has been the recipient of a number of awards and commissions, including the postage stamp design for the Regina centennial, 1882-1982. First working as a ceramicist, he nevertheless gained recognition mainly through his paintings.

Thauberger's art developed as a reaction to the Greenbergian formalism prevalent in Saskatchewan during the 1960s and 1970s. Taking the example of Joe Fafard, Victor Cicansky and David Gilhooly, Thauberger turned instead to Pop Art, Funk Art, and the Chicago Imagists for an alternative to formalism. Inspired also by local Folk artists, he became an important leader during the 1970s and 1980s in the development of a regionalist vision which incorporated high art, popular culture and a regional sense of place. He continued to work primarily with ceramics until 1975, when he switched to painting full-time.

David Thauberger has been commissioned to create works for various corporations and individuals, and has served as a juror in several art competitions. Thauberger's work has been exhibited throughout Canada and the United States; his works have been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions and his work is widely represented in public and private collections all over North America.

Mackenzie Art Gallery