Biography

Born in Gimli, Manitoba, painter, printmaker Bev Byerley became a resident of the Comox Valley when her father was transferred to C.F.B. Comox in 1965. Bev’s parents recognised her artistic talent at a very early age and at 8 years old they enrolled her in an adult painting class. After graduating from high school in 1977, Bev furthered her studies in an oil painting course at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta.

With plans to be an illustrator, Bev was accepted into the commercial arts program at Capilano College in North Vancouver and upon completion of this course, worked for a graphic artist in downtown Vancouver.

Bev is perhaps best known in the Comox Valley for her acrylic landscapes of the west coast and of Newfoundland. Her commitment to her individuality through the years has resulted in Bev developing a style uniquely her own. Her love of the land is evident through the images she projects onto paper and speak of a knowledge of her subjects at a grass roots level. In her application of the paint, images and colours are shaped with an impressionistic influence
capturing the essence of the subject in flowing line and colour while also displaying a strong sense of design and balance.

Sharon Urdahl - artist/writer

Education

Graduate of G.P. Vanier Secondary School - Courtenay, B.C. 1977

Banff School of Fine Arts - Oil Painting - summer program 1977

Capilano College 2 year Comunicative Arts Program - 1978 - 1980


Exhibits

Solo show at the Art Stop Galley, Courtenay, B.C. 1988

5th Annual Juried B.C. Artists in the Square - 1988 - Robson Media Center, Vancouver, B.C.

7th Annual Juried B.C. Artists in the Square - 1990 - Robson Media Center, Vancouver, B.C.

Pacific Regional Juried Art Show - 1992 - Campbell River, B.C.

Solo show at the Art Stop Galley, Courtenay, B.C. 1992

Solo show at the Art Stop Galley, Courtenay, B.C. 1994

Pacific Regional Juried Art Show - 1995 - Cumberland, B.C. Award of Excellence

Celebrating B.C.’s Emerging artists - B.C. Festival of the Arts - Kamloops, B.C. 1996

“Works on Paper” - Art for the 21st Century - 1996 - Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.

Guest Artist at the Filberg Festival of the Arts - Comox, B.C. 1997

Solo show - Malaspina College Public Gallery - 2001

"For the love of forests" solo show - Joe Read's - 2005

"My Newfoundland in stories and pictures" solo show - The Muir Gallery - 2006

"Some of my favorites" - Comox Valley Craft Gallery, Courtenay - 2006