biography of Bodo PFEIFER (1936)

Birth place: Düsseldorf, Germany

Addresses: Vancouver, BC

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Ecole des Beaux Artes, Montreal; Acad. Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany; Vancouver School Art, BC (diploma).

Exhibited: Canada 101, Edinburgh Int. Festival, 1968; Survey 1968, Montreal Mus. Fine Art, 1968; Can. Artist, Art Gal. Ontario, 1968; The New Art of Vancouver, Newport Harbour Art Mus., Seventh Biennial Exhib., Nat. Gal. Canada, Ottawa, 1968; The New Art of Vancouver, Newport Harbour Art Mus., 1969. Awards: Canadian Council grants, 1966-71; Can. Group Painters Award in Painting, 1967; award in painting, Survey 1968, Montreal Mus. Fine Art, 1968.

Work: Vancouver Art Gal.; Nat Gal., Ottawa, Ont.; Art Gal. Ont, Toronto; Montreal Mus. Fine Art, PQ; Can. Coun., Ottawa, Ont. Commissions: mural, Dept. Transport, Ottawa, Vancouver Int. Airport, 1968; mural, McCarter Nairne & Partners, Architects for Moore's Off. Bldg., Vancouver, 1968.

Comments: Teaching: sessional instr. painting & drawing, Univ. Calgary, 1971-.

Sources: WW73; Thomas H. Garver, The New Art of Vancouver (Newport Harbour Art Mus., 1969); W. Townsend, "Canadian Art Today" Studio Int. (1970); "Artists of Pacific Canada," Nat. Film Bd. Can., 1971.