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EDUCATION
Elementary / Secondary
I was born in Montreal in 1955 where my early schooling was primarily in French at École Notre Dame de Grâce. My family moved to Vancouver in 1968 where I graduated from Kitsilano Secondary recipient of the Fine Arts Scholarship in 1973.

Post-Secondary
Vancouver 1973-1979
Graduate, Langara College: Fine Arts Diploma, sculpture and ceramics major; awarded Fine Arts Scholarship.
Graduate, U.B.C.: Bachelor of Education, Art major.
Post-Graduate Student, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design: Lithography and Non-Silver Photography
New York 1979-1980
Scholarship Student, Pratt Graphics Center: Etching and Lithography

SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
Vancouver-based since1992
Mural Painter, working with team on Sol Lewitt's Wall Drawing #1100, Toronto's Pearson Airport, 2003
Scenic Painter, member IATSE Loc. 891 (Motion Picture Technicians), Vancouver; television and film work since 1994
Guest Printer, Photogravure Collaboration with Sol LeWitt; Watanabe Studio Ltd., New York, 1997
Designer and Project Manager of The Fountain of Time, winner of the inaugural public art commission for Moshe Safdie’s Library Square, Vancouver, 1995
Guest Instructor, Photogravure, Honolulu Academy, Hawaii, 1993

Valdottavo, Tuscany, Italy: seven summers, 1985-1993
Printmaking Technician, Studio Camnitzer

New York 1987-1992
Vice-President & Head of Etching at Watanabe Studio Ltd., collaborating on intaglio prints and multiples with various artists including Sue Coe, Christian Eckart, Sol LeWitt and Peter Schuyff.
Guest Printer, intaglio collaboration with artist Mary Weatherford: Riverhouse Editions, Clark, Colorado
Book Illustrator in collaboration with author Jill Snyder on Caring for your Art, Allworth Press, New York, 1990
Paper Conservator’s Assistant at Nancy Wu Fine Art Conservation Services
Project Manager for Allan McCollum on his Individual Works, 1988: 10,000 hand-cast and painted plaster pieces

Vancouver 1983-1987
Instructor, Vancouver School Board Adult Education: Drawing and Painting

Asilah, Morocco 1981
Guest Artist, Fourth Cultural Moussem at the Palais de la Culture, sculpture and printmaking

New York 1980-1983
Preparator's Assistant, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Studio Manager and Assistant to the Director, Pratt Graphics Center

Vancouver 1975-1979
Instructor, Vancouver School Board Adult Education: Pottery

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2003 Time and Tide, solo show, Moat Gallery, Main Library, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1999 Art in the Libraries, invitational show of photogravures, Main Library, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
1995 Art in Public Spaces, invitational group show, Atrium of the Bank of Hong Kong, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1995 Photogravure Colloquium, invitational group show, Graphicstudio, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
1994 Selected Fictions, solo show,Gateway Theatre Photo Gallery, Richmond, B.C., Canada
1993 Life Stills, solo show, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1992 Watanabe Studio and Friends, invitational group show, Giacomo Speranza Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
1990 Pilgrims and Relics, duo show with Carlos Capelan, gallery onetwentyeight, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
1990 Seven Secrets from Soho, invitational group show, Gallery Verita, Tokyo, Japan
1988 Portraits in Context, solo show, Gallerie Ariman, Lund, Sweden


	JOSEPH MONTAGUE 2775 Courtenay Street Vancouver B.C. V6R 3X5 Canada jmontague@telus.net _____________________________________________________________________________________________
		EDUCATION Elementary / Secondary I was born in Montreal in 1955 where my early schooling was primarily in French at École Notre Dame de Grâce. My family moved to Vancouver in 1968 where I graduated from Kitsilano Secondary recipient of the Fine Arts Scholarship in 1973. Post-Secondary Vancouver 1973-1979 Graduate, Langara College: Fine Arts Diploma, sculpture and ceramics major; awarded Fine Arts Scholarship. Graduate, U.B.C.: Bachelor of Education, Art major. Post-Graduate Student, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design: Lithography and Non-Silver Photography New York 1979-1980 Scholarship Student, Pratt Graphics Center: Etching and Lithography SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE Vancouver-based since1992 Mural Painter, working with team on Sol Lewitt's Wall Drawing #1100, Toronto's Pearson Airport, 2003 Scenic Painter, member IATSE Loc. 891 (Motion Picture Technicians), Vancouver; television and film work since 1994 Guest Printer, Photogravure Collaboration with Sol LeWitt; Watanabe Studio Ltd., New York, 1997 Designer and Project Manager of The Fountain of Time, winner of the inaugural public art commission for Moshe Safdie’s Library Square, Vancouver, 1995 Guest Instructor, Photogravure, Honolulu Academy, Hawaii, 1993 Valdottavo, Tuscany, Italy: seven summers, 1985-1993 Printmaking Technician, Studio Camnitzer New York 1987-1992 Vice-President & Head of Etching at Watanabe Studio Ltd., collaborating on intaglio prints and multiples with various artists including Sue Coe, Christian Eckart, Sol LeWitt and Peter Schuyff. Guest Printer, intaglio collaboration with artist Mary Weatherford: Riverhouse Editions, Clark, Colorado Book Illustrator in collaboration with author Jill Snyder on Caring for your Art, Allworth Press, New York, 1990 Paper Conservator’s Assistant at Nancy Wu Fine Art Conservation Services Project Manager for Allan McCollum on his Individual Works, 1988: 10,000 hand-cast and painted plaster pieces Vancouver 1983-1987 Instructor, Vancouver School Board Adult Education: Drawing and Painting Asilah, Morocco 1981 Guest Artist, Fourth Cultural Moussem at the Palais de la Culture, sculpture and printmaking New York 1980-1983 Preparator's Assistant, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Studio Manager and Assistant to the Director, Pratt Graphics Center Vancouver 1975-1979 Instructor, Vancouver School Board Adult Education: Pottery SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2003 Time and Tide, solo show, Moat Gallery, Main Library, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1999 Art in the Libraries, invitational show of photogravures, Main Library, Burnaby, B.C., Canada 1995 Art in Public Spaces, invitational group show, Atrium of the Bank of Hong Kong, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1995 Photogravure Colloquium, invitational group show, Graphicstudio, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. 1994 Selected Fictions, solo show,Gateway Theatre Photo Gallery, Richmond, B.C., Canada 1993 Life Stills, solo show, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1992 Watanabe Studio and Friends, invitational group show, Giacomo Speranza Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. 1990 Pilgrims and Relics, duo show with Carlos Capelan, gallery onetwentyeight, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. 1990 Seven Secrets from Soho, invitational group show, Gallery Verita, Tokyo, Japan 1988 Portraits in Context, solo show, Gallerie Ariman, Lund, Sweden