Ron Léger
Visual Artist
Curriculum Vitae
Ron Joseph Léger
McLeod Hill, New Brunswick
email: ron.leger@nbed.nb.ca
Education
Bachelor of Education, University of New Brunswick. 1992
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University. Major in Printmaking, minor in Drawing and Painting. 1986
Selected Solo Exhibits
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Ron Léger, La Galerie des bâtisseurs, Le Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne,
Fredericton, NB, 2008
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Ron Léger Painting: Gallerie Joie de Vivre contemporary art and craft, Riverside Albert, 2007
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Ron Léger, La Galerie des bâtisseurs, Le Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne,
Fredericton, NB, 2004
Broken Myth, Faculty Lounge, UNB, Fredericton, NB, 1994
Recent Work on Paper, McLaughlin Objects d’art, Moncton N.B. 1991
Recent Work, Struts gallery, Sackville NB, 1985
Selected Group Exhibits
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Marcel Boudreau and Ron Léger, Cultural Capital of Canada, Fredericton City Hall, 2009
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15th Anniversary Celebrations: Gallerie Joie de Vivre contemporary art and craft, Riverside Albert, 2007
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Friends of Roméo Savoie, Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB, 2006
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Group Show, Gallery 44, Gagetown,NB,2005
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Looking at…Artists’ Books, Coordinated by Linda Brine, Fredericton, NB, 1997
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Christmas Choice, UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, NB, 1993
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Imago Oeuvres/Works, Windsor Printmakers Forum Gallery, Windsor, Ont, 1991
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Print and Drawing Show, Etobicoke City Hall Gallery, Etobicoke, Ont. 1991
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Members’ Show, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB, 1990
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Black and White, Dundarave Print Shop, Vancouver, BC, 1998
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Group Show, Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver, BC, 1988
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Experimental Prints, Dundarave Print Shop, Vancouver, BC, 1988
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Lithographs from the permanent Collection, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, 1987
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Presswork’s, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB, 1985
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Members’ Show, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB, 1985
Collections
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Fredericton City Hall
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Le Center communautaire Ste. Anne, Fredericton, NB
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Dundarave Print Shop, Vancouver, BC
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Imago Print Shop, Moncton, NB
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Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
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Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, Ont.
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Private Collections
Full-time Employment
Current Position: High School Art Teacher, Leo Hayes High School, Fredericton, NB, 1999- present
School Teacher, Teacher, School District No. 18, Fredericton, NB, 1992-1999
School Teacher, Board of School Trustees, School District 9, NB, 1992
Part-time Employment
LEAP Program, Acrylic painting workshop, NB College of Craft and Design, Fredericton NB, 2016
Summer Workshop, Figure/Portrait Drawing, Woodstock Community College, 1993
Evening Course, Painting: Exploring Subject and Style, Dept of Extension and Summer Session, UNB, Fredericton, NB, 1992
Art Instructor, (summer workshops) Beaverbrook Art Gallery and The National Exhibition Centre, Fredericton, NB, 1991-94
Related Experience
Francophone Artists Cultural Exchange, Fredericton, NB, 2008
Artist Participant, Art en Direct, La Gallerie Sans Nom, Moncton, NB, 1992-4
Member of Imago Print Shop, NB, Moncton, 1989-90
Bookbinding workshop with Sylvia Rennie, Moncton, NB, 1990
Member of Dundarave Print Shop, Vancouver, BC, 1986-89
Gallery Assistant, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, 1987-89
Gallery Assistant, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, 1987
Assistant Conservator, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, 1987
Achievements and Awards
Honourable Mention for the design of the 1999-2000 Yearbook at Leo Hayes High School. Yearbook Advisor
Committee member for the foundation of the Fine Arts Certificate. Leo Hayes High School, 1999
Yearbook Advisor at Fredericton High School, 1997-1999
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Coordinated the Fredericton High School Art Bank, NB, 1995
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Project Grant, Slides and invitations, Cooperation Agreement on Cultural Development, NB, 1994
Tom Acheson Prize in Art Education, UNB, Fredericton, 1992
Designed the illustrations for the Maritime Oral Communication Assessment Portfolio, FSL Teacher Education Centre, UNB, Fredericton, NB, 1992
Dundarave Print shop scholarship, Vancouver, B.C., 1988
Muriel Hewson Philip Prize in drawing, 1986
Berol/CSEA National Art Scholarship, Kingston, Ont., 1982