Biografie von John Kenneth ESLER (1933-2001)

Birth place: Pilot Mound, Manitoba, Canada

Addresses: Calgary, Alberta T2M 4L4

Profession: Printmaker

Studied: Univ. Mannitoba, B.Ed.; Univ. Manitoba School Art, B.F.A.

Exhibited: Third Biennal Am. Grababo, Santiago, Chile, 1968; Third Int. Gravure, Krakow, Poland, 1970; Second Int. Print Biennale, Bradford, England, 1970; Premio Int. Biella, Italy, 1971; Int. Buchkunst-Ausstellung, Leipzig, 1971. Awards: C. W. Jeffories Award, Canada Soc. Graphic Arts, 1968; first purchase award, Burnaby Biennial Print Exhib., 1969; first purchase award, Graphic Exhib., Art Alliance Central Penn., 1970.

Member: Canada Soc. Graphic Art (Western rep., 1968-); Soc. Canadian Etchers & Engravers.

Work: MoMA; Victoria & Albert Mus., London, England; Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Nat. Gallery Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal MFA, PQ.

Comments: Teaching: instructor printmaking, Alberta College Art, Calgary, 1964-68; asst. professor printmaking, Univ. Calgary, 1968-.