EDUCATION
1986-89 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
1983-84 Drawing, Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaii, U.S.A.
1980-82 Art Education Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
1978-79 Ceramics, Instituto D'Allende, San Miguel D'Allende, Mexico
1976-78 Fine Arts Program, Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Full Circle," Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 "Look," Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007 "Limited Vision," Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 "City Limits," Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2005 “Marking Time,” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 “Dynamic Equilibrium,” Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2003 “Tree Line,” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Orchard Diaries,” Gallery of the South Okanogan, Pentitction, B.C.
Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, B.C.
2002 “Present Tense,” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Point in Time,” Bau-Xi Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Out of Place,” Bau-Xi Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 “Power Lines”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
“Convergence”, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George Regional Art Gallery,
Prince George, B.C.
2000 “Fragile Ground”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 “The Land Speaks”, Yukon Arts Center, Whitehorse, Y.T.
“After Before”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, A.B.
“Travel of Rivers”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1998 “Pilgrim”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 “Standing Still”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Across The Near”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996 “River Reveries”, (installation), Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C.
“New Works”, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
1992 “Recent Paintings”, Patrick Dohney Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1991 “New Works”, Patrick Dohney Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1990 “Signs of Life”, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
1989 “Recent Paintings”, Fifty-Six Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1987 “Prints and Drawings”, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Four Views," Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle ,WA
2008 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 “Trees: An Interpretation,” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seattle Galleries at RSG, Seattle Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
"SilveretteAtelier '04," Kemi Art Museum, Kemi Finland
2005 “Selected Works from the Permanent Collection,” Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, B.C.
"SilveretteAtelier '04," Palais Liechenstein, Felldkirch, Austria
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2005 40th Anniversary, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2001 “Toronto Art Fair,” Toronto, Ontario
“Artropolis 2001,” Vancouver, B.C.
2000 “Inaugural Group Exhibition”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 Bootsma, Johnson, Pantages, John Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1998 Summer Exhibition, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 “Our Salmon, Our Children, One Earth”, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, B.C.
1997 “Springs Eternal”, curated by Barbara Brady, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 “Ars Mundi, 4th International Conference of the Visual Arts”, Vancouver, B.C.
“Seattle Art Fair”, (represented by Newzones Gallery, Alberta), Seattle, WA
“Introductions”, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Surfaces”, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, B. C.
1996 “Alterations”, (installation with J. Sabre), Or Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
“San Francisco Art Fair”(represented by Sarah Dobbs, Vancouver),
San Francisco, CA
1995 “Winter Solstice Exhibition”, Sarah Dobbs Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
“West Coast Artist”, (Los Angeles, Vancouver, Victoria), Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
“Art Detours”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
“Splash”, Invitational Exhibit and Auction, Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 “Connections”, (5 women show), Arts Alliance, Courtenay, B. C.
“The Abstract Image”, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
1993 “Artropolis 1993”, Vancouver, B.C.
“Art Can't Hurt You”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1992 “Endeavor 1992”, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1991 “Images and Objects IX”, B.C. Assembly of the Arts, Vancouver, B.C.
“Etheo Arts Festival and Auction”, Art Gallery of the South Okanogan, Penticton, B.C.
“Environmental Arts festival”, Vancouver, B.C.
1989 “Artists in the Square '89”, Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
1988 “Artrageous”, B.C. Club, Expo Site, Vancouver, B.C.
1985 “Self Portrait Show”, Pitt International Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1983 “Artisans and Artist”, Honolulu Academy on the Arts, Hawaii, U.S.A.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007 Fairbairn, Rebecca, Margaretha Bootsma, Bau-Xi Gallery, Canadian Art,
Spring 2007, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 108-109
2003 Bullis, Douglas, 100 Artists of the West Coast, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
USA, pp 204-205
2001 Peebles, Frank, Metallic Impressions, The Prince George Free Press,
Aug. 12, 2001 B3
1999 Striegler, Becky, Interview on Yukon Today, CBC Radio, Yukon, Y.T.
September 10
Severson, Ann, Margaretha Bootsma: A Contemporary Archaeology, Vie Des Arts,
No. 176, p. 82
Severson, Ann, Margaretha Bootsma: After Before, Newzones Gallery, Calgary,
Fast Forward, Calgary, September
1998 Hackett, Regina, Margaretha Bootsma, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, Seattle Post-
Intelligencer, Oct 21, pp. E 1, E 4
Gustafason, Paula, Margaretha Bootsma, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, Asian
Art News, Nov./Dec., p. 78
1997 Gustafason, Paula, Margaretha Bootsma, River Reveries, Artichoke Magazine,
Spring, p. 32
Geneau, Rachelle, Margaretha Bootsma, Echoing Our Past Present & Future, Artichoke, Spring, pp. 28-31
Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Spring, Vol. 14, No. 1, and pp. 25-26
Lindberg, Ted, Margaretha Bootsma, Preview of the Visual Arts,
Jun, Jul, Aug, p. 57
1996 Bradshaw, Christopher, Mural Encompasses B.C. Life, The Vancouver Courier,
Dec. 4
History Becomes Art, (River Reveries), Community News Section, The Richmond
News, Jun. 23
1992 Rosenberg, Ann, Inuit Women Lead Shows of Female Point of View, The Vancouver
Sun, Jun 6, p. D7
1991 Rosenberg, Ann, Messages From Pasts, Both Near & Distant, The Vancouver Sun,
Mar. 21
COMMISSIONS
Mountain Equipment Co-op, 58'X 6'8” site of specific work, Vancouver, B.C.
Gold Coast Development Company Ltd., 12'X 8' work for lobby, Pacific Landmark, Vancouver, B.C.
Benny's Restaurant, 35'X 8' site-specific work, Vancouver, B.C.
Canadian Pacific Hotels, four 36” x 36” works for convention rooms, Vancouver Airport, Vancouver, B.C.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Becker Barristers and Co., Vancouver, B.C.
Black, Lowe, Graham LLP. Seattle, WA
Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer Law Firm, Calgary, Alberta
Canadian Airlines, Calgary, AB
Canadian Pacific Hotels, Vancouver, B.C.
Canada Pavilion, Tokyo, Japan
Casa Munras Hotel, Monterrey, CA
Columbia Tower Club, Seattle, WA
Deloitte & Touche, Seattle, WA
Good Samaritan Hospital, Seattle, WA
Latham and Watkins, San Francisco, CA
Lyman Agencies Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.
Merchant and Gould Law Firm, Seattle, WA
McNaul, Ebel, Nawrot and Helgren, Seattle, WA
Nordstrom Inc., Seattle, WA
Raincoast Books, Vancouver, B.C.
Seaboard Life Insurance, Vancouver, B.C.
Schnitzer Northwest, Bellevue, WA
Shigeru Matsue, Tokyo, Japan
Stafford, Frey, Cooper, Seattle, WA
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
Washington State Public Collection Commission, Seattle, WA
Washington Mutual Bank, Seattle, WA
Whitehorse Art Center, Yukon, Y.T.
Yukon Arts Center, Whitehorse, Yukon
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2003 Canada Council Travel Grant
2001 Canada Council Travel Grant
1998 Canada Council Grant Recipient - Short Term
1997 Canada Council Grant Recipient - Short Term
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