Bob Hainstock, Peer Gallery

Bob Hainstock has worked in Atlantic Canada and Western Canada as an artist and journalist for almost four decades. A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, he is a fulltime printmaker and painter and part time art instructor at Acadia University, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, and conducts private workshops throughout the Atlantic region.

Hainstock’s work frequently explores the increasing contrasts and frictions between a shrinking rural culture and swelling urban cultures, and between natural and human-made environments. His studio and home are located 600 feet above Atlantic Canada’s beautiful Annapolis Valley – giving a unique perspective to colors and textures of season and day, but also the economic and social patterns of the rural fabric spread out below. Bob Hainstock is an award-winning author and illustrator of a best-selling book on rural architectural heritage, and an award-winning journalist for news stories, feature articles, and photography of rural life. His studio practices include a full range of painting and printmaking techniques, as well as mixed media and sculpture from natural materials. Hainstock is unique in the printmaking world for his experimental work with rust prints and his use of hand made paper from nearby Fundy seaweed. His work is represented in various galleries in Canada and the United States, and in many corporate and public collections. Hainstock is a past board member of various arts and culture organizations in the< Atlantic region, including the Nova Scotia Printmakers Association, Maritime Atlantic Printmakers Society, Alliance of Kings Artists, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, and various public galleries.

Awards & Exhibitions (selected venues)

Work Selected to Nova Scotia Art Bank - seven recent years
Canada Council grant, individual creation (1983)
Nova Scotia Arts Council grant, individual creation (1997)
Artist in Residence, St. Michael’s International Printshop
Province of Nova Scotia Art Bank, juror
Nova Scotia Arts Council, Peer Assessment
Invited artist, 2nd Annual International Printmaking Exhibition.,
Beijing, Seoul, Boston, Miami, Palo Alto, (2008)
Eight Printmakers, Kansai Int. Print Exh., Kyoto, Japan (2007)
Bob Hainstock, New Work, solo, AGNS AR&R , Halifax (2006)
Ink, Paper, Art, Argyle Gallery & NSPA, Halifax (2005)
Vessels, solo, Wallspace Gallery, St. John’s, Nfld. (2003)
Passages, juried, Pier 21 Gallery, Halifax, NS (2001)
Sapporo International Biennale, juried, Sapporo, Japan (1998)
Common Ground, juried, American Print Alliance tour 13 U.S. cities (2000-1998)
Far & Wide Exhibition, juried, Visual Artists of Nova Scotia (2000)
19th International Exhibition, juried, Kanagawa, Japan (1997)
New Stuff, solo, Viewpoint Gallery, Halifax (2000)
Contemporary Printmakers, juried, Bristol, England, and Dundee, Scotland (1998)
26th & 25th Bradley International Exhibitions, juried, Peoria, Illinois (1998, 1997)
Nova Scotia Printmakers, juried, University of Virginia (1998)
Fundy, solo, St. Johns University College, Winnipeg, Man.(1997)
Scars & Textures, solo, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax (1995)
Contemporary NS Printmaking, juried, Quebec City, Quebec, & Halifax, NS (1997)
Urban Fortress, solo, University of Manitoba, School of Architecture (1998)
Collagraphs, solo, Portage Regional Art Gallery, Portage la Prairie (1997)
Alternatives, duo, ARCAC Artspace, Annapolis Royal, NS (1997)

Bob Hainstock
1688 Brow of Mountain Road
Centreville, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0P 1J0
902-582-3656
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Other galleries selling Bob Hainstock's prints:

Harvest Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Art Sales & Rental - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Phil Secord Gallery, Halifax
Art Rental & Sales - Winnipeg Art Gallery