Bonnie Sheckter, CPSA, SCA, is an award-winning Canadian artist who has been creating drawings in coloured pencil for close to 25 years. A former printmaker, Bonnie switched to coloured pencil because of health issues and fell in love with this medium's wonderful capabilities for capturing subtle nuances, luminous build-up of color, and liberating sense of spontaneity. Portraiture holds a world of fascination for her as she strives to capture unique and candid moments that give voice to our humanity and emotional complexity.

Bonnie received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1973, and her Master of Visual Arts in Printmaking in 1976 from the the University of Alberta.  She went on to teach at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta for several years, and then became the Director of Lithography at Open Studio in 1982 after moving to Toronto.  During this time she exhibited widely in various juried and invitational shows, nationally and internationally, and received a number of awards for her work.

Bonnie lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her husband, musician Russell Hartenberger.

INTERNATIONAL JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Coloured Pencil Drawing

Art Fluent "Face to Face" 2024

Light Space & Time online 14th Figurative Art Exhibition, 2024 Award Winner

Arts North 29 International Exhibition, Hopkins Center for the Arts, MN, 2024 Award Winner

Camelback Gallery Artist Invitational VIII Exhibition, 2024 Award Winner

Federation of Canadian Artists, 2024 Annual International Representatinal Exhibition, 2024

Richeson75 Small Works 2025, Finalist, 2024

Federation of Canadian Artists 2024 Artists' Choice Online Exhibition 2024

Camelback Gallery, My Best Work of 2023, Award Winner, 2024

UKCPS Inside the Lines Exhibition, 2023, Award Winner

O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Autumn Palette, juried online exhibtion, 2023

Richeson75 Figure/Portrait 2023 International online exhibit, Finalist

International Guild of Realism, Fall Salon, 2023

Great Northern Art Explosion, AuSable Artisan Village, Grayling, Michigan, 2023 Award Winner

UKCPS Annual Exhibition 2023, Award Winner

55th Open Society of Canadian Artists Exhibition, Neilson Park Creative Centre, ON 2023 Award Winner

IMPACT 2023, Neilson Park Creative Centre, ON 2023

Camelback Faces 2023 Exhibiton, Award Winner

Society of Canadian Artists Open International Juried Online Exhibition, 2023, Award Winner

Camelback Gallery Black and White X Exhibition, 2023, Award Winner

International Guild of Realsim, 17th Annual Juried Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, 2023 Award Winner

CPSA Explore This! 19 Exhibition, 2023

2022 Artwork of the Year Award, Camelback Gallery, 2023

Color Pencil Magazine 2022 Art Competition, Best In Show

Biafaran Awards International Online Group Exhibition, 2022/23

Camelback Gallery Portraits Competition 2022, Best in Show Platinum Award

Figureworks 2022, Wallack's Galleries, Ottawa, 2022 Finalist

Art Fluent, "MOOD", themed online exhibition, 2022

Federation of Canadian Artists Annual International Representational Exhibition, 2022 Third Place Award

Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize 2022 Finalist, Juror's Prize

Southwest Art Magazine 2022 Artistic Excellence Competition, Finalist, 2022

54th Open International Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto 2022  $2000 Best in Show

Paint Ontario, Lambton Heritage Museum, Grand Bend, 2022 $750 First Place Award Portrait Category

International Guild of Realism Fall Salon, 2022

Human Form & Figure, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, 2022

Great Northern Art Explosion, AuSable Artisan Village, Grayling, MI  2022  $500 Kirtland Merit Award, Humanity Category

30th Annual CPSA International Exhition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Ormond Beach Art Museum, 2022 $1000 Award for Exceptional Merit

Ann Kullberg Color Magazine's 23rd Annual Member Show, 2022 $200 First Place Professional Category

2022 Annual International Representational Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC 2022

Strokes of Genius 14, Best of Drawing Special Edition, Artists Magazine, 2022

Art Fluent "Motion" juried exhibition, 2022

International Guild of Realism 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD, 2022

Marin Society of Artists "Expressions 2022" Exhbition, Honorable Mention Award

Art Fluent Humanity Exhibition, 2022

SCA Open International Juried Exhibition, 2022

Colored Pencil Magazine 2021 Art Competition, Best In Show

Cultural Center of Cape Cod, themed exhibition "A Perfect Moment", 2021

2021 Richeson75 Figure/Portrait Exhibition Finalist, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI, Honorable Mention Award

Annual International Representational Exhibition "AIRE 2021", Federation Gallery, Granville Island, BC

International Guild of Realism 2021 Fall Salon Exhibition Finalist

Camelback Gallery Invitational 2021 Exhibition, Silver Award

Camelback Gallery Figurative 2021 Exhibition, Silver Award

29th Annual CPSA International Exhibition, 2021

53rd International Open Juried Exhibition, Society of Canadian Artists, 2021, $500 SCA Award of Excellence

Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Black and White Exhibition, 2021

Federation of Canadian Artists LIMITLESS 2021 International Online Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award

Cultural Center of Cape Cod Black and White International Exhibition, 2021

Biafarin Awards 2021, Online Group Exhibiton 2021

Camelback Shades of Blue 2021 International Painting Exhibition, Silver Award

LightSpaceTime 11th Annual Figurative Online Art Competition, 2021, Special Merit Award  

Camelback Faces 2021 International Painting Competition, Bronze Award

Camelback Black and White 2021 International Painting and Photography Competition, Gold Award of Excellence in Painting

Camelback Portraits 2020 Exhibition, Merit Award

Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize Competition, Fortitude, 2020, Finalist

HUMANITY, Cultural Centre of Cape Cod, 2020 , 3rd Place Award

2020 Richeson75 Figure/Portrait Competition, Meritorious Selection 2020

52nd International Open Juried Exhibition, SCA,  2020, First Award for Excellence

28th Annual CPSA International Exhibiton,  2020

Figureworks 2019, Ottawa, ON, 2019

27th Annual CPSA Exhibition, Brea, California, 2019

51st Internatioanl Open Juried Exhibition, SCA, Toronto, 2019

50th International Open Juried Exhibition, SCA, Toronto, 2018, First Prize, Mary Pratt Crystal Award

2nd International PAS Juried Exhibition, Ottawa, ON, 2016, President's Award, People's Choice Award

23rd Annual CPSA Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2015, Award for Distinction

21st Annual CPSA Exhibition, Brea, California, 2013

19th Annual CPSA Exhibition, Dallas, TX, 2011

17th Annual CPSA Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009

13th Annual CPSA Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

11th Annual CPSA Exhibition, Brea, California, 2003

10th Annual CPSA Exhibition, Dallas, TX, 2002

Prints

Print Triennial '94  Consumenta '95, Nuremberg, Germany, 1995

International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto, Japan, 1984

British Biennale, 1983

World Print IV, San Francisco, 1983

Korean Biennale, 1981, Grand Prize Award, 1983

Norwegian Invitational, 1982

Ljublijana Biennale, 1981, 1980

Intergraphia (Poland), 1978, 1980

Cracow Biennale, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980

AWARDS:

Colour Pencil Drawings:

Special Merit Award and Special Recognition Award, 14th Figurative Art Exhibition, LightSpaceTime , 2024

Sterling Award II, Arts North 29 International Exhibition, 2024

Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery, Artists Invitational VIII, 2024

Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery, My Best Work of 2023, 2024

Best Picture Award, UKCPS "Inside the Lines" Online exhibition, 2023

Best in People/Figure Juror's Choice, Great Northern Art Explosion, AuSable Artisan Village, Grayling, MI  2023

Award of Merit, SCA , 55th Open International Exhibition, 2023

Best Pure Colour Pencil, UKCPS Annual Open Exhibition 2023

Director's Choice Award, IGOR, Sugarman-Peterson Gallery, 2023

Silver Award, Camelback Gallery, FACES 2023

2nd Place Award fo Excellence, SCA  2023 Open International, 2023

Silver and Bronze Awards, Camelback Black and White  X Exhibition, 2023

2022 Artwork of the Year Award, Camelback Gallery, 2023

Home And Garden Awards, Commissioned Artist of the Year 2023

Best in Show, Color Pencil Magazine 2022 Art Competition

Best In Show Platinum Award, Camelback Gallery Portraits, 2022

Third Place Award, Federation of Canadian Artists Annual International Representational Exhibition, 2022

Juror's Prize, Martha's Vinyard Drawing Prize, 2022

$500 Kirtland Merit Award, Humanity Category, Great Northern Art Explosion, AuSable Artisan Village, Grayling, MI  2022

$750 First Place Portrait Category, 2022 Paint Ontario Art Competition, Exhibition and Sale, 2022

$2000 Best In Show, Society of Canadian Artists, 54th Open International Juried Exhibition, 2022

$200 First Place, Ann Kullberg Color Magazine Members Shwo, Professioanl Category, 2022

$1000 Lyra/Strathmore Awardd for Exceptional Merit, CPSA 30th Annual Exhibition, 2022

Honorable Mention Award, Marin Society of Artists, 2022

Best in Show, Colored Pencil Magazine 2021 Art Competition

Honorable Mention Award, 2021 Richeson75 Figure/Portrait Exhibition

Silver Award, Camelback Gallery Invitational 2021 Exhibition

$500 SCA Award of Excellence, SAC 53rd Open International Juried Exhibition, 2021

Silver Award, Camelback Gallery Figurative 2021 Exhibition

Honorable Mention Award, Federation of Canadian Artists, LIMITLESS 2021 Exhibition

Silver Award, Camelback Shades of Blue International Painting Competition, 2021

Special Merit Award, LightSpaceTime 11th Annual Figurative Online Art Competition 2021

Bronze Award, Faces 2021, Camelback International Painting Competition, 2021

Gold Award of Excellence, Camelback Black and White 2021 International Painting and Photography Competition

Merit Award, Camelback Portraits 2020 Exhibition, 2020

Finalist, Martha's Vineyard, Drawing Prize Competition, 2020

3rd Place Award, HUMANITY International Show, Cultural Centre of Cape Cod, 2020

Best of Show, 21st Annual Member show, Ann Kullberg Color Magazine, 2020

1st Award for Excellence, SCA 52nd International Open Juried Exhibition, 2020

3rd Place Award, 20th Annual Member show, Ann Kullberg Color Magazine, 2019

People's Choice Award, CPCAU “Drawn Together” Members Show, 2019

1st Prize, Mary Pratt Crystal Award, SCA 50th International Open Juried Exhibition, 2018

President's Award and People's Choice Award, PAS 2nd International Juried Exhibition, 2016

1st Place Award, 17th Annual Members Show, Ann Kullberg Color Magazine, 2016

Award for Distinction, CPSA 23rd Annual International Exhibition, 2015

4th Place Prize Award, 12th Annual Members Show, Ann Kullberg Magazine, 2011

Finalist (Award Certificate), Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, 2011

Prints:

Grand Prize Award, Korean Biennale, 1981

Purchase Award, Canadian Biennale, 1980; Graphex, 1975, 1979; Imprint, 1976

Special Merit Award, Graphex, 1979

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

Coloured Pencil Drawings:

21st Ann Kullberg Color Magazine Members Show, 2020, Best of Show Award

Drawn Together, Coloured Pencil Community of Australasia Member Show, 2019 People's Choice Award

20th Ann Kullberg Color Magazine Members Show, 2019, 2nd Place Award

18th, 19th Ann Kullberg Color Magazine Member show, 2017, 2018

17th Anne Kullberg Color Magazine Members Show, 2016, 1st Place Award

Drawing Featured in July 2015 Issue, Ann Kullberg Color Magazine

16th Ann Kullberg Color Magazine Members Show, 2015

14th Ann Kullberg Color Magazine Theme Show 2013

12th Ann Kullberg Color Magazine Members Show,  2011 4th Place Award

NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS

Coloured Pencil Drawings

Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, Portraits and Figurative,  2011 Finalist (Award Certificate)

Prints

Canadian Exhibition, World Print Council, 1980

Canadian Biennale, 1978, 1980, Purchase Award, 1983

Graphex, 1975 Purchase Award, 1976, 1978, 1979 Purchase Award, 1980, 1981

Burnaby Biennale, 1977

CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Prints

Brain Storms: UAlberta Creates,  Sept. 2015 - January 2016

Medium X Process = Perception,  Original Prints, Art Gallery of Brant, 2007

Master Class, Sightlines Symposium, FAB, U of Alberta, 1997

FACE, Harbourfront Exhibition, 1995

Canadian Impressions, Osaka, Japan, 1984

Contemporary Canadian Printmakers, Brisbane, Australia, 1984

Canadian Contemporary Printmakers, The Bronx Museum, NY, 1982

Canadian Prints and Watercolours, U. of Michigan, 1982

Printmakers '82, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982

Midwest Museum of American Art, Indiana, 1980

Canadian Embassy Boston, Mass., 1978/79

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Prints

Gallery Pascal, Toronto, 1982

Gallery Moos, Calgary, Alberta, 1980

University of Calgary, 1977

University of Alberta, Graduate Exhibition, 1976

GROUP EXHIBITONS

Coloured Pencil Drawings

Portrait Show, VITA Brevis Studio Gallery, Toronto, 2005

Prints

3 Artist Exhibition, The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1979

Graphics, 5-artist exhibition, Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, 1979

3 Artist Exhibition, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 1979

PUBLICATIONS, PODCASTS AND ARTICLES:

Colour Pencil Drawings:

CP Magic! Special Invitational Issue, "Your Best Colored Pencil Work of 2023, Feb. 2024

CPSA To The Point magazine, November Issue, 2023

CP Treasures, Vol. 9, 2023  Grand Master Section

CP Magic! Special Invitational Issue, "Your Best Colored Pencil Work of 2022",  Feb. 2023

CP Treasures, Vol. 8, 2020

CP Magic! Featured Artist with mini-tutorial 2022

Sharpened Artist Podcast, interview with John Middick, https://sharpenedartist.com/podcast/

CP Treasures, Vol. 7, 2020

Best of Show, Members Show, Color Magazine, October 2020

Showcase, Color Magazine, June 2020

CP Treasures, Vol 6, 2019

CP Treasures, Vol. 5, 2017

CP Treasures, Vol. 4, 2016

From Toxic to Green,  Profile Article, Color Magazine, November 2016

Brushstroke Magazine, 2011

Featured Artist of the Month, on-line Artist's Magazine, February, 2005  

Prints:

Medium X Process = Perception,  Original Prints, 2007

Printmaking in Three Continents:  A Question of Horizons, by Lawrence Smith, 1999

Sightlines, by Walter Jule, 1997

Printmaking in Alberta, 1945-1985, by Bente Roed Cochran, 1989

Vanguard, by the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1984

Artists of Alberta, by Suzanne Devonshire Baker, 1980

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Book Cover, The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm, Cambridge University Press, 2020

CD and Booklet Design, Requeim, Russell Hartenberger, 2019

Book Cover, Performance Practice in the Music of Steve Reich, Cambridge University Press, 2016

Book Cover, The Cambridge Companion to Percussion, Cambridge University Press, 2016

NEXUS CD and Booklet Design, The City Wears a Slouch Hat, 2016

NEXUS CD and Booklet Design, Persian Songs, 2015

NEXUS CD Cover and Booklet Design, Wings, 2007

CD and Booklet Design Theme and Evolutions, Nicholas Coulter and Graham Hargrove, 2005

NEXUS CD cover and Booklet Design, Drumtalker, 2003

NEXUS Drumtalker Poster, 2003

Cover Design of Score Invisible Proverb by composer Russell Hartenberger, 2003

Cover Design of Score, Carla's Poems by composer Chan Ka Nin,  1999

COLLECTIONS: (selected)

University of Toronto, Faculty of Music

University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work

Sandra and Ron Dowhaniuk

Ryan Scott and Sanya Eng

Heather and Brian Girvitz

Art Gallery of Brant

Alberta Art Foundation

Canada Council Art Bank

Coopers-Lybrand

Gulf Oil

Homme Baker, Calgary

The Market Gallery

The National Museum, Poznan, Poland

Toronto Dominion Bank

University of Alberta

Visual Arts Branch, Culture, Youth and Recreation

The Wroclaw Museum, Breslau, Poland

Robin and Eleanor Engelman

Toni Stevens

Q Media Solutions

Bryce and Jill Engelman

Takeo Nagabuchi,  Nishimatsu Corp.

Mika Yoshida

Mayor of Hondo, Kumamoto Prefecture, Mr. Yasuda

Doctor Junji Nagano

Garry and Diane Kvistad

David and Marcia Beach

Scott and Wendy Rawls

Midori Koga and Jun Nogami

Gage Averill and Giovanna Perot-Averill

Bruce and Liza Smith

Sandra and Gabriel Eckenstein

Roanne and Jaap Kalkman

Shira and Jeff Sheckter