About the Artist
Christopher Gorey
SCA, CSPWC
Christopher Gorey is a well-known Nova Scotia watercolour and oil painter. His work, mainly traditional, depicts the beautiful light and landscape of Northern Cape Breton as well as other locales. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada and is the designer of the 1981 and 1987 Canadian commemorative Silver Dollars as well as the 2022 circulating Canadian Dollar. His work has won awards at La Societe canadienne de l’aquarelle, the Watercolor Art Society of Houston and the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor. He is a signature member of the the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC) and La Societe canadienne de l’aquarelle (SCA).
Mr. Gorey’s paintings can be found in the collections of Anne Murray, The Nova Scotia Art Bank, Seneca College, Cape Breton University and Acadia University Art Galleries. He currently exhibits at the Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB, Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, NS, The Flying Kite Gallery, Baddeck, NS, and in Ingonish, NS, the Salty Rose Gallery, and the Groovy Goat. He resides in Ingonish, Cape Breton with his wife Lynn. The Goreys have two children and three grandchildren.
Christopher Gorey SCA, CSPWC
Born: March 13, 1950, Marlboro, MA, U.S.A.
Emigrated to Canada, 1975.
Became a Canadian citizen in 1984
Education: Hudson High School, Hudson, MA, U.S.A. Graduated in 1968
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Graduated in 1972, B.S.ED.
Solo Exhibitions:
1965, 1969- Hudson Public Library, Hudson, MA, U.S.A.
1975- Atlantic Union College, Lancaster, MA, U.S.A.
1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990 - Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, NS
1978, 1979, 1983- Gardner’s Gallery, Sydney, NS
1980 - Landmark Galleries, Fredericton , NB
1981 - Robertson’s Gallery, Ottawa, ON
1984 - Atlantic Galleries, Fredericton , NB
1984 - Lyghtesome Galleries, Antigonish, NS
1986, 2007 - St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
1989 - Central Place Galleries, Bangor, ME, U.S.A.
2011 - AGNS Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Halifax, NS
2011 - Jo Beale Gallery, Peggy’s Cove, NS
Group Exhibitions:
1968 - Fitchburg Art Association, Fitchburg, MA, U.S.A.
1969 - Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
1968, 1969 - Quaig Design Center, Wilmington , VT, U.S.A.
1969, 1970 - Ogunquit Art Center, Ogunquit, ME, U.S.A.
1969 - Southern Vermont Art Assoc., Manchester, VT, U.S.A.
1970 - Dimension Gallery, Norwood, MA, U.S.A.
1971 - Gilded Frame Gallery, Ogunquit, ME, U.S.A.
1972 - Lynn Kottler Galleries, NY, NY, U.S.A.
1972 - Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA, U.S.A.
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 - Jordan Marsh Art Show, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
1973 - The Depot Gallery, Concord, MA, U.S.A.
1978, 1982 - Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS
1978 - Maritime Art Association
1983 - Nova Scotia Art Bank Traveling Exhibition
1981 - Maritime Realists, Shayne Gallery, Montreal, QC
1980, 1982 - Dalhousie Medical Research Art Auction, Halifax, NS
1986 - Salmagundi Club non-members Show, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1986 - Steve Kiss- Christopher Gorey
Kensington Downtown Gallery, Calgary, AB
1987 - Three Canadian Realists, Francesca Anderson Gallery,
Boston, MA, U.S.A.
1991, 1992 - Christopher Gorey-William Rogers, Cape Breton
Regional Hospital Fund-Raising Exhibition, Sydney, NS
1994 - Ken Boone, William Rogers, Christopher Gorey
Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS
1995 - North of the Border, Wiregrass Museum of Art,
Dotham, AL, U.S.A.
1996 - Niagara Frontier Watercolor Association, Lockeport, NY, U.S.A.
1996 - “Far & Wide” Visual Arts Nova Scotia 20th Anniversary
Exhibition, Halifax, NS
1996 - Madison Avenue Art Gallery, Germantown, TN, U.S.A.
1997, 1998 - New Orleans Art Association, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.
1998, 2001 - Louisiana Watercolor Society, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.
1997 - Juan de Fuca Art Festival, Port Angeles, WA, U.S.A.
1998, 1999, 2000 - Watercolor Society of Houston, Houston TX, U.S.A.
1998, 2002, 2004 - New England Watercolor Society, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
1999 - Associated Artists of Southport, Southport, NC, U.S.A.
1999 - Midwest Watercolor Society, Manitowoc, WI, U.S.A.
2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 - Societe Canadienne de l’Aquarelle, Montreal, QC
2001, 2005 - Adirondacks Watercolor Society, Old Forge, NY, USA
2002 - Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Halifax, NS
2003 - “Acadia Collects”, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
2004 - “Atlantic Watercolour Showcase”, Govt. House, Halifax, NS
2004, 2006,2007 - CSPWC “Open Water” Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2008 - Exposition ARE-SCA Reims 2008, Reims, France
2009 - CSPWC Atlantic Showcase, STFX Art Gallery, Antigonish, NS
2014, 2016 - PLANS exhibition, “Capture, Nova Scotia Realism
2019 - "Outside" Susan Paterson, Chris Gorey, Joy Laking, Halifax, NS
2020 - CSPWC-NWS Joint exhibition, Canada, USA
2025- CSPWC 100th Anniversary exhibition, Halifax, NS
Awards:
1971 - Richard Mitton Memorial Medal (Juror’s Award),
Boston, MA, U.S.A.
1978 - Maritime Artist’s Association, $100 Award
1997 - Second Prize, Watercolor Category, Juan de Fuca Arts Festival
Port Angeles, WA, U.S.A.
1999 - Juror’s Award of Merit, Watercolor Art Society of Houston
Houston, TX, USA
2001 - Brodock Award, Adirondacks National Exhibition of
American Watercolor, Old Forge, NY, USA
2004 - 2nd Prize, La Societe canadienne de l’aquarelle,
Montreal, QC,
2005 - Ambience Award, La Societe canadienne de l’aquarelle.
Montreal, QC
2016, 2016 - Bold Brush online Art Competition Finalist
2018 - Best Watercolour, Points East, Plein air festival , Montague, PE
2019 - Bold Brush online art competition, Outstanding Acrylic
2019 - 2nd Prize, "Paint the Past", King's Landing, NB
2021 - Best Watercolour, Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival, Parrsboro, NS
2022- Bold Brush Finalist, July, 2022
2022 - Designer of the 2022 Alexander Graham Bell Canadian circulating Dollar
2024- 3rd prize overall Parrsboro International Plein air Festival
Commissions:
Royal Canadian Mint: Ottawa, ON. Designer of the 1981
and 1987 Commemorative Silver Dollars as well as the 2022 circulating one Dollar coin.
Professional Affiliations:
Canadian Artist’s Representation Maritimes (CARFAC Maritimes)
Canadian Artist’s Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC)
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC) Signature member
La Societe canadienne de l’aquarelle (SCA) Signature Member
Collections: (Public)
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
Nova Scotia Art Bank, Halifax, NS
Seneca College, Toronto, ON
Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE
Centennial Museum, Vancouver, BC
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB
Collections: (Corporate)
Texaco Canada
Shell Canada
Husky Oil
Dominion Foundry & Steel Company
Ultramar Canada
Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
Chevron Canada Resources
Maritime Tel & Tel, Aliant
Pacific Western Airlines
Max Bell Foundation
Amoco Canada
Atlantic Lottery Corporation
Ontario Chapter: College of Family Physicians
Collections: (Private)
Anne Murray, Toronto, ON
Michael Timmons, (Cowboy Junkies)
Former Senator & Mrs. Lowell Murray, Ottawa, ON
former Senator Elizabeth Hubley, PEI
Former Senator John Aird, Toronto, ON
Former Lieutenant Gov. of Nova Scotia and Mr. Alan Abrahams
Former Senator Michael Kirby, Toronto, ON
Former Lieutenant Gov. of Nova Scotia Myra Freeman
Teaching Positions:
Cape Breton University, Drawing and Painting instructor, 1977-81.
PAINTS Visiting artist.
Conducted numerous Watercolor and Art Workshops throughout Canada
Represented by:
The Flying Kite , Baddeck, NS
Cape Breton Center for Craft & Design, Sydney, NS
Salty Roses and Periwinkle Café, Ingonish, NS
Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
The Groovy Goat, Ingonish, NS
Resides:
Ingonish, NS with his wife Lynn. They have two children and three grandchildren.
