Dorothy Knowles: Biography
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Born in Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada
Childhood was spent both on a farm near Unity and in Saskatoon
Married artist William Perehudoff in Paris on December 27th
Travelled together in France and Italy until the end of March
Daughter Rebecca was born
Daughter Catherine was born
Daughter Carol was born
Celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary
Education
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Graduated from City Park Collegiate in Saskatoon
Bachelor of Arts, Type C, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon
Emma Lake Summer School with Reta Cowley, James Frederick Finley
Enrolled in Medical Technology classes at the University of Saskatchewan and apprenticed in St. Paul’s Hospital becoming a Registered Technologist and a member of the Canadian Society of Laboratory Technologists
Banff Summer Session in Painting
Painting classes with N. Bjelejac, University of Saskatchewan
Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, & Silkscreen classes with E. Bornstein, University of Saskatchewan
Goldsmith School of Art, London, England
Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Joseph Plaskett
Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Will Barnett
Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Clement Greenberg
Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Kenneth Noland
Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Jules Olitski
Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Lawrence Alloway
Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Michael Steiner
Solo Exhibitions
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Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Dorothy Knowles Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours, Invitation essay by George Swinton
Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Dorothy Perehudoff
Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK
Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK
James Art Studio, Saskatoon, SK
Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Dorothy Knowles Paintings
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
The David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, ON, Dorothy Knowles, Recent Landscapes. Catalogue essay by Andrew Hudson Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Bonli Interiors,Dorothy Knowles
Moose Jaw Art Museum,Moose Jaw, Sk. ,Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Dorothy Knowles,Recent Paintings
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
Robertson Gallery, Ottawa, ON
University Gallery, Department of Art, University of Saskatchewan, Dorothy Knowles
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
Traveling Show organized by Edmonton Art Gallery to: Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ, Dorothy Knowles, Recent Paintings
Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, NY
Pucker/Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA, Dorothy Knowles, Recent Paintings, Watercolours
Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB, Watercolours & Drawings
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Dorothy Knowles, Recent Paintings, Watercolours
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Dorothy Knowles
Waddington Galleries, Toronto, ON, Dorothy Knowles, Recent Paintings and Watercolours
Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, NY, Dorothy Knowles, Recent Watercolours
Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, New York, Dorothy Knowles, New Paintings
Gallery One, Saskatoon, SK, Dorothy Knowles
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ, Dorothy Knowles, Recent Paintings and Watercolours
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Dorothy Knowles
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB, Dorothy Knowles
Waddington Galleries & Co. Inc., New York, New York, Dorothy Knowles, Paintings and Watercolours
Waddington Galleries, Toronto, ON, Dorothy Knowles, Paintings and Watercolours
Traveling show organized by Edmonton Art Gallery to: Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal; Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor; London Regional, Art Galleries, London; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Dorothy Knowles,1964-1982 Curated and Catalog by Terry Fenton
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, AB, New Work by Dorothy Knowles
Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK, Recent Watercolours
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, Dorothy Knowles
Waddington & Shiell Galleries Ltd., Toronto, ON, Dorothy Knowles
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ, Recent Paintings
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, Dorothy Knowles
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Dorothy Knowles New Works
Waddington & Shiell Galleries Ltd., Toronto, ON, Dorothy Knowles: Watercolours
Canadian Art Galleries,Calgary
Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK
Waddington & Shiell Galleries Ltd., Toronto, ON, Major Paintings from Spring 1986
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB/Vancouver, BC, New Work
Waddington & Gorce Inc., Montreal, PQ, Recent Landscapes
Greenberg Wilson, New York, New York, Dorothy Knowles Landscapes
Waddington & Gorce, Inc., Montreal, PQ, Canadian Landscapes
Waddington & Shiell Gallery, Toronto, ON, Major Acrylic Paintings by Dorothy Knowles
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Edmonton, Silent Movement
Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON, Dorothy Knowles
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, New Work
Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC, Dorothy Knowles
Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC, Dorothy Knowles: Recent Works
Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK, Recent Works
Traveling Show: Mendel Art Gallery, Edmonton Art Gallery, Glenbow Museum, Whyte Museum, Dorothy Knowles, Catalog essay by Bruce Grenville
Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON, Dorothy Knowles
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
The Kenderdine Gallery & Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, The Boat Paintings, Catalogue essay by Tim Nowlin
West Kootenay Gallery, Castlegar, BC, Perehudoff, Knowles Family Member Exhibit
Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON, Dorothy Knowles, 'Visits the Muskokas'
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
Institute for Modern and Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB, The Sky Paintings, Curator: Jeffrey Spalding
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, The Sky Paintings, Catalog essay by Robert Christie
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB/Vancouver, BC, 25th Anniversary Show, Catalogue essay by Keith Bell
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Art Placement, Saskatoon,SK
Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON
Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton,AB. Feb. 1-17
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB, April 26- May 9
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, permanent collection exhibition, May 3-Sept.1
Art Placement, Small Scale Works 1960s -1990s, Saskatoon, SK
Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, SK, Dorothy Knowles, Landmarks, June 20 – Sept. 7,Art Gallery of Swift Current, Swift Current, Swift Current, SK, Feb.21 – Mar. 29, 2009,Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon,SK, June 19 –Sept.13,2009, Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB, Dec 27/09-Feb. 14/10, McMichael CanadianArt Collection, Kleinburg, ON, May 22-Aug 15/10, Chapel Gallery, North, Battleford, Nov. 1/10-Jan 30/11
Miriam Shiell Fine Art Ltd., A Sense of Place:New Paintings, catalogue essay by Roald Nasgaard, April 25-May 23
Miriam Shiell Fine Art Ltd., Dorothy Knowles, A Survey of Work from 1960 – Present, June 5-19
OSAC Exhibit, organized by the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, April 2011-April 2013, watercolour exhibit traveling to 24 Saskatchewan communities
Art Placement inc, Saskatoon, Sky Above, Earth Below
Han Art, Montreal, PQ, Woven Beauty, catalogue text by Dr. Roald Nasgaard & Terry Fenton
Art Placement, Refined Observation, Saskatoon, SK
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton AB, Dorothy Knowles’ Canadian Landscapes
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, The Oils 1965-2006
Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, An exhibition of watercolours by landscape artist Dorothy Knowles. Dec 2, 2015 – Jan 2, 2016
From Roots to Infinity: A Review of works from the 1970s to the present. Han Art, Montreal, Quebec
Group Exhibitions
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Saskatoon Art Centre, Bill and Dorothy Perehudoff
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Artists of Saskatchewan, 3 Artists,
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Group Show with Otto Rogers, Dorothy Knowles,
Painters, Dorothy Knowles and Clara Samuels
Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK, Two Saskatchewan
Diamond Jubilee Critics Selection, Saskatoon, SK
Winnipeg Biennial, Winnipeg, MB
Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Calgary, AB
Western Canadian Art Circuit, Regina, SK, Watercolors by Reta Cowley, Dorothy Perehudoff, Grace Hogg
Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, and Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Eleven Saskatchewan Artists
Willistead Art Gallery of Windsor, ON, Artists from Saskatchewan
Carleton University Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatchewan Artists, Catalogue introduction by John Climer
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, PQ, Surrey 68 Sondage 68
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, 7th Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, Catalogue introduction by William C. Seitz
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Saskatoon: Thirteen Artists
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Two Artists from Saskatoon
Waddington Fine Arts, Montreal, PQ, Knowles-Perehudoff
Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener, ON, Saskatchewan: Regina and Saskatoon
Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Saskatchewan: Art and Artists, catalogue introduction by Nancy Dillow
Extensio Services of the National Gallery Traveling Show, Watercolour Painters of Saskatchewan, Catalogue introduction by Terry Fenton
Edmonton Art Gallery, traveled to Mendel Art Gallery and Glenbow Museum, West 71, Catalogue introduction by Karen Wilkin
Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK, A June Show, Drawings by Saskatchewan Artists
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ, Knowles-Perehudoff, Recent Paintings
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK,Emma Lake Workshops
Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, SK, Swift Current 74
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Survey 74
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, 9 out of 10—A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Art
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, The Ontario Community Collects: A Survey of Canadian Paintings from 1976 to 1975
Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, From Women's Eyes: Painters in Canada
Traveling Exhibition organized by Time-Life Canada Ltd., The Canadian Canvas
Edmonton Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Ontario, Changing Visions: The Canadian Landscape
Saskatchewan Art at the Montreal Olympics
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, 14 Canadians--A Critic's Choice
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canadian Tapestries
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, The Saskatoon Arts Board Collection
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Modern Painting in Canada
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Six Saskatoon Artists
The Art Gallery of Hamilton,"Selections From the Dofasco Collection" November 24,1978-January 7,1979
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Dorothy Knowles and Wynona Mulcaster
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, "Dofasco Collection", July 23-Sept.3
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, New Works on Paper by Saskatchewan Artists
Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK, Saskatoon Early Images Landscape Painting on the Prairies
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, SK, and Canada House, London, Paris, Brussels, Five from Saskatchewan, Catalog introduction by K. Bell, P. Close
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, Ill
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Wade Gallery, Los Angeles, Selected Works by Contemporary Canadian Artists
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Tradition and Innovation: Saskatoon Art and the 1950's
Saskatchewan Centres for Exhibiting Art, Sasktel Corporate Art Exhibition Tour
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Talking Through Time: Contemporary Art from Saskatoon
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB, Contemporary '88
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Large Works on Paper
Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, SK, A Common Bond
Triangle of Visual Arts, Calgary, AB, Contemporary Watercolor Exhibition
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists' Workshops
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Spring 89
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB, Cowley/Knowles/Hardy--Survey
McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, AB, A Family Show
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, The Object as Subject: Still-Life Art in Saskatchewan
Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Relative Realities, Curated by Eileen Lampard
Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ, Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, traveling to Windsor Art Gallery Achieving the Modern: Canadian Abstract Painting and Design in the 1950s
Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, ON, Achieving the Modern: Canadian Abstract Painting and Design in the 50's
Presented by Trimark Mutual Funds and organized by: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Edmonton Art Gallery, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Hidden Values
Weyburn Arts Council, Weyburn, SK, For Every Season (from the city of Weyburn permanent collection)
Traveling show organized by Sasktel and Organization of Saskatchewan Art Council
Traveling show organized by Mendel Art Gallery, The Urban Prairie
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas, Curated by Alan Gussow and Gayle Maxon-Edgerton
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, The Canadian Collection at Apec'97, Nov 19-25
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, May 30 to September 28, 1997 Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, June 19 to August 16, 1998 Prairie Region Exhibition, Organized by the Royal, Canadian Academy of Arts in cooperation with the Winnipeg Art Gallery
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Reconstructed: North by West
International Art Fair,Metro Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
Toronto Art Fair, Represented by Douglas Udell Gallery Miriam Shiell Gallery, and Waddington Gorce
Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon, Clement Greenberg—A Critic's Collection
Douglas Udell Galleries,Fall Shows, Edmonton, Sept 22- Oct.3, Vancouver Sept. 29-Oct.1
Art Placement, Saskatoon,SK., Still Life Exhibition,December
Toronto Art Fair, represented by Mirium Shiell Fine Art and Douglas Udell Gallery, Oct. 17-21.
Douglas Udell Galleries, Edmonton, AB, Spring Show, April, Fall Shows, Vancouver, Sept 21, Edmonton, Sept. 28, 2002
Assiniboia Gallery,Regina, SK., 25th Anniversary Exhibition, June
Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Lodestar, RCA Show; July14 to August 24 2002, 2003 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON; March 3 to 5,2002, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, June 14 to September 2, 2002; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK., Sept.27 to Jan. 12, 2003 Qu'Appelle, Tale of Two Valleys, June 14 - September 2, co-curated by Dan Ring and Robert Stacy
Toronto Art Fair, represented by Mirium Shiell Fine Art and the Douglas Udell Gallery, November 16 - 19
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,Regina, SK. Art in Bloom,Feb.1 -May 4, 2003
Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks,BC, July-August
Art Placement,Saskatoon, SK, Christmas Show,Dec.11 - 24
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Fall Show, Sept.18-Oct 2, Spring Show, April 3-17
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC,Christmas Show, Dec.4-24, Spring Show, April 17-30
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Clement Greenberg A Critic's Collection, Palm Springs, California, Oct.2
Toronto Art Fair,represented by the Douglas Udell Gallery & Miriam Shiell Fine Art
The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, Contemporary Views of the Bow River, February 19-June 5
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Making Friends: The Role of Friends, Mentors, and Patrons in the Development of Sask. Art, May 28 – Oct. 23
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, 100 Years of Saskatchewan Art, curated by A. Badzak and D. Ring from the permanent collection
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Fall Show, Sept. 17, Christmas Show, Dec.17
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, Landscapes, Dec.
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC Spring Show, March, Christmas Show Dec.9-23,
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Christmas Show , Dec. 2-14
Douglas Udell Gallery, Calgary, AB, Opening Show, Feb.
Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Ont. Nov.9-13
Doug Udell Gallery,Vancouver,B.C..The Big Picture Group Show, June 2-16
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK The Saskatchewan Landscape, Feb.10-March1
Assiniboia Gallery, Grand Opening, Regina, SK March 3
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Prairie Companion, Jan.-to April 9
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB , Fall Show Sept.29-Oct.13 ,Vancouver, B.C.Oct.13-26, Christmas Show, Dec.15-24. Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 25-29
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, Floor to Ceiling
Douglas Udell Gallery, Fall Show, Edmonton, Alberta, Sept 20-Oct.2
Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 22-26, represented by Douglas Udell Gallery
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, Family Traditions, Dorothy Knowles, William Perehudoff, Rebecca Perehudoff, Catherine Perehudoff, Carol Perehudoff July 18 – July 11th
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton,AB, Vancouver, BC, Order of Merit, Nov./09, Feb./10
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, The Drawing Show, April 17 –May 6, Signs of Spring, April 3 – April 15, On Collecting, Feb. 20 –March 10, New Works, Sept. 5 – Sept. 23
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Spring, April 10-24, Fall,Sept.18,Christmas,Dec. 11, Edmonton, AB, Spring April 17,Fall,Sept.25, Christmas, Dec.4
Art Placement Inc, Saskatoon SK, Prairie Painters: Light and Pattern
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, The Jean Mackay Chubb and Francis L. Chubb Collection, September 28 - Dec. 16
Mendel Art Gallery, Rewilding Modernity, curated by Lisa Baldissera, Saskatoon, Oct. 13
Art Toronto 2013, represented by Han Art of Montreal, Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 25-28
Winchester Galleries, Oak Bay, Victoria, BC, Private Collection, May 6-31
The Stall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, Saskatchewan Art Galleries Taking it South, Feb. 28
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Fall Show, Sept. 20th – Oct. 9th
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. Modern Visions: the 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Sept 26th
Saskatchewan Art Show and Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, March 15 – April 9
Whyte Museum, Banff, AB, The Legacy Continues: recent additions to the collection. Oct 21, 2016 - Jan 29, 2017
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Season to Season, Coast to Coast: a celebration of the Canadian landscape. Dec 3, 2016 - Feb 20, 2017.
Then & Now Group Show 2017, Wallace Galleries, Calgary, AB, March 30 – April 18
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Paikowsky, Sandra. "Robert Ayre The Critic and the Collection", Concordia University, Montreal, PQ, 1992, 10-13
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Selected Collections
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Peterborough
Art Gallery of Windsor
Bank of Commerce
Bank of Montreal
Bell Canada
Bram Garber Collection
Boston Museum
Canada Council Art Bank
Canadian Greenshields
Claridge Collection
Concordia University, Montreal
Confederation Art Centre, Charlottetown
Department of External Affairs, Government of Canada
Dominion Foundries and Steel Ltd.
Dupont Canada Inc.
Edmonton Art Gallery
First City Capital Markets
First City Trust Savings Ltd.
General Foods
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Gulf Canada
Granite Club, Toronto
Harthouse, University of Toronto
Imperial Oil
Imperial Life Insurance Co.
Kamloops Art Gallery
Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
Macgloughlin/Mitchell
Mackenzie Art Gallery
Maclean Hunter
Mendel Collection
Mendel Art Gallery
Moose Jaw Art Gallery
Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
Nabisco Inc.
National Gallery of Canada
Nutana Collegiate
Nova Corporation
Pemberton Collection
Petro-Canada
Portland Art Museum
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
Rideau Hall
Royal Bank
Royal Trust
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Sask Tel
Sharecom
Shaw Cable Systems
Shell Canada
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Stewart/Olsen
Tannock Ltd.
Toronto Dominion Bank
Touche Ross Inc.
Trimac Ltd.
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
University of Regina
University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture, The Kloppenburg Collection
Vancouver Art Gallery
Westburne International Industries
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Documentary
2003
2004
2010
2013
Dorothy Knowles The Artist’s Life (Series 1), Directed by Michael Glassbourg, Produced by TickleScratch Productions. http://movingimages.ca/store/products.php?dorothy_knowles
Between the North Pole and New York City, a television documentary covering five decades of the Emma Lake Workshops, Emma lake, Sask., interviews with artists and critics, including Dorothy Knowles, directed by Mark Wihak and Daryl K. Davis, premier show Oct 3, p.m. 2004. Produced by Cooper Rock Productions.
Dorothy Knowles and Terry Fenton – In Conversation ... www.mendel.ca/dorothy-knowles-and-terry-fenton-in-conversation/
Dorothy Knowles- Conversation with the Artist, Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAy72SNHkQQ Uploaded by Douglas Udell Gallery
Awards
1982
1987
1994
2004
2005
2007
2009
2012
Painting selected for Canada Postage Stamp
Cited by Century Saskatoon for Award of Appreciation in the Arts
Saskatchewan Award of Merit
Honorary Degree Recipient, University of Regina
Order of Canada
Centennial Medal of Saskatchewan
Canada Post Corporation honoring Dorothy Knowles with the inclusion of 2 paintings in their Art Series
Alumni of Influence Award, University of Saskatchewan
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal