BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

William (Bill) Koochin

December 15 1927 - December 17 2017

Vancouver School of Art
BC Society of Artists (Associate 1960, Member 1961-1967)
Royal Canadian Academy of Art (elect 1974)

William (Bill) Koochin was born in Brilliant. He studied at the Vancouver School of Art from 1949 to 1951, and became a sculptor.

He exhibited artwork in the 1955 45th Annual exhibition of the B.C. Society of Artists, and in 1956, 1959, 1960, and 1962.

From 1955 to 1957 he studied in Paris and travelled around Europe.

He exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery in the BC Artists exhibitions in 1954, 1955, 1960, and 1963.

He exhibited in the Northwest Artists exhibitions in Seattle in 1958, 1959, and 1960. He was living at Hopkins Landing.

In 1960 he was living in Vancouver, and in Santa Monica, California in 1961.

He exhibited 3 sculptures in Montreal in 1960 and 1961.

He had a solo exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery in 1980. In 1981 he was living in West Vancouver.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1955 April 26 - May 15 VAG    BCSA 45th Annual Figure
1956 Feb. 28 - March 18 VAG    BCSA 46th Annual Kneeling Figure

References - MONOGRAPHS

Refer to BIBLIO.

References - Exhibitions

CENTENNIAL SCULPTURE '67 (refer to FCA67)

BC SCULPTORS (refer to SSC74)

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM - NORTHWEST ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS 1914 - 1975
     Refer to NWA BC artists by exhibition
     Refer to NWAA BC artists alphabetically

GENERATIONS - FIVE DECADES OF ART IN WEST VANCOUVER 1912 - 1962 (refer to WVMA99)

THE SCULPTORS' SOCIETY OF B.C. EXHIBITION 2004 (refer to SSBC04)

References - General

A GUIDE TO SCULPTURE IN VANCOUVER (refer to GSV80)

ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS - EXHIBITIONS & MEMBERS 1880 - 1979 (refer to RCA81)

ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)

MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - SPRING EXHIBITIONS 1880 - 1970 (refer to MM88)

A CENTURY OF SCULPTURE (refer to SSBC98)

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
     6 references to Koochin

A MODERN LIFE: Art and Design in British Columbia 1945-1960 (refer to VAG04)

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
     Full page biography and 6 references to Koochin

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)

Clippings

All clippings as noted in A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS

"Doukhobor Sculptor Returns From Paris"
      Trail Daily Times, January 25 1957

"Braised (sic) Brass And Welded Steel" by Dorothy Pfeiffer
      Montreal Gazette, May 17 1958

"The Inevitability of Koochin" by Robert Ayre
      Montreal Star, May 1958

"Designing the Exhibits: A Three-year Project" by T.C. Wood
      Canadian Art, Vol. 15 No. 3 August 1958

"Bill Koochin, Sculptor"
      Western Homes & Living, February 1964

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