Born 1946 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Education
1970 Bachelor of Education Degree, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1968 Honors Degree in Art, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1967 Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1964 Graduated from Bedford Road Collegiate, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan


Supplementary Education
1992 Attended the Mashomak Artists' Workshop, Pine Plains, New York (invitational)

1991 Attended the Tapong International Artists' Workshop, Kanye, Botswana (guest)

1990 Attended the Triangle Artist's Workshop, Pine Plains, New York (participant)

1980 (Moffett and Hughto); 1981 (Bannard and McLean); 1982 (Boxer and Wolfe); 1984 (Scott and Tatransky); 1985 (Harmon and Wilkin); 1988 (Multiple Guest)

Attended the Emma Lake Artists' workshops: 1970 (Steiner); 1977 (Caro); 1979


Solo Exhibitions
2005 The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc, Saskatoon, SK.

2005 Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2002 Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2000 Art Placement, Inc. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1999 Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

1993 Bugera/Kmet Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1991 Gallery On Whyte, Edmonton, Alberta

1990 Frances Morrison Public Library, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

1989 Galerie Elca London, Montreal, Quebec

Gallery On Whyte, Edmonton, Alberta

1987 Canadian Art Galleries Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

1986 Wade Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

1984 Canadian Art Galleries Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

1982 Martin Gerard Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

Canadian Art Galleries Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

The Mendel Art Gallery (Robert Christie - Five Years), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (this exhibition toured to Southern Alberta, Lethbridge, Alberta)

1981 Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1980 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

Saskatoon Public Library Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Red Deer College Art Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta

Canadian Art Galleries Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

1978 The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1975 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1973 Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery (Student Gallery), Regina, Saskatchewan

1972 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1971 Marquis Hall Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan


Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 “Abstraction: Three Generations”, The Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario – William Perehudoff, Robert Christie and Jonathan Forrest

2005 “Spell”, The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (toured to Oshawa and Chatham, ON)

2005 “Three Generations” - William Perehudoff, Robert Christie and Jonathan Forrest, APT Gallery, London, England

2004 “Three Generations” - William Perehudoff, Robert Christie and Jonathan Forrest, The Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. (colour catalogue available), May, 2004

2000 Flowers East, "Artists' Choice", London, England

1996 Virginia Christopher Galleries, "Haynes/Christie", Calgary, Alberta

1993-2002 Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society, Annual Members Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta

1992 Mashomack Artists' Workshop Exhibition, Pine Plains, New York, USA

1991 The Mendel Art Gallery, "Bentham/Christie", Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1989 The Mendel Art Gallery, "Emma Lake: The Flat Side of the Landscape", Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1988 The Mendel Art Gallery, "Talking Through Time", Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1986 Gallery One, "Clarke, Keller, Reynolds and Christie", Toronto, Ontario

Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, "Buchanan and Christie", University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1982 The Edmonton Art Gallery, "The Threshold of Color", Edmonton, Alberta

The Edmonton Art Gallery, "Selections from the Westbourne Collection", Edmonton, Alberta

Gallery One, "Christie and Keller", Toronto, Ontario

1981 The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, "The Heritage of Jack Bush", Oshawa, Ontario –Toured

1980 Mendel Art Gallery, "Sask. Open: A Juried Biennial", Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1979 Gallery One, "Three Prairie Artists: Clarke, Christie, Haynes", Toronto, Ontario

1978 Art Gallery of Ontario Extension Services and the Edmonton Art Gallery, "Seven Prairie Painters", Edmonton, Alberta - Toured Thomas Gallery, "Six Saskatoon Artists", Winnipeg, Manitoba

1977 Canadian Art Galleries Ltd., "A Selection of works by Bush, Perehudoff and Christie", Calgary, Alberta

The Edmonton Art Gallery, "New Abstract Art", Edmonton, Alberta

1976 National Gallery of Canada, "Abstraction West: Emma Lake and After", Ottawa, Ontario - Toured Canada

1975 Art Gallery of Hamilton, "9 Out of 10: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Art", Hamilton, Ontario, -Toured Downstairs Gallery, "Christie, Clarke, Peacock", Edmonton, Alberta

The Edmonton Art Gallery, "Abstract Works on Paper", Edmonton, Alberta -Toured

Mendel Art Gallery, "Major Saskatchewan Artists", Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Toured

Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, "Color Now", Regina, Saskatchewan

1974 The Edmonton Art Gallery, "Canada X Ten", - Toured Canada

The Edmonton Art Gallery, "Prairie '74", Edmonton, Alberta

Espace 5, "Western Artists", Montreal, Quebec

1972 Mendel Art Gallery, "Drawings by Eight Painters", Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Regina Public Library Art Gallery, "A June Show", Regina, Saskatchewan

1971 The Edmonton Art Gallery, "West "71", Edmonton, Alberta

1969 Mendel Art Gallery, "Saskatoon - "The New Scene", Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, "Saskatoon - Thirteen Artists", Regina, Saskatchewan


Reviews and Publications
Hale, Barrie: "The Edmonton Collection". Canadian, 8, Oct. 1977, pp. 14-16, Art Gallery of Ontario Extension Services and the Edmonton Art Gallery, "Seven Prairie Painters", Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1978

Bouchard, Gilbert: “Christie’s world of colour continues to expand”, The Edmonton Journal, June 24, 2005, G6.

Carpenter, Ken: "The Heritage of Jack Bush: A Tribute", Oshawa, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, (1981)

Carpenter, Ken: "Robert Christie - Five Years", Saskatoon, The Mendel Art Gallery, 1982

Julia Dault, "At the Galleries", National Post, April 15, 2004 (review of “Three Generations”)

Evison, David: “A Tale of Two Cities”, NY Arts, May/June 2005, Vol. 10, No. 5/6

Fenton, Terry: "High Culture in Prairie Canada." ARTnews, 73, No.7 (1974), pp. 27-29

Fenton, Terry: "Abstraction West: Emma Lake and After", Journal, No. 11, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1976

McLean, John: "Robert Christie at Galerie Elca London", Artpost, 34, Fall, 1989, Vol. 7, No. 1

Nasgaard, Roald: "Prairie '74 and Sculpture Alberta '74", The Edmonton Art Gallery,Summer,1974, ARTSCANADA, 31, Nos. 3 and 5 (1974), pp. 107-110

Michael Parke-Taylor, "Robert Christie, New Paintings", Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Norman Mackenzie Gallery, 1981 (exhibition catalogue)

Richards, Jean: "Canada X Ten, the Work of Youth", The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta, January, 1974

Robertson, Sheila: "Similar, Yet Remarkably Distinct", The Saskatoon Star Phoenix, June 22, 1991

Russell, Nancy: "Accent on Art", The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Feb. 1975

Tousley, Nancy: "Robert Christie Paintings", The Calgary Herald, 1982

Tousley, Nancy: "Robert Christie - New Work", The Calgary Herald, Nov. 1983

Wilkin, Karen: "The Prairies: A Limited View". The Canadian Forum, 54,No. 647 (1975), 37-39

Wilkin, Karen: "Rugged Individuals With No Urge to Roam", ARTnews, 78, No. 2 (1979), 84-88

Wylie, Liz: "Robert Christie at Gallery One", May 17-June 5. ARTMAGAZINE, 12, No. 50, (1980), pp. 47-48


Articles by the Artist
"Jonathan Forrest - Recent Paintings". Catalogue introduction for The Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, 1990

"Watercolor Painting in Saskatchewan, 1905-1980". Saskatoon. The Mendel Art Gallery, 1980

"Douglas Bentham: Six Steel Sculptures, 1978". Saskatoon. The Mendel Art Gallery, 1979

"A Survey of Training Needs for Art Gallery Personnel". For the Western Canada Art Association, 1979

"Curatorial Statement". In Prairie Suite, Exhibition catalogue by Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon.Shoestring Gallery, 1979

"An Introduction to the Paintings by Bill Perehudoff". In William Perehudoff, Exhibition catalogue by the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary: Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1977

"Perehudoff and Knowles". ARTSWEST, 1, No. 5 (1976), pp. 16-19

"An Introduction to the Sculpture of Douglas Bentham". In Douglas Bentham, 'Enclosures and Opens' 1975-76. Exhibition catalogue by the Art Gallery of York University, Toronto,Ontario: Art Gallery of York University, 1976


Collections
Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd., Montreal Quebec
Bank of Montreal, Edmonton, Alberta
Bedford Road Collegiate, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada Council Art Bank Collection, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Commercial Bank Collection, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canpotex Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Singapore
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Gulf Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
Leopold Industries, Montreal, Quebec
The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw Art Museum, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
National Gallery of Art, Gabarone, Botswana
The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt, Toronto, Ontario
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Saskatchewan
Shell Canada Resources Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Westburne International Industries, Montreal, Quebec