Christian Cardell Corbet
Bio
Christian Cardell Corbet Biography
Christian Cardell Corbet, PPCPA, CGAM, BAMS, FIDEM, FA, FRSA is a professional working artist. His portraits and landscapes have provided a special significance for Canadians in understanding an appreciation for our surroundings. He views the landscape with a rhythmic and distinctive character. His works are unpopulated void of figures but on the rare occasion depicts architectural structures to show inhabitation. Christian Corbet has taken his place in a distinctive Canadian succession, however, he has done so as an individual, and without any sense of breaking with his own sense of tradition.
Corbet was born in 1966 at the former Pickering Beach, on Lake Ontario. This location provided him with the ideal setting to develop his talents for landscape painting. He loved to paint and draw at a young age, and at 14 he began his informal education in commercial signage from his paternal grandfather, and later at the University of Guelph and McMaster University. In 1994, Corbet moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he was befriended and influenced by renowned painters such as Jack Shadbolt and Jack Reid among others. Following his move to BC the urge to travel took Corbet to the United Kingdom where he worked for a short period in watercolours. While in England, he began to experiment more in abstraction and non-objective work. In 1995, his portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, presented at Clarence House launched Corbet’s career to an international professional level.
Corbet saw England as “…lyrical and rhythmic in subtle colours much like Canada” which to an extent is his artistic inspiration. He had initially painted a series of paintings in watercolour; however, he was discouraged with the results and destroyed most of them. Studying the work of great artists, such as Turner, Rossetti and Ruskin in England, prompted Corbet to revisit landscape painting in 1997. He returned to Vancouver to revitalize his connection with the Canadian landscape but never abandoned portraiture completely.
Corbet had been credited as a “…explorer with a curiosity to travel and document how he sees life in line, shape and colour. He loves design.” In addition to exploring the Canadian, North American, and British landscapes, he is also a collector of both modern and historic works by Canadian women artists (Corbet Collection of Canadian Women Artists – CCCWA) and from each learning and appreciating each artist’s personal style.
Corbet’s experience with Abstraction gives Corbet’s recent works a strong feeling of the flux between time and space with a sense of movement and calm. These works depict an awareness of the moment such as his popular iceberg works, light and the powerful presence of what he witnessed while viewing the world around him. Having lived in four provinces and dividing his time between Newfoundland, Canada and the UK, he has a keen sense and true experience with each destination he has visited.
Not limited to two-dimensional works Corbet has also gained international acclaim for his bronze art medallions for which many depict notable world figures, many friends of Corbet’s. Some of his many famous subjects include, Dame Jane Goodall; Col. Geo. Stanley; Dr. Chas. Comfort, Sir Wilfred Grenfell and more recently Sir Winston Churchill among many other notables worldwide. Corbet’s medallions are yet another facet of his ability to both paint and sculpt, a rarity for most artists. He has also gained international recognition as a Forensic Artist working as “Artist in Residence” for the University of Western Ontario where he creates forensic facial reconstructions for special assignments. His most recent reconstruction was for the Department of National Defense aiding in the identification of a WWI soldier. A future assignment is a forensic reconstruction of an Egyptian Mummy for the Royal Ontario Museum.
Corbet is currently “Artist in Residence” for the University of Western Ontario working on a forensic work in association with the Ministry of National Defense. Corbet is also and is having two solo exhibitions this year, one in Corner Brook and another exhibition in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK in 2009. In April 2009 his authorized medallion as commissioned by the Churchill Society will be formally presented to The Lady Soames in London, England. Lady Soames is the daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. A joint exhibition with work of the late Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook of small sculptures will be held in November in Newfoundland.
CHRISTIAN CORBET C.V.
BORN
31st January 1966, Pickering Beach, Ontario, Canada
DISCIPLINES
Sculptor, Painter, Designer, Forensic Artist and Canadian Art Historian.
EDUCATION
2003 - Present Mentorship under Andrew Nelson, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario.
Faculty Scholar - Faculty of Social Science, Past-President, Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists.
1998 - 2001 Private mentorship under the late Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, CM, RCA, OSA, SSC, FOCAD, FIDEM, CPA, CGAM. (1913-2009) - Portrait Sculpture.
1996 - McMaster University - Anatomy Laboratory.
1992 - 1995 - University of Guelph - Fine Art/Theatre.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 - "Mentor & Protege" - Sculptures by the late Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook and Christian Corbet, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
2009 - “Elements of Guernsey”, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK.
2009 - "Souls of the Water - Memorial Fund Exhibition", Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
2008 - “Grenfell Gala Anniversary & Exhibition” - Grenfell Interpretation Centre, St. Anthony, Newfoundland.
2008 - “Wondrous Landscapes of Newfoundland and Labrador” - L’Escalier, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK.
2007 - “Visual Poetry - The Art of Christian Corbet”
- S. Michel du Valle Church, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK.
2004 - “Cleo the Chatham Mummy” - Permanent display of facial reconstruction, Chatham - Kent Museum, ON.
2003 - “Christian Cardell Corbet - A Decade of Work” 1993 - 2003, Ajax Public Library, ON.
2002 - “Christian Cardell Corbet Studio Opening”, ON.
2001 - “Faces In My Mind”, Studio Exhibition, ON.
2000 - “Returning Home”, Studio Exhibition, ON.
1999 - “Repose au Vert”, BC.
1999 - “Margaret Atwood Idea - Idea”, W. 4th Studio, BC.
1997 - “Diana Princess of Wales”, Roundhouse, BC.
1996 - “A Queen’s Painter”, Argyle Gallery, BC.
1995 - “A Royal Painting”, Park Royal, BC.
1995 - “A Royal Painting”, BC Children’s Hospital, BC.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 - Canadian Portrait Academy 10th Annual Anniversary Exhibition - “Once Upon Ice”, Grenfell Interpretation Centre, St. Anthony, Newfoundland.
2007 - “Polar Pyramids Exhibition - Polar Artists Group”, Bond Head Art Gallery, Bond Head, ON.
2007 - “Polar Artists Group Launch”, McMichael Art Gallery, Kleinberg, ON.
2007 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 9th Annual Exhibition”, Amherst Town Hall, NS.
2007 - Art Frenzy, The ARTS Project, London, ON.
2006 - “Sackville Art Association 2006 Annual Members Exhibition”, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, NB.
2006 - “Cumberland County Artists Annual Exhibition” Amherst, NS.
2005 - “Sackville Art Association 2005 Annual Members Exhibition”, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, NB.
2005 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 8th Annual Exhibition”, The ARTS Project, London, ON.
2004 - “Ice, Paper & Face”, Three Person Show with Jason Wilkins & Ian Winton, Ajax Public Library, ON.
2004 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 7th Annual Exhibition, Ajax Public Library, ON.
2004 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 6th Annual Exhibition, Grand Theatre, ON.
2004 - “Romantic Winter”, Two Person Exhibition with Zaan Claassens, Grand Theatre, ON.
2003 - “Winter Exhibition”, R J Page Art Gallery, England.
2003 - “Canadian Portrait Academy, Autumn Exhibition”, Ajax Public Library, ON.
2003 - “Canadian Portrait Academy Overseas Exhibition of Small Works”, England.
2003 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 5th Annual Exhibition”, The Grand Theatre, ON.
2001 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 4th Annual Exhibition”, The Grand Theatre, ON.
2001 - “London Pride 10th Anniversary Show”, Galleries at the Galleria, ON.
2001 - “Canadian Group of Art Medalists, First Annual Exhibition”, London Central Library, ON.
2000 - “The 2000 Congress of FIDEM, (Federation Internationale de la Medaille) Goethe National Museum”, Weimar, Germany.
2000 - Medallic Art Society of Canada - Canadian Numismatic Association “Golden Anniversary” Exhibition, Ottawa Congress Centre, ON.
2000 - Canadian Portrait Academy 3rd Annual Exhibition - Summer Exhibition 2000, Galleries, ON.
2000 - Gallery Artists, Alley Cat Gallery, ON.
1999 - Canadian Portrait Academy, 2nd Annual Exhibition, Hycroft Mansion, BC.
1998 - Canadian Portrait Academy, 1st Annual Exhibition, Zheeclay Arts Gallery, BC.
1997 - Artropolis, Roundhouse, BC.
1995 - Artist’s For Kids Gallery, BC.
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
2008 - Corner Brook Museum and Archives, Canada. (forthcoming)
2009 - Ancaster Anglican Church, ON.
2008 - Churchill Collection, Trinity College, University of Toronto, ON.
2008 - International Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE), Toronto, ON.
2008 - Grenfell Interpretation Centre, St. Anthony, Canada.
2008 - National Ballet of Canada Archives, Canada.
2008 - Bibliotheca Alexandria Antiquities Museum, Alexandria, Egypt. (Sulman Mummy Archives)
2007 - S. Michel du Valle Church, Vale Guernsey Channel Islands, UK.
2007 - Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery, Guernsey Channel Island, UK.
2007 - City of Toronto Historical Collection, Canada.
2007 - McGill University Archives, Canada.
2007 - Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Canada.
2007 - World Vision, Canada
2007 - Dominion Command - The Royal Canadian Legion, Canada.
2006 - Cumberland County Museum and Archives, Canada.
2006 - Cumberland Health Authority, Canada.
2006 - Library of Parliament, Canada.
2005 - Orillia Museum of Art & History, Canada.
2005 - The Lung Association, Canada.
2005 - Memorial University at the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador/ The Rooms, Canada. (2)
2005 - Fitzwilliam Museum, England.
2005 - Snelson Santor & Associates, Canada.
2005 - Museum of Contemporary Art of Hot Springs, USA.
2005 - Varley Art Gallery, Canada.
2005 - Royal Society of Arts, England.
2004 - Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
2004 - University of Calgary, Library
2004 - T.F.S. Corporation, Canada
2004 - Chatham - Kent Museum, Canada. (4)
2004 - National Research Centre, Canada.
2003 - St. Paul’s Basilica Catholic Church, Canada.
2003 - University of Western Ontario, Canada. (2)
2003 - War Amputations of Canada.
2001 - Fool’s Paradise, Canada.
2001 - The Grand Theatre, Canada.
2001 - Columbia University Health Sciences Archives and Special Collections, USA.
2001 - Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library, England.
2001 - British Museum, England.
2000 - Numismatic Museum, Athens, Greece.
2000 - Vienna KunstHistorisches Museum, Coin Cabinet, Austria.
2000 - Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Scotland.
2000 - Imperial War Museum, England.
2000 - The Royal Coin Cabinet, Sweden.
2000 - The American Numismatic Society, USA.
2000 - Province of Saskatchewan, Legislative Building, Canada.
2000 - The Rushmore - Borglum Story Museum, USA.
2000 - Maplelag, Minnesota, USA.
2000 - Hospital for Sick Children, Canada.
1999 - Rijksmuseum - The National Collection of Coins and Medals of The Netherlands.
1999 - Supreme Court of New Hampshire, USA.
1999 - International Dyslexia Association, USA.
1999 - Lethbridge Canadian Art Collection, USA. (2)
1998 - Sigmund Freud Museum, England.
1998 - Abraham A. Brill Library, USA.
1998 - The Canadian Portrait Academy, Canada. (3)
1998 - Seymour Art Gallery, Canada.
1998 - Vancouver Academy of Music, Canada.
1997 - University of Guelph, Canada.
1997 - University of Manitoba, Canada.
1997 - Ajax Public Library, Canada.
1996 - University of British Columbia, Canada.
1996 - Glamis Castle, Scotland.
1996 - Canadian High Commission, England.
1996 - City of Hamilton, Canada.
1995 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada.
1995 - Durham Board of Education, Canada. (3)
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Late H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Lord Strathmore.
Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, CM.
Mr. J. I. S. Sutherland, LLB.
Dr. Dawn Warkentin.
Dame Jane Goodall, CBE.
Doris McCarthy, CM.
Ruth Stanley, LLB.
P. K. Large, LLB.
John David Horn, PH.D., LLB.
Premier Hon. Rodney MacDonald, Nova Scotia.
Supreme Court Justice Beryl MacDonald.
Lady Mary Soames, LG, DBE.
Hon. Celia Sandys
Among numerous others worldwide.
SELECTED NOTED SUBJECTS
H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - 1995
Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, C.M. - Sculptor 1996
Rt. Hon. Ellen Fairclough, CM. - First Woman Federal Cabinet Minister in Canada - 1996 - 97
Dr. Jean Coulthard, C.M. - Composer - 1997
Dr. Roberta Bondar - Astronaut - 1998
F.H. Varley - Painter - (Posthumous) - 1998
Hon. Pauline McGibbon O.C. - Lieut. Gov. of ON. - 1998
Dr. Sigmund Freud - Psychoanalyst - (Posthumous) - 1998
R. W. Chandler - Rtd Chief Superintendent - OPP - 1998
Margaret Atwood, O.C. - Author - 1998 - 99
Margaret Rawson - Centurion - 1999
Dr. Samuel Torrey Orton - Physician - 1999
Col. George Stanley, C.M. - Fmr. Lieut. Governor of New Brunswick and Designer of the Canadian Flag - 1999 - 2000
Dorothy Livesay - Poet & Women’s Rights Activist - 1999
Jane Addams - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - 1999
Gutzon Borglum - Sculptor of Mount Rushmore - (Posthumous) - 1999
Odette Churchill - M.B.E., G.C. - WW II Hero - 1999
Louis Riel - Metis Leader - (Posthumous) - 1999
Sir Hugh Casson - Architect & Mentor to Prince Charles - 1999
W. O. Mitchell - Author & Humorist - 1999 - 2000
Doris McCarthy - Landscape Artist - 1999 - 2000
Dame Jane Goodall, Ph.D., C.B.E. D.B.E. - Anthropologist - 1999 - 2001
Jan Arden - Singer & Songwriter - 2000
Dr. Sue Johanson - Sexual Educator - 2000
Dr. Charles Comfort - Artist and Fmr. Director -
The National Gallery of Canada - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2000 - 2001
Rev. Josiah Henson (Uncle Tom) - (Posthumous) - 2001
Celia Franca - Founder, National Ballet of Canada - 2001
Dr. Dawn Warkentin - Medical Researcher - 2001
Ambrose Small - Theatre Tycoon - disappeared in 1919 - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2001
Lord Conrad Black of Crossharbour - 2001
H C Chadderton, CC, O ONT, O StJ, CLJ, CAE, DCL, LLD - CEO War Amputations of Canada - 2003 - 05
Ernest “Smokey” Smith, Victoria Cross Recipient - 2005 -07
Beryl A. MacDonald, Supreme Court Justice of Nova Scotia (Family Division) - 2006 - 07
Dr. William St. Clair Bauld, - Medical Researcher - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2006 - 07
Sir Charles Tupper - CDN Prime Minister - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2006
Joshua Slocum - Circumnavigator - (Posthumous) - 2006
Michael Bahri - Infamous Felon - 2006
Mayor Jerry Hallee - Mayor of Amherst, Nova Scotia - 2006 - 07
Premier Hon. Roger Bacon - Nova Scotia - 2007
Mayor Thomas Foster - Mayor of Toronto (1925 - 27) - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2006 - 07
Rev. K. C. Northover, Vice Dean of Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. - 2007
Hilda Van Stockum - Children’s Author, Illustrator and Artist - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2007
Lillian Freiman - Artist - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2007
Sir Wilfred Grenfell - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2008
Sir Winston Churchill - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2008
Geoffrey Rowland, Bailiff of Guernsey, Channel Islands - 2009
Denys Corbet - (Authorized Posthumous) - 2009
LECTURES
2000 - Present - “Five Great Canadian Women Sculptors”
1995 - Present - “Portraiture in 20th Century Canada”
1995 - 2000 - “Five Canadian Women Artists”
CURATORIAL WORK
2008 - Canadian Portrait Academy 10th Annual Anniversary Exhibition - “Once Upon the Ice”, Polar Artists Group, Grenfell Interpretation Centre, St. Anthony, Newfoundland.
2007 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 9th Annual Exhibition”
2005 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 8th Annual Exhibition”, The ARTS Project, London, ON.
2004 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 7th Annual Exhibition”, Grand Theatre, London, ON.
2004 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 6th Annual Exhibition”, The Grand Theatre, London, ON.
2003 - “Canadian Portrait Academy 5th Annual Exhibition”, Ajax Public Library, Ajax, ON.
2003 - “Canadian Portrait Academy Overseas Exhibition of Small Works”, Cornwall, England.
2003 - “Canadian Portrait Academy Autumn Exhibition”, The Grand Theatre, London, ON.
2001 - “Canadian Group of Art Medalists First Annual Exhibition”, London Central Library, ON.
2001 - “Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook - 7 Decades of Art”, Meaford Art Gallery, ON.
2001 - “Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook - 7 Decades of Art”, Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, ON.
2000 - “The Canadian Portrait Academy Summer Exhibition 2000”, ON. (Third Annual Exhibition)
1999 -“Canadian Portrait Academy 2nd Annual Exhibition”, BC.
1998 -“Canadian Portrait Academy 1st Annual Exhibition”, BC.
1998 - “A 70 Year Retrospective”, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, BC.
1997 - “Recent Works”, Ferry Bldg Gallery, BC.
PUBLISHED WORK
2008 - “WWI Soldier Identified using Y-STRs”, co-author, Science Magazine.
2006 - “Comparative Study of Facial Reconstructions of Soft Facial Parts (RSFP)” Report Article, New Scientist Magazine.
2006 - “Comparative Study of Facial Reconstructions of Soft Facial Parts (RSFP)” Report Article, Muse Magazine, Vol. 10.
2006 -“Portrait of Laura Muntz Lyall” - “Herstory Calendar” (contributor).
2005 - “Comparative Study of Facial Reconstructions of Soft Facial Parts (RSFP)” - co-author, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. Remagen, Germany.
2005 - “Interplay - Tensions and Parallels Between Sport and Art”, Arts Project, CPA Publications.
2005 - “Childhood Revisited”, exhibition review, Varley Art Gallery, Unionville ON., CPA Publications.
2005 - “Fellow Profile - Christian Cardell Corbet”, RSA Journal.
2005 - “FS Challener - The Grand Theatre Proscenium Mural”, CPA Publications.
2004 - “Against All Odds”, exhibition review by curator Joan Murray, CPA Publications.
2003 - Self - Portraits - “An Insight Into Two New Canadians”, CPA Publications and Canadianvision
2001 - “Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook - 7 Decades of Art”, CPA Publications.
2000 - “Sarah Palmer - An Artist’s Message”, CPA Journal.
2000 - Essay -“Orpheus Fountain”, Encyclopedia of Sculpture, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2003.
2000 - Essay -“Carl Milles”, Encyclopedia of Sculpture, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2003.
2000 - Essay -“Canterbury Cathedral”, CPA Journal.
2000 - “Suzanne MacKay - A Realist Painter”, CPA Journal.
1998 - “Laura Muntz Lyall - Painter of Women Children and Angels” - CPA Journal.
1998 - “70 Year Retrospective” - Canadian Art Publications
1998 - “An Introduction to the Art of E S” - Canadian Art Publications
1997 - “Recent Works” - Canadian Art Publications
LITERATURE
2009 - “Dictionary of International Biography” Thirty-Fifth Edition
2008 - “The Medal” Spring Issue
2005 - “Comparative Study of Facial Reconstructions”
2005 - “Great Lives of the 21st Century” - Biography
2004 - "Canadian Association for Radiologists Journal"
2004 - “The Canadian Encyclopedia” - Biography
2004 - “Askart.com” - Biography
2004 - “Dictionary of International Biography” Thirty-First Edition
2003 - “Living Legends” Melrose Press
2002 - “Dictionary of International Biography” Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
2002 - “2000 Outstanding People of the 21st Century”
2002 - “Great Minds of the 21st Century
2002 - “Chronika Archaeologikon Deltion”
2002 - “Outstanding People of the 21st Century”
2001 - “Lifestyle Artistry” Donald B. Ardell, Ph.d
2001 - “500 Leaders of Influence”
2001 - “Leading Intellectuals of the World” 2000 - 2001
2001 - “Who’s Who in the 21st Century”
2001 - “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century”
2001 -“2000 Outstanding Artists & Designers of the 20th Century”
2001 - “The Medal”, Autumn Issue.
2000 - “Who’s Who in the 21st Century”
2000 - “The Medal”, Autumn Issue.
2000 - “Who’s Who in the World, 2000”
2000 - “1000 World Leaders of Influence”
2000 - “Dictionary of International Biography”
2000 - “Outstanding People of the 20th Century”1st Ed.
1999 - “Artists in Canada” 1st Ed. National Gallery of Canada.
1999 - “Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Vol. 1”, revised.
1998 - Present -“Who’s Who in Canada”
1997 - Present - “Canadian Who’s Who”
Forthcoming - “History of the Art Medal in Canada”
Forthcoming - “Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia”
APPOINTMENTS
2008 - 2009 - Artist in Residence, Grenfell Historical Society.
2007 - Present - Member, Federation Internationale de la
Medaille, (International Medal Federation), (FIDEM), Finland.
2007 - Present - Elected Member, British Art Medal Society (BAMS) UK.
2007 - 2008 - Elected Member - Polar Artists Group (PAG)
2006 - 2007 - President - Amherst Arts Council Association, NS. (AACA)
2006 - 2007 - Director - Sackville Art Association, NB. (SAA)
2005 - Forensic Artist co-author, "Comparative Study of Facial Reconstructions of Soft Facial Parts", RheinAhrCampus Remagen, Germany.
2003 - Present Forensic Artist, University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Anthropology, Sculptor of facial reconstructions.
2003 - Inducted into the Mentor Hall of Fame, Canada.
2003 - Appointed to Vice-Consul - IBC, England.
2002 - Appointed to Vice-Consul - IBC, England.
2000 - Founding Member - Canadian Group of Art Medalists, (CGAM).
2000 - 2000 - Founding Member - Medallic Art Society of Canada (MASC)
2000 - Present - Honorary Member - Research Board of Advisors - American Biographical Institute, USA.
1999 - 2000 - Patron Artist -Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, BC.
1998 - 1999 - Patron Artist - International Dyslexia Association, BC Branch, Van. BC.
1996 - 2001 - President, The Canadian Portrait Academy
1996 - Present - Academician - The Canadian Portrait Academy (CPA)
1996 - Founder of The Canadian Portrait Academy, (CPA).
1996 - Present - Fellow - Royal Society of Arts, London, England (FRSA)
1995 - 1999 - Visiting Art Instructor, Private and Public School Boards, BC.
1995 - 1996 - Artist in Residence, North Vancouver School Board, North Van. BC.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2008 - Appointed to the “Head Table” of the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy Black Tie Dinner Gala.
2008 - Honourary Lifetime Membership - Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Society, Canada.
2005 - Corporate Award Partner, National Research Centre - Sulman Mummy Project, Canada.
2002 - “Outstanding People of the 21st Century” - IBC, England.
2001 - Bronze Medal - “21st Century Award For Achievement” - IBC, England.
2000 -“1900 - 2000 One Hundred Years of Canada’s Best Portrait Artists” - CPA, Canada.
2000 - “1000 Leaders of World Influence Award” - ABI, USA.
1999/2000 -“International Man of the Year” - IBC, England.
1999 - “Outstanding People of the 20th Century” - IBC, England.
1999 - “20th Century Award for Achievement “- IBC, England.
1999 - “People's Choice Award “-The Canadian Portrait Academy Second Annual Exhibition, Van, BC.
1999 - “CPA Honorable Mention” -The Canadian Portrait Academy, Second Annual Exhibition, Van. BC.
1998 - “CPA Honorable Mention” - The Canadian Portrait Academy First Annual Exhibition, Van. BC.
NEWS REPORTS AND REVIEWS
1993 - Present News reports and reviews in all media, television, newspaper, radio and internet to include the following:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Toronto Star
Vancouver Sun
London Times
Globe & Mail
Imperial Oil Review
Discovery Channel
World of Wonder
Welt der Wunder, Germany
Channel Television, UK.
History Channel
Rogers Cable
Including other international, national, provincial and regional sources.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2008 - Present - Churchill Society for the Advancement of
Parliamentary Democracy
2008 - Present - VANL - CARFAC
2008 - Present - Rug Hookers Guild Newfoundland and Labrador (RHGNL)
2008 - 2009 - Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Society, Canada.
2006 - 2007 - Founding Member and first President - Amherst Arts Council Association, Nova Scotia (AACA)
2005 - 2007 - Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick (SAA)
2005 - Present - RheinAhrCampus, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. Remagen, Germany.
2004 - Present - International Society of Artists (ISA)
2003 - Present - University of Western Ontario (UWO)
2000 - Present - Canadian Group of Art Medalists (CGAM)
1999 - Present - British Art Medal Society (BAMS)
1996 - Present - Academician - The Canadian Portrait Academy (CPA)
1996 - Present - Fellow - Royal Society of Arts, London, England
PUBLIC SERVICE
Patron - Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy - 2008
Patron - Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Society, Newfoundland Labrador - 2007 - Present
Patron - S. Michel du Valle Church, Guernsey, Channel Islands - 2007 - Present
Patron - Bi-Centennial Time Capsule Project Foster Memorial, Uxbridge, ON. - 2006
Patron - Care International - 2005
Patron - Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - 2004
Patron - London Health Sciences Centre - 2002 - 2003
Patron - Twin Tower Fund - 2001
Patron Artist - Jane Goodall Institute - 1999 - 2001
Patron Artist - International Dyslexia Association BC Branch - 1998 - 1999
Patron Artist -Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom BC Region - 1999 - 2000
Patron - Christian Cardell Corbet Medal and Award for Sculpture - University of Guelph - 2000 - 01
REMARKS
2009 - Portrait of “Margaret Atwood Idea - Idea” featured on book cover of forthcoming publication "Margaret Atwood and the Female Bildungsroman". Published by Ashgate Press.
2008 - “Avion Project”, Facial Reconstruction of Unknown WW1 Canadian Solider in association with the Canadian Department of National Defense, University of Western Ontario and Lakehead University.
2008 - Definitive Identification of Mi'kmaq Legend Mattie Mitchell from archival photograph (in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Nelson), Corner Brook Museum and Archives, Canada.
2008 - First Canadian Forensic Artist to have facial reconstruction archives acquired into the Bibliotheca Alexandria Antiquities Museum, Egypt.
2008 - Designer of contemporary Grenfell Hooked Mats and other related products for the Grenfell Historical Society. First known artist to receive this position since ca. 1938.
2007 - Honourary Campanologist - S. Michel du Valle Church, Guernsey, Channel Island, UK.
2007 - First Canadian artist to be represented in the permanent collection of the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery, Guernsey Channel Island with his art medal entitled: “William Corbet - The Melon King”.
2007 - Short listed for Forensic Reconstruction Project, National Geographic Documentary (reconstruction not realized)
2006 - First Canadian artist to sculpt a Comparative Facial Reconstruction of a noted murderer - ‘Face of a Felon’ Project - University of Western Ontario.
2005 - First North American artist to sculpt and co-author a first Comparative Study of Facial Reconstructions of Soft Facial Parts (RSFP), RheinAhrCampus, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. Remagen, Germany.
2004 - First Canadian artist to sculpt an anthropological facial reconstruction of one of the last men hanged under the Capital Punishment Law in Canada.
2003 - 04 - First Canadian artist to successfully sculpt an anthropological facial reconstruction of a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy based on CT and laser scanning technology. In association with the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
2002 - Present - Invitation to exhibit at the Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Italy.
2001 - Nominated for the IBC Companion of Honour.
2001 - Youngest Canadian born artist to be represented in the British Museum, England with his art medal entitled: “HM The Queen Mother - Celebrating 100 Glorious Years”.
2000 - First Canadian artist to be represented in the permanent collection of the Numismatic Museum, Athens, Greece with his art medal entitled: “Sir Francis Drake - Circumnavigator”.
2000 - First Canadian born artist to be represented in the permanent collection of the Royal Coin Cabinet, Sweden with his art medal entitled: “Col. George Stanley”.
2000 - Represented in the National Library and Archives of Canada with three publications.
1998 - Nominated to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (R.C.A.) by Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, CM, RCA, OSA, SSC, FOCAD, FIDEM, CPA, CGAM.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: contact@christiancorbet.com
Website: www.christiancorbet.com
