Phil Alain
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| Phil Alain | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 8, 1968 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Notable work | Lewis Lavoie's Mural Mosaic project |
| 🌐 Website | http://www.philalainart.com/ |
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Phil Alain (born January 8, 1968) is a Canadian painter known partly for his work on "Lewis Lavoie's Mural Mosaic project," Alain is also the founder of the arts magazine NOA Magazine.
Career[edit]
In 1997 Alain created his own arts event called Night of Artists.[1][2] It began as a solo show featuring new works by Alain and live music. In 2003 Alain expanded the show across western Canada and not only showcased his own work but also the work of over 70 Canadian artists. In 2005 Alain again expanded the show across Canada. It is now an annual arts events in many Canadian cities.
In 2003, Alain founded NOA Magazine, the national arts magazine for Night of Artists. This magazine has a distribution base of 10,000 issues annually.[1]
Alain was commissioned to create a mural for NHL Hall of Famer legend Grant Fuhr from the Edmonton Oilers for the city of Spruce Grove, and has designed three record covers for world champion quartet Realtime,[3] world champion chorus Lions Gate and multiple record covers for German Blues record label Ruf Records. The first is a compilation titled Blues Guitar Women by Sue Foley;[4] the second was the Ruf Anthology.[5]
Alain also directed the Guitar Women shows across Canada from 2004-2007 based around the Sue Foley Guitar Woman book project and also was the designer of the Guitar Woman Logo.[6]
Mural mosaic project[edit]
Alain has received international attention for the collaborative "Lewis Lavoie's Mural Mosaic project"[7][8] which he co-produces with Lewis Lavoie and Paul Lavoie.
The Mural Mosaic team has created murals at the:
- 2010 Winter Olympics in West Vancouver BC[9]
- 2012 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede for the Bank of Montreal[10]
- 2012 Summer Olympics in London as part of an Alberta contingent led by former premier Allison Redford[11]
- Chicago Illinois Million lights festival in 2013[12]
- Canada Summer Games Mural mosaic in Sherbrooke Quebec in 2013[13]
- South Jordan City Hall Utah United States of America Flag Mural mosaic[14]
- Canada 150 Mosaic project to unite Canada from 2015-2017 ongoing[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Night of Artists visual art and music events".
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2008-11-04. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ [2] Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Hundreds of Paintings - One Masterpiece Mural!". Muralmosaic.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ [3][dead link]
- ↑ "| Go BC Travel". Gobc.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-08. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "The BMO Harris Bank Community Art Project: Many Small Painted Tiles, One Big Community Effort". Chicago Tribune. 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ "The National Mosaic Mural is up". The Sherbrooke Record. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ "An Interactive Way to Teach History". South Jordan Journal. 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-09-23. Unknown parameter
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