Education
Besant studied at University of Calgary, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1973 and continued with Graduate Studies in 1974.
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Derek Besant
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He was Exhibitions Designer for The Glenbow Museum between 1973 -1977. He designed exhibitions throughout the art gallery and museum spaces, along with catalogues and travelling exhibitions. The Alberta College of Art and Design invited him to teach in the Drawing / Fine Arts Department in 1977.
He has taught there ever since for the past thirty years.
He was the Head of the Drawing Department between 1979 – 1991. Some of his public commissions include: The Flatiron Mural in 1980 behind Toronto’s landmark Gooderham flatiron building on Front Street, Waterfall at 15 storeys high inside the atrium of Scotia Plaza at King & Bay in 1989, and two murals for Worldwide Centre at 58th and 8th Manhattan Cineplex New York City in 1989.
Besant"s exhibitions have included: Representing Canada in the Sharjah Biennial in 2003, United Arab Emirates, University of London Goldsmiths College, Tokyo Media-Art Festival, Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Japan, the 2004 Siggraph International Conference on Computer Imaging + Interactive Technologies, Los Angeles in 2004.
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Membership
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
