Jerald W. Blackstock Dip. ACAD, BFA
digital debauchery, bloggery and bookery
Education
2005 Small Business Management Certificate
MKS Learning Centre
2001 Adult Education Teaching Certificate
Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta
1998–Present Continuing Education
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere Pro
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Alberta University of the Arts
1992–1996 Diploma in Fine Arts (4-year Painting Major)
Alberta University of the Arts
1973–1980 Private Art Instruction
Grip Studios, Gary Ripley
1971–1973 Arts and Sciences
Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1969–1971 Western Canada High School
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Professional Employment
2019 Calgary Arts Development Assessment Committee
2005–Present Owner, Blackstock Art&Design
2005 Professional Development Instructor
Alberta University of the Arts, for Calgary Public School Board Art Instructors
2004 Professional Development Instructor
Performing Arts Center, for Calgary Separate School Board Art Instructors
1995–2001 Continuing Education Faculty
Alberta University of the Arts — Instructor, Painting and Drawing
2001 Continuing Education Faculty (Sessional)
Mount Royal College — Instructor, Painting
1996–2001 Owner/Operator, Jerald Blackstock Fine Arts
Fine art consulting, professional picture framing, commission works
1998 Painting Instructor, Huntington Society of Canada
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1998 Painting Instructor, Care West
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Painting Instructor, Wheatland Further Education Society
Strathmore, Alberta
1998 Painting Instructor, Leisure Directions, VRRI
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1993–1994 Gallery Technician / Administrative Assistant
The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1993 Special Projects Coordinator
The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1984–1986 Art Director
Chinook Plastics, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2026 "Neighbors"
Slivera Aspen, Calgary, AB
2025 "Neighbors"
Slivera Westview, Calgary, AB
2015 "The Summer of Thayre"
Kawa, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2013 "The Art of Jerald Blackstock"
Kawa, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2012 "The Duchy of Jerald"
www.jeraldblackstock.ca
2000 Public Work: "Udderly Art: Bovine with a Cause (Corn on the Cow)"
Canada Safeway
1998 "Critters"
Deacon Ulrich Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 "Reflections on the Garden"
Devonian Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Bennett Jones Law Firm
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 The Bread Line
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Books and Books
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1995 "Jerald Blackstock: Third Year Work"
The Boardwalk, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2010 "Diorama Show"
The Sugar Shack, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2007 "Contemporary Art and Spirituality"
Scarboro United Church, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2000 "Udderly Art"
Agriculture Building, "Bovine with a Cause (Corn on the Cow)"
2000 "ad hocracy"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1999 "Aspects: Land, Body, Mind"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1999 "Men's Work on the Web"
http://www.cal.shaw.wave.ca/~dufa/men.htm
1998 "Men's Work II"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1998 "Visions of Transformation"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 "The Garden: A Dual Perspective"
Deacon Ulrich Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Art Gala '97
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Starship Achieve Fine Art Auction
Science Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 "men's work"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1996 "Fresh Paint"
Deacon Ulrich Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1996 Graduating Show
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1995 "Mission Yugoslavia"
Museum of the Regiments, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Curatorial Practice
2019 Curated by Jerald Blackstock on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerald_blackstock/galleries/72157698231296172/
2007 "Contemporary Art and Spirituality"
Scarboro United Church, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2000 Guest Curator, "ad hocracy"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1999 Guest Curator, "Aspects: Land, Body, Mind"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1999 "Men's Work on the Web"
Ongoing website as continuation of the Men's Work exhibitions
1998 Guest Curator, "Men's Work II"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1998 "An Art Show"
Student works from Care West, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Art Show
Student works from VRRI, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Guest Curator, "The Garden: A Dual Perspective"
Deacon Ulrich Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 "Achieve" — Starship Achieve Fine Art Auction
Science Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Guest Curator, "men's work"
The Centre Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 Assistant Curator, "Black Circus" (Charles Malinsky Solo Exhibition)
Ramsay Design Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Publications
2024 Intimate Writings: A Living Autobiography
Memoir
2021 The Coffee Table
Digital Art based on observation from coffee shops. ISBN: 978-1-7772148-7-6
2021 The Poison Pen — More Fine Art, Love, REBT and Disappointment
ISBN: 978-1-7772148-6-9
2021 Beautiful Torture — The Cult of Yoga
Story of deprogramming and recovery. ISBN: 978-1-7772148-5-2 / 9798452492245
2020 What Good Can I Make Of This? My Experience of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
ISBN: 978-1-7772148-2-1
2020 Muse the Narcissi's Stare
ISBN: 978 772148 0 7
2020 Cityscape, Book 2 in the series The Duchy of Jerald
(formerly titled 'The Big Picture Book Pictorial Essays and Social Comment') ISBN: 9780463701072
2019 The Duchy of Jerald Big Picture Book — Pictorial Essays and Social Comment
ISBN: 9780463701072
2019 The Duchy of Jerald — Fine Art, Love, REBT and Disappointment
ISBN: 9780463715666
2019 Photographize Magazine New York Issue 40
Pages 134/135 — https://www.photographize.co/magazine/issue40/
2017–2019 Photographize New York Social Platforms
Multiple features — https://www.photographize.co/
2000 Udderly Art, Colourful Cows For Calgary
By Tom Keyser, Johnson Gorman. "Bovine with a Cause," pg.28. ISBN: 9780921835554
2000 Thorn Magazine, "Going Down the Road Feeling Fine"
Issue 2
2000 Thorn Magazine, "Deconstructing the Commode"
Issue 1
1994 Glenbow Museum Archives
Art History paper on Buddhism placed into archives, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1994 C Magazine
Issue 40, Winter 1994, pg 48 — Photo credit
Awards & Honors
2006 Winner
Association of Fine Chefs Annual Illustration Competition
2005 Winner
Association of Fine Chefs Annual Illustration Competition
2002 Finalist
Alberta New Media Awards, Illustration category
1996 President's Honour Roll
Alberta University of the Arts
1995 President's Honour Roll
Alberta University of the Arts
1995 Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Visual Arts Study Grant
1995 Continuing Arts Foundation
Travel Scholarship
1994 President's Honour Roll
Alberta University of the Arts
1994 I.O.D.E Foundation Scholarship
1993 Royal Canadian Legion Bursary