Ron Stonier

Ron Stonier (1933–2001) was an abstract painter in Vancouver.

Career Ron Stonier was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He studied at the Provincial Normal School in Victoria, the University of British Columbia and the University of Washington, Seattle, then attended the Vancouver School of Art (VSA), graduating in 1957. From 1962 till 1978, he taught at the VSA full time. From 1978, he concentrated on his painting. His oeuvre, which only came to light in 2010, is considered "monumental".

Exhibitions In the 1960s and 1970s, he often showed his work in group shows in the Vancouver Art Gallery. His last show there in the seventies was titled Current Pursuits, explorations and expressions by nine contemporary B.C. Artists in 1976. In 1995, he was in a show at the Burnaby Art Gallery about the community of artists in British Columbia. In 2010, his posthumous show Ouroborus: A Survey of Paintings by Ron Stonier 1963-1989, a 25-year retrospective, was held at the newly opened Trench Gallery, Vancouver to critical acclaim. In 2012, the Vancouver Art Gallery held a show titled Lights Out! Canadian Painting from the 1960s and included his Holy Man painting. In 2019, Ron Stonier: A Concept of Time was exhibited at the West Vancouver Art Museum.