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| Art Awards and Prizes Curry's Award Drawing 2010, John B. Aird Gallery Toronto, Ontario Best in Show Award Celebration of the Arts 2009 Uxbridge, Ontario Jurors’ Choice Award Juried Art Show 2008 Orillia Museum of Art & History Orillia, Ontario Caron Cooper Award Convergence Exhibition 2005 Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery Owen Sound, Ontario Purchase Award Graphex II Exhibition 1974 Art Gallery of Brant Brantford, Ontario Purchase Award Winnipeg Show 1970 Winnipeg, Manitoba First Prize Spring Exhibition 1969 Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Prize, Winnipeg Show 1968 Winnipeg, Manitoba Purchase Award 2nd Atlantic Awards Exhibition 1967 Halifax, Nova Scotia Scholarships and Grants Canada Council Grants, 1976, 1967 Leverhulme Canadian Painting Scholarship, 1962–63 |
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| David Samila is a graduate of the Winnipeg School of Art at the University of Manitoba, Canada. After completing his studies there, he was awarded the Leverhulme Canadian Painting Scholarship and moved to London, England where he did post-graduate study at the Slade School of Fine Art. David lived in London and Rome for a time before returning to Canada to pursue his art vocation. In addition to working as an artist, he taught Fine Art at York University, the Winnipeg School of Art, the Alberta College of Art and Mount Allison University. After more than 10 years of teaching, David embarked on a career as a bush pilot. From Yukon to Labrador, David worked for tourist outfitters, natural resource exploration and general aviation companies, flying aircraft such as the de Havilland Beaver, de Havilland Otter and PBY Catalina Flying Boat. These days, David devotes himself to art-making and exhibiting from his home near Orillia, Ontario. |
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