Curriculum vitae
C.V.
Education
1978Ontario College of Art — AOCA
1992University of Toronto — BA Philosophy
Solo exhibitions
2025June 7 – Aug 15, Gallery 1313 Window, 1313 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
201916 March – 14 April, Verb Gallery, 85 Princess St., Kingston, ON, curated by Gary Michael Dault
201030 Oct. – 21 Nov., Fran Hill Gallery, 285 Rushton Rd., Toronto, ON
200823 Feb. – 23 March, Fran Hill Gallery, 285 Rushton Rd., Toronto, ON
20062 March – 25 March, Fran Hill Gallery, 230 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON
200116 May – 26 May, Contact 2001, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 984 Queen St W, Toronto
200113 February – 3 March, SPIN Gallery, 878 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
200029 March – 9 April, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 96 Spadina Ave., Suite 303, Toronto
20001 April – 30 April, window, Akau, curated by Elizabeth Fearon, 742 Queen Street West, Toronto
199926 March – 8 April, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 96 Spadina Ave., Suite 303, Toronto
199820 Oct. – 28 Nov., Gallery 121, 48 Bridge St. E., Belleville, ON
19976 Jan. – 15 Feb., Gallery 121, 48 Bridge St. E., Belleville, ON
199418 June – 10 July, Blizzmax Gallery, R.R. #3, Picton, ON
19938 Sept. – 25 Oct., Modern Fuel Gallery, 21A Queen St., Kingston, ON
19862 Jan. – 30 Jan., Bau-Xi Gallery, 340 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON
198117 May – 30 May, Mercer Union, Front Gallery, 29 Mercer St., Toronto, ON
19784 Mar. – 11 March, Gallery 76, 76 McCall St., Toronto, ON
19764 April – 9 April, Gallery 76, 76 McCall St., Toronto, ON
19754 Mar. – 13 March, Gallery 76, 76 McCall St., Toronto, ON
Group exhibitions
202527 Sept – 11 Oct, Armstrong-Fearon-Rupen K8N Collective, Gallery 222, Spadina/Dundas, Toronto
202526 Aug – 4 Oct, two person with Elizabeth Fearon, Gallery 121, 48 Bridge St. E., Belleville, ON
202413 Jan – 14 Feb, Armstrong-Fearon-Rupen K8N Collective, The Parrott Gallery, Belleville, ON
202325 May – 11 June, Armstrong-Fearon-Rupen K8N Collective, MNML at Carbon Art and Design, 281b Main Street, Picton, ON
202110–21 November, Armstrong-Fearon-Rupen K8N Collective, Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
201919–28 July, Armstrong-Fearon-Rupen K8N Collective at Natural Light, 265 Old Weston Road, Toronto
201617 Sept. – 2 Oct, four person, 4A, K8N Gallery, 21 College St. W., Unit B, Belleville, ON
20104 Aug. – 28 Oct., Big Society, Space Station 65, 65 North Cross Road, London, UK
200813 March – 20 April, Re-shelving Initiative, Eyelevel Gallery, 2063 Gottingen St., Halifax, NS
20067 Oct. – 22 Oct., First Kiss – Abstraction, SPIN Gallery, 1100 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
200622 June – 15 July, Summer Exhibition, Fran Hill Gallery, 230 Queen St. E., Toronto, ON
20055 Nov., Sketchy Business, A Space, 401 Richmond St. West, Suite 110, Toronto, ON
2005Oct., Mail Art Project, Fine Art Department, Faculty of Art & Design, MARA University of Technology, curated by Suzlee Ibrahim, Shah Alam, Malaysia
200529 Aug – 24 Sept., Art Scum Garage Sale Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), organized by Istvan Kantor (Monty Cantsin)
2004Aug., The Parrot Show, Fran Hill Gallery, 230 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON
2002July – August, Mirror at the Bottom, Artists Portraying Themselves, curated by Agricola de Cologne, on A Virtual Memorial at www.a-virtual-memorial.org
20023 July, Artist Unknown, fundraiser for the 416 Drop-in and Crisis Centre, SPIN Gallery, 156/158 Bathurst St., Toronto
20011 Dec. – 23 Dec., Mini Me, SPIN Gallery, 156/158 Bathurst St., Toronto
20011 Aug. – 18 Aug., New Works, SPIN Gallery, 156/158 Bathurst Street, Toronto
200017 June – 4 July, Dream, curated by Juno Youn, SPIN Gallery, 878 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
200024 June – 25 June, The Gender Less Generation, curated by Juno Youn, Church Street Public School, Toronto
200010 May – 27 May, Contact 2000, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 96 Spadina Ave., #303
20001 April – 15 April, Architexture, Archive, curated by Gary Michael Dault, 883 Queen St W, Toronto
199927 Oct. – 27 Nov., XXYYZ 20th Anniversary Group Show, YYZ Artists' Outlet, 401 Richmond St. W., Suite 140, Toronto, ON
199913 Oct. – 30 Oct., Ritual, Rhythm, and Repeated Action, curated by Virginia MacDonnell, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 96 Spadina Ave., Suite 303, Toronto, ON
19996 Aug. – 28 Aug., Annual Members' Group Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 96 Spadina Ave., Suite 303, Toronto, ON
19995 Dec. – 9 Jan., Tall Orders: On the Spiritual in Art, curated by Gary Michael Dault, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 96 Spadina Ave., Suite 303, Toronto, ON
199825 Sept. – 8 Oct., New Members' Group Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 96 Spadina Ave., Suite 303, Toronto, ON
199523 Aug. – 21 Sept., three person, Blizzmax Gallery, RR #3, Picton, ON
199125 May – 26 June, three person, curated by Shirley Yanover, Cold City Gallery, 30 Duncan St., 7th Floor, Toronto, ON
199110 Feb. – 16 Mar., three person, Concerning Substance and Experience, curated by the YYZ Board of Directors, YYZ, 1087 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
19822 Jan. – 3 Feb., Cloudworks, curated by Peter Frank, Stewart Neill Gallery, New York, NY
19811 Nov. – 30 Nov., two person, Gallery 76, 76 McCall St., Toronto, ON
198111 Dec. – 11 April, OSA 108 Image 80, juried group show
197914 July – 7 Aug., Pollock Gallery, 122 Scollard St., Toronto, ON
197926 June – 7 July, YYZ, 567 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
197925 Jan. – 24 Feb., juried group show, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
197712 Sept. – 24 Sept., Merton Gallery, 68 Merton St., Toronto, ON
19765 April – 16 April, three person, curated by Napoleon Brousseau, SAW Gallery, 72 Rideau St., Ottawa, ON
Awards
2008First Annual Brian Kipping Memorial Award (Pouch Cove, Nfld. Residency)
1993Ontario Arts Council
1991Ontario Arts Council
Collections
—Armenian Community Centre, Willowdale, Ontario
—Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
—Westfield State College Foundation, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
Publications about the artist
2022Steve Rockwell, “K8N Collective and the Geography of Scale,” dArt, Summer 2022
2021Gardner, “K8N Collective at Gallery 1313,” Artoronto.ca, Nov. 2021
2008David Balzer, Eye Weekly, 13 March 2008, Toronto, p. 49
2008Gary M. Dault, The Globe and Mail, 8 March 2008, Toronto, p. R17
2006Gary M. Dault, The Globe and Mail, March 2006, Toronto, p. R14
2001Sally McKay, Lola, Fall 2001, Toronto, p. 80
2001John Terauds, Toronto Star, 2 August 2001, Toronto, p. G10
2000Gary M. Dault, The Boomer, Vol. 2, issue 3, 2000, Toronto, pp. 63–8
2000Anon., The Community Press, 27 Oct. 2000, Belleville, p. 17
2000Gary M. Dault, The Globe and Mail, 1 July 2000, Toronto, p. R15
2000Rozena Maart, Fuse Magazine, Vol. 22 No. 4, January 2000, Toronto, p. 54
1999Anon., Umbrella, Jan/Feb 1999, Belleville, p. 13
1998Anon., The Community Press, 31 Oct. 1998, Belleville, p. 11
1997Anon., Umbrella, Jan/Feb 1997, Belleville, p. 6
1997Dave Roberts, The Community Press, 11 January 1997, Belleville, p. 6
1994Jack Evans, Belleville Intelligencer, 11 July 1994, Belleville, p. 10
1982Robert Yoskowitz, Arts Magazine, March 1982, New York
1979Gary M. Dault, Toronto Star, July 1979, Toronto
1977James Purdie, Toronto Globe and Mail, September 1977, Toronto
Publications by the artist
2002–2005Wegway Primary Culture — Editor/Publisher of the magazine of artists' projects, 2002–2005. Full runs of the magazine are held in the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; National Archives, Ottawa; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; University of Toronto Robarts Library; The Ontario College of Art and Design Dorothy Hoover Library, Toronto; University of Wisconsin, Madison; and SUNY, Buffalo.
2005“Art-Biz Report,” Wegway Primary Culture 8 (Spring 2005), Toronto, p. 17
2004“Art-Biz Report,” Wegway Primary Culture 7 (Fall 2004), Toronto, p. 27
2004“The Artist's Statement as Business Letter,” Wegway Primary Culture 7 (Fall 2004), Toronto, pp. 60–1
2002“Painting about Photography,” in Brian Kipping – Descriptions of What is Known, Linda Jansma ed. (Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2002), Oshawa, pp. 27–36
2002“The Communist Manifesto with all Words Functioning as Nouns Removed,” Wegway Primary Culture 4 (Fall 2002), Toronto, pp. 24–6
2001“Jacques Derrida's Prose Style,” in Instant Anthology (Toronto: Small Press Fair, 2001), p. 47
2001“Metro Square,” Lola 9 (Spring 2001), Toronto, p. 67
2000“John Greer: Reconciliation,” Lola 8 (Winter 2000–2001), Toronto, p. 65
2000“Pat McDermott at The Robert Birch Gallery,” Lola 8 (Winter 2000–2001), Toronto, p. 70
2000“Scott Silverthorn: History is Present,” Lola 7 (Fall 2000), Toronto, pp. 73–4
2000“Nicole Collins at Wynick/Tuck,” Lola 7 (Fall 2000), Toronto, p. 74
2000“The Genderless Generation,” Lola 7 (Fall 2000), Toronto, p. 88
1999“Brian Kipping: Locations,” Lola 5 (Fall 1999), Toronto, p. 68
1999“Tony Scherman at Sable-Castelli,” Lola 5 (Fall 1999), Toronto, p. 72
1999“Carolyn Livingston at Propeller,” Lola 5 (Fall 1999), Toronto, p. 74
1994“Spiral Jetty: A Critical Challenge,” in Espace 27 (Spring 1994), Montreal, pp. 47–9