Citizenship: Canadian
Degrees:
2010 Master in Fine Arts, University of Ottawa
2008 Bachelor of Education, Visual Art and History, University of Ottawa
1982 Bachelor of Arts Honours Studio Art, University of Ottawa
Education:
2008-2010 Master in Fine Arts Program, University of Ottawa, Thesis Supervisor: Penny Cousineau-Levine, Full Professor, Dept. of Visual Arts
2007-2008 Bachelor of Education Program, Visual Art and History, University of Ottawa
1980-1982 Bachelor of Arts Program, in Studio Art, University of Ottawa
1978-1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, York University, (transferred to U of Ottawa)
Selected Collections:
Bank of Canada, Ottawa, ON
City of Ottawa
Dr. Mona Nemer, Vice-President, Research, University of Ottawa
Omex, Middleware, Zurich, Switzerland
Midland Walwyn, Toronto
Dr. Shirley Thompson, Ottawa, ON
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, ON
The Toronto Stock Exchange, ON
Revues et Médias/Reviews and Media
2008 Aug. 21, The Ottawa Citizen, The Future According to King, by Paul Gessel
2007 July 12, The Ottawa Citizen, Watercolour Treasures, by Paul Gessel
2006 Dec. 30, The Ottawa Citizen, Critic’s Pick, by Paul Gessel
2006 Dec. 23, The Ottawa Citizen, Casting an Unusual Light on the Diefenbunker, Gessel
2005 July 21, The Ottawa Citizen, Great Finds in Unexpected Places, by Paul Gessell
2005 July 30, The Ottawa Citizen, Critic’s Pick, by Paul Gessell
1991 October 15, The Ottawa Citizen, At the Gallery, by Nancy Baele
1991 Metro October 2nd, 1991
1991 Ottawa Magazine, October 1991
1991 November Issue, Newswest, Local Artist Involved in a New Gallery, by Aura de Witt
Grants and Awards
2006 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2007 The Ottawa Citizen Award, (OWS)
2004 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC), Award for Innovation
2006 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
1993 Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton Project Grant
Professional Activities
2007-2008 Ottawa Watercolour Society, President
1990-1993 Canadian Artist Representation of Ontario (CARO), Vice-spokesperson Ottawa
1990-1992 Canadian Artist Representation Ottawa (CAROttawa), Chairperson
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Gender Power Agenda, Ottawa City Hall, Ottawa, ON
2010 Sex, Bombs, and the Cold War, Galerie Axe0Neo 7, Gatineau, QC
2009 Power-Striving, Galerie 115, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2006 Portrait of a Fortress, The Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, Ottawa, ON
2005 The Industrials, Gallery 888, Queen Street Toronto, ON
2005 The Industrials, Gloucester Art Gallery, City of Ottawa, ON
2004 Light, Phillip K. Wood Gallery, Almonte, ON
2002 Eire, Phillip K. Wood Gallery, Almonte, ON
1993 Let There Be Light, Richmond Public Art Gallery, BC, Curated by Amir Ali Alibhai
1992 Light and Power, Galerie Intersection, Ottawa, ON
1991 The Vast and the Intimate, Galerie Intersection, Ottawa, ON
1991 The Artist as Architect, Galerie Rochon, Toronto, ON
1982 Umbra Solas, Galerie 101, Ottawa, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Vestiges, Galerie Donald Brown, Montréal, QC, Curated by: Dr. Celina Jeffery
2008 The New Futurists, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2008 Prelude, Galerie 115, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2008 The Blue Period of the Red Salon Artists, Patrick Gordon Studio, Ottawa, ON
2006 Red Salon Artists, Cube Gallery, Ottawa
2006 Prairie Art Gallery, AB, Limitless Potential, Curator: Virginia MacDonnell Eichhorn,
2006 Limitless Potential, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2003 John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON, Archives of Ontario 100th, Toronto, ON
1993 Aberdeen Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
1992 Bankside Gallery, London, England
1992 Salmagundi Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
1991 McGill University, Montreal, QC
1990 Harrington Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1989 Papier, Ottawa Art Gallery, Arts Court, Ottawa, ON
1989 Galerie Mihalis, Montreal, QC
1987 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC,
1987 World Trade Center, New Orleans, U.S.A.
1985 Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
1983 Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Catalogues:
1993 Richmond Public Art Gallery, BC, Let There Be Light, Amir Ali Alibhai, Curator
1991 International Water, Statement by Rudolph Stussi, Standard Printing Co., Ohio
1989 Paper Papier, Ottawa Art Gallery, by Mayo Graham, Curator