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Arthur Renwick

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Education

  • 1991-93 MFA - Photography, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
  • 1986-89 Fine Arts Diploma, Photography, Emily Carr College of Art And Design, Vancouver, BC
  • 1984-86 Fine Arts Diploma, VCC Langara Campus, Vancouver, BC

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • 2007 - And the word was Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (Solo exhibition to coincide with Emily Carr exhibit.)

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2006 Mask, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2005 Delegates: Chiefs of the Earth and Sky, (travelling) Les Mois De La Photo, Montreal, PQ, Urban Shaman, Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • 2004 Totem Hysteria, Photo Passage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2004 Delegates: Chiefs of the Earth and Sky, Leo Kamen, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2003 New Work, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2002 Stately Monuments, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2001 Overburden: askihk pehtakosiw = a voice is heard in the earth, Keyano College Art Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Artist in residence
  • 1996 Stately Monuments, Bourget Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

Group Exhibitions

  • 2006Faking Death, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2004First Nation's Art 2004, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario
  • 2003Dig/Dug, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2002Cool Stuff, Summer Group Show, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Gatherings, (Catalogue) Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Indian Art/Facts, George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, N.Y.
  • 2001 Multiples: Tsa de yoh don's, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta

    Amongst the Ruins, St. Norbert Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Panoramas: The North American Landscape in Art Canadian Heritage Information Network. Virtual Museum
  • 2000 Dust on the Road, (Travelling), York Quay Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    girl Guides boy Scouts: Navigating by our Grandmothers Gallery B-312, Montreal, Quebec, Duo exhibition with Rosalie Favell
  • 1999FELT: Material Explorations, Museum for Textiles, Toronto, Ontario

    Re:collections - First Nations Photography, Winnipeg Art Gallery

    Out of the Studio, White Mountain Academy of the Arts, Elliot Lake, Ontario
  • 1998Multiple Exposure, (Contact '98), DIN Studio, Toronto, Ontario

    Here and Now: First Nations Alumni Art Exhibition, Concourse Art Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC.
  • 1996Dis/Location Markers, Gallery TPW, Toronto; Windsor Gallery of Art, Windsor, Ont.
  • 1995AlterNative, (catalogue), McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON: CMCP, Ottawa, ON

    Native Love (traveling), DAS Communication, Montreal, Qc, Art Space, Peterborough, Ont.

    Hermit (catalogue), The Monastery, Plasy, Czech Republic
  • 1994Nation to Nation, Un Centre des Histoire, Montreal, Qc.
  • 1993-94Multiplicity: A New Cultural Strategy, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Van., BC
  • 1993Social Studies/Still Lives, Les Mois de la Photo, Maison de la Culture, Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec.

    Contemporary Camera, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, The Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    First Nations Art '93, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario.
  • 1992Tracing Locations, Bourget Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

    New Territories - 350/500 Years After, La Maison de la Culture, Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, PQ

    Experimental Photographic Artworks, NIIPA Gallery, Hamilton, Ont.
  • 1991Contemporary Indian and Inuit Photography, La Maison de la Culture, Ntre-Dame-de-Grace, Montreal, Quebec

    Strengthening the Spirit, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, OKANATA, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Solidarity: Art After Oka (pamphlet), SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

Selected Publications/Articles

  • Bean, Robert. "Image and Inscription: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Photography," Toronto: Gallery 44/YYZ Books, 2005
  • Jiminez, Vivian; Iseke-Barnes, Dr. Judy. "ART THIS WAY: Continuous Efforts to Decolonize Art", Phd research paper, OISE, University of Toronto
  • Offenbeck, Jill. "An Interview With Arthur Renwick", PhotoEd Magazine, Spring 2004.
  • Cousineau-Levine, Penny. "Faking Death: Canadian Art Photography and the Canadian Imagination", McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003
  • Inglevics, Vid. "DIG/DUG", North York: Koffler Gallery, 2003
  • Leduc, Marie. "Language, Signs, Community" Artichoke, Spring, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2003
  • Mattes, Catherine. "Gatherings: Aboriginal Art from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art
    Gallery", Winnipeg:The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2002
  • Hill, Richard William. "stately monuments", Toronto: Gallery 44, 2002
  • Cerdan, Alice. "girl Guides boy Scouts: Navigating by our Grandmothers"
    Montreal: Gallery B-312, 2000
  • Walter, Kathryn. "FELT", Toronto: The Museum for Textiles, 2000.
  • Coll. "Native North American Artists" New York: St. James Press, 1997
  • Hill, Lynn. "AlterNative", Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1995.
  • Simon, Cheryl; Sloan, Joanne. Les Mois de la Photo, "Social Studies/Still Lives",
    Montreal: Vox Populi, 1993.
  • Coll. "New Territories: 350/500 Years After", Montreal: Ateliers Vision Planetaire, 1991.
  • Martin, Lee-Ann. "Solidarity: Art After Oka", Ottawa: SAW Gallery, 1991.

Selected Reviews

  • Pauch-Nolin, Kristen. "Puncuated Pics, Urban Shaman exhibit features photos mixed with puntuation marks", Uptown Magazine, Winnipeg, December 1, 2005
  • Root, Deborah. "Arthur Renwick at Leo Kamen Gallery", Canadian Art Magazine, 2004.
  • Hill, Richard, W. "A bad review for Gary Michael Dault", FUSE Magazine, Summer 2004
  • Goddard, Peter. "Poles and portraits leave an impression", The Toronto Star, Sunday, January 6, 2002.
  • Dault, Gary Michael. "Deeply Felt", The Globe and Mail, Sat., October 16, 1999.
  • Baele, Nancy. "Looking at reality through alterNative eyes", The Ottawa Citizen,
    Sunday, April, 1996.
  • Finken, Kirk. "AlterNative balks at traditional views of First Nations", The Ottawa X Press, Thursday, April 4, 1996.
  • Hanna, Deirde. "First Nations photos fire AlterNative", NOW, July 13-19, 1995.
  • Laurence, Robin. "Native traditions spoken in language of post-modernism", The Weekend Sun, Vancouver, Friday, December 23, 1993.
  • Pollack, Jill. "Native art exhibits should not all be treated the same", The Vancouver Courier, Sunday, December 12, 1993.

Curatorial Activity

  • 1995-98 Reservation X (cat.)
    Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
    Assistant Curator, with Gerald McMaster
  • 1995 Beauty #2
    The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario (cat.)
    Assistant Curatot, with Philip Monk
  • 1994 Naked State: a selected view of Toronto art
    The Power Plant Toronto,Ontario (cat.)
    Curatorial Assistant to Louise Dompierre
  • 1993-94 Faye HeavyShield: Into the Garden of Angels (cat.)
    The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario
    Curator.
  • 1993-93 The Age of Anxiety: Contemporary Japanese Art (cat.)
    The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario
    Curatorial Assistant to Louise Dompierre
  • 1991 First Nations Perspectives: "Indian" Realities
    Indian Art Centre, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Les Terrasses de la Chaudiere, Ott, Ont
    Curator.
  • 1990 Our Home and Native Land,
    VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
    Curator.

Selected Collections:

  • Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
  • Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
  • Carleton University Art Gallery, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Indian Art Centre, The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Hull, Quebec
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
  • VCC Langara Campus, Vancouver, BC
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario
  • Private collections

Grants/Awards:

  • K.M. Hunter Artists Award, 2005
  • Ontario Arts Council, Aboriginal Arts Projects, 2004
  • Canada Council, Mid-Career Grant, Visual Arts, 2003, 2005
  • Canada Council, "B" Grant - Photography; 1996, 2001
  • Canada Council, Short Term Grant - Photography; 1992, 1995
  • Canadian Native Arts Foundation Grant; 1991, 1994
  • Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career - Visual Arts; 2000, 2001
  • Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant; 2001
  • Toronto Arts Council, Mid-Career - Visual Arts; 2001