Medrie MacPhee

Biography

• B.F.A., Nova Scotia College of Art
• Sherri Burt Hennessey Artist-In-Residence Bard College

Solo Exhibitions

2006

• Artcore/ Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, Canada
• Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, NY

2003

• Kunstkabinet Hespert, Reichshof Hespert, Germany
• Stadtische Galerie Haus, Siegen, Germany
• Trier Galerie Haus, Trier, Germany

2002

• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, "Double Vision", Victoria, B.C.

2001

• Edmonton Art Gallery, "Dreamland", Edmonton, Alberta
• Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2000

• Mendel Gallery, Saskatoon (part of traveling show)

1999

• "Flight in the Variable Zone" National traveling one person show with catalogue: Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.; Art Gallery of Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal; University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
• Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto
• Espace 502, Montreal

1997

• Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1995

• Linda Genereux Gallery,"Ora/Labora", Toronto

1994

• Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York, N.Y.
• Art and Living Gallery, Seigen, Germany
• SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (continued)

1993

• Baldacci-Daverio Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1992

• Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

1991

• Phillipe Daverio Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1990

• Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
• Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

1988

• 49th Parallel, New York, N.Y.
• Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal
• Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

1986

• Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

1985

• 49th Parallel, New York, N.Y.
• Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

1983

• Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006

• Noga Gallery, "Nicole Eisenman, Medrie MacPhee, Amy Sillman" , Tel Aviv

2005

• Shroeder Romero Gallery, "Somewhere Out There", Williamsburg,

2004

• Keith Talent Gallery, "Strange Relationship" London, England
• Zoo Art Fair, (with Keith Talent) London England
• 150 Cubic Meter Largas, "Invitational" Cologne, Germany
• Plus Ultra Gallery, "A Dot That Went for a Walk", Williamsburg, Bklyn
• Bowdoin College Museum of Art "Exquisite Corpse" Maine
• Michael Steinberg Fine Art, "In Polytechnicolor", NY
• Collaborative Concepts, "Slippage", Beacon, NY
• SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)

2003

• D.U.M.B.O, "Future Species," Curated by David Liss, Brooklyn, NY
• Edmonton Art Gallery, "Recent Acquisitions," Edmonton, Alberta

2002

• Miami Art Fair, "ArtPoint", Miami
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, AShort Stories@, Winnipeg
• National Gallery of Canada, ARecent Acquisitions@, Ottawa

2001

• Joseph Helman Gallery, APushing Paint@, NY, N.Y.

2000

• Bertha and Karl Luebsdorf Art Gallery, "Hunter Selects" NY, N.Y.
• Stadtische Galerie Haus, "MAD" Siegen, Germany
• The State of Art, "Inscape", Brooklyn
• 529 West 20th St., 8th Floor, "Rapture" (curated by Janet Phelps) NYC

1999

• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, N.Y.
• Campo Campo, "25 American Artists" (curated by Mark Lambrecht), Antwerp, Belgium
• Galerie René Blouin, "Peinture, Peinture," Montreal
• Pari Nadimi Gallery, "Your Place or My Place" Toronto
• Starwood Urban Investments, Washington, DC.
• Mabel Smith Douglass Library, "Private Eye" (curated by Amy Sillman
• Rutgers University, N.J.

1998

• David McKee Gallery "Absolut Secret," New York, N.Y.

1998

• Workspace, "The Mind is a Beast," New York, N.Y.
• Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, "Food," San Francisco, CA
• Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto

1997

• Art Gallery of North York, Toronto
• Nielsen Gallery, "In the Spirit of Landscape", Boston

1996

• Musée d'art Contemporain "L'Oiel du collectionneur" Montreal
• Paolo Baldacci Gallery, "Two Rooms" New York, NY
• Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York, N.Y.
• IART
• SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)

1995

• "Four American Painters" - Medrie MacPhee, James Hyde,
• Donna Moylan and Christopher Lucas, Milan, Italy
• The Power Plant, "Table Project" Toronto

1994

• Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1993

• The Rebecca Cooper Gallery, "Four Women" New York, N.Y.

1992

• Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, N.Y., "A Visit To The Doctor",
• Musei Civici, Villa Manzoni, Leece, Italy, "La Fabbrica Romantica"
• Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Que.,
• "A Decade of Collecting".
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ont., Collection of
• Osler,Hoskin, Harcourt, "Legal Perspective"
• Baldacci-Daverio Gallery, New York, NY

1991

• Phillipe Daverio Gallery, New York, NY

1990

• Katonah Museum,"The Technological Muse" (curated by Susan Fillin Yeh) Katonah, NY
• Concordia University Art Gallery, "Work Sites", Montreal
• Phillipe Daverio Gallery, "The Urban Landscape" New York, NY
• G.E. Gallery, "Contemporary Environment," Organized by Museum of
• Modern Art, Connecticut

1988

• Liberty's, London, U.K., "Canada Nouveau"
• One Penn Plaza, New York, N.Y., (Curated by John Moore) "New York City Works"
• Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta,
• Medrie MacPhee/Susanna Heller"
• Borgenicht Gallery, New York, N.Y., "Landscape Anthology"

1987

• Katzen Brown Gallery, New York, N.Y., "The Drawing Concern"
• Einstein Gallery, New York, N.Y., Curated by Peter Frank, "Vistas"
• Exit Art, New York, N.Y., "Immigrants and Refugees"

1986

• Winter Olympics National Billboard Project (Canada)
• 56 Bleeker Street, New York, N.Y., "Mainly on the Plane"
• Jus de Pomme Gallery, New York, N.Y., "4 X 4"
• Local 1199, Hospital League, New York, N.Y., "Drawing Down The
• Moon"Women artists' show curated by Medrie MacPhee
• One Penn Plaza, New York, N.Y., "Short Stories," Curated by Judd Tully

1985

• The Ted Greenwald Gallery, New York, N.Y.
• The Barbara Toll Gallery, New York, N.Y.
• Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S., "Actual Size," Curated by Robert Berlind

Awards

• New York Foundation For The Arts, 1985, 1998
• The National Endowment for the Arts, 1985
• Canada Council Established Artist Grant,1996,2000,2004
• Canada Council Artist Grant B, 1983,1984,1985

Artist's Residencies

• Visiting Artists and Scholars, The American Academy in Rome, 2002, 2004
• MacDowell Colony, Artist-In-Residence, 1982

Publications

• Biro, Mathew " In Polytechnicolor" Contemporary, Issue #66, Oct. 2004, London U.K.
• Genocchio, Benjamin "A Backup Plan With Refined Results" New York Times, May 30,2004
• Peden, Paul "It’s the New Thing" Miser and Now Issue #1, Nov. 14, 2003, London U.K.
• "Zukunft ist interdisziplinar: Medrie MacPhee Architeckturkonstrukte und Korperbaustellen" Seigener Zeitung, Oct.4, 2003
• Dahle, Sigrid "Short Stories, Captivating Addictive Exhibit" Winnipeg Free Press, 7/02
• Bouchard, Gilbert "Between Reality and Our Dreams", Edmonton Journal, Nov. 30/01
• Thorkelson, Erila ADreamland@, SEE Magazine, Issue # 417, November 29, 2001
• Johnson, Ken,APushing Paint@, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York Times, Sept.14,2001
• Enright, Robert, AUngrounding Science, Medrie MacPhee=s Meditations on Survival@,
• Border Crossings, Volume 20 Number, Issue No.78, Summer 2001
• Dault, Gary Michael, AMedrie MacPhee at Pari Nadimi@, Globe & Mail, Toronto,
• April 14, 2001
• Hanna, Deidre, ASurreal Deal, Medrie MacPhee at Pari Nadimi@ Now Magazine,
• April 18-24, Vol. 20 No. 33, 2001
• Theberge, Pierre, Director's Notebook, Vernissage, National Gallery of Canada, 2001
• Krewani, Angela, cover image and artists text "Medrie MacPhee: Animal, Vegetable or
• Mineral," Artefakte, Artefiktionen; Transformationsprozesse zeitgenossischer Literaturen, Medien, Kunste, Architecktudren, University of Heidelberg Press, 2000
• Newlands, Anne, Canadian Art From Its Beginnings to 2000, Firefly, Ottawa, 2000
• Lambrecht, Mark, "26 American Artists", catalogue essay, Campo, Campo, Antwerp,>99
• Mackay,Gillian "Medrie MacPhee at Pari Nadimi Gallery" Globe and Mail, June 19, >99
• Laurence, Robin, "Medrie MacPhee, An Interview " Canadian Art, Summer 1999
• Jordan, Betty Ann, "Future Swirl," Toronto Life, Toronto, June 1999
• Lamarche, Bernard, "Recyclage pictural: Des univers machiniques suranné," Le Devoir,
• Montreal, May 16, 1999
• Houpt, Simon, "Dual Citizenship," Toronto Globe & Mail, May 15, 1999
• Lehmann, Henry, "Artist Animates Life's Nuts and Bolts,"Gazette, Montreal, May 1, '99
• Goodman, Jonathan, "Medrie MacPhee:Unnatural Selection", Medrie MacPhee,
• Charles H.Scott Gallery Publications, 1999
• Laurence, Robin, "MacPhee Meditates on Modernism's Failings," The Georgia Straight" Vancouver, March 11-18, 1999
• Goodman, Jonathan, "Medrie MacPhee and Amy Sillman; Two Painters From New York City " Contemporary Visual Arts, January 1999
• Mumford, Steve, "Exquisite Corps: On The March Again," Review: The Critical State of Visual Art in New York , Volume 4, Number 2, Oct. 1, 1998
• MacKay, Gillian, "Gallery Going", Globe & Mail, Sat. March 14, 1998
• Thomsen, Christian, Bauen Fur Die Sinne - Erotik und Sexualitat in der Architektur, Prestel, 1996 (English edition 1998)
• New York, N.Y. Summer 1996, Vol. 55 No.2 , Artist's Pages
• Wilkin, Karen, "At The Galleries," Partisan Review, Volume LXIII, No.1, 1996
• Goodman, Jonathan, review, Canadian Art, Volume 13, No.1, Spring 1996
• The Paris Review, Issue 137, Winter 1995 (Cover)
• Balken, Debra Bricker, Owen Drolet and Donna Masini, Medrie MacPhee, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, 1995
• Swain, Robert, Hidden Values; Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections, Douglas & McIntyre Vancouver,Toronto,1994
• The Paris Review , Issue 129, Winter, 1994, Artist's Pages
• Johnson, Ken, "Medrie MacPhee/ Baldacci Daverio", Art In America, July, 1993
• Scott, Susan, "Medrie MacPhee/Baldacci Daverio," Art News, New York, June, 1993
• Clarkson, David, "Medrie MacPhee/Paolo Baldacci Gallery,"Canadian Art,Summer ‘93
• Taylor, Kate, "Art About," Globe & Mail, Toronto, Sept. 18, 1992
• Hanna Deidre, "Medrie MacPhee/Mira Godard Gallery," Now, Toronto, Sept. 10, 1992
• Raven, Arlene, "The Doctor Is In," The Village Voice, New York ,June 30, 1992
• Negri, Massimo, La Fabbrica Romantica, catalogue, Kriterion, Milano, 1992
• Cohen, Ronny, "Medrie MacPhee/Daverio Gallery," Artforum, New York, Oct., 1991
• Ottenbrite, Phillip, "Medrie MacPhee", catalogue, Phillipe Daverio Gallery, NYC
• Wilkin, Karen, "At The Galleries," Partisan Review, LVIII, 3, 1991
• Fillin-Yeh, Susan, The Technological Muse, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY:
• catalogue, 1990
• "As 6 Artists Saw Cities Since 1910, New York Times, July 19, 1990
• Thomsen, Christian, "Personal Metaphors: Medrie MacPhee's Magical-Fantastical Realism," PARNASS, Vienna, January, 1990
• Freedman, Adele,"Medrie MacPhee's Industrial Poetics,"Canadian Art, Fall,1989
• Hart, Matthew, "Focus on Medrie MacPhee," Canadian Art, Spring, 1989
• Thomsen, Christian, LiterArchitekture, Dumont Buchwerlag, Koln, 1989
• Sturman, John, "Medrie MacPhee/49th Parallel," review, ArtNews, New York, June , 89
• Berlind, Robert, "Medrie MacPhee/49th Parallel," review, Art In America, April, 1989
• Clark, John, "No Apologies," Vanguard, review, No.18(1) 1989
• Tully, Judd, "Medrie MacPhee," Taxi, preview, Oct. 1988
• Lehmann, Henry, "Poetry In Ruins: MacPhee's Luminous Art," Daily News, Montreal,

Lectures & Public Panels

• Triangle Artists’ Workshop, Dumbo, NY, 2002
• Cinncinati Art Academy, 2000
• Universitat-Gesamthochschule Siegen, Germany, 2000
• Princeton University, N.J., 2000
• Mendel Museum, Saskatoon, Sask. 2000
• Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, 1999
• Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, B.C. 1999
• Suny Albany, N.Y. 1998
• Princeton University, N.J. 1997
• Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. 1996
• Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1996
• Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, B.C., 1995
• Universitat- Gesamthochschule, Siegen, Germany, 1994
• Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1994
• Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, B.C., 1993
• University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., 1993
• Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1993
• New York Studio School, New York, N.Y., 1992
• Nova Scotia College of Art, Halifax, N.S., 1991
• Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1991
• Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ont., 1990
• Waterloo University, Waterloo, Ont., 1989
• York University, Toronto, Ont., 1989
• Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1988
• Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, 1988
• Concordia University, Montreal, Que., 1988
• Banff Center, Banff, Alberta, 1986
• Optica Gallery, Montreal, Que., 1986
• Emily Carr Institute, 1986
• Nova Scotia College of Art, Halifax, N.S., 1984
• Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 1984
• Banff Center, Banff, Alberta, 1984, 1986

Collections

• National Gallery of Canada
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta
• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
• Canada House, London U.K.
• Nickle Arts Museum, Alberta
• Memorial University Art Gallery, NFLD
• Beaverbrook Art Gallery, N.B.
• Concordia University Art Gallery, Quebec
• Confederation Centre Art Gallery, P.E.I.
• Canada Council Art Bank
• Starwood Urban Investments, Washington, D.C.
• Blackburn Group, London U.K.
• Nova Corporation
• Sun Life Assurance
• Prudential Insurance of America
• Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto
• Deutsche Bank
• Swiss Bank Corporation
• Royal Bank, N.Y.
• Chase Manhattan Bank, N.Y.
• Toronto Dominion Bank, N.Y.
• Bank of Canada
• Private Collections in Canada, U.S. and Europe

Film Writing Credits

• Love Is A Gamble, co-authored a TV drama for Toronto’s City TV/CHUM shot in summer of 2004.
• Nights Noontime (2003) co-authored short feature film screenplay about one strange afternoon in the history of the English language, starring Rob Morrow (Northern Exposure, Quiz Show) and Sir Derek Jacobi (Gladiator, Hamlet, I Claudius). To be telecast on SHOWCASE and Bravo.