Doug Kirton

Biography

1955 Born in London, Ontario

1978 B.F.A. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

1980 – 2004 Represented by Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto

1994 M.F.A. University of Guelph, Ontario

2001 Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo

2002 Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

2006 Associate Professor, University of Waterloo

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

2007 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.

2004                             Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
                                      London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, Ontario, Doug Kirton:
                                      Times of Uncertainty: Paintings 1983-1999 (catalogue):
                                      Traveling Exhibition to:
                                      University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario (2000).
                                      Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario (2000).

1999 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1996 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1994 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

1991 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1989 Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario. Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario Artists With Their Works Program.

1988 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1987                             Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
                                      The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario. Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario
                                      Artists With Their Works Program.

1986                             Kingston Artists Association Incorporated, Kingston, Ontario. Organized
                                      by the Art Gallery of Ontario Artists With Their Works Program.
                                      Hennepin Art Gallery, Welland, Ontario. Organized by the Art Gallery
                                      of Ontario Artists With Their Works Program.

1985 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1984 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1982 Torbolton Oaks Gallery, Woodlawn, Ontario.

1980                             Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
                                      Douglas Kirton: Recent Work (catalogue).
                                      able-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005                             University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Helen Christou Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta. Planes Trains and Automobiles: The Art of Transportation
                                      Nouveau Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Inaugural Exhibition.
                                      Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, From New Image to New Wave: Legacy of NSCAD in the Seventies.
                                      Sampler: The 2^nd KWAG Biennial, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario (Brochure).

2004 Letters For Literacy, Hart House, University of Toronto. (Catalogue).
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, January.

2003                             Sotheby’s Canada Auction, Toronto, Important Canadian Art, November (Catalogue).
                                      Whitby Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario. Station Crossings: Timeless Passages, September 6 – October 12.
                                      Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, August.
                                      Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, 1^st                                      KWAG Biennial (brochure).

2002                             Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China, Painters 15 (brochure).
                                      Traveling Exhibition to:
                                      Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
                                      Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario, Suburbia (catalogue).
                                      York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario, Pool (catalogue).

2000                             London Regional Art & Historical Museums, London, Ontario, The Single Tree (catalogue).
                                      Traveling Exhibition to: The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario (2001)
                                      Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver British Columbia, Picture, position and places.
                                      CBC Broadcasting Centre, Barbara Frum Atrium, Toronto, 5^th
                                      Annual Canadian Art Auction, September 23.

1999 Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, Québec, Les Peintures.

1995 University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, The Whiteness of the Whale (brochure, essay by Robin Peck).

1994                             Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Prosperity Returns The Oral Tradition in Painting.
                                      McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Hidden Values: Ontario Corporations Collect (monograph).
                                      Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Hidden Values: Western Corporations Collect (monograph).
                                      Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, 9: New Work from the Master of Fine Art Program at the University of Guelph.

1993                             Canadian Participation Expo ‘93 Taejon, Korea Reflecting Paradise, (catalogue).
                                      Zavitz Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Doug Kirton/David
                                      Urban: Body Language.

1990 Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Art For A Threatened Environment (catalogue).

1987 49th Parallel, New York, N.Y. Douglas Kirton / Jeffrey Spalding (catalogue).
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, Nature, Garden, Seed. Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario Artists With Their Works Program (catalogue).

1986                             Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Culture’s Nature: Landscape in the Art of Gerald Ferguson, Douglas Kirton, Jeffrey Spalding and
                                      David Thauberger (catalogue).
                                      Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, The Romantic Landscape Now (catalogue):
                                      Traveling Exhibition to:
                                      McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario (1987).
                                      McDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario (1986).
                                      The Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia (1986).
                                      Nova Corporation, Calgary, Alberta (1986).
                                      Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia (1986).
                                      Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (1986).
                                      Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (1986).

1985 Binz 39 and Gallery Walchetürm, Zurich, Switzerland Fire and Ice (catalogue).
Sarnia Public Library and Art Museum, Sarnia, Ontario, Toronto Now (catalogue).

1984 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Toronto Painting ‘84 (catalogue).

1982 Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario, The Discernable Image (catalogue).
YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Monumenta.

1981 Canadian National Exhibition, Art Toronto ’81: Toronto/NewYork (catalogue).
Shell Canada Collection Gallery, Shell Canada Resources Ltd., Calgary Alberta, Abstraction and Narration: Recent Tendencies in Canadian Painting. (brochure).

1980 Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Four Aspects/Eight Artists: Paul Hess and Doug Kirton.

1979 White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario.
Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Locations.

1978 White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario.
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Object Show.

Public Collections

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto

Museum London, London, Ontario

Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Canada Council ArtBank, Ottawa, Ontario

Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, Ontario

Agnes Etherington Arts Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta

Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario

Grants and Awards

2004 Kitchener/Waterloo Arts Award (Visual Art Category)

2002 Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

1996 Ontario Arts Council Project Grant
Canada Council “B” Grant

1994 Ontario Arts Council Material Assistance Grant
Ontario Graduate Scholarship

1993 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

1990 Ontario Arts Council Material Assistance Grant

1989 Canada Council “B” Grant
Ontario Arts Council Short-Term Grant

1986 Canada Council “B” Grant

1985 Canada Council “B” Grant

1984 Canada Council “B” Grant
Ontario Arts Council Project Grant

1983 Ontario Arts Council Project Costs Grant

1981 Ontario Arts Council Project Grant

1980 Canada Council “B” Grant
Ontario Arts Council Project Grant

Selected Bibliography

2004 Gary Michael Dault. Painting is dead? There’s still life in landscapes. The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Saturday, November 25.

2002 Sarah Milroy. Paintings that would be king The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Wednesday, April 2.

2002                             An Abstract Trail: The Painters 15 Exhibition. Brochure produced
                                      by the Shanghai Art Museum with remarks by Li Xiang Yang, Director
                                      of the Shanghai Art Museum, and Stewart Beck, Consul General
                                      of Canada to Shanghai.
                                      Suburbia. Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario. Catalogue essays by David Somers, Gary Michael Dault, Ihor Holubitsky and Judy Daley.
                                      Carla Garnet. Pool. York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto.

2001 Laura Millard. The Single Tree. London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, Ontario.
John Armstrong. Painting: Dead Again? The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Monday, March 12.

2000 Bruce Bailey. The Collectors: Bailey’s ‘must have’ Canadian art. The National Post, Saturday, January 22, Weekend, pg.6.

1999 Gary Michael Dault. Doug Kirton at Sable-Castelli Gallery. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, March 20.

1996 Gillian MacKay. Doug Kirton At Sable-Castelli. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, December 7.

1994 Robert Swain, with introduction by Robert Fulford. Hidden Values: Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections. Douglas & McIntyre,1994.

1993 Jeffrey Spalding. Reflecting Paradise. Exhibition catalogue Canadian Participation, Expo ’93, Taejon, Korea.

1990 Timothy Long. Containing The Damage/Damaging Containers in Art For A Threatened Environment. Exhibition catalogue. Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.

1989 Nancy Baele. Art education of Malcolm Welch in 10-year show. The Ottawa Citizen, Thursday, June 1, pg. D13.
Tessa Wilmott. For love and money. The Financial Post, Fall issue, pg. 56.

1987                             Nancy Tousley. Culture’s Nature: Landscape in the Art of Gerald Ferguson Douglas Kirton, Jeffrey Spalding and David Thauberger. Canadian Art, summer 1987.
                                      Leslie Dawn. Douglas Kirton/Jeffrey Spalding. Vanguard, November 1987.
                                      DouglasKirton/Jeffrey Spalding. Exhibition catalogue, 49th Parallel Centre for Contemporary Art, New York, N.Y.
                                      The Oakville Beaver, Friday, May 22. Nature, Garden, Seed. Review of exhibition, Oakville Galleries.
                                      Dale Barrett. Nature, Garden, Seed: Simon Harwood, Janis Hoogstraten, Douglas Kirton. Exhibition catalogue. Oakville Galleries.
                                      The Durham Journal (cover). Thursday, April 9. Doug’s exhibit, lecture, workshop. Review of Whitby Station Gallery exhibition.
                                      Audrey Maclean. Artist Kirton Plays Conductor In Gallery Symphony of Colour. The Oshawa Times, Saturday, April, 18, pg. 10.
                                      Whitby Free Press, April 8, pg. 19. Painter Offers ‘Image’ of Landscapes. Review of Station Gallery exhibition.
                                      Anne Sikora. Kingston Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario). Review of exhibition
                                          at the Kingston Artists Association Inc.
                                      Peter White. Culture’s Nature. Exhibition catalogue. Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
                                      Meta Perry. Urban artist’s view of media is filtered through the media. The Leader-Post (Regina), Thursday, February 26, pg. B6.

1986 John Armstrong. The Romantic Landscape Now. Exhibition catalogue. Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario.

1985                             Bruce Grenville. Radiant Vista: The Significant Landscape. Parachute #40.
                                      William Wood. Fire and Ice. Exhibition catalogue. Binz 39 and Gallery Walchetürm, Zurich, Switzerland.
                                      Donna Lypchuk. C Magazine, number 6. Review of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition.
                                      Marshall Webb. CJRT FM On the Arts Program, June 12. Review of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition.
                                      Christopher Hume. Artist’s Work is Flying High. Toronto Star. Review of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition.
                                      John Bentley Mays. Frolicking Among the Landscape Clichés. The Globe and Mail, Thursday, June 6, pg. E7. Review of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition.
                                      John Bentley Mays. Radiant Vista: The Significant Landscape. The Globe and Mail. Review by of the exhibition of the same title at Republic, Toronto, Ontario, April 25.
                                      Donald Kuspit. Free at Last, Or Why There’s Nothing Left To Imitate: The Almost Free Spirit in Toronto Painting and Sculpture. C Magazine, number 4.

1983 David Burnett & Marilyn Schiff. Contemporary Canadian Art. Hurtig Publishers Ltd., (Toronto), in co-operation with the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Marshall Webb. The Discernible Image. Artmagazine, December/January/February.

1982 John Bentley Mays. Drawing notice to new art. The Globe and Mail, Friday, September 3.
Christopher Hume. Representational art back with a vengeance. Toronto Star, Saturday, September 4, pg. H5.

1981                             John Bentley Mays. Review of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. The Globe and Mail, September 23.
                                      Marshall Webb CJRT FM On the Arts Program, September 18. Review of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition.
                                      David Burnett. Toronto/New York. Artmagazine 55, September/October.
                                      David Burnett Toronto/New York: New Directions. Catalogue essay.
                                      Steve Fistell. Art and Archetypes: The Works of Two Toronto Artists. Source, (Toronto), August 15.
                                      John Bentley Mays. Art fair set for some jolts and jokes. The Globe and Mail, Friday, May 8.
                                      John Bentley Mays. Toronto art fair promises to be a bouncy bazaar. The Globe and Mail, Friday, June 6, Entertainment pg. 15.
                                      Jeffrey Spalding. Abstraction and Narration: Recent Tendencies in Canadian Painting. Shell Canada Resources Limited.

1980                             Gerry Needham. Painting at the Galleries. Artists’ Review, (Toronto) October, Volume 4, Number 1.
                                      Donald Kuspit. Exotic Modernism/Toronto. Vanguard, November.
                                      Nancy Carroll. Douglas Kirton. Vanguard, October. Review by of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition.
                                      John Bentley Mays. Kirton Delivers Beautiful Beds. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, September 13. Review by of Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd. exhibition.
                                      David MacWilliam. Douglas Kirton: Recent Work. Catalogue essay. Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery.
                                      John Bentley Mays. Quiet Humour in New Images. The Globe and Mail,
                                      Saturday, February 26, Entertainment, pg. 11. Review of exhibition at Mercer Union.

1978 Maria Ross. Object Show review (Eye Level Gallery), CBC radio, June 12.
Elissa Rannard. Gallery Works Innovative. The Halifax Mail Star, Tuesday, June 27.