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CONTENTS:

1. POSTHUMOUS EXHIBITIONS

2. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS       

3. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS    

4. AWARDS                                          

5. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY             

6. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS                 

7. PRIVATE COLLECTIONS                

8. VISITING ARTIST/LECTURER                       

9. COMMISSIONS                          

10. PANEL PARTICIPANT                    

11. CONSULTING APPOINTMENTS        

12. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS           

13. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS            

14. TEACHING                                      

 

1. POSTHUMOUS EXHIBITIONS

2025            

Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver, BC  – TENXTEN

2024            

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC  – HORIZONS 

 

2. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020            

Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver, BC  – NOW BULLETIN: Artworks, Letters and Printed Matter from the Garry Neill Kennedy Collection 1968-2019

2018            

The MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK  – YA UMMI, YA UMMI..., QUID PRO QUO and AN EYE FOR AN EYE            

CSA Space, Vancouver, BC – Remembering Names

2016            

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (Q); Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge (U); Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops (I); MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina (D); Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON (P); Musée régional de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC (R); University of Manitoba, Manitoba (O); Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown (Q); Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax (U); Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton (O) – Painted and distributed the individual letter paintings of QUID PRO QUO to galleries across Canada.

2015            

READ Books, Charles H. Scott Gallery, ECUAD, Vancouver, BC, Art Metropole, Toronto, ON, Yellow Box, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB  – DRAWINGS and THREE BOOKS

2014            

The Apartment, Vancouver, BC  – Cloudy Moment in American History and AN EYE FOR AN EYE

Emerson Gallery, Berlin, Germany  – The Big Five 

2013            

Artissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy – Work from the juried mid 70s section, Back to the Future

The Window, Winnipeg, MB – GOD!

Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC –  Pattison  

Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, MB –  Photographic Work of Garry Neill Kennedy, a Survey.

2012            

Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON – QUID PRO QUO and The Four Seasons 

G Gallery, Toronto, ON –  PATTISON

Anna Leonowens Gallery II, NSCAD University (125th Anniversary), Halifax, NS  – CORRECTIONS 

Printed Matter Inc., NYC, NY –  Garry Neill Kennedy at Printed Matter Inc.

Louise and Reuben Cohen Gallery, University of Moncton, Moncton NB – Photographic Work of Garry Neill Kennedy, a Survey.

2011            

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS – Retrospective (in quotations), a work from the permanent collection

2010            

Halifax Hall, City Hall, Halifax NS – And Still Counting

Vancouver Olympics (2 outdoor projects), Vancouver, BC – Endlessly Traversed Landscapes

2008            

Pickled art Centre, Beijing, China – I Don’t Want to Pay the Full Price

2007            

Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB – The FBI’s Art Crime Team 

Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China – The Eight Banners (A Chinese History Painting) 

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto, ON – Nothing Personal

2006            

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS – The Colours of Citizen Arar

2005            

Museum London, London, ON – AN EYE FOR AN EYE

2004            

Articule, Montreal, QC – You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours in the Colonial Room

2003            

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS – Garry Neill Kennedy: The Middle East (And Beyond)

Goodwater Gallery, Toronto, ON – Fast, Free and Easy

2002            

Goodwater Gallery, Toronto, ON – Consent

Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON – Somalia

Canada Gallery, NYC, NY – Four Seasons on Four Suits on Four Shouting Heads

2001            

Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS – OPEN

2000            

National Gallery of Canada/The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Ottawa/Halifax  – Garry Neill Kennedy: Work of Four Decades (retrospective)

1999            

Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON - A House Divided, (Part Two – Interior)

1998            

Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany – Garry Neill Kennedy: Wall Paintings and Related Works, 1974-1995

1996            

Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB – Garry Neill Kennedy: Wall Paintings and Related Works, 1974-1995

Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON – A House Divided

1995            

École National Supérieure des Beaux–Arts, Paris, France  – Décorations Figuratives: Algérie, Maroc, Tunisie

1994            

Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON – Six Pink Paintings

OO Gallery, Halifax, NS  – Consensual Crimes

1993            

Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB – Art Work/Work Art, The Administrative Art of Garry Neill Kennedy

1992            

Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD, Halifax, NS – The Middle East (75 Paintings)            

Galleri II, Reykjavik, Iceland – The Middle East (A Room Painting)

Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON – Executive Suite (nine silk-screens)

1991            

School of Art, The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia – Moving Stills

Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON – Moving Stills and Seizure

1989            

Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON – The Native (A Room Painting)

1988            

Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON – Conrad Black and Bob White

1986            

Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON – Garry Neill Kennedy, Superstar Shadow

Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB – Garry Neill Kennedy, Superstar Shadow

1985            

OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC – Finchwell Continued

Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS – Burning Tram Car: The 40th Anniversary of the Halifax Riots

1983            

Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS – Finchwell, Finchwell, Finchwell, Finchwell & Osborn

1982            

Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS – Special Presentation

1981            

David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, ON – David Bellman Gallery Work: View from the Gallery Window

1980            

Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, ON – Recent Plants

Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS – E

1979            

The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, ON – Public Address

Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS — Revealing Locating

"A" Space Gallery, Toronto, ON – Two Pages: Page 14 & Page 34

1978            

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON – Recent Work

Optica Gallery, Montreal, QC – Recent Paintings

1975            

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA – Works on Paper and Canvas

1974            

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA – Drawing of Gallery 

1963            

Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St Catharines, ON – Recent Paintings

 

3. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS  

2016           

Artspeak, Vancouver, BC — ADMINSTRATE (with Jason Hirata and Laura Owens)

2014           

University of Calgary, Calgary, AB — Oh, Canada, SPOTTED

Confederation Centre Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI — Oh, Canada (with many Canadian artists) 

Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON — About Forty Years Ago (with Joel Herman) 

2013            

The Apartment, Vancouver, BC – Blank Out (with 4 artists)

2012            

Mass MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA -- Oh, Canada (with many Canadian artists)

2011            

MoCA Calgary, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB – Calgary Modern

Saint Mary’s University, White Canvases (with 6 artists)

2010           

Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS — Giving Notice: Words of Walls

Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON – Traffic – Conceptual Art in Canada, 1965 - 1980

Pickled Art Centre, Unit 1, Beijing, China — The Colours of Citizen Arar (a continuation) (with Cathy Busby)

2009            

Centre A, Vancouver, BC – Beijing-Vancouver  (with Cathy Busby) 

2007            

Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa ON – Orientalism & Ephemera (a travelling exhibition)

2006            

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON – The Art Metropole Collection, The Top 100  (a travelling exhibition)

Emerson Gallery, Berlin, Germany —Two New Wars (with Cathy Busby) 

Printed Matter, NYC, NY— I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art (featuring printed matter from NSCAD University) 

Canada Gallery, NYC, NY — Shit Happens (with Joanna Milanowska)

Power Plant, Toronto, ON — Cold City Years

2005            

Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB — School Days (in colour) 

McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON — Failure of Intelligence (with Cathy Busby) 

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON – The 60s in Canada

ArtPort, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS – Number Painting (with many artists)

2004            

The Ironic Turn (travelling exhibition with nine Canadian artists); Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, North York, ON – OTTO GOLD; Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison 

University, Sackville, NB – TIT FOR TAT on The Tantramar Marsh; Faux Mouvement, Metz, France – Rien de Personnel  (2003); Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany –Telephone Book (In Colours) (2002) 

2003            

Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany – Schnell, Frei & Leicht  (with artists from Goodwater Gallery, Toronto) 

2001            

The Bathroom Gallery Halifax, NS – With Apologies and Brushstrokes (with Cathy Busby) 

2000            

California College of Arts and Crafts Gallery, San Francisco, CA — Extra Art: A Survey of Artists’ Ephemera, 1960 1999 (with many artists)

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS — Wallpapers (with eleven artists)

1999            

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS — Dazzle Ships and Figure Paintings (with three paintings by Arthur Lismer) 

Galerie René Blouin, Montreal, QC — Les Peintures (with many Canadian painters)

Truck Gallery, Calgary, AB — Futures; Sixteen Oil Paintings (with Louise Lawler and John Will)

1998            

Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB — Making It New! (the big sixties show)

Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON — Layers (with many artists)

1997            

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS — Working Papers: Have a Good Time (with fourteen artists) 

1996            

Cold City Gallery and Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, ON - 10 (tenth anniversary exhibition of Cold City Gallery artists)

Art Metropole, Toronto, ON – Seizures (wallpaper)

1995            

Khyber Gallery, Halifax, NS — Six Pink Paintings  (with several NSCAD faculty)

1992            

S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON -— Sporting Type (with Greg Curnoe, Diane Gagne and Ken Lum)

1989            

Art Gallery of Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC — Toronto/Vancouver Exchange (with artists from Cold City Gallery)

1986            

Art Cologne, Cologne, West Germany — Survey of Canadian Art 1965-1985 (with Cadieux, Gautier, Ferguson, Martin, Molinari, Wall, Wallace, et al.)

Bathhouse Exhibition, Atlanta, GA — Grenada/Falklands

1985            

The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, ON — News From Nova Scotia; On-Air Graphics (with nine artists from Nova Scotia)

1984            

49th Parallel Gallery, NYC, NY — Figure Paintings (with Krzysztof Wodicko)

1983            

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON; Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, QC; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB — Museums by Artists (travelling exhibition with Buren, Duchamp, General Idea, Haacke, Levine, et al.) 

A Pierre et Marie, Une Exposition en Traveaux, Paris, France — Et à Pierre-Marie Dagnaud (an ongoing exhibition dedicated to the work of Pierre and Marie Curie - including Buren, Holzer, Lawler, Weiner, et al.)

Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS – Appropriation/Expropriation

1981            

Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Banff, AB — Simple Functionalism - Vocation/Vacation (with Michael Asher and Hans Haacke)

1980            

Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB — Aspects of Canadian Painting in the 70s

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON — Pluralities (with 23 Canadian artists)

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON — 10 Canadian Artists in the 70's - An Exhibition for European Tour (with Bush, Ewen, Favro, Martin, Molinari, N.E.Thing Co., D. Rabinowitch, R. Rabinowitch and Snow) 

1978            

Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB — Painting of Three Walls

1976            

Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY — Book Works (with many artists)

1963            

Commonwealth Galleries, London, England — Fifth Canadian Biennial (with 30+ Canadian artists) 

 

4. AWARDS

2011            

Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA), honoris causa, NSCAD University (with Terry Eagleton)

2009            

Ohio University, Athens Ohio, Distinguished Alumni Award

2008/09       

Nova Scotia Masterworks -- nomination for The Colours of Citizen Arar

2007            

The Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Visual Arts Book Award for Garry Neill Kennedy: Superstar Shadow (a book designed by GNK)         

2004            

Governor General’s Award in the Visual and Media Arts

2003            

Order of Canada, Member

2000            

Nova Scotia Arts Council, The Portia White Prize 

1993            

Ontario College of Art and Design, Honorary Fellowship, 

1990            

Canadian Youth Education Excellence Award elected by the Student Unions of Nova Scotia Universities as top educator in Nova Scotia 

1989            

Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia, the Cultural Life Award for Outstanding Cultural Executive 

1980-12       

Canada Council for the Arts Creation (“A”) Grants and Long-Term Grants 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007/8, 2009/10, 2011/12  and Nova Scotia Arts Council awards

1977            

Governor General of Canada, the Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal 

 

5. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Carver, Matthew. Border Crossings, (Crossovers) GNK Photoworks: 1969 - 2011, 2012.

Kennedy, Garry Neill. The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978. Boston: MIT,  2012.

Trepanier, Peter. Garry Neill Kennedy, Printed Matter, 1971 - 2009. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2012.

Jacob, Luis. Commerce by Artists. Toronto: Art Metropole, 2011.

Dykhuis, Peter, and Jessica Wyman. Giving Notice: Words on Walls: Brad Buckley, Cathy Busby, Garry Neill Kennedy, Gordon Lebredt, Micah Lexier and Christian Bök, Lawrence Weiner. Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 2010.

Gordon, Holly. “Giving Notice: Words on Walls.” Review of Giving Notice: Words on Walls exhibition at Dalhousie Art Gallery. The Coast (Halifax) (26 August  2010): 38.

Kennedy, Garry Neill. “Foreword.” In Micah Lexier: I’m Thinking of a Number: Selected Invitations, Books, Catalogues, Packaged Prints, Objects in Multiple, T-shirts, Projects in and for Publications, Coins, and Other Printed Matter, 1980 to 2010. Halifax: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Press, 2010: 130–131.

National Gallery of Canada. “Meet the Artist.” n.d. Web. Accessed 21 July 2010. 

Tayler, Felicity. Constellation and Correspondences: Networking Between Artists, 19701980. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, 2010.

Whitelaw, Anne, Brian Foss, and Sandra Paikowsky, eds. The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Buckley, Brad, and John Commons, eds. Rethinking the Contemporary Art School: The Artist, the PhD, and the Academy. Halifax: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Press, 2009.

Canadian Art. “Garry Neill Kennedy: Not Down for the Count.” Review of And Still Counting 2009 (exhibition at Khyber Institute of Contemporary Art). Canadian Art. Web. Accessed 10 November 2009.

Down, Chris. “Facts and Figures: A Retrospective Look at Garry Neill Kennedy’s Body of Work.” Visual Arts News (Spring 2009): 27–29.

Dykhuis, Peter. “Boundary Breaker: Garry Neill Kennedy’s Superstar Shadow Project.” Border Crossings 28 (2009): 48–55.

Flinn, Sue Carter. “Khyber Time.” The Coast (Halifax) (3 December 2009): 49.

Laurence, Robin. “Artists Eye Olympic Branding.” Review of Beijing-Vancouver: Garry Neill Kennedy and Cathy Busby (exhibition at Centre A). The Georgia Straight (Vancouver) (22 October 2009): 53.

National Gallery of Canada. “Garry Neill Kennedy.” n.d. Web. Accessed 1 October 2009.

Nemetz, Andrea. “Theatre Personality Mary Vingoe Wins $18,000 Portia White Award.” Chronicle Herald (Halifax) (25 October 2009): A3.

Wark, Jayne. “Conceptual Lithography at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.” Journal of Canadian Art History 30 (2009): 60–89.

Dault, Gary Michael. “The Once and Future Art School: NSCAD Then and Now.” Canadian Art (Winter 2008): 82–86.

Gilbert, Sylvie. Simple Functionalism: Take 2. Banff, AB: Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, 2008.

Barnard, Elissa. “The Colours of War.” Review of The Colours of Citizen Arar (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia). Chronicle Herald (Halifax) (5 July 2007): F1, F8.

Gessell, Paul. “Arar Display Coloured by His Experiences.” Review of The Colours of Citizen Arar (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia). Ottawa Citizen (30 June 2007): F1, F8.

Heather, Rosemary. “Cathy Busby/Garry Neill Kennedy.” Review of The North End and Two New Wars (exhibitions at Emerson Gallery Berlin). Canadian Art (Spring 2007): 90.

Nasgaard, Roald. Abstract Painting in Canada. Vancouver: Douglas and MacIntyre; Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2007.

Chronicle Herald. “Ontario Art Gallery Honours Garry Kennedy Book.” Chronicle Herald (Halifax) (6 November 2006).

Dykhuis, Peter, and Jayne Wark. “Garry Neill Kennedy and Joanna Malinowska.” Review of In Search of the Miraculous, Continued . . . and Shit Happens (exhibitions at Canada gallery). Art Papers (November–December 2006): 63–64.

Museum London, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, and Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University. Garry Neill Kennedy: Superstar Shadow (19842005). Museum London, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, and Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, 2006.

Scott, Kitty, and Jonathan Shaughnessy. Art Metropole: The Top 100. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2006.

Articule. Annual Report (2003–2004). Montreal: Articule, 2004.

Hellman, Michel. “Une exposition déroutante.” Review of You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours in the Colonial Room (exhibition at Articule). Le Devoir (22 May 2004): E6. 

Irvin, Sherri. “Garry Neill Kennedy.” In The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2004/Les prix du gouverneur general en arts visuels et en arts médiatiques 2004. Ottawa: Canada Council for the Arts, 2004: 46–55.

Allaby, Heather. Garry Neill Kennedy: The Middle East (and Beyond). Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2003.

Collins, Joseph. Absence or Presence. Lethbridge: University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, 2003.

Dion, François. “A Donation from Garry Neill Kennedy.” Artexte Info 2 (May 2003).

Grenside, Paula. “The Wandering Library 1.” trAce Online Writing Centre, 29 August 2003. Web. Accessed August 10, 2010.

Barlosky, Martin. Garry Neill Kennedy: Somalia/Somalie. Ottawa: Gallery 101, 2002. Translated into French by Marie-Thé Morin.

Barlosky, Martin. “Yeah: An Interview with Garry Neill Kennedy.” ArtsAtlantic 19 (Spring 2002): 14–21.

Barlosky, Martin. “Interruption and Disclosure: Looking at and Looking with Garry Neill Kennedy.” ArtsAtlantic 19, 2 (Spring 2002): 6–13.

Irvin, Sherri. “No More Boring Art: The Life, Times and Art of Canada’s Own Conceptualist Guru.” Canadian Art 19, 1 (Spring 2002): 64–71.

Laviolette, Mary-Beth. “A World of Difference. Artists Brush Contemporary Art with Colour and Order.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Nickle Arts Museum). Calgary Herald (16 March 2002): E58.

McElroy, Gil. Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Art Papers (March–April 2002): 55–56.

Allaby, Heather. “Garry Neill Kennedy Work Transforms the Beaverbrook.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Beaverbrook Art Gallery). Alt magazine (November 2001): 8.

Barber, Bruce. Conceptual Art: The NSCAD Connection 19671973. Halifax: Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 2001.

Brunet, Stephanie. “Garry Neill Kennedy Steps Outside the Conventions.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Beaverbrook Art Gallery). Brunswickan (Fredericton) (21 September 2001): 10.

Cameron, Eric. English Roots. Lethbridge: University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, 2001.

Leiber, Steven, ed. Extra Art: A Survey of Artists’ Ephemera, 19601999. San Francisco: California College of Arts and Crafts; Santa Monica: Smart Art Press, 2001.

Horne, Stephen. “Retro Active.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Canadian Art (Spring 2001): 94.

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MacCallum, Heather. “Kennedy’s Expansive Wit.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Beaverbrook Art Gallery). Daily Gleaner (Fredericton) (17 September 2001): C1, C3.

Mays, John Bentley. “A Revolutionary Is Institutionalized: The Garry Neill Kennedy Show is a Beautiful Thing.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). National Post (3 January 2001).

Rhodes, Richard. A First Book of Canadian Art. Toronto: Owl Books, 2001. 

Wolfe, Morris. OCA 19671972: Five Turbulent Years. Toronto: grubstreet books, 2001. 

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada. Garry Neill Kennedy: Work of Four Decades/Quarante ans de création. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2000. 

Bégin, Aline. “Les couleurs qui parlent.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Le Droit ( Gatineau, Ottawa) (18 November 2000): A22. 

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Cronin, Ray. “Subversifying: Garry Neill Kennedy.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Border Crossings 19 (November 2000): 80–82.

Cronin, Ray. “War Museum’s Holdings Contain Artistic Treasures.” Review of exhibition catalogue Garry Neill Kennedy: Work of Four Decades/Quarante ans de création. The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton) (19 August 2000).

Dault, Gary Michael. “Gallery Going. Monica Tap, Garry Neill Kennedy at Wynick-Tuck.” Review of painting Four Seasons (exhibition at Wynick-Tuck Gallery). Globe and Mail (18 November 2000): R7.

Gessell, Paul. “Art Humour and Fun—All in One Place: Tongue-in-Cheek Retrospective Shows Garry Neill Kennedy at His Best.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Ottawa Citizen (2 November 2000).

Gopnik, Blake. “A Painter of a Different Stripe.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Globe and Mail (2 May 2000): R8.

Hing-Kay, Oscar Ho, and Robin Metcalfe. Westward Ho: A Guided Tour. Halifax: Contemporary Art Projects Society, 2000.

Michaud, Anne. “Tous les matins du monde.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Radio-Canada, 90.7 FM,7 November 2000. 

Mueller, Richard. Wallpapers. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2000.

Nemiroff, Diana. “Garry Neill Kennedy: Beyond Canvas and Brush/Garry Neill Kennedy: L’espace derrière la toile et le pinceau.” Translated into French by Judith Terry and Françoise Trudeau Reeves. Vernissage 2, 4 (Fall 2000): 24–29.

Nouvelles de l’estampe. “Livres d’artistes.” Nouvelles de l’estampe 171 (July–September 2000): 13. 

Trepanier, Peter. Proposals from Halifax: An Exhibition of Selected Typescripts, Flyers, Posters, Catalogues, Books, Mailers, and Postcards of a Conceptual Nature Produced from 1969 to 1999 by Affiliates of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2000.

Voir. “Garry Neil [sic] Kennedy.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Voir (9–15 November 2000). Text in French.

Workman, Sharon. “Kennedy Takes Over.” Review of Work of Four Decades (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and National Gallery of Canada). Chronicle Herald (Halifax) (30 January 2000): A11.

Dykhuis, Peter. Dazzle Ships and Figure Paintings. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1999.

Budney, Jen. “The Concept of Teaching.” Siksi: The Nordic Art Review 13 (Winter 1998): 8–81.

Kelly, Gemey, and Kasper König. Garry Neill Kennedy: Wall Paintings and Related Works 19741995. Frankfurt: Portikus, 1999.

Budney, Jen. “Gold Dust.” Review of Wall Paintings and Related Works 19741995 (exhibition at Portikus Frankfurt Am Main). Canadian Art 15, 3 (Fall 1998): 79.

Busby, Cathy. Invading the Book: Recent Acquisitions of Artists’ Books and Multiples, 16 September – 31 December 1998. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1998.

Dault, Gary Michael. “Conceptualism with a Human Face: In Person: Garry Neill Kennedy is the Grand Old Man of Canadian Conceptualism.” Review of Suit (exhibition at Cold City Gallery). Globe and Mail (17 January 1998): C14.

Fry, Jacqueline. “Le musée dans quelques œuvres récentes.” Review of Allocations/Horizons (from Pluralities 1980/Pluralités 1980, exhibition at National Gallery of Canada). Parachute 24 (Fall 1981): 42–43. [Reprinted in Réfractions : Trajets de l’art contemporain au Canada, edited by Jessica Bradley and Lesley Johnstone. Montréal: Éditions Artextes, 1998: 145–147. Translated into English  “The Museum in a Number of Recent Works” in SightLines: Reading Contemporary Canadian Art, edited by Jessica Bradley and Lesley Johnstone. Montreal: Artextes editions, 1994: 131–133.] 

Murchie, John. “Working Papers: Have a Good Time.” Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal 14, 2 (September – February 1998): 14.

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Kennedy, Garry Neill. “The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the Sixties: A Memoir.” Canadian Literature, nos. 152–153 (Spring–Summer 1997): 192–204. 

Miller, Earl. Review of The Four Seasons (exhibition at Cold City Gallery). ArtsAtlantic 58 (Summer 1997): 8–9.

Cronin, Ray. “Piss and Bombs: Traces of a Smart-Artist.” ArtsAtlantic 14 (Fall–Winter 1996): 30–32.

Fautley, Mimi. “Writing on the Wall.” Review of Working Papers (exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia). The Coast (Halifax) (October 1997): 9.

Graham, James. “Golden Years.” Review of Autumn (exhibition at Cold City Gallery). Canadian Art (Summer 1997): 86.

Metcalfe, Robin. “Of Semiotics and Semi-Gloss, or The True Story of How Garry Neill Kennedy Turned an Entire Museum into a Work of Art.” Canadian Art (Summer 1996): 54–57.

Owens Art Gallery. Garry Neill Kennedy: Wall Paintings and Related Works 19741995. Sackville, NB: Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, 1996.

Murchie, John. Review of A House Divided (exhibition at Cold City Gallery). Canadian Art (Winter 1995): 91.

Kubacki, Maria. “Artist as Double Agent.” Review of Art Work/Work Art (exhibition at Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University). ArtsAtlantic 13, 1 (Spring–Summer 1994): 30–31.

Barlosky, Martin. Art Work/Work Art: The Administrative Art of Garry Neill Kennedy (poster). Sackville: Owens Art Gallery, 1993. [Reprinted in Owens Art Gallery, Garry Neill Kennedy, 139–143.]

Nakoneshny, Shane D. Review of Sporting Type (exhibition at Cold City Gallery and S. L. Simpson Gallery). ArtsAtlantic 12 (Winter 1993): 7–8.

Taylor, Kate. “Making the Most of a Clever Idea.” Review of Middle East (exhibition at Cold City Gallery). Globe and Mail (28 January 1993): C3.

Tombs, Robert. Review of Middle East (exhibition at Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design). C magazine (Fall 1993): 74.

Nakoneshny, Shane D. Review of Moving Stills (exhibition at Cold City Gallery). ArtsAtlantic 10 (1991): 24–26.

Runge, Janis. “Moving Stills: The Conversation—Or Crazy Wisdom: Painting is Never Too Far from the Walls.” Review of Moving Stills (exhibition at Cold City Gallery). Work Seen 8 (Spring 1991): 29–33.

Wiseman, Ian. “Garry Neill Kennedy is a Conceptual Artist, a Critic and a Funny Man . . . . And It’s About Time We Gave Him the Recognition He Deserves.” Canadian Art 8,1 (Spring 1991): 62–65.

March, Peter. “The Great Art Debate As Entertainment.” Chronicle Herald (Halifax) (29 November 1990): B2.

Who’s Who in Canada. “Kennedy, Garry Neill, A.O.C.A., B.F.A., M.F.A.” Who’s Who in Canada, 81st ed. Toronto: Global Press, 1990.

Kennedy, Garry Neill. “An American History Painting (The Complete List of Pittsburgh Paints Historic Colour Series), 1989.” National Gallery of Canada, 1989. Web. Accessed 3 March 2010.

Lort, Kit. “Solid Citizen: NSCAD at 100.” ArtsAtlantic 8 (Winter 1988): 30–33.

Stacey, Robert, and Liz Wylie. Eighty/Twenty: 100 Years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1988. 

Wiseman, Ian. “The Ambiguity of Garry Neill Kennedy.” Cities (September 1988): 50–54.

Bronson, A.A. From Sea to Shining Sea: Artist-Initiated Activity in Canada. Toronto: Power Plant Gallery, 1987.

Lort, Kit. Review of Superstar Shadow (exhibition at Cold City Gallery). ArtsAtlantic 7 (Spring 1987): 9.

Association pour l’Avenir de l’Art Actuel. À Pierre et Marie: une exposition en travaux. Paris: Association pour l’Avenir de l’Art Actuel, 1986.

Melville, Peter. Review of Superstar Shadow (exhibition at Stride Gallery). Vanguard 15 (October–November 1986): 35.

Jones, Ronald. The Bathhouse Exhibit (exhibition at 33rd Arts Festival of Atlanta). Program/Catalogue, 1986.

Art Gallery at Harbourfront. News from Nova Scotia. Toronto: Art Gallery at Harbourfront, 1985.

Jones, Ronald. Review of Figure Paintings (exhibition at 49th Parallel Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art). Arts Magazine 59, 8 (April 1985): 9.

Laskey, Heather. “Confrontations Continue at N.S. Art College.” Globe and Mail (4 December 1985).

Parallelogramme. “Garry Neill Kennedy: Halifax Riots” (announcement of exhibition at Eye Level Gallery). Parallelogramme 10, 5 (Summer 1985): 71.

Nasgaard, Roald. “Kennedy, Garry Neill.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, vol. 1, ed. James H. Marsh. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1985.

Sasaki, Les. Review of Figure Paintings (from group exhibition Garry Neill Kennedy, Norman Cohn, Krzysztof Wodiczko at 49th Parallel Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art). Vanguard 14, 3 (April 1985): 49.

Shuebrook, Ron. “A Brief Incomplete Survey of the Recent Art Community in Nova Scotia.” In News from Nova Scotia. Toronto: Art Gallery at Harbourfront, 1985: 2–10.

49th Parallel Gallery. Garry Neill Kennedy, Norman Cohn, Krzysztof Wodiczko. New York: 49th Parallel Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art, 1984.

Burnett, David, and Marilyn Schiff. Contemporary Canadian Art. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers; Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983.

Bringhurst, Robert, Geoffrey James, Russell Keziere, and Doris Shadbolt, eds. Visions: Contemporary Art in Canada. Toronto: Douglas and McIntyre, 1983.

Bronson, A.A., and Peggy Gale. Museums by Artists. Toronto: Art Metropole, 1983.

Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Appropriation/Expropriation: Recent Work from the Halifax Community. Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University, 1983.

Parallelogramme. “Garry Neill Kennedy: Finchwell, Finchwell, Finchwell, Finchwell, and Osborn” (photograph of exhibition at Eye Level Gallery). Parallelogramme 9, 1 (Fall 1983): 51.

Kennedy, Garry Neill. “Introduction.” In NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Prints and Books, vol. 1. Halifax: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Press, 1982: 1–2.

Ferguson, Gerald. Review of The David Bellman Gallery Piece. Vanguard 11, 3 (April 1982): 35. 

Lebredt, Gordon. Review of View from the Gallery Window (“exhibition” at the David Bellman Gallery). Unpublished, ca. 1982.

Mays, John Bentley. “Gallery the Butt of Art-World Prank.” Globe and Mail (1 January 1982): 11.

Townsend-Gault, Charlotte. Review of Vocation/Vacation (exhibition at Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts). Vanguard 11, 3 (April 1982): 22–25.

Baker, Kenneth. “Report from Toronto: Ten Canadians Abroad.” Art in America 69 (March 1981): 53–56.

Mays, John Bentley. “Art Calendar” (Notice of Kennedy’s “exhibition” at David Bellman Gallery). Globe and Mail (25 December 1981): E10.

Buchloh, Benjamin. “Montage and Allegorical Deconstruction.” Vocation/Vacation, vol. 2. Banff, AB: Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, 1981.

Nasgaard, Roald. “Garry Neil [sic] Kennedy.” In Prospect 81/3: 10 Canadian Artists in the 1970s. Ghent: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, 1981: 33–35.

Tousley, Nancy. “Simple Functionalism: A Theory, a Gallery, a Desk.” Review of Simple Functionalism (exhibition at Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts). Calgary Herald (12 November 1981): B14.

Wilkin, Karen. “Ten Canadians—And How a Controversy Grew.” ARTnews 80 (February 1981): 104–107.

Art Gallery of Ontario. 10 Canadian Artists in the 1970s. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980.

Glenbow Museum. Aspects of Canadian Painting in the Seventies. Calgary: Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1980.

Keziere, Russell. “Ambivalence, Ambition and Administration.” Review of Pluralities 1980/Pluralités 1980 (exhibition at National Gallery of Canada). Vanguard 9, 7  (September 1980): 8–13. 

Murray, Joan. “10 Canadian Artists in the 1970s.” Artmagazine 12 (November–December 1980): 23–25.

MacKay, Allan. “Garry Neill Kennedy.” In National Gallery of Canada. Pluralities 1980, 73–79. 

National Gallery of Canada. Pluralities 1980/Pluralités 1980. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1980. 

Nasgaard, Roald. “10 canadiske kunstnere” [10 Canadian Artists in the 1970s]. Translated by Susanne Grønborg and Knud Holst. Louisiana Revy 21 (November 1980): 4–23.

Tousley, Nancy. “Canadian Painting: Aspects of the 70s.” Review of Aspects of Canadian Painting in the Seventies (exhibition at Glenbow Museum). Vanguard 9 (Summer 1980): 30–37.

Tousley, Nancy. Review of Pluralities 1980/Pluralités 1980 (exhibition at National Gallery of Canada). Artforum 19, 4 (December 1980): 83–84.

Barkley, Alan. “Garry Kennedy at the Art Gallery of Ontario.” Artmagazine 10 (February–March 1979): 41–44.

Kennedy, Garry Neill. “A Fantastic Space.” In Rehoused in History: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Halifax: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1979: 3 (unpaginated).

MacWilliam, David. “Averaging Canadian Painting: Garry Kennedy at the AGO.” Vanguard 8 (February 1979): 11–14.

Art Gallery of Ontario. Garry Neill Kennedy: Recent Work. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1978.

Barkley, Alan. “Garry Kennedy.” Parachute 13 (Winter 1978): 14–17.

Masheck, Joseph. “Hard-Core Painting.” Artforum 16 (April 1978): 46–55.

Purdie, James. “Gallery Reviews.” Review of Garry Neill Kennedy: Recent Work (exhibition at Art Gallery of Ontario). Globe and Mail (23 December 1978): 32.

Cameron, Eric. “Garry Kennedy: Painting Painting Itself.” Artforum 15 (May 1977): 50–51.

Kennedy, Garry Neill. “NSCAD Audio-Visual Department.” In Videoscape: An Exhibition of Video Art. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1974: 22 (unpaginated).

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Balkind, Alvin. “The Triumph of the Egg.” In Bringhurst, Visions, 11–43.

Barlosky, Martin. “Painting Time, Painted Space: Colour As Intimate Grammar in The Four Seasons and A House Divided.” In Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Garry Neill Kennedy, 145–147.

Budney, Jen. “BetweenPaint and the Painted, the Painter.” Translated into German by Barbara Hess. In Gemey Kelly and Kasper König, eds., Garry Neill Kennedy, 94–105. 

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Pearse, Harold. “NSCAD Archive Project: An Historical Perspective.” In Mueller, Wallpapers, 10–20.

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Wark, Jayne. “Conceptual Art in Canada: Capitals, Peripheries, and Capitalism.” In Whitelaw, Foss, and Paikowsky, The Visual Arts in Canada, 331–347.

 

6. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS   

Acadia University, Wolfville, NS

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB

Canada council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON

Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS

Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB

Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB

Museum London, London, ON 

Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS

University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

 

7. PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 

David Askevold and Norma Ready, Halifax, NS

Dr. Martin and Pat Barlosky, Toronto, ON 

Professor Serge Guilbaut, Vancouver, BC

Professor Gemey Kelly, Sackville, NB

Professor Kasper König, Cologne, Germany

Professor Joseph Masheck, NYC, NY

Professors Roald Nasgaard and Lori Walters, Tallahassee, FL

Dr. Yves Michaud, Paris, France

Professors John and Jane Murray, NYC, NY

Professor Walter and Elaine Ostrom, Indian Harbour, NS

Dr. Joel Ray, Toronto, ON

Galerie Brigitte Trotha, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Susan Watterson, Montreal, QC

Lawrence Weiner, NYC, NY 

Professor Dennis Young, Halifax, NS

 

8. VISITING ARTIST / LECTURER       

Vitamin Arts Centre, The Shop, Beijing, China

Professional Art Gallery Association, Vancouver, BC

Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB

JFK Institute, Frei University, Berlin

Wiessensee Art Academy, Berlin

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB

Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB

Museum London, London, ON

Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NFLD

The Nickle Art Museum, Calgary, AB

The Bauhaus, Weimar, Germany

The Max Weber University, Erfurt, Germany

The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB

The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

Department of Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Department of Art, Sheridan College, Mississauga, ON 

Die Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

École National Supérieure des Beaux–Arts, Paris, France

Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, PEI

University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Düsseldorf Academy of Art, Düsseldorf, Germany

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA

Acadia University, Wolfville, NS

Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB

Swain College of Art, New Bedford, MA

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON

Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB

Mendal Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB

University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

University of Western Ontario, London, ON

Art Department, Fanshaw College, London, ON

School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY

New York Institute of Technology, Long Island, NY                

 

9. COMMISSIONS 

2012           

Pattison, G Gallery, Toronto, ON    

2010           

And Still Counting. . . Khyber Building, 1888 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS

2002           

Somalia, painting of exterior of Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON  

1998           

Résumé, silk-screened wallpaper, 15' x 30" (unlimited edition) com. by: the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

1998           

Seizures, silk-screened wallpaper, 15' x 30" (unlimited edition) com. by: Art Metropole, Toronto, ON

1997           

Untitled, silk-screen 15" x 30" (edition, 350) on paper; com. by: Art for Arms Foundation, Montreal, QC

1991           

Executive Suite, suite of nine silk-screens, 35" x 35" (edition, 10) on paper; com. by: New York Institute of Technology, NYC, NY                

 

10. PANEL PARTICIPANT   

2011           

Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS -  A discussion with Suzanne Swannie on “White Canavases,” moderator, Robin Metcalfe

2011           

NSCAD University, Halifax, NS - “Traffic in Halifax: a Symposium on Conceptual Art” with Ian Murray, Charlotte Townsend Gault and Dennis Young 

1995           

Universities Art Association of Canada, Halifax, NS - "Conceptual Art: The NSCAD Connection" 

1993           

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC - "Interdisciplinary Studies in the University"

1980           

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON - "International Symposium on Conservation of Contemporary Art" (panel)

1979           

 Australian Art Schools (Hobart, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane) - a series of presentations on NSCAD, the Press and the Lithography Workshop of NSCAD

1977           

Universities Art Association of Canada, Montreal, QC - "The Material Bases of Painting"

1976           

International Association of University Presidents, Boston, MA - "The Arts in the University"

1974           

Associations of Art Administrators of America, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL - "A Case Study of NSCAD" (guest speaker) 

1973           

College Art Association of America, Detroit, MN - "Programs in Studio" (panel)

1968           

Universities Art Association of Canada, Toronto, ON - "New Programs in the Studio"              

 

11. CONSULTING APPOINTMENTS      

1991           

University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - as an external assessor of the Art School

1987           

School of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA - as an external assessor of the Art Department

1983           

Dean of Arts of the University of Western Ontario, London, ON - as an external assessor of the Visual Arts Department

1982-84      

Task Force on the Visual Arts, Council of Presidents, New England Land Grant Universities - to review and make recommendations on the fine arts programs of the Land Grant Universities

1981           

President of Cooper Union, NYC, NY - to review the programs of the School of Art, The Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture

1978           

Visual Arts Board Committee on Tertiary Art Education, Australia - on the programs and structure of Australian art colleges 

1978           

Premier of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - on the relocation of the Tasmania College of Art to the Hobart waterfront

1977           

New England Association of Post-Secondary Education - a committee to review the accreditation of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, Cambridge, MA

1976           

The Planning Department, City of Boston and the Massachusetts College of Art - on the proposed relocation of the Massachusetts College of Art  

 

12. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS  

2010            

Member, The Canada Council for The Arts jury for the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts

2004            

Member, The Canada Council for the Arts visual arts jury for production/creation grants

2000            

Member, The Canada Council for The Arts Art Bank jury

2000            

Member, The Canada Council for The Arts visual arts jury for the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts

1994            

Member, the jury for the Jean A. Chalmers Award for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON

1991            

Member, the Canada Council visual arts jury for senior grants

1987            

Member, the jury for Halifax Waterfront Development Corporation for the selection of public sculpture

1987-90       

Member, the jury to Visual Arts Nova Scotia for selection of Architectural Commissions Compendium

1987-91       

Founding Member, Council of Presidents, Canadian Colleges of Art and Design 

1986-87       

Member, Advisory Committee to the Mayor of Halifax on arts allocation

1986            

Member, Sir John Thompson Statue Foundation, Halifax, NS

1985-86       

Member, Steering Committee, Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture 

1984-86       

Member, Community Liaison Committee to the new building committee of The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

1984-88       

Chair, committee on the establishment of the University Press of Atlantic Canada

1984            

The Co-ordinator, Studio Sessions, for the 72nd annual meeting of the College Art Association of America, Toronto, ON

1982-86       

Member, Arts Advisory Panel for the National Capital Commission, Ottawa, ON

1978-90       

Founding member, Committee of Executive Heads, Consortium of East Coast Art Schools. (Cooper Union School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Parsons School of Design, Philadelphia College of Art, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Tyler School of Art, Massachusetts College of Art) 

1975-90       

Co-chair, Canada Council Visiting Artist Program Committee, Halifax, NS

1970-90       

Member, The Council of University Presidents, Canadian Association of Universities and Colleges

1967-90       

Member, Executive Council, Atlantic Association of Universities

1967-90       

Member, Nova Scotia Committee of University Presidents         

 

13. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS  

1970-2005   

Professor of Art, NSCAD

1967-90       

President and Vice-Chairman (1967- 85), Board of Governors, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS

1965-67       

Head, Department of Art, Assistant Professor of Art, Northland College, Ashland, WI

 

14. TEACHING 

2013            

Visiting Professor (spring term) Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC

1995            

Visiting Professor (spring term), École National Supérieure des Beaux–Arts, Paris, France

1990            

Visiting Professor (fall term), N.Y. Institute of Technology, NYC, NY

1974-75       

Visiting Professor (winter term, 1974; spring term, 1975), California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts), Los Angeles, CA

1967-2010   

Painting and other media, NSCAD

1967-70       

Art History, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS