Biography

1948

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba

1966-68

University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1968-70

Parsons School of Design, New York

  1970-71

Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver

 



Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 The Mouth and other storage facilities, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
MOUTH:FULL, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
2007 Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
2005 Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
2004 Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
2003 The Power Plant, Toronto
Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
2002 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
2001 Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
2000 Deep Woods, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
Stores, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
  1999

Sleeping Rough, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver

1998 Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
  1996 Messenger, Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto
Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
1994 Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
1993 Liz Magor: Early Works, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
1991 Constructing Cultural Identity: Liz Magor, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
1987 Liz Magor
-Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
-Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
-Musee d'art contemporain, Montreal
1986 -Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1984 The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
Canada House, London, England
1982 The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1981 The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
Alberta College of Art, Calgary
1980 The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
Production/Reproduction, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1979 Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria
1977 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria
 



Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Take Me There (Show Me The Way), Haunch of Venison, New York
Bureau de Change, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
Comic Relief, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
The Tree: from the Sublime to the Social, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Momentum, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
2007 Remaking the Real, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
Burrow, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
Recent Acquistions, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
Cabin in the Snow, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
2006 Borrowings, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Embodied Matter, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
2005 Intertidal - Vancouver Art and Artists, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
CAMP(Sites)
-Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
-Museum London, London
Elements of Nature, La Cité de l’énergie, Shawinigan
2004 Histoires des Amériques, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
Baja to Vancouver
-Wattis Insitute, San Francisco
-Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
-Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
2003 -Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
  2001

Oasis, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
Elusive Paradise, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

  2000 Beaver Tales, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
singularFISSION, Diefenbunker, Carp
Model Homes: Explorations on Alternate Living, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
  1998 Points of View, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
  1997 inSITE, San Diego\Tijuana
Real Fictions: Four Canadian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
  1995 Notion of Conflict: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
From Wunderkammer to Cyberspace, Foto Biennale Enschede, Enschede, The Netherlands
Small Histories, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
  1993 Canada, une nouvelle generation
-FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Getigne-Clisson, France
-Musee des beaux-arts, Dole, France
  1992

Pour la suite du Monde, Musee d'art contemporain, Montreal
More than one Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York

  1991 Between Views and Points of View, Walter Phillips Art Gallery, Banff
Places with a Past: Site Specific Art in Charleston, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina
1990 Meeting Place: Robert Gober, Liz Magor, Juan Muñoz
-Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
-Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary
-Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1989 Canadian Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Camera Lucida, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
Les Cents jours d'art contemporain, Centre international d'art contemporain, Montreal
1987 Toronto: A Play of History(Jeu d'histoire), The Power Plant, Toronto
Active Surplus: The Economy of the Object, The Power Plant, Toronto
Documenta 8, Orangerie, Kassel, Germany
1986 Ten Years Later, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
1985 Aurora Borealis, Centre international d'art contemporain, Montreal
1984 Ian Carr-Harris/Liz Magor, XLI Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1983 1x2: Liz Magor and John McEwen, Glenbow Museum, Calgary
1982 Mise en Scene, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
The 4th Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1981 The Winnipeg Perspective 1981 - Ritual, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
1978 Obsessions, Rituals, Controls, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
1976 West Coast Waves, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
1975 Young Contemporaries '75, London Regional Art Gallery, London
1974 Librations, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria
1973 Pacific Vibrations, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
 

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