Biography

1953

Baltimore, Maryland

1992

Canadian Citizenship

1971-73

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1973-75

B.F.A., Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax

1977-80

M.A. (Philosophy), Dalhousie University, Halifax

 



Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 Scenes for My Affection, Susan Hobbs Gallery,Toronto
2004 Ride, Susan Hobbs Gallery,Toronto
2003 Swoon, Susan Hobbs Gallery,Toronto
Swoon, Art Gallery of Richmond, Richmond, British Columbia
2002 Reverie, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria
  2001 The Newborn, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
1999 Musée regional de Rimouski, Rimouski
JOYJOYSORROW, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
  1998

Resin Heads, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto

  1997 Dummies, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Dummies, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
  1995 Canadian, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
1994 Mary, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary
Baby, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
1993 The Room of 1,000 Paintings, Mercer Union, Toronto
1992 Dead Roads, Galerie Chantal Boulanger, Montreal
1991 The desert left her free to think., Cold City Gallery
1990 Orifaces, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, Cornerbrook
Sandra Meigs - Pas de deux, The Power Plant, Toronto
1989 Love Muscle, Galerie Chantal Boulanger, Montreal
1988 Creative Management, Galerie Chantal Boulanger, Montreal
1987 Get Happy, Stride Gallery, Calgary
1986 The Room of 1,000 Paintings, YYZ, Toronto
1984 The Scab Picker, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1983 Heavens to Betsy, Art Gallery of the University of Lethbridge, Alberta
1982 Semi Wind-up Bout, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1981-82 Purgatorio, A Drinkingbout
-Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax
-The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1980 The Maelstrom
-Annie Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
-112 Workshop, New York
-A Space, Toronto
1978 The Pale Omnipresent Persistence, Franklin Furnace, New York
1977-78 A Dense Fog, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax
1974-75 Dogwatch Works Series (performances), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax
1974 20 Dresses (performance), Majestic Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island
48 Dresses (performance), Canadian Linen Supply Co., Halifax
 



Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Bureau de Change, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
Comic Relief, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
2006 Trip-in: The Ontology of the Imaginative Realm, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
Telling Stories, Secret Lives, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
2005 The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art 1950-2005, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  2002

Identity II, Freedman Gallery, Reading, Pennsylvania
Officina America, Galleria d’Arte Moderne, Bologna, Italy

  2001 To Remain at a Distance, Open Space/ec4 galleries, Victoria
  2000 Boxed, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
  1998 Realities, Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto
Les lieux communs
-Centre International d'art Contemporain, Montreal
  1997 -Musée régional de Rimouski, Rimouski
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary
  1996 Making Strange, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  1992

Le Dessin Rebelle, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
The McIntyre Ranch Project, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge

  1990 Dangerous Goods, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
1987 From Sea to Shining Sea, The Power Plant, Toronto
Written Images, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Trigger, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
1986 Patio Lawn Slope, The Gallery, Scarborough College, Toronto
1985 Toronto Painting ‘84
-Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
-Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
-Glenbow Museum, Calgary
-Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton
-Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor
-The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford
1984 -Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Theatre of the Imagination, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Toronto/Amsterdam, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam
Subjects in Pictures
-49th Parallel, New York
-YYZ, Toronto
Fifth Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1982 Monumenta, Mercer Union, Toronto
 

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