ART EDUCATION

Honour graduate in Drawing and Painting, Ontario College of Art (OCA now OCAD), Toronto, 1945
Special student, Printmaking, OCA, 1960
Process camera technique, colour separation, George Brown College, Toronto, 1971

AWARDS

National Gallery of Canada Purchase Award, 1964
London Spring Show, Pur. Award, 1965
Nicholas Hornyansky Award, CPE, 1967
Northwest Printmakers, Seattle, 1970
Florence, Gold Medal, 2nd Print Biennale, 1970
Santiago, first prize, 4th American Print Biennale, 1970
Graphex II, Brantford, ON, Editions Award, 1975
Heinz Jordan Award, CSGA, 1976
Kenneth Siddal Award, ‘On View’, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, 1976
Norwegian Print Biennale, Honourable Mention, 1976
OSA Purchase Award, Permanent Trust, 1980
Medal of Honour, Frechen, Germany, 1980

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mobile printmaking workshop to Ontario communities under Community Programs, Ontario Department of Education, 1965-75
Set-up printmaking studio and taught etching, Centennial College, 1967-71
Set-up etching studio, and taught at Sheridan College, 1971-74
Taught: Hockley Valley Summer School, 1968; Elliot Lake Summer School, 1970-72; Dundas Valley School of Art, 1970-74; Three Schools, 1969, 1973; University of Toronto, Dept of Fine Art, 1975; Toronto School of Art, 1975, 1977
Guest Curator, with PDCC, ‘Works on Paper from Chile’, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, 1993
Co-Curator, ‘Ellen Adams’, Blyth Festival Art Gallery, Blyth, ON, 1991
Curator, ‘The Print Defined’, Blyth Festival Art Gallery, 1992 (Volunteer BFAG)

LECTURES

‘Canadian Prints’, University of Guelph, and demonstration of photo-etching, 1973
Etobicoke Art Association, 1973
University of Toronto, Dept. of Fine Art, 1973
Dunbarton Secondary School, 1973
Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, 1975
‘Canadian Prints’, Japanese Cultural Centre, 1977
Artists in the Schools Program, Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton, ON, 1978
Panel ‘Photography and Printmaking’, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, 1976
Panel, Ontario College of Art, 1977
Demonstration, talk, Beal Secondary School, London, ON, 1979
Workshop, Ojibway Cultural Centre, West Bay, Manitoulin, 1980
Workshop, North Bay Art Association, 1979
Demonstration, Printmaking Dept., University of Western Ontario, London, ON, 1980
Participated in the opening of the Art Collection of the Canadian Catholic Conference, by Fide Art, Quebec City, 1986
Demonstration, talk, Beal Secondary School, London, ON, 1990
Drawing Course, for Blyth Festival Art Gallery, 1993

PUBLICATIONS

‘Intaglio’, manual on etching for Community Programs Division of Dept. of Education, ON, 1969
Folio, ‘Fences Are Barriers’, 5 etchings, 6”x6”, 1970
Folio, ‘Paradox’, with poems by Jane Beecroft, 7 etchings, 15”x12”, 1976
Sunday Missal, Canadian Catholic Conference, 7 drawings of the Liturgical Seasons, 1976
Northward Journal, article with reproductions, by John Flood, publisher, Penumbra Press, 1983
Cover, Poems ‘Going the Distance’, by Raymond Souster, Oberon Press, 1983
Cover, Poems ‘Tough Roots’, by Jean McCallion, Penumbra Press, 1987
Cover, Poems ‘Narratives’, by Norm Sibum, Oberon Press, 1990

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Past President and Secretary of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, 1965-72
Founding Member of the Print and Drawing Council of Canada (result of merger of CSGA with the Canadian Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers)
On Board pf PDCC to help organize the Canadian-Chilean exhibition, 1990 (opened show in Santiago, 1992, in Toronto, 1993)
Former member Arts and Letters Club
Member CARFAC, CAC, Victoria, BC
Member Royal Canadian Academy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Pollock Gallery, 1965, 1968
Gallery Pascal, 1974, 1977, 1980
University of Waterloo, 1968
Mira Godard Gallery, Montreal, 1976
Mira Godard Gallery, Calgary, 1981
Earlscourt Gallery, Hamilton, ON, 1979
Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto, 1984
Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Quebec, 1990

INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Cardiff, Wales, Canadian Commonwealth Festival, 1966
‘Contemporary Canadian Drawings and Prints’, toured Australia under Extension Dept. of the National Gallery, 1967
Santiago, Chile, 4th American Print Biennale, 1970
Bradford, England, 1968, 1970, 1972
Northwest Printmakers, Seattle, Washington, 1970
Associated American Artists, New York, 1970
International Buchkunst, Austellung, Leipzig, 1971
Pratt Institute, New York, 1971
Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC, 1971
Print Biennale, Llublijana, Yugoslavia, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979
Venice Biennale, Graphics Show, 1972
Biella, Italy, Biennale, 1971, 1973, 1975
Buenos Aires Biennale, 1970, 1972
Florence, Italy, 1970
Krakow, Poland, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978
Basle, Switzerland, 1974
Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, 1974
Brussels, Belgium, 1974
Canada House, 1975
Norwegian Print Biennale, 1976
International Graphic Biennale, Frechen, Germany, 1976, 1978, 1980
Gamlebyen, Norway, 4th Print Biennale, 1978, 1980
Listowel, Ireland, 1978, 1980
Grenchen, Switzerland, International Triennale of Colour Prints, 1978
5th Biennale de Artes Plasticas, Lisbon, 1985

MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN CANADA

National Gallery of Canada, ‘Canadian Prints, Drawings, and Watercolours’, curated by Kathleen Fenwick, 1964
Willistead Gallery, Windsor, ON, 1965
Glenhurst Arts Council, 1968
Burnaby Show, 1967, 1969
Printmaker’s Showcase, National Gallery, Ottawa, 1969, 1974
1640 Gallery, Montreal, 1973
Gallery Pascal, 10th Anniversary Show, 1973
Wells Gallery, Ottawa, 1974
Graphex II, Brantford, ON, 1974
Graphex III, Brantford, ON, 1975
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1974
The Gallery, Stratford, 1974
Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg, 1975
Gairlock Gardens, Oakville, 1975
Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975
Harbourfront, 1975
‘On View’ Visual Arts Ontario, TD Centre, Toronto, 1976
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, 1976
Japanese Cultural Centre, 1977
Blyth Memorial Hall, 1977
15th Anniversary Show, Gallery Pascal, 1978
Wells Gallery, Ottawa, Ed Bartram, 1978
National Gallery of Canada, Print Show, 1978
Ella Sharp Museum, Flint, Michigan, 1978
Thomas Gallery Winnipeg, three person, with Ed Bartram, and George Hawken, 1978
ACT, Chasse Galeri, Toronto, 1979
Royal Canadian Academy, 1980
Thomas Gallery, two person, with Kay Murray-Weber, 1981
Bronx Museum, Canadian Printmakers, 1981
Art Gallery of Ontario, 5 Printmakers, 1981
Canadian Perspective, ‘Images from Sea to Sea’, Edmonton, AB, 1983
‘7 Points of View,’ (paintings), Etobicoke Civic Centre, 1985; The John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, 1986; The Alice Peck Gallery, Burlington, ON, 1987; The University of Waterloo, 1988
Thomas Gallery, 3 person, with Ed Bartram and Harlan House, 1987
Blyth Festival Gallery, 2 person with Ron Walker, (paintings), 1988
‘Faces of Huron’, Huron County Pioneer Museum, Goderich, ON, 1992
Huron Society of Artists, Show, Blyth Festival Gallery, 1992; Studio Tour, 1992; HSO, Show, Bayfield, ON, 1993; Studio Tour, 1993, 1994; Storefront Show, Blyth Apothecary, Blyth, ON, 1995, with Leda McAllister
‘Impressions 97’, The Gallery, Stratford, ON, 1997
RCA West, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1999
Two person with Oleg Minin, Gallery 1248, Victoria, 1999
In annual juried Sooke Fine Arts Show, 2001, 2003

PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS

National Gallery of Canada
Montreal Museum of Fine Art
Art Gallery of Windsor
Canada Council Art Bank
London Library and Art Museum
Department of External Affairs, University of Waterloo
University of Guelph
Canadian Institute for Studies in Education
Rodman Hall, University of Calgary
Sudbury Board of Education
Humber College, Toronto
Lambton College, Sarnia, ON
National Library of Canada
Ross Memorial Library, Lindsay
University of Victoria
Ridley College
Mohawk College
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
Ontario Department of Culture and Recreation
Canadian Catholic Conference
McMaster University
The Gallery, Stratford
Toronto Dominion Bank
Steinbergs
Ciba-Geigy, Canada
and many other corporate collections