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ALLGOEWER, Michael
ALLGOEWER, Michael

ALLGOEWER, Michael

Canadian, born 1954
BiographySELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 McMaster Museum of Art “1514” Hamilton, Ontario
2017 b Contemporary, “UNTITLED” Hamilton, Ontario
2015 b Contemporary, “TERRAIN VAGUE” Hamilton, Ontario
2012 b Contemporary, “GHOSTS” Hamilton, Ontario
2011 b Contemporary, “ARCHITECTURE” Hamilton, Ontario
2010 Transit Gallery, “ICONIC”, Hamilton, Ontario
2009 Hamilton Artists Inc, “EMPIRE” [member’s space exhibition]
2008 Transit Gallery, “PHASES, MARKERS, TANGENTS”, Hamilton, Ontario
2006 Transit Gallery, “CONTINGENT”, Hamilton, Ontario
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, “ISLANDS”, Grimsby, Ontario
2004 Transit Gallery, “AVATARS & ALLUSIONS “Hamilton, Ontario
2003 Transit Gallery, “VIGILANCE “, Hamilton, Ontario
1999 Glenhyrst Art Gallery, “SUSPENDED ENCOUNTER”, Brantford, Ontario
Glenhyrst Art Gallery, “HEARTWOOD”-outdoor installation, Brantford, Ontario
1998 Art Gallery of Hamilton, “THRINOS”, Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, “TRESPASS”, site-specific installations, Hamilton, Ontario
1996 Grant Gallery, “HISTORIA”, Hamilton, Ontario
1995 The Library, Preston Branch, “UNCERTAIN SIGNS”, Cambridge, Ontario
1994 Earl’s Court Gallery, “SMALL ABSTRACTIONS”, Hamilton, Ontario
Carnegie Gallery, “UNFINISHED JOURNEYS”, Dundas, Ontario

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012 Ice Follies 2012, “STRIKE” North Bay, Ontario
2011 Kunstmuseum Muhlheim/Ruhr, “Epikur Hotel” Germany
Renann Isaacs Gallery, “SEEING RED” Guelph, Ontario2011
b Contemporary, “Scape” Hamilton, Ontario
2009 Transit Gallery, “4 PAINTERS”, Hamilton, Ontario
2007 McMaster Museum of Art, “UNKOWN SPACES”, Hamilton, Ontario
2006 Transit Gallery, “START ‘06>”, Hamilton, Ontario
2005 Transit Gallery, “MASS TRANSIT”, Hamilton, Ontario
2004 Art Gallery of Hamilton, “FUTURE CITIES” DIDACTIC MUSEUM, Hamilton
2002 Art Gallery of Hamilton, “REVERENCE’’ – site-specific installation
Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton, Ontario
2001 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, “TRACES OF COLOUR”–site-specific outdoor installations Kleinburg, Ontario
2000 Zone 6B: Art In The Environment, “site-specific outdoor installations”
Exile on James Street, Hamilton, Ontario
1999 Grimsby Public Art Gallery, “OSMOSIS” - collective, Grimsby, Ontario
Gallery on the Bay, “QUATERNITY”, Hamilton, Ontario
Burlington Art Centre, “ALMOST/FUNCTIONAL”, Burlington, Ontario
1998 Carnegie Gallery, “THE UNITED STATE OF ASSEMBLAGE”, Dundas, Ontario
1997 McMaster Museum of Art, “BY OSMOSIS”, Hamilton, Ontario
Forest City Gallery, “GAUGE”, London, Ontario
Niagara Artists Company, “SUB-MYTH”, St. Catherines, Ontario
The Observatory, “FATHER…SON”, Hamilton, Ontario
1996 The Art Gallery of Hamilton, “DEFINING THE SITE: ARTIST’S BENCH PROJECT” Hamilton, Ontario
1995 Service Hardware Gallery, “IN ESSENCE”, Guelph, Ontario
1994 The Hamilton Artists Inc., “SUBCONCIOUS MYTHOLOGIES”, Hamilton, Ontario

RESIDENCIES:
2001 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario

AWARDS:
2000 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Grant [$3000]
1993 – 2002 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grants

MEMBERSHIPS:
Hamilton Artists Inc. Artist member, President:
Board of Directors 1994-96, 2003-2007
Jury member OCA jury for grant allocations -1998
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford
Juror, annual juried show, 2000

COLLECTIONS: Private collections in Canada, USA & Germany

ONGOING PROJECTS: DIDACTIC MUSEUM collaboration with Maggie Martineau

EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
2007 McMaster Museum of Art, Carol Podedworny, “UNKNOWN SPACES”
2004 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Insights-Future Cities Edition
2003 Hamilton Artists Inc., I. Jurakic and S. Madill, “ZONE 6B: Art in the Environment”
2000 Exile on James Street, Shirley Madill and Craig Wells.
1999 Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Shirley Madill “OSMOSIS: shapeshifting"
Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Dianne Bos “HEARTWOOD”
Burlington Art Centre, Dawn White Beatty “ALMOST FUNCTIONAL”
1998 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Christopher Jackson “THRINOS”
1997 McMaster Museum of Art, Kim Ness “BY OSMOSIS”
1995 Hamilton Artists Inc., V. Jane Gordon “DEFINING THE SITE”

Photo: Jeff Tessier
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