CLARK, Moira
Canadian, born 1950
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Education: York University, Toronto, Ontario; BFA Visual Art, l973
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Flip the Sky, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toroonto
2011 The Ugly Garages, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toronto
2010 Aerial, XEXE Gallery, Toronto – now KWT contemporary
2008 Look Across the City Broken, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toronto
2008 Let the Eye Travel, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2006 Red Ochre and Blue Grey, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2005 A Decade of Painting: 1995 to 2005, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2003 Interior Life: Prints and Paintings by Moira Clark, Preston Gallery/Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
2003 Sonnets, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2002 Sea Change, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2001 Through, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2000 The Mantle Project, Chapters, 110 Bloor St. W., Toronto
1999 Place Setting, Tableau Vivant Gallery, Toronto
1998 Xenia, Red Head Gallery Showcase, Toronto
1993 Recent Paintings, The Rivoli, Toronto
1991 Traces of Juno’s Monument, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario
1991 Recent Work, Temiskaming Gallery, Haileybury, Ontario
1988 Recent Etchings, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1987 Mixed Emotions, Art Gallery of Brampton, Brampton, Ontario
1986 Bahamian Nights, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
1986 Recent Works, Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario
1984 Recent Etchings, Hennepin Gallery, Welland, Ontario
1979 Recent Etchings, Earlscourt Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1976 Paintings and Prints, Sisler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 The C Word, curated by Richard Mongiat, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough
2010 Art School {Dismissed}, curated by Heather Nicol Shaw Street School, Toronto
2009 Bank on Art, curated by Kelly McCray, Edward Day Gallery, ATM at 952 Queen St. W.
2009 sketchPAD, Gladstone Hotel, Nuit Blanche 2009, Toronto
2005-08 Something for Everyone II – V, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2001-08 Shadow Box Show, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
2005 Toronto International Art Fair, XEXE Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
2005 WOOF, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto
2004 Something for Everyone, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2004 TSA Faculty Exhibition, Spoke Club, Toronto
2003 Pulp: Works on Paper, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2001 Tea Party Three, Prime Gallery, Toronto
2001 8th Floor, Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Loop Gallery, Toronto
1999 TSA 30: Faculty Exhibition, York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1997 Dancing with the Leviathan, York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1996 Face: Open Studio 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1995 Encore: The Station Gallery Revisited, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1994 Eve’s Eden: Problems in Paradise, Ernst & Young Gallery Corridor, Toronto
1993 Toronto Impressions, The Market Gallery, Toronto
1993 Chronicles, University of Moncton Art Gallery, Moncton, New Brunswick
1993 A Public Room, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario; Chatham Cultural Centre, Chatham, Ontario; Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
1992 Art Fair, Cold City Gallery, Ontario
1991 A Public Room, Extension Gallery, Toronto; Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario
1991 The China Show/ Open Studio, Shanghai, China
1990 Sixieme Biennale d’Estamps de Sarcelles, Sarcelles, France
1989 Living Impressions, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
1989 Art Fair, Cold City Gallery
1988 Interaction, Tallinn, Estonia
1988 Printed Matter Beyond My Time Frame, Kingston Artists' Association, Ontario; Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario
1988 Product Perfect, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
1987 Henceforth/Forever After: Images in Print from Open Studio, Baden Baden and Lahr, Germany
1987 Recent Prints from Open Studio, Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1987 Contemporary Landscape Perspectives, Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario; Laurentian University Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
1987 Transgressions Figuratives en Terrain Singulier, La Troisieme Gallery, Quebec City
1987 Action: Impression, York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1987 The Permanent Collection: Recent Gifts & Acquisitions, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1986 Burnaby Print Show, Art Gallery of Burnaby, Burnaby, B.C.
1986 Action: Impression, Touring Quebec and Ontario
1986 Open Studio Juried Exhibition, Open Studio Gallery, Ontario
1986 Toronto School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Toronto School of Art, Toronto
1985 Interiors/Exteriors: Contemporary Art from the City's Collection, The Market Gallery, Toronto
1985 Open Studio Artists, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1985 Paperworks 1985, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
1985 Action: Impression, Touring Quebec and Ontario
1985 Group Exhibition, London Regional Gallery, London, Ontario
1984 Works on Paper, Fox & Fowle Architects, New York City, USA
1984 Open Studio Prints, Cedar Ridge Gallery, Scarborough, Ontario
1984 Open Studio Juried Exhibition, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1983 Printmakers Invitational Exhibition, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario
1982 Moira Clark/Brian Kelley, Gallery 44, Toronto
1982 Printmakers ’82, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1982 Printworks, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1982 What is a Print? University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. USA
1982 Book/Sequence Exhibition, Gallery 44, Toronto
1981 First Purchase, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto
1981 Canadian Printmakers, Artworks Gallery, Rochester, N.Y. USA
1981 Five Printmakers, Aggregation Gallery, Toronto
1980 OSA 107/Image ’79, Rodman Hall, St. Catherines, Ontario
1980 Open Studio: Ten Years, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto
1980 Recent Etchings, Earlscourt Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1980 Five Printmakers, Aggregation Gallery, Toronto
1980 2nd Toronto Printmakers Invitational Show, A.C.T. Gallery, Toronto
1979 Open Studio Exhibition, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1979 Inaugural Group Exhibition, Pauline McGibbon Centre, Toronto
1979 Women’s Bookworks – Touring Show, Powerhouse Gallery, Montreal
1979 Toronto Printmakers Invitational Show, A.C.T. Gallery, Toronto
1978 Feast Your Eyes, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1978 Open Studio Artists, Eaton’s Gallery, Toronto
1977 Printmakers Group Show, Sisler Gallery, Toronto
1975 Group Exhibition, Sisler Gallery, Toronto
AWARDS
Residency at the Pouch Cove Foundation, Pouch Cove/St. John's, NF, August 2004
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, 2004
Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance Grant, l987, l988, l991, 2003.
"Printed Matter Beyond My Time Frame", Jurors' Award, l988.
Burnaby Print Show, Purchase Award, l986.
Aviva Art Show, Graphics Prize, l983.
COMMISIONS
1984 CN Hotels. Two editions of etchings.
1988 Lancaster Financial. Edition of etchings commemorating Dofasco-Algoma Merger.
PUBLISHED EDITIONS OF PRINTS
1988 Atelier d’Estamp de Sagamie, Alma, Quebec.
1981-84 Paul M. Conway Editions, Toronto
1981 Open Studio, Toronto.
1978 Three Schools of Art, Toronto.
REVIEWS
Gary Michael Dault, “She likes her house”, The Globe and Mail, page R14, May 31, 2008.
Gary Michael Dault, “Moira Clark at XEXE Gallery”, The Globe and Mail, page R14, June 17, 2006.
Gary Michael Dault, “Artist lets backdrop gets best of her”, The Globe and Mail, page R7, August 27, 2005.
Peter Goddard, “Feminine, abstract humanity”, Toronto Star, page G10, August 25, 2005.
David Jager, “Clark’s sensual geometry”, NOW Magazine, page 124, September 8-14, 2005.
Betty Ann Jordan, “Khang Pham-New and Moira Clark”, Toronto Life, page 124, August 2005.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark at Loop", The Globe and Mail, page R13, June 7, 2003.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark and Shelley Adler at Loop", The Globe and Mail, February 16, 2002.
Lesley McAllister, "Still Lifes Flow", NOW Magazine, page 73, March 15-21, 2001.
John Armstrong, "Tableau Vivant l995 - 2001", C Magazine, page 38, Spring 2001.
Gary Michael Dault, "Inaugural Exhibition at Loop", The Globe and Mail, page R13, March 18, 2000.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark at the Tableau Vivant Gallery", The Globe and Mail, page C15, September l8, l999.
Donna Lypchuk, "Soul's Kitchen", Toronto Life Magazine, pages 113-114, November l997.
Ian McGugan, “Hotel Art: CN becomes patron to Canadian Printmakers”, pg. 79, Canadian Art, Fall 1985.
Kay Kritzwiser, “Ins and outs of Toronto on display”, The Globe and Mail, August 10, 1985.
Judith A. Hoffberg “Workshops in Toronto…”, Printnews Vol. 5 No. 6, page 12, November-December 1983.
Kay Kritzwiser, “Patients turn art critics…”, The Globe and Mail, page 17, March 3, 1982.
Laura Stewart, “Canadian printmakers creations at Artworks”, Sunday Democrat &n Chronicle, Roshester, NY, Nov. 22, 1981.
Lisa Balfour Bowen, “Canadian Prints – an investment in beauty”, Toronto Star, pg. C7, December 27, 1980.
CATALOGUES AND BOOKS
“The C Word”, Richard Mongiat, Richard Rhodes & Shelley Adler; Doris McCarthy Gallery/U of T Scarborough, page 6, 2012.
“Art School {Dismissed}”, Heather Nicol, Ian Carr-Harris & Murray White; Heather Nicol/Lakeview Press, page 35, 2011.
The Donovan Collection, Daniel Donovan, University of St. Michael’s College, 2010
Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting, Clint Roenisch/Jane Urquhart, Magenta Publications, 2008.
Interior Life: Paintings and Prints by Moira Clark, Gordon Hatt, Preston Gallery/Cambridge Gallery, 2003.
Place Setting, John Armstrong, brochure for Tableau Vivant exhibition, September 8 to October 8, l999.
TSA 30: Toronto School of Art 30th Anniversary Faculty Retrospective, catalogue, John Massier/Thomas Hendry, page 14, l999.
Art for Enlightenment: A History of Art in Toronto Schools, Rebecca Sisler, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, pages 208-209, l995
Encore: The Station Gallery Revisited, Linda Paulocik, Whitby Arts Incorporated, pages 10-11, 1995.
Chronicles, Linda Genereux, catalogue for University of Moncton exhibition, pages 1 and 4, l993.
A Public Room, Open Studio 20th Anniversary Catalogue, Liz Wylie, pages 3, 7, l7, l991.
Living Impressions, Contemporary Canadian Graphics, Glen Cummings, Art Gallery of Hamilton, pages 26-27, l989.
Time: Paradigm Shifts, J.C. Heywood, Suzanne Charo & Jan Winton, Compiled by Gerhard Harpe, Quarry Press, 1988.
Open Studio: Ten Years, Theodore Allen Heinrich, 10th Anniversary Catalogue, Open Studio, pages 21, 34, l980.
Newsprints, Vol. 2, No. 6-7, Burnaby Art Gallery, Page 32, Spring-Summer 1986.
Action/Impression Ontario Quebec, Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Printimaking, pages 11-12, 1985.
Interiors/Exteriors: Contemporary Art from the City’s Collection, pages 7, 18-19, 1985.
The New Athens, Hugh Hood, New Canadian Press (book cover), 1985.
Open Studio: Ten Years, Theodore Heinrich, 10th Anniversary Catalogue, Open Studio, pages 21, 34, l980.
Women’s Bookworks, Powerhouse Gallery, catalogue, pg. 6, 1979.
The Canadian Forum, page 7 & 8, 1976.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Hamilton Crown Trust Rogers Cable
Art Gallery of Peterborough Bank of Montreal Standard Bank of Canada
Bow Valley College CIBC Xerox Canada
Burnaby Art Gallery Ernst & Young Toronto Sun Publishing Corp
Canada Council Art Bank Lyndhurst Hospital
McMaster Museum of Art Royal Bank
Castle Museum, Norwich,
England Seneca College
City of Toronto Archives Sun Life of Canada
City of York Board of Education Toronto Dominion Bank
Department of External Affairs Providence Centre, Toronto
Doncaster Museum, England Coutts Hallmark
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant Arthur Anderson & Associates
The Donovan Collectiion Canadian Paraplegic Association
The Station Gallery, Whitby Abitibi Price
University of Saskatchewan Imperial Oil
Atlantic Baptist University Nissan Canada
University of Saskatchewan Mazda Canada
Westfield State College Foundation Norcen Energy Resources
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2000-03 Founding Member of Loop Gallery, Toronto. Co-Chair 2002-3.
1991-97 Board of Directors at Mercer Union, Toronto. President 1993-96.
1982-89 Board of Directors at Open Studio, Toronto. Vice President 1984-89.
1985-89 Board of Directors, Toronto School of Art.
1983-91 Art Gallery of Ontario, “Artists with their Work” Program
COMMITTEES AND JURIES
Guest Artist Committee, Open Studio, Toronto, 1984-1990
Gallery Committee, Open Studio Gallery, 1986-1990
Ontario Arts Council, 1988, Advisor, Special Projects Grants
Visual Arts Ontario, ,Juror, Material Assistance Grants, 1988
Ontario Arts Council, Juror, Creative Artists in Schools Grants, 1990
Ontario Arts Council, Juror, $3000 Visual Arts Grants, 1991
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
1995 One Work Co-curator: John Armstrong Mercer Union, Toronto
1994 What's Required: Natalie Olanick and Richard Storms Mercer Union, Toronto
1989 The Scrap Plate Project Co-curator: Julie Voyce Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
MASTER PRINTING PROJECTS
1990 Fast Würms, Open Studio, 3 editions
1989 The Scrap Plate Project, Open Studio, 24 editions with 24 Toronto artists, Co-produced with Julie Voyce
1988 Oliver Girling, Open Studio, 2 editions
1991 Mercer Gem Collection, Mercer Union, 25 editions
TEACHING POSITIONS
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Applied Learning
2002- on: Art & Art History Program, Professor of Painting.
1995-96: Illustration Program, Printmaking instructor.
1995 Art & Art History Program, Printmaking Instructor
Toronto School of Art, l984 - on. Instructor in Printmaking and Painting.
Avenue Road Arts School, l993 - on. Instructor in Watercolour and Drawing. Adult Arts Group.
Georgian Bay School of the Arts, 2000-2002. Watercolour instructor.
Art Gallery of Ontario, l980 - 2003. Anne Tanenbaum Gallery School, Printmaking instructor.
Open Studio, l978-l990. Etching instructor.
Siena Art School, Siena, Italy, summer program l988-90. Etching instructor.
Three Schools of Art, l978 to l981. Etching instructor.
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