In my role as a Curator, I am motivated by the philosophy that artists create the lattice on which social cultures can grow and thrive. Their forms of expression are the first ‘languages’ that externalize, describe and define cultural identities which are created by and communicated through medium, technique and intent. This they all have in common.
Regardless of the varied methods they use to create ‘art’, they all seek to express their truth, and by so doing, touch on Human Truth. In exhibiting their work, I honour and support their effort.
INDEPENDENT ARTIST-CURATOR PROJECTS
2017 – L’Art chez soi exposition 2/ Art at Home Exhibition 2 – Fairview Edition, April 8 to 28
Installation of 16 invited artists’ works in a vacated store (formerly American Apparel) at the Fairview Mall, Pointe Claire, Que.
2015 – English Language Arts Network (ELAN) Arts Alive Exhibition: West Island Artists at John Abbott College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que. collaboration with Galerie de la Ville/Centre des arts de Dollard
2002 – Guest Curator, Gillian Wallis Johnston Master’s Thesis Exhibition, Galerie Gora, Montreal, Que.
1997 – Guest Curator: Interchange 97, McClure Gallery, Visual Arts Center, Montreal, Que.
1983 – Co-Creator and curator to 1985, The Little Gallery, later known as The Other Gallery, The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alta
DIRECTOR/CURATOR AND/OR ARTIST-CURATOR IN THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR
1994 – Curator, interim position to 1996, the McClure Gallery, the Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, Que.
1988 – Director/Curator to 2020, Galerie de la Ville, Dollard Centre for the Arts, D.D.O., Que.
AS DIRECTOR-CURATOR AND PARTICIPATING ARTIST:
Thematic Special Event and In-Gallery Creation Project Exhibitions – invitational
I challenge invited artists to join me in create individual works responding to a shared thematic, many in gallery-as-studio; Brochures available. (Total artists including me)
1998 – Improvisations 1998 (13 artists)
2001 – Improvisations 2001 (5 artists)
2008 – Flights of Fancy: The Imaginary Canadian Stamp Collection (13 artists)
2010 – 10×10 Challenge (13 photographers, (7 artists)
2012 – The Playroom (12 artists)
2013 – The Elephant in the Room (10 artists)
2015 – So Says (16 artists)
2017 – Lattices and Interstices (73 artists)
2019 – The Doll House (26 artists)
AS DIRECTOR/CURATOR
Examples of thematic group exhibitions 1 – invitational
1992 – Dollard Centre for the Arts Adult Course Teachers – alternate years to 2018
1992 – Past and Future (19) – Galerie de la Ville Solo Artists
1998 – Clay in Common (22) – Canada-Czech Republic Exchanges Artists
1999 – Missives to the 21st (26) – Galerie de la Ville Solo Artists
2002 – Those who Can (19) – Concordia University Art Education Masters Students
2008 – Art at Home 1 – Galerie de la Ville at Mobilia (36) – Galerie de la Ville Solo Artists
2016 – Nobody Was Interested, Nobody Asked (7) – Artists children of Holocaust survivors
2018 – Le Cercle 9: Le Temps dérape (7) – a group of off-Island artists
Examples of thematic group exhibitions 2 – calls for entry for selection
1990 – Stratum Strategies (20) – games, conflicts, slights of hand
1992 – The World in their Hands (28) – small format works
1993 – Botanica (47) – works about nature
1994 – Discoveries (10) – clay works: unusual forms
1984 – Dualities (12) – clay works: opposites
1995 – Undercurrents (22) – hidden emotions, conflicts, agendas
1996 – Metamorphosis (24) – transformations
1997 – The Other Face (15) – self-portraits expressing usually suppressed emotions
2000 – Colourful Points (9) – colour pencil works
2002 – Old Stories, New Takes (16) – reimagining familiar images
2003 – Outposts (10) – clay works with architectural references
2004 – Structural Integrity (32) – when the foundation is compromised
2007 – Mind Games (23) – things that are not what they seem
2009 – Filling Space (19) – homage to a person of great influence
2011 – Getting to Know You (10) – drawings from the live model
2016 – Irresistible Forces (13) – natural or unnatural phenomena
2018 – Inside Out (22) – diptych: ‘how you see yourself, how you think others sees you”
Examples of thematic exhibitions with artists invited as co-curators
1996 – As We Are part 2 (14) call-for-entry; co-curator Sarah Singer
1995 – As We Are Part 1 (14) call-for-entry; co-curator Sarah Singer
2015 – Through the Artist’s Eye (8) – call-for-entry; co-curator Beverly Wight
2016 – Repeat Offenders: Monica Brinkman, Tina Struthers (2) co-curator; Diane Collet
Examples of community-based group exhibitions
1990 – Adult Students of the Dollard Centre for the Arts – yearly to 2020
1992 – Artists Association of Dollard members – yearly to 2019
2009 – Dollard Seniors Club Painting Group members – alternate years 2017
2017 – Child and Teen Students of the Dollard Centre for the Arts – yearly to 2019
Examples of solo, duo or trio exhibitions up to 7 per year
Gallery located in Dollard des Ormeaux Town Hall lobby
1989 – David Dorrance, Penny Kokkinos;
1990 – Jim Benson
1991 – Michel Landry, Ming Ma
Gallery in Dedicated location in Cultural Centre Building
1992 – Anne Hughes + Andrea Helfield, Lois Siegel, Marc Vais + Susan Fowler
1993 – Joan Fucillo + Michele Héon, Valerie Kolakis, Muli Tang, Helga Schleeh
1994 – Evelyn Dufour, Ayako Shibata + Renée Mizgala + Alex Strychalski
1995 – Victoria Wonnacott, Anne Marie Laurin, Oktay + Cahit Ergenkon
1996 – Tobie Steinhouse, Victoria Block, Susan Coolen + Gail Paslawski
1997 – Pierre Giroux, Eva + Milan Lapka, Shirley Katz, Mitsuru Cope, Mieke Cullen
1998 – Mark Lague, Susan Lowbeer, Myrna Brooks Bercovitch
1999 – Sarah Valerie Gersovitz, Denis Forcier, Kay Aubanel + Francis J. Kaprani + Scott MacLeod
2000 – Virginia McClure, Dorothy Grostern, Hiroko Okata, Cathy Mullen, Diane Collet
2001 – Hannah Franklin, Guy Lafontaine, Aino Lutter, Rolf Harder, Doris May
2002 – Steve Bloomer, Patrick Bureau, Katheryn Gabinet-Kroo, Viviane White
2003 – Konstantin Velitchkov, Sybil Israelian, Anita Shapiro, Ok Gee Kim, Solange Villeneuve
2004 – Eva Ferenczy Reichmann, Tehzib Morad, Scott Addis, Bettina Forget
2005 – Patrycja Walton, Lyne Bastien + Susan Fowler, Isabelle Guillard, Lynton Martin
2006 – Ingeborg Jorgensen Hiscox, Allen Hessler, Maureen Rodrigues Labreche,
2007 – Alain Salesse, Leiba Rustin, Ginny Cope, Lena Tahtinen Wallis + Gillian Wallis Johnston
2008 – Nada Hamaoui Kyriakos, Peter Law, Milena Scala, Melanie Matthews, Susan Fowler
2009 – Shirley Katz, Richard Stoller, Pat Morris, Ihor Todoruk, Freeman Paterson
2010 – Diane St-Georges, Branka Marinkovic, Kay Aubanel, Joseph Dunlap, Scott MacLeod,
2011 – Janice Politick Donato, Tony de Melo, Deirdre McCay, Aino Lutter, Claire Venne,
2012 – Jacinta Ionno, James Bentley, Gordon Pym, Pelin Yazar Canez, Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo
2013 – Diane Collet, Holly Friesen, Alain Salesse, Manjit singh Chatrik, Diane Collet
2014 – Roxanne Dyer, Ian Shatilla, Amneris Fernandez, Ingrid Black, Georgia Priniotakis,
2015 – John Drew Munro + Pierre Racine, Susanne Strater, Christine Cousineau,
2016 – Genevieve Sideleau, Arianna Garcia-Fialdini, Barbara Hutchison, Beverley Wight,
2017 – Peter McCabe, Tina Struthers, Lisa Kimberly Glickman, Rita Briansky + Deena Dlusy-Apel
2018 – Paul Rosenbaum, Monica Brinkman, Linda Beck Sidel
2019 – Jacinta Ionno, Sebastien Borduas, Demetrios Papakostas
2020 – Ann McCall; Gallery closed due to renovation of the parent complex and Covid 19 in March
