Bio
Nationality:
- Born 1953, Montreal
- Maintains Canadian & Irish citizenships
Represented By:
- Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto & Vancouver
- Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- Rebecca Hossack Galleries, London, UK
- Foster White Galleries, Seattle
- Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
- Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON
- Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Solo Exhibitions:
60+ solo exhibitions from 1979 - 2011 !
- 2013, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal (June 29)
- 2013, Bau-Xi Galleries, Toronto (Feb. 9)
- 2012, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
- 2012, Gallerie DeBellefeille, Montreal
- 2011, McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2011, Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
- 2010, Bau-Xi Galleries, Toronto
- 2010, Gallerie DeBellefeille, Montreal
- 2010, Tanner Hill Galleries, Atlanta, GA
- 2010, McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2009, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
- 2009, Foster White Galleries, Seattle
- 2009, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
- 2008, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2008, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
- 2008, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
- 2007,Gallery 225, Santa Fe, NM
- 2007,Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2006, Foster White Galleries, Seattle, WA
- 2006, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
- 2006, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2005, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton
- 2005, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
- 2005, Gail harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2004, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2004, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
- 2003, Michael Gibson Gallery, London
- 2003, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton
- 2003, Bau Xi, Vancouver
- 2003, Gail Harvey, Los Angeles
- 2002, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
- 2002, Gail Harvey, Los Angeles
- 2001, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
- 2001, Gail Harvey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2000, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
- 1999, Gail Harvey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1999, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
- 1998,97,95,94,93,92,91,90,89,88, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
- 1996, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 1996, Art Gallery of Newfoundland & Labrador, St. John's, NFLD
- 1996, Gotlands Konstmuseum, Sweden
- 1995, University of Toronto, Justina Barnicke Gallery
- 1994, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1991, University of Waterloo Art Gallery
- 1981, Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal
- 1981, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, ON
- 1981, Gallery Brant, Oakville, ON
- 1979,80,81,82,83,84,85,86, Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions:
- 2013, ART 13 LONDON, UK, Rebecca Hossack Galleries booth.
- 2013, AAF, Affrordable Art Fairs, UK & USA, Rebecca Hossack Galleries booth.
- 2013, artMRKT 2013, San Francisco, CA, Tanner Hill Gallery booth.
- 2012, Found in Translation: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, McLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON, curated by Jennifer Withrow.
- 2012, Toronto International Art Fair, (Bau-Xi Booth & Gallerie de Bellefeuille Booth)
- 2011, Dallas Art Fair, TX (Tanner Hill Galleries Booth)
- 2011, Robert Marchessault - featured artist Nov-Dec, Tanner Hill Galleries, Chattanooga, TN
- 2011, Houston Art Fair, TX (Tanner Hill Galleries Booth)
- 2011, Art Chicago, (Tanner Hill Galleries Booth)
- 2011, Stewart Galleries, Boise, ID
- 2011, Tanner Hill Galleries, Chattanooga, TN
- 2011, Visons from the East, Cumberland Galleries, Nashville, TN
- 2010, Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Bau-Xi Galleries & De Bellefeuille Booths)
- 2010, Unite with Art, Maynard's Auction House, Vancouver, BC
- 2009, Arboreal, Durham Public Art Gallery, Durham, ON
- 2009, Art With Heart, Casey House, Toronto
- 2009, Nature, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2008, Big Canvas, Wallace Galleries, Calgary Alberta
- 2008, Art with Heart, Casey House, Toronto
- 2007, Art 2007, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2007, Art With Heart, Casey House, Toronto
- 2007, The Art of Nature, (in conjunction with the Green Living Show) Ap. 27-29, Exhibition Place, Toronto
- 2007, Josef Bernhard & Robert Marchessault, 2 Person Show, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2006,, Art 2006, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2006, Toronto International Art Fair
- 2005, Re-presenting Representation VII, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
- 2005, Art Chicago 2005, Chicago, IL
- 2005, Art 2005, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2004, Art 2004, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
- 2004, Toronto International Art Fair
- 2003, Toronto International Art Fair
- 2003, PASTA Group Exhibition, Palm Springs CA, Merrill Lynch Buiulding.
- 2003, The Artist Voice in Landscape - Group Show at McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM,
Else Chapman, Donna Clair, Joyce Dant, Linda Glover Gooch, Peter Hagen, Robert Marchessault
- 2002, Toronto International Art Fair
- 2001, Social Consciousness in Canadian Art, J.M. Barnicke Art Gallery , U of Toronto
- 2001, Inspiration From A Desert: Three Painters In The Mojave, Jane Culp * Robert Marchessault * Terry Millikan
Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA Sept 1 - Nov 11
- 2001, A Room With A View, Michael Gibson, London, ON
- 2001, Toronto International Art Fair
- 2000, Faculty Exhibition - Georgian College, Helen and Arch Brown Centre for the Arts,
- 2000, 2000 Bugs, Bau Xi allery, Toronto
- 1998, Faculty Exhibition - Georgian College, Helen and Arch Brown Centre for the Arts,
- 1998, Working Drawings, Finished Works, Bau Xi Gallery Toronto
- 1997, Georgian College Design & Visual Arts Faculty Exhibit, McLaren Art Centre
- 1997, Lumieres de Paris, Toronto
- 1996, Destinations, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
- 1996, Oh! Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
- 1995, Contemporary Landscapes, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery
- 1995, Hawksbridge & Marchessault, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery
- 1993, Kanada - Gotland '93, Gotland's Konstmuseum, Sweden
- 1993, Landscape Painters, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
- 1992, Facutly Exhibition, Georgian College School of Design & Visual Arts, Owen Sound & Barrie, ON
- 1992, Two Escarpments, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON & FGK Gallery & Gotland's Konstmuseum Sweden
- 1992, Canadian Artists At Brucebo, Gotland's Konstmuseum
- 1991, Political Landscapes No. 2, Sacred & Secular Sites, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery & The Ojibway Cultural Centre at Manitoulin Island
- 1991, Red, White and Black, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
- 1991, Urban Refugees, The John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto & The Durham Art Gallery, Durham ON.
- 1990, Artists And The Environment, A.G.O. Rental Gallery
- 1990, ViewPoints, MacDonald Stewart Gallery, Guelph, ON
- 1990, Notes From Eden, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
- 1989, Political Landscapes, No. 1, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery & The Royal Canadian Academy, Toronto
- 1988, Landscapes On Paper, Gadasty Gallery, Toronto
- 1987, Flowers, Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto
- 1986, Hagan, Hartman, Cullen & Marchessault, Gadasty Gallery
- 1984, 83, Faculty Exhibitions, Georgian College, Barrie
- 1982, Faculty Exhibition, Sherdian College, Oakville, ON
- 1982, Group Of Painters, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON
- 1982, Group Painting Show, Robert McLauglin Art Gallery, Oshawa, ON
- 1979, Cullen & Marchessault, Gairloch Gallery, Oakville, ON
- 1978, 79, Juried Group Exhibition, Burlington Cultural Centre
- 1978, CONSTAT, Musè du Quèbec, Ville de Quèbec
- 1978, Four Person Exhibition, Concordia University Art Gallery
Selected Collections:
- Canada Council, Art Bank
- Hart House, University of Toronto
- University of Montreal
- CBC Toronto
- Mclaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
- The Irving Collection, Halifax
- Bank of Montreal
- RBC Dominion Securities
- Urbancon
- Brian Gluckstein Design, Toronto
- Child Development Institute
- Xerox Canada
- Gluckstein Design Planning (Toronto)
- McLean Budden Ltd.
- Olympic Design
- Frazer Miller Casgrai
- Lannick Associates
- Logix Solutions
- Royal Bank
- The Financial Post
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- McLean Hunter
- Minto Group Inc.
- Imperial Oil
- London Drugs
- Nissan Canada
- B&R Club of Toronto
- Deloite Haskins & Sels
- Fraser, Milner, Casgrain - Ottawa
- Big Street Films - Los Angeles
- Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
- Ernst & Young
- Superior Propane
- Hewlett Packard
- Brucebo Foundation, Sweden
- Dept. of Foreign Affairs
- Bell Canada
- Whistler Resorts
- Barometer Capital Management
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Random Access Multimedia
- Trimark Funds Inc.
- Random Access Multimedia - Toronto
- Ascona Management Inc.
- Esso Resources
- Hudson's Bay Co.
- Atari
- Sun Life
- Lee Co.
- Canada Packers
- Granit Club, Toronto
- Ontario Medical Association
- General Electric, Canada
- MDS Laboratories
- Dean Witter, New York
- Ward Beck
- Hotel Inter-Continental
- Marathon Realty Co. Ltd.
- OMERS
- Attoney General, WA State
- Descon
- Rothchilds
- 20th Century Fox
- Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
- Templeton Management
- Gerling Global Life Ins. Co.
- Windrush Corp.
- LYV Steel, Cleveland
- Canada Life Assurance Co.
- Toyota Canada
- MacLean Forstrom & Jackson
- Polygon
- TransAlta
- Catalysis Group
- Adalstein Brown
- TRCF Productions
- Lee, Bukrhart & Liu Architects, Santa Monica, CA
- Big Firm II Productions Ltd
- The Summit Maritime Corporation of Montreal
- RBC Financial Group
- Integrated Captial, Los Angles, CA
Grants & Scholarships:
- 2000, Canada Council, Travel Grant
- 1999, Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Individual $5K Grant
- 1999, Artist in residence - Joshua Tree Ntl. Park, CA
- 1997, Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
- 1995. Ontario Arts Council $5000 Visual Arts Grant
- 1995, Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
- 1994, Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
- 1993, Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
- 1993, Swedish Institute, Exhibition Assistance Grant with Åsa Kedja Ardin
- 1992, Brucebo Foundation, Sweden, Exhibition Funding
- 1990, Canadian Scandinavian Foundation, Brucebo Scholarship
- 1981, 87, 90, Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance Grants
- 1978, Elizabeth T. Greenshields, Painting Grant
Education:
- M.A. 1997, OISE, University of Toronto
- B.F.A. 1978, Concordia University, Montreal
- Visual Arts Diploma, 1975, Dawson College, Montreal
Publications & Press:
- 2012, Galleries West Magazine, Spring 2012 Issue, pg. 52, A Passion For Trees, By Janet Nichols.
- 2012, Creative Wonder: International Art Blog, Judy Felker, http://jfelker.blogspot.com/ available June 11
- 2011, Tree Time, by Ann Corr, available Feb. 19, 2013 at http://amonikabyanyuvva.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/tree-time/
- 2011, Globe & Mail, Focus Section, Aug. 13, (Marchessault's art is described on pg. 3), Into the woods: The enduring power of trees, By Sarah Hampson.
- 2011, Unite With Art, Catalogue for www.uiniteforchildren.ca, Robert Marchessault, page 33.
- 2010, My World: A Visit With Kent Lovelace. By Bonnie Gangelhoff, Southwest Art Magazine, April 2010, pg. 65 (in reference to artists admired by Lovelace).
- 2009, Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Studio and Plein Air Practice. By Mitchell Albala, Watson Guptill / Random House, 196 pages, ISBN 978-8230-3220-4
- 2008, Harvest of Light, Robert Marchessault: Paintings 2007-2008, Bau-Xi Galleries, Foster/White Galleries, 80 pages, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9811517-0-0
- 2008, Unite With Art, Catalogue for www.uiniteforchildren.ca, Robert Marchessault, page 55.
- 2008, Hozho, Marchessault Solo Exhibition Catalogue, Published by Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal. ISBN 978-2-922173-84-0
- 2006, Luminoso, Marchessault Solo Exhibition Catalogue, Published by Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal. ISBN 2-922173-49-6
- 2006, Canadian House & Home Magazine, May 2006, pgs. 92-94, Artist File: Ontario Painter Robert Marchessault's Stark, Seductive Landscapes, by Betty Anne Jordan.
- 2005, Art With Heart, Auction Catalogue, pg. 75. Casey House Foundation, Toronto.
- 2005, Edmonton Journal, May 27, 2005, What's On section, Old Trees may be steeped in symbolism, but they exist only in artist's imagination, by Gilbert A. Bouchard.
- 2004, Robert Marchessault - New Paintings, Exhibition Catalogue, Published by Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal. ISBN 2-922173-26-7
- 2003, Ephemeros, Paintings by Robert Marchessault, 16 pages, colour.
- 2003, Edmonton Journal, July 18, 2003, page E6, The Visual Arts, Marchessault lets viewer fill in details, by Gilbert A. Bouchard
- 2003, Elizabeth Greenshields Grantees News, Volume 8, Issue 2, Oct. 9, 2003, pg.4 & 8.
- 2003, Scene Magazine, April 17, 2003, pg. 24, Stillness prevails at Michael Gibson Gallery, by Tess Parkinson
- 2002, Social Consciousness in Canadian Art, 2002, Milena Placentile, Assistant Curator Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto, available online Dec. 14, 2006 www.shintai-z.com/statements/scCS.pdf
- 2002, Focus Santa Fe (magazine), Aug/Sept 2002, The Arts: A Skyward Gaze, pgs. 44-47, by Gusie Fontleroy (illustrated article about the work of Robert Marchessault)
- 2001, Desert Sun (Palm Springs), August 29, 2001 - Section: Desert Today, Painting With PASTA, Adam Graham
- 2001, International Artist, Dec/Jan 2001, issue 16, pg.120, Master Painters of the World, Canada Showcase, Jeane Duffy.
- 2001, Brentwood (Magazine) (California), Feb., 2001, What's Hanging - pg 87. "Robert Marchessault - Visions From The Fast Lane"
- 2000, Toronto Star, Jan. 6, p. G5, "Gallery exposes 2000 bugs".
- 2000, Globe & Mail, Jan. 8'00, p. R10, "Gallery Going - 2000 Bugs at the Bau-Xi", Gary Michael Dault
- 2000, Public, No. 18, ISSN 0845-4450 published by Public Access, University of Toronto
- 1999, London Free Press, April 18, 1999, Sec. D, pg. 1, Lost in Landscapes, by Sandra Coulson.
- 1998, Now Magazine, August 7, 1998, Working drawings produce finished works, by Deirdre Hanna.
- 1997, The Illusion of Silence, by Brian Meeham, for a solo exhibition at Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto.
- 1995, Configurations, by Rhona Wenger, exhibitions currator, published by Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery.
- 1995, Art Bulletin, Feb/Mar '95, No. 61 Vol.12, ISSN 0790-5858, pg.26
- 1993, Gotlands Allenda, Sept. 18, '93, Kultur, pg. 10, "Dandka keramiker, kanadensiska målare och ryska fotografer" by Helene Körner.
- 1993, Toronto Star, May 13, 1993, "What's On", pg. W08, reproduction of painting "Duckweed & Beaverpond".
- 1992, Kanadensiskt, Brucebo Stipendiater från Kanada 1972-92 by Hanne Ödin, published by Gotland's Konstmuseum, Sweden
- 1992, Gotlands Tidningar, Sept. 23, '92, Kultur, pg. 12, "Klintar - i Kanada och på Gotland" by Stina L. Nilsson.
- 1992, Two Escarpments, by R. Marchessault, published by The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
- 1992, Sun Times, (Owen Sound) Sept. 12, '92, "Exhibition Combines Two Worlds" by Mary Baxter.
- 1992, Gotlands Tidningar, Aug. 1, '92, "Ett nöte som fortsätter att bära frukt".
- Gotlands Allehanda, Aug. 1, '92, Kultur, pg. 11, "Brucebo stipendiat 20 - årsjubilerar".
- A History Of Interventions, monograph by Stephen Hogbin,pg. 17, 1991, The Ginger Press ISBN 0-921773-14-5
- 1991, Political Landscapes No. 2, Sacred And Secular Sites by Stephen Hogbin & Blake Debassige, published by The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery ISBN 0-9290021-10-X
- 1991, The Globe & Mail, April 12, '91, Arts Section, "Art About", by Kate Taylor.
- 1991, Red White & Black, by R. Marchessault, published by the Tom Tomson Memorial Art Gallery ISBN 0-92902-09-6
- 1991, Sun Times, (Owen Sound), Feb. 2, '91, "Video Art Offers Link", by Jim Algie.
- 1991, Imprint Magazine, Jan. 11, '91, "Visions and Inventions", by Shanon Reynolds.
- 1990, Notes From Eden, by Janice Andreae, published by The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery ISBN 0-929021-06-1
- 1991, The Durham Chronicle, (Durham), May 8, '91, pg. A3, "Works Represent Diverse Origins Of Artists" by James Gillespie.
- 1991, Sun Times, (Owen Sound), Feb. 2, '91, "Artist Expresses Language Of The Land" by Jim Algie
- 1991, London Magazine, Oct. '91, pg. 86, Gallery Section, "Robert Marchessault , Back Road"
- 1990, Art Gallery Exhibitions Catalogue, University of Waterloo
- 1990, Now Magazine,(Toronto), June 7, '90, pg. 142, Arts Section,"Winds Of Change" by Deirdre Hanna
- 1990, Sun Times, June 7, '90, "Chatsworth Artist..." by Jim Algie.
- 1990, Sun Times, April 20, '90, "Exhibition Touches On Contemporary Life" by Jim Algie.
- 1989, Political Landscapes No. 1, by Stephen Hogbin, published by The Saugeen Press ISBN 0-929021-45-5
- 1981, Robert Marchessault, Landscapes 1978 - 1981, by Allen Elder, published by the Burlington Cultural Centre
- 1979, Concordia University Magazine, Sept. '79, "Toronto's Easle Belt" by Eric Johnson
Juries
- 2000, Annual Juried Open Competion - Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Ontario
- 1999, Fine Arts Scholarship Exhibition, Georgian College & McLaren Art Centre
- 1995, Fine Arts Scholarship Show, Georgian College
- 1989, Chi Cheemaun Exhibition, Owen Sound