KELLY MARK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Gallerie Sans Nom. Moncton, New Brunswick TBA
2005 Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Drawn
YYZ Artists Outlet. Toronto, Ontario Horror/Suspense/Romance/Porn/Kung-Fu
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Glow House #3
2004 Union Gallery Queens University. Kingston, Ontario Public Order
AKA Artist Space. Saskatoon, SKAssorted Public Performances
Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia Kelly Mark
2003 Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario New Work
Wynick/Tuck Gallery (Project Room). Toronto, Ontario Works
IKON Gallery. Birmingham, UK Everything Is Interesting
Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario Knife Collection Installation
2002 Mercer Union -Platform Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Cross-Walk
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario 'Bout Time
Koffler Art Center (BJCC). Toronto, Ontario Sound Bites (Flex Site Specific Program)
2001 Stride Gallery. Calgary, Alberta Obvious
Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba Important Instructions for Changing the World
Plug-In ICA Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba Something To Do in Between Not Doing Anything & Glow House
2000 Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art (MOCCA). Toronto, Ontario Explorations: Kelly Mark
Proposition Gallery. Belfast, Ireland Kelly Mark
Contemporary Art Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia 12345
Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, Ontario Messages
Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario Nine-to-Five
1999 Kate's Apartment. Toronto, Ontario Signs of a Sick Mind
Zsa Zsa Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Sniff
1998 Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Drawings
Ace Art Inc. / Site Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba Literally
1997 Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario Kelly Mark : Present Tense
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Black Jars
Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Approximately
Dofasco Gallery. Dundas, Ontario New Work
1996 The Khyber. Halifax, Nova Scotia Show of Shows
1995 Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Kelly Mark Works
The Khyber. Halifax, Nova ScotiaSculpture & Drawings
1994 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Selected Works
1993 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Recent Work
1992 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Sculpture
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Liverpool Biennial. Liverpool, UK
Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago, IL Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY)
Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, MB Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY)
Tree Museum. Gravenhurst, Ontario TBA (site specific) curated by David Liss
2005 Contemporary Museum. Honolulu, HI Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY)
Interactive 05 (site specific TIAF)
Oakville Galleries. Oakville, Ontario Fuzzy
Center on Contemporary Art. Seatlle, WA "Wish: The Alchemy of Desire"
Lisson Gallery. London, UK I Really Should - Curated by Stefan Kalmar
Musee D'Art Contemporain. Montreal, Quebec The Hidden Side of Appearances
Albright Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New York "Beyond- In Western New York Biennale"
Ottawa Art Gallery. Ottawa, Ontario (3 person) Dead Nature
Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, BC More is More
Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects. Toronto, Ontario Nothing From Nothing
2004 CAC de Basse-Normandie. St. Clair, France 18th Recontres Video Art Plastique
Leadbased. Brooklyn, New York "Really" (video show)
Artspeak Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia (4 person) Spill 02- Meniscus
Forest City Gallery. London, Ontario Tracing One Warm Line
YYZ Artists Outlet. Toronto, Ontario Beans, Bananas & Yams (Performance Art Relics)
Bishops University Art Gallery. Lennoxville, Quebec Beyond Words
Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia Bassel Art Fair
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. Middlesbrough, UK eQSLi (FM Audio broadcasts)
ZieherSmith Gallery. New York, NY Important Canadian Art
Forest City Gallery. London, Ontario Tracing One Warm Line
Bishops University Art Gallery. Lennoxville, Quebec Beyond Words
Blaffer Gallery. Houston, Texas Inset - Atopia Projects
Helen Day Gallery. Vermont Making Their Marks
2003 Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Toronto International Art Fair
Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia Toronto International Art Fair
Real Art Ways. Hartford, Connecticut Container
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Beyond Words
Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia Some Videos We Like (4 Person)
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Stretch
Art Metropole @ Christopher Cutts Gallery. Toronto, OntarioInstant Gratification (fundraiser show)
Weewerk Project Space. Toronto, Ontario"Weewerk 06/Bauhauswerk"
Alliance Francais. Toronto, Ontario"35 Years Today"
2002 Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia Another Drawing Show
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Toronto International Art Fair
Quiver Projects. New York, NY Affordable Art Fair.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Informal Ideas: Collage Show.
Museum of New Art. Detroit, Michigan New Season.
Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia Skip/Rewind.
Goldsmiths, Horniman Museum, Museum of Installation Art & Canada House. London, UK Backpacker.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Summer Show.
The Other Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba Another Other Show.
Physics Room. Christchurch, New Zealand Beautiful Stranger (3 Per. w/ Micah Lexier & Janet Werner)
Detroit Artists Market. Detroit, Michigan Dealer's Select.
Douglas Udell Gallery. Edmonton, Alberta Superb Executions & Great Hangings.
Forest City Gallery. London, Ontario Remote Control (4 Person Video Show).
2001 Museum London. London, Ontario Play Making.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Toronto International Art Fair.
Art Gallery of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta Wallpapers.
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Do Try This at Home.
Open Space Gallery. Victoria, British Columbia Mapping the Body.
Ottawa Art Gallery. Ottawa, Ontario Optical Verve.
University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario Compulsion (2 Person w/ Ben Walmsley).
Burlington Art Center. Burlington, Ontario Compulsion (2 Person w/ Ben Walmsley).
2000 Public Access Collective at Central Tech. Toronto, Ontario Being On Time : Site Specific Projects
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto, Ontario 257 (2 Person w/ Mitch Robertson).
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Play.
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia Wallpapers.
Blackwood Gallery at University of Toronto. Mississauga, Ontario Logo City.
The Money House. Toronto, Ontario Tee Vee Show.
Platform Gallery (Window Space). Melbourne, Australia Sniff (Video Installation).
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Sniff (Video Screening)
El Convento Rico. Toronto, Ontario. Organized by Instant Coffee Sniff (Video Screening)
1999 Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario Centrifugal (Site Specific Parking Lot Projects).
Wynick/Tuck Gallery at Navy Pier. Chicago, Illinois Art Chicago 99'.
Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario. Photophobia Film Festival Sniff (Video Screening).
The Money House. Toronto, Ontario Style Show.
Art Gallery of Ontario (Art Sales & Rental). Toronto, Ontario Toronto Under 40.
Art Gallery of Mississauga. Mississauga, Ontario Performing Generations.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia Performing Generations.
ATA Center for Contemporary Art. Sofia, Bulgaria Video Archaeology Film Festival (Video Screening)
Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario. Messages Film Festival 1000 Hemlock Hits (Video Screening)
1998 Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia Every Day : 11th Biennale of Sydney.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Layers.
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery Grid Works.
HARAC. Hamilton, Ontario Above Ground.
Art Metropole. Toronto, Ontario Cease & Desist.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery at Navy Pier. Chicago, Illinois Art Chicago 98'.
1997 Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario Southwest Triennial : Public Order.
Carpathian. Hamilton, Ontario Class & Trash.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery at Parque Ferial Juan Carlos. Madrid, Spain ARCO 97' International Art Fair.
The Palace at 4 am. London, Ontario Common Place.
1996 Articule Gallery. Montreal, Quebec Compact Abundance (2 Person w/ Shelly Low).
London Regional Art Gallery. London, Ontario London Life Young Contemporaries 96'.
Dalhousie University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia London Life Young Contemporaries 96'.
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia London Life Young Contemporaries 96'.
Gallery B312. Montreal, Quebec Effluent.
Gallery Connexion. Fredericton, New Brunswick Effluent.
Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Effluent.
Mercer Union. Toronto, Ontario 3 Person w/ Bill Crane & Carl Trahan.
Owens Art Gallery. Sackville, New Brunswick Small as a Way of Working.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario List.
1995 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia Object Lessons.
The Khyber. Halifax, Nova Scotia Printed Matter.
Lethbridge University Art Gallery. Lethbridge, Alberta The Whiteness of the Whale.
1994 Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Members.
St Mary's University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Sculpture Expo 94' (Off Site : City Centre Atlantic)
1993 Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia 2 Person w/ Jane Mothersell.
1992 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia To Leave A Mark.
Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Summer Sculpture.
Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Sculpture in Stone.
1991 OO Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Celebrating Our Survival.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005 Andrea Carson: "A Glowing Intervention" Fuse Magazine. Volume 28, #3.August 2005. PP 44-45
Catherine Osborne: "Kelly Mark" Time Out - London June, 2005
Terri Whitehead: "Kelly Mark" Art Review Magazine, June/July 2005. PP 108
Timothy Comeau: "Alphabetics" Blog TO, April 24, 2005
Gilles Godmer: Hidden Side of Appearances (ex catalogue). Musee D'Art Contemporain. Montreal, 2005
Nathalie de Blois: Hidden Side of Appearances (ex catalogue). Musee D'Art Contemporain. Montreal, 2005
Kevin Temple: "One Glorious Glow House". Now Magazine April 14, 2005
Peter Goddard: "It's An Artist: Someone Call Security". The Toronto Star April 9, 2005
Leah Rumack: "Shine Little Glow House". The National Post April 8, 2005
Sarah Milroy: "The Glow Within". The Globe & Mail April 8, 2005
David Balzer: "Eye Candy, Kelly Mark" Eye Magazine April 7, 2005
Liz Clayton: "Electric Avenue". The Globe & Mail April 2, 2005
Dave Dyment: Glow House (Exhibition Poster & Images Festival Cat.) Toronto: YYZ & Power Plant 2005.
Kelly Large: QSL (audio project catalogue). Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. UK, 2005
Emily Falvey: Dead Nature (exhibition catalogue). Ottawa Art Galllery. Ottawa, 2005
Colleen Brown, Melanie O'Brian: Spilled (Exhibition Catalogue). Vancouver: Artspeak Gallery 2005.
2004Trevor Mahovsky: "Kelly Mark at Tracey Lawrence Gallery". Artforum Sept 2004, pp. 278
Jonathan Safran Foer & Lee Henderson: Important Canadian Art (ex. catalogue). NY: ziehersmith 2004
Carolyn Tripp: "Samplesize This". Broken Pencil July, 2004
Catherine Osborne: "Making Her Mark in Cyberspace". The National Post Mar 20, 2004
Ingrid Jenkner: Work Work Work (exhibition catalogue). Halifax: MSVU 2004
2003Matthew Erikson: "When Less is More, Canada Style". Hartford Courant. Oct 10, 2003
Josh Rivera: "Canadian Conceptual Art Comes to Hartford". The Informer. Oct 22, 2003
David Yee: "Since When - Five Shows to See this Fall". CBC Radio3.com October, 2003
Peter Goddard: "Fall Art Harvest Big on Ideas". Toronto Star. October 2, 2003
Catherine Osborne: "Here's A Concept: Art That Demands Very Little". The National Post Sept 27, 2003
Robert Fulford : "Art That Demands and Rewards". The National Post. June 24, 2003
Sarah Milroy : "Something out of (Almost) Nothing". The Globe and Mail. July 10, 2003
Daphne Gordon : "Power Hungry at the Ball" The Toronto Star. June 5, 2003.
Robin Lawrence : "Drawing Out an Artistic Revival" The Georgia Straight. Feb 2003.
Terry Grimley : "Kelly's Shining Example of Artistic Enterprise" Birmingham Post, April 2003.
2002Shelley Ouellet : "Obvious" Fuse Magazine. Volume 24, No.3, 2002
Christopher Brayshaw : "South Granville Spawns a Satisfying Summer Show" The Georgia Straight. Sept 2002.
Robyn Peers : "Views of Remoteness" The Press. April 24, 2002.
Richard Rhodes : "The Cat's Name" Canadian Art. Summer 2002, pp 15.
J. Perry Arnott : "Kelly Mark Obvious" Artichoke. Spring 2002, pp 42-43.
Sarah Milroy : "Critic's Pick : Kelly Mark at Wynick/Tuck Gallery" The Globe & Mail. April 13 2002, pp.
James Patten : "Important Instructions for Changing the World" (Catalogue Essay) Winnipeg : WAG 2002.
2001Sarah Milroy : "Masters of the Art in Canada" The Globe & Mail. December 1st, R13.
Jessie Lacayo : Mapping the Body (Exhibition Catalogue). Victoria: Open Space 2001.
Sylvie Fortin : Optical Verve (Exhibition Catalogue). Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery 2001.
Carol Podenworny : Compulsion (Exhibition Catalogue). Waterloo: University of Waterloo 2001.
James Patten : Important Instructions: (Exhibition Catalogue). Winnipeg: WAG 2001.
Brad Marcoux : "This is an Obvious Thing" (Catalogue Essay) Calgary : Stride Gallery 2001.
Jennifer McVeigh : "The Structure of Beauty" FFWD. November, 2001.
Melanie Scott : "Optical Verve Shows New Moves in Art" Ottawa Citizen. February 27th, B7-B8.
2000Cliff Eyland : "Kelly Mark" (Catalogue Essay) Hamilton : Art Gallery of Hamilton 2000.
Ivan Jurakic : "The Buddha of the Banal" (Catalogue Essay) Hamilton : AGH 2000.
Shirley Madill : "Aestheticizing the Everyday" (Catalogue Essay) Hamilton : AGH 2000.
Eileen Sommerman : "Don't Let the Truth Stand in the Way of a Good Story" (Cat. Essay) Hamilton : AGH 2000.
Melanie O'Brian : "Griddy Realism : Kelly Mark Mixes Media" Border Crossings. Issue #76 pp.83-84.
Elaine Hujer : "Compelling Art on Compulsion" The Hamilton Specator. January 20-2000, N4.
Marie Ann Todkill : "Remarking the Unremarkable" Canadian Medical Association Journal. May 2000 pp.1595-96.
Blake Gopnik : "Young Leaders" The Globe & Mail. July 1 2001, R6.
Eileen Sommerman : "Centifugal" (Exhibition Catalogue) Hamilton : Art Gallery of Hamilton 2000.
Germaine Koh : "Kelly Mark 9-5 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton" Lola # 6. (Shot-Gun) Summer 2000 pp.80.
Sally McKay : :"Kelly Mark : Signs of a Sick Mind at Kate's Apartment" Lola # 6. (Shot-Gun) Summer 2000 pp. 74.
Lisa Gabrielle Mark : "Marks of Obsessive Invention" (What Was C'n). C Magazine. Spring 2000 pp. 19.
Catherine Osborne : "Kelly Mark : Sniff at Zsa Zsa Gallery" Lola # 5. (Shot-Gun) Winter 1999-00 pp. 81.
Blake Gopnik : "Conceptually Clever and a Little Off Kilter" The Globe & Mail. January 22-2000 R13.
1999Jessica Wyman : "Performing Generations" Lola # 4. Summer 1999 pp. 54-55.
John Massier : "Kelly Mark & Hanna Wilke" Lola # 4. (Shot-Gun) Summer 1999 pp. 83.
1998Ihor Holubizky : "Biennale of Sydney : Everyday" Canadian Art. Winter 1998 pp. 82-84.
Jan Allen : "Kelly Mark" (Catalogue Essay) Sydney : Biennale of Sydney 1998.
Lisa Gabrielle Mark : "Kelly Mark - Art Gallery of Ontario" Artforum. Summer 1998 pp. 139-40
Cliff Eyland : "Critical Distance - Literally" (Catalouge Essay). Winnipeg : Ace Art Inc. (Volume 3 #7) 1998.
Gillian MacKay : "Wynick/Tuck Show Digs into Artistic Past" The Globe & Mail. June 13-1998 C12.
Dennis Gill : "Kelly Mark at Eye Level Gallery" C Magazine (Web Issue #54). Spring 1998.
Eileen Sommerman : "Child's Play" Canadian Art. Spring 1998 pp. 86.
Joyce Mason : "General Idea & Kelly Mark - What to C" C Magazine. Nov 97-Jan 98 / Issue #56 pp. 10.
1997John Bentley Mays : "The Light and Dark of Kelly Mark" The Globe & Mail. November 27-1997 C6.
Gillian MacKay : "Kelly Mark at the AGO & Wynick/Tuck" The Globe & Mail. November 22-1997 C16.
Christina Ritchie : "Kelly Mark : Present Tense" (Catalogue Essay). Toronto : AGO 1997.
Ingrid Jenkner : "Approximately" (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : Eye Level Gallery 1997.
Robin Metcalfe : "Southwest Triennial : Public Order" (Catalogue Essay). Windsor : Art Gallery of Windsor 1997.
Betty Ann Jordan : "Artists Worth a Look" The Globe & Mail. February 8-1997 C13.
1996James Patten : "London Life Young Contemporaries" (Catalogue Essay). London : London Regional Art Gallery 1996.
Valerie Lamontagne : "Compact Abundance" (Catalogue Essay). Montreal : Articule Gallery 1996.
Gil McElroy : "Kelly Mark Works" Arts Atlantic. Spring 1996 pp. 11.
Moritz Gaede : "Efflluent" (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : Eye Level Gallery 1996.
Barbara Carter : "Small As a Way of Working" (Catalogue Essay). Sackville : Owens Art Gallery 1996.
Lisa Gabrielle Mark : "Bill Crane, Kelly Mark & Carl Trahan" (Catalogue Essay). Toronto : Mercer Union 1996.
1995Robin Metcalfe : "Kelly Mark (Spotlight)" Canadian Art. Winter 1995 pp.34-37.
Gil McElroy : "Object Lessons" Arts Atlantic. Fall 1995 pp. 19-20.
Robin Metcalfe : "Object Lessons" (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 1995.
Ingrid Jenkner : "Kelly Mark Works" (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : MSVU Gallery 1995.
1994Robin Metcalfe : "Scultpure Expo 94' - The Mall Show" Canadian Art. Winter 1994 pp. 81-82.
Ray Cronin : "Scultpure Expo 94' - The Mall Show" (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : SMU Gallery 1994.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Chalmers Art Fellowship - 2002
K.M. Hunter Artist Award - 2002
Canada Council - Individual Artist Grant / Mid Career - 2001, 2002, 2005
Canada Council - Travel Grant - 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
Ontario Arts Council - Individual Artist Grant / Mid Career - 2002, 2004
Ontario Arts Council - Individual Artist Grant / Emerging - 1998, 2000
Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002
Toronto Arts Council - Individual Artist Grant / Mid Career - 2002, 2004
Nova Scotia Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant - 1995, 1996
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa, Ontario).
Museum London (London, Ontario).
Art Gallery of Hamilton (Hamilton, Ontario).
Winnipeg Art Gallery (Winnipeg, Manitoba).
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia).
Agnes Etherington Art Gallery at Queens University (Kingston, Ontario).
Art Gallery of Mississauga (Mississauga, Ontario).
Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario).
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
Saint Mary's University Art Gallery (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
Numerous private & corporate collections.
REPRESENTATION
- Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
- Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia
- Quiver Projects. (on-line only) www.quiverprojects.com