Evan Penny

b.1953

South Africa - Canadian Citizen

Studies

1977 - 1978

Alberta College of Art - Post Graduate Sculpture
1971 - 1975

Alberta College of Art - Honours

Teaching Positions

1994 to 1997

Toronto School of Art, Toronto
1991, 1985

Red Deer College, Alberta - Summer Art Program
1988 to 1989

Ontario College of Art, Toronto
1986 to 1988

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
1982 to 1983

Alberta College of Art, Alberta
1978 to 1979

Alberta College of Art, Alberta
1976 to 1978

Calgary Public School Board - Adult Education

Guest Lectures

Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
University of Toronto (Scarborough College), Toronto, Ontario
Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver, British Columbia
Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Vancouver Arts Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Illinois
Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

Artist in Residence

Emma Lake Artist Workshop, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Snug Harbour Cultural Centre, Staten Island, New York

Art Fairs

February
2007

ARCO, Madrid, Spain
(Trépanier Baer)
December
2006

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
(Sperone Westwater, NYC)
November
2006

Toronto International Art Fair
(Trépanier Baer, Calgary)
November
2006

art.fair, Cologne, Germany
(Trépanier Baer, Calgary)
December
2005

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
(Sperone Westwater, NYC)
October
2005

Frieze Art Fair, London, U.K.
(Sperone Westwater, NYC)
November
2005

Toronto International Art Fair
(Trépanier Baer, Calgary)
November
2005

Toronto International Art Fair
(Trépanier Baer, Calgary)
June
2005

Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
(Sperone Westwater, NYC)
January
2005

Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
(Sperone Westwater, NYC)
December
2004

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
(Sperone Westwater, NYC)
October
2004

FRIEZE, London, U.K.
(Sperone Westwater, NYC)
October
2004

COLOGNE, Cologne, Germany
(Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini)
October
2004

FIAC, Paris
(Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini)
September
2004

TIAF, Toronto
(Trépanier Baer Gallery)
February
2004

ARCO, Madrid, Spain
(Artcore Gallery)
January
2004

Arte Fiera, Bologna
(Artcore Gallery)
December
2003

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
(Artcore Gallery)
November
2003

TIAF, Toronto
(Trépanier Baer Gallery)
October
2003

FIAC, Paris
(Artcore Gallery)
2000'01'02

TIAF, Toronto
(Trépanier Baer Gallery)
1998

ARCO, Madrid, Spain
(Trépanier Baer Gallery)
1997

ARCO, Madrid, Spain
(Wynick/Tuck Gallery)
1990'91'92

CIAE, Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago
(Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto)
1987

CIAE, Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago
(Struve Gallery, Chicago)
1986

Art Cologne '86 @ the Cologne Art Fair, Cologne
(Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto)

Solo Exhibitions

2007

Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo

June 2006
2007

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio: Currents: Evan Penny
2005'06

Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2005

Sperone Westwater, New York City: No One - In Particular (catalogue)
2005

The Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2005

Prairie Gallery, Grande Prarie, Alberta: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2004'05

Glenbow Museum, Calgary: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2004

Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary
2003'04

Museum London, London Ontario: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2003

Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery: Selections from L. Faux Series
2003

Museum London, London Ontario: Survey Exhibition (catalogue)
2003

Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary: L. Faux and Others
2003

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto:
L. Faux and No One-In Particular
2003

Goodwater Gallery, Toronto: L Faux: Tri-X
2003

Galeria Segovia Issacs, Barcelona, Spain: No One-In Particular
1999

Galeria Fernando Latorre, Zaragosa, Spain (catalogue)
1998

Galeria Segovia Isaacs, Barcelona, Spain
1997

Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary: New Work
1996

Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto: Murray, Anamorphs + Body Forms, New Sculpture
1995

Artweek, Calgary - Feature Artist - Solo Exhibition
1995

Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary: Figuring the Body; Three Projects
1993

I Space Gallery, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Chicago:
Figuring the Body; Three Projects
1992

Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto: New Sculpture, Installations and Drawings in Wax
1991

Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island: Surface
1991

49th Parallel, New York: Recent Work
1990

Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto: New Work
1987 '88

Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie: Evan Penny: A Survey (catalogue)
1987

Wynick/Tuck, Toronto
1987

University of Alberta, Edmonton
1987

MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina
1987

Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's
1987

Alberta College of Art, Calgary
1982, 84, 86

Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto: New Sculpture
1981

Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton: Recent Work
1981

Edmonton art Gallery, Edmonton: Recent Work

Group Exhibitions

2006

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland: The Expanded Eye (catalogue)
2006

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Sound and Vision
2006

Museum Liner Appenzell, Switzerland: Die Ubere Hälfte
2005

Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany: Die Ubere Hälfte
2005

Städtische Museen Heilbronn: Die Ubere Hälfte
2005

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art: Figure It Out
2005

Vancouver Art Gallery: Real Pictures
2003

Art Gallery of Ontario
2003

Art Gallery of Stratford: This Mortal Coil
2002

Illingworth Kerr Art Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary: ALBUM. ACAD @ 75
2001

Galeria Fernando Latorre, Zaragoza, Spain: Confluencias
1999

Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto: My Place Yours
1999

Artworks At Dover St. Gallery, New Bedford, Mass, USA: Figurative Emergence
1998

I Space, Chicago, Illinois: Warm
1997

Wave Gallery, Toronto: Figuratively Speaking
1997

Kenderdine Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1997

Festival Internacional de Arte Ciudad de Medellin, Medellin, Columbia
1997

The Power Plant, Toronto: Rococo Tattoo
1997

Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga: Loving the Alien
1996

North York Gallery, North York: Reflections of Soul
1996

Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto: The List
1996

Latitude 53: Imaging the Male (2 person)
1995

Artweek, Calgary: Mysteries of the Flesh
1995

Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary:
Last Chance for Eden, the Contemporary Sublime, Part 1
1995

Space Gallery, Chicago: Wink Wink
1994

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton:
Cracks in the Modern: an exhibition of sculpture
1993

Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York: Repair work
1992

University of Akron, Akron: Figure's Edge
1991

The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton: Practicing Beauty
1990

Purple Institute, Toronto: Jungle
1986

Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg: Body Language
1985

Public Image, New York: Private Image / Public Myth
1985

Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary: A Measure of Success
1984

Gallery 76, Toronto: The New City of Sculpture
1984

Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa: Face to Face: The Figure and the Figurative
1983

Chromazone Collective, Toronto: Chromaliving
1981

Chromazone Collective, Toronto: Chromazone Portrait
1981

MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph: Realism: Structure and Illusion
1981

Off Centre, Calgary: Two Person Show
1977

Dandelion Art Gallery, Calgary: Two Person Show

Principle Collections

Many private collections in Canada, the United States and Europe

Public and Corporate Commissions

1995

220 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada: Pi
1992

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Roissy, France
1992

City of Waterloo Recreation Centre, Waterloo, Ontario
1991

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Hamilton, Ontario
1989 '89

Donald Forster Sculpture Park, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario

Public Collections

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Museum London, London Ontario
Glenbow Museum, Calgary Alberta
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Mendall Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Nickle Art Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Macdonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada
Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta
Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Red Deer College of Art, Red Deer, Alberta
University College of Cape Bretton Art Gallery, Sydney, Nova Scotia
Laurentian University Museum and Gallery, Sudbury, Ontario
Government of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
City of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Awards

2001

Ontario Arts Council Grant, Senior
2001

Toronto Arts Council Grant
2000

Canada Council Grant, Senior Artist
1999

Canada Council Grant, Senior Artist
1998

Ontario Arts Council Grant
1997

Lynch-Staunton Award, Canada Council
1994 to 1984

various Ontario Arts Council Grants
1993 to 1979

various Canada Council Grants
1977

Alberta Culture: Cultural Assistance Award
1976

Greenshields Foundation Grant
1975

Queen Elizabeth Prize
1974

Continuing Arts Association of Calgary: Travelling Scholarship

Bibliography

2006

Ute Krepler: Focus | Evan Penny
article in ARTinvestor Nr.04, 2006
2006

Begoña Rodríguez: Ron Mueck / Evan Penny / Richard Stipl: Reality
and Its Excesses
cover story in LAPIZ 224, June 2006
2006

Robert Enright, Meeka Walsh: The Artful Doubter: Evan Penny & the making
of extraordinary objects
cover story / interview in Border Crossings Issue 98, 2006
2006

William V. Ganis: Art in America: review
ceview appears in the February 2006 edition of Art in America
2006

Juan Pablo Colin: Arte Al Limite: Evan Penny / Esculturas Vivas
cover story in the Arte Al Limite Nº17, Jan-Feb 2006
2005

David Moos: How We See Ourselves Now
catalogue essay for Sperone Westwater exhibition
2005

Ken Johnson: Art in Review: Evan Penny: No One - In Particular
review in New York Times, October 14
2005

Kathryn Shattuck: What It Takes to Get a Head
review in New York Times, October 23
2004

Sarah Milroy: Skin Deep
article in The Globe and Mail, March 1
2004

Noel Gallagher: Challenging Perceptions
article in The London Free Press, January
2003

Nancy Tousley, David Clark: Absolutely Unreal exhibition catalogue
2002

Xavier Barral i Altet: Més enllà de l'hiperrealisme; AVUI; 17 de desembre
2002

Nancy Tousley: The Calgary Herald; exhibition review; January 26
2002

El Pais Jaume Vidal; Barcelona, Spain; exhibition review; November 21
2002

La Vanguardia, Barcelona, Spain; exhibition review; November 18
2002

Xandra Eden: L Faux and No One - In Particular; The Power Plant, exhibition essay
2001

Gary Michael Dault: Human, all too human; The Globe and Mail, November 3
1999

Gary Micheal Dault: New Fantasies of Generation; catalog essay, Galeria Fernando Latore, Spain
1999

Ana Segovia: La Urgencia De La Autorrevolucion; catalog essay, Galeria Fernando Latore, Spain
1998

Avui, Spain: Exhibition Review; October 1998
1998

El Periodico, Spain: Esculturas sobre el cuerpo human October 1998
1997

Gary Michael Dault: Body comes alive...; The Globe and Mail, November
1997

David Garneau: A Week in the Life; Calgary Herald, September
1999

John Bentley Mays: Unnatural Art; The Globe and Mail, July
1996

Janet Heatherington: Evan Penny, Wynick/Tuck Gallery; Year 01 Forum (website)
1996

Latitude 53 Newsletter: Sighting the Male; July / August
1995

Nancy Tousley, Canadian Art: review, Spring
1995

Meeka Walsh: A Field of Interpretation: The Work of Evan Penny; Border Crossings, Summer
1993

David Clark: Figuring the Body - Three Projects; exhibition essay
1991

Ihor Holubizky: Practicing Beauty; exhibition essay
1991

Micheal Fressola, Staten Island Sunday Advance, January 27
1990

Gary Micheal Dault: Focus on Evan Penny; Canadian Art Magazine, Fall
1990

Linda Genereux: Dismantling the Body; Metropolis, May 10
1989

Helen Brimmell: Facing the City: Mask completes first phase of impressive sculpture park; University of Guelph
1989

Virgina Wilson: A New Face: Penny puts mask on the Traditional; University of Guelph, Ontario, July
1989

Slate, cover, Summer
1988

VISTA: Evan Penny: A Survey March/April/May
1988

Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald: review; December 14
1987

Sarah Milroy: Canada at Cologne; Canadian Art, Spring
1986

Christel Heybrock: Quicklebendig und voller Stolz; Mannheimer Morgen, November 9
1986

Mathias Schreiber: Eingezaunter Furor: Der zwanzigste Internationale Kolner Kunsmarkt; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 15
1986

Struttgarter Nachrichten, November 14
1986

Micheal Burtch: Evan Penny: A Survey; catalogue essay
1986

Gary Micheal Dault: Evan Penny; Canadian Art Magazine, Fall (cover)
1986

Anna Felice: Body Language; catalogue, Art Gallery of Northlumberland, Cobourg, Ontario, April
1986

Karen Wilkin, ARTnews, May (review)
1986

Jerry McGrath, Vanguard, Vancouver, April/May (review)
1986

Mitch Moldosfsky, The Art Post, Toronto, March/April (review)
1986

John Bentley Mays, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, January 2 (review)
1985

Val Greenfield: A Measure of Success: Graduates of the Alberta College of Art; Alberta College of Art, Calgary, September (catalogue)
1985

Nancy Tousley: Art College Exhibit a Show of Strength, Calgary Herald, January 18
1984

Bruce Grenville: The New City of Sculpture; catalogue in C Magazine #3, September
1984

John Bentley Mays: Traditional and a Tour de Force; Globe and Mail, May 17
1984

Christopher Hume, Toronto Star, May 11 (review)
1984

John Bentley Mays: Art World Davids Are Out to Battle Goliaths; Globe and Mail, January 13
1983

David Burnett & Marilyn Sciff: Contemporary Canadian Art; Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta (p. 237)
1982

Marshall Webb: PM - the Arts, CJRT Radio, Toronto
1981

Nancy Tousley: Evan Penny: Six Figurative Sculptures Calgary Herald, June
1981

David Nasby: Introduction, Realism: Structure and Illusion; Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph (catalogue)
1981

John Bentley Mays: Show of Realism Begs the Question; The Globe and Mail, July 14
1981

Sam Middleton: Good Nudes and Bad News; Edmonton Sun, May 15
1981

Maggie Callahan: Evan Penny, Update, Vol. 2, No. 2, March/April