Evan Penny - Detailed Curriculum Vitae

detailed curriculum vitae

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