|
|||
Glenn Priestley is a Toronto-born artist, painter, printmaker and teacher now living in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Priestley has built his reputation working in the tradition of high realism. His layered figure drawings and large-format oil paintings are often densely packed yet rigorously ordered, offering the viewer a view into a world at times both strange and familiar.Priestley has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows since the early 1980's, including a major exhibition at the Beaver Brook Art Gallery in 2004. He is represented in both public and private collections throughout Canada, the United States and England. |
|||
|
Education 1982-83 University of Toronto Continuing Education Department, Anatomy 1976 Graduated from Ontario College of Art, Toronto, with Honours Diploma (AOCA) 1975-76 Ontario College of Art, off-campus studies, Florence, Italy 1973-75 Ontario College of Art, Toronto (admitted into second year, Fine Arts Programme) 1969-73 Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, Ontario (Vocational Arts) Selected Solo Exhibitions 2006 Glenn Priestley: Yard Sale, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York ,N.Y. (April 6 – May 5) 2004-5 Glenn Priestley:Variations, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton (September 19-January 3) 1999 Glenn Priestley: Paintings and Drawings, Tatistcheff & Co. Inc., New York City (9 January-3 February) 1997 Glenn Priestley: New Paintings and Drawings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto (12 April-2 May) 1994 New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto (5-26 February) 1992 Priestley/ Boileau: Dialogue, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto (24 October-11 November) 1991 Priestley and Fordham: Two Canadian Contemporary Realists, Rodman Halls Arts Centre, St. Catharine’s, Ontario, (February-March) (curator: Peter Harris) 1989 The View from Tabor Hill: Paintings and Drawings by Glenn Priestley, The University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario; The Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario (15 February-25 June) (curator: Robert Stacey) 1986 Glenn Priestley: Paintings and Drawings 1983-1986, Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto (1-13 November) 1981 Glenn Priestley: Paintings and Drawings, Lemay Carell Gallery, Toronto (10-31 January 1981) Selected Group Exhibitions 2009 Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA .Jan 21-25 2008 The Human Figure, Ingrid Mueller Art and Concepts, (March 14-April 2), Fredericton, New Brunswick Toronto International Art Fair, (November), Toronto, Ontario Celebrating 40 Years, New Brunswick Art Bank Anniversary Exhibition, New Brunswick 2008 – 2010 Atlantic Art From the Permanent Collection, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, June - Sept. Fredericton NB 2007 Toronto International Art Fair, October, Toronto, Ontario The Figure, From Cubism to Post Modern, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, New York. Drawings, Ingrid Mueller, Art + Concepts, Fredericton, New Brunswick (February 15 – March 15) Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick 2006 New Acquisitions, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick Gallery Introductions, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas. Works on Paper, New York, New York, March 2006, held at Armory, Park Avenue and 67th Street. 2005 US Artists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2005, held at the 33rd Street Armory. Art 20, New York, New York, November 2005, held at Armory, Park Avenue and 67th Street. 2004 Egos and Icons: Portraits From the Permanent Collections of the University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto (27 January-27 March) 2003 Contemporary Realism, Edith Caldwell Gallery, Sausalito, California 2002 Atlantic Canadian Artists: A Selection, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton (26 October-31 March) Connections to the Real, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto (12-26 January) 2001 Suburbia, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario (1 December-27 January) 2000 Artists in a Floating World, The Marion McCain Art Exhibition, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax; London Regional Gallery, London, Ontario; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon Figuratively Speaking, Michael Gibson Galley, London, Ontario (7-28 October) The Amazing Small Works Show, Peter Buckland Gallery, Saint John, New Brunswick The Single Tree, London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, Ontario (22 July-17 September) 1999 Re-presenting REPRESENTATION IV, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York (15 October-20 February 2000) The Figure, Gallery 78, Fredericton (October) 1998 The Figure Show, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto Museologic: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario (curated by Stuart Reid) September Selections, Tatistcheff & Co. Inc., New York City SMART, Tatistcheff & Co. Inc., New York City (2-30 May) Looking at Landscape, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto 1997 Collectors’ Show: Drawing Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Gallery Artists and Introductions, Tatistcheff & Co. Inc., New York City Glenn Priestley, Phil Richards, and Jeremy Smith, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto Drawing from Life, Tatistcheff & Co. Inc., New York City 1995 Hidden Values, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario Summer Solstice, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto 1994 An Original Idea: Realist Drawings, Gerold Wunderlich & Co., New York City (5 April-7 May) 1992 Gallery Artists, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto (January) Thirteenth Anniversary, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto (March)Toronto: City Seen/ City Scenes, The Market Gallery, City of Toronto Archives, Toronto, (2 May-9 August) 1990 Contemporary Realism, Gerold Wunderlich & Co., New York City (1 February-3 March 1990) 1989-90 The Urban and Pastoral: Past Evocations/Contemporary Visions, Gerold Wunderlich & Co., New York (28 November 1989-31 January 1990) Recent Acquisitions, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton (December 1989-January 1990) 1989 Six Contemporary Realists, Gerold Wunderlich & Co., New York City (14 February-25 March) 1988 Invitational 1988: Selected Works by Gallery Artists, Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, (March) 1987 Personal Vision in Landscape, Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario (15 November-8 December 1987) (curator: Kit Lort) Aspects of Contemporary Realism, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (21 October-15 November) (curator: Maurice Stubbs) 1986 New Works: Gallery Artists, Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto (March) Artists’ Choice, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, 23 January-2 February) Sixty Years of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colours, Roberts Gallery, Toronto 1983-84 The Hand Holding the Brush: Self-Portraits by Canadian Artists, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario (travelled to: Macdonald-Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton; Mount St. Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax; McCord Museum, Montreal) (curator: Robert Stacey) 1982 Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colours: 56th Annual Open Exhibition, Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario (travelling exhibition) Toronto Book Illustrators, Dinsmore Gallery, Toronto1979 The Child in Ontario Art: An Exhibition in Honour of International Year of the Child, Macdonald Gallery, Queen’s Park, Toronto (mounted by the Ontario Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs and the Ontario Ministry of Government Services) (27 July-29 July) (curator: Robert Stacey) Selected Collections Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario Onex Corporation, Toronto Bank of Nova Scotia, London, England; Toronto; Halifax. Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton Blackburn Group, London, Ontario Dupont Canada Inc., Toronto Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts McIntosh Art Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario New Brunswick Art Bank, Fredericton, NB The Market Gallery of the City of Toronto Archives, Toronto Private collections in Canada, the United States and England Rodman Halls Arts Centre, St. Catharine's, Ontario Standard Broadcasting Inc., Toronto Stephen B. Smart, Toronto SunLife Financial, Toronto University of Toronto Collection, Toronto Awards and Prizes 2007 New Brunswick Arts Board, Creation Grant 2001 New Brunswick Arts Board, Creation Grant 1988 Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance Grant 1985 Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Grant "B" 1982 Graphic Litho Plate Purchase Award, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colours |
|||
