Flip the Sky, oil on canvas, 40" x 96", 2012
Moira Clark
Lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Web: Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art http://ccca.concordia.ca/
Degree: York University, Toronto, Ontario; BFA Visual Art
_____________________________________________________________________
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Big Distance, Dupont Rail, Toronto
2015 Cat's Eye, The Magic Vending Machine of Fate: Young Centre & The Artists Newsstand, Toronto
2015 Cat’s Eye, The Magic Vending Machine of Fate; Curated by Catherine Heard, Nuit Blanche 2015, Toronto
2014 Colour Complex, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2014 Flip the Sky, (window exhibit), Critical Mass, Port Hope, Ontario
2012 Flip the Sky, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toroonto
2011 The Ugly Garages, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toronto
2010 Aerial, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2008 Look Across the City Broken, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toronto
2008 Let the Eye Travel, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2006 Red Ochre and Blue Grey, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2005 A Decade of Painting: 1995 to 2005, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2003 Interior Life: Prints and Paintings by Moira Clark, Preston Gallery/Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
2003 Sonnets, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2002 Sea Change, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2001 Through, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2000 The Mantle Project, Chapters, 110 Bloor St. W., Toronto
1999 Place Setting, Tableau Vivant Gallery, Toronto
1998 Xenia, Red Head Gallery Showcase, Toronto
1993 Recent Paintings, The Rivoli, Toronto
1988 Recent Etchings, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1986 Bahamian Nights, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
1986 Recent Works, Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre, Thunder Bay, Ont.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 The C Word, curated by Richard Mongiat Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough
2010 Art School {Dismissed}, curated by Heather Nicol Shaw Street School, Toronto
2009 Bank on Art, curated by Kelly McCray Edward Day Gallery, ATM at 952 Queen St. W., Toronto
2009 sketchPAD Gladstone Hotel, Nuit Blanche 2009, Toronto
2005 Toronto International Art Fair XEXE Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
2001-05 Shadow Box Show Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
2005 WOOF Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto
2004-08 Something for Everyone I, II, III, IV, V XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2004 TSA Faculty Exhibition Spoke Club, Toronto
2003 Pulp: Works on Paper Loop Gallery, Toronto
2001 Tea Party Three Prime Gallery, Toronto
2001 8th Floor Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2000 Loop Inaugural Exhibition Loop Gallery, Toronto
1999 TSA 30: Faculty Exhibition York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1997 Dancing with the Leviathan York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1995 Encore: The Station Gallery Revisited The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1993 Chronicles University of Moncton Art Gallery,Moncton, New Brunswick
1991 A Public Room Extension Gallery, Toronto
1989 Living Impressions Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
1988 Interaction Tallinn, Estonia
1988 Printed Matter Beyond My Time Frame Kingston Artists' Association, Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario
1987 Henceforth/Forever After: Baden Baden and Lahr, Germany
Images in Print from Open Studio
1987 Action: Impression York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1985 Interiors/Exteriors: The Market Gallery, Toronto
Contemporary Art from the City's
Collection
1982 Moira Clark/Brian Kelley Gallery 44, Toronto
1980 Five Printmakers Aggregation Gallery, Toronto
1979 Open Studio Exhibition Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1979 Five Printmakers Aggregation Gallery, Toronto
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
1995-96 One Work – Co-curator: John Armstrong Mercer Union, Toronto
Single works by artists Peter Legris, Steven Fakiesi,
Lorna Brown, Richard Sewell, Lee Goreas, Sybil Goldstein,
David Blatherwick,and Angela Leach.
1994 What's Required: Natalie Olanick and Richard Storms Mercer Union, Toronto
1989 The Scrap Plate Project Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
Co-curator: Julie Voyce
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1982-89 Member of Board of Directors at Open Studio, Toronto. Vice President 1984-89.
1991-97 Member of Board of Directors at Mercer Union, Toronto. President 1993-96.
2000-03 Founding Member of Loop Gallery, Toronto. Co-Chair 1993.
REVIEWS
Gary Michael Dault, “She likes her house”, The Globe and Mail, page R14, May 31, 2008.
Gary Michael Dault, “Moira Clark at XEXE Gallery”, The Globe and Mail, page R14, June 17, 2006.
Gary Michael Dault, “Artist lets backdrop gets best of her”, The Globe and Mail, page R7, August 27, 2005.
Peter Goddard, “Feminine, abstract humanity”, Toronto Star, page G10, August 25, 2005.
David Jager, “Clark’s sensual geometry”, NOW Magazine, page 124, September 8-14, 2005.
Betty Ann Jordan, “Khang Pham-New and Moira Clark”, Toronto Life, page 124, August 2005.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark at Loop", The Globe and Mail, page R13, June 7, 2003.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark and Shelley Adler at Loop", The Globe and Mail, February 16, 2002.
Lesley McAllister, "Still Lifes Flow", NOW Magazine, page 73, March 15-21, 2001.
John Armstrong, "Tableau Vivant l995 - 2001", C Magazine, page 38, Spring 2001.
Gary Michael Dault, "Inaugural Exhibition at Loop", The Globe and Mail, page R13, March 18, 2000.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark at the Tableau Vivant Gallery", The Globe and Mail, page C15, September l8, l999.
Donna Lypchuk, "Soul's Kitchen", Toronto Life Magazine, pages 113-114, November l997.
Ian McGugan, “Hotel Art: CN becomes patron to Canadian Printmakers”, pg. 79, Canadian Art, Fall 1985.
Kay Kritzwiser, “Ins and outs of Toronto on display”, The Globe and Mail, August 10, 1985.
Judith A. Hoffberg “Workshops in Toronto…”, Printnews Vol. 5 No. 6, page 12, November-December 1983.
Kay Kritzwiser, “Patients turn art critics…”, The Globe and Mail, page 17, March 3, 1982.
Laura Stewart, “Canadian printmakers creations at Artworks”, Sunday Democrat &n Chronicle, Roshester, NY, Nov. 22, 1981.
Lisa Balfour Bowen, “Canadian Prints – an investment in beauty”, Toronto Star, pg. C7, December 27, 1980.
PUBLICATIONS
“The C Word”, Richard Mongiat, Richard Rhodes & Shelley Adler; Doris McCarthy Gallery/U of T Scarborough, page 6, 2012.
“Art School {Dismissed}”, Heather Nicol, Ian Carr-Harris & Murray White; Heather Nicol/Lakeview Press, page 35, 2011.
“The Donovan Collection”, Daniel Donovan, University of St. Michael’s College, 2010
“Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting”, Clint Roenisch/Jane Urquhart, Magenta Publications, 2008.
"Interior Life: Paintings and Prints by Moira Clark", Gordon Hatt, Preston Gallery/Cambridge Gallery, 2003.
"Place Setting", John Armstrong, brochure for Tableau Vivant exhibition, September 8 to October 8, l999.
"TSA 30: Toronto School of Art 30th Anniversary Faculty Retrospective", catalogue, John Massier/Thomas Hendry, page 14, l999.
"Art for Enlightenment: A History of Art in Toronto Schools", Rebecca Sisler, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, pages 208-209, l995
“Encore: The Station Gallery Revisited”, Linda Paulocik, Whitby Arts Incorporated, pages 10-11, 1995.
"Chronicles", Linda Genereux, catalogue for University of Moncton exhibition, pages 1 and 4, l993.
"A Public Room", Open Studio 20th Anniversary Catalogue, Liz Wylie, pages 3, 7, l7, l991.
"Living Impressions, Contemporary Canadian Graphics", Glen Cummings, Art Gallery of Hamilton, pages 26-27, l989.
“Time: Paradigm Shifts”, J.C. Heywood, Suzanne Charo & Jan Winton, Compiled by Gerhard Harpe, Quarry Press, 1988.
Newsprints, Vol. 2, No. 6-7, Burnaby Art Gallery, Page 32, Spring-Summer 1986.
Action/Impression Ontario Quebec, Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Printimaking, pages 11-12, 1985.
Interiors/Exteriors: Contemporary Art from the City’s Collection, pages 7, 18-19, 1985.
The New Athens, Hugh Hood, New Canadian Press (book cover), 1985.
Open Studio: Ten Years, Theodore Heinrich, 10th Anniversary Catalogue, Open Studio, pages 21, 34, l980.
Women’s Bookworks, Powerhouse Gallery, catalogue, pg. 6, 1979.
The Canadian Forum, page 7 & 8, 1976.
AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
Alchemy Residency, Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, August 2019
Toronto Arts Council, Established Artist Grant, 2017
Pouch Cove Foundation Residency, Pouch Cove/St. John's, NF, August 2004
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, 2004
Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance Grant, l987, l988, l991, 2003.
"Printed Matter Beyond My Time Frame", Jurors' Award, l988.
Burnaby Print Show, Purchase Award, l986.
Aviva Art Show, Graphics Prize, l983.
REPRESENTATION IN TORONTO l974 to 2012
Sisler Gallery, l974-77
Aggregation Gallery (later Wynick/Tuck Gallery), l979-85
Mira Godard Gallery, l986-92
Loop Gallery, 2000-03
XEXE Gallery/KWT contemporary, 2004-12
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Toronto Reference Library
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC Providence Centre, Toronto
Art Gallery of Peterborough Bank of Montreal/BMO Collection
Canada Council Art Bank Ernst & Young
City of Toronto Archives Royal Bank
Department of External Affairs Lyndhurst Hospital
The Donovan Collection Sun Life of Canada
The Station Gallery Toronto Dominion Bank
University of Saskatchewan Westfield State College Foundation
Atlantic Baptist University Bow Valley College
TEACHING POSITIONS
Sheridan College, Institute of Technology and Applied Learning
2002-2016: Professor of Painting, Art & Art History Program collaborative program with University of Toronto Mississauga.
1995: Printmaking teacher, Art & Art History Program.
1995-96: Printmaking teacher, Illustration Program.
Toronto School of Art, l984 - 2004. Instructor in Printmaking and Painting.
Avenue Road Arts School, l993 - on. Instructor in Watercolour and Drawing. Adult Arts Group.
Georgian Bay School of the Arts, 2000-2002. Watercolour instructor.
Art Gallery of Ontario, l980 - 2003. Anne Tanenbaum Gallery School, Printmaking instructor.
Open Studio, l978-l990. Etching instructor.
Siena Art School, Siena, Italy, summer program l988-90. Etching instructor.
Three Schools of Art, l978 to l981. Etching instructor.
Lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Web: Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art http://ccca.concordia.ca/
Degree: York University, Toronto, Ontario; BFA Visual Art
_____________________________________________________________________
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Big Distance, Dupont Rail, Toronto
2015 Cat's Eye, The Magic Vending Machine of Fate: Young Centre & The Artists Newsstand, Toronto
2015 Cat’s Eye, The Magic Vending Machine of Fate; Curated by Catherine Heard, Nuit Blanche 2015, Toronto
2014 Colour Complex, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2014 Flip the Sky, (window exhibit), Critical Mass, Port Hope, Ontario
2012 Flip the Sky, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toroonto
2011 The Ugly Garages, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toronto
2010 Aerial, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2008 Look Across the City Broken, Howard Park Institute Window Gallery, Toronto
2008 Let the Eye Travel, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2006 Red Ochre and Blue Grey, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2005 A Decade of Painting: 1995 to 2005, XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2003 Interior Life: Prints and Paintings by Moira Clark, Preston Gallery/Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
2003 Sonnets, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2002 Sea Change, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2001 Through, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2000 The Mantle Project, Chapters, 110 Bloor St. W., Toronto
1999 Place Setting, Tableau Vivant Gallery, Toronto
1998 Xenia, Red Head Gallery Showcase, Toronto
1993 Recent Paintings, The Rivoli, Toronto
1988 Recent Etchings, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1986 Bahamian Nights, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
1986 Recent Works, Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre, Thunder Bay, Ont.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 The C Word, curated by Richard Mongiat Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough
2010 Art School {Dismissed}, curated by Heather Nicol Shaw Street School, Toronto
2009 Bank on Art, curated by Kelly McCray Edward Day Gallery, ATM at 952 Queen St. W., Toronto
2009 sketchPAD Gladstone Hotel, Nuit Blanche 2009, Toronto
2005 Toronto International Art Fair XEXE Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
2001-05 Shadow Box Show Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
2005 WOOF Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto
2004-08 Something for Everyone I, II, III, IV, V XEXE Gallery, Toronto
2004 TSA Faculty Exhibition Spoke Club, Toronto
2003 Pulp: Works on Paper Loop Gallery, Toronto
2001 Tea Party Three Prime Gallery, Toronto
2001 8th Floor Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2000 Loop Inaugural Exhibition Loop Gallery, Toronto
1999 TSA 30: Faculty Exhibition York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1997 Dancing with the Leviathan York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1995 Encore: The Station Gallery Revisited The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1993 Chronicles University of Moncton Art Gallery,Moncton, New Brunswick
1991 A Public Room Extension Gallery, Toronto
1989 Living Impressions Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
1988 Interaction Tallinn, Estonia
1988 Printed Matter Beyond My Time Frame Kingston Artists' Association, Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario
1987 Henceforth/Forever After: Baden Baden and Lahr, Germany
Images in Print from Open Studio
1987 Action: Impression York Quay Gallery, Toronto
1985 Interiors/Exteriors: The Market Gallery, Toronto
Contemporary Art from the City's
Collection
1982 Moira Clark/Brian Kelley Gallery 44, Toronto
1980 Five Printmakers Aggregation Gallery, Toronto
1979 Open Studio Exhibition Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1979 Five Printmakers Aggregation Gallery, Toronto
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
1995-96 One Work – Co-curator: John Armstrong Mercer Union, Toronto
Single works by artists Peter Legris, Steven Fakiesi,
Lorna Brown, Richard Sewell, Lee Goreas, Sybil Goldstein,
David Blatherwick,and Angela Leach.
1994 What's Required: Natalie Olanick and Richard Storms Mercer Union, Toronto
1989 The Scrap Plate Project Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
Co-curator: Julie Voyce
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1982-89 Member of Board of Directors at Open Studio, Toronto. Vice President 1984-89.
1991-97 Member of Board of Directors at Mercer Union, Toronto. President 1993-96.
2000-03 Founding Member of Loop Gallery, Toronto. Co-Chair 1993.
REVIEWS
Gary Michael Dault, “She likes her house”, The Globe and Mail, page R14, May 31, 2008.
Gary Michael Dault, “Moira Clark at XEXE Gallery”, The Globe and Mail, page R14, June 17, 2006.
Gary Michael Dault, “Artist lets backdrop gets best of her”, The Globe and Mail, page R7, August 27, 2005.
Peter Goddard, “Feminine, abstract humanity”, Toronto Star, page G10, August 25, 2005.
David Jager, “Clark’s sensual geometry”, NOW Magazine, page 124, September 8-14, 2005.
Betty Ann Jordan, “Khang Pham-New and Moira Clark”, Toronto Life, page 124, August 2005.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark at Loop", The Globe and Mail, page R13, June 7, 2003.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark and Shelley Adler at Loop", The Globe and Mail, February 16, 2002.
Lesley McAllister, "Still Lifes Flow", NOW Magazine, page 73, March 15-21, 2001.
John Armstrong, "Tableau Vivant l995 - 2001", C Magazine, page 38, Spring 2001.
Gary Michael Dault, "Inaugural Exhibition at Loop", The Globe and Mail, page R13, March 18, 2000.
Gary Michael Dault, "Moira Clark at the Tableau Vivant Gallery", The Globe and Mail, page C15, September l8, l999.
Donna Lypchuk, "Soul's Kitchen", Toronto Life Magazine, pages 113-114, November l997.
Ian McGugan, “Hotel Art: CN becomes patron to Canadian Printmakers”, pg. 79, Canadian Art, Fall 1985.
Kay Kritzwiser, “Ins and outs of Toronto on display”, The Globe and Mail, August 10, 1985.
Judith A. Hoffberg “Workshops in Toronto…”, Printnews Vol. 5 No. 6, page 12, November-December 1983.
Kay Kritzwiser, “Patients turn art critics…”, The Globe and Mail, page 17, March 3, 1982.
Laura Stewart, “Canadian printmakers creations at Artworks”, Sunday Democrat &n Chronicle, Roshester, NY, Nov. 22, 1981.
Lisa Balfour Bowen, “Canadian Prints – an investment in beauty”, Toronto Star, pg. C7, December 27, 1980.
PUBLICATIONS
“The C Word”, Richard Mongiat, Richard Rhodes & Shelley Adler; Doris McCarthy Gallery/U of T Scarborough, page 6, 2012.
“Art School {Dismissed}”, Heather Nicol, Ian Carr-Harris & Murray White; Heather Nicol/Lakeview Press, page 35, 2011.
“The Donovan Collection”, Daniel Donovan, University of St. Michael’s College, 2010
“Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting”, Clint Roenisch/Jane Urquhart, Magenta Publications, 2008.
"Interior Life: Paintings and Prints by Moira Clark", Gordon Hatt, Preston Gallery/Cambridge Gallery, 2003.
"Place Setting", John Armstrong, brochure for Tableau Vivant exhibition, September 8 to October 8, l999.
"TSA 30: Toronto School of Art 30th Anniversary Faculty Retrospective", catalogue, John Massier/Thomas Hendry, page 14, l999.
"Art for Enlightenment: A History of Art in Toronto Schools", Rebecca Sisler, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, pages 208-209, l995
“Encore: The Station Gallery Revisited”, Linda Paulocik, Whitby Arts Incorporated, pages 10-11, 1995.
"Chronicles", Linda Genereux, catalogue for University of Moncton exhibition, pages 1 and 4, l993.
"A Public Room", Open Studio 20th Anniversary Catalogue, Liz Wylie, pages 3, 7, l7, l991.
"Living Impressions, Contemporary Canadian Graphics", Glen Cummings, Art Gallery of Hamilton, pages 26-27, l989.
“Time: Paradigm Shifts”, J.C. Heywood, Suzanne Charo & Jan Winton, Compiled by Gerhard Harpe, Quarry Press, 1988.
Newsprints, Vol. 2, No. 6-7, Burnaby Art Gallery, Page 32, Spring-Summer 1986.
Action/Impression Ontario Quebec, Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Printimaking, pages 11-12, 1985.
Interiors/Exteriors: Contemporary Art from the City’s Collection, pages 7, 18-19, 1985.
The New Athens, Hugh Hood, New Canadian Press (book cover), 1985.
Open Studio: Ten Years, Theodore Heinrich, 10th Anniversary Catalogue, Open Studio, pages 21, 34, l980.
Women’s Bookworks, Powerhouse Gallery, catalogue, pg. 6, 1979.
The Canadian Forum, page 7 & 8, 1976.
AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
Alchemy Residency, Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, August 2019
Toronto Arts Council, Established Artist Grant, 2017
Pouch Cove Foundation Residency, Pouch Cove/St. John's, NF, August 2004
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, 2004
Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance Grant, l987, l988, l991, 2003.
"Printed Matter Beyond My Time Frame", Jurors' Award, l988.
Burnaby Print Show, Purchase Award, l986.
Aviva Art Show, Graphics Prize, l983.
REPRESENTATION IN TORONTO l974 to 2012
Sisler Gallery, l974-77
Aggregation Gallery (later Wynick/Tuck Gallery), l979-85
Mira Godard Gallery, l986-92
Loop Gallery, 2000-03
XEXE Gallery/KWT contemporary, 2004-12
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Toronto Reference Library
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC Providence Centre, Toronto
Art Gallery of Peterborough Bank of Montreal/BMO Collection
Canada Council Art Bank Ernst & Young
City of Toronto Archives Royal Bank
Department of External Affairs Lyndhurst Hospital
The Donovan Collection Sun Life of Canada
The Station Gallery Toronto Dominion Bank
University of Saskatchewan Westfield State College Foundation
Atlantic Baptist University Bow Valley College
TEACHING POSITIONS
Sheridan College, Institute of Technology and Applied Learning
2002-2016: Professor of Painting, Art & Art History Program collaborative program with University of Toronto Mississauga.
1995: Printmaking teacher, Art & Art History Program.
1995-96: Printmaking teacher, Illustration Program.
Toronto School of Art, l984 - 2004. Instructor in Printmaking and Painting.
Avenue Road Arts School, l993 - on. Instructor in Watercolour and Drawing. Adult Arts Group.
Georgian Bay School of the Arts, 2000-2002. Watercolour instructor.
Art Gallery of Ontario, l980 - 2003. Anne Tanenbaum Gallery School, Printmaking instructor.
Open Studio, l978-l990. Etching instructor.
Siena Art School, Siena, Italy, summer program l988-90. Etching instructor.
Three Schools of Art, l978 to l981. Etching instructor.