Gardner, James

Apprentissage et enseignement
Formation académique
  • 2017-2020 - MFA, Painting and Drawing, Concordia University, Montréal Québec
  • 2004-2008 - BA, Honours, (Major in Studio Art &Minor in Art History), University of Guelph
Expositions
Groupe
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  • 2019 - This Amazing Day, VAC Gallery, Victoria, BC
  • 2019 - Plinth or Platform, MFA Gallery, Concordia Universtiy, Montréal, QC
  • 2019 - Maureen V, Yves Laroche Gallery, Montréal, QC
  • 2018 - Maureen IV, Darling Foundry, Montréal, QC
  • 2017 - Desire Lines, curated by Art Spin, Toronto ON
  • 2016 - Showroom, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, ON
  • 2016 - Plywood Pavilion, Canada Blooms, Toronto, ON
  • 2016 - Free School, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Suède.
  • 2016 - DIY, curated by Dave Dyment, MKG, Toronto ON
  • 2016 - Cured Soil (two person Exhibition with Gillian King), PDA Projects, Ottawa, ON
  • 2016 - Baker’s Dozen, curated by CK2, Michael Bailey Gate’s Studio, New York, NY
  • 2015 - You Can(‘t) and You Shouldn(‘t), Feature Art Fair, Toronto, ON
  • 2015 - Minimale 2, Alpineum Galery, Luzern, Suisse
  • 2015 - Make it Flat, curated by Dave Dyment for Edmonton Nuit Blanche, Edmonton, AB
  • 2015 - Curious Artefacts, Curated by Becky Campbell, Art Wall, Athens, Grèce
  • 2014 - You Do What You Love Because You Do One, and Two, and More Than Two, curated by Basil AlZeri as part of Work It, Gallery West, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 - Water Carriers, C Magazine Sauna Symposium, Caledon, ON
  • 2014 - Temporary Monument, curated by Aisle 4 for Art on the Danforth, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 - Taking [a]part, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 - Posters for Kiosk, as part of Derek Sullivan’s Where do I end and you begin, City Art Centre, Edinbourg, Écosse
  • 2014 - Nap Station, Featured Project at Art Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 - How Hard is Your Art, AGO First Thursdays, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 - Dunk Tank, Art Spin, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 - Cross Sections, Modern Literature and Cultural Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 - Comfort Zone, curated by Yan Wu, Jackman Humanities Institute, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 - Coat Check, Platforms Project at Art Athina, Athens, Greece.
  • 2014 - Artists’ Block, AGO Next, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - The Show.13, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON
  • 2013 - Mystery Tapes, curated by Suzanne Carte and Su-Ying Lee for Under New Management, Artist’s Video Store (traveling exhibition)
  • 2013 - More Than Two (Let It Make Itself), as part of Micah Lexier’s One, and Two, and More Than Two, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - Inside Story, Canadian Art Foundation Gallery Hop Gala, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - Frozen, Art Spin, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - Drawing 2013, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - Drawing 2013, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - 1-855-IS IS IT ART, Nuit Blanche Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • 2012 - VSVSVS at Art on the Danforth, Curated by Butcher Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2012 - Staging Project,New Traditions Festival, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON
  • 2012 - Sediment, G Gallery, Curated by Shane Krepakevich, Toronto, ON
  • 2012 - Less Making, More Breaking, Big On Bloor Festival, Toronto, ON
  • 2012 - Ivory Tickler, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
  • 2012 - Giftshop Giftshop, Curated by Sean Martindale, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON
  • 2012 - ERI 5: The Resistance to Change, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS
  • 2011 - Sept, Le Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2011 - Noir, Rennan Isaacs Contemporary, Guelph, ON
  • 2011 - Ghost Hole III (with The White House and Whippersnapper), Kensington Market, Toronto, ON
  • 2010 - SCPK, Ed Video, Guelph, ON
  • 2009 - Insights Juried Art Show, Wellington County Museum and Archives, Fergus ON
  • 2008 - StArt, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
  • 2008 - No Common Ground, Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto, ON
Solo
  • 2021 - To Climb A Tall Pine, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal, QC
  • 2020 - Vessels and Broods, MFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
  • 2018 - Sygyzy, McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC
  • 2017 - Selenotropic, Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
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  • 2016 - At The Same Time, Calgary Contemporary, Calgary, AB
  • 2016 - To Space In, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, ON
  • 2016 - Painting Eaters, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, ON
  • 2015 - Not Together But Alongside, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
  • 2015 - Drift, Centre Bang, Chicoutimi, QC
  • 2014 - Not For Sale, Niagara Arts Centre Flea Market Gallery, St. Catharines, ON
  • 2014 - Things on Things, Niagara Arts Centre Plate Glass Gallery, St. Catharines, ON
  • 2013 - Space Mods, Cambridge Galleries, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - Frank, Xpace Cultural Centre, Window Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - Frank, Gallery 1313, Window Box, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 - The Shelf, Xpace Cultural Centre, Window Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2012 - VSVSVS Movies In!, Art Metropole, Toronto, ON
  • 2012 - Guest Room, Art Barrage c/o PM Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2011 - Paintings in a Room, Le Gallery, Toronto, ON
Art public
  • 2015 - Symbology, temporary public installation for Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
  • 2015 - Something, Something Blue, installation commissioned by Waterfront Toronto, Toronto, ON
Distinctions et prix
  • 2020 - Petry Award
  • 2020 – William Blair Bruce European Fine Art Travel Scholarship
  • 2019 - Tom Hopkins Memorial Graduate Award
  • 2019 - Graduate Student Mobility Award, Concordia University

Résidences

  • 2018 - Bonnie McComb Kreye Studio Residency, Victoria, British Columbia
  • 2017 - Artscape Gibralter Point in Partnership with 8-11, Toronto Island, ON
  • 2015 - Centre Bang, Chicoutimi, QC
  • 2013 - Noise Residency, Labspace Studio, Toronto ON
  • 2013 - 1W3KND Residency, Broken City Lab, Windsor ON
  • 2012 - Don Blanche, Shelburne ON
  • 2011 - Don Blanche, Shelburne ON

 

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Prix

  • 2018 - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (SSHRC)
  • 2018 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Master’s Scholarship (SSHRC)
  • 2018 - Concordia University Fine Art Travel Grant
  • 2017 - Tom Hopkins Memorial Graduate Award
  • 2017 - Concordia Merit Scholarship
  • 2017 - Faculty of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship
  • 2017 - Ontario Art Council, Visual Artist: Emerging
  • 2017 - Canada Council For the Arts, Project Grants to Visual Artists
  • 2016 - Artist Prize, Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts
  • 2016 - Canada Council For the Arts, Project Grants to Visual Artists
  • 2015 - Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
  • 2014 - Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artists Program: Emerging
  • 2014 - Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artists: Emerging
  • 2014 - Toronto Arts Council, Animating Historic Sites Grant
  • 2014 - Toronto Arts Council, Visual & Media Arts Project Grant
  • 2014 - RBC Painting Competition Finalist
  • 2014 - Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
  • 2014 - Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Project Grant
  • 2014 - Ontario Arts Council , Visual Artists: Emerging Grant
  • 2014 - Canada Council For The Arts, Travel Grant
  • 2012 - Toronto Arts council, Emerging Artists Grant
  • 2008 - 40th Anniversary Award: University of Guelph Juried Art Show
  • 2008 - Samuel & Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation Printmaking Prize
  • 2008 - Specialized Studio Award: University of Guelph
  • 2007 - Drawing Award: University of Guelph

Bibliographie
Revues et articles de journaux
  • 2018 - El-Sheikh, Tammer, “James Gardner at McClure Gallery,” Akimbo, December 5th, 2018. Web.
  • 2016 - Blackwell, Adrian. “How to Turn a Foreclosure Crisis Into a Domestic Revolution,” Border Crossings, Volume 35, Number 2, Issue No. 138. P. 90-95.
  • 2016 - Whyte, Murray. “James Gardner: Outside the Hive,” Toronto Star, Saturday, February 6th, 2016, p. E2. thestar.com. Print/Web.
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  • 2016 - Henderson, Lee, “‘Accesibility’ and the New Hoser Aesthetic,” Momus, April 27th, 2018. Web
  • 2015 - Travis, Rebecca, “VSVSVS.” Canadian Art, Fall 2015, p. 180-181. Print
  • 2015 - Whyte, M. “VSVSVS: At Mercer Union, it's all for one.” Toronto Star, May 31 2015.Print/Web
  • 2015 - VSVSVS, “Inventory by VSVSVS,” C Magazine, Summer 2015, p. 126. Print
  • 2015 - Vaughn, R.M. “VSVSVS at Mercer Union: A White-cube Compromise” Momus, June 18 2015. Web
  • 2015 - Dick, Terrance, “VSVSVS at Mercer Union, Toronto.” Akimblog June 02, 2015. Web.
  • 2014 - VSVSVS, “Hit List,” Akimbo, October 23, 2014, Web.
  • 2014 - Luo, A. “Artist Retreats: Making Space for Artist Projects at Art Toronto.” Canadian Art, Oct, 2014
  • 2014 - Anonymous, “10 Amazing ArtPieces to see in Toronto.” Azure Magazine , October 2014. Web
  • 2014 - Whyte, Murray. “Taking [a] Part at Mercer Union.” Toronto Star, July 2014. thestar.com. Web
  • 2014 - Dick, Terence. “Taking [a] part at Mercer Union.” Akimbo, July 2014. Akimblog. Web
  • 2014 - Ireland, Ann. “Strength in Numbers: Meet VSVSVS, Another Group of Seven.” Canadian Art, Page 66-71, Summer 2014. Print/Web
  • 2014 - Cooley, Alison. “Episode 1: What is Art?” What It Looks Like Podcast. Cooley: March 2014. Web
  • 2013 - Corsano, Otino. “Quick Draw Artist Interview #31: VSVSVS.” Art Post, October 2013.Web.
  • 2013 - Rhodes, Richard. “Ami Barak at Nuit Blanche: Revisiting the Readymade.” Canadian Art, September 2013. Canadian Art Online.Web
  • 2013 - Whyte, M. “At the Power Plant, All Together Now.” Toronto Star, Sept 2013. thestar.com. Web.
  • 2013 - Rhodes, Richard. “The Rose Without Why.” Canadian Art, Fall 2013, pgs. 144-147. Print.
  • 2013 - Moser, Gabrielle. “Art Spin: Critical Mass in the Making.” Canadian Art Online, Aug. 2013.Web
  • 2013 - Campbell, Carson, “Episode #5 / James Gardner,” Now What Podcast, January 27th, 2013. Web.
  • 2013 - Bruneau, Benjamin, and Sky Goodden. “Oh Canada! 30 Promising Young Art World Stars From the Great White North.” Blouin ArtInfo, January, 2013. Web
  • 2013 - Bloom, Jess, and Rachel McFarland, “VSVSVS, Artist Collective,” Studio Beat, February 2013. Web
  • 2012 - Jager, David. “Storefront Sit-In,” Now Magazine, Aug 30-Sept 6, 2012, Vol.31 No. 53, p. 42. Print
  • 2012 - Carson, Andrea. “Voca Visits Art Collective VSVSVS.” View on Canadian Art, March 2012. Web.
  • 2012 - Skrypnychenko, Anuta. “INTERVIEW.” BullsEye Magazine, September 2012. Web
  • 2012 - Dyment, David. “Accidental Ashtrays.” Artists’ Books and Multiples, February 2012. Web
  • 2012 - Collings, Aurelie, VSVSVS: Graffiti Removal Removal, Neurartic Blog, Monday June 4th 2012. Web
  • 2011 - Hare, Anastasia and Candice Napoleone. “Noteworthy.” C Magazine, December 2011. Print
  • 2011 - Levack, Chandler. “VSVSVS Gallery.” BlogTO. October 25, 2011.Web
  • 2011 - Purvis, Matthew, “Art Agenda: Nobuaki Onishi at Georgia Scherman, Marla Hlady at Jessica Bradley and James Gardner at LE Gallery,” Blog T.O. Toronto Ontario, March 8, 2011. Web
  • 2011 - Doherty, Shauna Jean, “Dundas West’s Le Gallery shows Paintings in a Room by nice guy artist, James Gardner,” She Does The City, Toronto Ontario, March 11th, 2011. Web
  • 2010 - Benivolski, Xenia and Gregory Denton, “Slight Gestures: Artist Talk,” A White House Publication, Toronto Ontario, October, 2010.
  • 2009 - Anonymous, “Artist Plan To Go Out With Show,” The Guelph Mercury, Guelph Ontario, September 24, 2009. Print
  • 2008 - Barnard, Elissa, “Different Strokes At Studio 21,” The Chronicle Herald, Halifax. Mar. 25, 2008