JOHN BROWN Né en 1953 à Sarnia (Ontario, Canada) Travaille et vit à Toronto (Ontario, Canada) FORMATION 1981 Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD), Toronto, ON 1982 Baccalauréat en arts, Université de Guelph, Guelph, ON SÉLECTION D EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES 2015 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 2014 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 2013 Galerie Division, Montréal, QC 2012 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 2011 Wilde Gallery, Berlin, Allemagne 2010 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON Wilde Gallery, Berlin, Allemagne 2009 Book Launch, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 2008 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON Musée d art contemporain canadien (MOCCA), Toronto, ON 2006 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 2005 Olga KorperGalery, Toronto, ON 2003 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 2001 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 2000 GalerieÉric Devlin, Montréal, QC 1999 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 1997 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 1995 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 1993 Costin&Klintworth Gallery, Toronto, ON 1990 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON 1989 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON 1988 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON 1986 Laurentian Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, ON 1985 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON 1984 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON 1981 Gallery 76, Toronto, ON SÉLECTION D EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES 2010 Wilde Gallery, Berlin, Allemagne 2009 Inventory #1, Wilde Gallery, Berlin, Allemagne 2008 Mnemonic Devices, Gairloch Gardens Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON 2003 GalerieImKornhauskeller, Pro Arte Ulmer, Kunststiflung Ulm, Allemagne Painters 15, MOCCA, North York, ON Works on Paper, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 Painters 15: Canadian Painting Exhibition, Shanghai, Chine 1999 Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, QC 1996 Traces, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON 1991 Working on the Fringe, Redeemer College, Ancaster, ON John Brown, Marc de Guerre, Rae Johnson, Carmen Lamanna Gallery,Toronto, ON 1989 University of Guelph Alumni Art Exhibition, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON 1988 The Body and Society, The Embassy Cultural House, London, ON Figurative Force, The Gallery, Stratford, ON Northern Artists, The Office of the Premier, Toronto, ON 1987 Written Images,Exposition de tournée, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON; Glendon Gallery, Toronto, ON; Laurentian Museum Art Centre, Sudbury, ON; Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON 1986 Écrans politiques, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC 1985 Toronto Now, Sarnia Public Library & Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON Toronto Painting,Exposition de tournée, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; The Gallery, Stratford, ON 1984 Toronto Painting, Exposition de tournée, Art Gallery of Ontario,Toronto, ON; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N-B Carmen LamannaGallery, Toronto, ON Expron, Centre international d'art contemporain, Montréal, QC GalerieAufbau-Abbau, Berlin, Allemagne Content - Context, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON; Open Space Gallery, Victoria, C- B 1983 Commentary 1982-83, 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, NY, É.-U.; Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON 1982 Monumenta, YYZ, Toronto, ON Mayday Show, The Funnel, Toronto, ON Three Icon Makers, Chromazone, Toronto, ON 1981 University of Guelph, Guelph, ON 1980 A.C.T., Toronto, ON PROJETS PROFESSIONNELS 2013 An Evening with Paul Butler, RBC Emerging Artists Project / Winnipeg Art Gallery 2011-12 Membre du conseil, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON Directeur, Hunter and Cook Projects, Toronto, ON 2009 Juge, BMO 1 st Art, 2009 2006 Conférencier, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Juge, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, MB Conférencier, OCAD, Toronto, ON
Juge, RBC Painting Competition, Toronto, ON 2008-11 Conseilcanadien Art Hop, Toronto, ON 2007 Juge, Royal Bank Painting Competition, Canada 1999-09 Membre du conseil, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, AB PUBLICATIONS ET CATALOGUES 2008 Bently Mays, John, Liss, David et Lee, Dennis. John Brown, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto, 2008. 1988 Grosman, Penny-Lynn. Figurative Force,The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, 1988. 1985 Gascon, France.Écrans politiques, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, 1985. 1984 Burnett, David.Toronto Painting '84, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Expron Montréal Centre international d'art contemporain, 1984. ARTICLES DE PÉRIODIQUES ET DE JOURNAUX 2009 Moy, Craig. Hot Art: Editor s Pick,Where Magazine,juin 2009,p. 49. PREVIEW,Canadian Art,été 2009,p.29. 2008 Dault, Gary Michael. Visual Arts Review: Erasing, for me, is really a form of drawing,the Globe & Mail, 23 février 2008. 2006 Dault, Gary Michael. Globe Review: Exhibit A Distressed,The Globe & Mail, 1 er septembre 2006. 2005 Dault, Gary Michael. Gallery Going,The Globe & Mail, Toronto, 15 janvier 2005. 2004 Hirschmann, Thomas. Art and Soul: The Donovan Collection,NOW,8 au 14 janvier2004, p.48. 2003 Dault, Gary Michael. John Brown at Olga Korper,The Globe & Mail,Toronto, 26 avril 2003. Mays, John Bentley. Passionate Paintwork: A Brief Love Affair,The Globe & Mail, 1 er novembre 2003. 2001 Bracket, Donald. John Brown,Canadian Art,automne 2001,p. 103. Top 20 Artists Since 1981,NOW, 25 au 31 octobre 2001. Mays, John Bentley. This punk lived on,national Post, 28 avril 2001. Dault, Gary Michael. Painting as archeology,the Globe & Mail,Toronto, 12 mai 2001. 1999 Dault, Gary Michael. A meditative journey,the Globe & Mail,Toronto, 13 mars 1999,p. C13. 1997 Hanna, Deirdre. John Brown s Abstract Quest for Perfection,NOW, 2 au 8 octobre 1997. Mackay, Gillian. Gallery Going,The Globe & Mail,27 septembre 1997. Brackett, Donald. Painterly Inclinations,The Financial Post, 13 septembre 1997, p. 22. 1996 Rhodes, Richard. Toronto Life, hiver 1996. Mays, John Bentley. Curator traces four good reasons to renew love affair with art,the Globe & Mail,3août 1996.
1995 Mays, John Bentley. A carnal vocabulary for the human body,the Globe & Mail, 2 décembre 1995. 1993 Holubizky, Ihor. Fast Forward,Canadian Art,printemps 1993. Hume, Christopher. Quiet artist's works speak louder than words,toronto Star, 4 novembre 1993. Taylor, Kate. Figure as Metaphor,The Globe & Mail, 8 novembre 1993. 1990 Mays, John Bentley. Male body supplants feminist concerns in art of the '90s,The Globe & Mail, 17 mars 1990. Mays, John Bentley. A 'Lifting and Spanking Machine' and the building of male identity,the Globe & Mail, 9 mars 1990. 1988 Young, Jane. Distinguishing Features,Vanguard,décembre 1988. Mays, John Bentley. Tortured portrait proof Brown is back on track,the Globe & Mail, 1 er octobre 1988. 1985 Artist's Project, Land: Sleep,Impulse,hiver 1985,p. 26. Artist's Project, Stage Directions from a Play Mythologizing a Place of Birth,C Magazine, n o 4, 1985, p. 36-39. Mays, John Bentley. Parts add up to intriguing whole,the Globe & Mail, 20 mars 1985. 1984 Mays, John Bentley. Carefully chosen symbols,the Globe & Mail, 16 février 1984. Hume, Christopher. Artist despairs of social violence,toronto Star, 10 février 1984. 1983 Hume, Christopher. The Season in Review,Artmagazine,Printemps 1983. Fraser, Matthew. Artists' religion inspires dark visions of the world,the Globe & Mail, 25 juillet 1983. SÉLECTION DE REPRODUCTIONS 2007 Couverture de livre Ron Charach, Selected Portraits: Book of Poems 2006 Couverture de CD Thom Gossage 5 (enregistrement de jazz) COLLECTIONS Musée des beaux-arts de l Ontario (AGO), Toronto, ON Cadillac Fairview Corporation, Toronto, ON Banque d oeuvres d art du Conseil des arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON CI Mutual Funds, Toronto, ON La collection Claridge, Montréal, QC La collection Donovan, St. Michael s College, Toronto, ON GluskinSheff& Associates, Toronto, ON Granite Club, Toronto, ON Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON UniversitéLaurentienne, Sudbury, ON Mask Management, Toronto, ON Mercantile Bank, Montréal, QC Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON Osler, Hoskin& Harcourt, Toronto, ON Banque Royale du Canada, Toronto ON Scarborough College, Scarborough, ON Sunlife, Toronto, ON TD Canada Trust, Toronto, ON Banque de Montréal, Toronto ON The National Club, Toronto, ON Tiger Management LLC, New York, NY, É.-U. Tory, Tory, Deslauriers &Binnington, Toronto, ON UBS, Toronto, ON Upper Deck Company Ltd., Toronto, ON Vortex Holdings Inc., Toronto, ON