EDUCATION & WORKSHOPS


Education

1985-88    Ontario College of Art, AOCA, SCA
1984-85    Toronto School of Art
1983-84    Art’s Sake

Workshops

1998    Eric Fischl, Georgian College, Barrie, Canada
2000    Susan Rothenberg, Georgian College, Barrie, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2008
Gallerie Bohner, Manhiem, Germany
Arts Club, London, England

2007
Lindsay Art Gallery, Lindsay, Ontario.

2006
Nomad Gallery. London, England
Spoke Gallery, Toronto

2005
Grand Canvas’, Majlis Gallery, Grand Hyatt, Dubai, UAE
Lando fine Art, Edmonton, Alberta
INDEX 05, Dubai

2004
Extraordinary Journey, Majlis Galley, Dubai, UAE
INDEX 04, Canadian Pavillion, Dubai, UAE

2002
Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

2001
PAINTINGS IN MY MIND, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto

2000
Makepeace, McGivern, Furniture & Painting, Prime Gallery

1999
ORIGINAL SENSE, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1998
EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY ?, Ozten Zeki Gallery London, England

1997
THE BARNES COLLECTION SERIES, Musée Hotel Baudy, Giverny, France
EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto

1996
AN EVENING IN THE EASTEND, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto, 1995
Galerie Company, Paris, France

1993
Schieder & Assoc., Toronto

1988-93
Various solo shows

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS


2007
The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ontario

2005
Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, B.C.

2004
Glynhurst Art Gallery, Brantford, Ontario
Temiskaming Art Gallery, Extraordinary Journey, Haileybury, On.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2008
International Art Fair, Galeria de Arte Gaudi, Madrid, Spain, Rotterdam

2007
Collectors Gallery, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
ARTeNim 2007, Galeria de Arte Gaudi, Madrid, Spain, Nimes, France

2006
Lando Fine Art, Edmonton, Alberta
Quan Schieder, Toronto

2006
New Paintings, Nomad Gallery, London England
New Paintings, Spoke Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2005
Lando Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Celebration of the Arabian Horse, Christies, Artworks, Dubai, UAE
Women and Art, A Global Perspective, Sharjah Ladies Club, Sharjah, UAE
Nord Sud, Galeria Carrion Vivar, Bogata, Columbia
MIWA, Artforum, New York, New York

2004
Gold Art, Schwabach, Germany

2003
Art Bodensee, Dornbirn, Austria

2002
Innsbruck Art Fair, BB Fine Art, Innsbruck, Austria
Europ’art, BB Fine Art, Geneva, Switzerland

2001
Galerie im Neuen Kranzler Eck, Berlin, Germany
Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
The New Artist, International Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland
Toronto International Art Fair, teodora Art Gallery, Toronto

2000
Toronto International Art Fair, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto
Bait Muzna Gallery, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
NOT the Royal Academy Summer Show, Salon des Refusés, London, England

1999
Royal Academy summer Show, Selected but not hung, London, England
NOT the Royal Academy Summer Show, Salon des Refusés, London, England
Pratt & Whitney, Invited artist, Mississauga, Ontario
Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto

1998
Majlis Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto
NOT the Royal Academy Summer show, Salon des Refusés, London, England

1997
Art Expo ‘97, Teodora Art Gallery, New York, New York
THE ART & TECHNOLOGY CIRCUS, Audart, New York, New York
The Majlis Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.

1996
“GIFTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION”,
Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art
“TNT”, Audart Gallery, New York, New York

1994
Quan Schieder, Toronto, Ontario

1988-93
Various shows

MUSEUMS AND INSTITUTIONS


Art Gallery of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
Art Gallery of Mississauga
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
Baycrest Centre, Toronto
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto
The Robert MacLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
University College, University of Toronto

SELECTED COLLECTIONS


Royal Collection, Sharjah, UAE
HH General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai and Defence Minister of the UAE
Compass, Dubai, UAE
Designdivision, Dubai, UAE
Emirates Tower Hotel, Dubai, UAE
Eytzinger Gold, Schwabach, Germany
Ghandour Building, Beirut, Lebanon
Bernstein Hounsfield & Assoc., London, England
Cannex Financial Inc., Toronto
Danson, Zucker & Connelly, Toronto
Electric Light Company, London, England
Lever Brothers, Toronto
Saatchi & Saatchi, Compton Hayhurst, (Canada) Ltd.
Teck Corporation, Vancouver, B.C.
Union Carbide, Toronto

COMMISSIONS


Swarovski Crystals, Dubai, UAE
Matrix Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Luigi Malones, Dublin, Ireland
Emirates Tower Hotel, Dubai, UAE
JL Albright Venture Partners, Toronto
ArtWorks, Dubai, UAE
Frayland Consulting and Interiors, Dubai, UAE
Dellwood Consultancy, Dubai, UAE
Unesco, Christmas card 2003-2004, Snecma Moteurs, CDC IXIS Securties

BIBLIOGRAPHY


Art Focus, 1992, Multi Media Artist, Peterborough
Toronto Star, Diana Geddes, Paris, May 24, 1992
Arts Canada, CBC Radio, June 23, 1993
Media Television, CITY TV, December 19,1994
BBC 4, Today, Anna Ford, June 20, 1998, London, England
CITY TV, April 25, 1999
International Artist, Master Painter, October/November 2000
Oman TV, January 25, 2000
NIZWA Magazine, July 2000
The Globe & Mail, June 7, 2000
www.studio 211.com, August 2000
Al-Quds, London England, September 8-9, 2001
Bold Abstracts, Hamilton Spectator, Reggina Hago, April 2002
The Expositor, Abstract Expressionism gets Updated, January 17, 2004
Persona Media, Haileybury, On, September 10, 2004
Temiskaming Spectator, The Glitter of Gold, September 8, 2004
Gulf News, Rich Oils, Glassware on show Dubai, UAE, September 22, 2004
Gulf Weekly, Brush with Art, Dubai, UAE, September, 2004
The Gulf Today, “Dubai is a very futuristic city”, September 29, 2004
Liberty Magazine, March 2005, Dubai, UAE
The Gulf Times, Tabloid, January 31, 2005
Women and Art, Sharjah Ladies Biennale, Sharjah, UAE, February 2005, Ajman TV
A Grand Canvas of Abstract Forms, City Times, Saturday May 14, 2005, Dubai
Airmile Millionaires, Viva Magazine, June 2005, Dubai, UAE
Making a Grand Exhibition, Hello Magazine, May 2005, Dubai, UAE
Dubai Eye, Dubai Radio, May 11, 2005, Dubai, UAE
7 Days, Metro Life, May 17, 2005, Dubai, UAE
Art Scene, Grand Canvases, Inside Out, June 2005, Dubai, UAE
Abstract Appeal, Friday Magazine, Gulf Times, May 2005, Dubai, UAE
Arabian Woman, June 2005, Dubai, UAE
Lush, Midas Brush, Toronto
Liberty, Cover, Dubai, UAE

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