Lois Andison's curriculum vitae

Represented by

2009 – present Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. 
2000 – present Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.

Education

1990 BFA, Honours Programme in Visual Arts, York University, Faculty of Fine Arts. Graduated First Class
             with Distinction.
1979 Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology. Graduated with High Honours. Board of Governors
             Silver Medal.

Solo exhibitions

2014 Mid-career survey exhibition. Doris McCarthy Gallery, Scarborough, Ontario; Rodman Hall, St.          Catherine’s, Ontario; University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario. Curated by Ann MacDonald,
Marcie Bronson and Ivan Jurakic.2012 solving man ray’s obstruction. Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2010 what’s in a name. Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2009 moving still. Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2005 time after time. Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2002 autobody. Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2002 Summer Invitational. Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Barbara Edwards.
2001 autobody. The Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Carolyn Bell Farrell.
2000 camouflage. The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta. Curated by Joan Stebbins.
2000 camouflage 3. The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1998 camouflage 1. Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1998 famished. Niagara Artists’ Company, St. Catherine’s, Ontario.
1995 piel profunda / skin deep. Galería del Sur, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Xochimilco, México
             City. Curated by the North America Free Artists’ Association (NAFAA).
1993 life units. East and West Galleries. Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto,
             Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Judy Schwartz.
1992 the body as glass / in the hour of need. La Centrale, Montréal, Québec.
1992 walking on water, straw over concrete. Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
1991 negotiating a path. Gallery Seventy-Six, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Christine Swiderski and Robert
             Windrum.

Selected group exhibitions

2013 Toronto International Art Fair. Representation by the Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2012 Toronto International Art Fair. Representation by the Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2011 Read All Over. Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Samara Walbohm and Joe
             Shlesinger.
2011 Please Lie to Me. Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2011 Elements of Chance. 7th Biennale of Montréal. Montréal, Québec. Curated by Claude Gosselin
             and David Liss.
2011 ANIMAL. Museum London, London, Ontario; Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
             Curated by Corinna Ghaznavi.
2011 STOP. LOOK. LISTEN. Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Patrick McCauley.
2010 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario.
2010 Art of Illusion: Image and I. Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Taiga Lipton.
2010 Art School Dismissed. Shaw Street School, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Heather Nichols. 
2009 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario.
2008 useless beauty. Nuit Blanche, OCAD, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Johanna Householder and
             Jennifer Rudder.
2008 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario.
2008 ABRACADABRA. Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. 
2008 forests for the trees. Studio Gennai, Pisa, Italy; St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova
             Scotia.
2007 NIGHTLIGHT. Nuit Blanche, Lansdowne / Bloor, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Dyan Marie.
2007 Beyond In Western New York. Albright Knox Gallery, Bufffalo, New York. Curated by Claire
             Schneider. 
2007 Outlook Express(ed). Gairloch Gardens, Oakville, Ontario. Curated by Marnie Fleming.
2007 forests for the trees. Il Gabbiano, La Spezia, Italy.
2007 This is Not a Renaissance Garden. Oeno Gallery, Picton, Ontario
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario.
2006 Art Fiction. Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2006 forests for the trees. Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario.
2005 green eyes. Dyan Marie Projects, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Dyan Marie.
2005 A Group of Seven. A contemporary look at the Canadian Landscape. Canadian Embassy,
             Washington, D.C. Curated by Rhéal Lanthier and François St-Jacques. 
2004 A Group of Seven. A contemporary look at the Canadian Landscape. Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal,
            Québec. Curated by Rhéal Lanthier and François St-Jacques. 
2004 spasm. AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 
2004 8 at 1444. Toronto, Ontario.
2004 HEADspace. Holt Renfrew, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Eileen Sommerman.
2004 Machine Life. Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, Ontario. Curated by Jan Allen.
2003 This Mortal Coil. Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario. Curated by Jennifer Rudder.
2003 Artists’ Echoes: Contemporary Responses to the ROM Collection. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario.             Curated by The Institute for Contemporary Culture.
2002 Animal de compagnie. Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2002 Artificial Nature (year 2 - land). The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario. Curated by E.J.
             Lightman.
2001 TV dinner with landscape. YYZ, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Kym Pruessee.
2001 Artificial Nature (year 1 - water) The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario. Curated by E.J.
             Lightman.
2001 by Artists. Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Curated by Sigrid Dahle.
2001 DES FINITIONS URBAINES. Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2001 Wildlife. A Field Guide to the Post-Natural. Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan; The
             Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta. Curated by Lisa Gabrielle Mark.
2000 13 Canadians in NYC. Star 67, Brooklyn, New York.  
2000 The Fashion Statement. Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec.
2000 Wildlife. A Field Guide to the Post-Natural. The Museum of Textiles, Toronto, Ontario. Curated
              by Lisa Gabrielle Mark.
2000 RedroSpective. The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1999 bottle/d. Phoebe Street Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1998 25. Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Kim Fullerton and Kelly McCray.
1998 Canadian Shield. Toronto, Ontario.
1998 the edge of everything. The Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by John Massier.
1997 Visiting Artist Exhibition. Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.
1995 SKUNKWORKS-Outlaw Neon. Collaboration with “Unbuilding ways: a ritual demolition.”
             Toronto, Ontario.
1994 Naked State: a selected view of Toronto Art. The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by
             Louise Dompierre and Arthur Renwick.
1994 The House Project. 12 Washington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
1994 within/without. In collaboration with Max Streicher. Regis College, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by
              Peter Larisey.
1994 Propositions sur Papier / Propositions on Paper. Centre Interculturel Strathearn, Montréal, Québec.
             Curated by Michael Molter.
1993 SKUNKWORKS-Outlaw Neon. X’Teresa, México City. Curated by the North America Free Artists’
             Association (NAFAA).
1993 Freedom to Image. Street poster campaign, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Michelle Gay.
1993 The Apartment Project. 795 College St., Apt. 7, Toronto, Ontario.
 

Residencies and artists projects

2008 Anne Lind International Program, lecture, studio visit with New York based artist Katy Schimert.
1999 Toronto...seen 99.  Spring Fundraiser for C Magazine, Toronto, Ontario.
1997 look me in the eye, Visiting Artist, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.
1996 ofrenda, milagro, esperanza, Chiapas. C Magazine. Artist project in collaboration with Patricia Quijano
          and Jorges Morales, México City.

Invited presentations

2013 Artist talk, studio critiques. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
2013 Artist talk. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
2013 Artist talk. University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.
2012 Artist talk. University of Guelph, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto.
2010 Artist talk, studio critiques (5 days). MFA Program, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine.
2006 Artist talk. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
2005 Artist talk. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
2004 Artist talk. University of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2004 Artist talk. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.
2004 Artist talk. York University, Toronto, Ontario.
2003 Artist talk. University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
2003 Artist talk, studio critiques. Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Artist talk. York University, Toronto, Ontario.
1998 Artist talk. Sheridan College, Oakville;
1998 Artist talk. Niagara Artists’ Company, St. Catherines, Ontario.
1998 Artist talk. York University, Toronto, Ontario.
1997 Artist talk, studio critiques. Fanshaw college, London, Ontario.
1996 Artist talk, studio critiques. Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario.
1995 Artist talk. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, D.F. México.
1994 Artist talk. York University, Toronto, Ontario.
1994 Artist talk. Central Technical School, Toronto, Ontario.

Memberships, affiliations and professional experience

2012 Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery Acquisition Committee.
2010/11 CAFKA Board Member.
2010 Tree Museum Exhibition Jury Member.
2008 Artist in Residence Program, Kitchener, Ontario.
2005 Selection committee for Agents of Change, Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Ontario.
2000/02 Toronto Arts Council Visual and Media Arts Committee Member, Toronto, Ontario.
1998/00 Member of The Phoebe Street Project, Toronto, Ontario.
1995/98 Board Member, Mercer Union Artist Run Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1994/97 Member of SKUNKWORKS/Outlaw Neon, Toronto, Ontario.
1994/97 windows. Program coordinator and administrator. 488 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario.

Grants and awards

2013 Ontario Arts Council Grant ($15,000).
2008 Ontario Arts Council Grant ($15,000).
2008 Toronto Arts Council Grant, ($8,000).
2007 University of Waterloo PIF Grant ($20,000).
2006 Ontario Arts Council Grant ($15,000).
2005 Toronto Arts Council Grant ($8,000).
2003 Canada Council Mid Career Grant ($25,000).
2003 Toronto Arts Council Grant ($8,000).
2003 Chalmers Professional Development Grant ($10,000).
2003 Ontario Arts Council Grant ($10,000).
2001 K.M. Hunter Artist Award ($4,000).
2001 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant ($1,000).
1999 Ontario Arts Council Senior Artist Grant ($10,000).
1999 Canada Council Mid Career Grant (15,000).
1999 Toronto Arts Council Grant ($8,000).
1999 Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant ($5,000).
1996 Canada Council Mid Career Grant ($17,000).
1996 Toronto Arts Council Grant ($8,000).
1996 Cultural Human Resources Council. Training Initiatives Programme.
1995 Canada Council Travel Grant ($1,054).
1995 Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant ($5,000).
1995 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant.
1994 Canada Council Mid Career Grant.
1994 Explorations Grant, (The House Project), The Canada Council.
1994 Special Project Grant, (The House Project), Ontario Arts Council.
1994 Interim Cultural Grant, (The House Project), Toronto Arts Council.
1993 Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant ($5,000).
1993 Canada Council Short Term Grant ($17,000).
1992 Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant ($3,000).
1991 Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant ($3,000).

Catalogues and books

Animal. Essay “Animals” by Corinna Ghaznavi, “Waiting for the City” by Alissa York, “Not so Dumb”, Sally McKay. Museum London, Kenderdine Art Gallery, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 2011.
Art School Dismisssed. Essays by Heather Nicol, Ian Carr-Harris and Yvonne Lammerich, Murray Whyte and Jessica Vallentin. The Decommissioned Shaw Street Public School, 2011.
The Donovan Collection. University of St. Michael’s College, 2010. Essay “The Donovan Coolection: Its History and Nature” and “Art Religion and the Spiritual” by Daniel Donovan.
Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks. ISC Press in collaboration with the University of Washington Press, 2008.
BEYOND/IN Western New York 2007. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2007.
SPASM 11: The Couture of Contemporaneity.  paved Art + New Media and Aka Gallery, 2004.
Machine Life. Essay “Encountering Machine Life” by Jan Allen, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, 2004.
autobody. Essay by Carolyn Bell Farrell. autobody. The Koffler Gallery, 2001.
The Tree Museum. Essay “Artificial Nature” by David Liss, 2001.
Redrospective. 10th year anniversary catalogue for the Red Head Gallery, 2000.
Wildlife : A Field Guide to the Post Natural. Essay “Wildlife: a field guide to the post-natural by Lisa Gabrielle Mark, 2000.
The House Project. Essay “A new address” by Claire Christie and “Claimants: Christie, Claire, Lois, Madeleine, Shanna, Siobhan, Suzy and I” by Sylvie Fortin, 1994.
Naked State. Essay “Sketching a Context” and “Paths to an exhibition” by Louise Dompierre and “naked state: an artist’s statement” by Arthur Renwick. The Power Plant Gallery, 1994.

Exhibition reviews

Adams, Bruce. “Beyond/In WNY: Setting Course,” Buffalo Spree Magazine, Nov 2007, 44-47. Print.
Aquin, Stéphane. “Chasse-Galleries,” VOIR, 11-17 June 1992. Print.
Bergstrom, Heidi. “Lois Andison, Camouflage 1,” Lola (Number 3, Winter, 1998) 68. Print.
Buttery, Helen. “Manufacturing nature,” National Post, 15 July 2000. Print.
Carino, Marites. MIRROR, Art Mûr turns 15! 3 Nov 2011. Print.
Charron, Marie-Ève. “Bitume revisité,” Le Devoir, 23 June 2001. Print.
Clément, Éric. “Jeu du hasard à la Biennale de Montréal” La Presse, Montréal
18 Jan 2011. Print.
Dabkowski, Colin. “Gusto: Coming Together,” The Buffalo News, 28 Sept 2007, 22-24. Print.
Dawson, Jessica. “O Canada: Interpretations Of Thy Native Landscape,” The Washington Post, 18 Aug 2005. Print.
Dault, Gary Michael. Dault, Gary Michael. “Lois Andison at the Olga Korper Gallery,” The Globe and Mail, 17 Oct 2009. Print.
Dault, Gary Michael.  “The bubbling banality of suburbia,” The Globe and Mail, 8 June 2002. Print.
Dault, Gary Michael.  “Animal magnetism in a post-natural world,” The Globe and Mail, 22 July 2000.  Print.
Dault, Gary Michael. “The fire beneath the flowers,” The Globe and Mail, 26 Sept 1998. Print.
Dault, Gary Michael.  “Young Toronto,” Canadian Art (Winter 1994) 57-61. Print.
Dabkowskin, Colin. “At the Albright-Knox, a great ‘Beyond’,” The Buffalo News, 17 Aug 2007. Print.
Dick,Terence. Jinny Yu at General Hardware | Lois Andison at Olga Korper | Christy Langer at Christopher Cutts, Akimbo.biz, 23 Oct 2012. Web.
Dick, Terence. Akimblog. 28 Feb 2012. Web.
Fortin, Sylvie. “...of a few CLAIMANTS in the SPHERE of DESIRE,” Matriart (Volume 5 / Number 2, 1995) 6-13. Print.
Garneau, David. “Wildlife: A Field Guide to the Post Natural,” Border Crossings (Volume 20 / Number 4, 2001) 70. Print.
Gawel, Anna. "Canada the Beautiful: Seven Contemporary Artists Reflect on Nature and Landscapes," The Washington Post (August 2005). Print.
Girling, Oliver. “Wired up from degree zero,” EYE Magazine (6 Oct 1994) 46. Print.
Girling, Oliver. “piel profunda/skin deep.” Ciudad de México: Galería del Sur, 1995. Print.
Goddard, Peter. “Buffalo Stampede,” The Toronto Star, 22 Sept 2007. Print. 
Gopnik, Blake. “Toronto is up to the eyeballs in lively and eclectic art,” The Globe and Mail, 8 Dec 1998. Print.
Hanna, Deirdre. (Cover) “Lois Andison sculpts art that moves,” NOW Magazine, 8-14 Nov 2001, 1, 38-39. Print.
Hanna, Deirdre.  “Best in Show,” Images (Spring 2001) 50-7. Print.
Hanna, Deirdre.  “Feminist art flourishes in solid House Project” NOW Magazine, 23-9 June 1994. Print.
Hirschmann, Thomas. “At the ROM,” NOW Magazine, Nov 2003. Print.
Jacobson , Louis. “Group of Seven: A Contemporary Look at the Canadian Landscape,” City Paper, 8 July 2005. Print.
Johnson, Ashley. Lois Andison,” Canadian Art (Spring 2010) 116. Print.
Jonsson, Tomas. “Lois Andison,” Espace (Winter 2000-01) 50. Print.
Jordan, Betty Ann. “Tragedy adds subtext to work’s grief,” The Globe and Mail, 21 June 1997. Print.
Katz, Shawn. “Biennale’s Future Left to Chance,” The Rover: Montreal Arts Uncovered, Roverarts. 26 May 2011. Web
Krishtalka, Sholem. “Brilliant group art.” MIRROR, 5-12 Oct 2000, 43. Print.
Lamarche, Bernard. “La ferme des animaux,” Le Devoir, 19 May 2002. Print.
Lamarche, Bernard. “Le survêtement dans tous ses états,” Le Devoir, 1 Oct 2000. Print.
Lehmann, Henry. “We are what we wear, artists say,” The Gazette, 17 Sept 2000. Print.
McElroy, Gil, “The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada,” Sculpture Magazine, Jan, Feb 2003. Print.
MacKay, Gillian. “A witty look at impossible contradictions,” The Globe and Mail, 10 June 2000.
MacKay, Gillian. “Canadian eh!,” The Globe and Mail, 17 Oct 1998. Print.
McLaughlin, Bryne. “Biennale de Montréal: The Gamblers,” Canadian Art, 19 May 2011, 4 July 2011. Web
Mason, Joyce. “ofrenda, milagro, esperanza, Chiapas,” C Magazine. A collaborative artist project with Patricia Quijano and Jorges Morales (Jan-Mar 1996) 12-16. Print.
Mark, Lisa Gabrielle. “Letter from Toronto,” C Magazine (Nov-Jan 1999) 41. Print.
McElroy, Gil. “Wildlife,” FiberArts (Sept-Oct) 57. Print.
MIX, (Volume 23, Number 1, Summer, 1997) 26. Print.
Moda, Becky and Eric Jackson-Forsberg. “Into the Biennal,” Art Voice Cover story, 27 Sept - Oct 2007. Print.
Molter, Mike. “The Body As Glass,” ETC, (Number 20, 1992/93) 37-9. Print.
Phol, John. “Sculptor is a master of the lost art,” The Gazette, 22 Jan 2011. Print.
Pohl, John. “Big Bang exhibition at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts proves to be fine theory,” Montreal Gazette, 13 Nov 2011. Print.
Preace, Tralee. “Talk of the Town,” The Globe and Mail, Mar 20, 2004. Print.
Pinder, Carolyn. “grasses and grids,” NAC News, May/June 1998. Print.
Redfern, Christine. “Fiction Addiction,” MIRROR, 5 Nov 2006. Print.
Sandals, Leah. “Andison on a roll,” NOW, Oct 28 - Nov 4, 2009 | Vol 29 No 9. Print.
Saunders, Allison. “Animal’s attraction: Dalhousie’s latest exhibit examines our relationships with animals through video, sculpture, installation and photograph. The Coast 25 Oct 2012. Web
Schechter, Fran. “Textual appeal,” NOW, Jan 5-12, 2012. Print.
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "Canada's new Seven," The Washington Times, 20 Aug 2005. Print.
Vida, Sandra. “wildlife,” FFWD, 10-16 Jan 2002. Print.
Taylor, Kate. “Savouring the delight of the fountain,” The Globe and Mail, 15 Mar 1991. Print.
Whyte, Murray. “Toronto couple opens their own museum,” thestar.com, 09 Dec 2011. Web.

Collections

The National Gallery of Canada
Bank of Montreal
The Donovan Collection
Tory’s Law Firm
Borden Ladner Gervais

Works held in private collections in Canada, The United States and Germany.