Degrees
Master
of
Fine
Art,
University
of
Guelph,
Guelph,
Ontario
Bachelor
of
Fine
Art,
Nova
Scotia
College
of
Art
and
Design,
Halifax,
NS
Diploma
in
Graphic
Design,
Sheridan
College,
Oakville,
Ontario
Employment
2003-present Associate
Professor
(2009),
Department
of
Fine
Arts,
University
of
Waterloo
1998-2003 Lecturer,
School
of
Fine
Art
and
School
of
Media
Arts
and
Imaging,
Programmes
of
Fine
Art,
Time
Based
Art
and
MSc
in
Electronic
Imaging,
Duncan
of
Jordanstone
College
of
Art
and
Design,
University
of
Dundee,
UK
1994-1998 Sessional
Instructor,
Department
of
Fine
Art
and
Music,
University
of
Guelph
1997 Sessional
Instructor,
Dundas
Valley
School
of
Art,
Dundas,
Ontario
Solo and two person exhibitions
2015
Renann
Isaacs
Contemporary
Art,
Guelph,
ON
2014
Systematic,
Renann
Isaacs
Contemporary
Art,
Guelph,
ON
2008
Apertura,
2
Person
Exhibition,
Kitchener
Waterloo
Art
Gallery,
Kitchener,
ON
In
The
Offing
Wynick
Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
2005
Always
As
If
Wynick
Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
Beyond/In
Western
New
York
(Separate
Gallery/9
Paintings)
Albright-Knox
Art
Gallery,
Buffalo,
NY
2003
Scavenger’s
Daughter
Art
Gallery
of
Nova
Scotia,
Halifax,
NS
Scavenger’s
Daughter
Wynick/Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
2000
Pucker
Wynick/Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
1999
Distilled
(Two
Person
Exhibition)
The
Khyber
Centre
for
the
Arts,
Halifax,
NS
1998
A
Wet
Moon
Wynick/Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
1996-97
Perspective
'96
(Four
Person
Exhibition)
Art
Gallery
of
Ontario,
Toronto,
ON
1996
Now
We
Are
Alone
Together
Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
ON
1993
Things
of
Beauty
Common
Ground
Gallery,
Windsor,
Ontario
1990
In
/
Secure
-
18
Portraits
on
Glass
The
Banff
Centre
for
the
Arts,
Banff,
Alberta
1989
Fragile.
Handle
With
Care
(Two
Person
Exhibition)
Anna
Leonowens
Gallery,
Halifax,
NS
1987
Studio
to
Street
Anna
Leonowens
Gallery,
Halifax,
NS
Selected group exhibitions
2017-18
Perfect
Brightness:
Discovery
and
Escape
in
Contemporary
Photography,
AGNS
2017
Living
Image,
The
Halide
Project,
Philadephia,
USA
2016
Red,
Renann
Isaacs
Contemporary
Art,
Guelph,
ON
2015
Toronto
International
Art
Fair,
Renann
Isaacs,
Toronto,
ON
Made
In
Paint,
Sam
and
Adele
Golden
Art
Gallery,
New
Berlin,
NY,
USA
Beaux-arts
des
Amériques
Gallery,
Montreal,
PQ
Master
Class,
The
Boarding
House,
Guelph,
ON
2014
Next
w/
Renann
Isaacs,
Toronto
International
Art
Fair,
Toronto,,
ON
2013 Rouge,
Renann
Isaacs
Contemporary
Art,
Guelph,
ON
2012 Skin
(curated
by
Sarah
Fillmore),
Art
Gallery
of
Nova
Scotia
2011 Framed
(curated
by
Dave
Divine),
Art
Gallery
of
Nova
Scotia
Noir
(curated
by
Renann
Isaacs),
Renann
Isaacs
Contemporary
Art,
Guelph,
ON
25,
Harbinger
Gallery,
Waterloo,
ON
2009 Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
ON
2008 Click,
Art
Gallery
of
Nova
Scotia,
Halifax,
NS
Contemporaries,
Art
Gallery
of
Nova
Scotia,
Halifax,
NS
Pulse
2:
Film
and
Painting
After
The
Image,
Wynick
Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
2008 Abstract
Painting
in
Canada,
Art
Gallery
of
Nova
Scotia,
Halifax,
NS
2008 From
the
Collection,
Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
ON
2007 Triangle
DUMBO
Arts
Exhibition,
New
York,
USA
2007 Toronto
International
Art
Fair,
Toronto,
ON
2006 Pulse
-
Film
and
Painting
After
The
Image
Mount
St.
Vincent
Art
Gallery,
NS
2006 Abstraction
Diaz
Contemporary,
Toronto,
ON
2006 Informal
Ideas
01-06,
Stand
Wynick
Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
2005 Beyond/In
Western
New
York
Albright-Knox
Art
Gallery,
Buffalo,
NY
2005 Toronto
International
Art
Fair,
Toronto,
ON
2005 Sampler
Kitchener
Waterloo
Art
Gallery,
Kitchener,
Ontario
2003 The
Big
Abstract
Show
The
Painting
Centre,
New
York,
USA
2003 Toronto
International
Art
Fair,
Toronto,
ON
2001 Triangle
Ontario
College
of
Art
and
Design
Art
Gallery,
Toronto,
Ontario
2001 Toronto
International
Art
Fair,
Toronto,
ON
2000 After
a
Few
Drinks
In
Collaboration
with
Catalyst
Arts,
Belfast,
N.I.
2000 Fresh
Paint,
Wynick
Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
2000 Gen
Art
Video
Festival
New
York,
N.Y.
2000 Time
Wynick/Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
Ontario
1999 Contingency
and
Continuity:
Negotiating
New
Abstraction, Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
ON
1999 Informal
Ideas
98.3,
Wynick
Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
ON
1999 Toronto
Under
40
Art
Gallery
of
Ontario
(Art
Sales
and
Rentals),Toronto,
ON
1998 Layers
Wynick/Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
Ontario
1998 Art
Chicago
‘98
Navy
Pier,
Chicago,
Illinois,
U.S.A.
1998 Informal
Ideas
98.2
(Degrees
of
Abstraction),
Wynick
Tuck
Gallery,
1997 Telling
Stories:
Recent
Acquisitions
of
Contemporary
Art, Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
ON
1997 Informal
Ideas
97.5
(Colour
and
the
Square),
Wynick
Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,ON
1997 Points
Of
Contact
Shirley
Fiterman
Gallery,
New
York,
USA
1997 Informal
Ideas
-
97.3,
Wynick/Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
Ontario
1997 ARCO
International
Contemporary
Art
Fair,
Parque
Ferial
Juan
Carlos, Madrid,
Spain
1997 Informal
Ideas
-
97.1,
Wynick/Tuck
Gallery,
Toronto,
Ontario
1996 1996
(Curated
by
Carol
Podedworny)
Art
Gallery
of
Hamilton,
Hamilton,
ON
1996 Crossing
Borders
Castellani
Art
Museum,
Niagara
Falls,
N.Y.
1995 Niche
Install-Art
Collective
Exhibition
/
Installations
in
Guelph,
ON
1995 The
Home
Show,
Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
ON
1994 The
Barn's
Exhibit
Zavitz
Gallery,
University
of
Guelph,
Guelph,
ON
1994 9
Gallery
Moos,
Toronto,
Ontario
1993 1993
Southwest
Biennial
The
Art
Gallery
of
Windsor,
ON
1992 (Past)
Industrial
Buckham
Gallery,
Flint,
Michigan
Prison
and
Palace
and
Reverberation
The
Lebel
Gallery,
University
of
Windsor
1990 RED
GREEN
BLUE
BLACK
AND
WHITE
The
Walter
Phillips
Gallery, Banff,
Alberta
La
Bouche
Dans
Le
Mur
The
Banff
Centre
for
the
Arts,
Banff,
Alberta
1987 Ecphore
'87,
Atlantic
Artists'
Exhibition,
Halifax,
NS
Catalogue/Peer Assessed essays
Bean,
Robert.
Apertura:
(2
person
exhibition)
Kitchener
Waterloo
Art
Gallery,
2008.
Bradley,
Jessica.
Perspective
96:
(4
person
exhibition)
Toronto:
Art
Gallery
of
Ontario,
1996-97.
Campbell,
Nancy.
Now
We
Are
Alone
Together.
(solo
exhibition)
Guelph:
Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
1996.
Caperton,
John.
Living
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(group
exhibition)
The
Halide
Project,
Philadephia,
USA,
2018.
Cronin,
Ray.
Scavenger's
Daughter:
(solo
exhibition)
Halifax:
Art
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of
Nova
Scotia,
2003.
Filmore,
Sarah.
Ned
Pratt:
One
Wave:
“Capturing
the
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Goose
Lane
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Rooms,
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Gibson,
Dee.
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Cluett:
Scavenger's
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(solo
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Made
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(2
person
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1999
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Holly
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Renann
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1996
-
2012
Wynick/Tuck
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