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“Transitional Movement” at Wynick/Tuck Gallery

mark — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:10:15 +0000

Join me for the opening of Transitional Movement on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 26, from 2 to 5 pm at Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Curated by Lynne Wynick, this group exhibition features two of my newest pieces alongside works by Jessica Groome, Collette Laliberté, Dyan Marie, Martin Pearce, Monica Tap and Carol Wainio.

Click here for images and more information.

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, July 8-10, 2011

mark — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:14:11 +0000

I will be showing and selling work again this year at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE), which takes place this coming weekend, July 8-10.

Visit me at booth 113 to see a body of brand new work being exhibited for the first time.

July 8, 9 & 10, 2011
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto

Free Admission
Friday 10:30am-7:30pm
Saturday 10:30am-7:30pm
Sunday 10:30am-6:30pm

www.torontooutdoorart.org

Art Talk

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On Saturday, July 9, I will be part of a panel discussion with artists Tara Cooper and Amy Switzer. The talk is titled The Art, The Artist and The Accolades and is moderated by Jenna Oldham.

Saturday, July 9th
1:00 – 2:00 PM (45 minute discussion, followed by 15 min Q&A)
Toronto City Hall, in the Rotunda
Free Admission

Click here for full TOAE 2011 programming schedule.

Mark Stebbins Art on Facebook

mark — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:51:05 +0000

I now have a Facebook page for my art. Click below to check it out:

Mark Stebbins Art

Canada Council Art Bank

mark — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:10:30 +0000

Mark Stebbins, Heap, 2010, 16 x 20", collection of Canada Council Art Bank

My 2010 piece Heap has been purchased by the Canada Council Art Bank as part of its 2011 purchases of work by 52 Canadian artists. The Canada Council Art Bank, with approximately 17,500 works, has the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art in the world.

Click here for the full Art Bank news release, or read more below.

New works by established and emerging contemporary Canadian artists added to Canada Council Art Bank

Ottawa, June 20, 2011 – The Canada Council Art Bank is acquiring 52 new works by Canadian artists, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, and drawings, worth a total value of $303,025. The selection committee chose the works from 1,875 submissions received.

The Art Bank purchases include works from all regions of Canada. The new selections of works by senior artists Liz Magor, Jeff Thomas, Joanne Tod, and Serge Tousignant are complimented by works by emerging artists who are already receiving major recognition like David Harper, Meryl McMaster, Aidan Urquhart and Anna Williams. Images of these artists’ work can be downloaded from the Canada Council image gallery.

“The jury, faced with a large number of submissions, remained at the same time open minded and highly critical of each and every choice,” said Art Bank Director Victoria Henry. “The 2011 Art Bank purchase encompasses a broad spectrum of contemporary artistic practice in Canada today.”

The works were selected on the basis of artistic excellence, significance to current art practice and suitability for rental. Regional representation and cultural diversity were also considered. A full list is attached.

The members of the acquisition committee were: Lorraine Gilbert, photographer and professor at the University of Ottawa (Ottawa), Heather Igloliorte, artist and art historian specializing in Inuit art (Ottawa/Labrador), Rick Leong, painter (Victoria/Montreal), Sarah Maloney, sculptor (Halifax).

General Information

The Canada Council Art Bank, with approximately 17,500 works, has the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art in the world. It was created to support the efforts of Canadian visual artists and to provide government and corporate offices with the opportunity to rent Canadian art for their offices and public spaces. Since 2001, the Canada Council Art Bank has acquired close to 900 works through its purchase program. Currently, one third of the collection is on rental and displayed in office and public spaces, giving Canadians across the country access to a variety of works by Canadian artists.

New acquisitions by the Canada Council Art Bank

Name – CITY, Prov. – Title – Category
Leslie Bell – CALGARY, AB – Entropic 2 – Painting
Heather Benning – WATROUS, SK – The Dollhouse, 1/10 – Photograph
Paul Bernhardt – EDMONTON, AB – Communication Breakdown – Painting
Judith Berry – ALCOVE, QC – Filter – Painting
BGL – QUÉBEC, QC – Domaine de l’angle II, 4/7 – Photograph
Sarah Burwash – HALIFAX, NS – Heroines of Guile – Drawing
Marlene Creates – PORTUGAL COVE, NL – Larch, Spruce, Fir, Birch, Hand, Blast Hole Pond Road, Newfoundland 2007 (and ongoing) – Photograph
Robert Davidson – WHITE ROCK, BC – Shadows – Print
Sarindar Dhaliwal – TORONTO, ON – 28 Ambassador Cars, 1/5 – Chromira print
Paul Dignan – ELMIRA, ON – Cota 1 – Painting
Scott Everingham – TORONTO, ON – Dear Life – Painting
Rosalie Favell – OTTAWA, ON – Facing the Camera – Photograph
Paul Fortin – INUVIK, NT – Hillside Town – Painting
Christopher Will Gill – ST. JOHN’S, NL – Cape Spear Series, 1/3 – Photograph
Greg Girard – VANCOUVER, BC – Neighbourhood Demolition, Fangbang Dong Lu, 3/3 – Photograph
Eliza Griffiths – MONTRÉAL, QC – Fast Runners – Painting
David Harper – TORONTO, ON – Him (from the series The Wedding Portraits) – Embroidery on goat hide
Patrick Howlett – LONDON, ON – Vague and Hazy – Painting
Davida Kidd – VANCOUVER, BC – Log-On, 2/5 – Photograph
Thomas Kneubühler – MONTRÉAL, QC – Electric #2, 2/5 – Photograph
Christopher Lloyd – MONTRÉAL, QC – Martin Buys Some Love – Painting
Mary Longman – SASKATOON, SK – Hills Never Lie-Lebret Graveyard, 1/4 – Lenticular print
Liz Magor – VANCOUVER, BC – Modella Everest – Sculpture
Scott McFarland – TORONTO, ON – View of Rooke House, Looking Towards Highgate, 5/5 – Photograph
Meryl McMaster – TORONTO, ON – Jin, 1/5 – Photograph
Andrew Morrow – CHELSEA, QC – Lion vs. Gorilla vs. Polar Bear – Painting
Andrea Mortson – SACKVILLE, NB – You Are Loved – Painting
Val Nelson – VANCOUVER, BC – Tunnelling In – Painting
Marianne Nicolson – VICTORIA, BC – Praying for Forgiveness – Painting
Jennifer Norman – OTTAWA, ON – View Of A Tree Climber – Painting
Alain Paiement – MONTRÉAL, QC – Arrangement According To Nature (Madame), 1/5 – Photograph
Nujalia Quvianaqtuliaq – CAPE DORSET, NU – Kinngait – Drawing
Ramona Ramlochand – MONTRÉAL, QC – Unfallen (boys), 1/5 – Photograph
Nicole Raufeisen & Ryan Witt – DARTMOUTH, NS – Facial Reconstruction, 1/5 – Photograph
Sarah Rooney – MONTRÉAL, QC – Pierrot – Painting
Amy Schissel – GATINEAU, QC – Maintain Theta – Painting
Emmy Skensved – SYDENHAM, ON – Deco – Painting
Mark Stebbins – TORONTO, ON – Heap – Mixed Media
Barbara Steinman – MONTRÉAL, QC – Flight. After Muybridge (#1, 2, 7, 8 ) – Photograph
Norman Takeuchi – OTTAWA, ON – Upstream / Sudden Showers No. 2 – Painting
Daisuke Takeya – TORONTO, ON – Stoney Reserve – Painting
Jeff Thomas – OTTAWA, ON – Medicine Crow: My Conversation with Edward S. Curtis, 1/10 – Photograph
Diana Thorneycroft – WINNIPEG, MB – A People’s History (Riel), 1/7 – Photograph
Joanne Tod – TORONTO, ON – River Styx – Painting
Anna Torma – BAIE VERTE, NB – Transverbal IV – Fine Craft
Serge Tousignant – MONTRÉAL, QC – Liquide vert, 1/2 – Photograph
Aidan Urquhart – LONDON, ON – New Canadian Cabin Series # 2 – Mixed Media
Carol Wainio – OTTAWA, ON – Narrative – Painting
Chih-Chien Wang – MONTRÉAL, QC – Yushan Carries Shaore By Lake #2, 1/7 – Photograph
Anna Williams – OTTAWA, ON – Untitled (Fawn), 1/3 – Sculpture
Justin Wonnacott – OTTAWA, ON – I Remember and I Forget – Photograph
Jinny Yu – OTTAWA, ON – Story of a Global Nomad (de Vonk 1) – Painting

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition: “50 Years of Art” silent auction

mark — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:43:51 +0000

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) will be holding a cocktail reception and silent auction fundraiser in conjunction with the TOAE retrospective exhibition 50 Years of Art: Looking Back at the Future.

I have donated a brand new small piece, Omnibus (2011), to the silent auction. The event takes place from 6 – 9 pm on June 9, 2011 and will feature 50 small works by past TOAE exhibitors.

Tickets are $50 per person. To purchase tickets in advance, please call the TOAE office at 416-408-2754. Tickets can also be purchased at the door on June 9th. All proceeds to support the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.

Omnibus, 2011, acrylic paint/ink on panel, 8 x 6 in.

CTV Toronto’s News Reporter, Natalie Johnson, will be the Emcee for the evening. Guests will enjoy music byRichard Whiteman, enjoy award-winning art and participate in a silent auction of small-format artworks and the Catering is provided by Allen’s Restaurant.

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition: “50 Years of Art” retrospective exhibition

mark — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:13:06 +0000

My recent piece Amalgam (2011) will be shown as part of the exhibition 50 Years of Art: Looking Back at the Future, a retrospective look at the the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) to mark its 50th anniversary.

Exhibition information from TOAE:

Over the fifty years of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, more than 20,000 artists have shown at Nathan Phillips Square. In this unique and generous award programme, artists are selected by accomplished artist peer judges and acknowledged as “best” in their medium. Past “honourable mentions” include the young photographer Edward Burtynsky who was awarded second place in 1982.

How then to select artists to represent the more than 2,500 award winners recorded by the TOAE? Number of awards won? Artists who went on to significant careers? Representation of trends in art? High sales? Audience popularity? It’s an impossible task, but who better than curator Jennifer Rudder, a former board member, jury chair and Executive Director of the TOAE’s annual art show and sale. She has selected innovative award winning artists and makers who push the boundaries of the status quo in their work, breaking out of medium specific conventions and restrictions. Unconventional pioneers in their field, these artists have initiated shifts in the way we view art and craft in Canada today.

Amalgam, 2011

Dates: June 8th to July 16th.

Location: FCP Gallery

Address: 100 King Street West, Toronto

FCP Gallery is located in First Canadian Place, at street level near the Adelaide St entrance. Gallery hours Monday through Friday 11am to 3pm. Please contact the TOAE office for more information at 416-408-2754.

See TOAE website for maps to gallery and further details.

Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects

mark — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:25:03 +0000

I’m pleased to announce that I am now being represented in Halifax, Nova Scotia by Meghan Fish Contemporary Art and Projects

The MFC Launch Exhibition runs from March 25 through April 23, with an opening reception taking place Friday, March 25. All are welcome to attend; click here for details or see the invitation and press release below.

Two of my newest pieces, Blow Up and Jetsam, are on view in this exhibition and are available for purchase through the gallery. They can be seen at www.meghanfish.com or under the Works tab above.

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Launch Event: Friday, March 25^th, 2011, from 7-11 pm, 2053 Gottingen St., Halifax, NS

Exhibition Duration: March 25 – April 23, 2011, 2053 Gottingen St., Halifax, NS

Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-5 pm and by appointment

On March 25^th, 2011, Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects introduces a new way to buy and appreciate contemporary art, both in Halifax and abroad. A primarily online and by-appointment gallery space, Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects will feature cutting edge painting, photography and new media work by emerging and established artists from across Canada. Collectors will be able to view the art online, by appointment locally at the Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects showroom/office, or have work sent on approval to their own space. Also in the works are plans for pop-up events and exhibitions–an exciting way to showcase art in a series of changing venues around Halifax. Launching Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects will be an inaugural group exhibition at 2053 Gottingen Street on Friday, March 25^th, 2011, in collaboration with Jane’s on the Common, Canoe Realty, and Propeller Brewery.

“I see this as a more progressive model for selling art,” explains Director Meghan Fish (née Dorward), who has worked in Halifax’s commercial art world for the last five years (most notably as the former Assistant Director at Studio 21 Fine Art). “It circumvents the inefficiencies of maintaining a traditional gallery space year round. In my experience, I’ve found that most art-buying audiences arrive through word-of-mouth. It made me realize that I didn’t need a static, physical space to sell art. Instead, I will focus my resources and energy on personal service – offering artwork installation services and lease-to-own options to clients who purchase work, while effectively promoting my roster of artists. Pop-up exhibitions will add to this hybrid approach in creating a unique and diverse experience for the public.”

Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects will carry a range of art not readily available in Halifax, such as photography and new media. “We’ll really fill a void for local collectors,” says Fish, who holds a BFA in photography and media arts from NSCAD University. She hopes to be able to inform and engage local audiences around current practices in contemporary art.

Fish expects the new gallery model to fully enable her business to utilize social media, reaching out to both national and international collectors using tools like Facebook and Twitter – all while contributing to the local art scene and promoting local artists. She hopes the pop-up exhibitions will act like art ‘happenings’–showcasing MFC artists through events in alternative venues. “We’re thinking outside the box, literally,” Fish laughs. “I plan to introduce the concept that galleries no longer have to be limited to one static set of walls on a daily basis. It’s a malleable, ever-changing, and virtual world out there now – without geographical boundaries. It’s time we embrace that in the art world.”

Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects’ roster of artists includes Halifax-based artists Scott Bertram, Adrian Fish, Jessica Hein, Susan McEachern, and Chris Myhr, as well as national artists, Sarah Cale, Susan Dobson, Scott Everingham, Rafael Goldchain, Alexis Lavoie (Winner of the 2010 RBC Canadian Painting Competition) and Mark Stebbins (Honourable Mention at the 2010 RBC Canadian Painting Competition and Best in Show at the 2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition).

For more information visit:

www.meghanfish.com

Contact: Meghan Fish, Director. 902-877-5002. info@meghanfish.com

Best of 2010 Exhibition: Award Winners from the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

mark — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:16:04 +0000

My piece Nexuses is featured in the exhibition Best of 2010 at the FCP Gallery in Toronto from January 17 to February 25, 2011.

An opening reception will take place on Thursday, January 20 from 6 to 8 pm. All are welcome to attend!

BEST of 2010 features the work of the award winners from the 2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. My work was awarded both Best in Show and Best in Drawing Category at last summer’s exhibition.

The FCP Gallery is located at 100 King Street West, Toronto in First Canadian Place. Click here for a map to the gallery location in the building.

FCP Gallery hours will vary during the exhibition so it is recommended that you contact the TOAE office (416-408-2754) or FCP Gallery for the public viewing schedule.

For more information about the work of the 2010 award winners, please visit www.torontooutdoorart.org

Note: Nexuses was chosen as the feature image for the exhibition postcard (see left) and all other exhibition promotional material.

Solo exhibition at Edward Day Gallery opens Nov. 6

mark — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:52:30 +0000

Lacunae, a solo exhibition of my work opens this Saturday, November 6 at Edward Day Gallery in Toronto. The exhibition will present a number of new works for the first time, alongside a selection of works produced within the past two years.

Please join me at the opening reception, Saturday November 6 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

Edward Day Gallery is located at 952 Queen Street West, Suite 200, Toronto.
416- 921-6540 | www.edwarddaygallery.com

Update: Toronto’s NOW Magazine named Lacunae one the city’s must-see art shows for the week of Nov. 7. See “Scraps and News From Nowhere.”

Art Toronto (The 11th Toronto International Art Fair)

mark — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:22:52 +0000

My piece Nexuses (2010, 18 x 24″) will be on view at the RBC booth at Art Toronto from October 28 to November 1. I’ll be present and happy to chat on Thursday, October 28th at the Special Collectors Preview (4:30-6:30pm) and the Opening Night Preview (6:30-10:30pm). Contact Art Toronto at www.tiafair.com for tickets or more information.