LAURA MILLARD- CURRICULUM VITAE
 

 

EDUCATION

1989-1992 Masters of Fine Arts, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

1981-1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS

1979-1981 The Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB

 

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Torque, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON.

2006 Skate, Summit Gallery, Banff, AB

2002 Recent Work, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON

1999 Symbiont, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON

1998 Groundcloth, MacLaren Arts Centre, Barrie, ON
Recent Work, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON

1997 ground, Carl Davis Gallery, Ottawa, ON
field, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON

1994 transparent terrain, St. Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
a shadow of turning, Articule, Montreal, QC
100 Links Make a Chain, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB

1992 bordering the scenic, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 Love on the Rocks, Michael Gibson Gallery, two-person exhibition with Shari Hatt, London, ON
Our River, Journey of the Bow, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB

2003 Surfaces, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Flicker, Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York City, NY

2002 Bliss, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI

2001 Turbulence, Maison de la Culture, two-personexhibition with Anne Ashton, Cotes Des Neiges, Montreal, QC
Floe, Michael Gibson Gallery, two-personexhibition with Katherine Knight, London, ON

2000 Critical Sites: Environmental Works, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Knockout, The Art Firm, Toronto, ON
Imagining An [Other] Canada, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON

1999-2000 Imagining An [Other] Canada, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault St. Marie, ON; Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON; Mount St. Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax, NS; Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON

1998 Moments Entrelaces, La Centrale, Montreal, QC

1997 Southwest Triennial: Public Order, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON;

1996 Art Gallery of Hamilton
Imagining Eden: The Contemporary Canadian Landscape, Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

1994 Hidden Values, Western Corporations Collect, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Reframing the Landscape, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB

1994-1996 North of Sixty, Travelling Exhibition Program, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

1992 Brucebostiftelsen Stipendiater Fran Kanada 1972-1992 Gotlands Kunst Museum, Visby, Sweden
Bordering the scenic, Bourget Gallery, Montreal, QC

1991 Peinture, Galerie Clark, Montreal, QC
True Souvenir, Bourget Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

1990 La Releve, Galerie d'art vente et location, Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, QC

1989 Recent Landscapes, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB

1988 From the Landscape, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB

1987 Purposeful Journeys, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB

 

 

PRESS

Catharine Mastin, The Bow: Living With a River, catalogue, Glenbow Museum, 2005.

Giroux, Christian, Canadian Art International: Laura Millard, Canadian Art Magazine, Winter 2003.

Patrick, Mahon, Laura Millard, Crossovers, Border Crossings, Fall 2002.
Betty Anne Jordan, Art and Illusion, Where Toronto, March 2002.

Sonia Pelletier, Envision Microscopique de la Tempete, Le Devoir, Montreal, QC, Dec 23, 2000.
Anne MacDonald, Knockout, Lola, Issue #7, 2000
Lorraine Simms, Moments Entrelaces:Signs of the Times: Reading and Writing Painting in Textura, published by La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, 2000
Sharon Workman, (E)scaping Tradition: Artists Take a New Look at Canadian Landscape, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jan 9, 2000

Gillian MacKay, Laura Millard at Pari Nadimi, The Globe and Mail, Nov 20, 1999
Elaine Hujer, Women Offer Another View of Canada, Hamilton Spectator, Nov 3, 1999
Carol Podedworny, Imagining An(Other) Canada, catalogue, Burlington Art Centre, 1999

John Hartman, Groundcloth: Laura Millard, Art City, 1998

 

 

PUBLICATIONS BY THE ARTIST

Cumulous, Karilee Fuglem, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, in production

The Single Tree, London Regional Art and Historical Museums, 2000

A History of Four-Footed Beasts and Other Curiosities, Alex Livingston, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery and the University of Waterloo Art Gallery, 1999

Scribe, Jeannie Thib, MacLaren Arts Centre and The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, 1999

Tom Thomson in Algonquin Park, Thomson Books, 1998

Rising Ground, Anne Ashton and Judith Berry, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, 1997

Images of Canada: Canadian Bank Notes, Border / Lines, issue 28, 1993, selected for publication in Reader's Choice: Essays for Thinking, Reading and Writing, Prentice Hall Canada, Toronto, 1994

 

 

COLLECTIONS

Glenbow Museum
MacLaren Arts Centre
Canada Council Art Bank
Fidelity Investments, Boston, Mass
Fornsal Museum, Visby, Sweden
MacKimmie Matthews, Calgary, AB
Northern Transportation Company Limited, Edmonton, AB
NOVA Corporation, Calgary, AB
The Alberta Art Foundation
The City of Calgary Civic Collection
Private Collections Canada and United States

 

AWARDS

2006 Exhibition Assistance Grant

2002 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Grant: Mid-Career

2000 Canada Council Travel Grant
Senior Artist, Discovery Residency, The Banff Centre

1999 Residency Assistance, The Banff Centre, Landscape Residency

1998 Canada Council B Grant
Residency Assistance, The Banff Centre, Women and Paint Residency

1997 Ontario Arts Council Grant
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

1994 Canada Council Project Grant and Travel Grant
The Leighton Artist Colony Studio Residency, The Banff Centre, Alberta

1993, 1994 Visual Arts Project Grant, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts

1987 Travel and Project Assistance, Northern Transportation Company Limited, Edmonton, AB

1986 Banff Centre Scholarship, Banff, AB

1985 The Canadian Scandinavian Foundation,
The Brucebo Fine Arts Scholarship, Gotland, Sweden

 

   

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