Gathie Falk

Born: Alexander, Manitoba, l928

EDUCATION
University of British Columbia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1965
Paintings, Canvas Shack

1967
Odalesque Gallery, Victoria, BC

1968
Living Room, Environmental Sculpture & Prints, Douglas Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1974
Single Right Men's Shoes, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris

1976
39 Drawings, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1976-77
Herd II and Drawings, National Gallery Tour

1977
Herd I, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

1978
East Border & Sculptures, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
150 Cabbages and Borders, Artcore, Vancouver, BC
       
1980
Night Skies, U.B.C. Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Night Skies, University of Southern Alberta, Lethbridge, AB
Night Skies, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB

1981
Beautiful B.C. Multiple Purpose Thermal Blankets, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1982
Pieces of Water, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Pieces of Water, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, ON
Herd One Installation and Cement Paintings, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1983
Theatre in B/W and Colour, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1984
Theatre in B/W and Colour, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, ON

1985
Painting Retrospective, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC (touring)
Retrospective, 1962-85, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Chairs, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1987
Soft Chairs, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Soft Chairs, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, ON
Soft Chairs, 49th Parallel, New York, NY

1988
Support Systems, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Support Systems, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, ON

1990
Hedge and Clouds Series, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, ON
Ceramic Sculpture from the 60's and 70's, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Hedge and Cloud Series, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1991
Venice Sinks with Postcards from Marco Polo Series, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1992
Development of the Plot, Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON

1993
Clean Cuts, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994
Nice Tables with Details, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Recent Works by Gathie Falk, Art Gallery of S.W. Manitoba, Brandon, MB

1995
Heads, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1996
Pieces of Water: 1995-1996, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997
Apples, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1998
Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal, QC
Traces - An Installation, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1999
Gathie Falk: Souvenirs du quotidien, Musee Regional de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, QC

2000
Gathie Falk, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Retrospective Exhibition travelling to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON; Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, MB; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS; Musee des Beaux Arts de Montreal, Montreal, QC Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB)

2001
Portraits, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2002
Gathie Falk: Visions, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC

2004:
Baseball Caps, Equinox Galllery, Vancouver, BC
Gathie Falk/Apparel, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC

2005
Heavenly Bodies, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2007
Gathie Falk: Dreaming of Flying, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1960, 1965, 1966
B.C. Annual, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1961, 1971
Northwest Annual, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

1964
Spring Vernissage, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC

1965
Three Man Show, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1966, 1967
B.C. Society of Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1967
Canadian Group of Painters, Montreal Art Museum, QC
Birth and Rebirth, U.B.C. Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Little Funky Objects, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

1968
Younger Vancouver Sculptors, U.B.C. Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1968, 1969
Douglas Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1969
5th Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
The New Art of Vancouver, Newport Harbour Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA and University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

1970
Survey 70, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
29 Pieces, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (two person show)
Works Mostly on Paper, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

1971
Contact: The Northwest, Seattle Centre, Seattle, WA
Canadian West Coast Art, Australia National Library, Canberra, Australia

1972
Realism, Emulsion & Ommission, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON and the University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

1973
Ceramic Objects, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON and the New York Cultural Centre, New York, NY
Traces, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Pacific Vibrations, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Pacific Librations, Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC

1974
Drawings, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Ceramic Sculpture, U.B.C. Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Fired Sculpture, Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
Current Energies, BC, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC
Chairs, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

1975
Group Show, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Some Canadian Women Artists, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1976
Westcoast Waves, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
The Provincial Collection, 1976 Olympic Exhibition, Montreal, QC

1977
Four Places, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
From This Point of View, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Works on Paper, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, ON
Clay as Sculpture, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
For the Birds, U.B.C. Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1978
Canadian Contemporary Sculpture, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC

1978
Other Realities, Surrealism in Canadian Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
Sculpture Today, International Sculpture Symposium, Toronto, ON

1979
Compass 8, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, ON (Two person show)
Nationalism in Canadian Art, Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
Annual Central Visual Artists' Show, Vancouver, BC

1980
Aspects of Canadian Painting, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
On Canvas, Simon Fraser University at Robson Square, Vancouver, BC
Art Bank Collection Show, Algonquin College Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Celebrations, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC

1981
Issues in Clay, Edmonton University Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB; Alberta College of Art,
Calgary, AB; Banff Centre, Banff, AB; Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
L'Art En Boite, Musee d'Art de Saint-Laurent, Quebec, QC

1982
Curnoe/Ewen/Falk/Moppett, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, MB; Nickle Art Museum, Calgary, AB
Group Show, Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Mere Morsels, BC, Tour from Vancouver Art Gallery Extension Department, Vancouver, BC

1983
New Perceptions: Landscape, Art Gallery of Harbourfront, Toronto, ON
Vancouver Artists (1930-1983), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1984
Reflections - Contemporary Art Since 1964, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1985
Aurora Borealis: Centre International d'Art Contemporain d'Montreal, Montreal, QC
Atmospheric Synthesis, The Art Gallery of Peterborough, ON
Vancouver Now, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, BC and touring to London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON; Oboro, Montreal, QC; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

1987
Tables Turned, Aspects of Furniture as Visual Art, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
Waterworks, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Painting the Town, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, BC

1988
Working Through the Gray Scale, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC

1989
Artluminium, an exhibition presented by Alcan and Lavalin, Montreal, QC

1990
Artropolis, Vancouver North of the Border, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA

1992
La Collection, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, QC

1993
Artropolis, Installation: Constellation, Vancouver, BC
Pop Art Plus, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Corpus I, an exhibition circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK and travelling to the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB

1994
Hidden Values: Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections. Exhibited at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB' McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON; Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, QC

1995
Survivors, In Search of a Voice: The Art of Courage, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON. Travelling to Halifax, Calgary, Winnipeg, Regina and Vancouver.
World Tea Party, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC

1996
The Permanent Collection: Our Second Year, Art Gallery of North York, North York, ON

1999
The Rag Trade: Gathie Falk, Yang Hong, Tony Mazzega, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
Les Peintures, Galerie Rene Blouin/Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, QC
Cosmologies, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2000
ABCs of Pop Art, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL

2001
Sculpture, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2003
Dress: Signal, Rebecca Belmore, Lori Blondeau, Millie Chen, Andrea Cooper, Cathy Daley, Aganetha Dyck, Gathie Falk, Eliza Griffiths, Antonia Hirsch, Evelyn Von Michelofski, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON

PUBLICATIONS
Fall 1968, Artscanada
December 1969, Artscanada
June 1970, Artscanada
October/November 1970, Artscanada
December/January 1971, Artscanada
Winter 1970, Studio International
July 1972, Artscanada
May 1972, Art in America
February 23 1973, Time Canada
March 15, 1974 L'Artistique, Paris
Autumn 1974, Artscanada
Art in Boxes 1974, Van Vostrand Reinhold Ltd.
Fall 1974, No. 6 Capilano Review
11th Edition Who's Who in American Art
December 1 1975, Time Canada 24, 1976
Art Magazine Winter 1975-76
Artscanada, #202/203 Spring 1976
Vancouver Magazine
Christmas 1976, Artscanada
October 1976, Vanguard
Spring 1976, #8-9 Capilano Review
Winter, 1976-77 Art Journal, Publ. by College Art Assoc. of America
June, 1977 Artscanada
June, 1977 Art Magazine
February, 1978 Vanguard
April/May 1978, Artscanada
June, 1978 Art Magazine
July, 1978 Chatelaine
Dec'78, Nov'79 Vanguard
Dec/Jan, 1979 YVR
1979 Performance by Artists, Art Metropole
Feb 18, 1980 Macleans
February, 1981 Art News
March/April, 1981 Artscanada
July/August, 1981 Artscanada
Summer, 1981 Vanguard
June, 1981 Interface
1981 A Culinary Palette, Merritt Publ. Co.
May, 1982 Vanguard
June, 1982 Vanguard
September, 1982 Vancouver Magazine
1982 Capilano Review, Special Biographical Issue, #24/25
June/Jul/Aug/82 Vie des Arts, 107
Sept/Oct/Nov/82 Vie des Arts, 108
Summer, 1983 Vancouver Magazine
1983 Visions (Book)
1983 Contemporary Canadian Art (Book)
1983 Vancouver Art & Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery (Catalogue)
Fall, 1983 Vanguard
March, 1985 Canadian Art
1985 Gathie Falk Paintings, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Catalogue)
1985 Gathie Falk Retrospective, Vancouver Art Gallery (Catalogue)
Dec/Jan,'85,'86 Vanguard
1987 Foremost Women of the 20th Century, Melrose Press Ltd., Cambridge, England
1987 Documents in Canadian Art, Fetherling, Broadview Press
1989 The Cineplex Odeon, The First Ten Years, by David Burnett, Published by Cineplex Odeon Corporation (Book)
1989 The Capilano Review #50 (Periodical)
1989 The Toronto Suite by Michael Torosian, Lumiere Press (Book)
1990 Gathie Falk by Jane Lind, Published by Douglas & McIntyre (Book)
1990 Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Fall
1991 Life Intimates Art for Fascinating Falk, by Ann Rosenberg, Saturday Review, The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, Oct. 5, 1991
1991 Performance in Canada, 1970-1990, by Alain-Martin Richard & Clive Robertson. Published by Editions Interventions and Coach House Press
1992 Gathie Falk - Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto, May 2-23, by Peter O'Brien, Parachute Magazine, October, November, December
1993 A Place for Art by Wrybzynski Spring
1993 The Thing in the Head That's There: A Conversation with Gathie Falk, by Robert Enright, Border Crossings
1994 Stealing the Show, by Gunda Lombton, Published by McGill, Queen's 1995
MacLeans Magazine, "Survivors" Feb. 20/'95
1995 Canadian Art, Summer
1995 L' ABC daire du Musee, Musee d'art contemporain du Quebec, Les publications du Quebec
1997 "Complex Simplicity", by Letia Richardson, Artfocus, Fall, 1997, p. 26
2000 "Gathie Falk", by Robin Laurence, Bruce Grenville, Ian M. Thom, Mayo Graham, Sarah Milroy, Douglas & McIntyre
2000 "Fertile Fruit", by Blake Gopnik, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, February 19, p. R3
2000 "Falkland", by Sarah Milroy, The National Post, Saturday, Feb. 26, p. 5
2000 "Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia", by Ian M. Thom, p. 14, 16, 114/115, 134/135, Published by Douglas & McIntryre
2000 "Canadian Art From Its Beginnings to 2000", by Anne Newlands, p. 103, Published by Firefly books Inc., Willowdale, ON
2002 "Gathie Falk Visions", by Linda Sawchyn, Kelowna Art Gallery, (catalogue)
2007 "Falk's late style takes wing", by Robin Laurence, The Georgia Straight, November 1-8

COMMISSIONS
1971-72 Veneration of the White Collar Worker #1 and #2, Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
1979 B.C. Multiple Purpose Thermal Blanket, B.C. Central Credit Union, Vancouver 1987-88 Diary, The Chancery, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
1988 Development of the Plot, Cineplex Odeon, Park and Tilford Garden, North Vancouver
1990 Salute to the Lions of Vancouver, Canada Harbour Place, Vancouver, B.C. Grants and

AWARDS
1967 Canada Council Short Term Grant
1968 Canada Council Arts Bursary
1969 Canada Council Arts Bursary
1971 Canada Council Arts Bursary
1968 Sun Award
1980 Canada Council Senior Grant
1990 Gershon Iskowitz Prize
1997 Order of Canada
2002 Order of British Columbia
2003 Governor General's Award in Visual Arts

COLLECTIONS
Brock Hall, U.B.C., Vancouver
U.B.C. Faculty Club, Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Toronto Dominion Bank, Vancouver
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
Rothmans Art Gallery, Stratford, Ontario
Petro Canada, Calgary
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Government of British Columbia, Victoria
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
CBC Collection, Vancouver
B.C. Central Credit Union, Vancouver
Stanmore Investments, Vancouver
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge
Canadian Commercial & Industrial Bank, Edmonton
Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax
First City Trust, Vancouver
Ringhouse Collection, Edmonton
Indusman Collection, Toronto
Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary
CBC Collection, Regina
Dupont Canada Inc., Toronto
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Toronto
Norcen Energy Resources, Toronto
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria
The Manufacturers, Toronto
Lignum Ltd., Vancouver
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
Memorial University, St. John's Nfld.
Workman's Compensation Board, Toronto
C.I.L. Collection, Toronto
Xerox, Toronto
The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton
McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinberg
London Life, London, Ontario
Art Gallery of North York, North York
Hewlett-Packard Canada
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.