Neil Wedman

Born:
1954, Vancouver, BC

Education:
1973-1977: Vancouver School of Art, graduated in Media Communications, studied with Larry Kristmanson

Solo Exhibitions:
2010:
"Recent Cowboy Dances," Equinox Gallery2, Vancouver, BC

2008:
"Untitled Flying Saucer Monochromes," CSA Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2004:
"Present Tense," Contemporary Project Series 28, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

2003:
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, AB

2001:
"Plays," Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
 
1999:
"New Paintings," Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
"Chemistry Sets," Anondyne Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997:
"Every Bus Stop from My Place to the Race Track," (Thirty-eight colour photographs), Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1996:
"Motion Pictures," Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1995:
"Digger Pictures," Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
"Twelve Swinging Signs of the Zodiac," (Pencil Drawings), Montgomery Fine Art Services, Vancouver, B.C.

1994:
"Courtroom Drawings - The Trial of William Vander Zalm, 1992," British Columbia Law Courts (Installation of Pencil Drawings)

1992:
"Seance Paintings," Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1991:
"Devil Paintings," Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1990:
"Margery,"Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1988:
"Death Ray," Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1985:
"Neil Wedman," The Montgomery Cafe, Vancouver, BC

1984:
"Rock and Roll", The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1983:
"36 Life Drawings," Private Studio Installation, Vancouver, BC

1982:
"The States," Western Front Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Group Exhibitions:
2009:
"Take Your Time," SFU Gallery, Burnaby, BC

2008:
"The Constant Search for a Better Way," Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC

2006:
"Why I'm So Unhappy," Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2001:
"These Days," Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1998:
"Inventors and Alchemists," Sarah Morthland Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1991:
"West Coast Stories," Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta. Toured to The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
"The Big Picture," Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
"Heaven Waits," Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario.
"Memory Works," Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta. Toured to The Mississauga Civic Art Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

1990:
"The Big Picture," Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
"Memory Works," London Regional Art Gallery and Historical Museum, London, Ontario
"Contemporary B.C. Drawings," Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC

1986:
"Beyond the Line," Three Artists, J. Yahouda Meir Gallery, Montreal Quebec

1983: "Faith and Industry," The October Show, Vancouver, BC

1979:
"!*@#!!," Two Man Collaborative Exhibition (Photographer Bob Strazicich), The Unit Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

Grants and Awards:
2000:
Canada Council Established Artist Short Term Grant

1999:
Canada Council Long Term Mid-Career Grant

1994, 98, 99, 01:
B.C. Cultural Services Branch of the Ministry of Tourism & Culture

1992, 99:
Canada Council Short Term Grant

1990, 93:
Canada Council "B" Grant

1989:
Awarded the Vancouver Institute of Visual Arts Award

1987, 90, 93:
Canada Council Arts Award, "B" Grant

Selected Bibliography:
Brayshaw, Christopher, "Neil Wedman and Joanne Tod Spitting Images", Border Crossings, Volume 20, Number 3, Issue No. 79, p. 62-63, 2001.
Brayshaw, Christopher, "Neil Wedman's Secret World", The Georgia Straight, June 28 - July 5, 2001, p. 41.
Wedman, Neil, "Burlesk - A Novel", Advance Editions/Arsenal Pulp Press, Illustrated without text, 120 pages, 1999.
Brayshaw, Christopher, "Chem Lang/Race Track", two essays on Neil Wedman, Anodyne Editions, 24 page Chapbook, 1999.
Patrik Andersson, "Every Bus Stop from My Place to the Race Track", Or Gallery Publication, 1997.
Watson, Scott, "Neil Wedman", Canadian Art, Fall Issue, 1995.
Cheetham, Mark A., "Remembering Postmodernism", Oxford University Press, Pages 45-49, 1991.
Boxall, Michael, Canadian Art, "Fast Forward", Spring, l990.
Cheetham, Mark A. and Hutcheon, Linda, "Remembering Post- Modernism", Oxford University Press, 1991.
Discussion of "Death Ray", p. 45-9 and "Margery", p. 49.
Danzker, Jo-Anne Birnie, Vancouver Magazine, "Box Watchers", April, 1990.
"Death Ray", Neil Wedman, private publication, Vancouver, BC.
Farrell-Ward, Lorna, "Neil Wedman, Death Ray", Vancouver Art Gallery, April 23-July 4, 1988, exhibition essay.
The Georgia Straight, "Sex and Death Play out Final Act", May 27- June 3, 1988.
Gilbert, Liz, The West Ender, "Neil Wedman at CAG", October 18, 1984.
Godley, Elizabeth, The Vancouver Sun, "Artist Confronts Viewer with Unexpected Twists", June 9, 1988.
Harris, Mark, Vanguard, "Neil Wedman - Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, October 3-27", 1984-85.
Johnson, Eve, The Vancouver Sun, "Artist Born in the Wrong Century", October 20, 1984.
Perry, Art, The Province, "Death Ray Great Work from Artist", May 27, 1988.
Perry, Art, The Province, "Challenging Myths of Art", October 15, 1984.
Perry, Art, The Province, "Ecstasy or Humiliation?", December 7, 1988.
Rosenberg, Ann, The Vancouver Sun, "Stylish Phantasms Set in a Theatrical Light", March 24, 1990.
Watson, Scott, Canadian Art Magazine, "Neil Wedman", Fall, 1995, Volume 12, Number 3, p. 109.

Collections:
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C.
Praxis Group, North Vancouver, BC
Canderel, Montreal, Quebec
Microsoft, Redmond, Wa.
Sun Life Assurance Company, Toronto, Ontario
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC