Dennis Geden 
Dennis Geden in his Studio in North Bay, Ontario, 2000
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Geden's Studio in North Bay, Ontario, 2000
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| Biography | | 1944 | Born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada | | 1966 | Graduate of Sir George Williams' School of Art, Montreal | | 1972-73 | Commissioned to create a portfolio of ten colour lithographs in Paris, France (supported by the Canada Council) | | 1975-76 | Commissioned to create a sequence of five colour lithographs in London (supported by the Ontario Arts Council) | | 1976 | Commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario to create the 'Glacial Erratic Sculpture' on the campus of Canadore College and Nipissing University, North Bay (supported by the Ontario Arts Council) | | 1977 | Co-founder and active member of White Water (artist run) centre, North Bay | | 1987 | Juror, Grants to Individual Artists Adjudication, Ontario Arts Council | | Canadian Artist at Artists' Meeting, Studenica Monastery, Yugoslavia | | Member, advisory group examining the Evaluation Program, Ontario Arts Council | | 1988-89 | Research Assistant and Visiting Artist at the Slade School of Art, London | | 1989-94 | Director/Curator/Artist in Residence, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay | | 1990-93 | Member, Art Advisory Committee, City of North Bay Art Collection | | 1991 | Juror, Grants to Individual Artists Adjudication, Ontario Arts Council | | Organiser 'The Nipissing People', early photographs of residents of Nipissing Reservation, curated by Randy Sawyer, Indian Friendship Centre, North Bay | | 1991-93 | Member, Board of Directors, Visual Arts Centre, Toronto | | 1992 | Commissioned by the Government of Ontario to paint 'Building a Normal School' for the atrium of the Ministry of Correctional Services Headquarters, and 'Portage of a Pointer' for the entrance foyer of the North Bay and District Court House, North Bay | | 1993 | Adviser and Juror, Waterfront Sculpture Project, Les Compagnons des Francs Loisir (Francophone Community Centre), North Bay | | Artist in Residence at Fringe Research, Toronto, creating two hologram sculptures (supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council) | | 1994-95 | Co-founded and helped establish the Redpath Gallery, Vancouver | | 1996 | Curator (part time), The Redpath Collection, Vancouver | | Member, Fine Arts Advisory Committee, Georgian College, Barrie | | 1997 | Director/Curator/Artist in Residence, WKP Gallery, North Bay | | 1998 | Member, Advisory Committee examining funding procedures for Public Art Galleries, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario | | Member, Board of Directors, Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Toronto |
| Solo Exhibitions | | 1970/71/72/73 | La Cimaise Gallery, Toronto | | 1984 | Dennis Geden: First London Exhibitions, Canada House, London and Redfern Gallery, London (curated by Griselda Bear and assisted by Canadian External Affairs) | | 1985 | Dennis Geden, Le Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris (assisted by Canadian External Affairs) | | 1986 | Dennis Geden, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr, Scotland (assisted by Canadian Cultural Affairs) | | 1987 | Dennis Geden: Recent Painting, Ontario tour (curated by Pamela Krueger and toured to Laurentian University Museum and At Centre Sudbury; Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough; McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London; The Gallery and Library, Cambridge; Art Gallery of York University, Toronto | | 1991 | Dennis Geden: New Work from Canada, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr, Scotland | | Artist in Residence Exhibition, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay | | 1992 | Dennis Geden: New Work, Laurentian University Museum & Art Centre, Sudbury, ON (curated by Pamela Krueger) | | Dennis Geden: New Work from Canada, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON | | 1994 | Dennis Geden: Paintings, Redpath Gallery, Vancouver, BC | | Believing becomes Seeing: Dennis Geden, Hy Aisenstat Contemporary Arts Studio, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (curated by Edward Gibson) | | 1996 | Dennis Geden: New Works, Redfern Gallery, London | | 1996-97 | Go Figure: Dennis Geden, Retrospective Exhibition, Canadian tour (curated by Donald C Scott and Edward Gibson and organised by WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay ON). Toured to: WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, ON; Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste, Marie, ON; Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby BC; Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YUKON; Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, ON; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON | | 1997 | Expanded Go Figure: Dennis Geden, Retrospective and current work, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA | | Joan Ferneyhough Gallery, North Bay, ON | | White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON | | 1998 | Dennis Geden: Paintings, Joan Ferneyhough Gallery, North Bay, ON | | 1999 | Dennis Geden: New Work, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON | | 2000 | Dennis Geden, Redfern Gallery, London | | 2001-02 | Dennis Geden: From the Height of Land, exhibition of recent paintings touring to Public Galleries and Museums |
| Group Exhibitions | | 1976 | Seventh International Triennial, Haldenschulhaus, Grenchen, Switzerland | | 1978 | Strictly People Exhibition, tour of Canadian Government buildings in the United States (toured to: Canadian Embassy, Washington DC; Canadian Consulate, Atlanta, Georgia; Canadian Consulate, Boston, Massachusetts; Canadian Consulate, Chicago, Illinois | | 1984 | Intergrafik, Berlin, Germany | | Ontario Art on View, Ontario House, Brussels | | 1987 | Paintings of People, Memorial University Art Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland | | 1995 | Mysteries of the Flesh, Dome Tower, Calgary, Alberta (curated by Jeffrey Spalding and organised by Lethbridge University Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta | | 1996 | The Body, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver | | Gallery Moos, Toronto | | 1997 | Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON | | 1998 | Gallery Artists, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON |
| Collections | | Anderson Foundation, Buffalo, New York, USA | | Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France | | Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario | | Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario | | Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario | | Corvallis Collection, Oregon State University, USA | | Curwen Studio Archive, London | | Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC | | Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario | | Humber College, Toronto, Ontario | | Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario | | MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario | | North Bay Municipal Collection, Ontario | | Ontario Government Collection, Toronto, Ontario | | Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario | | Tate Gallery, London | | Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario | | Slade School of Art Archive, London | | WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, Ontario |
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