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      Glide, Skew Gallery, Calgary, AB
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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