Exhibitions:
Two Hanks by David Askevold and new work by Robin Peck
Xylor Jane, Robin Peck and Luke Murphy

Press:
Time Out New York: Xylor Jane, Robin Peck, Luke Murphy

Robin Peck


Education:

1975 M.F.A., Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
1990-91 Art History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia 


Teaching: 

1973 Teaching Assistant, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, N.S. 
1975 Lecturer, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Summer Session, Halifax, N.S. 
1976 Assistant Curator, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S. 
1977-79 Lecturer in Fine Arts, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario 
1980-83 Assistant Professor, Studio Division, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design 1984-88. Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver, B.C. 
1993-95 Assistant Professor, Art Department, The University of Lethbridge, Alberta 
1997 Summer Session, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University of Iceland, Reykjavik 
1999 Summer Session, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design 
2000 Summer Session, University of Lethbridge 
2002 Replacement faculty, Alberta College of Art and Design 


Selected Solo Exhibitions: 
1979 A Space/Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario 
1980 Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario 
1981 Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S. 
1981 Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta 
1982 Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, N.S. 
1983 Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec 
1984 Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 
1985 Or Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 
1986 Or Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 
1987 Or Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 
1989 Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1991 Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia 
1993 
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, N.S. 
Artspeak, Vancouver, B.C. 
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C. 
C Magazine, Toronto, Ontario 
Canadian Centre for the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 
Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C. 
D.C. Space, Washington, District of Columbia 
DIA Center for the Arts, New York, New York 
The Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S. 
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario 
Parachute Magazine, Montreal, Quebec 
The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario 
UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1996 The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta 
1996 Or Gallery, Vancouver 
1997 
Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver 
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
1997 
Gallery 25M2, Reykjavik, Iceland 
Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver
1998
 Iceland Installation 
Installation at NSCAD, Halifax 
Stride Gallery, Calgary
2000 
Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge 
2000 
Canada, New York City 
2002 
Evergreen Gallery, Vancouver 
2003 
Canada, New York City 
Selected Group Exhibitions:
 
1978 
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario 
1979 
Trajectory Gallery, London, Ontario 
1980 
Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario 
1981
 'Sculpture 81,' Halifax, N.S. 
1982 
'5th Anniversary Exhibition,' D.C. Space, Washington, D.C. 
1983
 Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, N.S. 
1987 
Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 
1988 
'Faculty Exhibition,' Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver, B.C. 
1989 
'XXX,' The Art Gallery of Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S. 
1993
'Policing Preference: Modernism and Morality,' The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
1994
 'Sculpture '94,' Halifax, N.S. 
1996 
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax 
1996 
Charles Scott Gallery, Vancouver 
1997 
Trepanier-Baer Gallery, Calgary Alberta 
1997 
Wynick-Tuck Gallery, Toronto 
2001 
Canada, New York City 
2004 
Canada, New York City 

Selected Bibliography:
Townsend, Charlotte. 'The Mezzanine', NSCAD.' Artscanada, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, (Spring 1972), pp. 78-81. 
Macdonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Vol 5, Ottawa, (1977). 
Spalding, Jeffrey. 'Robin Peck.' Vie des Arts .Vol XXIB, No. 94 (Printemps, 1979), pp. 72-73. 
Rhodes, Rick. 'Robin Peck.' Vanguard, Vol. 9, No. 2 (March 1980), pp. 29. 
Carroll, N. 'Locations.' Vanguard, Vol. 9, No. 7 (September 1980), pp. 24. 
Hill, P. & Balf, M. 'Locations.' Mercer Union (1980). 
Wilkin, Karen. 'Sculpture 81.' Dalhousie University (1981). 
Macleods, S. 'Sculpture 198 I.' ArtsAtlantic, Vol. 12, (1981). 
Kennedy, Gary Neil. 'R. Peck.' Parachute, Vol. 32 (Fall 1983), pp. 39. 
Davis, T. 'Robin Peck, Sculpture.' Issue Magazine, (September 1984). 
Daniel, B. 'Robin Peck.' Vanguard, October, Vol. 13, No. 8 (1984), pp. 34-35. 
Graham, James. 'Sculpture as Pique.' C Magazine, (Fall 1985), pp. 72-73. 
Wilkin, Karen, 'Contemporary Sculpture.' The Canadian Encyclopedia, (1985) 
Wylie, Liz & Stacey, Robert. Eighty/twenty 100 Years of NSCAD, AGNS, (1988). 
Kennedy, Gary Neil. 'Robin Peck, Factory Models.' C Magazine (Winter 1989). 
Townsend-Gault, Charlotte. 'Robin Peck, Construction Equals Consumption.' Catalogue Essay, The Art Gallery of Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S. (Spring 1989), 
Davis, Todd A. 'Robin Peck: 1971-1991.'Catalogue, Burnaby Art Gallery. (1991), pp. 3-5. 
Rhodes, Richard. 'Robin Peck, 'The Writer.' Catalogue, Burnaby Art Gallery, (1991), pp.6-8. 
Spalding, Jeffrey. ' Robin Peck 1971-91'. Catalogue, Burnaby Art Gallery, (1991), pp. 9-20 
Graham, James. 'Robin Peck: New Minimalism.' Catalogue Essay, Burnaby Art Gallery (I 99 1), pp - 21-26. 
Cheetham, Mark A., with Linda Hutcheson. 'Remembering Postmodernism, Trends in Recent Canadian Art.' Oxford University Press (1991), pp. 12. 
Gill, Dennis. 'Robin Peck 1971-1991.' C Magazine, Vol. 32 (Winter 1992), pp. 48-49. 
Wood, William. 'Surrey Travelogue.' Parachute, Vol. 66 (Spring 1992), pp. 48-49. 
Obrien, John. 'Vancouver Anthology.' Parachute, Vol. 66 (Spring 1992), pp. 55-56. 
Alteen, Glen. 'Neutral Stability.' Parachute, Vol. 67 (Summer 1992), pp. 44-45. 
Wood, William. 'Robin Peck.' Catalogue Essay (1992). 
Metcalfe, Robin. 'Robin Peck, NSCAD. 'Arts Atlantic, Vol. 47 (Fall 1993), pp. 15-16. 
Rigby Watson, Petra. Untitled Review, Parachute, Vol. 75 (Summer 94), pp. 54. 
Gislason, Olafur. Sculpturinn sem myndliking, DV (August 25, 1997), pp. 16 McElroy, Gil. 'Robin Peck', Sculpture, Vol. 16 No. 8 (October, 1997), pp. 67-68 
Kliner, Dion. ŚBack to Babel‚. Robin Peck, New Sculpture, Stride Gallery Catalogue, 2000 
Garneau, David, 50/50 Robin Peck, Vie Des Arts No. 181, 2001, p. 73-74. 
Brewer, Aaron, ŚRobin Peck‚, Canadian Art, Summer 2001, p. 84 
Brewer, Aaron, and Kliner, Dion. Robin Peck, New Sculpture, Evergreen Gallery Catalogue, Vancouver 2002


Selected Publications: 
'Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.' Catalogue Essay, 'The Art Gallery of Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S. (1977). 
'Two Halifax Sculptors.' Catalogue Essay, The Art Gallery of Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S. (1977). 
'5 Artists Using Video.' Catalogue Essay, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. (1979). 
'Toronto Tunnel Blocks.' Locations, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ont. (1980 ). 
'Anti-Proun.' Eye Level Gallery Publication, Halifax, N.S. (1981). 
'The Extinction of Sculpture.' REAL LIFE Magazine, New York, No. 7 (Autumn 1981), pp. 29. 
'Alan Storey.' Issue Magazine No. 13, (Spring 1985). 
'James Graham, Sculpture as the Threat of Violence. Parachute, Vol. 42 (March 1986), pp. 45. 
'Boss Symbolism.' C Magazine, (Spring 1986), pp. 45. 
'Objecthood of Terror.' C Magazine, (Fall 1986), pp. 88. 
'Travels with Brancusi.' C Magazine, Vol. 16 (December 1987), pp. 32-39. 
'Henry Moore in the Pub.' C Magazine, (Spring 1988), pp. 20-24. 
'Modernism and the Memorial.' C Magazine, (Summer 1988), pp. 46-53. 
'Cyclopia.' Vanguard, (September 1988), pp. 39. 
'The Sculptor and the Mauser.' C Magazine, Vol. 19 (September 1988), pp. 50-59. 
'Twilight.' C Magazine, Vol. 19, (September 1988), pp. 77. ' Dinosauria.' Vanguard, Vol. 17, No. 6 (December 1988/January 1989), pp. 21-23. 
'Further Travels with Brancusi.' C Magazine, Vol. 22 (June 1989), pp. 64-68. 
'States of Distress.' Vanguard, Vol. 18, Issue 3 (1989), pp. 32. 
'Underworld.' Parachute, Vol. 57 (Winter 1990), pp. 49-50. 
'Antiquarian Modern.' Parachute, Vol. 58 (Spring 1990),pp. 49-50. 
'Petrified Forest.' Catalogue Essay, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, (1990). 
'Sculpture of a New Dark Age.' C Magazine, Vol. 25 (Spring 1990), pp. 28-31. 
'Petrified Forest.' C Magazine, Vol. 30 (Summer 199 1),pp. 14-18. 
'Sculpture and the Sculptural in Vancouver and Halifax.' Vancouver Anthology, Vancouver: Talonbooks (1991), pp. 207-223 . (Stan Douglas, editor) 
'Michael Shumiatcher and Donald Judd.' Catalogue Essay, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, (1991). 
'Michael Shumiatcher.' Parachute Vol. 64 (Fall 199 1), pp. 58-59. 
'Ulrich Homdash.' C Magazine, Vol. 33 (Spring 1992), pp. 4748. 
'1968-1972, Sculpture Afloat on Authenticity.' Catalogue Essay, Vancouver Art Gallery, (1992). 
'Standard Stoppages.' Front Magazine, (March 1992),pp. 26-27. 
'Al McWilliams.' Parachute, Vol. 68 (Fall 1992), pp. 68-69. 
'James Carl.' Parachute, Vol. 72 (Fall 1993), pp. 62-63. 
'The Rocking Stone.' Catalogue Essay, Surrey Art Gallery, (1993). 
'Ghosts: Sculpture Photographed at Pier 21, Halifax.' C Magazine, (Spring 1994), pp. 21-25. 
'Dia and the Dinosaur. 'C Magazine, Vol. 49 (April - June, 1996) pp26-35 
'White.' Boo Magazine #7 July 1996 
'The Dentist'. Canadian Art, Spring 1997 
'Pills'. Catalogue Essay, New Sculpture Series, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, May 1998 
'Journey to the Circumference of the Earth'. Canadian Art, Summer 1998 
'Scattered Across the Floor'. C Magazine, Issue #61 (February-April 1999) pp. 8-13 
'Stella Mere'. Catalogue Essay, New Sculpture Series, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, April 1999 
Beauty Piece‚. Catalogue Essay, New Sculpture Series, Vancouver, 1999 
'Flow Tide'. Catalogue Essay, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, February 2000 
Detritus Aidas Bariekis‚, Catalogue Essay, Greater New York, P.S.1. New York, February 2000 
The Time Machine‚, Catalogue Essay, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, June 2000 
Rock, Scissors, Paper: the Sculpture of James Carl‚, Catalogue Essay, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, March 2003 
Sculpture, A Journey to the Circumference of the Earth, Broken Jaw Press, 2004

Awards: 
1973 Canada Council Arts Grant 
1974 Canada Council Project Grant 
1975 Canada Council Arts Grant 
1976 Canada Council Arts Grant 
1978 UWO New York Foundation Research Grant 
1979 Canada Council Project Grant 
1980 Canada Council Project Grant 
1982 Canada Council Project Grant
 
1983 Nova Scotia Dept. of Culture Grant 
1983 NSCAD Travel Grant 
1984 Canada Council Arts Grant 
1985 Canada Council Arts Grant 
1986 Canada Council Travel Grant 
1987 Canada Council Project Grant 
1988 Canada Council Arts Grant 
1989 Canada Council Project Grant 
1991 British Columbia Cultural Grant 
1994 Canada Council Project Grant 
1996 British Columbia Cultural Grant
 
1996 Canada Council Senior Arts Grant 
1998 Canada Council Senior Arts Grant 
2000 Alberta Arts Council Grant
 
2000 Canada Council Senior Arts Grant
 
2002 Canada Council Senior Arts Grant









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