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 Universit� 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. �Back 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, �Robin 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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