Gerald Ferguson › CV
1937 - 2009
Born Cincinnati, Ohio
Education
MFA Ohio University
Studied BS Wilmington College, Ohio
Teaching Positions
Wilmington College, Ohio
Kansas City Art Institute
California Institute of the Arts
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
Last Landscapes, Canada, New York, NY
Glenbow - Alberta Institute, Calgary, AB
Gerald Ferguson and Robin Peck: I Am Not An Answer, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Fencing, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Door Mat Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto , Ontario
Drop Cloth Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto , Ontario
Drop Cloth Paintings, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
New Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1,000,000 Grapes, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Gerald Ferguson: Recent Paintings, Winnipeg Art Gallery , Winnipeg , Manitoba ; Museum London, London, Ontario and Calgary Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Clothes Line Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Firebacks, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
One Million Grapes & One Million Pennies, 2000 and Counting, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1,000,000 Grapes, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
New Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Gerald Ferguson, Constructions: 1989-1994, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax
Times Roman, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, and Owens Art Galley, Sackville, New Brunswick.
Paintings and Works on Paper, 1968-1969, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
The Initial Alphabet, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax (catalogue).
New Paintings , Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
3 Structures, Lallouz & Watterson, Montreal, Quebec
New Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
New Paintings and an Installation, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Still Lifes, Zwicker's Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
New Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Silhouettes, Nova Scotia Photo Gallery Co-op, Halifax, N.S.
Gerald Ferguson: Still Lifes, Mount St.Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax (catalogue)
Gerald Ferguson: Flowers, Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Gerald Ferguson, (dl) Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Gerald Ferguson: Landscapes, Grunwald & Watterson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Landscapes, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. (Catalogue)
The Famous Frank Slide, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
Landscapes and Seascapes,Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S. Gerald Ferguson: Works
1,000,000 PENNIES, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta (brochure)
Gerald Ferguson, Paintings, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Maintenance Painting (Nos.8-12), Arthur Street Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Installation, Corpus and Alphabet Pages, J.M. Godscaulx Gallery, St.Norbert College, Wisconsin
Installation of Corpus, Vitrine, Paris, France
2 Copper Plates, D.C. Space, Washington, D.C. Permanent Installation
trzy obrazy/three paintings, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
Gerald Ferguson, Paintings, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Selected Works, 1968-1973, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sound Works, Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, California
Sound Installation, Gallery A-402, California Institute of the Arts, LA
Reading: The four letter words from The Standard Corpus, NSCAD, Halifax, N.S. (Dec.9)
Landscapes, Simon Fraser Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Provincial Illustration, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Selected Group Exhibitions
Make Painting Great Again, Canada, NY
Classified Materials: Accumulations, Archives, Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
To A Watery Grave, Confederation Art Centre, PEI
Work Work Work. MSVU Art Gallery
Informal Ideas, 04-03 (landscape). Wynick/Tuck Gallery, May 29-July 24
Toronto International Art Fair, (Wynick/Tuck Gallery)
Lines Painted in Early Spring, Gerald Ferguson, Ben Reeves, Carmen Ruschiensky, Francine Savard curated by Patrick Mahon (catalog.) touring exhibition until 2004 Newton’s Prism: Layer Painting, Gallery One One One, University of Winnipeg curated by Cliff Eyland
Grapes and Graphs, Canada, New York, NY
Various exhibitions, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Informal Ideas: 00.3 (Play), Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Proposals from Halifax , National Gallery of Canada , Library and Archives HX:2000, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax , Nova Scotia
Wallpapers, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Art in the 2nd Half of the 20th Century, The Appleton Art Museum, Ocala, Florida
Typecast, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Niagara, Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario
Layers, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Informal Ideas 97.5, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Landscape in Question, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Middle Show, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
List, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
The Tourist, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario (Catalogue)
Milieu: The Order of the Presentation, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Hidden Values: Ontario Corps Collect, McMichael Art Gallery, Kleinburg, Ontario
New Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Hidden Values: Atlantic Corps Collect, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Uses of the Vernacular in Contemporary Art, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Terra Firma, Mt. St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S., (catalogue)
CIAE, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
CIAE, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
Language in Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Touring
Gallery Artists Exhibitions, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Eighty/Twenty: 100 Years of NSCAD, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta. (Catalogue)
FOCUS - Canadian Art 1960-1985, 20th International Cologne Art Fair, Reinhallen,
1,000,000 PFENNIG, Cologne, Germany (catalogue)
A Centennial Salute: AGNS Paintings by 15 NSCAD Studio Teachers, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax Culture's Nature, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Sask. (catalogue)
News from NOVA SCOTIA, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Ont. (Catalogue)
Appropriations, Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
Personal Image for Social Space, Architectural Glass, Touring exhibition for competition finalists, various locations across Canada Aspects of Canadian painting of the 70's, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta (catalogue) Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.
Compass/8 Painters, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto
Works on Paper, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Alberta
Choral Reading of the Standard Corpus, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (Nov.17)
5 artists, Ohio University Art Gallery, Ohio
Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Canadian Canvas, Travelling exhibition sponsored by TIME Magazine various locations across Canada. (Catalogue)
Word Works, Mt. San Antonio College of Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Graphics Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Abridged Choral Reading of the Standard Corpus, NSCAD, Halifax, NS (April 17)
Halifax-Vancouver Exchange, Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia
Recent Vanguard Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Prints from Halifax, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Lithographs, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (circulating exhibition)
Untitled II, Museum of Modern Art, New York
10 Halifax Artists, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Wire Presentations, Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan
45 30'N - 73 36'W, Sir George Williams Art Gallery, Montreal
Nirvana, Kyoto Municipal Museum, Japan
Information, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Visions, Projects and Proposals, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, England
Selected Principle Collections
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto , Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa , Ontario .
Confederation Art Centre, PEI
Dalhousie University Art Gallery , Halifax , Nova Scotia
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa , Ontario .
Fulcrum North Inc., The Randall/Norris Collection, Peterborough , Ontario
Guardian International Currency Corp., Toronto , Ontario
Glenbow Museum , Calgary , Alberta
McCarthy Tetrault, Toronto , Ontario
McMillan Binch, Toronto , Ontario
Museum of Modern Art , N.Y.
Museum Struzki, Lodz , Poland
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa , Ontario
NOVA Corporation, Calgary , Alberta
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto , Ontario
Tory, Tory, Deslauriers and Binnington, Toronto , Ontario
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery , Lethbridge , Alberta
Vancouver Art Gallery , Vancouver , B.C.
Xerox Financial Services Inc., Toronto , Ontario
Selected Visiting Artist/Lecturer/Symposia
Drop Cloth Paintings, St Mary1s University Art Gallery , Halifax , NS
A Survey of my Work from 1968 to Present, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Gerald Ferguson Works: 1968-1999, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa , Ontario Southern California Art Institute, October
Florida State University, Tallahasse, March
"Terra Firma", Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, artists' panel, October
Visiting Artist-State University of New York, at Purchase, April. "Still Lifes", Mt. St. Vincent University Art Gallery
Banff School of Fine Art, Alberta, Artist in Residence, February Curator, Susanna Heller "Nova Scotia Paintings"
Art Gallery, Halifax Oct/Nov '87. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Jan/Feb '88. Curator, "Marsden Hartley and Nova Scotia"
Mount St.Vincent University Symposium - Marsden Hartley and Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Oct.30, (chair) with Townsend Ludington, Roald Nasgaard, Ronald Paulson, Gail R.Scott.
University of Victoria, British Columbia, January, Visiting Artist Emily Carr College of Art and Design, January, Visiting artist
"Landscape Works", Mendel Art Gallery, lecture, September. Alberta College of Art, Calgary Visiting artist Feb.3
"The Famous Frank Slide", Gallery Presentation, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge Feb.1
"From the Heart", National Museum of Man touring exhibition, group talk at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, August
"Gerald Ferguson: Works 1978-1984", Gallery Talk Dalhousie University
Halifax, N.S. Nov.16
"Folk Art of Nova Scotia", Art Gallery of Nova Scotia advisory committee for national touring exhibition
"Post Secondary Art Education-An International Perspective", organizer and chair, College Art Association annual meeting, Toronto Feb.23
Symposium on Painting (Chair) with D.Salle, R.Tomkins, R.Shuebrook, S.Funnell & D.Sigurson, Halifax, Nova Scotia January
"An Expurgated Survey of the Work of Gerald Ferguson", lecture at the Glenbow Museum Calgary, Alberta March 7
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Visiting artist March 2-4
Symposium on Painting Nov 28-30, Halifax, NS
Participants: R.Shuebrook, P.Monk, M.Jewell, F.Barth, J.Clark & G.Ferguson St.Norbert College, DePere, Wisconsin, Visiting artist Nov 7-9
N.Y. Institute of Technology, Long Island Campus, Visiting artist Oct.23
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Visiting artist Oct.18
UAAC Panel, organizer and participant, "Canadian Folk Art", Halifax, N.S.
University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Visiting artist Feb.
York University, Toronto, Visiting artist Nov.
"Gerald Ferguson - Work", lecture at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Nov.6 sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Culture June
Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Visiting artist Oct.
Galerie Foksal, lecture, Warsaw, Poland
Selection Committee "Folk Art of N.S.", a national touring exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.
UAAC Panel Chairman, "The Material Basis of Painting", Montreal Feb. Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Visiting artist Oct.
Claremont College, Los Angeles, "The Aesthetics of Ideas", a panel with Allan Kaprow, David Antin & Gerald Ferguson May 4 University of Guelph, Ontario
California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, Visiting artist Jan. School of Visual Arts, N.Y., Visiting artist Nov.
Awards and Honors
Molson Prize for the Arts
Canada Council Senior Artist "A" Grant
Commisions
Halifax Commons Sculpture, City of Halifax for the Canada Games
Selected Publications
"1,000,000 Grapes" MSVU University
"The Initial Alphabet", text for catalogue, Vancouver Art Gallery.
"Rockwell Kent: The Newfoundland Years", Vanguard.April/May, reprinted in The Kent Collector, Jackson Heights, New York. Vanguard Dec/Jan, pp. 33-34.
"Landscapes", critical text in catalogue, Mendel Art Gallery.
"Alan Barkley/Linda Holway - York University", a review of a sculptural installation, Decoys of Nova Scotia, essay for exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Hartley, Marsden. Cleophas And His Own, A North Atlantic Tragedy, a typed manuscript by Hartley of his experience in Nova Scotia 1935-36, Gerald Ferguson, editor/publisher.
"The David Bellman Gallery Piece", review, exhibition Garry Kennedy's, Vanguard, April. Halifax City Hall, A Post card published and distributed by The Book Room, Halifax, N.S. in cooperation with Gerald Ferguson. The Standard Corpus of Present Day English Language Usage, arranged by word length and alphabetized within word length, 2nd edition, NSCAD Press, Halifax. Axioms & Generalities, a book of writings published by the author.
Selected Bibliography
Gopnik, Blake. “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in September”, The New York Times, 8 Sept
Ochmanek, Annie. "New York: Gerald Ferguson", Artforum. February 12
Gerald Ferguson. "Work", TimeOut New York. February 12
Berlind, Robert. "Gerald Ferguson", Art in America. February 12
"Automatic Realism", The Daily Beast. January 10
Dault, Gary Michael. "Goya to Rothko, it all starts with a humble door mat", The Globe and Mail, February 5
"Toronto: Gerald Ferguson at Wynick/Tuck", Art in America , November, p.189 Ferguson , Gerald
“Introduction Essay,” Studio Watch Emerging Artist Series
Jonathan Johnson ( Saint John : Beaverbrook Art Gallery )
"1,000,000 pennies for your thoughts", 24 Hours, March 3, p.7
O’Neill, Dianne, "Paintings of Nova Scotia, ( Halifax : Nimbus Publishing Ltd)", (reproduction p. 88)
Drop Cloth Paintings, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery , Halifax , Nova Scotia (includes essay by Gary Michael Dault, “Everywhere in Chains”)
Gerald Ferguson: Recent Painting, Winnipeg Art Gallery , Winnipeg , Manitoba (includes essays by James Patten and Diana Nemiroff)
Greenhalg, Paul, Ed. Persistence of Craft. A and C Black, London . Reproduction Lee, Janice. “Gerald Ferguson at Wynick/Tuck”, Summer 2002, p.91
Eyland, Cliff. "Gerald Ferguson", Border Crossings, p77
Dault, Gary Michael. "Beauty through the Back Door", The Globe and Mail, May 11
Barber, Bruce, Conceptual Art, The NSCAD Connection 1967-1973 (includes the transcription of panel remarks by Ferguson & reproduction)
Nemiroff, Diana. “Late Style in the Work of Gerald Ferguson,” The Journal of Canadian Art History, p 153-165 (reproductions)
Exhibition review at Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, Jan 13 (reproduction)
Wallpapers Richard Mueller, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia exhibition catalog (reproduction)
Canadian Art from It's Beginnings to 2000, Anne Newlands, Firefly Books, p. 105 (reproduction)
Exhibition review at Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, Jan. 8 (reproduction)
A Short History of Piles, Catherine Osborne, Lola, No. 5 Winter (reproduction) Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century, Joan Murray, Dundurn Press p.182 (reproduction)
Joan Murray, Dundurn Press p.182 (reproduction)
"1,000,000 Grapes", catalogue essay by Ingrid Jenkner
"Uses of the Vernacular in Contemporary Nova Scotian Art" catalogue essay by Cliff Eyland and Susan Gibson-Garvey
Mays, John Bentley. "Recollecting a season of upsurge", Globe and Mail, May 6,
"Terra Firma" catalogue essay, Silver Donald Cameron, catalogue entries, John Murdie
Taylor, Kate. "With reference to art, the high and the low." The Globe and Mail, February 4
Nakoneshny, Shane D. "Gerald Ferguson: New Paintings and Installation", Arts Atlantic 44 Vol. II, No. 4, p. 15-16
Mays, John Bentley. "Modernity Loses its Grip", Globe and Mail, November 10 pC17 Eyland, Cliff.
"Gerald Ferguson", Arts Atlantic 38, pp. 48-50
Gibson Garvey, Susan. "Gerald Ferguson", review, PARACHUTE 59, July/Aug/Sept, pp.42-43. Susanna Heller's Nova Scotia Paintings, catalogue essay (Curator)
Panchysyn, Denise. "Gerald Ferguson: Flowers", review, Arts Atlantic 35, Vol.9 No.3, Fall
Metcalfe, Robin. "Eighty/Twenty", Arts Atlantic. Spring/Summer
Wiseman, Ian. "The Painter's Nature: Conversations with Nova Scotia's Gerald Ferguson", Canadian Art, Spring, pp.81-83
Molloy, Patricia. "Gerald Ferguson", review, Arts Atlantic, Fall
McGrath, Jerry. "From A Garrison Town", review, Vanguard, April/May, p.34. MARSDEN HARTLEY AND NOVA SCOTIA a 184 pg. book (88 illustrations) with writings by Hartley and essays by Gerald Ferguson, Ronald Paulson & Gail R.Scott, Published by Mount St.Vincent University, Halifax, Distributed by the University Press of New England, Hanover. (Editor)
Mays, John Bentley. "Respected teacher makes handsome commercial debut", review, The Globe and Mail, Dec.17
Tousley, Nancy. "His Rightful Place on the Landscape", review, Canadian Art, Winter, pp.18, 20
Mays, John Bentley. "'Best of times and worst of times' for Ferguson", The Globe and Mail, Oct.8
Smolik, Noemi. "Focus: Canadian Art from 1960 to 1985", review, Canadian Art, Spring, pp.92-93
White, Peter. Culture's Nature, catalogue essay, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Milrod, Linda. Landscapes, catalogue essay, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Stebbins, Joan. The Famous Frank Slide, exhibition catalogue, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Shuebrook, Ron. "A Brief Incomplete Survey of the Recent Art Community in Nova Scotia", catalogue essay, News from Nova Scotia, The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, pp.3-5..
Nova Scotia, The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, pp.3-5
Young, Dennis. "Speculate to Appreciate: Gerald Ferguson Works 1978-1984" Vanguard, Vol.13 No.10, December/January, pp.10-13, cover
Gale, Peggy. "Gerald Ferguson: Work Beyond Reproach", brochure essay, Gerald Ferguson: Works 1978- 1984
Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
Barber, Bruce. Appropriation/Expropriation, catalogue essay, Mount St.Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
Townsend-Gault, Charlotte & Nemiroff, Diana. Visions - Contemporary Art in Canada, published by Douglas & McIntyre Vancouver/Toronto, pp.156, 203 (reproduction). Burnett, David & Schiff, Marilyn
Contemporary Canadian Art, Hurtig Publishing Ltd., Edmonton, Alta., p.255 (reproduction)
Spalding, Jeffrey. 1,000,000 PENNIES, brochure essay, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Spalding, Jeffrey. Aspects of Canadian Painting of the 70's, catalogue essay and reproductions, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Collins, Carole. "On Folk Art", interview, Canadian Antiques and Art Review, October
"Choral Reading of the Corpus" and interview with Gerald Ferguson, CBC Radio, Montreal, March
Woods, Kay. "Gerald Ferguson, Paintings", review, ArtsCanada Feb/March
Cameron, Eric. "Gerald Ferguson, Paintings", review, ArtsCanada May/June. Young, Dennis. Gerald Ferguson, Paintings, Catalogue essay published by the Dalhousie Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Greenwood, Michael. "The Canadian Canvas", review, Time Magazine Feb., ArtsCanada March.
Cameron, Eric. "Systems and Sensibilities, the Art of Gerald Ferguson", Studio International Mar/Apr. Pp.124-128.
Lippard, Lucy. Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966-1972, Praeger, New York
Townsend, Charlotte. "The Halifax Workshop", an interview with Gerald Ferguson Studio International.