C'NT Programming - Patrick Traer
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
1990 YORK UNIVERSITY, Toronto, Ontario M.F.A. Visual Art, Studio
1986 UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan B.A. Advanced, English Literature
1984 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver, B.C. Completed 3rd Year, Creative Writing and Psychology
1979 BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, Banff, Alberta Summer Institute, Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 NEW SITE-SPECIFIC TEXTILE INSTALLATION, curated by Dan Ring, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.
2005 NEW EMBROIDERED MURAL WORK, Neutral Ground, Regina, SK.
2003 "PAIR", New Sculptural Work, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 "MATCHLESS", New Upholstered Sculptures, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2002 "TEABAGGING", New Upholstered Sculptures, Galerie Oboro, Montreal, Quebec
2002 "EMBROIDERED ANATOMIES", Curated by Marie Clifford & Ian Boyden Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Washington State
2002 "BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOVE ME ENOUGH",. New Drawings and Prints, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2000 "UNSPEAKABLES", Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1995/96 "FALLING FROM AFAR", Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1994 "PLUSH", Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 "PATRICK TRAER: NEW INSTALLATION WORK", Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1993 "SYSTEMIC PLUSH", Curated by Bruce Grenville, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1993 "EMBROIDERED DRAWINGS", YYZ Artist-Run Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1991 "A SYMBIOTIC MOMENT", A.K.A. Artist-Run Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1990 "A HYPOCHONDRIAC’S LAST MESSAGE", M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, York University, Toronto, Ontario
1988 "TABLE MANNERS", Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C.
1987 "ANGELS AND ALIENS", Drawings, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1999 PATRICK TRAER AND JANET WERNER: “trance: new work”, Plug-In, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1997 PATRICK TRAER AND JANET WERNER: “trance”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 PUBLIC GOOD: Art Media Projects, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2004 "A WORKING COLLECTION" (Curated by Donna Wawzonek), Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2003 "THE SQUARED CIRCLE" (Curated by Kemi Ilesanmi), The Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis. MN.
2003 "BOYS WITH NEEDLES II", Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2003/4 "POP IDENTITY" (Curated by Carla Garnet), Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario; Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
2002 "BOYS WITH NEEDLES" (Curated by Anna-Marie Larson), London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
2001 "BOXED: ROUND 2", London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
2001 "BOXED" (Curated by Melanie Townsend), Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
2000 "TRANSCRIBING LOSS" (Curated by Lisa Baldessarri), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria B.C.
1999 "FLUFFY" (Curated by Anthony Kiendl), Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1998 "SASKATCHEWAN PERSPECTIVES", MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1998 "ROM (READ ONLY MEMORY)", (curated by Cheryl Sourkes), Gallery TPW, Toronto, Ontario
1997/98 "TRAMES DE MEMOIRE" (touring exhibition curated by Renee Baert), Galerie Expression, Montreal, Quebec; Charles Scott Gallery, ECIAD, Vancouver, B.C.; Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.; Oakville Art Galleries, Oakville, Ontario
1997 "THE BODY IN CONTEXT", Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
1996 "LOOKING BACK IV", Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1996 "METATEXTILES" (curated by Gary Markle), Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1995 FACULTY EXHIBITION, University of Saskatchewan, Snelgrove Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1993/94 "CORPUS", Touring Exhibition (Curated by Bruce Grenville), Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Oakville Art Galleries, Oakville, Ontario; Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
1993 "VISUAL EVIDENCE" (Curated by Ingrid Jenkner), Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1993 NEW ACQUISITIONS, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1993 FACULTY EXHIBITION, University of Saskatchewan, Snelgrove Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1991 FACULTY EXHIBITION, University of Lethbridge, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1991 "BY-HAND", Painting & Photography Manipulations, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
1990 "BLACK & WHITE", Print & Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
1989 "BEYOND THE DOCUMENT", Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
1986 "PHOTOPERSPECTIVES ‘86" (National Juried Exhibition), Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C.
1986 "SASKATCHEWAN OPEN" (Provincial Juried Exhibition), Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1981 "JELLO 123", Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2003 Bell, Lynne, "Rubbed Red and Other Stories: The Work of Patrick Traer" CANADIAN ART, Vol. 20, #3, Fall 2003, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Goddard, Peter, "Man makes the clothes" TORONTO STAR, March 13, 2003, Toronto, Ontario
2003 "Thread that thrills" NOW Magazine, March 20, 2003, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Doyle, Robert, "Boys with needles" FIBERARTS, Vol. 29 no.4, 2003, Asheville, North Carolina
2002 Lehmann, Henry, "Mocking life's trophies" The Montreal Gazette, November 30, 2002, Montreal, Quebec
2002 Crevier, Lyne, "Les valseuses" ICI, November 21, Montreal Quebec
2002 Delgado, Jerome, "Histoires d'accolades et de testicules" LaPRESSE, December 1, 2002, Montreal Quebec
2000 Hara, Makiko, "World Report" B.T. MAGAZINE, February, 2000, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Weder, Adele, "And now, the Mendel's greatest hits" National Post, June 30, 2000, Toronto, Ontario
2000 Anderson, Jack, " FLUFFY " PARACHUTE, Vol. 98, Montreal, Quebec
1999 Anderson, Jack, “Fluffy brings new meaning...” The Leader Post, Regina, Saskatchewan
1998 McKay, Sally, “Read only memory...” Lola, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Jordan, Betty Ann, “Read Only Memory at Gallery TPW” The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1998, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Warland, Betsy, “trance” C Magazine, Spring 1998, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Lilburn, Tim, “Angels of History” Bordercrossings, Winter 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1997 Robertson, Sheila, “Viewer invited... trance” Star Phoenix, October 24, 1997, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1996 Beatty, Greg, “Falling From Afar” Artichoke, Vol. 8 no. 2, Calgary, Alberta
1995 Laurence, Robin, “PLUSH” The Vancouver Sun, January 7, 1994, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 Taylor, Kate, “Bodies of Evidence” The Globe and Mail, July 23, 1994, Toronto, Ontario
1994 Beatty, Greg, “Visual Evidence” Parachute, Vol. 74, Montreal, Quebec
1993 Enright, Robert, Review of “CORPUS II” Canadian Art, Vol. 10 no. 3, Toronto, Ontario
1993 Findlay, Len, “Rumours of Our Breath” Bordercrossings, Vol. 12 no. 3, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1993 Robertson, Sheila, “Redefining perceptions of human body” Star Phoenix, April 17, 1993, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
CATALOGUES AND BOOKS
PLUSH, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Essay by Bruce Grenville.
Visual Evidence, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Essay by Ingrid Jenkner.
Patrick Traer, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta. Essay by Joan Borsa.
CORPUS, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Essays by Bruce Grenville and Jessica Bradley.
Metatextiles, Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S. Essay by Gary Markle.
Trames de memoire, Galerie Expression, Montreal, Quebec. Essay by Renee Baert.
Falling from Afar, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Essay by Kim Sawchuk.
“trance” Patrick Traer and Janet Werner, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. Essay by Wayne Baerwaldt.
ROM (Read Only Memory), Gallery TPW, Toronto, Ontario Essay by Cheryl Sourkes.
FLUFFY, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan Essays by Anthony Keindl and Makiko Hara.
Embroidered Anatomies, Whitman College, Washington Essay by Marie Clifford.
Boys With Needles, Museum London and The Textile Museum of Canada Essays by Anna Marie Larsen and Robin Metcalfe.
The Squared Circle, The Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota Essay by Kemi Ilesanmi.
Matchless, Kenderdine Art Gallery Essay by Helen Marzolf.
Craft Perception and Practice, Volume 2 Edited by Paula Gustafson
Hidden Histories, Male Same-Sex Art in the 20th Century, Art Media Press, London, England Essay by Michael Petry.
COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Sask. Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Sask.
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ont.
CURATORIAL & RELATED EXPERIENCES
2003 100 CREATIVE DRAWING IDEAS, edited by Anna Held Audette
Drawing Textbook published by Shambalaya Press, Boston, Mass.
Contributed Drawing Project entitled, "The Paper Blanket"
2002 ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
Position: Guest Juror/Curator
1992 PROJECTS/PRACTICES, PANEL DISCUSSION (post secondary art education)
University Art Association of Canada, Conference in Victoria, B.C.
Position: Presenter/Panelist
1988/89 SOME PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS, EXHIBITION/ CATALOGUE
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
Position: Curator
1987/88 CHRONICLE AND SYMBOL, EXHIBITION/CATALOGUE
Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Position: Curator
GUEST ARTIST LECTURES
2002 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
2002 Whitman College, Washington
2002 Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2002 University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
2001 Sheridan College, Toronto, Ontario
2000 Alberta College of Art, Calgary Alberta
1996 Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1996 Sympo-Fibres Textile Symposium, Montreal, Quebec
1995 Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1994 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver, B.C.
1989 Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver, B.C.
1988 Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
1987 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
AWARDS
2003 CANADA COUNCIL B GRANT
2003 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST A GRANT, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2001 CANADA COUNCIL B GRANT
2001 CANADA COUNCIL PARIS STUDIO
1998 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST B GRANT, Saskatchewan Arts Board
1995 CANADA COUNCIL VISUAL ARTS B GRANT
1995 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST B GRANT, Saskatchewan Arts Board
1993 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST B GRANT, Saskatchewan Arts Board
1992 CANADA COUNCIL VISUAL ARTS B GRANT
1991 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST B GRANT, Saskatchewan Arts Board
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