Curriculum Vitae

Last updated: 17 May 1996

Graham Peacock

Born in London, England, 1945
Canadian resident since 1969
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Phone/Fax (403) 424-7688
Email: gpeacock@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
WWW home page: http://www.ualberta.ca/~gpeacock/index.html

EDUCATION AND TEACHING

1969 to Present - Professor of Fine Art and Coordinator of the Painting program at the Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1991 - Workshop Leader "Center for the Arts, Vero Beach", Florida

1987 - Workshop Leader "Thupelo" Art Project, South Africa

1982 - Inaugural Triangle Workshop, New York

1979 and 1980 and 1981 - Emma Lake Artists Workshops, University of Saskatchewan

1973 - Edmonton Art Gallery, Michael Steiner Workshop

1968 to 1969 - The British School of Rome, Italy

1967 to 1968 - Newport College of Art, England, Lecturer

1966 to 1967 - Leeds College of Art, Post Graduate in Painting and Sculpture

1962 to 1966 - University of London Goldsmith's School of Art, DIP.A.D. in Painting and Sculpture

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1996

The Edmonton Art Gallery, ' Project Room ', Reflective and Refractive, Works in Glass

1995

Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Miniatures in Glass.
Galerie Dambier Masset, Paris, France, 1982-95 Survey
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, B.C. "Circularity", large paintings

1994

Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, "Circularity"

1992

The Edmonton Art Gallery "Studio Watch" The University of Alberta F.A.B. Gallery, Edmonton "Colour and Dimension"

1992

The Works Visual Arts Festivals, Edmonton and 1987, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

1991

Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton, Canada

1989

Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary
Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton, Canada

1988

Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton, Canada

1987

Edmonton Art Gallery, 1982-87 Retrospective, "Paint Process and Spirit"

1986

Galerie Don Stewart, Montreal
Waddington Shiell Galleries, Toronto
Hughes Art Ltd., Victoria, B.C.

1984

Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton

1983

Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton

1982

Hett Gallery, Edmonton

1981

Hett Gallery, Edmonton

1979

Glenmore Gallery, Toronto

1977

The Edmonton Art Gallery "Fans and Pillars"

1976

Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, "Screens"

1975

Woltjen Udell Gallery, Edmonton

1973 to 1974

Atlantic Provinces Art Circuit Touring Exhibition

1972

The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, "Striations"
Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary

1971

Lefebvre Gallery, Edmonton

1969

The British School at Rome, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1996

Galerie Piltzer Exposition d'ŽtŽ with Louis , Hoffmann , Noland, Olitski, Poons, Christensen Caro, Chamberlain, Steiner, Bogart, Frank Stella.and the New New Painting group
New New Painting Edmonton 1996, The Vanderleelie Gallery, Baker, Brent, Drappel, Gittins, Lerner, Neal, Peacock, Piermarini and Webster

1995

Modes of Abstraction, 1960 to 1990, Sept. 9 -Oct. 29, The Edmonton Art Gallery. Hide, Bush, Olitski, Scott and others
Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society 3rd Annual Exhibition, Commerce Place, Edmonton
Mediterranee - Art, Galerie Vecchio 2, Cannes, France. June 24-July 15, 1995
"New New Painting" Gallery Ism, Seoul, Korea
"New New Painting" Salander O'Reilly Galleries, New York

1994

Norcen Collection, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Nov.26 1994 -Jan 29,1995
Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society 2nd Annual Exhibition, Commerce Place, Edmonton
"Discouvert '94", Porte de Versailles, Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris France, March 23-28, 1994
"Art Frankfurt", Galerie Dambier Masset, Frankfurt, Germany, March 25-29, 1994
"Art New York". The New York International Art Fair Galerie Gerald Piltzer, New York, U.S.A. April 28-March 2, 1994
"Chicago International '94", Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., May 12-16, 1994

1993

Fondation Deutsch; Lucern, Switzerland, December 1993-February 1994
"Konfrontationen" Neuerwerbungen 1990-1993 Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung
Ludwig Wien; June-September 1993 Vienna, Austria
Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society Inaugural Exhibition, Commerce Place, Edmonton
"New New Painting", Stadtische Galerie, Goppingen, Germany Sponsored by Mercedes Bentz Corporation, Catalogue Exhibition 19 September-24 October 1993
Musee D'Art Modern et D'Art Contemporian, Nice, France September-November 1993
Musee des Beaux Arts, Waterloo, Belgium
"Gothic Room", City Hall, Brussels, Belgium July-August 1993
Musee des Beaux Arts, Charleroi, Belgium, May 14-June 15, 1993
Art Chicago International Art Exhibition, Expo Centre, Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris, with Chagall, Dubuffet, Miro, Nerdrum, Rodin, Lachaise, Caro, Nolano, Olitski, Poons, Steiner, Stellar and New New Painting and the Russian Avant-Garde. Colour reproduction. Cherry Smash in the catalogue, May 6-10, 1993
"Salon d'Art Contemporain" de Montrouge, Paris, France. May 1993
"Spring 93", Galerie Woltzen, Edmonton. March 1993
"Discouvert" 93. The Grande Palais, Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris, France. February 1993
"Salon d'Art Contemporain" de Montrouge, Paris, France. May 1993
"Art Cologne '93". Galerie Tily Haderek, Stuttgart, Germany November 11-17, 1993
F.I.A.C. Grand Palais, Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris, France. October 1993
"New New Painting', Galerie Tilly, Haderek, Stuttgart, Germany. October 23-December 18, 1993
Gallery Artist Exhibition, Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris, France
The New Acrylic Painters", Gallery One, Toronto

1992 and 1993

"New New Painting", Galerie Gerald Piltzer Champs Elysees, Paris, France
"New New Painting" Galerie Dambier-Masset Rue des Beaux Arts, Paris, France

1991 and 1992

"Physicality" Hunter College Art Gallery, New York. Touring exhibition, 7 galleries, 33 artists including Robert Goodnough, Linda Benglis, Sam Gilliam and Jack Youngerman

1991

"New Colour", The Barbara Greene Gallery, Miami, Florida "Just Niche It" and "Reoccuring Patterns"
Art E.V.O. Gallery, City Centre, Edmonton, curated by Lelde Muehlenbachs
"Art Amaze", The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, curated by Kenworth Moffett
Alberta Society of Artists. 60th Anniversary Exhibition, The Edmonton Art Gallery, curator Mark Joslin

1991

"The New Acrylic Painters", Centres for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, curated by John Henry III
"The Big Picture", Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida with Drapell, Piermarini, Webster, Brent and Lerner

1990 and 1991

"New Acrylic Abstractions" selections from the Moffett Collection, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida, with Piermarini, Gittins, Webster, Drapell, Lerner, Brent, Fauteaux, Poons, Noland and Olitski

1990

Stanford Festival of the Arts. Conn. USA. First prize, painting. Juror Ms. Halasz, Prof. at Bethany College.
"New New Painting", with John Gittins and Bruce Piermarini. The Atwood Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts

1989 and 1990

"Outside New York" with Piermarini, Gittins, Webster, Baker, Brent, Neal and Lerner, at The Works Festival and The F.A.B. Gallery, Edmonton, Canada

1989

"Alberta Drawings" and "Aspects of Contemporary Art" The Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada
"First Impressions", Triangle Gallery, Calgary Alberta Art Foundation Acquisitions

1987 and 1988

"Recent Acquisitions", The Edmonton Art Gallery

1987

"Studio Watch", The Edmonton Art Gallery, Juror: Kenworth Moffett
"Abstract Painters" at the Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada with Doug Haynes and John Griefen
"Thupelo Workshop Exhibition",Johannesburg Art Foundation Johannesburg, South Africa

1986 and 1987

The Edmonton Law Courts "Sculpture by Invitation" by The Edmonton Art Gallery for "The Works" festival

1986

"Selections from the Comino Foundation", Liechtenstein, and "Big and Small", The Edmonton Art Gallery
Exposition de l'association des galeries d'art contemporain Universite du Quebec a Montreal
"Selections from the E.A.G. Collection of contemporary and historical painting", The Edmonton Art Gallery
"Abstract Painting in Edmonton", The Edmonton Art Gallery

1985

Wade Fine Art, Los Angeles, "Gallery Artists"
Gallerie Don Stewart, Montreal, "Gallery Artists"
National Arts Centre, Ottawa

1984

Waddington Shiell Galleries, Toronto, "by invitation"
Canada Council "Art Bank", Edmonton, "Selections"

1982

"Inaugural Triangle Workshop Exhibition", Mashomac, New York
"The Threshold of Colour", The Edmonton Art Gallery curated by Russell Bingham

1979 and 1980

Gallery Art Placement, Saskatoon, "Eight Sculptures", Provincial Tour

1979

"Alberta Art" Touring Exhibition of Japan The Alberta Art Foundation, XI Commonweath games Commemorative Exhibition, catalogue Sapporo, Obihiro, Tokyo, Hakone Kyoto and Yokohama

1977

"Alberta Art Foundation Selections" Glenbow Alberta Institute Calgary, catalogue
Alberta Society of Artists Exhibition Glenbow Alberta Institute

1976

"Abstraction West, Emma Lake and After" The National Gallery, Ottawa, curated by Terry Fenton

1974

"Canada x Ten", curated by Karen Wilkin, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Edmonton Art Gallery and The Art Gallery of Ontario, catalogue

1973

"Alberta 73", The Edmonton Art Gallery Juror Pierre Theberge, curator National Gallery of Canada
"Prairies 74", Western Canadian paintings curated by Terry Fenton, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, catalogue

1971

Everyman Gallery, New York with John Hoyland, John Walker and Richard Smith

1970

"All Alberta", The Edmonton Art Gallery Juror Pierre Theberge, curator National Gallery of Canada

1969

"British Award Winners", British Council, Rome, Italy

1967

The Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, England
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, England

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Foundation for Art, Government of Alberta

Museum of Modern Art, Foundation Ludwig, Vienna, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Hines Collection

Canadian Federal Affairs, Tokyo, Japan

Government of Alberta, Canada

Edmonton Court House, Canada

British Embassy, Rome, Italy

Edmonton Art Gallary, Canada,

Leeds Education Authority, Leeds, England

Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada

Canada Council, Ottawa, Canada

Hill Trust Fund Collection, Calgary,

Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

Newport Art Galley, Wales

Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts

Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, Canada

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Norcen Collection, Calgary

Comino Foundation Vaduz, Liechtenstein

21st Century Master Works of Art, Paris,

Geneva and New York

Alamo Rent a Car, Miami, Florida

Westburn Industries, Quebec, Canada

National Trust, Calgary

Abacus Cities, Milborne Centre, Edmonton

Edmonton Savings and Credit Union,

The Bental Group, Edmonton, Canada

Dominion Construction, Edmonton, Canada

Esso Resources, Calgary, Canada

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

New New Painting Catalogue published by Gallery Ism, Seoul, Korea; prefaced by Dr. Kenworth W. Moffett (English/Korean text); article "New New Painting" by Werner Meyer, Director Statische, Galerie Goppingen, Germany (German/Korean text); 58 pages, 11 colour reproductions

New New Painting Catalogue Edition Cantz. Published in conjunction with Stadtische Galerie Goppingen, Germany. September 1993. Articles by Werner Meyer - "New New Painting" - and Herman Amann - "Molekular Dynamik eine neve Materie fur die malerie". 75 pages in German and French with Engish translation. Colour reproductions. Buchhandelsaugable Edition Cantz. ISBN 3-89322-583-8

Art Chicago International Exhibition catalogue, 1993, page 121 colour reproduction "Cherry Smash". 1991 Galerie Gerlad Piltzer. List of artists exhibited included Chagall, Miro, Dubuffet, Rodin, Lachaise, Caro, Steiner, Noland, Olitski, Poons and the New New Painting group.

Art Focus Magazine, Toronto, spring 1993, Volume 1, November 3, published March 1993. Cover and feature article "New New Paintings of Graham Peacock". "Exploring New Media: Edmonton", pages 9-14 2 colour, 7 black & white. Interview by Russell Bingham.

New New Painting. French/English text published by Novelle Editions Francais December 1992 Paris. 192 pages, 100 colour repros., 10 artists. Articles: "The New Acrylic Paining" by Kenworth Moffett and "Towards 2001 - What is at Stake in the New Acrylic Painting" by Marcel Paquet. ISBN 2-2079-0031-01, I.S.S.N. 0338-62-87

"Colour and Dimension" Catalogue. March 1991, University of Alberta. F.A.B. Gallery, Edmonton. 32 pages, 18 colour, 6 black & white reproduction. Articles "Quand la Matiere Chante" and "Beyond Formalism" by Roger Boulet. "Huh? Wow!*! How D'Ya Do That" by Lelde Muehlenbachs and interview from "New New Painting" Atwood Gallery Catalogue by Russell Bingham.

"New New Painting", catalogue, Sept. 1990, 50 pages, 6 colour repros., 3 man exhibition: John Gittins, Graham Peacock, Bruce Piermarini at the Artwood Gallery, Worcester Mass. Peacock interviewed by Russell Bingham, former curator of The Edmonton Art Gallery. 5000 words.

Artpost, Toronto, Spring pp. 28 & 29, colour repro. Review by Lelde Muehlenbachs.

"Outside New York", group catalogue, 26 pages, 8 colour repros., artist statements, introduction by G. Peacock, Curator, includes Piermarini, Gittins, Neal, Baker, Brent, Webster, Lerner.

"Paint Process and Spirit", Edmonton Art Gallery, November 1987, article by Roger Boulet. Appendix by Kenworth Moffett. 9 colour repros., 1 black & white.

Update, Edmonton Art Gallery Magazine, 1987, Fourth Issue, pages 8 & 9. "Graham Peacock - Paint and Process" by Russell Bingham.

"Post-Color Field Painting" and "Abstract Art, the Present Situation", both by Kenworth Moffett, Moffett's Artletter, March 1986.

"Abstraction offers the most exciting new possibilities" by Kenworth Moffett, Art in New England, September 1985, Vol.6, No.9, page 9ff.

"New Abstract Art" - A survey of trends across Canada, exhibition, The Edmonton Art Gallery, July 1977, reviewed by Ken Carpenter, Arts Magazine, March/April 1978. E.A.G. catalogue essay by Terry Fenton, Director.

"Edmonton Review" by Helen Collinson, Arts Canada, Dec/Jan 1976. Exhibition Latitude 53 Gallary, spring 1976, catalogue.

"Abstract West, Emma Lake and After" by Terry Fenton, National Gallery of Canada Journal, March 1976.

"Painters with Promise", selections by Karen Wilkin, Impetus, Financial Post Magazine, December 13, 1975. Republished in The Financial Post Money Management Book, Maclean Hunter, ISBN 0-88896-046-8

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