| Dennis Geden, Canadian (1944 - )
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| 1944 |
Born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada |
| 1966 |
Graduate of Sir George Williams' School of Art, Montreal |
| 1972-73 |
Commissioned to create a portfolio of ten colour lithographs in Paris, France (supported by the Canada Council) |
| 1975-76 |
Commissioned to create a sequence of five colour lithographs in London (supported by the Ontario Arts Council) |
| 1976 |
Commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario to create the 'Glacial Erratic Sculpture' on the campus of Canadore College and Nipissing University, North Bay (supported by the Ontario Arts Council) |
| 1977 |
Co-founder and active member of White Water (artist run) centre, North Bay |
| 1987 |
Juror, Grants to Individual Artists Adjudication, Ontario Arts Council |
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Canadian Artist at Artists' Meeting, Studenica Monastery, Yugoslavia |
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Member, advisory group examining the Evaluation Program, Ontario Arts Council |
| 1988-89 |
Research Assistant and Visiting Artist at the Slade School of Art, London |
| 1989-94 |
Director/Curator/Artist in Residence, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay |
| 1990-93 |
Member, Art Advisory Committee, City of North Bay Art Collection |
| 1991 |
Juror, Grants to Individual Artists Adjudication, Ontario Arts Council |
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Organiser 'The Nipissing People', early photographs of residents of Nipissing Reservation, curated by Randy Sawyer, Indian Friendship Centre, North Bay |
| 1991-93 |
Member, Board of Directors, Visual Arts Centre, Toronto |
| 1992 |
Commissioned by the Government of Ontario to paint 'Building a Normal School' for the atrium of the Ministry of Correctional Services Headquarters, and 'Portage of a Pointer' for the entrance foyer of the North Bay and District Court House, North Bay |
| 1993 |
Adviser and Juror, Waterfront Sculpture Project, Les Compagnons des Francs Loisir (Francophone Community Centre), North Bay |
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Artist in Residence at Fringe Research, Toronto, creating two hologram sculptures (supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council) |
| 1994-95 |
Co-founded and helped establish the Redpath Gallery, Vancouver |
| 1996 |
Curator (part time), The Redpath Collection, Vancouver |
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Member, Fine Arts Advisory Committee, Georgian College, Barrie |
| 1997 |
Director/Curator/Artist in Residence, WKP Gallery, North Bay |
| 1998 |
Member, Advisory Committee examining funding procedures for Public Art Galleries, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario |
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Member, Board of Directors, Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Toronto |
| Solo Exhibitions |
| 1970/71/72/73 |
La Cimaise Gallery, Toronto |
| 1984 |
Dennis Geden: First London Exhibitions, Canada House, London and Redfern Gallery, London (curated by Griselda Bear and assisted by Canadian External Affairs) |
| 1985 |
Dennis Geden, Le Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris (assisted by Canadian External Affairs) |
| 1986 |
Dennis Geden, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr, Scotland (assisted by Canadian Cultural Affairs) |
| 1987 |
Dennis Geden: Recent Painting, Ontario tour (curated by Pamela Krueger and toured to Laurentian University Museum and At Centre Sudbury; Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough; McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London; The Gallery and Library, Cambridge; Art Gallery of York University, Toronto |
| 1991 |
Dennis Geden: New Work from Canada, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr, Scotland |
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Artist in Residence Exhibition, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay |
| 1992 |
Dennis Geden: New Work, Laurentian University Museum & Art Centre, Sudbury, ON (curated by Pamela Krueger) |
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Dennis Geden: New Work from Canada, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON |
| 1994 |
Dennis Geden: Paintings, Redpath Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Believing becomes Seeing: Dennis Geden, Hy Aisenstat Contemporary Arts Studio, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (curated by Edward Gibson) |
| 1996 |
Dennis Geden: New Works, Redfern Gallery, London |
| 1996-97 |
Go Figure: Dennis Geden, Retrospective Exhibition, Canadian tour (curated by Donald C Scott and Edward Gibson and organised by WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay ON). Toured to: WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, ON; Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste, Marie, ON; Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby BC; Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YUKON; Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, ON; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON |
| 1997 |
Expanded Go Figure: Dennis Geden, Retrospective and current work, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA |
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Joan Ferneyhough Gallery, North Bay, ON |
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White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON |
| 1998 |
Dennis Geden: Paintings, Joan Ferneyhough Gallery, North Bay, ON |
| 1999 |
Dennis Geden: New Work, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON |
| 2000 |
Dennis Geden, Redfern Gallery, London |
| 2001-02 |
Dennis Geden: From the Height of Land, exhibition of recent paintings touring to Public Galleries and Museums |
| Group Exhibitions |
| 1976 |
Seventh International Triennial, Haldenschulhaus, Grenchen, Switzerland |
| 1978 |
Strictly People Exhibition, tour of Canadian Government buildings in the United States (toured to: Canadian Embassy, Washington DC; Canadian Consulate, Atlanta, Georgia; Canadian Consulate, Boston, Massachusetts; Canadian Consulate, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1984 |
Intergrafik, Berlin, Germany |
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Ontario Art on View, Ontario House, Brussels |
| 1987 |
Paintings of People, Memorial University Art Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland |
| 1995 |
Mysteries of the Flesh, Dome Tower, Calgary, Alberta (curated by Jeffrey Spalding and organised by Lethbridge University Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta |
| 1996 |
The Body, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver |
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Gallery Moos, Toronto |
| 1997 |
Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON |
| 1998 |
Gallery Artists, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON |
| Collections |
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Anderson Foundation, Buffalo, New York, USA |
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Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France |
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Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario |
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Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario |
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Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario |
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Corvallis Collection, Oregon State University, USA |
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Curwen Studio Archive, London |
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Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC |
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Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario |
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Humber College, Toronto, Ontario |
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Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario |
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MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario |
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North Bay Municipal Collection, Ontario |
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Ontario Government Collection, Toronto, Ontario |
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Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario |
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Tate Gallery, London |
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Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario |
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Slade School of Art Archive, London |
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WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, Ontario |
Artist's Gallery
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