Born: 1955, Calgary

 

Education

M.F.A. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1994
B.F.A. Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1992
B.A. Philosophy, York University, Toronto, Canada, 1978

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2003
Good as Gold, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2001
That’s My Soul There, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2000
Typodope, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997
Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, AB

1996
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1995
Galerie Nomad, Montreal, QC
The Workspace Gallery, New York, NY
Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

1994
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Espace 502, Montreal, QC

1991
Gallery 163, Vancouver, BC

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

1999
The High Life: A Contemporary Salon, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1998
Gallery Monaro, Montreal, QC
Gallery Nomad, Montreal, QC

1997
Artifice, Montreal, QC

1996
The Return to Paradise, Painting in Montreal, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC

1995
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Protective Covering, University of Vermont Gallery (curated by Michael Oatman), Vermont
Fancy That, The Workspace Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond Circumstance, The Art Gallery at Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY
Faculty Show, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Triton Art Fair, (Monte Clark Gallery), San Francisco, CA

1994
Articule Gallery, Montreal, QC
Thesis Exhibition, Part 1, Galerie Bourget, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Thesis Exhibition, Part 2, Space 506, Montreal, QC
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1993
Artropolis 93, Vancouver, BC
Galerie Bourget, Montreal, QC
Articule, Big Ideas - Small Works, Montreal, QC

1992
Codes of Conduct, ECIAD, Vancouver, BC
Invitational, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1991
Gallery 163, Vancouver, BC

1990
Artropolis 90, Vancouver, BC

 

Grants & Awards

1992
Concordia University, Graduate Fine Arts, Dean’s Award

1992
Elsie Boone Memorial ECIAD Tuition Scholarship

1991
G.B.R. Memorial ECIAD Tuition Scholarship

 

Other

1991
Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art / Nova Scotia College of Art Design,
New York Summer Studio Program

 

Selected Bibliography

Chappell, Georgiana. Catalogue. “Artropolis 90”, ISBN 1-895371-03-1, October, 1990.
Couelle, Jennifer. Le Devoir. “Allan Switzer at Espace 502”. April 15, 1995.
Gopnik, Blake. “Out and about in Vancouver,” The Globe and Mail, March 21, 2000.
Lamourex, Marie-France. “Allan Switzer,” Contemporary Realism. February 17, 1996.
Laurence, Robin. Catalogue. “Artropolis 93”, ISBN 1-8953719308-2, October 1993.
Lederer, Niki. Catalogue. “Beyond Circumstance”, Hunter College of the City
University of New York, ISBN 1-885996-03-1
Liss, David. “Paintings make statement about what painting is”, The Gazette , April 1, 1995.
Rosenberg, Ann. The Vancouver Sun. Visual Arts. May 16, 1993.
“Diane Farris shows new talent”, The Vancouver Sun , January, 1992.
Scott, Michael. “Artist meets high-tech challenge,” The Vancouver Sun, July 1995.
Tousley, Nancy. “The pleasures of pattern,” The Calgary Herald.