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Andrew Wright is an artist who lives and works in Waterloo. He has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally, with exhibitions at the University of California, Berkeley, Oakville Galleries, Roam Contemporary (New York), ARCO '05 (Madrid), Presentation House, Vancouver and the Art Gallery of Calgary, to name a few. He has also participated in residencies including the Banff Centre and Braziers Workshop (U.K.), and recently as a 'war artist' with the Canadian Forces Artist Program aboard Canadian warship H.M.C.S. Toronto. He was the founding Artistic Director for Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA). Wright is the recipient of numerous awards. In 2001 he was the winner of the Ernst & Young Great Canadian Printmaking Competition, and has received grants from the Waterloo Regional Arts Fund, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. He has received critical acclaim for his work in publications such as Canadian Art, Border Crossings, and The Globe & Mail.
education

95-97 | Master of Fine Arts, University of Windsor.
Concentrations in Sculpture, Photography, and Installation.

90-94 | Degree in Art & Art History, University of Toronto,
Graduated with distinction. Dean's Honour list, Faculty Scholar

90-94 | Diploma in Studio Art, Sheridan College, Oakville

solo exhibitions

07 |
Water’s Edge | Peak Gallery, Toronto (CONTACT feature exhibition)
Blind Man's Bluff | Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON

05 | Photographs, Peak Gallery, Toronto

04 | Skies, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
University of California, Berkeley | Worth Ryder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Skies, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. | review
Blind Man's Bluff, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Art Gallery of Calgary
Blind Man's Bluff | Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 101 Queen St. N, Ontario.
Organized by and circulated by KW|AG. Curated by Allan Mackay. Catalogue essay by Robert Enright.

03 | Blind Man's Bluff and Other Fictions | Peak Gallery, 23 Morrow Ave. Toronto | review
Brochure essay by Virginia M. Eichhorn
Standing Ground - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.

02 | Home & Garden | Oakville Galleries, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville, Ontario.
Curated by Marnie Fleming. Brochure essay by Kim Simon.
Mises-en-Scene -The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

01 | 148 Clouds - Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ontario
boygirl (two person exhibition) - ballroom studios. Kitchener, Ontario

00 | In Camera: The View from Here - Gallery 101 Ottawa, Ontario. Brochure essay by Jen Budney.
The Red Head Gallery - 96 Spadina Ave. Toronto, Ontario.

99 | The Plausible Impossibility of the Here & Now (Moving Picture) - Cambridge Library & Gallery, Preston Branch.
      Brochure essay by Gordon Hatt.
Panorama - Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, Ontario.
Here & There - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario.

97 | The Metaphysics of Presence - Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Cultural Centre. Brochure essay by A. Wright.
Troubling Vision - Art Gallery of Windsor & Common Ground Gallery.

selected group exhibitions

07 TIAF07 Toronto International Art Fair. Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Passages | Cambridge Galleries, Andrew Wright & Lisa Klapstock (two person exhibition), Cambridge, Canada | review
IMAGE & APPARATUS work by Dianne Bos (Calgary), Arnold Koroshegyi (London), Donald Lawrence (Kamloops), and Andrew Wright (Waterloo), Museum London, London, Canada

06 | Photo Miami: The International Contemporary Fair of Photo-Based Art, Video, and New Media

05 | Arco 05 International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

04 | Branching Out, Peak Gallery and Roam Contemporary, 9 Saint Mark's Place, #1, New York, NY. USA

03 | Cluster (03) Peak Gallery, 23 Morrow Ave.Toronto
Toronto International Art Fair | Metro Toronto Convention Centre (catalogue)
Lucida | Hamilton Artist's Inc., Ontario
In The Light Of: Six Contemporary Artists Explore the Legacy of William Henry Fox Talbot | Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery       Brochure essay by Diane Bos.

01 | Commute - ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
The New Spirit of Ontario - Lieutenant-Governor on Ontario's Suites, Queenspark, Toronto.
Ernst & Young Great Canadian Printmaking Competition Edward Day Gallery,

00 | Braziers International Artist's Workshop - Oxfordshire, UK.
Wave of the Future - Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, Kitchener, Ontario.
Search - Open Studio, 468 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario.
Bonanza! - University of Western Ontario Faculty Lxhibition. ARTLAB, London, Ontario.
Redrospective: 10 years of The Red Head Gallery - 96 Spadina Ave. Toronto, Ontario.

99 | Welcome to Mitchell: 1999 Southwest Triennial - London Regional Art & Historical
Museum. Curator: Andrew Hunter.
PROOF 6 - Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto: Under 40 - Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.
Eleventh Annual Miniature Exhibition - Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario.

98 | Technological Bottom-Feeders - Niagara Artist's Company, St. Catharines, Ontario. Curators: Christopher McXamara &       Bryan Konefsky.
Undefining Sculpture - Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit, Michigan.
Technological Bottom-Feeders - Artcite Inc., Windsor, Ontario.
Little Things - Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Interior Landscapes - Reflecting Studio., Kitchener City Hall.

97 | Public Order: 1997 Southwest Triennial - Art Gallery of Windsor. Curator: Robin Metcalfe.

96 Artseen IV: Exhibition of New & Experimental Work Artcite Inc., Windsor & Offsite Location.
Media City II, Exhibition of Film & Video Works Artcite Inc., Windsor, Ontario.

awards

03 | Canada Council's Visual Arts Creation / Production Grant to Professional Artists
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

02 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

01 | Winner: Ernst & Young Great Canadian Printmaking Competition
Council's Visual Arts Creation / Production Grant to Professional Artists
Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Grant to Professional Artists

00 | Canada Council Travel Grant
00 - 99 - 97 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

00 - 99 | Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant to Professional Artists

98 | Canada Council's Visual Arts Creation / Production Grant to Professional Artists

97 | Finalist Selection '97, Annika Sundvik Gallery, NYC
University of Windsor Summer Research Scholarship

96 - 97 | University of Windsor Tuition Scholarship

93 | Paul W. Fox Award
Margaret Laidlaw Scholarship

92 | I Hammerson Canada Inc. Scholarship

91 | D.J. Stevenson Award

90 | Kingston Arts Council Award

professional practice

03 | Artist Talk | Museums London

02-03 | Artistic Director | Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Area (CAFKA)

02 | Public Art Committee - City of Kitchener
Jury Member - Forest Heights Pool Public Art Project, Kitchener
Artist Talks - Sheridan College, Oakville, Kiwanis International, Kitchener

01 - present | Artistic Co-ordinator - Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener 01 Slo-Mo Thematic Residency - Banff Centre for the       Arts, AB, Canada
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant Jury Member
Artist in Residence - City of Kitchener.
Artist Talk - Rotary Club, Waterloo

00 | Organizing Committee - Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener
Artist Talk - University of Waterloo
Advisory Panel - Waterloo Regional Arts Council Grant Writing Workshop
Residency, Braziers International Artists Workshop, UK.
Project Manager & Jury Member, ART WORKS! Contemporary Art Forum - Kitchener

99 | Jury Member, PROOF 7, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography

98 | Administrative Assistant, Art Gallery of Windsor
- Assisting the curators and their assistants, general office work.

96 - 98 | Head of Communications Committee, Artcite Inc. - Board of Directors for Windsor's
Artist-Run Centre for the Contemporary Visual Arts.

96 | Assistant Preparator, Art Gallery of Windsor - Assisted with the execution of a site
specific project by British artist Steven Pippin, for the exhibition Sites of the Visual.

93 - 94 | Curatorial Assistant and Technician, Blackwood Gallery.

bibliography

03 | Dault, Gary Michael, A Movie, Experience, At One Remove. Gallery Going, Globe & Mail.

01 | Bergel, Joseph-, Boy+Girl=BoyGirl. Echo Magazine., Mav 3-9 issue.

00 | Outhit, Jeff "But Is It Art? The Sculptures That Adorn Our Public Spaces Provoke Delight and Outrage", The Record.
Dault, Gary Michael, Search. Gallery Going, Globe & Mail.
Reynolds, Abigail, Serious Play. AN Magazine (Artists' Newsletter), London, UK.

99 | Outhit, Jeff. "New Sculpture Reflects Risks of Firefighting", The Record.
Coulson, Sandra. "Mitchell? No One Here from There: New Exhibit at LRAHM features
playful, humorous, experimental work", London Free Press.
Reid, Robert. "Exhibitions Capture Emotions From Birth to Death", The Record.
Bisch, Greg. "Floating Their Ideas'". The Record.

98 | Hill, Darryl. "Audible Gestures: The Metaphysics of Presence Artfocus.
Pearson, Craig. "New Art Shows Concentrate on Scale, Perspective", Windsor Star.
TV Interview. CBC Windsor 9 News.

97 | Pearson, Graig. "Triennial Explores Theme of Commodity, Control", Windsor Star.
Radio interview. CBC 1550, Crosstown with Barbara Peacock.
Radio Interview. CKSY 95.1 FM, Chatham, Ontario.

publications

01 | Wright, Andrew - And the Green Grass Grows All Around - Joseph Bergel al ballroom
      studios. Review in LOLA - Contemporary Art Magazine, issue #9.
Wright, Andrew - Nocturne Jay Johnson at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Shotgun Review in LOLA - Contemporary Art       Magazine, issue #8.

98 | Wright, Andrew - Non Stop - Mandy Barber at the Pekao Gallery.
LOLA - Contemporary Art Magazine, issue #4.

98 -99 | Wright, Andrew. Flowers, Showers, & Curtain Calls" - Surface/Tension - Rchelle V. Knowles at the Art Gallery of Windsor. LOLA - Contemporary Art Magazine, issue #3.