PERSONAL DATA

Born in Toronto, Canada in 1965
Lives and works in Toronto



REPRESENTATION

Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada



STUDIES

1984-1988 Ontario College of Art, Toronto
1982 Parson's School of Design, New York



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 The Visitor. W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
2003 Four men.... Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
The Visitor. Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
The Visitor. Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
2002 The Visitor. Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
The Visitor. Museum London, London, Ontario
2001 The Visitor. and The Silence and the Storm. Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
The Visitor. Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario
1999 First Snow Tokyo. Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
1998 The Silence and the Storm and First Snow. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
1995 AT THIS POINT. Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, Ontario

Re Appearances. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Curated by Diana Nemiroff
1994 Re Appearances. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Curated by Michelle Theriault
Like Ancient Pots... Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Curated byJoan Stebbins
1991 Research and Discovery. Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1990 Decalog. 10 Years at YYZ, YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Ontario


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 STRATFORD SCULPTURE BIENNIAL, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario
1998 CANOE LAKE. Laidlaw Hall, Mississauga Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontaio. Curated by Brian Meehan
CROSSEYED. 60 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario
1997 DIORAMA. Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta. Curated by Catherine Crowston
WORK/SITE- 15 YEARS IN THE TORONTO SCULPTURE GARDEN. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1996 ARCOS DA LAPA. Projections of mailed-in designs onto Arcos da Lapa bridge in Rio de Janiro, Brazil. Organized by Philippe Mouillon of Laboratoire, Granoble, France
TEACHERS, MENTORS AND MAKERS. The Craft Gallery, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto
1995 STONE POWDER FORT YORK. Fort York, Toronto. Fascilitated by Paul Safarian
1994 SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. Atlantis Art Supply Building, London, England
1993 SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. 1 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario
OUT OF PLACE. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. Curated by Judith Mastai and Gary Dufour
1992 ARTEDOMANI, 1992 PUNTI DI VISTA. Incontri Internazionali d'Arte, Roma. Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Spoleto, Itlay. Curated by Sylvie parent
1991

VISIONS '91, LES CENTS JOURS D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTREAL. Centre International d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. Curated by Sylvie Parent
1990 THE SALVAGE PARADIGM. Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Janice Gurney
RE-ENACTMENT: BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER. The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Barbara Fischer
1989 SCRUTINY. YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Bruce Grenville
1988 NEW WORK. Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario


ART FAIRS
2004 Art Chicago (with Christopher Cutts Gallery)
ARCO, Madrid, Spain (with Christopher Cutts Gallery)
1997 ARCO, Madrid, Spain (with Samual Laluz Gallery)


COMMISSIONS
2003 Amica Mature Lifestyles Residence (Bayview), Toronto. The Jack Pine Remembered, an outdoor sculptural image panel
2002 Toronto Transit Commission, Bayview Subway Station, Toronto. Art work in subway station
1996 The Whitby Mental Health Centre, Whitby, Ontario. Northern Night mosaic in patient care unit foyer
1995 Central Neighbourhood House, 349 Ontario Sreet, Toronto. Donor recognition art work
1994 Covenant House, 20 Gerrard Sreet East, Toronto. Vestibule art work
1992

The Rehabilitation Institute of Toronto (Formerly The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation), 130 Dunn Ave. and 550 University Ave., Toronto. Nature of Giving donor recognition art work in lobbies of both buildings


SELECTED AWARDS
1988 Governor General's Medal, Ontario College of Art


GRANTS
2004 Visual Arts Mid-career Grant, The Canada Council
2002 Visual Art Grant, The Ontario Arts Council
Visual Arts Mid-career Grant, The Canada Council
1999 Visual Arts Mid-career Grant, The Canada Council
Visual Art Grant, The Ontario Arts Council
1997 Visual Arts B Grant, The Canada Council
1995 Visual Arts B Grant, The Canada Council
1994 Travel Grant, The Canada Council
1993 Visual Arts B Grant, The Canada Council
1992 Project and Travel Grant, The Canada Council
1991 Visual Art Grant, The Ontario Arts Council
1990 Project Grant, The Canada Council


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES
2001- present Board of Directors, Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto
1998 Artist-in-residence, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario
1996 'Pop, Sub 'n Mass Cultur' Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
1991-94 Board of Directors, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto


LECTURES AND ARTIST'S TALKS
'ReAppearances Revisited: Paraskeva Clark in the Work of Panya Clark Espinal', June 24, 1999, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
* Most solo exhibitions have been accompanied by an artist's talk


FUNDRAISING EVENTS
CANADIAN ART FOUNDATION AUCTION, 2002
MERCER LIVING, Mercer Union Show and Auction
TORONTO ART...SEEN. C Magazine. Studio tours, party and silent auction, 1998
REVAMP!, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario. Gala and auction, 1997
EN CAUSE: BRANCUSI, Axe Neo-7, Hull, Quebec. Exhibition and sale
FLASH!, The Power Plant, Toronto


SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE
Ashenburg, Katherine. "Motion pictures". Toronto Life Magazine, August 2002, p. 102-105, ill p.104.
Banning, Kass. "The Salvage Paradigm". C Magazine, no. 28 (Winter 1991), pp50-51.
Brackett, Donald. "To the lighthouse". Toronto Life Magazine, Nov. 1995, p.46.
Carriere, Daniel. "Visions '91". ETC. Montreal, no.17 (Jan. 1992), p.37, ill.
Crawford, Lois. "Guest at galleries displays "multiple personalities"", The Oakville Beaver, Fri. April 27, 2001, p.29.
Dault, Gary Michael. "Out of the closet: little spaces inspired by Martha". The Globe and Mail, Sat. Dec. 15, 2001, p.R9
Dault, Gary Michael. "No ordinary family portrait". The Globe and Mail, Sat. Nov. 1, 2003, p.R8
Dault, Julia. "Tunnel Visionaries", The National Post, Nov. 14, 2002, p. AL1,4, ill p.1.
Duclos, Rebecca. "Unlocking the Cabinet--Aesthetic encounters with museum collections". MUSE, Vol.XVI No. 4, 1998, pp. 18-21, ill p.21 and 25.
Dumont, Jean. "Cents Jours d'Art Contemporain. Visions '91.", Le Devoir, Sat. Nov. 2, 1991, p.C10.
Gagnon, Monica. "RE-ENACTMENT: BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER", C Magazine, no. 26 (June 1990), pp.58-60.
Glowen, Ron. "Dissolving Boundaries", Reflex, Vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan., Feb. 1993), pp.22-23.
Gravel, Claire. "Les cents jours d'art contemporain et le defi de l'oeurvre dans l'espace publique.", Vie des Arts, Sept.1991, pp. 16-19, Cover ill.
Gustafson, Paula. "Artful Props Offer No Simple Readings", The Georgia Straight, Nov. 12-19, 1995, p. 59.
Hanna, Deirdre. "Second Edition", NOW Magazine, Dec. 13-19, 2001, p.76.
Hanna, Deirdre. "Essence of teamwork captured in Crosseyed", NOW Magazine, May 21, 1998, p. 79.
Hanna, Deirdre. "Panya Clark's At This Point taps Toronto's watery past.", NOW Magazine, Nov. 16-22, 1995, p. 59.
Hume, Christopher. "Art is the ticket on the train to nowhere". The Toronto Star, Nov. 14, 2002, p. C1,3, ill. p. C3.
Hume, Christopher. "Showing the way", The Toronto Star, Aug. 31, 1995,p. F5.
King, Alan. "Paraskeva Clark's art furnishes Panya Clark's imagination", The Ottawa Citizen, April 9, 1995, p. B6.
Landsberg, Michelle. "Delightful art beckons us into oasis of verdent calm", The Toronto Star, Jan. 28, 1996, p. A2.
Lupien, Jocelyne. "Les Cents Jours d'Art Contemporain de Montreal", Spirale, Nov. 1991, pp.4-5.
McElroy, Gil. "Panya Clark Espinal. The Visitor" ESPACE SCULPTURE, Fall 2003, p43.
McGrath, Jerry. "Spontaneous Combustion", PARACHUTE, no. 74 (Spring, 1994), pp. 37-38.
Merette, Myriam. "Cents jours d'art contemporain. L'ecume des jours.", Voir, Aug. 22-28, 1991.
Millet, Catherine. "Les Cents Jours d'Art Contemprain", Artpress, no. 163, Nov. 1991, pp. 82-83.
Milroy, Sarah. "Panya Clark Espinal", The Globe and Mail, May 26, 2001.
Parent, Sylvie. "PANYA CLARK", PARACHUTE, no. 79, July,Aug.,Sept., 1995, pp. 42-43.
Randoja, Ingrid. "Probing war and peace at Fort York", NOW Magazine, Aug 17-23, 1995, p. 54.
Rhodes, Richard. "DECALOG", C Magazine, no. 26 (Summer 1990), pp. 48-52, ill.
Rudder, Jennifer. "Spontaneous Combustion", FUSE Magazine, Spring, 1994, Vol. XVII No.3, pp.39-41.
Schuett, Lori. "Martha Stewart article inspires AGP Exhibition called The Visitor", The Examiner, Feb. 22, 2003, p.E4,ill.


COLLECTIONS
The National Gallery of Canada
Oakville Galleries
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
YYZ Artists' Outlet
Robin Anthony
Clive and Mark Clark
Lisa Dinnick
Javier Espinal
Brian Lindon Fraser
Micah Lexier
Diana Nemiroff
Sylvie Parent
Colette Whiten

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