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EducationTop
1982-1983Bathurst Community College Welder/Ticket P1F4
1972Nova Scotia College of Art & Design Bachelor of Fine Art
1972-74Western Michigan University Graduate studies in sculpture
Selected Solo ExhibitionsTop
2004Lewis Hindle Fine Art, Orillia Ontario
2003YHZ Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2000Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
1993Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
199100 Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1989Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1984Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
1981Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1980Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1975Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1974Carmen Lamana Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1973Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1971Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Selected Group ExhibitionsTop
2010Fear and Faith, Dennis Gill/Shayne Dark (two person exhibition)
McLaughlin Gallery,
Oshawa, Ontario
2008Pictured: Image and Object in Canadian Sculpture
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
2005Aaron’s Rod, Dennis Gill/Shayne Dark,
WKP Kennedy Gallery,
North Bay, ON
2002Gill/Wolstenholme,
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
2001Backhaul,
Saint Francis Xavier University,
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
2000Sackville Addresses,
Owens Art Gallery,
Sackville, New Brunswick
1999Lewis Hindle Gallery, Orillia, Ontario
1996CiteĢ des Arts, Paris, France
1995Second Skin,
MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery,
Guelph, Ontario
Common Ground – Territoire Commune,
Galerie d’art de l’UniversiteĢ de Moncton,
New Brunswick
1994Conceptual Art: The NSCAD Connection 1968-74
Anna Leonowens Art Gallery,Halifax, Nova Scotia
Atlantic Art Exhibit, Fredericton, New Brunswick
1992Subject Matter,
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
1990Acquisitions 91-92,
University de Moncton, New Brunswick
Curated group Exhibition, Canal Gallery Complex, Montreal Quebec
1992Subject/Matter, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,Halifax, Nova Scotia
1992Acquisitions 91-92, University of Moncton Gallery,Moncton, New Brunswick
1990Canal Gallery Complex,Montreal, Quebec
19853D-NB200, Restigouche Gallery,Campbellton, New Brunswick
(travelling exhibition)
1983A Shadow of Our Formal Selves, Struts Gallery,Sackville, New Brunswick
1982NSCAD, organized by the
New England Land Grant Universities,Nova Scotia
1981Six from Halifax, Dalhousie Art Gallery,Halifax, Nova Scotia
1980Six from the Styx, Mercer Union Gallery,Toronto, Ontario
1977Atlantic Journal, National Gallery of Canada,Ottawa, Ontario (travelling exhibition)
1975From Craft into Art, Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University,Halifax, Nova Scotia
1974Saint Mary's University Art Gallery,Halifax, Nova Scotia
1974Mount Allison University Art Gallery,Sackville, New Brunswick
1972Owens Art Gallery,Sackville, New Brunswick
1972Dalhousie Art Gallery,Halifax, Nova Scotia
1972Fourth Floor Gallery,Halifax, Nova Scotia
AwardsTop
2002Canada Council Travel Grant
1998Canada Council Senior Arts Grant
1989, 1997Paris Studio
1989, 1991Canada Council B Grant
1986, 1987Canada Council Project Grant
1979, 1995Department of Culture, New Brunswick
1980Nova Scotia Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness
Selected CollectionsTop
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
St. Mary’s Basilica, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Owens Art Gallery
Jolicure Cemetery, Jolicure, New Brunswick
Art Bank of Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Lethbridge
Art Gallery of Ontario
Dalhousie Art Gallery
TeachingTop
2008NSCAD University, Halifax, NS (Foundry Workshop)
1999Sculpture Forum (Foundry Workshop), LaHave, Nova Scotia
1990-1996Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS, - Assistant Professor
1987-1988Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, -Instructor
1987Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS, - Instructor, Sculpture Studio
1980Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS, - Instructor, Intermediate Sculpture
1972-73Western Michigan University, - Teaching Assistant
1971-72Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS, - Instructor, Introductory Sculpture
1971Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS, - Teaching Assistant, Foundation Program
Public LecturesTop
2000Mount Allison University
1998, 2000, 2003, 2008Nova Scotia college of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
1997Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
1997, 2003Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifaxm, NS
1996Khyber Gallery, Halifax, NS
1993Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1991, 1992Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1991Concordia University, Montréal, PQ
1977, 1978Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
1977, 1978Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Selected BibliographyTop
"The Sacred in art", Espace, Gil McElroy, Winter 2009
Creating a New Reality, Muskoka Magazine, July 2008
"Bulging the border at Jolicure Cemetery: The Père Lachaise Sculpture"Dennis Gill
The Journal of New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Eldon Hay - Winter 2006
"Gravity & Grace", Gil McElroy, Selected Writings on Contemporary Canadian Art, 2001
"Snakes & Objects", Sculpture Magazine, Ray Cronin,
July/August 2001
"Snakes & Objects", Espace, Gil McElroy, Winter 2001
Catalogue Essay, "Snakes & Objects",Gordon Laurin, September 2000
"Manifest", C Magazine, Ray Cronin, September 1998
Catalogue Essay, "Manifest", Charlotte Townsend-Gault, 1996
Sculpture Magazine, August 1997, Vol 16, #6
Catalogue Essay, Now and Then, Cliff Eyland, April 1994
"In the Heat of the Moment There is No Reason", Vanguard, Cliff Eyland, March 1988
"Lesson Plan", ArtsAtlantic, Gemey Kelly, Spring 1985
"Lesson Plan", Vanguard, John Greer, February 1985
“Six from Halifax", Vanguard, Ron Shuebrock, February 1985
"Printmaking in Nova Scotia", Karl MacKeeman, Art, April 1977
Writings – Reviews & EssaysTop
Vanessa Paschakarnis,
Review, Sculpture Magazine
July/August 2009
Vanessa Paschakarnis,
Catalogue Essay: Shadows of Domestication
2009
ISBN 978-0-9813377-0-8
Alexandra Pincock, Catalogue Essay,
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1995
Glen Hamilton, Catalogue Essay,
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University Sackville, NB
1993
Iris Seyler,
Espace, Summer
1993
Luc Charette,
Arts Atlantic,
Fall 1992
Kit Clarke, David Johnson, Anna Marie Larsen,
Catalogue Essay, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery,
Spring 1992
Luc Charette,
Catalogue Essay, Saint mary’s University, Art Gallery,
Spring 1992
Robin Peck,
C Magazine,
Winter 1991
Dan Steeves,
Catalogue Essay, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University,
Winter 1991
Teresa McPhee,
ArtsAtlantic,
Fall 1991
Thierry Delva,
Espace,
Summer 1991
John Greer,
Catalogue Essay, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery,
Spring 1992
Carl Andre,
Vanguard,
Summer 1989
Michael Boss,
Vanguard,
Summer 1989
Rod Strickland,
Vanguard,
February 1988
David Bobier,
Vanguard,
Summer 1987
Tom Benner,
Vanguard,
February 1987
Virgil Hammock,
Vanguard,
February 1986
Pat Badani,
ArtsAtlantic,
Winter 1986
Rebecca Burke,
Vanguard,
October 1985
Brad Brace,
Vanguard,
September 1984
Nancy Edel,
Vanguard,
September 1984
Danica Jojich,
Vanguard,
May 1984
Michael Fernandes,
Parallelogramme,
October 1983