STEPHEN ANDREWS
BAAL
JOHN BROWN
EVOL/CT'INK
PISA73/CT'INK
RICHARD HOLLANDER
ALEXEI KOSTROMA
RICARDO OKARANZA
ANTONIO SANTIN
MADELINE STILLWELL
JOHANNES ZITS
BALINT ZSAKO
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JOHN BROWN
Born 1953, Sarnia, ON, Canada
Lives and works in Toronto, ON, Canada
   
   
WILDE SHOWS
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INVENTORY
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group exhibition with artists of the gallery
July 25 – September 5, 2009 |
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INVENTORY
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group exhibition with artists of the gallery
September 27 – Oktober 25, 2008 |
EDUCATION
1977-81
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON
1979-82
Bachelor of Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2010
WILDE Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009
Book Launch, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto ON
2006
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000
Galerie Eric Devlin, Montreal, QC
1999
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
1997
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
1995
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993
Costin & Klintworth Gallery, Toronto, ON
1990
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON
1989
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON
1988
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON
1986
Laurentian Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, ON
1985
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON
1984
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON
1981
Gallery 76, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2008
Inventory #1, Wilde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Mnemonic Devices, Gairloch Gardens Oakville Galleries, Oakville ON
2003
Galerie Im Kornhauskeller, Pro Arte Ulmer, Kunststiflung Ulm, Germany
Painters 15, MOCCA, North York, ON
Works on Paper, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002
Painters 15: Canadian Painting Exhibition, Shanghai, China
1999
Galeries René Blouin, Montréal, QC
1996
Traces, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
1991
Working on the Fringe, Redeemer College, Ancaster, ON
John Brown,
1989
University of Guelph Alumni Art Exhibition, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre,
Guelph, ON
1988
The Body and Society, The Embassy Cultural House, London, ON
Figurative Force, The Gallery, Stratford, ON
Northern Artists, The Office of the Premier, Toronto, ON
1987
Written Images, Touring Exhibition: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Glendon
Gallery, Toronto; Laurentian Museum Art Centre, Sudbury; Oakville Galleries,
Oakville, ON
1986
Ecrans politiques, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal,
Montréal, QC
1985
Toronto Now, Sarnia Public Library & Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON
Toronto Painting, Touring Exhibition: Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines,
ON;
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB;
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; The Gallery, Stratford, ON
1984
Toronto Painting, Touring Exhibition: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto,
ON; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Frederiction,
NB; Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON
Expron, Centre international d'art contemporain, Montréal, QC
Galerie Aufbau-Abbau, Berlin, Germany
Content - Context, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON & Open Space Gallery,
Victoria, BC
1983
Commentary 1982-83, 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, NY & Carmen Lamanna
Gallery, Toronto, ON
1982
Monumenta, YYZ, Toronto, ON
Mayday Show, The Funnel, Toronto, ON
Three Icon Makers, Chromazone, Toronto, ON
1981
University of Guelph, ON
1980
A.C.T., Toronto, ON
PUBLICATIONS
2008
Bently Mays, John, Liss, David, Lee, Dennis, John Brown, (Toronto: Museum
of Contemporary Canadian Art)
1988
Grosman, Penny-Lynn, Figurative Force (Stratford: The Gallery/Stratford)
1985
Gascon, France, Écrans politiques (Montréal: Musée
d'art contemporain de
Montréal)
1984
Burnett, David, Toronto Painting '84 (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario)
Expron
(Montréal - Centre international d'art contemporain)
PERIODICALS
Bracket, Donald, John Brown, Canadian Art, Fall 2001, p. 103
Top 20 Artists Since 1981, NOW, October 25-31, 2001
Hanna, Deirdre, John Brown’s Abstract Quest for Perfection,
NOW, October 2-8, 1997
Rhodes, Richard, Toronto Life, Winter 1996
Holubizky, Ihor, Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Spring 1993
Young, Jane, Distinguishing Features, Vanguard, December 1988
Artist's Project, Land: Sleep, Impulse, Winter 1985, p. 26
Artist's Project, Stage Directions from a Play Mythologizing a Place
of Birth, C Magazine,
No#4, 1985, p. 36-39
Hume, Christopher, The Season in Review, artmagazine, Spring 1983
SELECTED REVIEWS
Dault, Gary Michael, Visual Arts Review: Erasing, for me, is really
a form of drawing, The Globe & Mail, Feb. 23, 2008
Dault, Gary Michael, Globe Review: Exhibit A Distressed, The Globe
& Mail, Sept. 1, 2006
Dault, Gary Michael, Gallery Going, The Globe & Mail, Toronto,
January 15, 2005
Dault, Gary Michael, John Brown at Olga Korper, The Globe & Mail,
Toronto, April 26, 2003
Mays, John Bentley, Passionate Paintwork: A Brief Love Affair, The
Globe & Mail, Nov. 1, 2003
Mays, John Bentley, This punk lived on, National Post, April 28, 2001
Dault, Gary Michael, Painting as archeology, The Globe & Mail,
Toronto, May 12, 2001
Dault, Gary Michael, A meditative journey, The Globe & Mail, Toronto,
March 13, 1999, p. C13
Mackay, Gillian, Gallery Going, The Globe & Mail, Sept. 27, 1997
Brackett, Donald, Painterly Inclinations, The Financial Post, Sept.
13, 1997, p. 22
Mays, John Bentley, Curator traces four good reasons to renew love
affair with art, The Globe & Mail, August 3, 1996
Mays, John Bentley, A carnal vocabulary for the human body, The Globe
& Mail, Dec. 2, 1995
Taylor, Kate, Figure as Metaphor, The Globe & Mail, November 8,
1993
Hume, Christopher, Quiet artist's works speak louder than words, Toronto
Star, November 4, 1993
Mays, John Bentley, Male body supplants feminist concerns in art of
the '90s, The Globe & Mail, March 17, 1990
Mays, John Bentley, A 'Lifting and Spanking Machine' and the building
of male identity, The Globe & Mail, March 9, 1990
Mays, John Bentley, Tortured portrait proof Brown is back on track,
The Globe & Mail, Oct. 1, 1988
Mays, John Bentley, Parts add up to intriguing whole, The Globe &
Mail, March 20, 1985
Mays, John Bentley, Carefully chosen symbols, The Globe & Mail,
February 16, 1984
Hume, Christopher, Artist despairs of social violence, Toronto Star,
February 10, 1984
Fraser, Matthew, Artists' religion inspires dark visions of the world,
The Globe & Mail, July 25, 1983
SELECTED WORKS
John Brown, MAY 26 2021, 2009
Oil on panel, 84 x 72 inches
Private Collection, USA
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John Brown, GRIMM #75, 2009
Oil on panel, 24 x 24 inches
Private Collection, Belgium
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John Brown, MARCH 5 2018, 2009
Oil on panel, 60 X 48 inches
Private Collection, USA
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John Brown, February 4 2033, 2008-09
Oil on panel, 84 x 72 inches
Private Collection, USA
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John Brown, "GRIMM 58", 2008
oil on plywood, 50 x 60 cm
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John Brown, Installation view, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, 2009
John Brown, Installation view, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, 2009
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