G R A H A M G I L L M O R E
Born 1963 in Vancouver, Canada
Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014
Great Expectations, Division Gallery, Toronto ON
2013
Lov Sic, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
Sketch Book Drawings: A Twenty Year Survey, Fred Dorfman+, NY
I Love You, In Theory, Touchstones Gallery Nelson, BC
Submersions, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2012
Willing to Learn, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011
Expectations, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
La practica de la textualldad, Galeria OMR, Mexico City, ME
2010
The Winner Often Wept and was Kissed by the Loser, Galeria OMR, Mexico City, ME
So The Band Broke Up and it Looks Like We Will Never Play Again, Clark & Faria, Toronto, ON
2009
Refusalon, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Galeria Fucares, Madrid, Spain
2007
Cattleships and Bruisers, Vanina Holasek Gallery, New York, NY
It's Over You Win, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006
Misguided By Invoices, Pierogi, Leitzig, Germany
OMR Gallery, Mexico City, ME
Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy
Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Linc Art, San Francisco, CA
2005
Winlaw/The Lost Works, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004
Ploy, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Sperone, Roma, Italy
2003
Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON
ConTEMPorary, New York, NY
LINCREALART, San Francisco, CA
Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Galeria OMR, Mexico City, ME
2002
One Hundred Aker Woody, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Gallería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy
Dogen Haus, Leipsig, Germany
2000
Nicolo Sprovieri, London, UK (two person)
1999
Not Finished, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Finishes I've Never Booked, Linda Kirkland Gallery, New York, NY
1998
My Influenza, Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, Rome, Italy
Growth Stunts, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Paintings, Linda Kirkland Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Hi Infidelity, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995
You Ruined Me With Your Experiments, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Absolut L.A. International Biennial Invitational 1995, Monte Clark Gallery hosted by William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1994
Spleen, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Breeders, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Out of Sight: New Acquisitions, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
TOWER, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
Homecoming, Division Gallery, Toronto ON
Group show, Jochen Hempel Gallery, Leipzig
Pierogi XX: Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Pierogi Brooklyn, NY USA
2013
Joe Amrhein, Reed Anderson, Graham Gillmore, Ati Mair, Jochen Hempel Gallery, Berlin
Shape Shifter, Division Gallery, Toronto ON
The Myth of the Given, Ashok Jain Gallery, New York NY
The Painting Project, A Shapshot of Painting in Canada, Galerie l'QAM, University of Quebec, Montreal QC
2012
20 YEARS, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
Text as Image, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Shore, Forest and Beyond, Art from the Audain Collection, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
Surface, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010
Six Degrees of Separation, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
Reality Check, Clark & Faria, Toronto ON
PASTED, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009
Assembly, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Clark & Faria Presents:, Clark & Faria, Toronto, ON
2008
Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2007
Learn to Read, Tate Modern, London, England
2006
Painting Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003
Futura Bold, Vancouver, BC
Perogi, Brooklyn, NY
Baechler-Colson-Gillmore, Galeria Cardi, Milan
2001
Galería Fúcares, Almagro, Spain
Ironical Instinct, Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy Arte Americana, Ultimo Decennio, Ravenna, Italy
Da Warhol 2000 - 35 Anni di Mostre fra Europa e America, Gian Enzo Sperone,Torino, Italy
ARCO International Art Fair (Galleria Fucares, Madrid), Bilbao, Spain
New Words, Sprovieri Gallery, London, England
Bologna Art Fair (Sperone Westwater, New York), Bologna, Italy
2000
Full Serve, Kenny Schachter/Rove, New York, NY
Pink, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chicago Art Fair – Galeria OMR (Mexico City), Chicago, IL
1998
Cinco Continentas a Una Ciudad, International Salon of Painting, Mexico City, ME
Tongues and Ashes, Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Les Peintures, Galerie René Blouin / Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, PQ
Futura Bold, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The High Life, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Refuselon Gallery, San Francisco, California
ARCO '99 International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Armory Art Fair (Sperone), New York, NY
Whose Words, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Debra Bricker Balken)
Cambio, New York, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Cambio, Mexico City, OMR Gallery, Mexico City, ME
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Aldrich, Connecticut
South Carolina Museum, South Carolina
Adopt A Highway, Dogenhaus Gallerie, Leipsig, Germany
Group Show, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Group Show, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Arco' 98 International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Adopt a Highway, Dogenhaus Gallerie, Leipsig, Germany
1997
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Lombard Fried Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Below the Border / Above the Border, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Canadian Artists in the Big Apple, New York, NY (curated by Glen Cumming)
1996
Triton International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sex, Drugs and Explosives, London ArtForms, London, England (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Temps Perdu, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Taking Stock, 25 Broad Street New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Lombard Fried Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Facing the Millennium; The Song Remains The Same, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (curated by Kenny Schachter)
X - Sightings, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Field Days, Cerulean Embankments, Geoffery Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco, CA (curated by B. Geoffery Young)
1995
The Beauty Salon, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY
OY!, 121 Greene Street, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Group Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Way Cool, Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY
High Anxiety, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Group Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Triton International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
High Anxiety, 66 Crosby St., New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
David Greenberg and Diego Cortez Present..., Taste Venue, New York, NY
1994
Update, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
The Entropy Show, 510 Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Barrington, MA
1993
For Sale, Flamingo East, New York, NY
Urban Analysis, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY
1992
From Soup to Nuts; Popart, its legacy in the age of consumption, Works Festival, Alberta College of Art, Edmonton, AB
1991
Lyrical Uses of Beauty, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Art LA/90, (Diane Farris Gallery), Los Angeles, CA
Artropolis '90, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC
Group Show, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Phrenology, The Art Gallery, New York, NY
Gillmore, Grossman, Root, 49th. Parallel, New York, NY
4th International Triennial of Drawing, Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, West Germany
1988
London Life Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON (toured nationally throughout 1988)
1987
Art Cologne 87, (Diane Farris Gallery), Cologne, West Germany
Vancouver Painters, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, AB
1986
West Coast Painting: New Directions, Canada House, London, England
Four Vancouver Young Romantic Painters, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
Vancouver Now, Walter Phillips Gallery Banff, Alberta; London Regional Gallery, London, ON, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MA
Gillmore, Root, Totino, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1985
The Young Romantics, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Painters, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Drawing Show, Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, BC
Futura Bold, Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1984
Warehouse Show, Vancouver, BC
Grants & Awards
1988
Merit Award, 4th International Triennial of Drawing Kunstalle, Nuremberg, West Germany
1987
Canada Council, Arts Grant "B"
1986
Canada Council, Arts Grant "B"
Teaching
1990
Visiting Artist, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Selected Permanent Collections
Ghent Museum, Belgium
Gian Enzo Sperone, Italy
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
RCA Records, New York, USA
Royal Bank of Canada
Simon Fraser University, Canada
The Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York, USA
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Notable Private Collections
Denise Rich, New York, NY
Kenny Schachter, London, UK
Nathalie de Gunzburg, New York, NY
Jerry Speyer, New York, NY
Simon De Pury, New York, NY and Abroad
Michael and Ninah Lynne, New York, NY
Selected Catalogues
Absolut L.A. International Biennial Invitational, exhibition catalogue, Monte Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, 1995, pp. 69, illustrated.
Balken, Debra Bricker. "Graham Gillmore and Kenneth Goldsmith: Whose Words?" exhibition catalogue, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, 1998, illustrated.
"Graham Gillmore", with text by Douglas Coupland, Monte Clark Gallery, 2007, illustrated.
Pincione, Tomasso. "My Influenza", exhibition catalogue, Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, Rome, Italy, 1998, illustrated.
Klein, Richard. "The Popular Corpse: A Brief History" Pop Surrealism, exhibition catalogue, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Aldrich, Connecticut, 1998, p. 50, illustrated.
Rosenberg, Ann and Maria Porges. Below the Border / Above the Border, exhibition catalogue, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver; Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, 1997, pp. 2, illustrated.
Selected Bibliography
Adler, Dan. "Graham Gillmore", Artforum, March 2008 pg. 371
Balzer, David. "Language Arts", Eye.net, Nov. 2003.
Barrett, David. "Sex and Drugs and Explosives", Art Monthly, 196/5 1996.
Breidenbach, Tom. "Graham Gillmore: Review of Kenny Schachter ConTEMPorary show", Artforum Magazine, February 2004.
Canada Today, "New Era of Painting on Show at Canada House", November 1986: No. 13.
Canadian Art Online, "Graham Gillmore: Rejection Letters Redux", September 2009.
Daniels, Barb. Issue Magazine, June 1985.
Dault, Gary Michael. "Seduced by Gillmore's Cheeky Word-Paintings", The Globe & Mail, Nov. 2003.
Frank, Peter. "L.A. International: Canadian and French Artists", L.A. Weekly, August 18, 1995.
Genereux, Linda. "Canadians Regroup in New York", Metropolis, March 1988.
Gilbert, Liz. "Review of Young Romantics", The West Ender, June 1985.
Review of Futura Bold. The West Ender, November 1984.
Godfrey, Stephen. "Hits and Misses on the West Coast Scene", The Globe and Mail, April 18, 1987.
"Review of The Young Romantics", The Globe and Mail, August 1985.
Godfrey, Elizabeth. The Vancouver Sun, February 1987.
"Drawings", The Vancouver Sun, February 1987.
Grace, Sherrill. "Painting on the Edge, 1987", American Book Review, Spring 1988.
Graham, Archie. "The Formative Powers of Text and Subtext", North Shore News, June 5, 1991.
Greenberg, D. Long Shot Magazine, 1994.
Gustafson, Paula. "Painter Exploits Texts and Tension", The Georgia Straight, December 28, 1996.
Gustafson, Paula. "Graham Gillmore at the Monte Clark Gallery," Asian Art News, July/August 1999.
Henderson, Lee. "Gillmore's Ploy Tremendous", The Vancouver Sun, March 10, 2004.
Henderson, Lee. "Gut Instinct", Toro Magazine, Winter 2003.
Henderson, Lee. "Graham Gillmore", Contemporary Magazine, No. 58 2003.
Johnson, Eve. "Painting Wild and Noisy", The Vancouver Sun, December 13, 1985.
"Review of Futura Bold", The West Ender, November 1984.
Kandel, Susan. Review of Absolut L.A. International Biennial Invitational 1995, Los Angeles Times, July 1995.
Kaplan, Joel. Vanguard, September 1987.
Kliner, Dion. "Finishes I've Never Booked" (unpublished).
Laurence, Robin. "Deep Down Under", Canadian Art, Winter 1997.
Laurence, Robin. "Words Become Pictures in Shows Around Town", Georgia Straight, 2009.
Paris Review, Illustration, Summer 1995: 135.
MacKay, Gillian. "Graham Gillmore, Carter Kuster and Medrie MacPhee at Pari Nadimi Gallery," The Globe and Mail, March 14, 1998.
Osbourne, Catherine. "Mars – Venus Painting", The National Post, December 13, 2003.
Perry, Art. "Review of Futura Bold", The Province, November 1984.
"Review of The Young Romantics", The Province, June 1985.
"Gillmore's Art Transforming", The Province, February 9, 1987.
"A Growing Talent", The Province, April 19, 1987.
"Gillmore's Painting Assured Talented", The Province, December 12, 1988.
"Popeye Porn and Clipper Strippers", The Province, June 10, 1991.
Rhodes, Richard. "Family Matters", Canadian Art Online, August 2011.
Rosenberg, Ann, "Saturday Review", The Vancouver Sun, June 1, 1991.
"Spleen", Parachute, 1995: Issue 77.
Roth, Nancy. "Contemporary Canadian Painting", New Art Examiner, November 1985.
Scott, Michael. "Paint By Letter", The Vancouver Sun, December 21, 1995.
"Manhattan galleries vie for work of young artist", The Vancouver Sun, November 16, 1995.
"Monte Clark Gallery combines liberal and traditional thought in contemporary salon." The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, February 24, 1999.
"Gillmore's ideas evolve in works that are never really finished." The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, April 19, 1999.
Stainsby, Mia. The Vancouver Sun, April 20, 1987.
Templeman-Kluit, Anne. "The Young Romantics", Vancouver Magazine, June 1985.
Thomas, Gilda. "Four Young Painters of Vancouver", Vie Des Arts, December 1986.
Thomas, Katrin. "The Do-It-Yourself Dealers", The New York Times Magazine, September 1, 1996.
Turner, Grady.T. "Beautiful Dreamers, Emerging American Painters, Circa 2000" Flash Art, January February 2000.
Watson, Scott. "Flesh and Void", C Magazine, Spring 1985.
Wiener, Mike and DiGusta, Linda. "The Commonwealth Strikes Back – New Canadian Art in Chelsea", The Huffington Post, October 14 2010.
Born 1963 in Vancouver, Canada
Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014
Great Expectations, Division Gallery, Toronto ON
2013
Lov Sic, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
Sketch Book Drawings: A Twenty Year Survey, Fred Dorfman+, NY
I Love You, In Theory, Touchstones Gallery Nelson, BC
Submersions, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2012
Willing to Learn, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011
Expectations, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
La practica de la textualldad, Galeria OMR, Mexico City, ME
2010
The Winner Often Wept and was Kissed by the Loser, Galeria OMR, Mexico City, ME
So The Band Broke Up and it Looks Like We Will Never Play Again, Clark & Faria, Toronto, ON
2009
Refusalon, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Galeria Fucares, Madrid, Spain
2007
Cattleships and Bruisers, Vanina Holasek Gallery, New York, NY
It's Over You Win, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006
Misguided By Invoices, Pierogi, Leitzig, Germany
OMR Gallery, Mexico City, ME
Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy
Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Linc Art, San Francisco, CA
2005
Winlaw/The Lost Works, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004
Ploy, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Sperone, Roma, Italy
2003
Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON
ConTEMPorary, New York, NY
LINCREALART, San Francisco, CA
Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Galeria OMR, Mexico City, ME
2002
One Hundred Aker Woody, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Gallería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy
Dogen Haus, Leipsig, Germany
2000
Nicolo Sprovieri, London, UK (two person)
1999
Not Finished, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Finishes I've Never Booked, Linda Kirkland Gallery, New York, NY
1998
My Influenza, Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, Rome, Italy
Growth Stunts, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Paintings, Linda Kirkland Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Hi Infidelity, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995
You Ruined Me With Your Experiments, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Absolut L.A. International Biennial Invitational 1995, Monte Clark Gallery hosted by William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1994
Spleen, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Breeders, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Out of Sight: New Acquisitions, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
TOWER, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
Homecoming, Division Gallery, Toronto ON
Group show, Jochen Hempel Gallery, Leipzig
Pierogi XX: Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Pierogi Brooklyn, NY USA
2013
Joe Amrhein, Reed Anderson, Graham Gillmore, Ati Mair, Jochen Hempel Gallery, Berlin
Shape Shifter, Division Gallery, Toronto ON
The Myth of the Given, Ashok Jain Gallery, New York NY
The Painting Project, A Shapshot of Painting in Canada, Galerie l'QAM, University of Quebec, Montreal QC
2012
20 YEARS, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
Text as Image, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Shore, Forest and Beyond, Art from the Audain Collection, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
Surface, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010
Six Degrees of Separation, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
Reality Check, Clark & Faria, Toronto ON
PASTED, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009
Assembly, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Clark & Faria Presents:, Clark & Faria, Toronto, ON
2008
Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2007
Learn to Read, Tate Modern, London, England
2006
Painting Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003
Futura Bold, Vancouver, BC
Perogi, Brooklyn, NY
Baechler-Colson-Gillmore, Galeria Cardi, Milan
2001
Galería Fúcares, Almagro, Spain
Ironical Instinct, Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy Arte Americana, Ultimo Decennio, Ravenna, Italy
Da Warhol 2000 - 35 Anni di Mostre fra Europa e America, Gian Enzo Sperone,Torino, Italy
ARCO International Art Fair (Galleria Fucares, Madrid), Bilbao, Spain
New Words, Sprovieri Gallery, London, England
Bologna Art Fair (Sperone Westwater, New York), Bologna, Italy
2000
Full Serve, Kenny Schachter/Rove, New York, NY
Pink, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chicago Art Fair – Galeria OMR (Mexico City), Chicago, IL
1998
Cinco Continentas a Una Ciudad, International Salon of Painting, Mexico City, ME
Tongues and Ashes, Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Les Peintures, Galerie René Blouin / Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, PQ
Futura Bold, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The High Life, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Refuselon Gallery, San Francisco, California
ARCO '99 International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Armory Art Fair (Sperone), New York, NY
Whose Words, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Debra Bricker Balken)
Cambio, New York, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Cambio, Mexico City, OMR Gallery, Mexico City, ME
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Aldrich, Connecticut
South Carolina Museum, South Carolina
Adopt A Highway, Dogenhaus Gallerie, Leipsig, Germany
Group Show, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Group Show, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Arco' 98 International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Adopt a Highway, Dogenhaus Gallerie, Leipsig, Germany
1997
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Lombard Fried Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Below the Border / Above the Border, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Canadian Artists in the Big Apple, New York, NY (curated by Glen Cumming)
1996
Triton International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sex, Drugs and Explosives, London ArtForms, London, England (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Temps Perdu, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Taking Stock, 25 Broad Street New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Lombard Fried Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Facing the Millennium; The Song Remains The Same, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (curated by Kenny Schachter)
X - Sightings, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Field Days, Cerulean Embankments, Geoffery Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco, CA (curated by B. Geoffery Young)
1995
The Beauty Salon, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY
OY!, 121 Greene Street, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Group Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Way Cool, Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY
High Anxiety, New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
Group Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Triton International Art Fair, Monte Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
High Anxiety, 66 Crosby St., New York, NY (curated by Kenny Schachter)
David Greenberg and Diego Cortez Present..., Taste Venue, New York, NY
1994
Update, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
The Entropy Show, 510 Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Barrington, MA
1993
For Sale, Flamingo East, New York, NY
Urban Analysis, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY
1992
From Soup to Nuts; Popart, its legacy in the age of consumption, Works Festival, Alberta College of Art, Edmonton, AB
1991
Lyrical Uses of Beauty, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Art LA/90, (Diane Farris Gallery), Los Angeles, CA
Artropolis '90, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC
Group Show, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Phrenology, The Art Gallery, New York, NY
Gillmore, Grossman, Root, 49th. Parallel, New York, NY
4th International Triennial of Drawing, Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, West Germany
1988
London Life Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON (toured nationally throughout 1988)
1987
Art Cologne 87, (Diane Farris Gallery), Cologne, West Germany
Vancouver Painters, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, AB
1986
West Coast Painting: New Directions, Canada House, London, England
Four Vancouver Young Romantic Painters, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
Vancouver Now, Walter Phillips Gallery Banff, Alberta; London Regional Gallery, London, ON, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MA
Gillmore, Root, Totino, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1985
The Young Romantics, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Painters, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Drawing Show, Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, BC
Futura Bold, Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, BC
1984
Warehouse Show, Vancouver, BC
Grants & Awards
1988
Merit Award, 4th International Triennial of Drawing Kunstalle, Nuremberg, West Germany
1987
Canada Council, Arts Grant "B"
1986
Canada Council, Arts Grant "B"
Teaching
1990
Visiting Artist, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Selected Permanent Collections
Ghent Museum, Belgium
Gian Enzo Sperone, Italy
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
RCA Records, New York, USA
Royal Bank of Canada
Simon Fraser University, Canada
The Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York, USA
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Notable Private Collections
Denise Rich, New York, NY
Kenny Schachter, London, UK
Nathalie de Gunzburg, New York, NY
Jerry Speyer, New York, NY
Simon De Pury, New York, NY and Abroad
Michael and Ninah Lynne, New York, NY
Selected Catalogues
Absolut L.A. International Biennial Invitational, exhibition catalogue, Monte Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, 1995, pp. 69, illustrated.
Balken, Debra Bricker. "Graham Gillmore and Kenneth Goldsmith: Whose Words?" exhibition catalogue, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, 1998, illustrated.
"Graham Gillmore", with text by Douglas Coupland, Monte Clark Gallery, 2007, illustrated.
Pincione, Tomasso. "My Influenza", exhibition catalogue, Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, Rome, Italy, 1998, illustrated.
Klein, Richard. "The Popular Corpse: A Brief History" Pop Surrealism, exhibition catalogue, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Aldrich, Connecticut, 1998, p. 50, illustrated.
Rosenberg, Ann and Maria Porges. Below the Border / Above the Border, exhibition catalogue, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver; Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, 1997, pp. 2, illustrated.
Selected Bibliography
Adler, Dan. "Graham Gillmore", Artforum, March 2008 pg. 371
Balzer, David. "Language Arts", Eye.net, Nov. 2003.
Barrett, David. "Sex and Drugs and Explosives", Art Monthly, 196/5 1996.
Breidenbach, Tom. "Graham Gillmore: Review of Kenny Schachter ConTEMPorary show", Artforum Magazine, February 2004.
Canada Today, "New Era of Painting on Show at Canada House", November 1986: No. 13.
Canadian Art Online, "Graham Gillmore: Rejection Letters Redux", September 2009.
Daniels, Barb. Issue Magazine, June 1985.
Dault, Gary Michael. "Seduced by Gillmore's Cheeky Word-Paintings", The Globe & Mail, Nov. 2003.
Frank, Peter. "L.A. International: Canadian and French Artists", L.A. Weekly, August 18, 1995.
Genereux, Linda. "Canadians Regroup in New York", Metropolis, March 1988.
Gilbert, Liz. "Review of Young Romantics", The West Ender, June 1985.
Review of Futura Bold. The West Ender, November 1984.
Godfrey, Stephen. "Hits and Misses on the West Coast Scene", The Globe and Mail, April 18, 1987.
"Review of The Young Romantics", The Globe and Mail, August 1985.
Godfrey, Elizabeth. The Vancouver Sun, February 1987.
"Drawings", The Vancouver Sun, February 1987.
Grace, Sherrill. "Painting on the Edge, 1987", American Book Review, Spring 1988.
Graham, Archie. "The Formative Powers of Text and Subtext", North Shore News, June 5, 1991.
Greenberg, D. Long Shot Magazine, 1994.
Gustafson, Paula. "Painter Exploits Texts and Tension", The Georgia Straight, December 28, 1996.
Gustafson, Paula. "Graham Gillmore at the Monte Clark Gallery," Asian Art News, July/August 1999.
Henderson, Lee. "Gillmore's Ploy Tremendous", The Vancouver Sun, March 10, 2004.
Henderson, Lee. "Gut Instinct", Toro Magazine, Winter 2003.
Henderson, Lee. "Graham Gillmore", Contemporary Magazine, No. 58 2003.
Johnson, Eve. "Painting Wild and Noisy", The Vancouver Sun, December 13, 1985.
"Review of Futura Bold", The West Ender, November 1984.
Kandel, Susan. Review of Absolut L.A. International Biennial Invitational 1995, Los Angeles Times, July 1995.
Kaplan, Joel. Vanguard, September 1987.
Kliner, Dion. "Finishes I've Never Booked" (unpublished).
Laurence, Robin. "Deep Down Under", Canadian Art, Winter 1997.
Laurence, Robin. "Words Become Pictures in Shows Around Town", Georgia Straight, 2009.
Paris Review, Illustration, Summer 1995: 135.
MacKay, Gillian. "Graham Gillmore, Carter Kuster and Medrie MacPhee at Pari Nadimi Gallery," The Globe and Mail, March 14, 1998.
Osbourne, Catherine. "Mars – Venus Painting", The National Post, December 13, 2003.
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