WILDING CRAN GALLERY
JASON McLEAN (b . 1 9 7 1 , Canadian, based in Brooklyn, NY)
EDUCATION
1994-98 Fine Arts Diploma, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver 1997-98 Langara College, Vancouver 1989-91 HB Beal Art, London, Ontario, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming 2019 Walkie Talkie, Back Gallery Project, Vancouver January 2019
2018 Boomerang Smile, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario July 2018
Correspondence, Burnaby Art Gallery, with collaboration of the Burnaby Library, McGill Branch Fall 2018
2017 Say Hi to the Sun, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Canada (with Fiona Smyth) 29 July - 10 September, 2017.
Collaborative Drawings, Lazy Susan, New York, NY with Noah Becker, June, 2017
2016 Parking Lot with a Memory, Michael Gibson Gallery London, Ontario, Canada Oct/Nov
Wing Nite, Ed Varie Gallery, Los Angeles, California October (with Mark DeLong)
2015 Son of a Salesman, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
Lettuce Legs, Cinders Haus Club, Brooklyn, NY
Soda Gardner, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles
2014 Napkin Drawings, Curated by: Lee Henderson, Attache Gallery, Victoria
Rachel Jones Pop-Up Shop, Curated by: Allegra Laviola, New York, NY, December 5-14, 2014 (with: Jeila Gueramian)
2013 Sucrologist Schnauzer, Weird Things, Toronto
2012 Here, Now, Jessica Bradley Gallery, Toronto
If you could read my mind, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Catalogue
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2011 O-Pee-Chee Dirt Pile: Jason McLean and Joe Grillo, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York
2010 in the corner there is light, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
Endlessely Traversed Landscapes, (Olympic Billboard Project), Vancouver
2009 Zona Maco, Maco Art Fair, Mexico City
Aunt Jeans Buns, La Viola Bank Gallery, New York
Goodnight Irene, with Adrian Norvid, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
2008 Path of Wonder, Emergency Room, Vancouver
2007 Uncle Porkchop, Perugi Art Contemporie, Padova, Italy
Occasional Art, St. Paul, USA(with Isabelle Pauwells) 2x4, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver (with Matthew Brown)
2006 Back in 5 Min, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
New Art, New Money, with Mark Delong, Croma Books, Vancouver
The Woodman, with Darrin MacAdam, Curated by Gareth Moore and Jake Gleason, The St. George Marsh, Vancouver
2005 The Sky is falling - Next series, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
2004 Dr. Libby's Gold, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
Papa Grimsby, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
2003 Big Tea Spoon, Luft Gallery, Toronto
L.O., Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario Canada (with Marc Bell)
2002 Pennies in a Stream, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, Canada
Bathroom Drawings, Sugar Refinery, Vancouver
Path of Wonder, Forest Arts, Edinburgh, UK
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2001 Broken Leg Glen, Architecture Centre/ Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver
Path of Wonder, Blinding Light Cinema Gallery Vancouver
Bell/McLean Workout/ 2000-2001, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
2000 Volvo Rollbars, Lucky's, Vancouver
Hodge Podge, Moon Base Gallery, Vancouver (with Scott Evans)
1999 Sleepy Le Beef, Anodyne Contemporary, Vancouver
Pee on the Owl, Havana Gallery, Vancouver (with Shayne Ehman)
Ja Ja Lip and Sons, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver (with Marc Bell)
1998 Non-moving Pictures, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver
1996 Eleemosynary, I.T.N. Theatre, New York
1995 Ten to a Quarter After, La Luna Café, Vancouver
1994 The Waffle, Gallery Sansair, Vancouver (with Marc Bell)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Poetics of Space, VAG Touring show, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC January 25 - April, 2019
2018
LES Street Art, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY, Dec 7 - 23, 2018
"Long Ago and Close Up: Curating Museum London’s Permanent Art Display," Museum London, December 12
Lost & Found, Forest City Gallery Members Show and Sale, December 8 - 17 2018
All Art +, Call of Walls, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, NY, November 24 - December 3rd
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Poetics of Space, VAG Touring show, Nanaimo Art Gallery, BC October 26 - January 25, 2019
Summer Roster Show, Back Gallery Project, Vancouver, BC, Summer 2018
Today's Paper, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Summer 2018
UNSEEN TREASURES: Selections from Glenhyrst’s Permanent Collection, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario May 26 – July 22, 2018
Look: An Opera in 9 Paintings, Museum London, June 2018
Crafters' & Artists' Exhibit, Brooklyn Public Library, Carroll Garden's Branch, NY, June 2
NYC Trash, Past, Present and Future, City Reliquary Museum, NYC, NY
Poetics of Space, VAG Touring show, Kamloops Art Gallery, April 14 - June 30
2017 Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edin Gallery, New York, NY November 17, 2017 - January 28, 2018
Common Goods, Forest City Gallery Members Show & Sale, December 2017
Gowanus Artist Exhibition, 313 Butler Gallery, October 2017
Mercer Multiplier, Mercer Union Fundraiser, Toronto
From the Vaults: Recent Acquisitions, Museum London, London Canada September 30 to January 07, 2018
THREE + THREE Michael Gibson Gallery, September 5 - 30, 2017
GIFC 2, 3, 4: May 26-28 Art Athina Fair in Athens, Greece. August 11-12 at Macaulay & Co Fine Art in Vancouver, B.C. September 1-2 Soulland in Copenhagen, Denmark, October at Rod Bianco Gallery in Oslo, September 25, The Hole Gallery, New York, NY November 3-5 at Summit LA in Los Angeles, CA, November 10-11 in Honolulu, HI
Big Apple III, The Boyer Foundation, New York, September 2017
Zine East 3, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY , August, 2017
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The Bold & The New, Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario June 2 - August 6, 2017
Canadian and Indigenous Art: 1968 to Present, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 03 May 2017 - 06 May 2018
On Paper, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario February/March 2017
Painting or Not, A Selection of works from the Hoff Collection, Kaviar Factory, Norway
Highlights from 150 Years of Art-Making in London, Museum London, London, Canada February 2016
Even My Mum Can Make a Book [zes 6 SIX], Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam February 2016
2016
The Desire to Acquire: London Collects, Museum London, London Canada (catalogue)
Keepers: FCG's Members' show and sale, Forest City Gallery, London, Canada, December 2016
The Oasis, gitler &_____, Harlem, NY November, 2016
Beggars Banquet, Salomon Arts Gallery New York City, NY October 1 Curated by: Noah Becker and Alfredo Martinez
NIEVES AND INNEN ZINE LIBRARY, Swiss In Situ, NYC, NY Aug - Sept, 2016
The Desire to Acquire, London Collects, Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada September
Portraits, self and others (it’s complicated), McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada September
Paul Butler`s Collage Party, Division Gallery, Toronto, June 2016
Fake: Surrealestate Gallery, Brooklyn, Curated by Katie Peyton, June - July
GIFC 2, 3, 4: Black Bear, Brooklyn NYC, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen May 4, at Steinsland Berliner Gallery, Stockholm and Agnes B's Gallerie du Jour, Paris July 21
Romeo Inaugural Exhibition, Romeo Gallery, New York, NY April 2016
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New Acquisitions, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC February 2016
Something, Curated by Noah Becker, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York City, January 7 – February 6 2016
2015 The School Show, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada September 2015
Silent Oh!, The Silent Barn, Brooklyn, August 8, 2015
Serious Play in conjunction with the Summer Parking Lot Party , Wil Abelle Art Projects, Vancouver, August 13, 2015
Summer Salon 2015, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, NY
Selected Works, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, July 2015
Out of Line, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada June 21 - Sept 5 2015
DUCKS!, Curated by: Ryan Travis Christian, Minotaur Projects, Los Angeles, CA, March 27, 2015
Image Stories, Comix Otherwise, AGO First Thursday, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, March 5, 2015
Poetics of Space, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC January - May, 2015
Signs & Symbols, Jessica Bradley Gallery, Toronto, January 2015
Dreamland: Textiles and the Canadian Landscape, The Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto; Touring 2012 - 2015: Confederation Center PEI, Museum London, London Canada
In Kind, Members Show and Sale, Forest City Gallery, London, Canada
2014 Wish List, The Forest City Gallery's Member Show and Sale, London, Canada 2014
Mary Casablanca: collaborative works on paper by Paul Walde and Jason McLean, DNA, London, Ontario, Canada
Carte Blanche, DNA Artspace, London, Canada, 2014 - collaboration with Etienne Zack
Please Enter, Curated by Beth Rudin Dewoody, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, November/December 2014
Death By Art, Death By Audio, Brooklyn, NY November 2014
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Even My Mum Can Make a Book #5, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart October 2014
The Desert Island pop-up, Sculpture Center Bookstore, Long Island City, Sept 2014 - Jan 2015
Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal, Brooklyn, NY Oct/Nov 2014
Decade of Decadunce, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY July 2014
the secret of living, Jessica Bradley Gallery, Toronto July 2014
Even My Mum Can Make a Book #4, Apartment Project Berlin, June 2014
Twooga Booga #3, Artists' Books and Cookies, 356 S. Mission Rd. LA, USA June 28-29, 2014
Unreal From the Vancouver Art Gallery's Permanent Collection Touring: Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC. Evergreen Cultural Centre. Coquitlam BC. Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC.
Contemporary Drawings from The National Gallery of Canada, Touring: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Catalogue)
2013 No Boys With Frogs, DNA Artspace, London, Canada (Catalogue)
Group Glen, Weird Things, Curated by: Marc Bell, Toronto, Canada
Üsin, Zurich Small Press Fair, Karussell, Zurich, Switzerland
Boon Zine Fair, Brighton, UK
Summer Reading, The Hole Gallery, New York
L.O. Today, Museum London, London, Canada (Catalogue)
The painting Project, Galerie L’Uqam, Montreal (Catalogue)
Builders/Les Batisseurs, Canadian Biennial 2012, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (Catalogue)
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Jessica Bradley Annex, Toronto
Shake the Dust Off, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York
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Not For Sale, Members Show, Forest City Gallery London Ontario, Canada
2012 Dreamland: Textiles and the Canadian Landscape, The Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto (touring until 2015; Confederation Center PEI, Museum London, London Ontario Canada
Eris: Resistance to Change (artist book show), Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Cut and Paste, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
2011 Family Shirt, Krets, Malmo, Sweden
Not Bad For London, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario Canada
Paul Butler's The Greg Curnoe Bicycle Project, AGO, Toronto
The Teenie Weenie Zine Machine, City Lights Bookstore, London, Ontario Canada
Unreal, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Delinear, Barbara Edwards Gallery, Toronto
You Don’t Need Teeth to Play Tennis, LES Gallery, Vancouver
On View Daily, The Museum of Longing and Failure, Bergen, Norway
Krets Presenterar: FAMILY SHIRT, Krets Gallery, Curated by: Matt Felyd, Malmo, Sweden
2010 Mutant Pop, Loyal Gallery, Curated by: Joe Grillo, Malmo, Sweden (Catalogue)
Pulp Fiction, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada
LOLA, London Ontario Living Arts Festival, London, Ontario Canada
Journey to Whatever, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Curated by: Joey Haley, Fredericton, Canada
Tiny Vices, Museo dela Cuidad de Mexico, Curated by: Tim Barber, Mexico
Fax, (Organized Through Drawing Center in NYC), Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
Nieves Book Art Show, Gallery No.12, Tokyo
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Broken Leg Glen and Basement Ruth, Every Letter in the Alphabet Gallery, Vancouver (with Mark Delong)
Even My Mom Can Make a Book, Traveling Artbook Archive, Istanbul
2009 Summer Salon, La Voila Bank Gallery, New York
ARENA: Road Game, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto Curated by: Ray Cronin
ARENA: The Art Of Hockey, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Curated by: Ray Cronin (Catalogue)
ARENA: The Art of Hockey: Just For Laughs Museum, Montreal Curated by: Ray Cronin
Pulp Fiction, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
White Hot, Gallery TPW, Toronto
Nuit Blanche: Art Moves, Other Gallery, Toronto
A Good Summer To Stay Inside, LES Gallery, Vancouver
Paul Butler’s Collage Party/The Keyhole Experiment, (under the auspices of Guy Maddin), Odd Fellows, Toronto
2008 Pulp Fiction, Museum London, London, Ontario Canada
Nieves Library, Centre Cultural Suisse, Paris
Nieves Books, Ooga Booga, Los Angeles
Tim Barber: Tiny Vices, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York City
ARENA: The Art of Hockey, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada Curated by: Ray Cronin
Amber One Foot Below, Paul Petro Special Projects Space, Toronto
Year One, La Viola Bank Gallery, New York
Nuit Blanche, 401 Richmond, Toronto
Constant Search for a Better Way, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
The World Needs A Narrative, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
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Meme Boat, Lucky's Gallery, Vancouver
Carousel CRSL23+, Index G, Toronto
KIOSK XX11, Artspace, New York. Touring to Midway Gallery, Minneapolis, USA, Gallerie Art Essei, Rennes France, Curated by Christoph Keller
2007 Paper Machete, Community Outreach Gallery, London, Ontario Canada
Tinyvices.com, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, USA, Touring exhibition; London, UK, Tokyo, Mexico City, Wisconsin, etc...
Biennale de Montreal/Montreal Comics Craze, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
Goin Postal, Art Metropole, Toronto (catalogue)
Yard Sale Staring Therapy, space 1026, Philadelphia, USA Curated by: Seth Scriver and Victoria Kent
Just My Imagination (touring show). Kelowna Art Museum, Kelowna, Canada. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada.
I Love Tourism, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Galleria di Piazza, San Marco, Venice (Catalogue) Curated by Giorgio Camuffo
Painters Pants, Art Gallery of South Western Manitoba, Brandon, Canada
2006 William Cordova, Dearraindrop, Jason Mclean, Travis Millard, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles,
Another Other, Cooper Gallery, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
Bit by Bit, Curated by Jennifer Papararo, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto (catalogue)
Collage Party, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (Catalogue)
Nog a Dod, Giant Robot, New York
Collage Party, Zieher-Smith Gallery, New York
Tiny Vices, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
25 Bold Moves, House of Campari, New York
Getting On Mother's Nerves, Mother's Tankstation, Dublin (Year end Catalogue)
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Collage Party, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary
A Thing Called Love, Neon Gallery, Curated by: Patrik Anderson, Brosarp, Sweden
Pizza Party, Cinders Gallery, Curated by Mark Delong, New York
Altered Image, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
2005 Collage Party, Anti-Social Gallery, Vancouver
Psyclops dreams: Artists Books Comics and Dreams, Access, Vancouver
Other Worlds, Jessica Bradley Arts + Projects, Toronto
Jason the 3rd, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
Curb Appeal, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, Canada
I Find You, Cinders Gallery, New York
Burning down the Igloo, ABEL Neue Kunft, Berlin
2004 Bunker : Omaha, Bunker Gallery, Omaha, USA
Important Canadian Art, Zieher-Smith, Curated by Lee Henderson, New York (Catalogue)
Just My Imagination Exhibition, Touring Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Toronto; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax; Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada; Southern Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada; Sault Saint Marie Art Gallery (Catalogue)
Button Show, 50/50 Gallery, Victoria, Canada
(Self) Publish or Perish, Open Space, Victoria, Canada
Drippytown, Whip Gallery, Vancouver
Just My Imagination/ Touring Drawing Show, Museum London, London, Ontario Canada
Regal Beast, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto Curated by: Michael Comeau
9th Annual Mail Art Show, Struts Gallery, Sackville, Canada
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Scenic, Collage Party at Bergdorf Goodman Men's Store, New York Presented by the New Museum, New York and Power Plant Toronto, Curated by: Simon Watson and in conjunction with Paul Butler
2003 The Overview #3, The Overview, Vancouver
Jennie O's Rolodex Artshow, Ace Art, Winnipeg, Canada
Book Art Exhibition, 50/50 Gallery, Victoria, Canada
Drawing the World (for the record), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (Catalogue)
Records, Western Front Gallery, Vancouver
Drawing on Architecture, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
Plank, Lucky's, Vancouver
Word Under The Street, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver
Four Drawings, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
Another Drawing Show, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
Centre Peace, Ting, Toronto
Christmas Show, Luft Gallery, Toronto
Punchline, Weewerks, Toronto
Another Other, Other Gallery, Toronto
Steak and Chops/-Collaborative Project, Luft Gallery, Toronto
Books, Luft Method Space, Toronto
2D into 3D, Soil Gallery, Seattle, USA
Out of the Archives, Aka Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
The Private Collection of Gerard Doody, Space 1026, Philadelphia, USA
Chamomile Testarosa, 1066 Project Space, Curated by Jay Isaac, Toronto
L.O., Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario Canada
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2002 The Log Family, Or Gallery, Vancouver (Public Art Installation/Performance with Scott Evans, Holly Ward and Shayne Ehman)
Big Hands, Little Feet, The Ministry of Casual Living Gallery, Victoria, Canada
Another Show of Books, The Overview, Vancouver
Airport Case, Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver
Another Drawing Show, Tracy Lawrence Gallery,
Vancouver Is it Today Already?, Anti Social, Vancouver
Homesick, Anti Social, Vancouver
Summer Institute on Book Art, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver
Project Mobilivre, Touring book exhibition Binocular Parallax, Consolidated Works, Seattle, USA
Off the Page, Soil Gallery, Seattle, USA
1997 Browser, Artropolis, Curated by Andrew Renton and Kitty Scott Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver, BC
Generous Margins, book fair, Havana Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Viva Vegas V-8, (V-8 Collective Exhibition), Havana Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Grad Show, ECIAD, Vancouver, B C
The London Ontario Comic Book Launch, Whippet Lounge, London, Ontario Canada
Second Annual Mail Art Exposition, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
Sit & Spin, a Satellite Deli Event, Shamrock Laundry, Vancouver, BC
Wearable Art, Concourse Gallery, ECIAD, Vancouver, BC
Framed, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1996 Small Works, Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Artropolis Preview Party, Limelight Nightclub, Vancouver, BC
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Stranger than Outer Space, H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, Vancouver, BC
Exact Change, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC (co-curated by Jason McLean)
Rough and Ruined Festival, Rombout Hoggerbeesstrat Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Shanghai Fax, Shanghai Hua Shan Art School Gallery, Beijing, China (proposed by Hank Bull)
Images and Objects, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Community Arts Council, Vancouver, BC
Producer’s Night, Video Inn, Vancouver, BC
Exact Change, Concourse Gallery, ECIAD, Vancouver, BC, co-curated by McLean
1995 50/50 Saints and Sinners, Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Boxes by Artists, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
Asymptote, Concourse Gallery, ECIAD, Vancouver, BC
Canada/Australia Exchange, Canada Studies Dept. Univ. of Sydney, Australia
My Duck is Better Than Your Duck, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
May Contain, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Against the Grain, A Walk is Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Toys R Art, The Flat, Vancouver, BC
1994 Canadian Federation of Students Exhibition, Laval University, Hull, PQ
Cut and Paste Pop, The Flat, Vancouver, BC
Comix a Go-Go, A Small Press Benefit for the Little Sisters Defense Fund
Small Sculpture Works, Café Sil Vous Plait, Vancouver, BC
Art from Underground, The Big Red Dot Gallery, Vancouver, B C
1993 Visions of Light, Concourse Gallery, ECIAD, Vancouver, BC
X-opolis, Electric Alley, Vancouver, BC
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Lollapalooza Music/Cultural Festival, UBC Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC
Langara Student Year End Show, Waterfront Center, Vancouver, BC
Unexhibited, Bee Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1991 Anonymity, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
Special Projects/Residencies:
2018: Look: An Opera in 9 Paintings, Museum London, London, Ontario June 2018
Collector's Night, Reliquary Museum, New York, NY April 2018
2017 Gowanus Open Studios, Treasure Island Studios, Brooklyn, NY Oct 21 & 22
Gray Area Fire Relief Benefit w/ Levi Zaru, Hayes Peebles & Mankind & more, January 8 2017, Shea Stadium, Brooklyn, NY
Drake Devonshire Residency, January 15 - 19, 2017
2016 Collaborative piece with Sto Len shown in his solo show Tsunaminagashi, No Foundation, Toronto, May 2016
2015 Mural, Silent Barn, Bushwick Brooklyn,
7" unique album illustrations in a run of 100, A Place to Bury Strangers, New York, NY
On Advisory Council and Audio Guide participant for Now's The Time - Jean Michel Basquiat, The Art Gallery of Ontario.
2014 Collectors Night 2014 The City Reliquary and Brooklyn Historic Society, Felix and Henry's Canadian Pez Museum
2013 The Sun Falls on Toronto – Mural Project with the Drake Hotel, Toronto (long-term display) Arts & Crafts x Jeremy Laing Collaborative Charity T-Shirt Collection (with Dan Mangan)
2012 Boop For Ray - Smart Car/ Canadian Art Magazine project, Vancouver/Toronto Going Rural turns Urban: A Launch for All Citizens, This is Not a Reading Series, Gladstone Hotel, 2012
2006 Paul Butler's Collage Party Residency, ACAD, with The Illingworth Kerr Gallery 2005 Paul Butler's MOCCA Collage Party with publication
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Book and Magazine Graphics and Illustrations Rusty Toque The Poetry Foundation, Chicago Design Anarchy, Adbusters, Vancouver, BC Adbusters, Vancouver, BC Discorder, Vancouver, BC Banana Fish, San Francisco, CA The Coast, Halifax, Canada Exclaim, Toronto, Canada Hive Magazine, Toronto, ON Homesick Magazine, Vancouver, BC Mungbeing, Vancouver, BC/San Francisco ,CA Drippy Town, cover design, Vancouver New Haven Advocate, Hartford, CN Patti Magazine, Vancouver, BC Small Fry Magazine, Edinburgh, Scotland Small Apartments (by Chris Millis ) , Book Cover Design , Anvil Press Terminal City, Vancouver, Canada United Bamboo, Tokyo, Japan (edited by Vito Acconci) Vancouver New Music Society, Vancouver BC Western Front Magazine, Vancouver, BC
Awards:
2004 Vancouver Arts Awards
Collections:
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
Steven Latner
Claridge Investments
Faskin Martineau
TD Bank of Canada
McIntosh Gallery, London Ontario, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
Museum London, London Ontario, Canada
Richard Ivey School of Business
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Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto, Ontario Canada
National Gallery of Canada.
BMO Bank Collection
RBC Bank Collection
Fondazione Marino Golinelli, Bologna, Italia
Beth Rudin Dewoody Collection NYC
Rolf Hoft, Oslo, Norway
Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany
MOMA New York (in collaboration with Brian Bellot)
Herb and Lenore Schorr, New York City, NY
Raymond Pettibon
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Morris and Helen Belkin gallery - Through Geoffrey Farmer Archive, Vancouver BC
Judith & Norman ALIX Art Gallery - Sarnia, Canada
Soho House Group
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Think Outside the Shelf, interview with Raquel Laneri, Out & About, New York Post, Saturday, May 19 2018 Interview, Creator's Vancouver, April 2018
2017 Exhibit Bring Together McLean, Smyth - Brantford Expositer - July, 26, 2017 Collaborative Drawings by Noah Becker and Jason McLean, artsy.net, June 2017 This Week's Must See..., artfcity.com, Michael Anthony Farley, June 19, 2017 The Drake Hotel Permanent Collection, Drake Hotel Blog The Bold and The New, Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery, Akimbo, June 2017 Events, Arts, Petrolia Topic, June 2017 Family Fun Offered at the Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery, Lampton Shield, Travis Poland, June 6, 2017
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An Arctic Art Expedition: Norway’s Kaviar Factory Asks What it Means to be a Painter, Margaret Carrigan, Blouin Art Info, April 26, 201
2016 Article on collaboration with Mark Delong for The Duck Show, http:// www.theduckit.com/ Monica Scaglione, London Native Artist Returns Home, 106.9 The X, November 10, 2016 On the Canvas: Smart Car installation brings artist back to hometown, London Free Press, Joe Belanger, Nov. 2 2016 150 never before seen images at Death By Audio, Ebru Yildiz, Brooklyn Vegan, 2016 On the Canvas: Smart Car installation brings artist back to hometown, London Free Press, Joe Belanger, Nov. 2 2016 Jason McLean, Border Crossings, Matthew Ryan Smith, 2016 Jason McLean, New Baroque, Aaron Skolnik, 2016 Father Figure, Enfants Terribles #12, 2016 Group exhibition with paintings, sculptures, and works on paper opens at Berry Campbell, Art Daily, 2016 A Panoply of Somethings – Noah Becker’s Something at Berry Campbell Gallery, Artefuse, 2016
2015 Jason McLean, Sluggett, Ryan. Issue Magazine. March 2015 Jason McLean, Jamie Faye Ryan, Magenta Magazine, Dec 2015 Alvarado, Anthony, D.I.Y Magic Second Edition, Souvenir Press, UK 2015 Alvarado, Anthony, D.I.Y Magic Second Edition, Floating World Comics, 2015 Meyer, Sean, Micheal Gibson Gallery Finds London's Place in the Art world, Our London, Community news Nov, 2015 Belanger, Joe, Artist's Maps Life's internal journey, London Free Press, Nov. 2015 Len, Sto, The Last Interview With Jason McLean, Cinders Gallery Blog, June 2015 Dambrot, Shana Nys. Jason McLean at Wilding Cran WM | Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. 3 Feb. 2015. Web. Wood, Eve. Jason McLean Artillery Magazine 29 Jan. 2015. Web
2014 Glabush, Sky and Joe Faflak. "RE(Imagining) Regionalism." McIntosh Gallery Curatorial Study Centre, London, Ontario (2013) Print. Goodden, Sky. "Working with the Material at Hand: A Roundtable on Regionalism." Momus. 16 Oct. 2014. Web. Smith, Matthew Ryan. "Due South: Artist Jason McLean Interview." WM | Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. 1 Oct. 2014. Web. Miller, Marcus. “Contemporary Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada.” Border Crossings, Volume 33, Number 2. June 2014 Museum London, "L.O. Today," Exhibition Catalogue, 2014 Burnaby libraries host art exhibitions, February 3, 2014 2014 Critic's Pics, Kim Neudorf, Akimbo, Dec, 2014
2013 "Artists collaborate on exhibit." CTV London. CTV News. Bell Media. http:// london.ctvnews.ca, October 29, 2013.
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Reaney, James. "My London: L.O. Today — an exhibition with works by Marc Bell, James Kirkpatrick, Amy Lockhart, Jason McLean, Jamie Q, Peter Thompson and Billy Bert Young." London Free Press, October 28, 2013 Petkovic, Mila. "New generation of local artists hold group show at Museum London." Metro London. October 3, 2013. 13. "Must-Sees This Week: October 3 to 9, 2013." Canadian Art. http://www.canadianart.ca Meyer, Sean. "New exhibition brings home the work of collaborative artists." London Community News. October 2, 2013. 25. Montanini, Chris. "You gotta check out L.O. Today!" The Londoner. September 30, 2013. Belanger, Joe. "Strokes of Genius: A London Group of Seven helps launch Museum London's Culture Days fest." The London Free Press. September 25, 2013. C1. McLean, Jason. Nothing is Ours I didn't Write This, in Mental Health Inside and Out. Poetry is Dead, April, 2013 Rhodes, Richard. "Jason McLean Revs Up Canada's First Smart Car," Canadian Art Magazine, April 23, 2013. Nadalin, Kay, Interview With McIntosh Gallery Curator Catherine Elliot Shaw, LondonFuse, May 6, 2013 Belanger, Joe, On Canvas: Recent Acquisitions Showcased at Reception, London Free Press, May 5, 2013
2012 Goodden, Sky. “A Knock-out Marriage of Contemporary Art and Craft, the Textile Museum’s ‘Dreamland’.” Art Info. 24 May 2012. Goodden, Sky. “Not Bad for London.” Magenta Magazine Online. Winter 2012. Vol. 3, #1. Goodden, Sky and Benjamin Bruneau. “ARTINFO Canada’s Top Fall Shows.” ArtInfo. 21 September 2012. Tretheway, Laura, Zine vs. Art, Broken Pencil Magazine, Walde, Christine. “Not Bad For London.” Border Crossings. Vol 31 Issue 1. March 2012: pp. 101-102. March 2012. Shaughnessy, Jonathan et al, Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012 Unknown. “Canadian Art News in Five: Art Awards, Museum Floods, Gallery Moves, and Owner’s Remorse.” Artinfo. 12 June 2012. Smith, Matthew Ryan. "Jason McLean Meets Raymond Pettibon and It Works." Artinfo. February 11 2012. McKee, Moira. "The Aesthetic Relationship of Not Bad for London." / pulp / Arts Magazine, Issue #2, January 2012, VASA, Dept. of Visual Arts at UWO. 12-16.
2011 Clarke, Bill. “Jason McLean: Diaries of Place.” Canadian Art. Summer 2011: 98-101. Unknown. “Last Chance to Catch Joe Grillo and Jason McLean’s “O-Pee-Chee Dirt Pile” at Allegra Laviola Gallery.” Papermag, October 6 2011. Stipanovich, Alexandre. "The Fun Must Go On: Joe Grillo and Jason McLean at Laviola Gallery," Opening Ceremony Online, September Unknown, "Jason McLean/Laviola Bank." ArtloversNewYork.com November 2011. Patrick Howlett in London, Patrick Howlett, Akimbo Blog, Nov. 2011
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Grant, Amanda. "Seeing a City's Potential." Metro London. November 3, 2011.
2010 Grant, Laura, Joe Grillo and Brandon Joyce, Loyal #11, Mutant Pop, Ed. Martin Lilja, Amy Giunta, Marilyn Petridean, Dault, Gary Michael. "A rabbit with a chemical scent and a whiff of myth," Jason McLean at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,” Globe and Mail. April 3, 2010. Goddard, Peter. “Critic’s Choice.” Toronto Star. April 14, 2010. Reaney, James. “My London: Secrets Out About Gallery Creativity.” London Free Press. 2010. Sandals, Leah. “Defaced Edifices.” National Post. March 31, 2010. Sandals, Leah. "Unedit My Heart: Storied Objects Q with Jason McLean." March 31. 2010. Trypp, Carolyn. “Jason McLean: In the Corner, There is Light.” Magenta Magazine Online. Volume 1, No. 3. Spring 2010. "High-profile art show comes to Saint Mary's" The Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia 2010 "Pulp Fiction Art Gallery Exhibit", Nick Madore, The Journal (Halifax), 2010
2009 Bill, Clarke. “Diaries of Place.” Canadian Art. Vol. 28, Issue 2: 98-101. Birch, Jesse. "A SEA of CONTINGENCIES: VANCOUVER'S DOMESTIC INTERVENTIONS." CMagazine Autumn 2009. Balzer, David. “Pulp Fiction.” Eye Weekly. July 2, 2009. Milroy, Sarah. “Texting, Texting. One, Two, Three.” Globe and Mail, February 5, 2009. Sandals, Leah. “Reclaim, Reuse, Reinvent.” National Post. January 31, 2009. Dayton, Robert, "Jason McLean," Hunter & Cook, Issue 2, 2009
2008 Vogue Hommes Magazine, Paris. Dunne, Aidan. "Worlds Mapped By Outsiders." The Irish Times. 8 October 2008. tinyvices.com. 2008. “Cafe Royal.” Cafe Royal. London, 2008. Dault, Gary Michael. “Carousel artists spell it out in pictures.” Globe and Mail. September 6, 2008. Feature, Bad Day Magazine Issue 3, 2008
2007 McFadden, JJ. Kegan. “Painter's Pants.” Border Crossings. No. 104, November 2007: 92-94. Burnham, Clint. “Making Totems Of The Objects That Surround Us.” Globe and Mail. May 5, 2007. “Just My Imagination,” Kelowna Art Gallery Journal. No. 23. Kelowna, Canada: 2007. Gillmor, Don. “What a season it could be…,” The Walrus. Vol. 4. 8, Toronto, Canada: 2007, pg 28. “Modern Dad, Single Dad,” glomp #9. Boing Being, Helsinki: 2007, pp. 282-285. “A History Of The Allstarschnauzer Band,” The Ganzfeld #5: Japanada, Ginko Press in association with Picture Box, Inc., New York: 2007, 106 -111. Nog A Dog, Picture Box Inc. & Conundrum Press, New York: 2007.
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Occasional Art: Jason Mclean and Isabelle Pauwels. St. Paul, USA: 2007. “Princess Omo,” Carousel Magazine, Guelph, Canada: 2007, 73. I Love Tourism, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa Foundation, Venice: 2007. Melanie Sheepwash, Nieves Books Catalogue Nieves Books, (With Mark Delong) Zurich: 2007.
2006 Spence, Kevin, "Canada Cartoon vs. Stephen Harper Egg a hatch." Only Magazine, Vol. 3, #9 Issue 48, Vancouver, September, 2006 p. 13 MaCulloch, Joe, "Bullets, Nog A Dog" Comics Journal. Issue 279 November, 2006 p. 118 Harvey, Doug. "Kid Stuff." LA Weekly. 13 December 2006. Anonymous. "Also Showing." SF Weekly. December 2006. Henderson, Lee. “Jason McLean.” Border Crossings. Vol. 25, Issue 3. August 2006: 115-117. Mooney, Chris. "Peripheral Visions." Modern Painters July & August 2006: 101. Blohmdel, Anders. "Schlagerkonst med karlek i Brosarp." kristianstadsbladet 14 March 2006 (Swedish-A Thing Called Love press). Other Gallery Feature, Carousel Magazine, Guelph. akroyd, j. flinn, Prehistoric Canadian Psychedooolia! (con't), Mung Being Issue 14, 2006
2005 Goddard, Peter. "Back To The Old Drawing Board; Ancient Art Form Made New Again." Toronto Star. 13 August 2005. Milroy, Sarah. "Drawn Together: Visual Arts." The Globe and Mail. 22 July 200.5 Mackie, John. "British Columbians to Watch in 2005: Jason McLean." The Vancouver Sun 3 Jan. 2005. Givens, Mark, "Forward: Mung Beings are GO!", 2005
2004 Driedger Doyle, “Jason McLean.” MacLeans Online. 12 January 2004. Burnham, Clint, "Aperto Vancouver." Flashart. November 2004.
2003 Dayton, Robert, "My Sentiment Exactly." Bananafish Magazine, Issue 17, 2003, p.54-62 (Cover & CD, Sticker design) Laurence, Robin. “Dada’s Boy, Jason McLean.” Border Crossings. Volume 22, Issue 3. August 2003: 48-53. Hugh, Shana. Bubbleworld. CBC Radio 3, online interview
1999 Paper Rodeo, Submission with Marc Bell
Catalogues:
Thibert,Katie. LO Today, Museum London 2014 - Won an OAAG Award 2014
Radio/Television Appearances
TV & Radio/ Podcasts:
Roger Clark, Spectrum News, NY1, April, 2017
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Monica Scaglione, London Native Artist Returns Home, 106.9 The X, November 10, 2016 Cailen Dye and Giles Whittaker, CHRW, Arts Talk London, August 14, 2014 Fanshawe Radio 106.9 The X, LO Today interview, September 2013 Zolf, Janice, CTV London, June 30, 2011 Mcconnell, Robin, Inkstuds, CITR, Vancouver, 2008/09 Richardson, Bill, Bunny Watson, CBC Radio, 2004 Doyle, Shannon, Vancouver Arts Awards, CBC TV special , 2004 Gallagher, Margaret, North by Northwest, CBC Radio, April 28, 2004 Gallagher, Margaret, North by Northwest, CBC Radio, Sept 15, 2004 Embry, Sean. Collaborative Drawing Spotlight. CBC Radio 3, online interview , 2003 Hugh, Shana. Bubbleworld. CBC Radio 3, online interview, 2003 Stevenson, Josh. CJSR 88.5 FM, Edmonton, Alberta, 2003 Mcconnell, Robin, Inkstuds, CITR, Vancouver 1996 Fisher, Robin, Onomatopoeia, CITR, Vancouver 1996 Angelo Moore of Fishbone, MTV Interview, Lollapalooza, 1994
1997/1999 - Two Episodes of Nardwuar The Human Serviette, CITR, Vancouver - with Robert Dayton - with Greg Scratch
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