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CLAY ELLIS RCA SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2018 Amuses-Bouches & Mintz, Peter Robertson 2009 Eight miles of Barbed Wire, APT Gallery, Gallery, Edmonton, AB London, UK 2016 The Third Stake The Esplanade, Medicine 2007 Nappe Sacrée, Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario Hat, AB 2005 Eight Miles of Barbed Wire, Inaugural 2016 Sculptures at an Exhibition, Peter Robertson Exhibition Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Gallery, Edmonton, AB Hat, AB 2014 Weaners, Culls, and Divvies, The Art Gallery 2005 Remittance, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB AB 2014 In the We Manner, Peter Roberson Gallery, 2004 New York Studio School, NY (Installation in Edmonton, AB conjunction with the Evening Lecture Series) 2012 Simple Equations, Sticks, and Mascots for 2002 Postmarks and Memos, Gallery One, Toronto Dirty Little Cities, Peter Roberson Gallery, Ontario Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB Edmonton, AB 2000 The Works, Edmonton, AB 2009 Related Articles, Peter Roberson Gallery, 1994 Black & Greenberg Gallery, New York Edmonton, AB 1993 The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB 1983 The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Fresh Paint University of Alberta Museums Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario The Alberta 2014 90 x 90: Celebrating Art in Alberta Art Biennial of Contemporary Art Walter Gallery of Alberta Phillips Gallery, Banff, EAG Edmonton, 2012 Venerator, Allan Ball, Chris Cran,Clay Alberta Ellis, John Freeman, Angela Inglis, George 2002 The Body Disembodied: Vinent Barre, Willard Littlechild, Jane Ash Poitras, Daryl Boepple, John Gibbons, and Clay Ellis,The Rydman AGA MacLaren Centre For the Arts, Barrie Ontario 2009 Extreme Possibilities, Frances Barth, Clay 2003 Technicolour: Chris Cran, Geoffrey Hunter, Ellis, John Gibson, Joseph Marioni, Marjorie Angela Leach, Chris Rodgers, Arlene Stamp, Minkin, Jill Nathanson, Thomas Nozkowski, and Clay Ellis, Edmonton Art Gallery, Susan Roth, The Painting Center, New York, Edmonton, Alberta NY 2002 Five Degrees, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, 2007 Color As Structure / Structure As Color, Jill Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Nathanson, Enrico Riley, Ann Walsh, and 2002 Selections from the Canada Council Art Clay Ellis Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New Bank, Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, York Ontario 2007 Aspects of Abstraction, FAB Gallery, UofA 2000 Materialism: Jonathan Forrest, Terry 2006 Bag and Baggage, Galerie de l’Ecole O’Flanagan, and Clay Ellis, Art Placement superieure des beaux-arts, Marseille The Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Emily Carr School of Art, Vancouver August 1997 Peter Hide and Clay Ellis, Museum of Art, Ft. 2006 2 x 2 , Clay Ellis and Karlis Rekevics, Jaffe- Lauderdale, Florida Friede & Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth 1996 The Berman Collection at the Johnson College, Hanover, New Hampshire Atelier, Hamilton, New Jersey 2005 Spell, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1995 Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Saskatchewan The Robert McLaughlin Jersey 10547 125 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5N 1T4 • t e l e p h o n e : 7 8 0 . 4 8 8 . 5 6 9 5 • [email protected] 1995 Triangle France, Hôtel du Départment, 87,86) Marseille, France 1989 Exotic Steel, Fine Arts Building, U of A 1994 Obscure Object (2 person exhibition), Edmonton, Alberta Drawing Motivations, Littlejohn/ Sternau Gallery, New York Glenbow Museum and Art Gallery, Calgary, 1993 On Site, Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum, Alberta Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 1987 Studio Watch (Valentin Tatransky, curator), 1993 Lead and Follow: The Continuity of Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Abstraction/ The Robert Loder Collection, 1987 Collaboration in Clay, Alberta College of Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Northumberland and Art Calgary, Alberta Atlantis Gallery, London 1986 Hardingham Sculpture Workshop, Sainsbury 1993 City of Poughkeepsie Sculpture Park, Centre, Norwich, England Poughkeepsie, New York 1985 Sculpture City, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1990 Sculpture by Invitation, Edmonton Art Edmonton, Alberta - Stockwell Depot, Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta (also 1989, 88, London, England COLLECTIONS City of Vancouver Transalta, Calgary The Robert Loder Collectioon Lehigh Valley Hospital Alberta Art Foundation Phillip and Muriel Berman Collection, Allentown, Pennsylvania Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain Canada Council Art Bank Ursinus College, Collegeville, Triangle Trust, New York Pennsylvania National Gallery of Botswana Sant Pere de Villamajor, City of Red Deer, Alberta City of Medicine Hat, Spain Alberta University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Mendel Westburne Collection, Montreal, Quebec Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Art Gallery of Nova Scotia WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA: 2002 Guest Artist: Emma Lake Artists Workshop, 1987 Art Triangle Barcelona, (invitational workshop), Emma Lake, Saskatchewan Barcelona, Spain 2002 Invited Artist: Triangle Artists’ Workshop, 1984 Collaboration in Clay Workshop, Edmonton, Brooklyn, New York AB 2000 Emma Lake Invitational Artists Workshop, 1984 Hardingham Invitational Sculpture Workshop, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan Norwich, England 1994 Triangle France, Marseille, France (President of 1985 Director: Medicine Hat Sculpture Symposium, Triangle France and Participant) Medicine Hat, Alberta 1992 Mashomack Workshop, Pine Plains, New York 1982 Triangle Artists' Workshop, Pine Plains, New York 1992 Workshop Leader: Thapong International Artists Workshop, Gaborone, Botswana 1981 Emma Lake Artists Workshop, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan 1990 Triangle Artists' Workshop, Pine Plains, New York 1980 Emma Lake Artists Workshop, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan 1988 Sant Pere Workshop, Sant Pere de Villamajor, Spain 1980 Red Deer Sculpture Symposium 10547 125 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5N 1T4 • t e l e p h o n e : 7 8 0 . 4 8 8 . 5 6 9 5 • [email protected] VISITING ARTIST 2017 Guest Lecturer ACAD Calgary Alberta 2004 Guest lecturer New York Studio School, New York, NY 2004 Guest Lecturer University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, 2003 Artist in residence Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario 2003 Guest lecturer Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta 2002 Guest Lecturer University of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2001 Guest lecturer University of Alberta, Department of Sociology, 1986 Visiting artist Norwich School of Art, Norwich, England 1983 -99 Sessional Instructor, U of A Edmonton, Alberta PUBLIC COMMISSIONS: City of Medicine Hat City of Red Deer City of Vancouver City of Edmonton COMMUNITY 1995– 1997 Artshab board member, Edmonton 1994 – 2000 Advisor to the Friends of Medalta Board 2000 – 2002 Edmonton Art Gallery board member 2015 - Administrator Triangle Canada SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Fish Griwkowsky, Visual Arts Preview: Clay Ellis, The Monika Burman, “Setting a Sacred Table”, MAG, Edmonton Journal, September 2014 Toronto, June 2007 Mary Reid, “Perceptions, Disconnections and Patricia Ainslie & Mary-Beth Laviolette, Alberta Art Transitions” Exhibition catalogue, Weaners, Culls and and Artists 2007 Divvies, 2014 Robin Laurence, “Show Carries Baggage of a Global Karen Wilkin, “The State of Sculpture”, The New Art World”, Georgia Straight, Vol. 40, August 24, 2006 Criterion, May 2014 Douglas MacLean, “Abstraction’s Bold New Face”, Janice Ryan, "Simple equations a deliciously complex Galleries West, Summer 2006 treat . .”, Edmonton Journal, February 2012 Clint Burnham, “Baggage Handled With Care”, The Amy Fung, Where the Magic Happens, Vue Weekly, Vancouver Sun, September 2, 2006 Edmonton, November 12, 2009 Mary-Beth Laviolette, An Alberta Art Chronicle, 2006 Mary Reid, Review of APT Gallery exhibition London UK, Border Crossings, Issue 111, Autumn 2009 Gilbert Bouchard, “Straddling Borders of Sculpture, Painting”, Edmonton Journal, Oct 28 2005 Karen Wilkin, “Mass, Time, and Memory”, Sculpture, Vol.26, November, 2007 Karen Wilkin, "New Directions in Modernist Sculpture", Sculpture, December 2004 Mary Reid, “The Roald Nasgaard, Abstract Painting in Canada, 2007 Body Disembodied”, Art City Magazine, Vol. 6, Issue 4, 2004 10547 125 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5N 1T4 • t e l e p h o n e : 7 8 0 . 4 8 8 . 5 6 9 5 • [email protected] Esperanza Rabal, "Art Triangle Barcelona,," La Gilbert Bouchard, (review) "Technicolour", Edmonton Vanguardia, (Barcelona) July 2, 1987 Journal, March 28 2003 Scott Morisson, "Reach for the Top," Newsletter, Karen Wilkin, "An Inadvertent Vanguard," The (Edmonton) June 1987 Hudson Review, Spring 2002 Susa Dasca, "Art Triangle Barcelona," Diari 16, Karen Wilkin, "Reformalism”, Clay Ellis Recent (Madrid) May 20, 1987 Sculpture," BorderCrossings, May 2002 Anna Guasch, "Art Triangle Barcelona," Diari de Sky Glabush, "A Review of ‘Materialism’," New West, Barcelona, (Barcelona) May 31, 87 July 2000 Stephen Hume, "Monumental Clay," Contact, Charles Mandel, (review) The Works, The Edmonton December 1986 Journal, July 9, 1996 Charles Mandel, "Red Deer Sculpture," Newsletter, Charles Mandel, "Rumbles of Discord", National Post, (Edmonton) December 1985 July 8 1999 Terry Fenton and Russell Bingham, "Sculpture City," Karen Wilkin, "At the Galleries," Partisan Review, Update, (Edmonton) September 1985 Spring 1995 Anita Elash, "Media," Alberta Report, July 15, 1985 Jeanne C. Wilkinson, (review) The New York Review of Art, January-February 1995 Tom Phillips, "Albertans," Alberta Report, February 25, 1985 Robert Taplin, "Clay Ellis at Black & Greenburg," Art in America, April 1995 Katharine Dickerson, "Commissioning Visual Art," Alberta Culture, 1984 George Melrod, "Reviews - New York," Sculpture Magazine, March