Selected solo exhibitions
| Year | Where |
|---|---|
| 06-07 | Bellevue Arts Museum. Washington. |
| Canada House. London. | |
| Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Vancouver B.C. | |
| SPACE Gallery. London. | |
| Galerie Maurits van de Laar. The Hague. | |
| Bizart. Shanghai. | |
| Rodman Hall Art Gallery. St Catharines, ON. | |
| Centre d’art de Basse-Normandie. Caen. | |
| 05 | The Robert Birch Gallery. Toronto. |
| Pierre-FranÁois Ouellette Art Contemporain. Montreal. | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey. Mexico. | |
| Art Gallery of Windsor/Printmaker’s Forum. Where. | |
| The Robert McLaughlin Art Centre. Oshawa. | |
| Cambridge Galleries. Cambridge. | |
| Keyano College Art Gallery. Ft. McMurray. | |
| St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery. Antigonish. | |
| 04 | Centro Nacional de las Artes. Mexico City. |
| Museo Ex-Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara. Mexico. | |
| Galerie Maurits van de Laar. Den Haag. Mexico. | |
| Galerie Alexander Ochs. Berlin. | |
| Museo Arqueologico, Mazatlan. Mexico. | |
| Agnes Etherington Art Gallery. Kingston. | |
| Sir Wilfred Grenfell Gallery. Corner Brook. N.F. | |
| St. Mary’s University Gallery. Halifax. | |
| Usine C. Montreal. | |
| 03 | Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge. |
| 02 | Middlesbrough Art Gallery. Middlesbrough UK. |
| 01 | The Canadian Culture Centre. Paris. |
| Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto. | |
| Robert Birch Gallery. Toronto. | |
| WALLY. Amsterdam. | |
| Miller/Block. Boston. | |
| Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Kitchener. | |
| Kamloops Art Gallery. Kamloops. | |
| Truck. Calgary. | |
| 00 | Overslag. Eindhoven. |
| Contemporary Art Gallery. Vancouver. | |
| L’oeil de Poisson. Quebec. | |
| Gallery 101. Ottawa. | |
| L’Expression. Saint-Hyacinthe. | |
| 98 | Oboro. Montreal. |
| The Charles H. Scott Gallery. Vancouver | |
| 97 | Artcite. Windsor. |
| 96 | YYZ. Toronto |
| Langage Plus. Alma. Quebec. | |
| 95 | Struts Gallery. Sackville. |
| Access Gallery. Vancouver. | |
| 94 | Red Head Gallery. Toronto. |
| 91 | Main/Access Gallery. Winnipeg. |
| 89 | Justina M. Barnike Gallery. Toronto. |
| 87 | Galerie Noctuelle. Montreal. |
| Ace Art. Winnipeg. | |
| 86 | Articule. Montreal. |
| 83 | Gallery 76. Toronto. |
Selected group exhibitions
| Year | Where |
|---|---|
| 06-07 | Weatherspoon Art Museum. North Carolina. |
| University of Buffalo Art Gallery. Buffalo, NY. | |
| Keith Talent Gallery. London. | |
| K.E. Nash University Art Gallery Minneapolis. | |
| Begona Melone Gallery. Madrid. | |
| Galerie Alexander Ochs. Berlin. | |
| University of Waterloo Art Gallery. Waterloo. | |
| Rotterdam Art fair. Rotterdam. | |
| e-Billboard Project. Toronto. | |
| Thames Art Gallery. St Thomas. | |
| Hart House, site-specific intervention. Toronto. | |
| Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge. | |
| The Mendel Art gallery. Saskatoon. | |
| 05 | The Room. Rotterdam. |
| Amsterdam Art Fair. Amsterdam. | |
| Chicago Art Fair. Chicago. | |
| Chandalier, Tom Thomson Art Gallery. Owen Sound. | |
| Mocca. Toronto. | |
| Dalhousie University Art Gallery. Halifax. | |
| 04 | Pinacoteca Provinciale di Potenza. Italy. |
| Straal, Cinema de Balie. Amsterdam. | |
| MusÈe des Beaux Arts. Montreal. | |
| Siemens Forum Bayern. Munich. | |
Zierhersmith. | |
| Art Lab & Museum. London. | |
| Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Ridgefield, CT. | |
| Plateau Mont. Montreal. | |
| 03 | Goethe Institute. Berlin. (2 person) |
| Berlin Art Forum. Berlin. | |
| Frankfurt Art Fair. Frankfurt. | |
| Neuffer Am Park. Pirmasens. Germany. | |
| Art Gallery of Ottawa. Ottawa. (4 person) | |
| Seattle Centre, cuator Stefano Catalani. Seattle. | |
| Maison de la culture Cote-des-Neiges. Montreal. | |
| Ryerson Art Gallery. (2 Person) | |
| Mississauga Art Gallery. Mississauga. | |
| Weewerk. Toronto. | |
| Hart House, U of T. Toronto. | |
| 02 | Parkhaus. Berlin. (2 person) |
| Pierre-FranÁois Ouellette Art Contemporain. Montreal. | |
| Parc CitroÎn, curator Pernille Grane. Paris. | |
| The Montreal Biennial 2002. Montreal. | |
| Quartair. Den Haag. | |
| Bishop's University Art Gallery. Lennoxville. (2person) | |
| ASpace. Toronto. (2 person) | |
| Neutral Ground. Regina. (3 person) | |
| Galerie Maurits van de Laar. Den Haag. (2 person) | |
| Stormarn Kulturstiftung. Bad Oldesloe, Germany. | |
| M.A.I. Montreal. (2 person) | |
| The Robert. McLaughlin. Oshawa. (3 person) | |
| 01 | Asian American Arts Centre. New York. |
| Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo. Costa Rica. | |
| W139. Amsterdam. | |
| Open Space. Victoria. (3 person) | |
| 00 | The Drawing Centre. New York. |
| La Biennale de Montreal 2000. Montreal. | |
| Galerie Maurits van de Laar. Den Haag. (2 person) | |
| Trans Hudson Gallery. New York . | |
| The Red Head Gallery. Toronto. | |
| Reactor Gallery. Toronto. | |
| 99 | W139. Amsterdam. (3 person) |
| ARTIS. Den Bosch. (3 person) | |
| Paul Petro Art. Toronto. | |
| Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto. | |
| Glendon Art Gallery. Toronto. | |
| 97 | The New Paradise. Taipei. (2 person) |
| 96 | Artspace. New Haven, CT. |
| 95 | Presentation House. Vancouver. |
| OO Gallery. Halifax. | |
| 94 | Artspeak Gallery. Vancouver. |
| 93 | The Alternator Gallery. Kelowna. (3 person) |
| 92 | The Red Head Gallery. Toronto. (2 person) |
| 91 | The Hamilton Art Gallery. Hamilton. |
| The Red Head Gallery. Toronto. | |
| 90 | Agnes Etherington Gallery. Kingston. |
| Artspace. Peterborough. (3 person) | |
| 88 | Embassy Cultural House. London. |
| 87 | Oakville Galleries. Oakville. (3 person) |
| 85 | Mercer Union. Toronto. |
| Art Gallery of York University. Toronto. | |
| 84 | Galerie UQAM. Montreal. |
| 81 | Trajectory Gallery. London. |
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Awards, Grants & Residencies
| Year | Where |
|---|---|
| 06-07 | Canada Council, Space Residency. London. |
| Bizart. Shanghai. | |
| 05 | The Canada Council. Senior Grant. |
| Koerner Visiting Artist. Queens University. | |
| Keyano College. Ft McMurray. | |
| Windsor Printmaker’s Forum. Windsor. | |
| 04 | 2nd Prize, Windsor Printmaker’s Forum. Print Competition. |
| 02-03 | Residency Atelierhaus-Mengerzeile. Berlin. |
| 01 | Residency Banff Centre for the Arts. Banff. |
| 00 | Residency, De Overslag. Eindhoven. |
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| 99 | Residency Banff Centre for the Arts. Banff; ARTIS. Den Bosch. |
| The Canada Council Paris Studio Program; The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Vancouver. | |
| 2nd Prize. The Great Canadian Printmaking Competition. | |
| Juror’s Prize for Painting. Hamilton Art Gallery. | |
| 96 | Residency New Paradise. Taipei. |
| 98.00 02 | The Canada Council. Mid-Career Grant. |
| 00.02 03 | Toronto Arts Council. Mid-Career & Senior Grant. |
| 00-03 | Ontario Arts Council. Mid-Career & Senior Grant. |
| 86.97 99 00-03 | The Canada Council. Travel Grant. |
| 91-92 | Ontario Arts Council. Emerging artist Grant. |
| 85-91 00-04 | Ontario Arts Council. Exhibition Assistance |
Selected bibliography
| Year | Where |
|---|---|
| 06 | Wrestling with Demons: in conversation with Mary Doyle. Space Gallery, London. |
| 05 | In a Realm of Others. (Catalogue-text Tila Kellman, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery) |
| Just My Imagination. (touring group exhibition catalogue-Kim Moodie & David Merritt) | |
| Canadian Art, Summer, Gary Kibbins Art Papers, May, Gil McElroy; Canadian Art, Spring, Leah Sandals; Blackflash, summer; The Kingston Whig-Standard, January 15, Ben Darrah. | |
| 04 | Ed Pien, (catalogue text Tila Kellman, St. Mary’s University & Sir Wilfred Grenfell University Gallery), Cmagazine, summer, B. Nemerosfsky Ramsay; Important Canadian Art, cat’l text Lee Henderson |
| 03 | Morgen Post. Die Welt, Der Zeit, January. |
| 02 | Deep Waters (catalogue-text Christophe Domino, the Canadian Culture Centre, Paris); Beaux Arts, January, VÈronique Bouruet; Art Press, March, Pernille Grane; Origine, no.4 Wouter Prins Gathering Shades, (catalogue-text by Corinna Ghaznavi, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art); Edward Pien, exhibition catalogue-text by Simon Herbert, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, UK. |
| 01 | The Globe and Mail, December 1, Sarah Milroy; Arts Asia Pacific, spring issue 29, Jen Budney; Latin American Literature and Arts, Fall, Joseph Wolin; Ed Pien (catalogue of two solo exhibitions by Robin Laurence); The Montreal Biennale (exhibition catalogue by Peggy Gale); The Drawing Center: Drawing Papers 10 (Editors Elizabeth Finch & Lytle Shaw); The Montreal Gazette, September 30, Henry Lehmann; The Ottawa Citizen, Mar 9, Melanie Scott; Wound (exhibition catalogue by Sherri Irvin); Traverser Vers, essay, Jen Budney); Imaginings. (catalogue text Oliver Girling) |
| 99 | World-Wide Video Festival #17 (Catalogue); The Globe and Mail, February 20, Gary Michael Dault. |
| 98 | Voir, 15-21 January, StÈphane Aquin; The McGill Daily, 27 January, Gaelle Le Brec; Topographies of the Skin. (exhibition catalogue Tila Killman) |
| 96 | Invisible Sightings. (exhibition catalogue Earl Miller) |
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| 95 | Vancouver Sun. May 20, Robin Laurence |
| 93 | The Globe and Mail. April, Kate Taylor. |
| 92 | Fluid Exchanges. James Miller, editor, pp 217-218. |
| 91 | Het Nieuwsblad. April, DesireÈ Meulenbroek. |
| 89 | Art Post. March, Earl Miller. |
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Collections
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| MusÈe des Beaux Arts. Montreal. | |
| The Canada Council Art Bank. | |
| McIntosh Gallery. London. | |
| Hamilton Art Gallery. Hamilton. | |
| Agnes Etherington Art Gallery. Kingston. | |
| Victoria Hospital. London. | |
| University of Toronto. Toronto. | |
| Ernst & Young. Toronto. | |
| Walter Philips Gallery Banff. | |
| ARTOTEEK. Schiedam. | |
| Centrum Beeldende Kunst. Rotterdam. | |
| Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo. Costa Rica. | |
| Kamloops Art Gallery. Museum London. | |
| University of Toronto - Hart House. Toronto. | |
| Kenderdine Gallery. Sask. | |
| Weatherspoon Museum of Art. Greensboro, North Carolina. |
Professional Experience
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| Associate Professor. The University of Toronto. Instructor. Ontario College of Art and Design. 2004 and on 4th year drawing. NSCAD. 2001. Advanced drawing. ECIAD. Drawing and painting. 1993-97. Board member grunt Gallery 1995-97. | |
| Guest lecturer. University of British Columbia, Vancouver; York University, Toronto; Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver; Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax; Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto; Banff Centre; IT Park Taiwan; Concordia University, Montreal; University of Western Ontario, London; Guelph University; Lethbridge University Lethbridge; Sir Wilfred Grenfell University, Corner Brook, N.F; University of Windsor, Windsor; Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y; Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai; Brock University, St. Catharines, ON; Space Studios, London. |
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Education
| Year | Where |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Master of Fine Arts, York University. Toronto. |
| 1982 | Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Western Ontario. London, Ontario. |
| 1981 | Queens University, Art and Architecture. Venice, Italy. |