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Curriculum Vitae - John Noestheden

Born in Amsterdam, 1945
Resides in Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan

Education:

Master of Fine Arts, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1975
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, 1972
Windsor Teachers' College, Windsor, Ontario, 1966

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Thinking Space, Nouveau Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.

2001 Metalpoint & Vibrationtable, curated by Christine Shaw, Neutral Ground Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

2000 The Gold You Seek, curated by Ihor Holubizky, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia

1999 Bumperedobjects, curated by Helen Marzolf, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1997 Drafting Silence, curated by Joan Borsa, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1995 Still Life, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1993 Responding, curated by Franklyn Heisler for the Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

1993 John Noestheden: Gifting, The Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario

1993 John Noestheden, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1991 New Works, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1991 Drawings, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1990 John Noestheden: Markings from the Site, curated by Joseph Wyatt for the McLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, and traveled to the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, the Koffler Centre Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, and the Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1987 Glen Elg Light, curated by Gordon Hatt, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario

1986 New Work, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1985 New Work, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1984 Vesper, Brampton Art Gallery, Brampton, Ontario

1983 Opus Fifteen: a site-specific sculpture installation, curated by Rena Greer for the Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, Ontario

1983 John Noestheden, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1982 John Noestheden, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1980 Noestheden: Sky Writer Proposals, Notation Studio, Toronto, Ontario

1980 Sky Writer Drawings, curated by Robert Swain for the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario and traveled to the Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

1980 Skywriter Drawing over Kingston, curated by Robert Swain, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario

1979 Skywriter Drawing over Toronto, curated by Ihor Holubizky, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1977 White Paintings, curated by Kate McCabe for London Art Gallery, London, Ontario and traveled to Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario

1976 Circle Paintings, A Space, Toronto, Ontario

1976 X Works, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

 

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Lab Building, University of Regina.

Asper Jewish Community Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Cineplex Odeon, Houston, Texas.

City of Regina

City of Jinan, China

Skydome CP Hotel, Toronto

 

PERFORMANCE WORKS

2006 Presenting Infinity, organized by John Noestheden, a Performance Art event with ONO (One Night Only), Robin Poitras, Michele Sereda, Steve Kirkland and John Noestheden. Shu-Box Theatre, Riddell Centre, University of Regina.

2006 Reasons For Numbers, a collaborative performance with Michele Sereda (Curtain Razers) and guest artist Lee Henderson, Shu-Box Theatre, University of Regina.

2006 Gifting - an act of love. Performed at 3 Regina shopping malls. Public Acts 1-29, Act 10, curated by Christine Shaw, York University, Toronto.
http://www.publicacts.ca/act10/2006/06/about-john-noestheden.html

2006 on oval yellow. SPIKED, Festival of Performance and New Media. A collaborative performance with Robin Poitras through Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre and Gallery, Regina.

2005 Sound Can Motet, Performance Perimeters Symposium Keynote performance – a collaborative performance with Michele Sereda (Curtain Razers) and John Noestheden at the RCL Theatre-Hall, Regina.

2004 Speaking Infinity, solo performance on Scarth Street Mall. Archeological Performance Festival, Neutral Ground, Artist Run Centre.

2002 Invisible Ceremonies, collaborative performance with Robin Poitras/New Dance Horizons, Regina, Saskatchewan

2000 The Great Bear, collaborative performance with Robin Poitras/New Dance Horizons, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Astronomy: the Celestial, Central Booking, Brooklyn, New York. Doug Beube, John Noestheden, Ted Victoria and others. Curated by Maddy Rosenberg.

2009 On Paper, Drawings by Sixty Artists, William Shearburn Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2009 Art Basel 09, represented by the Wilde Gallery, Berlin
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2009 Remembering Susan, John and Henry Noestheden at Phil Space Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2008 Berliner Liste Art Fair, represented by the Wilde Gallery, Berlin

2008 Art Miami, represented by the Wilde Gallery, Berlin.
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2008 Vanish, Art Gallery of Regina, curated by Jack Anderson.

2008 Aligning with Beauty, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Unionville, Ontario. Curated by
Julie Oaks

2008 Inventory #1, Wilde Gallery, Berlin.

2008 Through the Looking Glass, The Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Curated by Jeffrey Spalding.

2008 Time and Space, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick. Curated by Josie Mills; traveling exhibition from the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery.

2008 Shuvinai Ashoona and John Noestheden
, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto.

2008 Earth and Sky, Shuvinai Ashoona and John Noestheden, public banner produced for Nuit Blanche, Toronto. Curated by Wayne Baerwaldt.

2008 Toronto Art Fair 2008, represented by Wilde Gallery (Berlin), and by Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto.

2008 Universal Ground - Shuvinai Ashoona, Marcel Dzama, John Noestheden, Wilde
Gallery, Berlin, curated by Wayne Baerwatdt.

2008 STADTHIMMEL, public art installation in collaboration with Shuvinai Ashoona. Produced for STADTHIMMEL, Littman Projects, Basel Art Fair, Basel Switzerland. Curated by Wayne Baerwaldt.

2008 ZOOM +/-, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, California. Curated by Doug Beube and Sherry Frumkin.

2008 Time and Space, The Rooms Art Gallery, St. Johns, Newfoundland. Curated by Josie Mills, traveling exhibition from the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery.

2008 Spring Treasures, Nouveau Gallery, Regina.

2008 3 & 11, Nouveau Gallery, Regina, SK.

2007 Toronto Art Fair 2007, represented by Headbones Gallery, Toronto.

2007 Abstract (Colour), Headbones Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

2007 Abstract (B&W), Headbones Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

2007 Nouveau Gallery, Group show, Regina, Saskatchewan.

2007 Time and Space, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Saskatchewan. Curated by Josie Mills, traveling exhibition from the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery.

2007 ZOOM, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, California. Curated by Doug Beube and Sherry Frumkin.

2007 Chaos Theory, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta.

2007 HIT OR MISS, Contemporary Drawing, Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary.
Curated by Chris Cran and John Will.

2007 Modernist Forgeries II, Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan. Curated by Anna Scott.

2006 X-Country Selection, The Drawers, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

2006 Time and Space, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta. Curated by Dr. Josie Mills.

2006 Nouveau Gallery, Summer exhibition, Regina, Saskatchewan.

2005 site readings, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Curated by Seema Goel.

2005 The One, NGC 224, (artists: D. Aschheim, E. Bajo, David Bowie, M Goetz,
E. Hansdottir, Marla Hlady, E. Jacir, T. Savie-Gecan, John Noestheden, F. Pecou, K. Seda, E. Zghal), New York, New York.

2005 All That Glitters, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts (artists: Denise Azira, Nicole Cherubini, Andrea Corsau, Gabriella Kiss, Diana Kingsley,Ted Muehling, John Noestheden, Kiki Smith, Greg Wolf), New York, New York.

2005 Nouveau Gallery, Inaugural exhibition, Regina, Saskatchewan.

2005 Canadian Idylls, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Curated by Cindy Baker.

2005 30th Bradley International, Print and Drawing Exhibition - Heuser Art Centre, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

2003 SCAM Biennial, traveling exhibition curated by curators from small city art galleries in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Curated by Ulreike Veith, Heather Smith, Kim Houghtaling, Chris Reid, Joanne Marion. Exhibition shown in art galleries in Estevan, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Swift Current, Medicine Hat, and Brandon (2003 and 2004).

2003 Dust, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Curated by Sigrid Dahle.

2003 Transcendent Squares, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Curated by David Garneau.

2000 Changing Times, curated by Timothy Long, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1999 Sculpture installation for Lanterns on the Lake Festival
, curated by Helen Marzolf and Fellipe Diaz, commissioned by the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1995 Faculty Exhibition, Grenfell College, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland

1993 Faculty Exhibition, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1992 Sex Appealed, curated by Gary Varo, The Club, Regina, Saskatchewan
Access/Control, curated by Ingrid Jenkner, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1991 Small Matters, Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan

1990 Extension, The Print and Drawing Gallery of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Emptiness, curated by Andrew Goss, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario

1989 Group Show, 49th Parallel Centre for Canadian Contemporary Art, New York, New York
Second Anniversary Exhibition, curated by Valerie Greenfield, Mississauga Civic Centre Art Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

1989 The Political Landscape, curated by Stephen Hogbin, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario

1988 15th Anniversary Group Show, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1988 Festival of Sculpture, curated by Maggie Mitchell, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario

1987 Kim Adams, John Noestheden, Ron Shuebrook, Galerie Graff, Montreal

1987 Chicago Art Fair (Olga Korper Gallery), Chicago, Illinois

1986 Cologne Art Fair (Olga Korper Gallery), Cologne, Germany

1986 Earth, Wind, Water and Fire, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario

1985 Interiors/Exteriors: Contemporary Art from the City's Collection, The Market Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1984 Toronto Drawing, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1983 Artists and Their Children, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario

1982 Small Sculpture, curated by Ihor Holubizky, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Six Artists, Two Points of View, exhibition produced by Lupe Rodriguez, circulated by Shell Canada to: Shell Canada Gallery, Calgary, Alberta; Medicine Hat Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta; The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario; University of Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario; The City of Brampton Art Gallery, Brampton, Ontario

1981 Fantasies and Other Realities, curated by Richard Sinclair, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1980 Six Propositions (for communicating), curated by Ihor Holubizky, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1980 Arts Hamilton, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario

1979 Creative Flight, curated by Alan MacKay, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia
Environmental Sculpture, curated by Anita Aarons, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1978 Graphex 6, Invitational Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Brantford, Brantford, Ontario, circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario to: The Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario; St. Marys' University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario; Glenbow, Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, Ontario; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario; Sarnia Public Library, Sarnia, Ontario; Walter Philips Gallery, Banff, Alberta; Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland

1977 Southwest 37, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
37th Annual Western Ontario Exhibition, London Art Gallery, London, Ontario

1976 Two Person Show, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

1976 Imprint '76, Invitational Juried print show, Ottawa, Ontario

1976 Graphex 4, Art Gallery of Brantford, Brantford, Ontario

1976 Art Now, Art Gallery of Hamilton, and Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario

1975 Greater New Orleans International, awarded best of show, New Orleans, Louisiana

1975 The Boston Printmakers, Boston, Massachusetts

 

PUBLICATIONS

Thinking Space Two, Essay by Ihor Holubizky, Regina, 2009.

CITY SKY, Littmann Kulturprojecte, Basel, Switzerland, Reinhardt, essay by Wayne Baerwaldt. 2009.

Aligning With Beauty, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, essay by Julie Oaks, curated by Julie Oaks.

Public Art in Canada: Critical Perspectives, Edited by Annie Gérin and James S. McLean
University of Toronto Press, 2008/9

Thinking Space, Essay by Dr. Shauna McCabe, 2008.

Time and Space, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Dr. Josie Mills, 2007.

John Noestheden, X-Country Selection. Headbones Gallery, Julie Oakes, 2006.

Biennial SCAM #2, Small City Art Museums, David Garneau, 2003.

Transcendent Squares, Rosemont Art Gallery, David Garneau, Regina, Sask. 2003.

Bumperedobjects, Dunlop Art Gallery, Helen Marzolf, Regina, Sask., 2003.

Drafting Silence, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Earl Miller, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1997

Responding, Muttart Art Gallery, Franklyn Heisler, Calgary, Alberta, 1993

Markings from the Site, McLaren Art Gallery, Joseph Wyatt, Barrie, Ontario, 1990

Emptiness, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Andrew Goss, Owen Sound, Ontario, 1990

Kim Adams, John Noestheden, Ron Shuebrook, Galerie Graff, Montreal, 1987

Political Landscapes, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Stephen Hogbin, Owen Sound, Ontario, 1986

Interiors/Exteriors, The Market Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1985

Small Sculpture, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Ihor Holubizky, Toronto, Ontario, 1982

Creative Flight, Surrey Art Gallery, Alan MacKay, Surrey, British Columbia, 1979

White Paintings, London Art Gallery, Kate McCabe, London, Ontario, 1977

 

PRESS

Algi, Jim. "Nature Becomes Art." The Sun Times, Owen Sound, May 21, 1988.

Anderson, Jack. “Time and Space,” The Leader Post, Regina, September 2007.
____________. "Bumperedobjects." The Leader Post, Regina, September 9, 1999.

Beatty, Greg. “John Noestheden,” Espace 80, Summer 2007.
___________."Still Life." Espace 33, Fall 1995.
__________. "Noestheden's Still Life." The Leader Post, Regina, April 1995.
___________."Nothing but lines - thousand of lines." The Leader Post, Regina, February 1997.
Gerin, Annie. "Art in Space: Public Art in an Expanding World," Espace, Summer 2003.

Bentley Mays, John. "Exquisitely Detailed Kitsch." The Globe and Mail, October 6, 1982.
________________. "John Noestheden: Toronto Sculpture Garden." The Globe and Mail, December 22, 1982.
________________. "Moving Toward Greater Resonance." The Globe and Mail, September 23, 1983.
________________. "John Noestheden at Olga Korper Gallery, The Globe and Mail, January 8, 1987.
________________. "Monuments Mori, The Globe and Mail, April 17, 1991.

Burnett, David. "John Noestheden at Olga Korper Gallery, Vanguard, January 1986.

Burnett and Schiff, Contemporary Canadian Art, 1983, p, 217.

Fleming, Martha. "Six Propositions, Harbourfront," Vanguard, February 1981.

Gerin, Annie. "Art in Space: Public Art in an Expanding World," Espace, Summer 2003.

Karlinsky, Amy. "Winnipeg Monumental Sculpture Installed," Winnipeg Free Press, November, 2002.

Knelman, Martin. “Night of the living, when zombies can get 15 seconds of fame,” The Star, Jul 10, 2008.http://www.thestar.com/opinion/columnists/94632

Murray, Joan. "Memos in Metal: John Noestheden," The Art Post, February 1984.

Thomsen, Christian. "Eindrucke aus Kanada, Du, Die Zeitschrift fur Kunst und Kultur, October 1985.

Tousley, Nancy. “Unique partnership takes art to new heights,” Calgary Herald, March 2, 2008.

Spahr, Claudia. “Basel sky becomes backdrop for artworks,” Swissinfo, May 26, 2008.

Wylie, Liz. "Six Propositions for Communicating," Artmagazine, February/March 1981.

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Art Gallery of Windsor

The Banana Republic Corporate Collection

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa

Confederation Art Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Corning Museum, Corning, New York

Department of External Affairs, Ottawa

Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina

General Foods, Toronto

Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta

Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna

MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Microsoft Corporate Collection

Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C.

Murray Axmith & Associates, Toronto

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa

Saskatchewan Arts Board, Saskatchewan

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound

Toronto Archives, Toronto

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto

Toronto Public Library, Toronto

Tulane University, New Orleans

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta

University of Regina, Lab Building, Regina, Saskatchewan

University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

Xerox of Canada Ltd., Toronto

Private collections: Canada, United States, Europe


GRANTS

Ontario Arts Council…various

Canada Council for the Arts…various Creative B and Project Grants

Saskatchewan Arts Board…various Creative, Senior and Travel Grants

University of Regina…Faculty of Fine Arts Research Grants

University of Regina…Faculty of Fine Arts Travel Grants


REPRESENTATION


JHB Gallery, New York, NY. Jayne Baum, 1.212.255.9286
info@jhbgallery.com
http://www.jhbgallery.com

Nouveau Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Meagan Perreault, 1.306.527.5917
info@nouveaugallery.com
http://www.nouveaugallery.com

Winsor Gallery. Vancouver, BC., 1.604.681.4870
http://winsorgallery.com
info@winsorgallery.com

WORKS ON PAPER AVAILABLE FROM:

Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto. Pat Feheley
gallery@feheleyfinearts.com


CONTACT

John Noestheden
77 Harbour Square #2702
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2S2
phone 647.340.7403
cell 647.701.0301

john.noestheden@uregina.ca
www.johnnoestheden.com

 

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