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Ed Pien
Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011           Déliaison/Unbinding, Le Musée d’art contemporarain des Laurentides, Québec

Memento, Storey Gallery, Lancaster, the U.K.

Haven of Delight, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina

2010          Memento, (touring) Himalaya Gallery, 501 Contemporary, Chongqing, China; New

Art Exchange, Nottingham, the U.K., South Hill Park,

2009                  Treacherous Lines, Pierre-Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec

Memento, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, the U.K.

12 Moons, The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, ON

2008         Flickering, AXENEÅLO7, Gatineau, Quebec

Haven of Delight, Musée d’art de Joliette, Joliette, Quebec, Circulation 2010:

Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon; Museum London, London, ON; The Room, St

Johns, Newfoundland; 2011: Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

2007         Parade of the Denizens, Blackbox – M25, Londres, the U.K.

Enchantement, Centre d’art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-

Clair, France

Haven, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, USA

Tangled Garden, Canada House Gallery, London, the U.K.

New Works, Cornice Art Fair, Venice, Italy

The Witching Hour, Offthemapgallery, Toronto, ON

Ed Pien: The Promise of Solitude, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto. ON

2006         The Promise of Solitude, Centre A, Vancouver, B.C.

Wrestling with Demons, SPACE Studios, London, the U.K.

Tracing Night, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON

Wrestling with Demons, BizArt, Shanghai

2005         Tracing Night, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico

Earthly Delights, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON

Strange Scene, Keyano Art Gallery, Fort McMurray, AB

The Promise of Solitude, St. F.X. University Art Gallery, Antigonish, N.S.

2004         Earthly Delights, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City

Earthly Delights, Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico

Imaginary Beings, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin

Earthly Delights, Museo Arqueologico, Mazatlan, Mexico

Celestial Bodies, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON

Tracing Night, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS

Circulation 2004: Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook

Newfoundland

Pluie, Usine C, Montreal, Quebec

2003         In a Realm of Others, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Circulation

2005          Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON; The Robert McLaughlin Gallery,

Oshawa, ON
2002        Ed Pien: Survey, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough, the U.K.
 
2001        Deep Waters, Centre culturel Canadien, Paris

Baby Cat Demon, Wally Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Deep Waters, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON

Traverser vers, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.

A Mixing of Dreams, Truck, Calgary

2000        POKE, De Overslag, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Beyond Here, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada).

A Mixing of Dreams, L’OEil de poisson, Quebec

Wound, Galerie 101, Ottawa, ON

Traverser vers, EXPRESSION, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-

Hyacinthe, Quebec
1998        Ghosts, Oboro, Montreal, Quebec,

Imaginings, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1997        Invisible Sightings, Artcite, Windsor, ON
1996        Image Bank, YYZ, Toronto, ON

Primal Fear, Langage Plus, Alma, Quebec

1995        Image Bank, Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, N.S.

The Blue Room, Access Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012        Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia

Sinopticon (touring), Saltram House, Plymouth, U.K.

2011         Refiguring Nature, Creative Space M50, Shanghai, China

Bande, La Biennial du Lin, Portneuf, Quebec

Paper Doll, Owens Art Gallery, NB, Curator

Selected works, Gallery Stratford, ON

Recent works, Amsterdam Art Fair, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Netherlands

Recent works, Papier 11 Montreal, Birch Libralato, Toronto

Bleed Drawings, Papier 11 Montreal, Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain,

Underwater, The Bluecoat, curator: Angela Kingston, Liverpool, U.K.

Underwater, Tullie House, Carlisle, U.K.

Shadow Play (DVD screening), The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. U.K.

2010           Scream, Justina M. Barnike Gallery, Toronto (2-person exhibition)

It is what it is, National Art Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Underwater, Spacex, Exeter, UK

Underwater, Ferens, Art Gallery, Hull, U.K.

2009          Slash, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, N.Y.

In the Trees, Battat Contemporary, Montreal

Somewhere Along the Line, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax

Fibred Optics / Perspectives métissées, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa

Papieroffensiv, Galerie oqbo, Berlin

Manoeuvres / Maniobres, Galeria Toni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain

Cut Out, Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin

Underwater, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, U.K.

The Tree, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops

2008          An Enchanted Domain, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Contemporary Chinoiserie, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, the U.K.

Paper Biennal, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver

Bureau de change, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff

Solace, Galerie Arts Sutton, Sutton, Quebec

2007        Wunder Garten, Orto Botanico, Palermo, Italy

Arrogance and Romance, Ordos Art Museum, Ordos, Mongolia, China

Black Eyed Star, Museum London, ON

Haunted Screens, UB Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

Drawn Apart, Contemporary Art Projects, Day & Faber, London, the U.K.

2006        Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

Non-Celestial Bodies, Galeria Begona Malone, Madrid, Spain

The Sacred and the Profane, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin

Split Level Paradise, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON

Transmedia:29:59, Yonge - Dundas Square, Year Zero One, Toronto, ON

DeHuman, Thames Art Gallery,Chatham, ON

Hic, Hart House, Toronto, ON

Johannes Zits and Ed Pien, BizArt, Shanghai

2005          Drops in the Ocean, HWW projectruimte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Chandelier, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2004          The Garden, Pinacoteca Provinciale di Potenza, Potenza, Italy

Straal, Cinema de Balie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Repères : art canadien contemporain, dix ans d’acquisition / High Points, Selection

from the Collection of Contemporary Canadian Art, Musée des beaux-arts de

Montreal, Montreal

Important Canadian Art, ZieherSmith, New York, N.Y.

The Drawn Page, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut

Just My Imagination, Artlab Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London

Canada), et Museum London, London - Circulation 2005: Art

Gallery of Windsor, Windsor; Museum of Canadian Contemporary

Art, Toronto; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax; 2006: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon;

Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB;

2007           Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB

2003          Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany

Between Line and Form, Ottawa Art Gallery< ON

Last Judgment Project, Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington

Visions and Apparitions, Maison de la culture de Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal

Liminal, Ryerson Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

Visions and Apparitions, Hart House, Toronto, ON

2002          Outside In, Galerie im Parkhaus, Berlin

Manifestations, Pierre-Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec

La vie, c’est la vie : plaisir, passion et émotions, présentée lors de la 3e Biennale de

Montréal, Cité Multimédia, Montreal

Liminal, Galerie d’art Foreman, Sherbrooke, Quebec

Play Tonic, A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON

Grief Mopping, Neutral Ground, Regina, SK

Paper Biennial, Kulturstiftung Stormarn, Bad Oldesloe, Germany

Liminal, MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels), Montreal

2001          Tekeningen II, Quartair, The Hague, The Netherlands

The AAAC Story, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, N>Y>

New Acquisitions, Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, San José, Costa Rica

W139, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Mapping the Body (part two), Open Space, Victoria, B.C.

Gathering Shades, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON

2000          Selections Summer 2000, The Drawing Center, New York, N.Y.

Tout le temps / Every Time, présentée lors de La Biennale de Montreal, Palais du

Commerce, Montreal, Quebec

Fresh Painting, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON

The Luck of the Drawn, Reactor Gallery, Toronto, ON

1999        17th World Wide Video Festival, W139, Amsterdam

Nice to Show with U, Artis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

Topographies of the Skin, Glendon Gallery,Toronto, ON

1997          Temporary Residency, New Paradise, Taipei, Taiwan

1996          New Works 96, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

1995          World Tea Party, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1993          Imported Fruits, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna

Selected catalogues and brochures

2011           Murry, Karl-Gilbert, Déliason/Unbinding, Musée d’art contemporain des

Laurentides, Québec

2010           Eve-Lyne Beaudry, Stefano Catalini, Zoë Chan, Haven of Delight, Musée d’art de

Joliette, Québec

2007          Firmin, Sandra Q., and Carolyn Tennant Haunted Screens, Buffalo: UB Art Gallery,

2007, 3 p.

Laliberte, Mark, Tangled Garden London: Canada House, 2007, 34 p.

2005          Hatt, Gordon, Linda Jansma and Tila Kellman In a Realm of Others, Lethbridge:

The Southern Alberta Art Gallery; Oshawa: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery;

Cambridge: Cambridge Galleries, 2005, 96 p.

Augaitis, Daina, Louise Déry, David Liss and collab., Just My Imagination, London:

Museum London, 2005, 72 p.

2004          Kellman, Tila, Ed Pien, Halifax: Saint Mary’s University and Sir Wilfred Grenfell

College Art Gallery, 2004, 27 p.

2002          Domino, Christophe, Ed Pien. Deep Waters, Paris : Centre culturel canadien, 2002,

74 p.

Ghaznavi, Corinna, Gathering Shades: Catherine Heard and Ed Pien, Toronto:

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, 2002, 31 p.

Herbert, Simon, Edward Pien, Middlesbrough (UK): Middlesbrough Art Gallery,

2002, 46 p.

2001          Laurence, Robin, et Ed Pien, Ed Pien, Kamloops: Kamloops Art Gallery;

Vancouver: Contemporary Art Gallery, 2001, 43 p.

Finch, Elizabeth, and Lytle Shaw, Drawing Papers 10: Selections Summer 2000,

New York: The Drawing Center, 2001, 16 p.

2000          Irvin, Sherri, Wound, Ottawa: Galery 101, 2000, 13 p.

Gale, Peggy, and collab., Tout le temps / Every Time, Montreal : Centre international

d’art contemporain de Montreal, 2000, 167 p.

 
Bibliography

1999          Girling, Oliver, and Lydia Kwa, Ed Pien: Imaginings, Vancouver: Charles H. Scott

Gallery, 1999, 48 p.

1998          Miller, Earl, Invisible Sightings, Windsor: Artcite, 1998, 32 p.

Selected Articles

2009          Charron, Marie-E`ve, « Eaux troubles », Le Devoir, MontreÅLal, 20-21 June 2009,

p. E8.

Cloutier, Mario, « Nouer l’ombre à la lumière », La Presse, Montreal, 16 May 2009,

p. 24.

Lavery, Aaron, « Ed Pien: Memento », Metro, Manchester, 24 April 2009, p. 31.

2008          Grosz, David, « Bâlelatina branches out », Art Info, New York, 4 June 2008. En

ligne. <http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27782/ blelatina-branches-out/>. 10

September 2009.

Lepage, Jocelyne, « Haute voltige », La Presse, Montreal, 26 April, 2008, p. 19.

Delgado, JeÅLro^me, « Ed Pien, entre paradis et enfer », Le Devoir, Montreal, 5

April 2008, p. E6.

Mavrikakis, Nicolas, « Ed Pien et Bill Viola : forces supérieures », Voir, Montreal,

20-26 March 2008, p. 48.

Hackett, Regina, « Stellar exhibits put the Bellevue Arts Museum back on this

critic’s map », Seattle Post Intelligencer, 4 January 2008, p. 28

Low, Joni, « The poetics of engagement: Edward Pien and the three-dimensional

world », Yishu – Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Vancouver, vol. 6, n. 1,

Spring/March 2007, p. 50-56.

2007          Goddard, Peter, « Connect with your inner tyke », Toronto Star, 15 March 2007, p.

G6. Lehmann, Henry, « Works on paper make up a Blizzard of cutting-edge

visions», The Gazette, Montreal, 6 January 2007 p. E5.

2005          Kibbins, Gary, « Ed Pien », Canadian Art, Toronto, Summer 2005, p. 89.

McElroy, Gil, « Kingston, Ontario », Art Papers, Atlanta, vol. 29, n. 3, May-June

2005, p. 60-61.

Darrah, Ben, « Heaven is a place on Earth », The Kingston Whig-Standard, 15

January 2005, p. 4.

2004          Sandals, Leah, « Rewind: Ed Pien », Canadian Art, Toronto, Fall 2004, p. 155.

Ramsay, B. Nemerofsky, « Ed Pien, imaginary beings », C: International

Contemporary Art, Toronto, Summer 2004, p. 48.

2002          Lehmann, Henry, « The ugly side of life: Biennale de Montreal, third edition », The

Gazette, Montreal, 5 October 2002, p. H3.

Doucet Donida, Gabriel, « Multisensory trip », Hour, Montreal, 26 September - 2

October 2002, p. 32

Grane, Pernille, « Edward Pien: Centre culturel canadien », Art Press, Paris, n. 277,

March 2002, p. 86

Bouruet, Véronique, « Edward Pien », Beaux Arts magazine, Paris, n. 213, February

2002, p. 39

Prins, Wouter, « Edward Pien », Origine, Haarlem, vol. 10, n. 4, 2002, p. 36-40.

2001          Milroy, Sarah, « Back in the mood for the simple pleasures », The Globe and Mail,

Toronto, 1 December, 2001, p. R6

Wolin, Joseph R., « Edward Pien », Review: Latin American Literature and Arts

New York, n. 63, Fall 2001, p. 31-34.

Budney, Jen, « Ed Pien », Art Asia Pacific, New York, n. 29, Summer 2001, p. 88.

2000          Lehmann, Henry, « Biennale II: It’s timely », The Gazette, Montreal, 30 September

2000, p. J6

Bégin, Denyse, « Traverser vers… d’Edward Pien au Royaume des âmes errantes »,

Le Courrier, Saint-Hyacinthe, 17 May 2000, p. B8.

Quine, Dany, « Nancy Couture et Edward Pien », Le Soleil, Quebec, 8 april 2000, p.

D15

Scott, Melanie, « Installation puts hell on paper», The Ottawa Citizen, 9 March

2000, p. D8

1999          Gopnick, Blake, « Print Competition displays lots of talent », The Globe and Mail,

Toronto, 26 June 1999, p. C8
1998        Lamarche, Bernard, « OEuvres de lumière », Le Devoir, Montreal, 12 February
1998, p. B7.

Aquin, Stéphane, « Ombres chinoises », Voir, Montreal, 15-21 January 1998, p. 42

1995        Laurence, Robin, « The garden of artful delights», Vancouver Sun, 20 May 1995, p.
D6.
Residencies

2010          Breathe International Residency, 501 Contemporary Art Centre, Chongqing

2008          Breathe Residency, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, the UK

Résidence in situ, AXENEÅLO7, Gatineau, Quebec

2006          Conseil des Arts du Canada, SPACE Residency, London, the UK

BizArt, Shanghai, China.

2005          Koerner Visiting Artist, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON

Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin

2001          Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff

2000          De Overslag, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

1999          Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff

Artis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

1998          Canada Council for the Arts Paris Studio Residency Program, Cité internationale

des Arts, Paris

Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, Vancouver, B.C

1996          New Paradise, Taipei, Taiwan

Awards

2004          2nd Prize, the Windsor Printmaker’s Forum Print Competition.

1999           2nd Prize, The Great Canadian Printmaking Competition.

Juror’s First Prize for Painting, Art Gallery of Hamilton.

 
Collections
 

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston; Art Gallery of

Hamilton, Hamilton; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON; Artoteek Schiedam,

Schiedam, the Netherlands; Art Bank of Canada, Ottawa, ON; Centrum Beeldende

Kunst, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hart House, University of Toronto, Kamloops

Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.; Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan,

Saskatoon, SK; McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON,

Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, National Art Gallery of Canada, ON; Musée des

beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal; Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, San

José, Costa Rica; Museum London, ON; Ordos Art Museum, Ordos, Mongolia;

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.; Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff;

Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North

Carolina, USA

 

  Exhibitions
 
 
Oriental Vista Gallery  .  19 Shaoxing Road  .  Shanghai  .  China  .  Phone (8621) 5465 7768  .  Fax (8621) 5465 7769
Email: pr@ovgallery.com  .  Website: www.ovgallery.com