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