Alan Glicksman: Artist

CV/biography

Alan Glicksman

Born Toronto, Canada, 1954

EDUCATION:

1979 AOCA, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON & New York, NY

1979 B.A., Fine Art, University of Guelph, ON

1991 Diploma-Child Study, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto

AWARDS:

2007 Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2007 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council

1989 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council

1989 Exhibition Assistance, Visual Arts Ontario

1987/86/83 Materials Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

1984 "B" Grant, Canada Council

1983 Project Grant, Canada Council

1983 "B" Grant, Canada Council

1978 Royal Bank Artventure First Prize

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2007 Florida Series, Lehmann Leskiw Fine Art, Toronto, ON

2006 Friends of Mine, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2005 Big Nameless Oil Paintings, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON

2002 Ruff Stuff Sculpture, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

1999/02 Painting/Sculpture, Drumsnab Gallery, Toronto, ON

1997 Shelborne Work, Galerie Glix Toronto, ON

1996 Burlington Work, Flesherton Art Gallery Flesherton, ON

1996 Recent Work, Durham Art Gallery Durham, ON

1989 McKellar Work, Pearl Street Gallery Hamilton, ON

1989 Reflective Instincts, Kozak Gallery Toronto, ON

1987 Eight-Year Survey, Durham Art Gallery Durham, ON

1986 Flesherton Work, Grunwald Gallery Toronto, ON

1984 Stewart St. Work, Gallery 620 Toronto, ON

1982 New York Work, Lacemaker Gallery Toronto, ON

1981 Soap Box Series, Lacemaker Gallery Toronto, ON

1980 Alan Glicksman, Bank of Montreal Toronto, ON

1978 No-Name Show, Gallery 76, Toronto, ON

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2008 Lehmann Leskiw Fine Art, Toronto, ON

2008 Circolo Culturale Il Gabbiano,

2007 Circolo Culturale Il Gabbiano, La Spezia, and Studio Gennai, Pisa, Italy

Museo Nuova Era, Bari, Italy

2007 Abstract I (B&W), Headbones Gallery, The Drawers, Toronto, ON

2006 Lonsdale Gallery, Forest Thru The Trees, Toronto, ON

2006 Manifold Project OCAD, Nuit Blanche, Toronto ON

2006 Headbones Gallery, Beauty and Obsession, Toronto, ON

2006 Art Gallery of Ontario, In Your Face, Toronto, ON

2006 Double Door Gallery, Self-Portraits, Anten Mills, ON

2006 Now-Now, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON

2005 One Hundred Squares, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2004-05 XXXmas Show, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON

2002-06 Whodunit? OCAD Mystery Art Sale OCAD Toronto, ON

2002 Sculpture/works on paper. Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2002 Paintings, Flesherton Art Gallery Flesherton, ON

2001 Denison Gallery Toronto, ON

2001 100 Dollar Show, Flesherton Art Gallery Flesherton, ON

2000 Moose in the City, Yonge & Bloor Toronto, ON

1999 Ashkenaz Festival, Harborfrount Toronto, ON

1998 Art Rental & Sales, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

1997 Flesherton Art Gallery Flesherton, ON

1996 Gallery Moos Toronto, ON

1996 Canadian Artists, Japanese Cultural Centre Toronto, ON

1996 Partisan Gallery Toronto, ON

1995 Anshan Gallery Toronto, ON

1994 Flesherton Art Gallery Flesherton, ON

1993 Gallery Artists, Gallery Moos Toronto, ON

1993 Milestone Marker, Extension Gallery Toronto, ON

1993 Mother Nature, Flesherton Gallery Flesherton, ON

1993 Saugeen Prints, Durham Art Gallery Durham, ON

1992 Saugeen Impressions, Extension Gallery Toronto, ON

1992 Gallery Moos Toronto, ON

1992 Art Bank, Morrow Gallery Toronto, ON

1992 Flesherton Art Gallery Flesherton, ON

1991 Notes & Drawings, Extension Gallery Toronto, ON

1991 Associated Images, University of Toronto, ON

1991 Flashtown Gallery Flesherton, ON

1990 Friends of Gallery, Grunwald Gallery Toronto, ON

1990 Fine Art Grads, McDonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, ON

1989 Snow Show, Idée Gallery Toronto, ON

1988 Walls on Fire, YYZ Gallery Toronto, ON

1988 Black on White, Tom Thomson Gallery Owen Sound, ON

1987 Color & the Brush, Sarnia Art Gallery Sarnia, ON

1987 Painted Room, Tom Thomson Gallery Owen Sound, ON

1986 Tattletale Show, Grey-Bruce Gallery Owen Sound, ON

1986 Box Art Show, Glenhyrst Art Gallery Brantford, ON

1986 Toronto/Montreal, Champlain Art Gallery Lennoxville, QC

1985 Collaborations, Grunwald Gallery Toronto, ON

1985 Image/ Myth, Public Image Gallery New York, USA

1985 Works Myths, Artculture Resource Centre Toronto, ON

1985 Split Rail Festival Flesherton, ON

1985 Art for Chile, Gallery 620 Toronto, ON

1984 Andrew Calixte Gallery Toronto, ON

1984 Orbit Art Gallery Toronto, ON

1983 Chromaliving, The Colonnade Toronto, ON

1983 3 Toronto Artists, Articule Gallery Montreal, QC

1983 Locations National, Mercer Union Toronto, ON

1982 New Directions, Queen Elizabeth Building Toronto, ON

1982 Words and Images, Gallery 76 Toronto, ON

1982 Painting '82 Art Gallery at Harbourfront Toronto, ON

1982 Aviva Art Show #28, Toronto, ON

1982 Cow Show, Studio Gallery 9 Toronto, ON

1980 Young Contemporaries, Regional Art Gallery London, ON

1978 Artventure, Royal Bank of Canada Toronto, ON

1977 Miniature Show, Gallery 76 Toronto, ON

AUDIO PRODUCTIONS:

2007 As Is, Above Stedmans, Durham

2006 Chance, Piano Bar, Owen Sound

2002-2005 Toronto Oasis Experimental Sessions(TOES) Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON.
1984-2002    MSG Boom Box Recordings, ON.
2001 MSG Tascam Recordings, ON.

1999      MSG CD @ The Music Gallery Toronto, ON.

1992      MSG @ Q 107 Skylab Recording Studio Toronto, ON.

1991      Them Is Us Now, Ed Video Media Arts Centre Guelph, ON.

1989      MSG Loose Change, Ed Video Media Arts Centre Guelph, ON.

PERFORMANCES:

2007     As Is, Electric Eclectics, Meaford

2007      As Is-By Chance, Above Stedmans, Durham

2006      Chance, Uptowne Piano and Jazz Bar, Owen Sound

2005     Bitchin', Gladstone Hotel

2004     Tranzac, Toronto

2003     GladToes Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

2002      Toronto Oasis Experimental Sessions, Oasis, Toronto, ON.

2002      Bateman’s Improvised Recital, Music Gallery Toronto, ON.

2002      Improviser’s Pool Toronto, ON.

2001      MSG, Aggies Café Flesherton, New York, USA.

2001      G & Friends, Aggies Café Flesherton, New York, USA.

2000      Improvisers Series, The Idler Pub Toronto, ON.

1999       Hogg & G Project, Guelph &Toronto

1999      Free Beer Series, The Music Gallery, Toronto

1996      MSG, Durham Art Gallery Durham, ON.

1989     5th Stream Festival, Sir Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo

1989       Introducing Alan Glicksman: Artist, McKellar, ON

1989       Manitou Space Program, Manitou-wabing, McKellar, ON

1989       Loose Change ScanTechVideo,Toronto, ON.

1989      MSG (-M)+HCB, Ed Video Media Arts Centre Guelph, ON.

1989      With Niagara, Kingston Artists Association Kingston, ON.

1986      Improviser’s Pool, Cameron House Toronto, ON.

1985      MSG & CC, Artculture Resource Centre Toronto, ON.

1984      Drawing & Sound, The Ontario College of Art Toronto, ON.

1984      Art Openings, Gallery 620 Toronto, ON.

1984      With Niagara,The Rivoli Toronto, ON.

COLLECTIONS:

Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa ON

Ministry of External Affairs, Ottawa ON

Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Freeman, President, Toronto, ON

Baycrest Centre, Toronto, ON

Manitou-Wabing Sports and Arts Centre, Parry Sound, ON

Kid's Help Foundation, Toronto, ON

International Private Collections

REVIEWS/ PUBLICATIONS/ BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Henry, Bill. OurSound - As Is - Duo goes wherever the sound takes them, Sun Times, July 5/07
Alan Glicksman catalog, Beauty and Obsession, Headbones Gallery 2006

Crosby, Don. Durham Art Gallery 25 Anniversary, Sun Times, Nov. 2006
Henry, Bill. Creatures of Inspiration, Sun Times, June 15/06
Robinson, Dave, Imaginative and Tribal, Mosaic Magazine, Vol.14 No.1, 2006
Dault, Gary Michael, A Holy Fools Folly, Globe and Mail, 11/12/05
Bravo News T.V., 11/05
C.B.C. Radio, 11/05
Canadian Art Magazine, Alan Glicksman Ad with photo 10/05
Mays, John Bentley, Glicksman at Parts Gallery, Amigo Motel, 11/11/02
Kirshner, Barbara, Behind the Ears, FH Town Crier 08/2000
Ashkenaz Festival (photo), Toronto Star 08/30/99

Crosby, Don, Artist Opens New Exhibit, Durham Chronicle 11/06/96
Hume, Christopher, News from Moos, Toronto Star 04/02/92
Hanna, Deirdre, Working Drawings, Now Magazine 02/01/91
Taylor, Kate, Toronto Painter, Hamilton Spectator 04/29/89
Toronto's Alan Glicksman (illustration) Impulse Magazine 04/01/88

La Sale, V., Diary Grams, Sun Times 04/09/87
Exhibition of Paintings, (photo) Mount Forest 05/06/87

Hewton, W., Mixed Reaction,Durham Chronicle 05/13/87
Dault, G.M., Grunwald Gallery, Canadian Art 10/01/86
Hume, C., Compelling Show, Toronto Star 04/04/85
Hume, C., Young Artist, Toronto Star 06/22/84
Mays, J.B., Glicksman's People, Globe and Mail 06/28/84
Monk, Philip, Locations/National, Vanguard v13#1 02/01/84
Mays, J.B., On Show, Globe and Mail 01/19/84
Mays, J.B., Chromaliving, Globe and Mail 10/22/83
Mays, J.B., Recognition Returns, Globe and Mail 09/25/82
Hume, C., New Season, Toronto Star 09/25/82
Mays, J.B., Artist Records Torments, Globe and Mail 05/15/82
Goldman, Donna, Glicksman Sketches, Jewish News 05/13/82
Fabo, Andy, Art News, NOW Magazine 05/01/82
Hume, C., Upscale Approach, Toronto Star 12/31/82
Mays, J.B., Eccentric Eye, Globe and Mail 11/06/82
Mays, J.B., Monumenta Haunted, Globe and Mail 09/11/82
Mays, J.B., Notice to New Art, Globe and Mail 09/03/82
Hargittay, Clara, New Directions, Art Magazine 04/01/82
Mays, J.B., Dashing off Witty Little Snippets, Globe and Mai l05/18/81
Purdie, James, Gallery News, Globe and Mail 10/21/78

For further information contact:
email: alanglicksman@rogers.com