THE ART OF MARY ANNE BARKHOUSE

Mary Anne Barkhouse was born in 1961 in Vancouver, BC. She belongs to the Nimpkish band, Kwakiutl First Nation and is a descendant of a long line of internationally recognized artists that includes Ellen Neel, Mungo Martin and Charlie James. She graduated with Honours from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and has exhibited and lectured widely across Canada. Working with a variety of media Barkhouse examines environmental concerns and indigenous culture through the use of animal imagery. A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Barkhouse’s work can be found in the collections of the Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Archives of Ontario, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Banff Centre for the Arts and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. In addition she has public art installations at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, University of Western Ontario in London, McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Millennium Walkway in Peterborough, Ontario.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007

Boreal Baroque (touring)
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
Terra Incognita
McDonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph, ON

2006

Tame
McLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
Nature in the Garage
City of Toronto, Gallery 1313, liveArts,MOCCA
In the Palace of the Crystal Frog (solo)
Uncommon Objects , Harbourfront, Toronto, ON

2005

In Service
McDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto, ON
the beast not found in verse
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
Toronto Alternative Art Fair International
Gladstone Hotel, sponsored by MOCCA

2004

Dezhan ejan: Aboriginal Works from the
Collection of the Canada Council Art Bank
Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC
Dreaming Earth and Sky
Odd Gallery, Dawson City, YK
Friend of Beavers, Foe of Evil (solo)
Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON

2003

The Political is Personal
Lieutenant Governor's Suite, Toronto, ON
Sanctuary
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough,ON
Good Medicine, Torontoiensis Collective
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON

2002

The Best Kept Secret
Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery,
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Born: Vancouver, British Columbia 1961
Ontario College of Art,
New Media, Honours Graduate 1991
Artist-in-Residence
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto 1992-94
Banff Centre for the Arts 2007

2001

Transitions 2:Contemporary Indian and
Inuit Art of Canada
Gallery 418, Montreal QC
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon

2000

Beaver Tales
Oakville Art Galleries, Oakville, ON
Some Like It Shot (solo show)
AKA Artist Run Centre, Saskatoon, SK
Raven’s Reprise
UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC

1999

pelage (solo exhibition)
Indian Art Centre, Hull, QC
Emergence from the Shadows
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, QC
small brown animals
artspace, Peterborough, ON
Wolves in the City
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB

1998

lichen
Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, ON
Cu
YYZ Gallery, Toronto, ON

1997

LICK
Lick Collective, Toronto, ON
Staking Land Claims
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB; Thunder Bay Art
Gallery; Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON

1995

Alternative:Contemporary Photo Compositions
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography,
Ottawa,ON

1993

Multiplicity: A New Cultural Strategy
UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC

Public Art Commissions

Wolves Thunder Bay Art Gallery,
Thunder Bay, Ontario, 2000

Esker Kawartha Rotary Sculpture Project,
Peterborough, Ontario, 2001

Beaver Rock/Digital Stream University of
Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2004

Colony Macdonald Stewart Art Centre,
Guelph, ON, 2007

Grace Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Oshawa, ON, 2007

AWARDED

Canada Council,
Aboriginal Collaboration Grant 2000, 2001

Ontario Arts Council, Aboriginal Program,
Project Grant, 2000

Canada Council B Grant, 1998, 2001, 2004

Ontario Arts Council,Visual Arts Grant
1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006

Canada Council - Project Assistance for Artists'
Collectives Program Grant 1996

Ontario Arts Council Crafts Grant - 1995

Toronto Arts Council
Visual Artist Grant - 1995,1997

Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006

Toronto Star Award, New Media and
JaguarSculpture Competition - 1991

Imperial Smelting and Refining Company of Canada
Metal Award 1991

Canadian Native Arts Foundation Scholarship - 1990

CURATORIAL

Faking History 1999 co-curated with
Reid Diamond, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON

Ghostwriters 2 1996 Mercer Union,
Toronto, ON

COLLECTIONS

~Canada Council for the Arts, Art Bank
~UBC, Museum of Anthropology
~Art Gallery of Peterborough
~Indian Art Collection, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
~Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts
~McMichael Canadian Art Collection
~Thunder Bay Art Gallery
~numerous private collections including HRH Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Japan

PUBLICATIONS

Tame, curated by Lise Hosein, 2006, MacLaren
Art Centre, Barrie, ON

Sanctuary, curated by IIli-Maria Tamplin, 2004,
Peterborough Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON

First Nations Artists in Canada, A
Biographical/Bibliographical Guide 1960 -
1999, 2001, Joan Reid Acland, the Gail and
Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in
Canadian Art, Concordia U., Montreal, QC

The Best Kept Secret in Montreal
curated by Ilga Leimanis, 2002, Leonard and
Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, QC

Transitions 2: Contemporary Indian and
Inuit Art of Canada,curated by Barry Pottle
and Ryan Rice, 2001,Indian Affairs & Northern
Development, Ottawa, ON

Beaver Tales, curated by Reid Diamond and
Marnie Fleming, 2000, Oakville Galleries,
Oakville, ON

staking LAND claims, edited by Patricia
Deadman and Paul Seesaquasis, 1999 Banff
Centre Press, Banff, AB

Ghostwriter, artists and authors of
Ghostwriters exhibition series, Mercer Union,
1998, Toronto, ON

Ornament and Object: Canadian Jewellery
and Metal Art 1946 - 1996
Anne Barros, 1997, The Boston Mills Press,
Toronto,ON

Grand Street 61 All-American, photoillustration
for The Republic of Tricksterism by
Paul Seesequasis, 1997, Grand Street Press,
New York, New York, USA

Everywoman's Almanac 92, 93, 94, 95, 98
Women's Press, Toronto, ON

Matriart, Vol. 2/No.1 1991, Vol.3/No.2 1992
Women's Art Resource Centre, Toronto, ON

Ma MacDonald, Joanne Arnott Author
Mary Anne Barkhouse illustrator, children's
literature, 1993, Women's Press, Toronto, ON

Brotherhood to Nationhood: George
Manuel and the Making of the Modern
Indian Movement ,Peter Fraser Author, Mary
Anne Barkhouse cover design and illustration,
1993 Between the Lines, Toronto, ON

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