2022
Draw- What is contemporary drawing - Galerija Umjetnina, Museum of Fine Arts and Gallery of The Multimedia Cultural Centre, Split, Croatia, July 5-Aug.25, 2022
2021
Drawing Time ( animation), Experimental Superstars 7, Novi Sad, Serbia
Drawing Time (animation), Finalist, MicroMania Film Festival, Buffalo, N.Y
Drawn: Concept and Craft, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, SECCA, North Carolina - 8 animations, Sept. 2020-Feb. 2021
2020
Vastlab Experimental Festival, Los Angeles, CA
"Cats Dream of Water", Official selection , Micromania Film festival, Buffalo , New York
2015-16
Kaleidescopic Animalia, Glenbow Museum,Calgary, Alberta, group
2014
Erosion of a Mineralogist (Time Hunter), Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON, solo
2010
Ticket To Ride , University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo,ON, CA, group show
Survey Select- Narrative Art , The Wonderbread Factory,San Diego, CA, group show, Catalogue
Sequential Desire, Thames Art Gallery , Chatham, ON, group show, Catalogue
2009
Sequential Desire, group show, Art Gallery of Algoma,Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Sequential Desire, group show, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario (Touring exhibition)
2008
Darwin's Ghosts(Older than dirt), Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, U.S, solo
Through The Looking Glass, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, group
Carte Blanche: Volume 2: Painting: MOCCA, Toronto,ON , group
Buildup, Ottawa Art Gallery, Dan Kennedy, Juan Carlos Noria, Michele Provost, Carol Wainio, Wendy Walgate, Wayne White, Ottawa, ON
The Big Gift: Calgary Celebrates Art from Canadians, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Sequential Desire (Evolution of the Animation Cel), group show,W.K.P Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON (touring exhibition)
Appropos, Edward Day Gallery, group show, Toronto, Ontario
Spitting Image, Galerie Art Mur,Montreal, Que., group show
2007
Lost in The Echo, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON, solo
2006
Dust of Oblivion, Jonathan LeVine Gallery,New York, NY, solo
Friendly Fire, Berman-Turner Projects, Ray Caesar, A.J.Fosik, Dan Kennedy, Jonathan Weiner,Santa Monica, California
The Voice Mansion (Yammerhead's return), Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, ON, solo
2005
Kidnapped, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON, solo
2004
Foreverland, C-Pop, Detroit, Michigan, solo
2003
Factory Broken Melody, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON, solo
Brilliant Disguise, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver B.C., solo
2002
Shack of Deals, Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, ON, solo
Dark Side of Happy, group show, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON
2001
Harvest, Sable-Castelli Gallery,Toronto,ON, solo
2000
Widescreen, Sable-Castelli Gallery,Toronto,ON, solo
Intermission, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, B.C, solo
Anti-Aging, Dan Kennedy and Homer Watson, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, ON
Caught, Dan Kennedy, Bonnie Lewis, Niagara Artists Company (N.A.C.), St. Catherines,ON
1999
Phantom Empire, Perpetual Crisis,Hamilton Artists Inc., ON Catalogue Essay, John Massier, solo
1998
Deluxe, group show, Lonsdale Gallery, Tor.,ON
1997
White Water Gallery, Group Show, North Bay, ON
1994
In a Language of Distance (Whispering Pines Motor Inn),White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON, solo
AWARDS
Ontario Arts Council Grant- 2013, 2010, 2007, 2005, 2003, 1997,1993
Canada Council, B Grant- 2004, 1998, 1996
Canada Council, Project Grant- 2007, 1995, 1994, 1991
Toronto Arts Council Grant- 2001,1999,1996
Canada Council Travel Grant-2006
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant-2014, 2010, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2000, 1999, 1997
Governor General Medal, O.C.A - 1983
Education
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON - (AOCA Diploma)-1978-1983
Governor General Medal, O.C.A - 1983
Collections
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG), Waterloo, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Private collections in Canada, U.S. and the U.K.
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