Doug Guildford artwork presented by Open Studio

Doug Guildford

My background is eclectic and unconventional.However, for the past 35 years I have been identified as a visual artist. My practice has changed considerably over the years, but has always been an earnest and considered response to my take on the world that I live in, and to my accumulating knowledge of the histories of art.

With a background in graphic work, I have sustained projects based on drawing and traditional print media. They have been at the core of my professional exhibition history. More recently, I have stretched the site-situational, and (print)-stallational thrust of my work towards more sculptural territory.

Graphic work continues to be an important part of both my process and my thesis.The vocabulary that has been distilled in the graphic work is manifested into the sculptural terrain.

Much of my time is split between my studios,in Toronto, and on the Atlantic coast of the south shore of Nova Scotia.Recently, I have taught sessionally in Drawing and Print Media by invitation at the Ontario College of Art and Design, the Toronto School of Art, and in the Fine Art and Art History Program at Sheridan College.I am an active member of Open Studio Printmaking Centre, and am represented by Edward Day Gallery.

Table of Unidentified Contents #13-16

11 x 9.5 Inches
Etching
$250 Unframed

Table of Unidentified Contents #37-#40

11 x 9.5 Inches
Etching
$250 Unframed

Unidentified #14

9.25 x 8.25 Inches
Etching and chine collé
$200 Unframed

Solstice Panel One

7 x 25 Inches
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$130 Unframed

Solstice Panel Five

7 x 25 Inches
Screenprint on Japanese paper
$130 Unframed

Spring Glossary #4

16.5 x 13 Inches
Etching
$750 Unframed

June Glossary #3

15.25 x 13 Inches
Etching
$750 Unframed

Spring Glossary #5

16.5 x 13 Inches
Etching
$750 Unframed

June Glossary #6

15 x 13 Inches
Etching
$750 Unframed

Please email the gallery to view more works by Doug Guildford.

Education
1969 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Dalhousie University,
            Halifax, NS
1980 Ontario College of Art (two years full-time study)

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007     (UPCOMING) Clarington Arts Centre, Bowmanville ON

2006     MARKING TIME-Excerpts from 21 Years of Screenprinted
                  Calendars, Open Studio, Toronto

2005     SALT WATER: RECENT ETCHINGS, Edward Day Gallery,
                   Toronto
            BAG, a site-specific installation, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

2003     TABLE of UNIDENTIFIED CONTENTS, Open Studio, Toronto
            SCRIBBLE, in collaboration with Lilianne Rodriguez,
                    Natural Light Gallery, Toronto

2002     SALVAGE, George Gilmour Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto
           LOW TIDE, Edward Day, Toronto

2001     SALT MARSH PRINTS, Spiral, Toronto

2000     QUICKSAND, The Japan Foundation, Toronto

1994      I FALL TO PIECES, Red Head Gallery, Toronto

Exhibiting since 1988

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006   FRAY, Textile Museum of Canada, and The Koffler Gallery,
                     Toronto
          POWER of 2, Clarington Arts Centre, Bowmanville ON
          KIWI GARDEN PROJECT, Perth ON

2005   ROGUE WAVE, a biennial convergence of site specific
               artworks on Toronto Islands.
          MODERN DAY MYTHS, Harbourfront Vitrines, Toronto
          FIBREWORKS (juried biennial), Art Gallery of Peterborough, ON

2004   FIBREWORKS (juried biennial),  Cambridge Galleries,
               Cambridge, ON.
          TSA FACULTY SHOW,  the Spoke Club, Toronto, ON

2003    CA>PE: Canada’s Open Studio, Galleria Juan Pardo Heeren,
                LIma, Peru
          ILLUMINATED WASHI,  Toyota Gallery, Paris, France
          INSIDE OUT, Atlantic Center for the Arts,  New Smyrna Beach,
                Florida, USA
          THE POWER OF PLACE, the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and
                 Labrador
          FLUX-THE WATER PROJECT, Edward Day Gallery,  Toronto

2002   GREAT CANADIAN PRINTMAKING COMPETITION awards and
                honourable mentions.
          PEACE WALL, Edward Day, Toronto

2001   PRINTWORK, Edward Day, Toronto

2000   READING THE FACE: APPEL, GUILDFORD,
                HADSIHASANOVIC, Library Gallery, Cambridge, ON
          REDROSPECTIVE, Red Head Gallery, Toronto
          PRINTS, Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON

1999    SOME SUBTLE SYMPATHY, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
          TIME:BEING, Gallery One 2 One, Toronto

1998    MANIFEST DESTINY, Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON
           DECEMBER, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
           EBB AND FLOW, Simcoe Gallery, Toronto

1997    PAPERBACKED/PAPERBOUND, Blackwood Gallery (U. of T.),
                Mississauga, ON

1996     EXQUISITE CORPSE, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
            IN SYNC: CANADIAN ARTISTS USING WASHI, Inomachi,
                Kochi, Japan and The Japan Foundation, Toronto

1995      ARTISTS’ BOOKS, North Winds Gallery, Woodstock,
                 New Hampshire, USA
             THE FACE SHOW, York Quay Gallery, Toronto
             NEW PRINTS, Prime Gallery, Toronto

Selected Commissions
2000       Literary Review of Canada, vol. 8, #4, May 2000 drawings
                       featured throughout issue.
1986-06   21 consecutive Annual portfolios of screen prints
                      (21 calendars)
1994       Commission to create a Memorial Wall for Buddies in
                      Badtimes Theatre

Grants, Awards
2003   Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York
          Canada Council, Travel Grant
          Ontario Arts Council
          Toronto Arts Council

2002   Open Studio, Toronto, Nick Novak Scholarship

1999   First Place in The Great Canadian Printmaking Competition

2000   Canada Council
          Toronto Arts Council

1998   Canada Council
          Ontario Arts Council
          Toronto Arts Council

1997   Ontario Arts Council

1996   Canada Council

Selected Collections
Canada Council Art Bank
Ernst and Young
Baffin Island Printmaking Coop
Fidelity Trust
Canadian Environmental Law Association
Open Studio
Humberside Collegiate
St. Michael’s Print Shop. St. John’s, Nfld.
Numerous private collections

Lectures, Residencies, Etc.
2005-06     Sheridan College, Art and Art History :Print Media-
                      intro to 4th year

2004-06     Ontario College of Art and Design sessional: printmaking
                      and drawing, Faculty of Art

2003-06     Toronto School of Art Etching instructor

2004         Ontario College of Art and Design visiting artist slide lecture
               Master-printer for Hannah Claus, Open Studio visiting artist

2003          Invited Associate Artist (residency) at Atlantic Center for
                       the Arts,  Florida, U. S. A
2002         McMaster University visiting artist slide lecture
               Invited Visiting Artist (residency) at St. Michael’s Printshop,
                      St. John’s, NFLD
                 St. Michael’s Printshop visiting artist slide lecture
               Edward Day Gallery public slide lecture

2000         Partnered with First Nations artist, Tim Trudeau, conducted
                      stamp-carving workshops at Name Rez, a native men’s
                      hostel (Toronto) in preparation for a street art project,
                      organized by Art Starts.

1994         Fanshaw College, London, ON, 3rd year print making class,
                      six weeks replacement teaching

1993         Shadowland for Carribana, Toronto participated in mas’ camp,
                      created and performed major character.