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Shelley Adler
Born in Edmonton, Alberta
Education
- 1987 Master of Fine Arts, Boston
University
- 1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, York
University, Toronto
- 1982 Edinburgh College of Art,
Scotland
Selected Exhibitions
- 2015 Perspectives, Madison Gallery,
La Jolla, California
- 2014 The Nude Polaroids, Glenhyrst
Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford
Women Painting Women, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York
Body Language, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Solo Show
- 2012 Four Portrayls, J. Cacciola
Gallery, New York, Group show
Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Solo Show
- 2011 Eat Drink Man Woman, Art
Gallery of Mississauga, Group Show
Pulp Friction, Toronto, Solo Show
- 2009 Nicholas Metivier Gallery,
Toronto, Solo Show
- 2008 Blanche Volume 2: Painting,
MOCCA, Toronto, Group Show
The Figure, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London England, Group
Show
Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, New York, Solo Show
- 2006 Nicholas Metivier Gallery,
Toronto, Solo Show
Making Room, Harbourfront, Toronto
Home/Representation, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront,
Toronto
Dyan Marie Projects, Paint Jam, Group Show
- 2005 Nicholas Metivier Gallery,
Toronto, Group show
Loop Gallery, Toronto, Two person show
- 2004 Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto,
Group show
- 2003 State Gallery, Vancouver, Three
person show
Loop Gallery, Toronto, Two person show
- 2002 State Gallery, Vancouver, Solo
show
Loop Gallery, Toronto, Two person show
- 2001 Blackwood Gallery, University
of Toronto in Mississauga, Group show
- 2000 Gallery 418, Montreal, Group
show
Loop Gallery, Toronto, Two person show
- 1997 Blackwood Gallery, University
of Toronto in Mississauga, Group show
Meg Gallery, Toronto, Group show
- 1994 Samual J. Zacks Gallery, York
University, Toronto, Solo show
Here and Now Gallery, Toronto, Solo show
Koffler Gallery, Toronto
Canadian Painters
Bibliography
- 2014 Shypula,Brian. Glenhyrst Bares
It In New Exhibition, Brant News Sept. 5
- 2012 Sandals, Leah. Putting a Good
Face On It, National Post, Feb. 16
- 2011 Whyte, Murray. Painting is
Alive and Well, Toronto Star, May 24
- 2009 Balzer, David. Eye Weekly,
March 18
Butler, Shelley. Shelley Adler's Romantic Loneliness in Toronto,
Two Coats of Paint, March 18
- 2008 Milroy, Sarah. "Curatorial
celebrations? Try inventory stockpiles" Globe and Mail, Nov.
22
- 2007 MacKay, Gillian. "Character
Study: Shelley Adler's empathetic portraits in paint" Canadian Art,
Fall 2007.
- 2006 Dault, Gary Michael. "Exhibit
A, Full Frontal" The Globe and Mail, Sept. 22.
- 2005 Dault, Gary Michael. "The bliss
of the big faces" The Globe and Mail, Mar. 25.
Goddard, Peter. "The blank faces of a quiet revolution" The
Toronto Star, Mar. 31.
- 2004 Goddard, Peter. "Meeting the
Stars on the Rise" The Toronto Star, Jul. 31.
Osbourne, Catherine. "The Big Picture" The National Post, Jul.
24.
- 2002 Parry, Malcolm. The Vancouver
Sun. p.B3, Oct. 22.
Bennett, Diana. "Reading between the Sheets" Westender, Vancouver,
Oct. 24.
Dault, Gary Michael, "Moira Clark & Shelly Adler at Loop",
Globe and Mail, Feb 16.
- 2001 Dault, Gary Michael, "Mapping
the Landscape or the Face", Globe and Mail, May 26.
Millar, Sandy. "Artist Never Forgets a Face". The Mississauga
News, May 9.
- 2000 Paiement, Genevieve. "Meat is
Material" Mirror, Montreal, Oct .12.
- 1999 MacKay, Gillian. "The Way of
All Flesh". The Globe and Mail, Nov. 6.
- 1998 Hume, Christopher. "Young
Artists Learn to Exhibit Themselves" The Toronto Star, Oct.
18.
MacKay, Gillian. "Canadian, Eh!". The Globe and Mail, Oct.
17.
- 1997 MacKay, Gillian. "Capturing
Ecstacy". The Globe and Mail, May. 16.
C, Catalog essay by Catherine Osbourne pp. 6-7, May.
Selected Awards and Distinctions
- 1997 Drawing Award, Blackwood
Gallery
- 1986 Nan Foundation Graduate
Scholarship, Boston University