| Dennis Geden Dennis Geden is a Canadian artist, born in 1944 in Northern Canada. He is a graduate of Sir George Williams' School of Art, Montreal 1966. He began his career as a professional fine artist with a critically acclaimed series of solo exhibitions of paintings at La Cimaise Gallery, Toronton, in 1970, '71 and '72. Geden has benefited from arts funding grants from the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts. He continues to create, and has presented numerous commercial, alternate, and public gallery exhibitions. Dennis Geden spends time between London, UK and Toronto, Canada. He continues to maintain his primary studio in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. 
Dennis Geden in his Studio in North Bay, Ontario, 2000
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Geden's Studio in North Bay, Ontario, 2000
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| Biography | | 1944 | Born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada | | 1966 | Graduate of Sir George Williams' School of Art, Montreal | | 1972-73 | Commissioned to create a portfolio of ten colour lithographs in Paris, France (supported by the Canada Council) | | 1975-76 | Commissioned to create a sequence of five colour lithographs in London (supported by the Ontario Arts Council) | | 1976 | Commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario to create the 'Glacial Erratic Sculpture' on the campus of Canadore College and Nipissing University, North Bay (supported by the Ontario Arts Council) | | 1977 | Co-founder and active member of White Water (artist run) centre, North Bay | | 1987 | Juror, Grants to Individual Artists Adjudication, Ontario Arts Council | | Canadian Artist at Artists' Meeting, Studenica Monastery, Yugoslavia | | Member, advisory group examining the Evaluation Program, Ontario Arts Council | | 1988-89 | Research Assistant and Visiting Artist at the Slade School of Art, London | | 1989-94 | Director/Curator/Artist in Residence, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay | | 1990-93 | Member, Art Advisory Committee, City of North Bay Art Collection | | 1991 | Juror, Grants to Individual Artists Adjudication, Ontario Arts Council | | Organiser 'The Nipissing People', early photographs of residents of Nipissing Reservation, curated by Randy Sawyer, Indian Friendship Centre, North Bay | | 1991-93 | Member, Board of Directors, Visual Arts Centre, Toronto | | 1992 | Commissioned by the Government of Ontario to paint 'Building a Normal School' for the atrium of the Ministry of Correctional Services Headquarters, and 'Portage of a Pointer' for the entrance foyer of the North Bay and District Court House, North Bay | | 1993 | Adviser and Juror, Waterfront Sculpture Project, Les Compagnons des Francs Loisir (Francophone Community Centre), North Bay | | Artist in Residence at Fringe Research, Toronto, creating two hologram sculptures (supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council) | | 1994-95 | Co-founded and helped establish the Redpath Gallery, Vancouver | | 1996 | Curator (part time), The Redpath Collection, Vancouver | | Member, Fine Arts Advisory Committee, Georgian College, Barrie | | 1997 | Director/Curator/Artist in Residence, WKP Gallery, North Bay | | 1998 | Member, Advisory Committee examining funding procedures for Public Art Galleries, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario | | Member, Board of Directors, Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Toronto |
| Solo Exhibitions | | 1970/71/72/73 | La Cimaise Presents: Dennis Geden, La Cimaise Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | | 1977 | Current Work, White Water Gallery, North Bay Ontario | | 1979 | Current Work, White Water Gallery, North Bay Ontario | | 1980 | Dennis Geden, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario | | 1981 | Current Work, White Water Gallery, North Bay Ontario | | Dennis Geden, Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, Ontario | | 1983 | Current Work, White Water Gallery, North Bay Ontario | | 1984 | Dennis Geden: First London Exhibitions, Canada House, London and Redfern Gallery, London (curated by Griselda Bear and assisted by Canadian External Affairs) | | Watercolours of Canadian Artist Dennis Geden, Redfern Gallery, London | | Dennis Geden, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario | | Dennis Geden, K.A.A.I. Gallery, Kingston, Ontario | | 1985 | Dennis Geden, Le Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris (assisted by Canadian External Affairs) | | 1986 | Dennis Geden, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr, Scotland (assisted by Canadian Cultural Affairs) | | 1987 | Dennis Geden: Recent Painting, Ontario tour (curated by Pamela Krueger and toured to Laurentian University Museum and At Centre Sudbury; Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough; McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London; The Gallery and Library, Cambridge; Art Gallery of York University, Toronto | | 1991 | Dennis Geden: New Work from Canada, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr, Scotland | | Artist in Residence Exhibition, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay | | 1992 | Dennis Geden: New Work, Laurentian University Museum & Art Centre, Sudbury, ON (curated by Pamela Krueger) | | Dennis Geden: New Work from Canada, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON | | 1994 | Dennis Geden: Paintings, Redpath Gallery, Vancouver, BC | | Believing becomes Seeing: Dennis Geden, Hy Aisenstat Contemporary Arts Studio, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (curated by Edward Gibson) | | 1996 | Dennis Geden: New Works, Redfern Gallery, London | | 1996-97 | Go Figure: Dennis Geden, Retrospective Exhibition, Canadian tour (curated by Donald C Scott and Edward Gibson and organised by WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay ON). Toured to: WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, ON; Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste, Marie, ON; Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby BC; Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YUKON; Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, ON; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON | | 1997 | Expanded Go Figure: Dennis Geden, Retrospective and current work, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA | | Joan Ferneyhough Gallery, North Bay, ON | | White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON | | 1998 | Dennis Geden: Paintings, Joan Ferneyhough Gallery, North Bay, ON | | 1999 | Dennis Geden: New Work, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON | | 2000 | Dennis Geden, Redfern Gallery, London | | 2001-02 | Dennis Geden: From the Height of Land, exhibition of recent paintings touring to Public Galleries and Museums | | 2005 | Dennis Geden: New Works, Redfern Gallery, London | | Dennis Geden: Survey, Remy Toledo Gallery, New York City, USA | | 2008 | Dennis Geden: New Paintings, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, Canada | | 2009 | Dennis Geden: Paintings 2000 to 2009, a Survey, Mineta Contemporary, Brussels Belgium |
| Group Exhibitions | | 1976 | Seventh International Triennial, Haldenschulhaus, Grenchen, Switzerland | | 1978 | Strictly People Exhibition, tour of Canadian Government buildings in the United States (toured to: Canadian Embassy, Washington DC; Canadian Consulate, Atlanta, Georgia; Canadian Consulate, Boston, Massachusetts; Canadian Consulate, Chicago, Illinois | | 1984 | Intergrafik, Berlin, Germany | | Ontario Art on View, Ontario House, Brussels | | 1987 | Paintings of People, Memorial University Art Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland | | 1995 | Mysteries of the Flesh, Dome Tower, Calgary, Alberta (curated by Jeffrey Spalding and organised by Lethbridge University Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta | | 1996 | The Body, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver | | Gallery Moos, Toronto | | 1997 | Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON | | 1998 | Gallery Artists, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON | | 1999 | Winter, The Redfern Gallery, London, England | | 2000 | Summer Group Show, The Redfern Gallery, London, England | | 2001 | Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, England | | 2002 | Summer Group Show, The Redfern Gallery, London, England | | 2003 | Modern Art, The Redfern Gallery, London, England | | 2004 | Redfern Artists, The Redfern Gallery, London, England | | 2005 | Summer Show, The Redfern Gallery, London, England | | 2006 | Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario | | The Redfern Gallery, London, England | | 2007 | Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario | | 2008 | Mineta Contemporary, Brussels at Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario | | Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, England | | 2009 | Gallery Artists, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario |
| Collections | | Anderson Foundation, Buffalo, New York, USA | | Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France | | Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario | | Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario | | Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario | | Corvallis Collection, Oregon State University, USA | | Curwen Studio Archive, London | | Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC | | Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario | | Humber College, Toronto, Ontario | | Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario | | MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario | | North Bay Municipal Collection, Ontario | | Ontario Government Collection, Toronto, Ontario | | Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario | | Tate Gallery, London | | Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario | | Slade School of Art Archive, London | | WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, Ontario |
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