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Mitch Robertson

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2013

Never let the truth stand in the way of a good storySAAG, Lethbridge, AB

A Bit of LuckWoodstock Public Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON

New Work, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON

2012

A Bit of LuckWKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, ON

A Bit of LuckThames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON

2010

A Bit of Luck,Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON

2009

GVSB, Canadian Heritage Building, Toronto, ON

5,6,7: Economies of Good & EvilKenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2008

5,6,7: Economies of Good & EvilTom Thompson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

Up Helly Aa, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON

5,6,7: Economies of Good & EvilSt. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS

20075,6,7: Economies of Good & EvilOakville Galleries, Oakville, ON

5,6,7: Economies of Good & EvilPlug In Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

2006

GVSB, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, ON

2005

Winners & Losers, TrepanierBaer, Calgary, AB

2004

S&P 100, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON

2003

Some Days Are Better Than Others, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON

Original Copy, Arts Place Gallery, Annapolis Royal, NS

Landscapes, TrepanierBaer, Calgary, AB

Landscapes, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand

2002

Landscapes, High Street Project, Christchurch, New Zealand

Drake Hotel, One of 10 hotel room shows for TIAF Gala at the Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON

…and tomorrow the world, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, NB

Original Copy, Woodstock Public Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON

What Once Was, Solo Exhibition Space, Toronto, ON

Original Copy, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON

  1. Int. Ice Hockey Fed. Museum, (Museopathy), Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, ON

Stories for Grandchildren, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

2000

Stories for Grandchildren, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB

Stories for Grandchildren, eyelevelgallery, Halifax, NS

People I Know, High Street Project, Christchurch, New Zealand

People I Know, Platform, Melbourne, Australia

Redbird Paparazzi, The Physics Room, New Zealand

Stories for Grandchildren, RM3, Auckland, New Zealand

1999

Redbird Paparazzi, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, NB

Mitch Robertson 1974-1999, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, NB

Mitch Robertson 1974-1999, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

Mitch Robertson 1974-1999, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Redbird Paparazzi, Proposition Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

1998

famous, Galerie Dare-Dare, Montreal, PQ

famous, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2012 Travelling Wishing Well, Supercrawl, Hamilton, ON

2011 Modular Church, Toronto International Art Fair – special projects, Toronto, ON

2010 Art at Work, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON (curated by Geraldine Davis)

2009 Wish You Were Here, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON (curated by Katharine Mulherin)

2007 Group show, Spoke Club, Toronto, ON

2006 Storefront – Artist Multiples from the Library Collection, National Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2005 Group show, Koch und Kesslau, Berlin Germany

Samplesize, Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (curated by Kelly Mark)

Nothing From Nothing, Katherine Mulherin Gallery

2004 Contemporary Art from Joe Friday’s Collection, Carleton U. Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Outdoor Sculpture Biennale, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON

2003 Quoting Commercialism, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON

Past Standing, The Changing Room, Stirling, Scotland

Quoting Commercialism, Moosejaw Art Museum, Moosejaw, SK

  1. Group Show, Trepanier Baer, Calgary, AB

Group Show, Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON

Room + Board, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

Quoting Commercialism, Art Gallery of SW Manitoba, Brandon, MB

Quoting Commercialism, The Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB

2001 Room + Board, Galerie Dare-Dare, Montreal, PQ

Room + Board, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB

Room + Board, Proposition Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

Room + Board, Static, Liverpool, England

2000 257, collaboration with Kelly Mark, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto

Multiples Show, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

15 Minutes, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON

1998Group Show, Double Pleasure, New York, USA

Supermarket, Espace Forde, Geneva, Switzerland

Double Your Pleasure, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON

Articles & Media Related:

2010 Whyte, Murray. “Things I am glad to have not missed Part 1”, Toronto Star blog, June 17

Vaughan, RM. “Mitch Robertson at Birch Libralato” Globe & Mail, June 5

Jager, David. “How lucky can you get” NOW magazine June 3-9

2009 Algie, Jim.“Art Gallery Demystifies Religion” The Sun Times – Owen Sound, January 22

2008 Goddard, Peter. “Of butternuts and burning boats” Toronto Star, April 17

Sandals, Leah. “At The Galleries” National Post, April 5

Dault, Gary M. “Mitch Robertson at BirchLibralato” Globe & Mail, March 22

Landry, Mike. “Economies of Good & Evil” The Walrus –online, March 10

2007 Abramson, Stacey. “Good vs. Evil done in shades of grey” Uptown, Winnipeg June 7

Roberts, Lorne. “Exhibit Encourages Viewers To Search Out Answers” What’s On Winnipeg, May 31

Auyoung, Exan. “Interview” Bravo Television News, June

Sandals, Leah. “Religion in a Box”, National Post, May 25

2006 Dault, GM.“Colour Coded Messages”, Globe & Mail, June 9

2005 Vaughan, RM. “The Prime of Mitch Robertson”, Canadian Art Magazine, Spring

2004 Jager, David. “Art as a Tourist Trap“, Now Magazine, Sept 2-8

Dault, Gary M. “Salt & pepper people to shake us up” Globe & Mail, July 24

Dault, Julia. “Shaking up souvenir kitsch” National Post, July 22

Meditskos, S. “Questioning authentic travel experience in art” N. York Mirror, July 21

Osborne, Catherine. “Mitch’s 16th Minute”, National Post, Jan. 03

2003 Dault, Gary M. “World’s Greatest Satirist of Tourist Dreck”, Globe & Mail, Dec. 27

Jordan, Betty Ann. “Art Preview”, Toronto Life Magazine, December issue

Barnard, Elissa. “Two Rooms With a View”, Chronicle Herald, Oct. 5

Hirschmann, Thomas. “Wild Yonders” Now Magazine, August 14-20

Buckley, Craig. “Addressing Infrastructure…” Fuse Magazine (cover article), Vol.26 no.4 March

Campbell, Joanne. "Art Seen" Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, New Zealand, Feb. 13

  1. Mousseau, Sylvie. “Regard sur l’obsession de la gloire”, L’Acadie Nouvelle, Moncton, NB, Oct 4

Romann, Alfred. “Picture Imperfect” Sentinel Review, Woodstock, ON, Sept. 13

McIntyre, Sally. “Review”, The Package, Christchurch, New Zealand, April 18-24

Tousley, Nancy. “Sympathy, Empathy, Museopathy”, Canadian Art, Spring

Vaughan, RM. “Winter of Contentment”, eye magazine, Feb 7-13

Goddard, Peter. “Art by Numbers”, Toronto Star, Feb 2

Dault, Gary M. “When art imitates a postcard”, Globe & Mail, Jan 19

Shaw, Susan. “Tonight in TO.” Toronto Star, Jan 15

2001 Goddard, Peter. “Travelling Man” Hummingbird Centre PerformanceMagazine, Dec.

Redfern, Christine. “Riot at the Vernissage” Mirror, Oct 25

McVeigh, Jennifer. “Shelter in a suitcase” FFWD, Oct 18-24

Denniston, Stan. “Claims to Fame”. C Magazine #71, Sept.

Dyment, Dave. “About Face”. Lola #10, Sept.

Milroy, Sarah. “Please Mess With the Museum” Globe & Mail, July 28

Hanna, Deirdre. “Tall Tales” NOW magazine, July 26

Doyle, Sharon. “Going Against the Flow“ Macleans, July 9

Mehra, Sandra. “Kingston’s heritage sites are where the art is” Kingston Whig-Standard, June 22

2000 Arps, Dan. “Christchurch Roundup” LOG Illustrated, issue #10

Matotek, Jennifer. “N. American artists get their 15 minutes at the AGM” The Medium, Oct. 2

Bouchi, Camille. “De L’Avante-Garde a L’Arriere-Garde” Vie Des Arts, Spring

Usher, Robin. "Review" Virtual Buzz column, The Press, New Zealand, March 15.

Wright, Nik. "The Artstars Indy 500", Pressto, New Zealand, March

Hoult, Sarah. Radio Interview. Magnet RDU 98.3, New Zealand, Feb. 24

DeFrieze, Sonya. City Life talk show, New Zealand, Feb. 24

1999 Wawzonek, Donna. "Review" Lola (issue #5), Winter

Godin, Stephanie. "Red Bird Paparazzi, Y que c'est beau" Le Front, Oct 20-27

Mousseau, Sylvie. "Regardez-moi", L'Acadie Nouvelle, Oct 15

Saucier, Carole. "Artist Takes Unusual Steps…" Times & Transcript, Oct. 14

Whittacker, Rhonda. "Do-it-yourself Hype" Times & Transcript Editorial, Oct. 9

Smith, Colin. "Creepy Cuteness". Saint John Times Globe, Sept. 23

Douglas, JC. Broadcast. CTV Breakfast Television, Sept. 16

Woodsworth, Anne "Arts Report", CBC-TV News, Sept. 16

Kyte, Lindsay. "All He Ever Does Is Mitch, Mitch, Mitch" The Coast, Sept. 15-22

Barnard, Elissa. "Have Mugs, Will Travel" The Chronicle Herald, Sept. 12

Cranston, Marla. "Sensible Schmooze Column" The Daily News, Sept. 11

1998 Osborne, Catherine. “Keeping It Real” Broken Pencil, Winter

Wells, Mark. “Commercialism Takes Over Latitude 53” Gateway, Sept. 15

Sidhu, Sonny. Preview spotlight on “Wired”, A Channel TV, Sept. 9

Fones, Robert. “Toy Box Junkies”, C Magazine, September

Fitzpatrick, Andrea. “famous artstars” Lola, Summer

Dault, Gary M. “Mitch Robertson at the AGO” Globe & Mail, June 27

Gopnik, Blake. “famous artstars” Globe & Mail, May 16

Mark, Lisa Gabrielle. “Letter From Toronto” C Magazine, April 1998

Publications:

Lerner, Loren. “Rejection & Renewal: Art & Religion in Canada 1926-2010”, Journal of Canadian Art History, 2012

Dyment, Dave & Gregory Elgstrand. One For Me And One To Share, YYZ Books, 2012

Davis, Geraldine. Art at Work, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2011

Matijcio, Steven. “567: Economies of Good & Evil”, Plug In ICA & Oakville Galleries, 2007

Drobnick, Jim & Jen Fisher. “Museopathy”, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 2002

Reid, Chris. “Quoting Commercialism”, touring exhibition, 2002

Stories for Grandchildren”, self published, May 2001

Reid, Stuart. “15 Minutes”, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2000

Various writers. "Dialogue" West Space, Australia, 1999

Public & Corporate Collections:

McCarthy Tetrault Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin – Calgary University of Toronto Art Collection

Micro Target Media Edward R. Kelley & Partners

National Gallery of Canada Art Gallery of Ontario - E. P. Taylor Research Library

Concord Adex Macdonald Stewart Art Centre

TD Canada Trust Cambridge Club

Selected Artist Talks:

Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, February 2009 The Power Plant (on Simon Starling), April 2008

St. Mary’s University, March 2008 Plug In ICA, May 2007

York University, North York, February 2005 Koffler Gallery, North York, July 200

University of Toronto - Hart House, November 2003 Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON, October 23, 2003

Toronto Life “Young Collectors Group”, July 16, 2003

Residencies:

Open Studio Printmaking residency, Toronto, ON, January 2014

Gushul Studio, Blairmore, AB, June 2013

Pouch Cove Foundation, Pouch Cove, NL, July 2003