Joe Fafard
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Joe Fafard was born in Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan in 1942. He attended the University of Manitoba (BFA 1966) and Pennsylvania State University (MFA 1968). He was an instructor at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina from 1968-1974 and visiting lecturer at the University of California, Davis in 1980-1981.
One of Canada's leading professional visual artists, Joe Fafard has had exhibitions of a wide variety of work in galleries and museums across the country; he has been profiled in documentary films; and his work has been chronicled in numerous articles by the popular press and art historians alike. Recognized for his outstanding contribution to the arts in Canada, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981; awarded the Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Award in 1987; and received an Honorary Degree from the University of Regina in 1989. The Montreal Museum of Fine Art held an important exhibition in 1996-1997, entitled "Joe Fafard: The Bronze Years". The exhibition presented major sculptures by Fafard from the years 1983-1995.Birth: St. Marthe, Saskatchewan, 1942
Education
1968 - M.F.A., Pennsylvania State University
1966 - B.F.A. - University of Manitoba
Selected Solo Exhibitions2002 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "Miela"
2000 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario1998 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997 - Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta "20th Anniversary"
1996 - The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec "Joe Fafard: The Bronze Years"
Waterton Park Museum of Natural History, Waterton, Alberta "Sculpture in the Park"
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia "Joe Fafard"
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta "Plus: New Works"
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario "Celebrating the Retrospective"
1995 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "From the Domestic to the Majestic"
1994 - Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta "Joe Fafard: New Work"
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta "Joe Fafard: The Horse Show"
1993 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "Joe Fafard"
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario "Joe Fafard"
1992 - 49th Parallel, Gallery for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, New York
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia "New Work"
1991 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta "Joe Fafard"
1990 - Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario "Recent Bronze Sculpture"
Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, Illinois "Recent Bronze Sculpture"
1989 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "Joe Fafard"
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta "Joe Fafard"
1988 - Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario "Joe Fafard"
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1987 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "Joe Fafard"
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "Joe Fafard: Cows and Other Luminaries"
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan "Joe Fafard: Cows and Other Luminaries"
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1986 - joe moran gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "Drawing in Sand"
Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario "Joe Fafard"
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta "Joe Fafard, New Bronze Cows"
1985 - Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia "Joe Fafard, A Survey"
1984 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "Joe Fafard"
1983 - Brian Melnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba "Joe Fafard: Paintings"
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta "Open Secrets"
R.C. Dahl National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan
1982 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Galerie Don Stewart, Montreal, Quebec
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1981 - Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario
1980 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, California
1979 - Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Kesik Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1977 - Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1975 - Espace 5, Montreal, Quebec
Town Hall, Pense, Saskatchewan
1974 - Sheridan Gallery, Sheridan College School of Design, Mississauga, Ontario
1973 - University of Alberta Art Gallery and Museum, Edmonton, Alberta
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Glenbow - Alberta Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "A Souvenir Album of Joe Fafard's Pensees"
1972 - Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta "Joe Fafard / Ceramic Pictures"
1971 - Davis Art Centre, Davis, California
1970 - Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Selected Group Exhibitions2000 - SOFA NYC, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre,
Toronto, Ontario
1999 - SOFA NYC, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1998 - SOFA NYC, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York
1995 - Vieux Port de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec "Skulture"
1994 - SOFA, Sheraton Centre, Chicago, Illinois
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Art Fair Seattle, Seattle, Washington
Annual American Art Exhibition, San Francisco, California
1993 - Los Angeles International Art Fair, Los Angeles, California
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan "Auto Body Parts"
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta "Choice '93"
1992 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Los Angeles International Art Fair, Los Angeles, California
Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1991 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Los Angeles International Art Fair, Los Angeles, California
1990 - Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1989 - Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1988 - San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, California
Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago , Illinois
1987 - University of the Pacific Gallery, Stockton, California
Galerie Barbara Silverberg Contemporary Ceramics, Montreal, Quebec
1986 - Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Brussels, Belgium "Human Touch, A Touch of Fever"
Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Robson Square Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
1985 - Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, Toronto, Ontario
Legislature Building, Regina, Saskatchewan
Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
1984 - Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1983 - Canada House, London, England
1982 - London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
1981 - Students Union Art Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, California
1980 - Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1979 - University of Alberta Art Gallery and Museum, Edmonton, Alberta
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Glenbow - Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1978 - Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan - The Saskatchewan Art's Board Collection
1976 - Glenbow - Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta
Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1974 - The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Espace 5, Montreal, Quebec
1973 - Ontario Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
The Sensible Cup International Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan
Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
New York Cultural Centre, New York, New York
Musee d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1972 - Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
ACA Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1971 - Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Kitchener - Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1970 - Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
1969 - University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, Norman MacKenzie Art
Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Awards2002 - Saskatchewan Order of Merit
1989 - Honorary Doctorate, University of Regina1987 - Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Award
1981 - Order of Canada (Officer)
1977 - Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal
1974 - Canada Council Senior Grant
1967 - Canada Council Grant
1966 - Saskatchewan Arts Board Grant
Commissions
1997 - "Japan Cow", Japan Cow Museum, Japan
"Oskana-Ka-Ashteki", Regina Market Square, Regina, Saskatchewan
1996 - "Paskwanostos", Shaw Court, Calgary, Alberta
1993 - "Nurture Nature", Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
"Teevo", MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1992 - "Courage", Duck Lake, Saskatchewan
1990 - "Potter and Valadon", MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
"Energy Steeple", Wascana Energy Inc., Regina, Saskatchewan
1985 - "Cow", McCallum Hill Building, Regina, Saskatchewan
"Pasture", Cadillac Fairview, Toronto, Ontario
Selected Public and Corporate CollectionsNational Gallery of Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery
Canada Council Art Bank
Glenbow Museum
Edmonton Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Montreal Museum
MacKenzie Art Gallery
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Nova Corporation
Shell Oil Collections
Northern Telecom
Toronto Dominion Collection
Hart House, University of Toronto
