More about David Merritt
EDUCATION
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (M.F.A.)
University of Western Ontario, (B.F.A., Gold Medal)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
2010 shim/sham/shimmy, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
shimmy, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
sham, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
2009 shim, Museum London, London, ON
2007 Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
2003 4 drafts, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON
2002 twix, TENT, CBK Rotterdam, Netherlands
2000 Recent Work, Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON. and Glenhyrst Gallery, Brantford,
Ont. (Art Gallery of Ontario, 'Artists with their Works Exhibition)
1999 passim, Galerie Articule, Montréal, QC.
1998 mater, Pittsburg State University Gallery, Pittsburg, Kansas
littera, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
1997 littera, Museum London, London, ON
1996 Present Tense: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1992 Unswept Room, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
1991 Common Knowledge, outdoor installation, McMaster University, Hamiliton, ON
1989 Machina Mundi, Galerie Articule, Montréal
1988 Magic Voice and Geometric Solids, Museum London, London, ON
1987 Personal Values, Exhibition and Permanent Installation, Embassy Cultural House,
London, ON
1985 Phantasiebildung, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
1983 Tides of History, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax
Imagining Life Below and Above the Horizon, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
1980 Compensation, YYZ Gallery, Toronto
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Contemporary Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Sudden Frost, Gallery Elissa Crystal, Vancouver
2008 Lola, Artists' Public Projects, London, ON
Michel Daigneault and David Merritt, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
Titles IV ,Forest City Gallery and Attic Books, London, ON
2006 Fray, Textile Museum of Canada and Koffler Gallery, Toronto
Du Côté de Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal
Writing on the Wall, Museum London, London, ON
2005 In Line, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
Beyond Bounds, Art in London 1970 – 87. Museum London, ON
Soft Passages, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON
Loose Ends/De Toutes Piéces, (Kai Chan, David Merritt and Martha Townsend),
Galerie Laine et Danny Taran at the Centre des Arts, Saidye Bronfman Centre,
Montréal
2002 Found Objects, (Kai Chan, Therese Bollinger, Ian Carr-Harris, Gunilla Josephson,
Jeannie Thib and Katja Jacobs), Case Studies, York Quay Gallery, Toronto.
2001 Dust on the Road: Canadian Artists in Dialogue with SAHMAT, Travelling Exhibition: Roundhouse, Vancouver, B.C.; Montréal Arts Interculturels, Montréal ; Galleria,London, ON
2000 The Single Tree, Museum London, London, ON
A Walk in the Woods (Spring Hurlbut, Peter van Teisenhausen, Kai Chan and David
Merritt), Burlington Art Gallery, ON
1999 Petal Pushers, Oakville Galleries, ON
Ellipsis,Hartnett Gallery, Rochester University, Rochester, NY
Koffler Gallery, Toronto
1998 texte-counter-text. Theilsen Galleries, London, ON
1996 International Artists Writing Reading Room, Sidestreet Projects, Santa Monica,
Small, as a Way of Working, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
1995 Storyland, Walter Philips Gallery, Banff, AB
1993 A Cup for a Cup, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
1992 Significant Details, Glendon Gallery, York University, Toronto
1991 Under a Canopy of Blue, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
1987 International Exhibition of Artist's Bookworks, Biblioteca Sormani, Milan
1986 Interpretation of Architecture, YYZ Gallery, Toronto
People, Places, Things, YYZ Gallery, Toronto
1985 Research and Discovery, Museum London, ON
1983 Locations/National, Organized by Mercer Union, Toronto, and
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
2005 “Deck the Halls”, exhibition review by Sarah Milroy, Globe and Mail, December 19,
“Nothing Is As It Was”, Review of Exhibition ‘Loose Ends/De Toutes Piéces’,
Julia Dault, National Post, Thursday February 10, p B7
“The Medium is the Mess”, Review of Exhibition ‘Loose Ends/De Toutes Piéces’,
The Gazette, Saturday February 26, 2005, p. W2
2004 Volume, A History of Unsound Art”, essay by Christof Migone, in Sound in
Contemporary Canadian Art, Volume:; ed. Nicole Gingras, Montreal: Artexte.
2003 Making Light, exhibition essay by Carolyn Bell Farrell, in Ephemeral Affinities, McIntosh Gallery Publication.
2001 Sights of Resistance, Canadian Art History; by Robert Belton; University of Calgary
Press.
1999 "Being There", review of 'passim' exhibition at Articule, Montréal, by Marcus Miller
in Hour, May 20.
'Degré zen', review of 'passim' exhibition at Articule, Montréal, by Lyne Chevier in
Ici, May 20.
Ellipsis, Koffler Gallery Exhibition Publication, Essay by Carolyn Bell Farrell.
'Cryptic Messages'; review of 'Ellipsis' project by Jennifer Angus, Artichoke, Summer.
'Ellipsis'; review of exhibition by Andy Fabo, Lola #4, 1999.
1998 'True Pace'; review of littera exhibition by Betsy Warland, Canadian Art. Fall.
'Remainder'; exhibition review by Jamelie Hassan, Lola #2, 1998.
littera, London Regional Art and Historical Museums/Southern Alberta Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue; Essays by Carol Laing and James Patten.
1997 'Present Tense: David Merritt', Exhibition Review by Patrick Mahon, Parachute 86.
1996 Present Tense: David Merritt, A.G.O. Publication, Essay by Christina Ritchie.
1994 'A Cup For A Cup', Review of Exhibition by Cyril Reade, Fuse, Winter.
1992 Unswept Room, Art Gallery of Windsor Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Vincent Vargas.
David Merritt, Unswept Room, Exhibition Review by Cyril Reade, Parachute 68.
'Significant Details', Exhibition Review by Sheena Gourlay, Parachute 69.
1988 'Magic Voice', Review of Magic Voice Exhibition, Goldie Rans, Vanguard, November.
'Recent Works of Wyn Geleynse and David Merritt', Essay by Robert Belton, Artpost.
Embassy Tabloid, Exhibition Publication Text by Debrann Eastabrook.
1987 'Encounters and Inquiries’, Exhibition Review by Stephen Cummings, Vanguard, April. 1986
The Interpretation of Architecture, YYZ Catalogue Essay by Andy Patton.
1983 'Imagining Life Below and Beyond the Horizon' review by Cliff Eyland, Vanguard, May.
COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank
Art Gallery of Ontario
McMaster Museum of Art
Oakville Art Galleries
Museum London
Art Gallery of Windsor
Air Canada
Embassy Cultural House