Howard Gerry
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Education:

1976 - 80            Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto:  A.O.C.A  (Honours)
Academic Appointments:

2004 - Present     Associate Professor, Faculty of Design, O.C.A.D, Toronto.
1986 - 2004        Associate Professor, Faculty of Foundation Studies, O.C.A.D, Toronto.
1984 - 92            Instructor: Experimental Arts Program, Sculpture / Installation Program, O.C.A.D, Toronto.
Exhibitions:

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2000     “After the Fall”, The J.M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto.
1994     “Succession”, Interference Hologram Gallery, Toronto.
1994     “Framework”, VU, centre d’animation et de diffusion de la photographie, Québec.
1993     “Framework”, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound.   
1993     “Framework”, Gallery 44, Toronto.
1993     “Excursions”, Interference Hologram Gallery, Toronto.
1988     “Howard Gerry - Selected Works”, Samuel J. Zacks Gallery, York University, North York.
1987     “Howard Gerry Photo / Sculpture”, The J.M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto.
1987     “Howard Gerry - Selected Works”, The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay.
1986     “Howard Gerry - Selected Works”, The Latcham Gallery, Stoufville.
1986     “Howard Gerry - Selected Works”, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg.
1986     “Howard Gerry - Selected Works”, City of Brampton Public Library and Art Gallery.
Two-Person Exhibitions:

1989     “Relative Constructions: Howard Gerry and Clarissa Inglis”, The Gallery / Stratford, Stratford.
1986     “Photo - Sculpture, Yvan Dutrisac and Howard Gerry”, Gallery 44, Toronto.
1982     “Howard Gerry and Clive D’Olivera”, A.C.T. Gallery, Toronto.
Selected Group Exhibitions:

2005     "Invitational Exhibition", Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto
2002     “20th Anniversary Exhibition”, VU, Québec , Québec
1997     “Camera Culture”, Liss Gallery , Toronto.
1993     “Le Regard Renversant”, (Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal) Occurrence, Montréal, Québec.
1992     “Fiat Lux”, Traveling Exhibition, Spain.
1991     “Parallel Allegories”, Museum of Holography, New York.
1991     “4th lnternational Exhibition of Holography”, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest, Illinois.
1991     “Censoring”, Interference Hologram Gallery, Toronto.
1991     “Holographic Works”, Here and Now Gallery, Toronto.
1990     “Artists in Residence”, Interference Hologram Gallery, Toronto.
1989     “Out of Bounds: Extending the Vision”, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1989     “The Assembly Line”, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg.
1985     “Sculpture - On The Lighter Side”, The Gallery and Library, Cambridge.
1985     “Experimental Arts Faculty Show”, Gallery 76, Toronto.
1985     “Private Image / Public Myth”, Public Image Gallery, New York.
1984     “Cats In Art”, Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe.
Awards:

2000    Ontario Arts Council:    Exhibition Assistance: J.M. Barnicke Gallery
1995    Ontario Arts Council:    Electronic Media
1993    Ontario Arts Council:    Holography Production
1993    Ontario Arts Council:    Exhibition Assistance: Power Plant
1992    Canada Council:            Holography Production
1992    Ontario Arts Council:    Holography Production
1982    Ontario Arts Council:    Materials Assistance Grant
1980    Experimental Arts Faculty Scholarship
1980    Ontario College of Art Scholarship
Public and Corporate Collections:

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.
Victoria College, The University of Toronto.
Unitel Corporation, Toronto.
Holotec Corporation, Spain.
Selected Bibliography:

Rae, Kate                       “Extending the Vislon”,Venue,  March / April 1995. Toronto.
Balfour Bowen, Lisa     “Flotation Devices”, Sunday Magazine, Toronto Sun, January 8, 1995.
Quine, Dany                  “Des holographies de Howard qui transcendent la technique chez Vu”,
                                        Le Soleil,  Quebéc, April 25, 1994.
Thorbjornsen, Lisa         “Light and Magic”, The Sun Times,  Owen Sound, October 9, 1993.   
Dagenais, Francine        “Immaterial Machines, Virtual Images”, Le Regard Renversant.
                                       (exhibition catalogue). Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Vox Populi, 1993.
Platana, Janette              “Howard Gerry: The Moment Between Time”, Artword, Number 16. Spring 1993, Toronto.                                           
Sandiford, Judith             Gallery Walkabout, Work Seen, Number 12, Spring 1992, Toronto.   
Taylor, Kate                   “About Art”, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, February 7. 1992.   
Carreton, Vincente         “Transits Of The Light, International Holography”, Fiat Lux 
                                        (exhibition catalogue) Caja de Ahorros de Asturias, Spain, 1991.   
Coleman, A.D                “Pictures as Fact and Opinion: Pictures From Canada”,
                                        The New York Observer,  New York, April 22, 1991.                                   
Creighton,Christopher    “Assembly Line: The extraordinary of the ordinary”,
                                         The Cobourg Star,  Cobourg, March 30, 1989.                                
De Bono, Norman          “Sculptor takes aim at cultural icons with wit expertise”,
                                        The Beacon Herald, Stratford, April 13, 1989.                                        
Freeman, Robert             “Howard Gerry”, Relative Constructions (exhibition catalogue),
                                        The Gallery Stratford, 1989.   
Bruineman, Margaret     “Contemporary Sculpture”, The Post , Lindsay, August 21, 1987.   
Xavier, Jules                  “Man uses studio clutter for artistic constructions”,
                                        The Guardian,  Brarnpton, March 12, 1986.   
Jackson, Teresa              “Artist has no lack of ideas.”,
                                       The Brampton Times, Brampton, March 10, 1986.
McLaren, Cessie            “Art work familiar, yet also ominous.”
                                       The Cobourg Star,  Cobourg, April 3, 1986.         
Moldofsky, Mitch          “In Review”, The Art Post,  volume 3, number 5 (May /June, 1986) pp.1.10.
Workshops and Invited Lectures:

1996    “Expanding the Dimensions”, Photo Educators Forum, Ryerson University, Toronto.
1995    “Into the Third Dimension”, Toronto Camera Club Lecture Series, Toronto.
1993    “Art and Evolution”, Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound.
1993    “Art and Evolution”, Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto.
1992    “Art As Identity”, with Brian Grison, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg.
1992    “Professional Practice”, Central Technical High School, Art Division, Toronto.
1990    “Dialogue”, lecture series, Interference Hologram Gallery, Toronto.
1989    “Art and Computers”, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario.
Moderator:

1992    “Aesthetics Amidst Technology”, Photon League of Holographers, Toronto.
1991    “Holography Now”, Photon League of Holographers, Toronto.
Artist In Residence:

1991    Photon League of Holographers. Toronto.
1989    Fringe Research Holographics Inc. Toronto.
Juror:

1994    Ontario Arts Council: Photography and Holography
1992    Ontario Arts Council: Holography
1992    A.I.R. Program: Fringe Research Holographics Inc.
1991    Ontario Arts Council: Holography
1990    A.I.R. Program: Fringe Research Holographics Inc.
1987    “Juried Drawing Show”, The Latcham Gallery, Stoufville, Ontario.
1986    “Ninth Annual Regional Exhibition”, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario.