Ken Danby

Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

Solo Exhibitions:

2005                     

Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery and Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York

2004                     

"Land, Water & Light: Landscapes" Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto

Ken Danby: Canadian Icon, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ONT

2002                     

"Earth, Sky & Water: Landscapes" Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

Ken Danby: Paintings 1960-2000, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ONT

Chapleau Nature Festival, Chapleau, ONT

2001

The Art of Ken Danby, Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB

Ken Danby & 99: The Great Farewell and related studies, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

2000

Trail 2000, Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB

Rails' End Gallery, Haliburton, ONT

1999

Ken Danby: True North, South River Festival of the Arts, South River, ONT

Manitoba Art Expo, featured artist, Winnipeg, MB

1998

Ken Danby: New Paintings, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto, ONT

1997                     

Retrospective: Drawings and Watercolors, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT

1990

Graphic Retrospective, Harris Gallery of Fine Art, Ottawa, ONT

1987

25 Year Retrospective, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ONT

1986                     

Halton Hills Cultural Center, Georgetown, ONT

1985                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

Graphic Retrospective Exhibition, Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art, Vancouver, BC

1983          

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

Gallery Mihalis, Montreal, QC

America's Cup Gallery, Newport, RI

1980-82

Graphic Retrospective Exhibition, organized by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and traveling throughout Canada

1980                     

DeVooght Galleries, Vancouver, BC

1979                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1978                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1976                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1975                     

Galerie Allen, Vancouver, BC

Damkjar-Burton Gallery, Hamilton, ONT

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

Algoma Arts Ffestival, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT

Walz Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT

1974-75

Retrospective Exhibition organized by the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, traveling throughout Southern Ontario

1974                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ONT

Galerie Moos, Montreal, OC

1973          

Continental Art Agencies, Vancouver, BC

Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg, MB

William Zierler Gallery, New York, NY

1972                     

Nancy Poole Gallery, London, ONT

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

William Zierler Gallery, New York, NY

Images Gallery, Toledo, OH

1971                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1970                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1969                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

Cologne Kunstmarkt, Germany

1968                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1967                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1966                     

Galerie Godard Lefort, Montreal, QC

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1965                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1964                     

Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

1961                     

Pollack Gallery, Toronto, ONT

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2004-5                     

21st Century Realism, General Electric Company Corporate Art Program, Fairfield, CT

2004                     

Art Miami, Miami, FL

2003                     

Snow, Paintings of Winter, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

Hot Water, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

Contemporary American Realism VI, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2002                     

Historic Sites & Structures, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

Night & Day, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

Guelph 2002, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ONT

Gallery on the Lake, Buckhorn, ONT

2001                     

"2" – Second Year Group Show, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

Re-representing Realism V, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY

2000                     

Fragile Embrace, Burlington Art Center, Burlington, ONT

1999                     

The Sporting Life, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ONT

1997                     

Our Hockey Legends, Bruce County Museum, Southampton, ONT

1996-7                     

They Shoot… They Score / Ils Lancent et Comptent, Exhibition of Original Art & Hockey Artifacts, The Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC

1996                     

Wildlife, The Koffler Gallery. Koffler Center of the Arts, North York, ONT

Celebration of Jerusalem's 300th Anniversary, International Conference Center Jerusalem, Israel

1993                     

Group Exhibition, ACA Galleries, New York

1985                     

A Celebration of Amateur Sports, Queen's Park, Toronto, ONT

1982          

Four Canadian Realists, Gallery Moos, Calgary, AB

Canadian Contemporary Printmakers, Bronx Museum of Fine Art, New York

1981                     

Champions of American Sport, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; subsequently toured Chicago, Los Angeles, New York

Canadian Treasures – 25 Artists, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ONT

1980                     

Canadian High Realism, Bayard Gallery, New York

Contemporary Drawings and Watercolors, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

1979                     

The Work of Art, Realism, Factory 77, Toronto, ONT

20th Century Drawings, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ONT

1977-78          

Aspects of Realism, traveling exhibition organized by Rothmans of Canada Ltd., circulated throughout Canada

1977                     

Works of Paper from the Art Bank, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, ONT

1976                     

III Bienal American des Artes Graphics, Cali, Columbia

Washart 76, First International Art Fair, Washington, DC

Four Ontario Realists, Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ONT

National Art Museum of Sport, Madison, Square Garden, New York

1974                     

Canadian Cultural Center, Paris, France

Canadian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium

Canada House Gallery, London, England

Canadian Consulate, New York

Oklahoma City Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Selections in Contemporary Realism, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH

Four Hyper-Realists, Canadian Cultural Center, Paris, France

Traveling exhibition: Paris, Brussels, London and New York

Aspects of Realism, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

The Acute Image in Canadian Art, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University Sackville, NB

1973                     

6th International Triennial of Colored Graphic Prints, Grenchen, Switzerland

II Bienal Americana de Artes Graphicas, Cali, Columbia

1972                     

3rd British International Print Biennale, Bradford, England

Hyper-Realists Americains, Galerie des 4 Movements, Paris, France

Silk Screen: History of a Medium Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1971                     

Biennale des Jeumes, Paris, France

1st International Graphics Mart, Zurich, Switzerland

Man and His World Exhibition, Montreal, QC

1970                     

Third International Drawings and Watercolors Exhibition, Darmstadt, Germany

Survey 70 – Realism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ONT and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC

Group Exhibition, Cologne Kunstmarkt, Germany

Canadian Print Exhibition, Carleton University, Ottawa, ONT

1969                     

Magical Realism in Canada, University of Guelph, Guelph, ONT and University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ONT

20th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Hamilton Hamilton, ONT

1969                     

Prize Award Winners, 1908-1965, Spring Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC

1966                     

Magical Realism in Canadian Art, London Art Gallery, London, ONT

1966                     

Canadian Watercolors, Drawings and Prints, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ONT

C.I.L. Collection Exhibition, O'Keefe Center, Toronto, ONT

1965                     

Canadian Prints and Drawings Exhibition, Cardiff Festival, Wales

New Trends in Canadian Painting, Agnes Etherington Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston, ONT

1964                     

Drawings and Watercolors, Gallery Moos, Toronto, ONT

The Canadian Society of Graphic Art 31st Annual Exhibition, Agnes Etherington Arts Center, Queen's University, Kingston, ONT

Spring Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolors, The National gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ONT

24th Western Ontario Exhibition, London, ONT

1962                     

Four Seasons Exhibition, Toronto, ONT

Membership & Service:

1999                     

Honorary membership: Drawing Society of Canada

1994                     

Reappointed: Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Canada (1.5 years)

1991                     

Appointed: Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Canada (3 years)

1988                     

Reappointed: Board of Directors, Canada Council (3 years)

1986                     

Appointed: Board of Directors, Toronto Arts Award Foundation (3 years)

Appointed: Board of Directs, Canadian Center for Advanced Film Studies (2 years)

1985                     

Appointed: Board of Directors, Canada Council (3 years)

1975                     

Elected: member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

Selected Awards & Honors:

2002
Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal

2001
Member of the Order of Canada
Order of Ontario

2000                     

Selected as a Champion of the Great Lakes Heritage Coast by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Nominated for Canada's Walk of Fame

1997                     

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, Algoma University

College, Laurentian University

1995                     

Award of Merit, City of Sault Ste. Marie, ONT

1992                     

125th Anniversary Commemorative Medal of Canada

1983                     

Ontario UNICEFF Medal

1981                     

Invited to the White House by President Ronald Reagan

1978                     

Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal

1977                     

Award of Merit, City of Guelph

1976                     

First recipient of the R. Tait McKenzie Chair for Sport, National Center of

Sports & Recreation, Ottawa, ONT

1964                     

Jessie Dow Award, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Editions Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition