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BORN: Toronto, Canada, 1956
AWARDS:
2010 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition assistance Grant
2009 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
1993 Ontario Arts Council Visual Materials Grant
1990 Ontario Arts Council Visual Materials Grant
1989 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Painting Purchase
1989 Ontario Arts Council Visual Materials Grant
1984 Ontario Arts Council Visual Materials Grant
1980-81 Canada Council "B" Grant
1979-80 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
1977-78 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
1976-77 George A. Reid Scholarship (Ontario College of Art)
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo: Canadian
2009-10 Durham Public Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario; 'Transitions'
2007 Galerie Crescent Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec; 'From Da Vinci to Freud'
2005 Loch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; 'Layered Reality'
2003 Harriston-Minto Heritage Gallery, Harriston, Ontario; 'Dark Light,
Peering Into The Shadows'
1999 Commingle, Goderich, Ontario
1997 Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
1995 Joseph D. Carrier Public Gallery, Toronto
1993 Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1993 Roberts Gallery, Toronto
1990-91 Kitchener/Waterloo Public Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario;
catalogue
1992 Rodman Hall Arts Centre, National Exhibition Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario; catalogue
1989 Nancy Poole's Studio
1984 Rodman Hall Arts Centre, National Exhibition Centre; catalogue
1984 Nancy Poole's Studio; catalogue
1980 Nancy Poole's Studio
Group: Canadian
2011-2012 The Kingston Prize, Canada's National Juried Portrait Competition, Finalist; Kingston, Ontario; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario; Drummondville, Quebec
2011 The Black Dog Gallery, Thornbury, ON., 'Orchestra Series'
2011 'Bruno Capolongo Juried Invitational', Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts Gallery,.Hamilton,.Ontario, FCP Award of Excellence, First.Prize
2010-2011 'Best of the Contemporaries', Loch Gallery, Toronto
2010 'Where They Are Now! An OCADU Alumni Juried Exhibition', Art Square
Gallery, Toronto
2010 'Concepts and Canvas', Loch Gallery, Toronto
2010..'Common Ground: Community Art Project', Durham Art Gallery,
Durham, ON.
2009-2010..'Best of the Contemporaries', Loch Gallery, Toronto
2009-2010 The Kingston Prize, Canada's National Juried Portrait Competition, Finalist; Kingston, Ontario; Wolfville, Nova Scotia; Toronto, Ontario; Calgary, Alberta
2008 Loch gallery, Toronto; Summer Exhibition
2008 Loch Gallery, Calgary; 'Explorations in Realism'
2008 Loch Gallery, Toronto; 'Masterworks' , gallery artists
2008 Loch Gallery, Toronto; 2 new works
2008 'The Best Of The Contemporaries', Loch Gallery, Calgary, Alberta,
catalogue
2008 'The Best Of The Contemporaries', Loch Gallery, Toronto, catalogue
2007 Galerie Crescent Contemporain, Montreal; 'Introduction'
2007 Loch Gallery, Toronto; 'A Selection of New Paintings', Gallery Artists
2006 Loch Gallery, Toronto; 'Figure In Landscape'
2005 Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto; 'Portfolio Collection'
2003 Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener; "Maggio Artistico"
2002-03 "Identita: An Exhibition by Italian Canadian Artists; A Traveling
Exhibition", Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario, and
Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto;.catalogue
2002..Etobicoke Public Art Gallery, juried exhibition, Etobicoke, Ontario
(Best in Show Prize)
2002..Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener, Ontario, "Maggio Artistico"
2002..Marten Arts, Bayfield, Ontario
2001 Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2001 Etobicoke Public Art Gallery; juried exhibition, Etobicoke, Ontario
(Best in Show Prize)
2001 "Insights: A Juried Competion", Wellington County Museum, Fergus,
Ontario
2001 Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener, "Maggio Artistico"
2000 Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener; "Maggio Artistico"
2000 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Wellington County Museum, Fergus, Ontario; 'Fathers and Sons',
invitational
1999 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario
1999 "Insights: A Juried Competition", Wellington County Museum,
In association with the Elora Arts Council), Fergus, Ontario; Twentieth Anniversary Award
1999 Marten Arts Gallery, Bayfield, Ontario
1998 Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener; "Maggio Artistico"
1998 Wellington County Museum, Fergus, Ontario; Self Portrait Exhibition
1997 Marten Arts Gallery
1997 Nancy Poole's Studio; 8 new works
1996 Marten Arts Gallery
1996 Nancy Poole's Studio; 5 new works
1995 Marten Arts Gallery
1995 Nancy Poole's Studio;5 new works
1995 MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph, Ontario; juried
1994 Roberts Gallery; 5 new works
1993 Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario; juried
1993 Roberts Gallery
1992 "Insights: A Juried Competition", Wellington County Museum,
In association with The Elora Arts Council, Fergus, Ontario; second
place
1992 Roberts Gallery; Artists Choice
1992 Roberts Gallery; 4 new works
1991 "Insights: A Juried Competition", Wellington County Museum,
In association with The Elora Arts Council; first place
1991 Roberts Gallery; 6 new works
1989 Nancy Poole's Studio; 6 new works
1989 Nancy Poole's Studio; Invitational
1988 Nancy Poole's Studio; 7 new works
1988 Nancy Poole's Studio; 6 new works
1988 Nancy Poole's Studio; Spring Exhibition
1987 "Personal Vision in Landscape", The Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario;
catalogue
1987 "Aspects of Contemporary Realism", The MacIntosh Art Gallery,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
1987 Nancy Poole's Studio; 4 new works
1986 Nancy Poole's Studio; 6 new works
1985 Nancy Poole's Studio; 5 new works
1984 Nancy Poole's Studio; 5 new works
1983 The Art Gallery of St. Thomas-Elgin, St. Thomas, Ontario; juried;
purchase award
1983 Gallery 1667, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1983 Nancy Poole's Studio; 4 new works
1982 Nancy Poole's Studio; Tribute to Ontario College of Art Week; 6 new works
1981 City of Toronto Archives, Market Gallery; "Toronto... New
Perspectives-Old Reflections"
1980 Nancy Poole's Studio; 7 new works
1980 London Regional Public Art Gallery; International Print and Drawing
Exhibition; catalogue
1979 Nancy Poole's Studio; "Group Water Colour Exhibition"
1979 "Water Colour Painting in Canada: A Survey of Traditional and
Experimental Forms",
University of Waterloo, Kitchener; catalogue
1978 "Selected Drawings: The Figure"; McLaughlin Library, University of
Guelph; catalogue
1978 Nancy Poole's Studio; Summer and Winter Exhibitions
Group: International
1991 The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
1990 The Cooley Gallery
1989 "Artitudes", 7th International Art Competition, Art 54, New York, NY; prize
award
1984 Hall du Centenaire, National Museum of Monaco,
XVIII International Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Monte Carlo;
juried
1979 "A Canadian Start in Art", Canada House, London, England;
Invitational; catalogue
JUROR:
1993 Juror for "Insights: A Juried Competition", Wellington County
Museum, In association with The Elora Arts Council, Fergus, Ontario
2004_Juror for "A River Runs Through It", River Run Gallery, Neustadt,
Ontario
2007 Juror for 'Art On The Green', Guelph, Ontario
2011 Juror for 'Walkerton Branch Library Art Show', Walkerton, ON.
POSITION:
A full-time artist.
Founder and former Board of Director member of The Harriston-Minto Heritage Gallery.
Founder and former member of the Minto Arts Council.
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, Quebec
Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario
Corporation of the City of Toronto
The Art Gallery of St. Thomas-Elgin, St. Thomas, Ontario
Canada House, London, England
Imperial Oil Limited
Best Corporation, Toronto
Macdonald Stewart Art Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Wellington County Museum, Fergus, Ontario
The Colart Collection
* Numerous private collections throughout Canada, USA, and Europe
Listed in 'Canada's Who's Who', under Luciani, Tony
STUDIED:
1970-1974 Central Technical School, Toronto, art program
1974-1975 Sheridan Community College, Oakville, Ontario
1975-1977 Ontario College of Art, Toronto; fine art program
1977-1978 Ontario College of Art, 'Florence Off-Campus Program', post
graduate;.Florence, Italy
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