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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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