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DARLENE COLE

Education

1995 – 93 Masters of Fine Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Painting Major, Drawing Minor

1993 – 89 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON Painting Major, Printmaking Minor

Awards and Grants

Arts in Academics, Celebrating 50 years, University of Waterloo, 2007

Visual Arts Individual Grant, Ontario Arts Council, 1997

Best in Show Award, Landmarks: Time or Place, The Station Gallery, Whitby, 1995

AT&T Global Information Solutions Canada Ltd. Award, 1995

Endowment Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 1995

First Prize, Gallery 306, Toronto, 1994

D.L. Stevenson & Sons Artists Colour Mfg. Co. Ltd. Award, 1994

Honourable Mention, Gardens: Our Earthly Inspirations, The Station Gallery, Whitby, 1994

Liquitex Excellence in Art University Award, 1994

Merit Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 1994

Selected Collections

Borden & Elliot Barristers and Solicitors, Toronto

Julian Jacobs Architects, Toronto

Fairmont Hotels &Resorts, Toronto, Montréal

The K. F. Prueter Collection of Canadian Art, Etobicoke

Waterous Consulting Inc., Calgary Manulife Financial, Toronto

Commissions

Royal York Hotel, Toronto, ON

Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, QC

Bibliography

Mike Landry, “Window Seat”, Things of Desire, alt-art blogzine, Volume 1, Number 16, 2008

Julie Glick, “Darlene Cole”, Audio Interview, Mass Art Guide, 2008

Heather Black, “Featuring Darlene Cole”, Westmount Independent, July 15-16, 2008, p. 15

Gary Michael Dault, “Darlene Cole: From the Annals of Reverie,” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, 2007, catalogue

Tyler Benedict, “Razzle Dazzle”, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, 2006, catalogue

L. Channell and G. Cole, “Sometimes”, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, 2005, catalogue

Betty Ann Jordan, “Artist File: Working with Romantic Tones and Muted Imagery, Painter Darlene Cole conjures Childhood Innocence and the Magic of Music,” Canadian House & Home Magazine, November 2005, pp. 110-112

Carol Podedworny, “Chant”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, 2003, catalogue

Carol Podedworny, “Interrupted Viewing”, University of Waterloo, 2001, brochure

“Meet the Artists”, Parkhurst Exchange, Vol. 7, No. 6, June 1999

Betty Ann Jordan, “Dynamic Downtown Art”, Where Toronto, February, 1999

Betty Ann Jordan, “Fast Forward,” Canadian Art, Fall 1996

Virginia MacDonnell, “Taking the Institution Out of Art”, Artfocus, Winter 1996, photograph

Upcoming Exhibitions

• Dec 2011 Vintage Suite, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON

Exhibitions

• 2011 Story Heart,  Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
•  from the circus for love,  Foster/White Gallery, Seattle
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• 2010Canopy, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Curtain Call,  Whitby Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
•  Velvet Carousel,  Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
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• 2009 Acoustic Cameo,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•  Music Box,  Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
•  Little Window,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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• 2008 Window Seat,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•  Painted Rooms,  Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
•  Rosewater,  Foster White Gallery, Seattle
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• 2007 Candy Curtain,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Lucky Curtain,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
•  where the clover grows wild, Galerie de Bellefeuille, QC, catalogue
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• 2006 Glitter,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Razzle Dazzle,  Galerie de Bellefeuille, QC, catalogue
•   Some Sweet Day,  Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
•   Roam,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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• 2005 Crimson,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Childhood Revisited,  Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON
•   Sometimes,  Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC, catalogue
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• 2004 Holiday,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Hush,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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• 2003 Chant,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON, catalogue
•   Fable,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
•   Group Show,  Susan Street Gallery, California
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• 2002 Chapter,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
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• 2001 Accompany,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Costume,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
•   Rumble & Chatter,  Darlene Cole / Dana Holst, University of Waterloo
•   Art Gallery,  Waterloo, catalogue
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• 2000 Chatter,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   2000 Bugs, Group show,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   white with heavy make-up,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
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• 1999 Pairs – Darlene Cole & Brian Kipping,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Monotypes / Monoprints – Gallery Artists,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Private Drawings – Gallery Artists,  Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Under Forty,  Art Gallery of Ontario Art Rental, Toronto, ON
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• 1998 Still,   Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
•   Intermission,   Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
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• 1997 Secret,   The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
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• 1996 Passages,  Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON
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• 1995 True to Form,  From a Pit Collective, Toronto, ON
•   Landmarks: Time or Place,   The Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
•   Conversation (Piece),   University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
•   University of Waterloo Fine Art Faculty Exhibition,   The Gallery/Stratford, ON
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• 1994 ImPrint,  The Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
•   Voices,   University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
•    Gallery 306, Toronto, ON
•   Gardens: Our Earthly Inspirations,   The Gallery/Stratford, ON
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• 1993 MFA Group Show, University of Waterloo,  Waterloo, ON
•   Art for Earth’s Sake,   The Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
•   BFA on View,   Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
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• 1992 Gulf Canada Exhibition,   Alberta Printmakers Society, Calgary, Catalogue

Art Fairs

• 2005-2010   International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
• 2008  Red Dot, New York, NY
• 2007-2008  Palm Beach Art Fair, Florida