INDEX
Colleen Wolstenholme
damncontrol@usa.net
Education
Master of Fine Art
1994 State University of New York, the College at New Paltz
Metals
Bachelor of Fine Art
1986 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Studio and Craft majors, minor Art History
Professional Experience
2010 New York University, part time faculty, Steinhardt School of Art and Art Professions, 3 terms
2006 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, part time faculty, Sculpture Dept., 1 term
2005 St Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, part time faculty, 1 term
2004/5/6 Maine College of Art, Non-Residency MFA studio instructor, 2 years
1996 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, part time faculty, Jewelry Dept., 3 terms
1993/4 DIA Center for the Arts, New York, NY, installation crew, 2 years
1991 SUNY, The College at New Paltz, adjunct faculty, Metals Dept., 1 term
2004 Canada Council mid-career production grants to artists
1998-9 grunt gallery, Board Member, Vancouver, British Columbia
2008 to present Khyber Arts Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2011 Synaesthesiac curated by Ivan Jurakic
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo Ontario, September 15 – October 29
2011 Represent!
Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, September 3 – October 22
2010 Aniconia
Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, January 12 – February 27
2007/8 A Divided Room curated by Pan Wendt
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario, September 6 – November 2
Confederation Center for the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI, December 9 – March 21
2007 ICON curated by Alexandra Keim
Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, March 29 – June 20
2006 Iconophobia curated by Ivan Jurakic
Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario, January 21 - March 5
2005 Intercession
Encomium Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, June 8 – July 11
2002 “AH”
Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario April, 13 - June 8
1999 Pharmacopoeia
Hamilton Artist’s Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, April/May
1998 Pills
grunt gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, May/June
1996 Patience
Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June/July
2/3 Person
2004 Greg Forrest, Colleen Wolstenholme, Jonathon Forrest curated by Isa Spalding
Encomium Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, December 4-February 4, 2005
2004 Placebo: Helen Cho, Colleen Wolstenholme curated by Lorna Brown
Artspeak, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 12 – July 16
2002/3 Gill / Wolstenholme curated by Ray Cronin
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Aug. 3, 2002 - Oct. 31, 2003
2000 Desire: Greg Forrest, Lauren Schaffer, Colleen Wolstenholme curated by Ray Cronin
Confederation Center, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, April 9 - June 4
St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 10 - Nov. 12
Group
2011 Please Lie to Me curated by Rheal Olivier
Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, November 5 – December 17
2011 Synaptic Connections: Art and The Brain curated by Dale Sheppard
Art gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 23 – January 29 2012
2011 Pharmakon curated by Marcel O'Gorman
Critical media Lab, Kitchener, Ontario, September 22-25
2011 Momento Mori / Bone Again
Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, March 12 – April 23
2010/11 It Is What It Is curated by Josee Drouin-Brisbois
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, November 6 – April 10 2011
2008/9 Arena: The Art of Hockey curated by Ray Cronin
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 5 – June 8
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, October 4 2008 – January 9 2009
Just for Laughs Museum, Montreal, P.Q., January 23 – April 19 2009
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON, September 9 - November 1 2009
2009 Heartland curated by Jeffrey Spalding, TIAF, Toronto ON October 22 – 27 2009
2008 When the Mood Strikes us curated by J.J. Kegan McFadden
Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 12 – October 24
2007/8 Pictured: Image and Object in Canadian Sculpture curated by Ray Cronin
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 8 – March 24
2005 Constitution curated by Lynn Acoose
Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, June-August
2005 The Watcher curated by Isa Spalding
Encomium Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, February
2005 Appearances: New Work from Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, January-February
2004 Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, March 14 – April 25
2003 Container curated by Stephen Holmes
Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, Oct. 4 – Jan.3, 2004 ,
2002/3 Sobey Art Award: 2002 shortlist exhibition
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dec. 5, 2002 - Feb. 2003
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario, Nov. 15-Dec. 21 2003
2002 Eleven Bulls: 15 Artists
ProjectGreen, 106 Green Street, Brooklyn, New York, July 27 - Aug. 11
2002 Surface Tourist
15 Cecile Park, Crouch End, London, UK, June 21-25
2001 Art and Music Memorabilia
Horse Hospital Gallery, London, UK, Nov. 19-24
2000 The Time Machine: Sculpture in the 20th Century curated by Robin Peck
The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, June 6 - Sept. 20
1994 From the Cabinet of Maxwell M. Fisch
Max Fisch, Ludlow Street, New York, NY, August
1992 The Armory Show
Dutchess County Arts Council, Poughkeepsie, NY, June
1991 Talentborse Handwerk
Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany, March
Selected Bibliography
Cronin, Ray, Randolph, Jeanne, Wendt, Pan, Sugar and Spice, Canada: Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2008
Cronin, Ray. “Sculpture and Other Provocations: The Artful Subversion of Colleen Wolstenholme”, Border Crossings, issue 102, May 2007
Eichhorn, Virginia. “Colleen Wolstenholme, Iconophobia”, Espace 77, Fall 2006
Millar, Joyce. Contemporary Canadian Sculpture, the Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada, 2006
Jurakic, Ivan. Iconophobia, exhibition catalogue essay, Cambridge Galleries, 2006
Peck, Robin. “Endless Columns”, Espace 73, Fall 2005
Peck, Robin. Sculpture: A Journey to the Circumference of the Earth, Canada: Broken Jaw Press, 2004
Ward, Holly. Placebo/ Helen Cho, Colleen Wolstenholme, exhibition catalogue essay, Artspeak Gallery, 2004
Halicks, Richard. “Prescription for Trouble”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, September 19, 2004
Genocchio, Benjamin. “It May be Minimal but it Challenges the Intellect”, Art Review, The New York Times, 30 November, 2003
Cronin, Ray. “New Sculptural Realism: Rethinking Objectivity”, Sculpture, Vol. 22, No. 9, Nov. 2003
Cronin, Ray. “Everything Changes” Gill/Wolstenholme, exhibition catalogue essay, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Fall 2002
Wendt, Pan. “Desire: Greg Forrest, Lauren Schaffer, Colleen Wolstenholme”, exhibition review, Arts Atlantic, #67 Summer/Fall 2000
Peck, Robin. “The Time Machine: Sculpture in the 20th Century”, the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Summer 2000
Cronin, Ray. Desire: Greg Forrest, Lauren Schaffer, Colleen Wolstenholme, exhibition catalogue essay, Confederation Center Art Gallery, Spring 2000
Johnson, Andrew. “One Pill is Larger, One is Small...” Lola, winter 1999-2000
Spitzer, Helen. “Medicating Resistance”, Lola, winter 1999-2000
Hogshire, Jim. Pills-a-go-go, California: Feral House, 1999
Childerhose, Buffy. “Pills, Trick or Treat”, Shift Magazine, summer 1999
Peck, Robin. “Scattered Across the Floor”, C Magazine, #61 February-April 1999
Wilson, Carl. “Art Goes on The Pill”, Globe and Mail, February 6, 1999
Auld, Alison. “Pharmaceutical Giant Mulls Legal Action...” Canadian Press, Aug. 18, '98
Leigh, Wendy. "A Hard Pill to Swallow", London Sunday Times, Style, March 15, 1998
"Harper's Index", Harper's Magazine, January, 1998
"Mood Rings", People Magazine, November 10, 1997
Bibby, Patricia. "One Artist's Prescription for Jewelry", Associated Press, August 18, 1997
Achievements
2002 Sobey Art Award, national shortlist
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Cambridge Galleries
Confederation Centre Art Gallery
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
National Gallery of Canada
Private Collections