Ian Carr-Harris EDUCATION: 1959-63  Bachelor of Arts (Hon., History), Queen‚s University, Kingston 1963-64  Bachelor of Library Science, University of Toronto 1967-71  A.O.C.A., Ontario College of Art, Toronto GALLERY REPRESENTATION: Susan Hobbs Gallery 137 Tecumseth Street Toronto, Canada M6J 2H2 tel. (416) 504 3699 fax. (416) 504-8064 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1971       Ian Carr-Harris, A Space, Toronto 1972       Ian Carr-Harris, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, N.S. 1972       Ian Carr-Harris, A Space, Toronto 1972       Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto 1973-81  Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto 1981       Ian Carr-Harris, Yajima/Galerie, Montreal 1982       Recent Work: Ian Carr-Harris, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S. 1982       Ian Carr-Harris, The Gallery, Scarborough College, University of Toronto 1983       Ian Carr-Harris, 49th Parallel, New York 1984-87  Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto 1988       Ian Carr-Harris, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario 1988       Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto 1989       Ian Carr-Harris 1971-1977, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1989       Ian Carr-Harris, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queens University 1991       Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto 1993       Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto 1993       Ian Carr-Harris, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto 1994       Pages from History, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario 1994       Ian Carr-Harris, Optica, Montreal 1994       Ian Carr-Harris, Villa Arson, Nice 1994       Ian Carr-Harris, Galeria Carles Poy, Barcelona 1994       Ian Carr-Harris, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto 1994       Ian Carr-Harris, Centre d‚art contemporain, Herblay, France 1995       Ian Carr-Harris, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Metz 1995       Ian Carr-Harris, Proton ICA, Amsterdam 1995       Ian Carr-Harris, l‚Aquarium, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Valenciennes, France 1996       Ian Carr-Harris: Books for a Public Library, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge               (circulating: see *) 1996       Ian Carr-Harris, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto 1996       Ian Carr-Harris, Galeria Carles Poy, Barcelona 1997       Ian Carr-Harris: Books for a Public Library, *Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University,               Sackville, NB 1997       Ian Carr-Harris, Galeria & Ediciones Ginkgo, Madrid 1997       Ian Carr-Harris: Books for a Public Library, *Oakville Galleries, Oakville 1998       Ian Carr-Harris: Books for a Public Library, *Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador,               St John‚s 1998       Ian Carr-Harris, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto 1998       Ian Carr-Harris: Books for a Public Library, *London Regional Art and Historical               Museums, London, Ontario 1998       Ian Carr-Harris: Books for a Public Library, *Leonard &Ellen Bina Art Gallery,               Concordia University, Montreal 1999       Ian Carr-Harris: Books for a Public Library, *Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina 1999       Ian Carr-Harris, Josselyne Naef: art contemporain, Lyon 1999       Ian Carr-Harris, Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris 1999       National Gallery of Canada, Recent Acquisition Exhibition 1999       Ian Carr-Harris, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto 2001       Ian Carr-Harris, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto 2002       Je me renseigne sur? Solo exhibition, Josselyne Naef: ArtContemporain, Montreal. 2002       Ian Carr-Harris, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto 2002       Ian Carr-Harris: works 1992-2002, The Power Plant, Toronto SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS: 1970     Ian Carr-Harris and Stephen Cruise, Nightingale Gallery, Toronto 1970     Concept 70, Nightingale Gallery, Toronto 1972     Kingston Spring Exhibition, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston 1973     Canadian Trajectories 73, Musee d‚art moderne de la Ville de Paris 1974     Investigations, Mount Allison University, Sackville 1974     Contemporary Ontario Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1975     Carmen Lamanna Gallery at the Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville 1975     Carmen Lamanna Gallery at the Canadian Cultural Centre, Centre Culturel Canadien,             Paris 1975     9e Biennale de Paris, Musee d‚art moderne de la Ville de Paris 1976     Ontario Now: a survey of contemporary art 1976     Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener 1976     Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton 1976     Forum Œ76, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1977     Another Dimension, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1978     Kanadische Kunstler, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland 1978     Another Dimension II 1978     Vancover Art Gallery, Vancouver 1978     Alberta College of Art, Calgary 1978     Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge 1978     London Regional Art Gallery, London 1979     Confrontations, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver 1980     11th International Sculpture Conference, Washington, D.C. 1980     Personal Image for Social Space; a mailed exhibition, Stuart Reid, Toronto 1981     Canada in Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, U.K. 1982     Realism: structure & illusion, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph 1982     Fiction:Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor. Glenbow Museum,             Calgary. Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon. Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre,             Sudbury. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston and 49th Parallel, New York 1982     Drawings by Contemporary SculptorsSurrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C.             University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge. London Regional Art Gallery, London             Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax. Sir George Williams Art Gallery, Montreal 1983     From Object to Reference (curated by Philip Monk), Carmen Lamanna Gallery 1983     Let me Explain . A project in Impressions (Toronto), #30; 1984     Reflections: contemporary art since 1964, National Gallery,curated by Diana Nemiroff 1984     Art and Audience, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, Ontario 1984     XLI Biennale di Venezia, Venice 1984     Vestiges of Empire, Camden Art Centre, London 1985     Aurora Borealis, Centre International d‚art Contemporain, Montreal 1985     Notes on Five Explanations in Descant (Toronto), #50, 1985; 1985     Notes on Look in Descant #51, 1985/86; 1986     Luminous Sites, Western Front and Video Inn, Vancouver 1986     Focus - Kanadische Kunst von 1960-1985, 20. Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Cologne 1987     Toronto: A Play of History (Jeu d‚histoire), The Power Plant, Toronto 1987     Documenta 8, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel 1988     Structures of Desire, Gallery 76, Ontario College of Art, Toronto 1989     Rooms with a View, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton 1989     Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada 1990     media/culture/art, Mackenzie Art Gallery (Regina)/C Magazine 1990     Trans-Positions, Public Transit System, Vancouver 1990     The 8th Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1991     ATribute to Eva Hesse‚s Gift to Sol LeWitt, Axe NEO‚7 art contemporain, Hull, Quebec 1991     Union Language, Mercer Union, Toronto 1992     A Tribute to Carmen Lamanna, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1993     Visual Evidence, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina 1994     W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1995     Barbara Bloom, Ian Carr-Harris, John Massey, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto 1995     Sci-ence: a large electronic light-work for The OntarioScience Centre: a major work             chosen in competition in connection with revitalization of the main entrance. (Project             cancelled subsequently due to lack of funding) 1996     Love Gasoline, Mercer Union, Toronto 1997     en cause: Brancusi, Axe NEO‚7 art contemporain, Hull, Quebec 1998     Threshold, The Power Plant, Toronto 1998     Re: Presentation, Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA 1998     Biennale de Montréal, CIAC, Montréal 1998     The Word in Contemporary Canadian Art, Art Gallery of North York 1999     Musiques en Scène, Musée d‚art contemporain de Lyon 1999     Moving and Storage, The Hold Collective, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto 1999     Un Ami du Docteur Gachet: le peintre Ambroise Détrez (1811-1863) Galerie de l‚Aquarium,             Ecole des Beaux-arts, Valenciennes, 1999 2000     Architexture, Archive Inc., Toronto 2000-02  Canadian Stories, Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto 2001     Ian Carr-Harris and Mark Schilling, a*level gallery, Toronto BIBLIOGRAPHY(articles, reviews, monographs, catalogues): Allsopp, Judith. Ian Carr-Harris at Carmen Lamanna, in Artists Review, #5,1977 Ammann, Jean-Christophe. Kanadische Kunstler. Basel, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Basel, 1978 Art in Boxes, by Alex Mogelon and Norman Laliberté. New York, Van Nostrand, 1974 Augaitis, D. And Henry, K. Luminous Sites. Vancouver: Video Inn & Western Front, 1986 Bell Farrell, Carloyn. Pages from History: Ian Carr-Harris, Early Works. Oakville: Oakville Galleries, 1993 Blouin, Rene and Theriault, Norman. Aurora Borealis. Montreal: CIAC, 1985 Bradley, Jessica. Ian Carr-Harris/Liz Magor: Canada, XLI Biennale di Venezia. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1984 Burnett & M. Schiff. Contemporary Art in Canada. Edmonton, Hurtig, 1983 Cummins, Louis; Renau, Clara; and Neddam, Martine. Ian Carr-Harris: Indices. Herblay, France: Les Cahiers des Regards, Centre d‚art contemporain, 1994 Chandler, John. Notes towards a New Aesthetic in Artscanada, vol. 29, #4, 1972 Dault, Gary Michael. Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Artscanada, vol. 32, #4, 1975/76 Dompierre, Louise. Toronto: A Play of History (Jeu d‚Histoire). Toronto: The Power Plant, 1987 Dompierre, Louise. Threshold, The Power Plant, Toronto, 1998 Fleming, Martha. Ian Carr-Harris, Yajima Gallery in Vanguard, vol. 10, #10, 1981/82 Fischer, Barbara. Love Gasoline. Toronto, Mercer Union, 2001 Graham, Mayo. Another Dimension. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1977 Image Nation #8, 1971 Jenkner, Ingrid. Visual Evidence. Regina: Dunlop Art Gallery, 1993 Keziere, Russell. Reckonings: Ian Carr-Harris in Vanguard, vol. 16, #6, 1988; Klepac, Walter. Truth and Desire: the illuminated bookworks of Ian Carr Harris, Lethbridge, Alta., Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1997 McGrath, Patrick. Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Vanguard, vol. 10, #5/6, 1981 Milrod, Linda. Ian Carr-Harris: Recent Work. Halifax: Dalhousie University Art Gallery, 1982 Monk, Philip. Staging language and Representing History: Ian Carr-Harris, September 1973 in Vanguard, vol. 12, #9, 1983 Monk, Philip. Ian Carr-Harris 1971-77. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1988 Monk, Philip. Ian Carr-Harris: works 1992-2002, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2002 Morrison, Ann. Off the pedestal: appearance versus content in Vanguard, March 1980 Moving and Storage, Hold Collective, Ottawa, 1999 Murchie, John. Ian Carr-Harris, interview in Criteria, vol. 4, #1, 1978 Murray, Joan. The Best Contemporary Canadian Art. Edmonton, Hurtig, 1987 Murray, Joan. Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Toronto, Dundern Press, 1999 Nasgaard, Roald. Toronto in Artscanada, vol 30, #5/6, 1973/74 Nemiroff, Diana. Ian Carr-Harris: a demonstration. Yajima Gallery, Montreal. In Parachute, #25 1981 Nemiroff, Diana. Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1990 Newlands, Anne. Canadian Art from its Beginnings to 2000. Toronto, Firefly Books, 2000 Pollock, Ann. Confrontations. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1979 Randolph, Jeanne, Sans, Jerome. Mouvance. Optica & Susan Hobbs Gallery, Montreal/Toronto, 1995 Rhodes, Rick. Democratiser in C Magazine, 1989 Rupic, Milan. Ian Carr-Harris, Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Artscanada, vol. 36, #2, 1979 So, to Speak. Artextes Editions, Prendre Parole, 1999 Town, Elke. Fiction: An Exhibition of Recent Work by Ian Carr-Harris, General Idea, Mary Janitch, Shirley Wiitasalo. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982 Trans-Positions. Vancouver: Active Artifacts Cultural Association, 1990 Youngs, Christopher. Ian Carr-Harris. Kassel: Documenta 8, vol. 2, 1987 Youngs, Christopher. Re: Presentation, Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, 1998. Published reviews, articles, interviews or catalogue essays: An Approach to Criticism. An article/project in Parachute #1, 1975 Joseph Kossuth: Text/Context (Toronto) Part 1. A review in Artists Review (Toronto) vol. 2 #6, 1978 Vincent Tangredi. A review in Artist‚s Review (Toronto) v. 2, #7, 1979 Reinhard Reitzenstein . A review in Artists Review (Toronto) vol. 2 #7, 1979 Mary Janitch . A review in Artists Review (Toronto) vol. 3 #1, 1979 John McEwen: recent work . A catalogue essay in Real Sculpture: John McEwen, Souther Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, 1979 John Greer. A review in Parachute, #29, 1982 Vincent Tangedi . A review in Parachute, #30, 1983 Philip Monk: Sentences on Art at the Rivoli . A review in Parachute, no.30, 1983 Museums in the 80‚s: The London Regional and A Space. An article with Goldie Rans in Vanguard (Vancouver), March 1983 A.R. Penck . A review in Parachute, no. 31, 1983 Nancy Johnson . A review in Parachute, no. 32, 1983 Janis Hoogstraten . A review in Parachute, no. 32, 1983 From Here to Zero: Stephen Horne . A review in C Magazine, #1, 1983 Reconstructions: David Moore / Susan Schelle . A review in Parachute, no. 34, 1984 Winging It: Noel Harding. An article in Vanguard, April 1984 New City of Sculpture . A review in Parachute, no. 37, 1984 Sex and Representation . An article in Vanguard, November 1984 (incl. Exchange of letters to the editor with Liz Magor in March 1985 issue) Patronage or Subsidy: government funding of Canadian artists. A position paper in Artviews (Toronto), summer, 1985 Under the Gaze of Criticism. A conference paper published in Artists/Critics: the YYZ Conference Papers, Toronto, 1985 Robert Bowers. A review in Vanguard, February/March 1986, incl. Exchange of letters to the editor with Robert Bowers in April/May 1986 issue) How We See/What We Say . Catalogue for an exhibition at the Art Gallery at Harbourfront (The Power Plant), Toronto, 1986 Liz Magor: in Discussion . An interview in C Magazine, no. 11, 1986 Womens‚ Work . A review in Vanguard, December 1987 Al McWilliams . A review in C Magazine, #16, Dec. 1987 How We See / What We Say. The Art Gallery at Harbourfront (later The Power Plant), Toronto. Exhibition guest-curated, with essay by Ian Carr-Harris. Catalogue in both print format and audio cassette. 1987 Bruce Grenville at S.L. Simpson and the Power Plant . A review in Canadian Art, Spring, 1988 Interview in Reviewing the Reviewers: section on visual art, TO Magazine, May 1988 Standing on the Mezzanine: Ewen, Wiitasalo, Monk and the AGO . An article in Vanguard, Dec./Jan 1988/89 Al McWilliams: interview and commentary . A catalogue interview in Al McWilliams, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge Alta, 1989 A Far Country: Viewing the Isaacs Gallery. A catalogue essay for an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton (curated by Ihor Holubizky); unpublished, 1992 A History of Manners: Susan Schelle‚s Taste. A catalogue essay in Frame of Mind; Viewpoints on Photography in Contemporary Canadian Art. Banff: Walter Phillips Gallery, 1993 Ransom Notes in the Mirror: Mark Gomes and the Amazing Fish . An article in C Magazine, no. 34 Supplementary Footnotes to Susan Schelle‚s "A Question of Behaviour quot;. A catalogue essay in Susan Schelle: a Question of Behaviour, Toronto, The PowerPlant, 1994 Nineteen footnotes written on an airplane concerning Patricia Homonylo‚s Patti Darnell series. A catalogue essay in The Ceremonial Landscape, Ottawa: Gallery 101, 1996 Angela Grauerholz: Fellow Traveller. A review in Canadian Art, Fall, 1997 On Exploring the Unknown: Northern Encounters, Toronto. A review in Siksi; the Nordic Art Review, XII, no. 3, 1997 Staging Painting in the Work of Ulrike Nattermüller. A catlogue essay for Ulrike Nattermüller: Prospekt..With texts by Annelie Pohlen and Ian Carr-Harris. Köln, Salon Verlag, 2000 Moments in the Work of Margarita Andreu . A catalogue essay in Margarita Andreu, Fundacío d‚Art Contemporani Espais, Girona, Spain, 2000 Mind Landscapes: Sarah Nind. Catalogue essay, "Visiting Artists‚ Exhibition‰, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, 2001 Getting to Know Barbara. Catalogue essay, exhibition "Offspring‰ by Barbara McGill Balfour, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto, 2001 The Art of Travel: Janet Cardiff‚s Here and Robin Collyer‚s There. Feature article in Canadian Art, Fall, 2001 Beauties: 1-5. A survey of five artists to watch for Lola, Toronto, Fall 2001 Max Dean and Cate Elwes, review, Contemporary, London, UK, no. 35, January 2002 International News Supplement, Contemporary, London UK, Toronto column, January 2002 Tracing Reading Writing, The Joan Carlisle-Irving Lectures, UBC (unpublished) International News Supplement, Contemporary, London, UK, Toronto column, May 2002 Profile: Torie Begg: the Art of the Apparent, Contemporary, London, UK, Special Summer Issue, June ˆ August 2002 Feature: Dereck Revington‚s Luminous Veil, with Yvonne Lammerich, Contemporary, London, UK, Special Summer Issue, June - August, 2002 International News Supplement, Contemporary, London, UK, Toronto column, March 2003