Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art  
Mark Gomes

marsue@istar.ca


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2002     Manifest, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto
1999     Mark Gomes, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1998     Optica, Montreal, Quebec.
1996     Bones , Cold City Gallery, Toronto.
1996     Common of Piscary ", Art Gallery of Hamilton
1994     Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992     Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990     Mark Gomes , The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1985     Common of Piscary , The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1985     The Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
1983     The Terminal , The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1983     Artcite, Windsor, Ontario
1983     Mark Gomes , Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario
1982     Endgame , Glendon Art Gallery, Toronto
1981     Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1980     Recent Work, The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1979     Winter Works, The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1978     Second Floor Storey ,Whitewater Gallery, Northbay, Ont.
1973     Mark Gomes, Trajectory Gallery, London, Ontario

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2003     SLIP, Mark Gomes and Ginette Legare,The Koffler Gallery, Toronto
1999     Moving & Storage, "Hold" Collective - sculpture installations in Public Storage facilities in
            Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.
1998     Photographic Works & Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of North York
1998     ARCO, "Cutting Edge", Cold City Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1997     WORK/SITE, 15 Years In The Toronto Sculpture Garden, Art Gallery of Ontario
            New Work 97, Art Gallery of North York
1996     "INTERACTIONS: Mark Gomes, Susan Schelle : Joe Havel, Lisa Ludwig "
            Freedman Gallery, Center For The Arts, Albright College, Reading, P.A. U.S.
1996     TEN , Cold City Gallery 10th Anniverary Show, Mercer Union, Toronto.
1995     Peter Bowyer, Tom Dean, Mark Gomes, Cold City Gallery
1995     Mark Gomes, Joey Morgan, Susan Schelle, Art Gallery of Peterborough
1994     Cracks in the Modern, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
1990     Housing - A Right , The Power Plant Art Gallery, Toronto
1990     Artists Gardens At Harbourfront , The Power Plant Art Gallery
1988     Literati , Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle, Toronto Sculpture Garden
1987     Sans Demarcation , Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie,
            ( Quebec/Ontario exchange sponsored by Visual Arts Ontario )
1987     Pisces Rising , Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie
1985     The Windsor Exhibition / New Sculpture , Windsor Art Gallery
1984     Something To Do With Space , Art Gallery at Harbourfront
1984     Artist With Their Works , Art Gallery of Peterborough
1983     On Site , Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario
1982     Contemporary Sculpture in Canada , Guild Inn, Scarborough, Ont.
1981     Inaugural Exhibition, The Toronto Sculpture Garden
1981     3+3+9 , Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
1981     First Australian Sculpure Triennial , Melbourne, Australia
1980     Sites 1980 , Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1980     Toronto International Art Fair , Harbour Castle, Toronto
1980     Toronto , Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
1979     Environmental Sculpture , Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
1979     Performance , Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
1978     West of Spadina , Factory 77, Toronto
1977     Rehearsal , The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
1976     Forum 76 , Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal, Quebec

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS:

Bell Farrell, Carolyn; SLIP Mark Gomes and Ginette Legare, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
Fisher, Barbara; Greer, Rina; Holubizky, Ihor, Toronto Sculpture Garden
Holubizky,Ihor, "Shape Shifters",Art Gallery of Hamilton
Youngs, Christopher, "INTERACTIONS Mark Gomes, Susan Schelle : Joe Havel, Lisa Ludwig,
Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading , Pa. U.S.A. 1996
Bos, Dianne, Artists Gardens, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, 1990-95
Holubizky, Ihor, Mark Gomes Common of Piscary, Art Gallery of Hamilton.1996
Tamplin, Illi-Maria, Mark Gomes, Joey Morgan, Susan Schelle, The Art Gallery of Peterborough,
1995. Catalogue and individual posters.
Fraser, Ted, The Windsor Exhibition: Five Canadian Sculptors, Art Gallery of Windsor, 1988
Holubizky, Ihor, Literati, Toronto Sculpture Garden, 1988
Visual Arts Ontario, Sans Demarcation, 1987
Sinclair, Richard, Something To Do With Space, Art Gallery at Harbourfront
Burnett, David, Schiff, Marilyn, Contemporary Canadian Art, Hurtig 1983
Parkin, Jeanne, Boyle, Bill, Art In Architecture, Toronto, 1983
Contemporary Sculpture at the Guild, Guild Inn, Toronto, 1982
Aarons, Anita, Down Under, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, 1981
First Austalian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne, Austalia, 1981
Milrod, Linda, Mark Gomes, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1981
Greenfield, Val, Toronto, Alberta College of Art, 1980
Allen, Karyn, Winnipeg Perspectives 1980, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Allen, Karyn, Sculpture Today, (A.V. cat.) Hirshorn Museum, Wash. D.C.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Milroy, Sarah, Visual Arts, Globe & Mail, Feb. 22/03
Hirschman, Thomas; Mark Gomes and Ginette Legare Now Magazine, Jan.30-Feb.5/03
Milroy, Sarah, Visual Arts, Globe & Mail, 5/25/02
MacKinnon,DonnaJean, "Art For Parks Sake",Toronto Star, 10/23/99
Wawzonek, Donna, "Moving & Storage", Parachute 96, 99
Gopnik, Blake, Art Review, Globe & Mail, May 22,99
Dault, Gary Michael, Gallery Going, Globe & Mail, Feb. 20,99
Miller, Marcus, Hour, Nov. 12,98, Montreal
Marie, Dyan, "Imagining Architecture", C Magazine, S/N 97. Issue 55
Greer, Rina, Mason, Joyce, "Accidental Encounters With Art",C Magazine, M/A 97
Walker, Susan, "One percent solution sparks boom in 'public' art", The Toronto Star,
January 29, 1994
Carr-Harris, Ian, "C" Magazine, Ransom Notes in the Mirror: Mark Gomes and the Amazing Fish
pp. 24-30, Summer 1992
Taylor, Kate, The Globe and Mail, April 3, 1992
Labossiere, Robert, "C" Magazine, Summer 1991
Rhodes, Richard, Artforum, Nov. 1988
Lypchuk, Donna, Metropolis, Vol 1, No. 13, Aug. 11, 1988
McGrath, Jerry, Vanguard, March 1988
New Work Issue, "C" Magazine, Fall 1987
New Work Issue, "C" Magazine, Fall 1985
Rans, Goldie, Vanguard, Jan. 1985
Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail, Oct. 4, 1984
McKaskell, Robert, Artsmagazine, Winter 1983
Wilkin, Karen, Artnews, Jan. 1983
McConathy, Dale, Arts Canada, Nov. 1982
Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail, Aug 2, 1982
McMillan, Richard, "Canadian Sculpture", Art Network, Spring 81, Aust.
Frazer, Carol, Arts Atlantic, Summer 1981
Fleming, Martha, Artforum, Mar. 1980
Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 1980
Sterbac, Jana, "Mark Gomes", Vanguard. Aug. 1979
Miche, Rene, Art International, Kunstecho Review, Belgium, 1979
Allen, Karyn, "Rehearsal', Artsmagazine, June 1978
Fulford, Robert, "Canadian Sculpture", ARTnews, Jan. 1978

COMMISSIONS:

GTAA, Greeters Hall, New Terminal Building, Pearson International Airport, Toronto. Mark Gomes
and Susan Schelle
Richmond Adelaide Centre, Oxford Development, Toronto, Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle
Minto Yorkville. The Prince Arthur. Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle. Artwork and collaborative
integrated landscape and architectural detailing. Toronto
Bloor/Spadina Parkette -Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle in collaboration with Ferris and Quinn
Landscape Architects. Artwork and park design. Toronto
King Business Centre, 901 King Street West , Toronto
Collaborative Project - Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle
Hamilton Eaton Centre, Hamilton Arts Council & Cadillac Fairview Corporation.
Collaborative project - Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle.
Lester B. Pearson School, London, Ontario

AWARDED COMMISSIONS:

Toronto Transit Commission, Allen Subway Station 1996 - Collaborative integrated Art -
Mark Gomes & Susan Schelle
C.I.B.C. and Ontario Hydro, Toronto, Mark Gomes & Susan Schelle

COLLECTIONS:

Christian Keese Collection
Tri-Mark Investments
Kelowna Art Gallery
Art Gallery of North York
The Art Gallery of Hamilton
The Canada Council Art Bank
Private Collections

MARK GOMES AND SUSAN SCHELLE:

selected collaborative comissions


GTAA, Greeters Hall, New Terminal Building, Pearson International Airport, Toronto
Suspended sculptural elements and integrated ,granite, floor inlays
Richmond Adelaide Centre, Toronto, 2001 , Oxford Developments
Public Sculptures, integrated art elements and redesign of entire downtown city block, streetscape
and plaza in collaboration with Corbin & Goode Landscape Architects
The Prince Arthur, 38 Avenue Road 1999, Toronto, Ontario
Focal point sculpture, integrated art elements throughout the site and gate design, streetscape
sculptural furniture elements, lighting, inlays and paving pattern
Bloor Spadina Parkette 1997, Toronto, Ontario
Focal point sculpture, design of park in collaboration with Ferris Quinn Assoc., integrated art
elements throughout park. Sandblasted black Granite, brushed stainless steel, soft and hard
landscaping."Overlay" 1993, Toronto, 17'x31'. Inlaid waterjet cut text ( "body type" or "Greeking")
- granite and bronze Bracketing benches - black granite.Floor pattern design and outdoor
sandblasted "text" section.
"Lineage" 1992, Hamilton Ontario 95 bronze figures, 2' high in a 160 foot long frieze, 65 '
above the complex's attrium floor. Text in bronze -" beauty, humour". text in granite "nature,
culture"