Bill Friesen:
2011
Collaboration w M. Katz, "THE BOXING MATCH", CVAG, Courtenay BC, Nov-Dec 2011
2010
Random Design gallery ‘THE SHOE SHOW”, group show, Courtenay, B.C
W.C. Friesen Sculpture Garden Opening, “MAYWORKS” Bowser, B.C.
Victoria City Hall, “RUNNING ON LOVE” , International Mail Art show, Victoria, B.C.
Havanna Gallery, “MAIL ART OLYMPIX” , International Mail Art Show, Vancouver, B.C.
Muir Gallery, “W.C. FRIESEN RETROSPECT”, Courtenay, B.C.
2009
Evergreen Cultural Centre, ‘ALTERNATIVE IDENTITIES” group show, Coquitlam, B.C.
Comox Valley Art Gallery, “MERKINS & CODPIECES” group show, Courtenay, B.C.
Stone Hunter Studio, “SPINAL TAP” group show, Courtenay, B.C.
Comox Valley Art Gallery, “MAIL ART OLYMPIX” International Mail Art Show, Courtenay, B.C.
Studio J “MAILMANIA 3” International Mail Art show, Victoria, B.C.
2008
Co-curator “WATER & THE HUMAN CONDITION” ,V.I. Mayworks Project, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, B.C.
Joe Cunning Gallery, “WORK, WORK, WORK” International Mail Art show Parksville. B.C.
2007
Co-curator “POVERTY IN CANADA” , V.I. Mayworks Project . Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, B.C.
Joe Cunningham Gallery , “WORK, WORK, WORK” international mail mail – art show, Parksville, B.C.
Oceanside Gallery, “WE ARE ASSEMBLED” group assemblage show, Parksville, B.C.
Yoshkar-Ola gallery “SPUTNIK 50th ANNIVERSARY” International mail art show. Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
National Gallery “MOSA EXHIBITION” International mail art show, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Jaca University gallery “FREDA CALO, ARTEMISIA COMPANIA”, International mail art show, Jaca, Spain
Gallery Maracay, ‘ BIENEL PAQUENO FORMATO: International mail art Show, Maracay, Venezuela.
2006
Sandstone Studio Gallery Summer Exhibition, Mythic Archipelago, Eastside Group, Gabriola Island, BC
Co-curator, Working Without a Net, VI Mayworks Project, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, BC
The Sea/Fishermen, mail art postcard show, Exhibition Rooms, Ovar, Portugal
Oceanside Art Gallery, Artists’ Trading Card Mayworks Exhibit, group show, Parksville, BC
2005
Sunshine Coast Arts Ctre, Subconscious Realities, solo show (masks), Sechelt, BC
Blackberry Gallery, Artists’ Trading Card Exhibit, group show, Port Moody, BC
Oceanside Art Gallery, Self-Portrait Show, group show, Parksville, BC
Oceanside Art Gallery, We Are Assembled, group assemblage show, Parksville, BC
Juror, Comox Valley Community Arts Council, Comox, BC
co-curator, the Art of Work, VI Mayworks Project, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, BC
2004
Maltwood Gallery, U. of Victoria, BC, Mythic Archipelago, Eastside Group, Victoria BC
Xchanges, Dance of the Damned, 2 person installation (with Marci Katz), Victoria, BC
Errington Hall, Dance of the Damned, 2 person installation, Errington, BC
Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College, Mythic Archipelago, Eastside Group, New Westminster, BC
Fran Willis Gallery, Imaginary Friends, Eastside Group, Victoria, BC.
Oceanside Art Gallery, We Are Assembled, group assemblage show, Parksville, BC
2003
Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, JCC, Imaginary Friends (Eastside Group) Vancouver BC
Sunshine Coast Arts Ctre, BC Artists’ Trading Card Exhibit, group show, Sechelt, BC
Qualicum Frameworks, Eastside Group Exhibit, Qualicum Beach, BC
Xchanges, Mayday Erotica, group show, Victoria, BC
Oceanside Art Gallery, We Are Assembled, group assemblage show, Parksville, BC
2002
Xchanges, two person show, Victoria, BC (metal sculpture)
Xchanges, Mayday Erotica, group show, Victoria, BC
Bank of Nova Scotia, group show, Sooke, BC (metal sculpture)
2001 Rollin Art Centre, Cirque du Feraille, solo show, Port Alberni, BC (metal sculpture)
The People’s Gallery, Cirque du Feraille, solo show, Parksville, BC (metal sculpture)
The People’s Gallery, the Bird Show, Eastside group show, Parksville, BC
Xchanges, Mayday Erotica, group show, Victoria, BC
The People’s Gallery, Small in Nature, group show, Parksville, BC (stainless steel)
2000
Xchanges, Mayday Erotica, group show, Victoria, BC (carved marble)
The People’s Gallery, Small in Nature, group show, Parksville, BC (metal scupture)
The People’s Gallery, The Art of Sculpture, group show, Parksville, BC (metal sculpture)
1999
The People’s Gallery, Double Bill, two person show, Parksville, BC (metal sculpture)
The People’s Gallery, Erotic Art Show, group show, Parksville, BC (cast aluminum)
The People’s Gallery, Small in Nature, group show, Parksville, BC (carved marble)
1998
The People’s Gallery, Small in Nature, group show, Parksville, BC (cast bronze)
1997
Dist. 69 Arts Council Juried Show, Qualicum Beach, BC (cast aluminum)
Pacific Region Arts Council 15th Annual Juried Show, (metal sculpture)
The People’s Gallery, We Are Assembled, group assemblage show, Parksville, BC
Open Space Gallery, 25 Pieces of Art, group show, Victoria, BC (metal sculpture)
1996
Dist. 69 Arts Council Juried Show, Qualicum Beach, BC (site proposal)
The People’s Gallery, Small in Nature, group show, Parksville, BC (metal sculpture)
1995
Maltwood Gallery, VI Sculpture Guild’s Members’ Show, UVic, Victoria, BC
1994
St. Lucipin Craft Gallery, St. Lupicin, Manitoba, (metal sculpture)
1993
Revenue Canada Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (masks)
CARFAC Members’ Show, Winnipeg, Manitoba (metal sculpture)
1992
Revenue Canada Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (masks)
CARFAC, Culture Vulture, group show (metal sculpture)
PUBLIC
Municipal Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canadian Police College, Ottawa, Ontario,
Winnipeg Police Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ontario Police College, Aylmer, Ontario
Marci Katz:
website: http://www.marseart.com
2012
Experimental Drawing Project 2; Rhinoceros, curators P. Edwards/J. Bowley, UK.
Eastside Group show; Angels and Demons, Artfitterz gallery, Nanaimo BC
Co-curator (w B. Friesen) Jeff Hartbower solo Mayworks show: "Wheelies and Other Things We Have Become", Gordon Ross Studios, Tintown, Courtenay BC
Mail Art shows; Quarter, curator Whong In Young, S Korea / Hard Work, curator E. Varney, Mayworks '12 Mail Art show, Courtenay
2011
Multi-Media Collaboration (w B Friesen); The Boxing Match, CVAG, Courtenay
Co-curator (w B. Friesen) The Art of Work, 2-woman Mayworks show (B. Laird, M. Jablonski-Jones), Gordon Ross Studio/Gallery, Tin Town, Courtenay, BC
Mail Art exhibition; The Art of Work, curator Ed Varney, Mayworks, Courtenay BC
2010
Group show; The Shoe Show, Random Design Studio,Tin Town, Courtenay, BC
Group Project; Art Detox 2010, Anna Banana curator, SCAC, Sechelt, BC.
Group show; Junkyard, Cowichan Valley Art Centre, Duncan BC.
Mail Art projects: George Maciunas & Beyond, K. Buchholz curator, Kaunas Biennial, Lithuania / Work, Work, Work, curator Ed Varney, Mayworks '11, Courtenay / FluxFace in Space, NASA & Fluxmuseum collaboration, Fort Worth, Texas / Mail Art Olympix, Ed Varney curator, CVAG, Courtenay / Self Portraits, Eliso Ignacio Silva curator, Caracas, Venezuela.
Online Global Village Project; Greetings to Denmark, curated by Victor Vidal.
2009
Co-curator (w Ed Varney); Alternative Identities, Evergreen Cultural Center, Coquitlam BC
9-person show; Alternative Identities, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam BC
Group show; Poverty in Canada, Mayworks Festival Exhibition, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville BC
Co-curator (w B. Friesen); Poverty in Canada, Mayworks Festival, Oceanside Gallery. Parksville BC
Group show; Spinal Tap, Tin Town, Courtenay, BC.
Guest artist; The Bicycle Review, Issue # 2, 20 August, 2009.
Group Assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville,
Mail Art shows; Mailarta's Portrait Palace, Victoria BC / Evolution, Accademia d'Arte di Pisa, Italy / Wood You Rock Me, Christine Tarantino curator, Wendell, Maine
2008
Solo show; Suspended Rumination, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, BC
Mail Art exhibition; Revolution, Evolution and Devolution, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, BC
Group show; Merkins and Codpieces, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
Co-curator (w B Friesen); Water & the Human Condition, Mayworks Festival exhibition, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, BC
2007
Co-curator (w B. Friesen); Making A Living, Mayworks Festival, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, BC
Mail Art exhibitions; Work, Work, Work, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville BC / Put Yourself On the Map, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC / International Mail Art Exhibition; Folklore, Millennium bcp Club, Portugal
Group assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery Parksville
2006
Eastside Group exhibit; Mythic Archipelago, Sandstone Studio Gallery Summer Exhibition, Gabriola Island, BC
Co-curator (w B. Friesen); Working Without a Net, Mayworks Festival exhibition, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville BC
Mail art exhibitions: The Sea/Fishermen, Exhibition Rooms, Ovar, Portugal / Mayworks, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville BC
2005
Solo show; Mixed Messages, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
Co-curator (w B. Friesen); the Art of Work, Mayworks Festival, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, BC
Juror; Comox Valley Community Arts Council, Comox, BC
Group show; the Art of Work, Mayworks Festival,Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville, BC
Group show; Self Portraits, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville, BC
Mail Art show; Artists’ Trading Card Exhibit, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody BC
Group assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville
2004
2 person installation (with B Friesen); Dance of the Damned, Xchanges, Victoria, BC
2 person installation (w B Friesen); Dance of the Damned, Errington Hall, Errington BC
Eastside Group exhibit; Mythic Archipelago , Maltwood Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria BC
Eastside Group exhibit; Mythic Archipelago, Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College, New Westminster BC
Eastside Group exhibit; Imaginary Friends, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria BC
Group show; Roots/Routes, Rollin Art Centre, Port Alberni BC
Group assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville
2003
Solo show; Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries (and other Fairy Tales), XChanges Artists’ Gallery & Studios, Victoria, BC
Solo show; Drawing Close to the Bone, Sunshine Coast Arts Center, Sechelt, BC
Eastside Group exhibit: Imaginary Friends, Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Eastside Group Exhibition; Qualicum Frameworks, Qualicum Beach, BC
Mail Art Show; BC Artists'ATC Exhibit, Sunshine Coast Arts Center, Sechelt
Group assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville
2002
Solo show; Debris or Not Debris, Rollin Art Centre, Port Alberni, BC
Group assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville
2001
Eastside Group Exhibit; The Bird Show, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville, BC
Group show; Beaux Arts, Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Group assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville,
2000 and before:
Solo show; Debris or Not Debris, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville, BC
Group assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville
1999 Juried group exhibition; The Filberg Festival, Comox, BC (mobiles)
1999, 1998, 1997, 1996: Group assemblage show; We Are Assembled, Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville, BC
1997 BC regional group exhibition; Images and Objects XV, Kamploops, BC
1996 BC regional group exhibition; Images and Objects XIV, Penticton, BC
Joe Rosenblatt:
Solo Exhibitions
1972 The J. Walter Thompson Agency, Toronto.
1973 The Village Bookstore, Toronto.
1973 Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1975 "Anthropomorphics," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1976 "Recent Drawings About Cats, " Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1977 "Snake Oil," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1977 Drawings, Leamington Art Gallery, Leamington, Ontario
1978 "Dr Anaconda's Solar Fun Club," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1983 Den -Art Gallery, Ottawa.
1985 "Survey: 1972-1978 Drawings," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto
1996 "The Voluptuous Gardener," Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa.
1999 "Catnip Madness" The People's Gallery Parksville, BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
1971 Mitchell Gallery, Toronto.
1973 "Art 74" Exhibition, Beth Tzedec Synagogue , Toronto.
1973 "Drawings Rediscovered, " Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal.
1974 Gallery House Sol, Georgetown, Ontario.
1974 "Four Artists," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1974 Aviva Art Auction, Toronto.
1975 "Seven Toronto Artists," City Hall, Toronto.
1976 "Drawings and Sculptures," Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Rental Exhibition.
1976 " Fantastic Creatures," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1976 " A Horse Show." Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1976 " Jewish Experience in the Art of the Twentieth Century,"
International Travelling Exhibition, The Art Gallery/ Mount Saint
Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1977 Travelling Exhibition. A.G.O Extension Services, Art Gallery of Ontario.
1977 "Miniatures," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1978 Drawings & Watercolours, Etobicoke Civic Arts Centre, Etobicoke, Ontario
1978 Art Show, Edward's Garden Civic Centre, Toronto.
1978 Three Poet Artists, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
1978 Juried Drawing Exhibition, Lynwood Art Centre, Simcoe, Ontario.
1978 " Fantasy Drawings," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1978 " Erotic Drawings," Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto.
1985 St. Lawrence Centre, June Mallet Theatre, Toronto.
1995 Carleton University Art Gallery , Ottawa.
1997 Bravo, The Rogue Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
1997 Brant Festival Exhibition, People's Gallery, Parksville, B.C.
1998 The Barn Collection, summer salon, Sidney B.C.
1999 Selection of Art: Fisher Library, Toronto 1996-1999
2000 Magic Gardens, Faculty Club, University of Toronto
2001 Illuminations, Faculty Club, University of Toronto
2000 Miniature Art Show, Woolfitt's Gallery, Toronto
2001 Summer Show Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria
2001 Plants that Dream, Sandstone Gallery, Gabriola island
2001 Magic Gardens Exhibition Gallery, Bowen Island
2002 Magic Gardens, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster
2003 Play time, Qualicum Frameworks Gallery, Qualicum Beach
2004 Summer show, Eastside Group, McPherson Library, University of Victoria
2004 group show, The Enormous Room: Pteros Gallery , Toronto
2004 Eastside group, Amelia Douglas Gallery New West, B.C.
2004 Eastside Group Oceanside Art Gallery, Parksville, B.C
2005 Spirit Wings solo show, Oceanside Gallery, Parksville, B.C
2007 Closing of Fran Willis Gallery, Final Group Exhibition
Public Collections
Carleton University Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Ontario
Burnaby Art Gallery
Public Archives of Canada
W.A.C. Library, Simon Fraser University
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Libary, University of Toronto
Included in Numerous Private Collections In Canada, United States And Europe.
Drawings Reproduced In The Following Magazines:
Arts Canada, Books in Canada, Exile Magazine, Brick Magazine, Jewish Dialogue and Scarborough Fair.
Snake Oil, portfolio edition, 30 original prints, Exile Editions ,
Toronto, 1978, printed by Porcupine's Quill , Erin, Ontario ( 100 copies ) .
The Artist's Work is Discussed In Dr.Yves La Rocque's History Of Surrealism in Canada Doctoral Thesis,
Sorbonne, Paris, 1995.
Commentary By Critics On The Nature of Rosenblatt's Art:
"Joe Rosenblatt may not be a mainstream artist, but his art is in the mainstream in all the important ways. It is above all about life, lust and love and is stamped with the most human quality of all---the ability to provoke laughter. Following the tradition of Ronald Searle, the satirist, Rosenblatt pokes fun at society, at the vanities we indulge in, and draws a world that is a web of human- animal connections."
Nancy Baele, Art Review, The Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 1983, reviewing Rosenblatt's solo exhibition at Den - Art Gallery in Ottawa. "Rosenblatt's poetry and drawings are full of natural things: ants, beetles, dragonflies, birds, bees, pigs, cats, frogs , fish, lampreys, trees, horses, caterpillars, and serpents among other things, including humans, and some metamorphosed ' unnatural ' things. A surprising number of these natural things are linked traditionally to mythology and folklore with fecundity: in the Mosaic myth: God blessed them, saying , Be fruitful and multiply . . . ( Genesis1:22) ."
Forward by Prof. Michael Bell to The Voluptuous Gardener