Above: Bill McCarroll, Man vs. Modernism (Diptych) (detail)
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BILL MCCARROLL

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BORN
Currently lives and works in Lethbridge, Alberta
1937 Santa Barbara, California


EDUCATION
B.A. California State University, San Francisco 1967
M.A. California State University, Humboldt 1969


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Bill McCarroll, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002 The Golf Lesson, Appleton Museum, Ocala, Florida
2002 New Works, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
2002 Fore, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2000 Forewarning, Trianon Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

Several works are featured at the Angus Glen Golf Club, Markham, Ontario, site of the
2002 Canadian Open.

1993 How to Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way: A Continuing Metaphor,
1983-93 Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Memorial University, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
1991 Sam: The Portraits, Trianon Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
1990 Curtains, Installation, Stride Gallery, + 15, Calgary
1990 On the Green, touring exhibition, Alberta Art Foundation Extension Exhibition Program,
Southern Alberta Art Gallery and Edmonton Art Gallery
1988 New Drawings/ Paintings, Canadian Art Galleries
1987 How to Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way: Part III, Kelowna Art Gallery,
Kelowna, British Columbia
1986 How to Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way: The Metaphor Continues,
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1984 How to Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way: a Continuous Metaphor, Off-Centre Centre,
Calgary, Alberta
1983 Recent Work, Torbolton Oaks Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1981 New Paintings, Southern Alberta Art Gallery
1978 Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, Red Deer College Art Gallery, Alberta
1977 Geotape Compositions, University of Calgary Art Gallery
1974 Bill McCarroll/ Jeff Olsen, Glenbow-Alberta Art Gallery
1973 Bill McCarroll/ Jeff Olsen, The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
1969 M.A. Graduate Exhibition, California State University Art Gallery, Arcata, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 Variety Pack: Pop Art's Legacy in Canada, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
2001 Avantgardening, Trianon Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
2001 Gardens, Paul Kuhn Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
2001 Exhibitions, Acquisitions and Commissions 1981-2001, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery,
Lethbridge, Alberta
2001 Zippity Zip, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2000 ABC's of Pop Art, Appleton Museum, Ocala, Florida
2000 Fresh, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1999- present represented by Paul Kuhn Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1999 Stumble, Trianon Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1998 25th Anniversary Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1995-99 Represented Canadian Art Gallery, Calgary- Various Group Exhibitions
1994 Contemporary Canadian Abstraction: A Selection, Kenderdine Gallery,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Gallery Artists, Canadian Art Galleries
1993 Artist Proof, Canadian Art Galleries Seattle International Art Fair,
represented by Canadian Art Galleries
Adrian Cooke, Bill McCarroll, Jeffrey Spalding, Canadian Art Galleries
1992 Alberta Survey: New Landscape, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
From Soup to Nuts: Pop Art, It's Legacy and the Culture of Consumption, organized by the
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, WORKS Visual Arts
Festival, Edmonton; Visual Art Week, Calgary
Gallery Artists, Barret Post Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
The McIntyre Ranch Project, Southern Alberta Art Gallery
1991 The Oldman River Exhibition, Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Selections from the Alberta Art Foundation, University Art Gallery,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1990 Los Angeles International Art Fair, represented by Canadian Art Galleries
Gallery Artists, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
1989 Gallery Artists, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
bridge, organized by The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery and presented in Lethbridge
1988 Survey Alberta 88, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
Five Artists from the Stride Gallery, THE WORKS Visual Arts Festival, Edmonton, AB
Visions of Alberta, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1987 Aspects of Contemporary Alberta Painting, Glenbow Museum
Transference, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta; Charles H. Scott
Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Focus '87, Southern Alberta Art Gallery
John Clark, Bill McCarroll, Jeffrey Spalding, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
1985 Southern Exposure, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1983 Recent Acquisitions, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
1977 Alberta Works, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
New Abstract Art, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1976 Alberta Artists, Canada House, London, England; Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France;
and New York, N.Y.
1973 Contemporary Alberta Artists, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1971 West '71, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1970 Design IIX, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California
1969 Sculpture '69, Ester Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1966 Crafstman '66, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
1962 Young Americans '62, New York Contemporary Craft Gallery, N.Y.

COLLECTIONS
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton
Government of Alberta, Edmonton
Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
Dunlop Art Gallery
Energy Resource Conservation Board, Calgary
Glenbow Museum
J.S. Charles, Santa Monica, California
Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
Lethbridge Regional Hospital
Morrison Petroleums Limited
Nickle Art Museum, University of Calgary
Norcen Energy Resouces Limited
RAPPORT, Toronto
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery
Sun Life of Canada, Toronto
The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Collections of The University of Lethbridge
Private Collections


SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
1991 On the Green, catalogue, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta;
Alberta Art Foundation Extension Exhibition Program
1991 The Oldman River Exhibition, catalogue, Southern Alberta Art Gallery
1991 Nancy Tousley, 'Window Projects,' review, Calgary Herald, January 25
1991 Mary-Beth Laviolette, 'Oldman River Expedition,' review, Artichoke,
Vol. 2, No.3 (Fall/ Winter) 32-4.
1988 Nancy Tousley, 'New Drawings/Paintings: Canadian Art Galleries' review,
Calgary Herald, May 26
1988 Elizabeth Beauchamp, 'Sam in Orange: Hole in One,' review, The Edmonton Journal, July 3
1988 Survey Alberta 88, catalogue, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary
1987 Daina Augaitis, Transference, catalogue, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
1987 Vince Varga, Aspects of Contemporary Alberta Painting, catalogue, Glenbow Museum,
Calgary, Alberta
1987 Nancy Tousley, 'John Clark, Bill MCCarroll, Jeffrey Spalding,' review, Calgary Herald,
November 19
1987 Nancy Tousley, 'Alberta Artists Turn Mass Culture Back On Itself,' review, Calgary Herald,
January 13
1986 Peter White, How to Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way: The Metaphor Continues,
catalogue, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1986 Grant Arnold, 'Billy J. McCarroll,' review, Vanguard, Vol.15, No.4 (September) 42.
1986 'Mr. Tee,' Canadian Art, Vol.3, No.3 (Fall) 23-4.
1986 Meta Perry, 'How to Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way: The Metaphor Continues,
review, Regina Leader Post, May 1
1984 Nancy Tousley, 'How to Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way: a Continuing Metaphor,
review, Calgary Herald, November 20
1974 Bruce Ferguson, Bill McCarroll/Jeff Olsen, catalogue, Glenbow Alberta Art Gallery,
Calgary, Alberta

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