Stu Oxley

“The images in this exhibition reference sketchbook drawings which evolved from a sense of place or a memory of place. In some ways the images become distant and intuitive recollections. The initial act of drawing, combined with the digital process and the print medium, creates an imprint of the actual memory. The process of creating the image reflects the way memory struggles for clarity. Although there are specific signifiers, as distant as they may be, it seems to be the emotive memory that is the stimulus. The forgetfulness caused by the traffic of time and experience is a further source of inspiration. These tracings of memory of past and present suggest movement towards a more subconscious voice. ”
—Stu Oxley

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Stu Oxley, MFA, BA Honours, is represented by Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC; Mira Godard, Toronto, Ont.; Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB; and Jill George Gallery, London, England. His work is represented in numerous public and corporate collections across Canada.

A Master Printmaker, he owns and operates Riverside Studio in Elora, Ontario, where he has worked with many established artists, including John Kissick, Joe Fafard, Tony Scherman, John Hartman, Stephen Hutchings, Tony Urquhart and Tim Zuck, among others.

He is also a Professor of Drawing and Printmaking at Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario.

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Artist Website: stuoxley.com/

Stu Oxley is an outstanding Canadian artist with a 30-year history of exhibitions in national and international, public and private galleries. Primarily working as a printmaker and painter, his practice is defined by a distinctive form of poetic abstraction involving evocative colour and exquisitely responsive mark making. As a Master Printer, Oxley has also made a very significant contribution auditioning prints for numerous distinguished contemporary artists at Riverside Studio, the print shop he runs in Elora, Ontario. Oxley earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Waterloo and has for the last fifteen years been an extremely supportive and effective instructor of art, teaching at notable post secondary art programs such as Georgian College and the University of Guelph. Stu Oxley has realized twenty-six solo exhibitions of his artwork, including regular exhibitions at prominent art galleries such as Mira Godard Gallery in Toronto, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery in Vancouver, Jill George Gallery in London, England, and Paul Kuhn Gallery in Calgary. Included in numerous private and public art collections such as the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Museum London, the Maclaren Art Centre, the Nickle Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Stu Oxley has also been awarded recognition with a Purchase Award by the Ernst and Young 'Great Canadian Print Prize'. A significant high point in Stu Oxley's exhibition history is a catalogued, international solo exhibition at the Naughton Gallery at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland in 2011.

EDUCATION

1995  Masters of Fine Art, April 1995, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
1991  Ontario Teachers Certificate, Deans Honour List, Faculty of Education,
University of Western Ontario
1978  Bachelor of Arts, Honors Specializing in Fine Arts, University of Guelph,Guelph, ON
1972  Creative Arts Diploma, 2 Years, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016   Distant Grounds, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
2015   Distant Grounds, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
2014  Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
2011  Naughton Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
2010  Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009  Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
2009  Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006  Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
2006  New Monoprints, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004  New Monotypes, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003  Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
2002  Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002  Jill George Gallery, London, England
2000  Balance in Form, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000  Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
2000  Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000  Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
1999  First Canadian Place Network Gallery, Toronto, ON
1999  Edward Day Gallery – Prints, Toronto, ON
1999  Edward Day Gallery – Drawings, Toronto, ON
1998  McClaren Gallery, Barry, ON
1997  Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
1997  Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON
1996  University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
1991  MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
1988  Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
1983  Ed Gallery, Guelph, ON
1980  Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015   Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery), Toronto
2014   Toronto International Art Fair, (Mira Godard Gallery),Toronto
2014   Prints Today 2015, RCA, Villa Bagatelle Quebec City
2014   Papier 14, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Montreal, PQ
2014   Georgian College Faculty Exhibition, Barrie, ON
2014   Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2013   Beyond The Frame, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
2013   Prints Today; RCA, Stewart Hall, Pointe Claire, Quebec
2013   Toronto International Art Fair, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 Painting ; The Elora Connection Elora Centre For The Arts Elora
2012 Oxley/Shawcross (Two person show), Renan Isaacs Contemporary Art Gallery, Guelph, ON
2012 Toronto International Art Fair Toronto
2012 Prints Today John B. Aird Galley Toronto
2012 Painters /Printmakers Mira Godard Gallery Toronto
2012 Red Dot Renann Issacs Contemporary Guelph
2012 IIndigo Jennifer Kostuik Gallery Vancouver
2011 Noir Renann Issacs Contemporary Guelph
2011 Toronto International Art Fair Mira Godard Gallery
2011 Shan T / Oxley Remedy Kostuik Gallery Vancouver
2011 Remedy: Monoprints by Stu Oxley, Paintings by Sand T,2011  Remedy: Monoprints by Stu Oxley and Paintings by Sand T,
Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010  Pepper Canister Gallery, Dublin Ireland
2009  Toronto International Art Fair, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009  Five Canadian Artists, Alma Gallery, Guelph, ON
2009  Toronto International Art Fair, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008  Toronto International Art Fair, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008  Belfast Print Exhibit: Shawcross/ Penny/ Oxley, Art Tank, Belfast,
Northern Ireland
2007  Toronto International Art Fair, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2006  MAAPS International Print Exhibition:
NASCAD University, Halifax, NS
OCAD Toronto, ON
Mennonite Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Burnaby Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Kansei Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan
2006  Toronto International Art Fair, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2006  Black and White, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
2005  New York Affordable Art Fair, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005  SPRUNG, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003  Light, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vanocuver, BC
2000  Framed 2000, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
2000  Fresh/ Group Exhibition, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999  Framed 2000, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
1999  Prints Exhibition, Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON
1999  Drawings On, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
1998  Printers and Painters, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
Eric Fischl, Tim Zuck, John Hartman, April Gornik, Christopher Pratt,
Tony Sherman, Stu Oxley
1998  Printmakers, Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON
1997  The Great Canadian Printmaking Prize Exhibition, PRIZE WINNER,
Iron Age Gallery, Toronto, ON
1997  New Work 97, Art Gallery of North York, Toronto, ON
1997  Grand Opening Exhibition, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
1997  Making an Impression, Stratford Art Gallery, Stratford, ON
1997  Framed 2000, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
1997  Lonsdale Group Show, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
1997  Exhibition Print, Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON
1996  Crossing Borders, The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University,
New York
1996  The Framed Exhibition, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
1995  C. Ruddock and S. Oxley, Harbinger Gallery, Kitchener, ON
1995  Printmakers at Riverside
MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
Maclaren Art Center, Barrie, ON
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Stratford Art Gallery, Stratford, ON
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia
1995  Tea-Trays in the Sky, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
1994  Recent Aquisitions, University of Waterloo Gallery, Waterloo, ON
1994  Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, ON
1994  Box Exhibition, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
1994  University of Waterloo Graduate Exhibition, University of Waterloo
Gallery, Waterloo, ON
1993  Chair Exhibition, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
1991  19th Grafioni Bienale Ljubljana, Ljubljana
1989  25th Aniversary University of Guelph, MacDonald Stewart Art  Center, Guelph, ON
1989  Living Impressions, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
1985  20th Aniversity University of Guelph, Staff Exhibition, University of
Guelph, Guelph, ON
1983  Graduate Alumni Exhibition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
1983  Three Centuries Festival, Jurried Exhibition, Elora, ON
1983  Sword St. Press Show, Harbor front, Toronto, ON
1983  Monoprints, Sword St. Press, Toronto, ON

AWARDS

1996   The Great Canadian Print Prize, Earnst & Younge and Arts Canada

1989 / 90 Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance

1978 / 79 Ontario Arts Council Grant

1991 Heinz Jordan Award, University of Guelph

1975 / 76 Associate Artist, Wilfred Laurier University

1988 Film & Photography Award, Sheridan College

COLLECTIONS

Canadian Pacific

Imperial Oil

Ernst and Young

Nova Alberta Corporation

Esso Canada

Bank of Montreal

Mackintosh Art Gallery

Nickel Museum of Art

London Regional Art Gallery

Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery

Art Gallery of Hamilton

University of Western Ontario

University of Guelph – Print Study Collection

University of Guelph – Permanent Collection

Wilfred Laurier University

St. Mary’s University, Nova Scotia

University of Waterloo, Waterloo

Waterloo County Board of Education

Waterloo Collegate

North York Center for Performing Arts

CIBC

MacDonald Stewart Art Center

Maclaren Art Center, Barrie, Ontario

Tom Thompson Gallery, Owen Sound

KPMG Consultants, Toronto

REPRESENTED

Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC  Canada

Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON  Canada

Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB Canada

Jill George Gallery, London, England

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