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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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
2022 The Subconscious Voice – View
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