Stephen Hutchings
All of Hutchings paintings consist of a charcoal drawing, which is the element that separates him from the typical painter. The energy of a drawn image is masterly mixed with soft and dramatic oil tints presenting depictions of heightened light qualities. Hutchings in essence is a master of Chiaroscuro: an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on the artist’s chosen subject matter.
Over the past three decades, Stephen Hutchings’s work has been featured in numerous large-scale museum exhibitions across Canada. His work is included in many important corporate, public and private collections. Hutchings currently lives in New Brunswick. He has been represented by Jennifer Kostuik Gallery since 2000.
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Stephen Hutchings, born in Halifax in 1948, received a B.A. in Art History from the University of Toronto and attended the Ontario College of Art in the early 1970’s. His work can be found in numerous museum, corporate and public collections including the Beaver Brook Art Gallery, New Brunswick, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Museum London, Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Glenbow Museum, Department of Foreign Affairs, Scotiabank, Air Canada, Bank of Montreal and the Royal Bank of Canada. He currently resides in New Brunswick, Canada.
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All of Hutchings paintings consist of a charcoal drawing, which is the element that separates him from the typical painter. The energy of a drawn image is masterly mixed with soft and dramatic oil tints presenting depictions of heightened light qualities. Hutchings in essence is a master of Chiaroscuro: an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on the artist’s chosen subject matter. Over the past three decades, Stephen Hutchings’s work has been featured in numerous large-scale museum exhibitions across Canada. His work is included in many important corporate, public and private collections. Hutchings currently lives in New Brunswick. He has been represented by Jennifer Kostuik Gallery since 2000.
Born: Halifax, NS, 1948
Education
1975 Ontario College of Art
1971 University of Toronto, B. A. in Art History
Chairman, Hart House Committee, University of Toronto
Solo Exhibitions
2023 The Forecast, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 The View From Here, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2021 In Introduction, Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB
2021 Old and New, Galerie St. Laurent, Ottawa, ON
2020 Through the Window, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 Landscape Tales Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
2017 On Brennan Farm, Galerie St Laurent, Ottawa ON
2016 New Work, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2015 New Work, Galerie St.Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON
2015 After the Storm, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2014 At the Edge, Studio 21 Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Fury (West), Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
2013 Upon Reflection, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2013 Ouest Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 Landscapes for the End of Time, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2012 Fury and Beyond, Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON
2012 Fury, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON
2012 Landscapes for the End of Time, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MN
2012 Constable and Corot Variations, Michael Gigson Gallery, London ON
2012 Between Sea and Sky, Studio 21 Gallery, Halifax NS
2011 Songs of Shadow and Light, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 Landscapes for the End of Time, Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB
2009 Views of an Illuminated World, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 New work, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2008 Arboretum, St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON
2008 The Far Shore, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 Shadowland, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB
2007 Shadowland, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 New Paintings, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 Foreshadowing, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 Field Trip, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 New Paintings, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 Towards Arcadia, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2001 Sketches for Utopia, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2000 New Work, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1999 Private Gesture: The drawings of Stephen Hutchings
-2001 MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, Ontario (travelling to The Robert McLaughlin, Feb.2000; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Oct. 2000; The Stratford Art Gallery; and The Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Dec. 2001.)
1997 The Bush Series, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
1996 New Paintings, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1995-6 Recent Paintings, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
(Travelling to The Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario; Art Gallery of North York, North York, Ontario; and Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario) – Catalogue
1995 New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994 New Paintings, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1992 Bush, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB – Catalogue
1991 Studio Watch, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1990 Geological Portraits, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
1986 New Work, Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
1985 Apprehensions, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
1985 Installation Drawings, Articule, Montreal, QC
1984 Fragment, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
1982 Cascade, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
1978 Hill Construction, Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Materiality and Perception in Contemporary Atlantic Art: The 2019 Marion McCain Exhibition, Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, NB
2018 The Landscape Show, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 Artists at Riverside Studio, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2014 Recent purchases by the City of Ottawa, Ottawa City Hall Gallery
2014 New Work, Melissa Morgan Gallery, Palm Dessert, CA
2013 Made in Calgary Part 2, Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary, AB
2009 Figure, Form and Ground, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto ON
2008 The Big Gift, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
2006 Canadian Landscapes, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 Canadian Rockies Project, Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, Bow Lake, The Canadian Rockies
2004 Summer Landscapes, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003 Selections from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Vertigo Theatre, Calgary, AB
2002 Alberta Biennial, Edmonton, (June) and Calgary, AB (September)
2001 Banff Creates, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Center, Banff, AB
2000 The Single Tree, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON – Catalogue
2000 Fresh, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 The Millenium Show , Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1999 Landscapes, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1998 Painters Newfoundland, University of Newfoundland Art Gallery, St. Johns, NF
1997 The Persistent Tradition, Contemporary Canadian Landscape, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
1997 Harvest, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1997 Corporate Portraits, a University of Lethbridge installation at Art Walk, Calgary, AB
1996 Looking Back IV 1991-1995, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
1996 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, Glenbow Museum (June), and Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1996 A Perspective on Drawing, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, AB
1995 Still Life, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1995 New Work by Gallery Artists, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994 Hidden Values: Ontario Corporations Collect, The McMichel Gallery, Kleinberg, ON – Catalogue
1994 Contemporary Canadian Works from the collection of the University of Lethbridge, The North York Performing Arts Centre, North York, ON
1993 Looking Back II 1980 – 1985, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
1993 Tenth Anniversary show, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Drawings, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, AB
1993 Works from the Canadian Council Art Bank, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, AB
1992 New Works from the Alberta foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
1992 The McIntyre NCH Project, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
1991 Hutchings and Hudson, Cascade plaza, Banff, Alberta
1991 Oldman River Expedition, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
1990 Artists of the Oldman River Expedition, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
1988 Heroic, Walter Philips Gallery, Banff, AB – Catalogue
1984 Dis;locations, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB
1984 Enigma, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1981 3+3+9, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON
1981 Small Sculpture, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
1979 Environmental Sculpture, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON
1978 Inaugural Show, Factory 77. Toronto, ON
1978 Performance, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON
1977 Rehearsal, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON
Sculpture and Commission Work
2012 Project Manager for Jennifer Stead, East Pool sculpture commission, Ottawa ON
1985 finalist for Jack Singer Hall Sculpture commission, Calgary AB
1984 finalist for Petro Canada Head Office sculpture commission, Calgary AB
1982 Hill Construction, large-scale temporary Sculpture commission, Queen’s Park, Toronto ON
VIDEO
2014 Thirteen Videos for Thirteen Melodies (30 min) premiered at Gusman Hall, University of Miami, Florida
2013 screenings of The Boat and The Bush at the Canadian Museum of Nature, February
2012 Fugitive Visions (A Roman landscape in modern day England), (10 min 10 sec) premiering at Winnipeg Art Gallery; audio by the Gryphon Trio
2010 The Bush (7 min 50 sec), in the collection of Glenbow Museum, show as part of the Landscapes for the End of Time exhibition, and at the Toronto Summer Music Festival; audio by members of Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
2010 The Boat (8 min 30 sec), in the collection of Glenbow Museum, show as part of the Landscapes for the End of Time exhibition; audio by Sebastian Hutchings
Selected Reviews
Ottawa Citizen, November 05, 2014, Peter Simpson (group show)
Halifax Chronicle Herald, October 30, 2014, “Visual Viewpoints: Hutchings’ technique lends dreamlike effect,” Elissa Barnard
Alberta Views, November 2014, Beate Wichmann, pg 21 (photo)
Fast Forward Weekly (Calgary), Stormy weather, Cadence Mandybura , April 2014
Alternatives Journal, Volume 39, Number 1, “Dark Beauty,” Grace Johnstone, Jan/Feb 2013
Sequenza 21, (http://www.sequenza21.com/2013/02/the-gryphon-trio-bridge-musical-and-artistic-genres/), The Gryphon Trio Bridge Musical and Artistic Ggenres, Feb 2013
Ottawa Citizen, “Huge paintings at the Museum of Nature might blow you away,” Peter Simpson, Nov 2, 2012
Ottawa West EMC, “Turbulent Skies, uncertain times fuel painter’s vision,” Steph Willems, Oct 11, 2012
BorderCrossings, Issue No. 123, “Stephen Hutchings,” Alison Gillmor, Fall 2012
Gallery West, “Landscapes for the End of Time,” Marlene Milne, pg 27 (and online) Fall/Winter 2012
Ottawa Citizen, “Multiple Visions”, Peter Simpson, (mention), pg D8, Aug 30, 2012
BorderCrossings, Issue No. 109, “Stephen Hutchings Review,” Petra Halkes, Feb 2009
Aspiring to the Landscape, “Investigations into the Meaning of Nature in Works by Wanda Koop, Stephen Hutchings, Susan Feindel and Eleanor Bond,” pg 117-150, published doctoral dissertation by Petra Halkes, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, 2001
Canadian Art, “Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1996,” (photo), Spring 1997
Toronto Globe and Mail, “Gallery Going,” Gillian MacKay, March 29, 1997
Toronto Globe and Mail, John Bentley Mays, March 26, 1996
Toronto Globe and Mail, John Bentley Mays, November 25, 1995
The Record, (Kitchener, Ontario), Robert Reid, November 18, 1995
Toronto Globe and Mail, John Bentley Mays, May 28, 1994
Vanguard, page 52, Feb/March, 1986
Parachute, page 64, Summer, 1985
The Ryersonian, Nov.1, 1985
Toronto Globe and Mail, May.12, 1979
Art International, Jan / Feb, 1979
Arts Canada, Dec / Jan, 1979
Toronto Globe and Mail, Oct 7, 1978
Toronto Sun, June 26, 1978
Artists Review #16, May 30, 1978
Toronto Globe and Mail, June 6, 1978
Toronto Globe and Mail, Sept 24, 1977
Catalogues
2011 Landscapes for the End of Time, 160 pages, 10” x 11” hardcover, essays by Petra Halkes, Mary Reid, and Vincent Varga, Glenbow Museum, 2011
2008 Inspiring Creativity, Bernadette MacDonald (ed.), pg 96 (illus.), The Banff Centre Press
2006 Aspiring to the Landscape; On Painting and the Subject of Nature, Petra Halkes, pp 46-72, University of Toronto Press
2006 An Alberta Art Chronicle; Adventures in Recent and Contemporary Art, Mary-Beth Laviolette, pp 43, 261, 442-5, Altitude Publishing
2000 The Single Tree, London Regional and Historical Art Gallery, London, Ontario, 2000, text by Laura Millard
1997 The Bush Series, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1997, Text By Stephen Hutchings
Stephen Hutchings: Recent Paintings, Art Gallery of Waterloo, University of Waterloo, 1995, Text by Joe Wyatt
1994 Hidden Values: Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections, Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC, 1994, text by Robert Swain, Bush;
1992 Stephen Hutchings, Southern Alberta Art Gallery , Lethbridge, Alberta, 1992, text by Lelde Meulensbach
1988 Heroics; A Critical View , Walter Phillips Gallery. The Banff Center, Banff, Alberta 1988, Text by Dot Tuer
Art Fairs
2005-2017 TIAF Toronto International Art Fair, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2004 Scope LA, Los Angeles, CA
Awards
Canada Council Travel Grant, 1998
Canada Council Project Cost Grant, 1989
Canada Council “B” Grant, 1986
Canada Council Travel Grant, 1985
Material Donation, Crown Zellerbach, 1978
Canada Council Project Cost Grant, 1978
Material Donation, Wolmanized Wood Products, 1978
Selected Collections
Air Canada
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Banff Centre
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton
Bennet Jones, Toronto
Boston Consulting Group
Canada Council Art Bank
City of Calgary
Code Hunter Wittman
Cumulus Media Inc.
Department of External Affairs (numerous)
Ernst and Young
Four Seasons (head office)
Friesen Printers, Manitoba
Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB
Grant MacEwan Community College
Juniper Lodge, Banff Alberta
London Museum McMillan, Binch
Milestones Restaurants (numerous)
Morrison Petroleums
Nisbett-Brown
Osler Hoskin and Harcourt (Toronto and Calgary offices)
Royal Bank of Canada
Stikeman Elliott, Calgary
Sun Life
Swiss Bank (Canada)
Toronto Teatro Restaurant (Calgary, Alberta)
Tom Thompson Art Gallery
Trimark Corporation
Transalta University of Calgary
University of Lethbridge
University of Toronto
Wellington Insurance
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Selected Reviews / Articles
Ottawa Citizen, November 05, 2014, Peter Simpson (group show)
Halifax Chronicle Herald, October 30, 2014, “Visual Viewpoints: Hutchings’ technique lends dreamlike effect,” Elissa Barnard
Alberta Views, November 2014, Beate Wichmann, pg 21 (photo)
Fast Forward Weekly (Calgary), Stormy weather, Cadence Mandybura , April 2014
Alternatives Journal, Volume 39, Number 1, “Dark Beauty,” Grace Johnstone, Jan/Feb 2013
Sequenza 21, (http://www.sequenza21.com/2013/02/the-gryphon-trio-bridge-musical-and-artistic-genres/), The Gryphon Trio Bridge Musical and Artistic Ggenres, Feb 2013
Ottawa Citizen, “Huge paintings at the Museum of Nature might blow you away,” Peter Simpson, Nov 2, 2012
Ottawa West EMC, “Turbulent Skies, uncertain times fuel painter’s vision,” Steph Willems, Oct 11, 2012 BorderCrossings, Issue No. 123, “Stephen Hutchings,” Alison Gillmor, Fall 2012
Gallery West, “Landscapes for the End of Time,” Marlene Milne, pg 27 (and online) Fall/Winter 2012
Ottawa Citizen, “Multiple Visions”, Peter Simpson, (mention), pg D8, Aug 30, 2012,
BorderCrossings, Issue No. 109, “Stephen Hutchings Review,” Petra Halkes, Feb 2009
Aspiring to the Landscape, “Investigations into the Meaning of Nature in Works by Wanda Koop, Stephen Hutchings, Susan Feindel and Eleanor Bond,” pg 117-150, published doctoral dissertation by Petra Halkes, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, 2001
Canadian Art, “Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1996,” (photo), Spring 1997
Toronto Globe and Mail, “Gallery Going,” Gillian MacKay, March 29, 1997
Toronto Globe and Mail, John Bentley Mays, March 26, 1996
Toronto Globe and Mail, John Bentley Mays, November 25, 1995
The Record, (Kitchener, Ontario), Robert Reid, November 18, 1995
Toronto Globe and Mail, John Bentley Mays, May 28, 1994
Vanguard, page 52, Feb/March, 1986
Parachute, page 64, Summer, 1985
The Ryersonian, Nov.1, 1985
Toronto Globe and Mail, May.12, 1979
Art International, Jan / Feb, 1979
Arts Canada, Dec / Jan, 1979
Toronto Globe and Mail, Oct 7, 1978
Toronto Sun, June 26, 1978
Artists Review #16, May 30, 1978
Toronto Globe and Mail, June 6, 1978
Toronto Globe and Mail, Sept 24, 1977
Catalogues / Books
Landscapes for the End of Time, 160 pages, 10” x 11” hardcover, essays by Petra Halkes, Mary Reid, and Vincent Varga, Glenbow Museum, 2011
Inspiring Creativity, Bernadette MacDonald (ed.), pg 96 (illus.), The Banff Centre Press, 2008
Aspiring to the Landscape; On Painting and the Subject of Nature, Petra Halkes, pp 46-72, University of Toronto Press, 2006
An Alberta Art Chronicle; Adventures in Recent and Contemporary Art, Mary-Beth Laviolette, pp 43, 261, 442-5, Altitude Publishing, 2006
The Single Tree, London Regional and Historical Art Gallery, London, Ontario, 2000, text by Laura Millard
The Bush Series, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1997, text by Stephen Hutchings
Stephen Hutchings: Recent Paintings, Art Gallery of Waterloo, University of Waterloo, 1995, text by Joe Wyatt
Hidden Values: Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections, Douglas and MacIntyre, Vancouver, B.C., 1994, text by Robert Swain,
Bush; Stephen Hutchings, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, 1992, Foreword by Robert Fulford, text by Lelde Meulenbachs
Heroics; A Critical View, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta 1988, text by Dot Tuer
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