May 16 - June 28, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, May 16, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Email: vaults@wag.mb.ca
The title of this show is based on a series of drawings I have been making for the last year or so. There are a couple of different series that encompass this theme and title, the most prevalent being my compressed series, also known as "Hi-Lited 4 x 4's". It was this series that lead me towards the body of work I am doing now.
The Hi-Lited 4 x 4's began at my desk at work, during one of my coffee breaks. I felt the need to make some art, and had plenty of paper to work on, but could only find a black pen, pencil, and four Hi-Liter markers at my disposal. I decided to make the best with what I had, and started making art (for what ever reason) in a compressed four inch square area on my paper. When ever I had free time at work, I would do another, and eventually I started making them at my studio, and at home. Feeling the itch to work larger, I took the same materials and inspiration, and began expanding the themes and dimensions of these works. The bigger the works have become, the more diverse my materials have also become. You can only push Hi-Liter markers so far (and I have), so I began incorporating pencil crayons, gouache, and acrylics.
I am not trying for a sense of realism, of course, but I am trying to achieve a collage look and feel to these works... as though they were tightly assembled with cut or ripped pieces off paper and bright fabrics. Rather than having an array of old magazines to directly cut and paste my imagery though, I create my own images and textiles in an attempt to mimic a collage. This is both challenging and fun for me, as I have to try and draw a compressed, overlapping field of imagery, utilizing the look of "cut and paste," without the immediacy of the actual materials.
Dan Donaldson
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EDUCATION
-BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, 1996
DEANS HONOUR LIST
AWARDS
-GISSUR ELIASON MEMORIAL PAINTING SCHOLARSHIP
-JACK HART MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
-HEINZ JORDAN AWARD FOR PAINTING
-LIQUITEX EXCELLENCE IN ART STUDENT GRANT
EXHIBITIONS
2007 WINTER WARMER, GROUP SHOW
ACE ART GALLERY, WINNIPEG
ART IMITATING LIFE IMITATING ART, SOLO SHOW
ACE ART GALLERY, WINNIPEG
SQUARE FOOT V
AWOL GALLERY, TORONTO
DESIRES REVEALED. GROUP SHOW
INFUSION GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
2006 FABULOUS FAKES.POP ART WITH A TWIST
PLUG IN GALLERY, WINNIPEG
SQUARE FOOT IV
AWOL GALLERY, TORONTO
THREE GUYS IN A TRUCK
THE CREAM GALLERY, WINNIPEG
2005 CAPPY DICK
THE ANNEX GALLERY, WINNIPEG
2001 LE MOIS DE LA PHOTOCOPIE
GROUP OF N, MONTREAL
1996 IF THE SHOE FITS GERALD
PLUG IN GALLERY, WINNIPEG
1995 GARFUNKLE POPEYE
ONE NIGHT EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH S.O.F.A
(STUDENTS OF FINE ARTS), AGG (ARTISTS GALLERY
GROUP) VENUE VIII AND THE MACARONI BAR, WINNIPEG
1994 MEMBERS SHOW
MAIN ACCESS GALLERY, WINNIPEG
SCHOOL OF MUSIC SHOW
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
1993 SOLO SHOW
OFF-ICE GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
1993 STUDENT GROUP SHOW
MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
COMPUTER ART SHOW
WEST END CULTURAL CENTER, WINNIPEG
IN YOUR FACE (A TASTE OF MANITOBA)
STUDENT BOLSHEVIC GALLERY, WINNIPEG
INFEST MANITOBA
ONE NIGHT EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH STYLUS
MAGAZINE, STUDENT BOLSHEVIC GALLERY AND
VENUE VIII, WINNNIPEG
1992 GOD DAMN US EVERYONE
STUDENT BOLSHEVICS GALLERY, WINNIPEG
PUNISHED IN SILK (STUDENT BOLSHEVICS)
STUDENT BOLSHEVICS GALLERY, WINNIPEG
HEDGE MANITOBA
WAFFLE SHACK GALLERY, WINNIPEG
STUDENT GROUP SHOW
MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
1991 SPRINGEN IN FRUGEN
ACE ART OUTDOOR PROJECT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
WINNIPEG FRINGE FESTIVAL AND STUDENT BOLSHEVICS,
WINNIPEG
MINISTRY OF ART (STUDENT BOLSHEVICS)
WAFFLE SHACK GALLERY, WINNIPEG
LENINS FURNITURE SHOW (STUDENT BOLSHEVICS)
STUDENT BOLSHEVICS GALLERY, WINNIPEG
BOOK 'EM DANO (STUDENT BOLSHEVICS)
STUDENT BOLSHEVICS GALLERY, WINNIPEG
PERFORMANCES
1991 ENGULFMENT (MANNLICHER CARCANO AUDIO GROUP)
DOUG HARVEY RETROSPECTIVE, PLUG IN GALLERY,
WINNIPEG
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS COVERAGE
1992 "STORMING THE RAMPARTS WITH THE STUDENT
BOLSHEVICS" ARTICLE BY SCOTT ELLIS, BORDER
CROSSINGS.
1994 "GARFUNKLE POPEYE TRULY ART FOR ART'S SAKE"
ARTICLE BY CHUCK MOLGAT, UPTOWN MAGAZINE.
2005 "HEAD OF THE CLASS", REVIEW OF THE CAPPY DICK SHOW
IN UPTOWN MAGAZINE.
2007 "THE ART OF LIFE", REVIEW OF 'ART IMITATING LIFE
IMITATING ART' BY KELLY NICKIE, THE UNITER.
"THE PROVERBIAL QUESTION:DID ART IMITATE LIFE OR...",
REVIEW BY LORNE ROBERTS, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS.
"EXHIBITIONISM", ARTICLE BY KENTON SMITH, URBANITE
MAGAZINE.
"ANOTHER ACE AT ACE ART INC.", REVIEW BY LEAH
WERIER, THE MANITOBAN.
2007 COVER OF THE UNITER, UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG NEWS
PAPER.
MEDIA COVERAGE
1992 CKY NEWS HOUR, COVERAGE OF THE PUNISHED IN SILK
SHOW
CBC EYE ON THE ARTS WITH ROBERT ENRIGHT,
COVERAGE OF INFEST MANITOBA AND THE STUDENT
BOLSHEVICS GALLERY.
CKY NEWS HOUR, COVERAGE OF THE HEDGE MANITOBA
SHOW.
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Images: © 2007 - 2008 Dan Donaldson
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