CHRIS CRAN RCA
Curriculum VitaeBorn 1949, Ocean Falls, British Columbia
Lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
EDUCATION
| 1979 | Alberta College of Art and Design, Graduate with Honours, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1976 | Kootenay School of Art, Nelson, British Columbia |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2014 | That's An Excellent Question, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA USA |
| 2013 | Candidates and Citizens, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2011 | Reading Room, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2010 | “if something appears to be photographic, it is” Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2009 | Bright Spiral Standard, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto Ontario Chris Cran: Diversions, Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2008 | The Secret Ecstasy of the Whole World, 809 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2006 | Novel, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Chris Cran: The Return of the Beautiful Hayseed, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2005 | Camera Obscura, Theatre, One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, Alberta Chris Cran: Camera Obscura Theatre, Calgary Science Centre, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2004 | Inspirational Themes and Sublime Sales, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Camera Obscura Theatre, One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2003 | Big Opening!!!, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario And Now It’s Personal, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick Camera Obscura Theatre, One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo, Calgary |
| 2001 | Fully Visible, Harcourt House, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2000 | The Second Hundred Years, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Surveying the Damage, 1977-1997, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario; Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, (catalogue) Chris Cran, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1999 | The First One Hundred Years, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Surveying the Damage, 1977 - 1997, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatchewanatoon, Saskatchewanatchewan, Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Art Gallery of North York, North York, Ontario, Gallery of the Saidye Bronfman Centre des Arts, Montreal, Quebec (catalogue) |
| 1998 | Surveying the Damage, 1977 - 1997, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia (catalogue) |
| 1997 | Chris Cran: Paintings, 1993-1996, University of Waterloo, Artspace Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1996 | Chris Cran: New Screen Paintings, In the Viewing Room, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Chris Cran: Paintings, 1993-1996, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario, traveling, (catalogue) No Photography Allowed, Edmonton Art Gallery, Project Room, Edmonton, Alberta Chris Cran, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1995 | New Works, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1994 | Heads, The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec |
| 1993 | Heads, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton, New Brunswick; Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta College of Art, Calgary; University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta New Works, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1992 | Chris Cran, 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, New York Chris Cran, New Work, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1991 | Heads, Memorial University, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland traveling, (catalogue) Chris Cran, Robert Rauschenberg, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia Studio Watch, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1990 | Chris Cran - New Work, Whyte Museum of The Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta |
| 1989 | Loved By Millions, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, (catalogue) Deluxe, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1987 | Inherent Vice, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, (catalogue) |
| 1986 | Chris Cran - Paintings, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2014 | MmmPop: Pop Art from the U of L Art Collection, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta Made in Calgary: The 2000s. Glenbow Museum, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta Inaugural Show #1, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, California Olympian Heights, MOCA, Calgary, Alberta Made in Calgary: 1990’s, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta Exposure: Photography Festival 2014, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Portrait, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Concurrent, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 90 x 90 Celebrating Art in Alberta Part 2, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Portraiture, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta Kim Dorland: Voted Most Likely, C2, Calgary, Alberta Modern Visions: the Mendel Art Gallery 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| 2013 | The News From Here: 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (catalogue) Great Moments In Pop, MOCA, Calgary, Alberta Made in Calgary, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta Olympian Heights, MOCA, Calgary, Alberta Made in Calgary: 1980’s – Part 2, MOCA, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2012 |
Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (catalogue) Venerator: Contemporary Art from the AGA Collection, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Round Up, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Street Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta ACAD Faculty Exhibition, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta We Tell Ourselves Stories, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2011 |
If the Sun Had A Sound It Would Sound Like This, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Calgary Modern, Contemporary Art From Calgary Collections, MOCA, Calgary Calgary Collects, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (catalogue) Print Portfolio Fundraiser, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2010 |
Hot Plate: International Printmaking Exhibition, Phoenix Brighton Gallery, Brighton, England Celebrity Icons: Pop Art From The University Of Lethbridge Collection, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, Alberta ACAD Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2009 |
Pop Is Everything, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario Early Work, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Part One Is About Time, Part Two Is About Space, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Facts and Figures, Museum London, London, Ontario Tails From the Vault, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Gallery Without Walls, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta RCA: A Celebration of Art, Architecture and Design, Trepanier Baer Gallery Calgary, Alberta Times Up Jackal, Point To My Eyes, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Pause, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Back to Black and Light, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2008 |
Dots, Pulses and Loops, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario The Big Gift, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta The Big Gift, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Let Me Be Your Mirror, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewanatchewan (catalogue) Mixed Messages, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario We Share Our Blanket With The Owl, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Bird Island (A Week On), Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Feedback in the Field, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario The ACADemy Show 2008, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta Understanding Contemporary Art, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Facts and Figures: Works From the Permanent Collection, Museum London, London, Ontario Salt Flats, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Carte Blanche v.2 Painting MOCCA, Toronto, Ontario (catalogue) Vanish: Art and Illusion, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewanatchewan Abstract Painting in Canada, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS (catalogue) |
| 2007 |
The Biennale de Montréal 2007: Crack the Sky, Montréal, Quebec (catalogue) Chorus (After Montreal), Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta White Noise, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Art Toronto 2007, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2006 |
Artist's Artists, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta The McIntyre Ranch Project, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Heavy, Hi-Fi Club, Calgary, Alberta Many Shades Of The Departed, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Art Toronto 2006, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario The Perm Show, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario About Time, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2005 |
The McIntyre Ranch Project, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Beyond Emma Lake: Contemporary Art of Alberta and Saskatchewanatchewan, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta The ACAD Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta 20th Anniversary Survey Show, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Collection Selection, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Alberta Artists Seen – on the Mezzanine, National Arts Centre, Ottawa Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta 20th Anniversary RETROSPECTIVE SHOW Part 2, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Toronto International Art Fair, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2004 |
Still Life: Untranquillized, Kitchener Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario faceLIFT: Portraits Rejuvenated, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario Cold and Lonely, Lovely Works of Art, Selections from the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art And Design Faces and Figures of the Nickle, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta The Old Man Show, Sugar Estate, Calgary, Alberta Toronto International Art Fair, TrépanierBaer, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2003 |
Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta Feigned Memories, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Summer Group Exhibition, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Techni colour, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Locations: Space, Culture, Identity, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta FIASCO, Annual Fesitval of Wrongheadedness, Sugar Estate Art Salon, Calgary, Alberta Summer Group Exhibition, TrépanierBAer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Windowlicker, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2002 |
Show & Tell, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Toronto International Art Fair (Trépanier Baer) Toronto, Ontario ALBUM: ACAD @ 75, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 |
Toronto International Art Fair (TrépanierBaer)Toronto, Ontario Summer Group Show, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Art In Bloom, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewanatchewan These Eyes, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewanatchewan Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta AlbertaC's of Pop Art: America, Britain and Canada, Major Artists and Their Legacy, Art Gallery of Stratford, Stratford, Ontario (catalogue) |
| 2000 |
Pleasures of Sight, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida (catalogue) Art of Our Century: Modern Art at Millennium's End, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida Toronto Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre (TrépanierBaer), Toronto, Ontario Silver Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta AlbertaC's of Pop Art: America, Britain and Canada, Major Artists and Their Legacy, Florida State University, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida (catalogue), traveling. Faculty Exhibition, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1999 |
Patterns of Disappearance, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Faculty Exhibition, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1998 |
Beauty and the Banal, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Art Week Installation, the Banke, Calgary, Alberta Six Degrees of Separation, The Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, Alberta Prairie Album II, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta The Aitkens Collect, The Nickle Art Museum, Calgary, Alberta ARCO, Trépanier Baer Gallery, Madrid, Spain |
| 1997 |
Cran, Nix and Mennie, Shuswap Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, British Columbia New Modern, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Tradition Transformed, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Concealing Revealing: Voices From the Canadian Foothills, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Bang! The Gun As Image, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (catalogue) This Mortal Coil: Images of Death, Mourning and Loss, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario Patterned After, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1996 |
L'Oeil du collectionneur, Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal, (catalogue) Dialogue Between Idea and Action, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta From the Collection, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Group Show, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Big Attack Abstraction, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Suncor Collects, Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Show and Tell, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1995 |
Last Chance for Eden: The Contemporary Sublime, Part 1, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Stride Benefit Auction & Exhibition, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta City Exhibition, Curated by Nancy Townsend, City Hall, Calgary, Alberta Saving Face, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario Mysteries of the Flesh, ArtWeek, Home Oil Tower, curated by Jeffrey Spalding, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1994 |
IV Bienal Internacional de Pintura, Cuenca, Ecuador Return to Paradise, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Transposition: Optical Producers in Collaboration, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Hidden Values, West, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta (catalogue) Hidden Values, Ontario, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario (catalogue) Passion for Art, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta Graff Selects, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Contemporary Canadian Works, The North York Performing Arts Centre, North York, Ontario Abstraction: Which Way From Here, ArtWeek, Home Oil Tower, curated by Jeffrey Spalding, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1993 |
New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Infest, High River, Alberta Group Exhibition, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta Reflecting Paradise, Taejon Expo 93, South Korea, selections from the University of Lethbridge Collection, curated by Jeffrey Spalding |
| 1992 |
From Soup to Nuts, ArtWeek, selections from the University of Lethbridge Collection, Banker's Hall, curated by Jeffrey Spalding, Calgary, Alberta Pop Art Plus, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1992 | Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1991 |
Tell-Tale: Restructuring Narratives in Contemporary Canadian Art, Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewanatchewan, Saskatchewanatoon, Saskatchewanatchewan Moppett, Cran , Renpenning, Johnston, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta Top Notch, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta 'Round The Outside, 'Round The Inside, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge. Alberta Faculty Exhibition, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1990 |
LA/90, Los Angeles Art Fair, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California Summer Group Show, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta Permanent Collections, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta Collecting in Depth, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta Faculty Exhibition, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta Works From the Permanent Collection, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1989 |
First Impressions, Recent Acquisitions of the Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta Bridge, From the Collection of the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta Recent Acquisitions, Nova Corporation, Calgary, Alberta A Selection from the University of Calgary at the Nickle Arts Museum, Petro-Canada Centre Exhibition Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1988 |
Contemporary 88: Calgary, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta, (catalogue) Survey Alberta 88, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, (catalogue) Works from The Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario Drawings From The Permanent Collection, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta Drawings, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta Works, Manulife Building, Edmonton, Alberta Works From the Collection of Canada Council Art Bank, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Memorial University, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland Permanent Collection: Nickle Arts Museum, Red Deer College, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery |
| 1987 |
Aspects of Contemporary Painting in Alberta, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta Transference, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver, British Columbia, (catalogue) Painting the Figure, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Art Bank at Work, Petro Canada Centre Exhibition Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1986 |
Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Summer Group Show #2, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta Looking at Myself, Off Centre Centre, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1985 | Contemporary Realists, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta A Measure of Success, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, (catalogue) 5+5, Off Centre Centre, Calgary, Alberta Points North, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta |
| 1980 |
Mostly Smaller Works, Off Centre Centre, Calgary, Alberta Some Drawings by Some Albertans, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, (catalogue) |
AWARDS
| 2014 | Doug and Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award |
| 2012 | Alberta Foundation for the Arts |
| 2011 | ACAD Alumni Award of Excellence |
| 2010 | Canada Council Grant |
| 2005 | Sonia de Grandmaison Scholarship (Banff Centre) In Memory of Keith Evans Scholarship (Banff Centre) The Alice and Harold Soper Scholarship (Banff Centre) |
| 2003 | Fleck Fellowship (Banff Centre) |
| 2002 | Induction - Royal Academy of Arts |
| 1999 | Canada Council A Grant |
| 1998 | Canada Council A Grant |
| 1995 | Canada Council A Grant |
| 1993 | Canada Council B Grant |
| 1990 | Canada Council B Grant |
| 1989 | Alberta Culture Project Grant |
| 1988 | Canada Council B Grant |
| 1987 | Alberta Culture Project Grant |
| 1986 | Canada Council B Grant |
| 1982 | Marie Manson Memorial Award |
| 1979 | Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant Alberta Culture Project Grant |
COLLECTIONS
Alberta Foundation for the ArtsAlberta College of Art and Design Collection
Alberta Heritage Project
The John Aitken Collection
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Peel
Art Gallery of Windsor
Banff Centre for the Arts
Brownlee LLP
Burnet Duckworth & Palmer
William S. Burroughs Collection
Caber Production Company
CanFund Energy Capital Limited
Canada Council Art Bank
Dunlop Art Gallery
Edmonton Art Gallery
Elbow River Resources
First City Savings and Trust Company
Fletcher Challenge
Aileen Getty Collection
Glenbow Museum
Kenderdine Gallery
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
Landfall Press, New York, New York
MacKenzie Art Gallery
McCarthy & Tetrault
Mendel Art Gallery
Musee de Beaux Arts, Montreal
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Nickle Arts Museum
Norcen Energy Resources
North York Art Gallery
Nova: An Alberta Corporation
Osler Hoskin Harcourt
Petro Canada
Suncor Inc. Resources Group
Elizabeth Taylor Collection
Teatro
TD Bank
Tom Baker Centre, Foothills Hospital
Trizec Corporation
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Private Collections
VISITING ARTIST
University of Western Ontario, London, OntarioUniversity of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewanatchewan
University of Saskatchewanatchewan, Saskatchewanatoon, Saskatchewanatchewan
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver, BC
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta
Caribou College, Kamloops, BC
Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario
Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario
Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta
Kootenay School of the Arts, Nelson, BC
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES
| President | Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| Jury Member | Alberta Culture Project Grants - 1988 Canada Council For the Arts Governor General Awards 2007 |
| Guest Curator | (with Patricia Ainslie) The Vibrant Art of Gladys Johnston, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta The Leftovers of John Will, 2001, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta Hit or Miss, Jan/Feb 2007, Triangle Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| Film Subject | Loved By Millions, a video by John Will, Dennis Hrubizna and Chris Cran, 1989 |
| John Wall | Lecture/Performance on the work of John Will, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta |
| Keynote Speaker | 1994 Graduation Ceremonies, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta 1997 Canadian Artists Representation Conference, Saskatchewanatoon, Saskatchewanatchewan |
| Guest Speaker | Canadian Museum Association Conference, 2002, Calgary, Alberta |
| Panelist | the Sculpture of Evan Penny, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta 2004 |
| Banff Centre | Banff Centre: Photography Program participant, 1994 Quintessence: The Clumpy Matter of Art, Math and Science Visualisation, 2002 Fleck Fellow Residency, Banff Centre, 2003 Studio Fellow – Optic Nerve Residency, Banff Centre – 2005 |
| Set Design | Breeder, A One Yellow Rabbit Production, 1994 Permission, A One Yellow Rabbit Production, 1995/1997 Radioheadead, Denise Clarke, One Yellow Rabbit High Performance Rodeo 2000 Dream Machine, A One Yellow Rabbit Production, 2002 – 2003 Heavens To Murgatroid, A One Yellow Rabbit Production, 2004 The Zappa Project, A Shiny Beast Collective Production, 2003 |
| Guest Artist | Emma Lake Workshop Summer 2001 Mountain Island Arts, Wells, B.C. Summer 2007 I Finally Found Someone Who Really Cares, Symposium of Art, Owens Art Gallery,Sackville, New Brunswick, 2003 |
| Faculty | Emma Lake Workshop Summer 2001 Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, 1990 – 1993, 1999 - present One Yellow Rabbit Summer Lab Intensive – 1998 - present |
| Honors | Induction Into the Royal Academy of Arts, 2002 Recipient of the 2011 Board of Governor’s ACAD Alumni Award for Excellence |
| Residency | McIntyre Ranch Residency, 2004 |
| Jury Member | Sculpture Selection, Calgary Zoo, 2009 “The Joseph Plaskett Emerging Artist Award” Royal Canadian Academy, Calgary, Alberta, 2009 Member of the Selection Advisory Committee, Architectural Selection, National Music Centre of Canada,Cantos Music Foundation Calgary, Alberta, 2009 St. Patrick's Island Bridge Design Competition - Advisory Committee, Calgary, Alberta, 2009 |
| Board Member | Contemporary Calgary Nuit Blanche Calgary |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2013 | Tousley, Nancy. The News From Here, 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Alberta publication |
| 2012 | Reid, Dennis. A Concise History of Canadian Painting, Third Edition, Oxford Press, 2012 Shaughnessy, Jonathan. Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012, National Gallery of Canada, 2012 |
| 2009 | Tousley, Nancy. Chris Cran succeeds veering off course, Calgary Herald, April 20, 2009 Whyte, Murray. Chris Cran’s Bright Spiral Standard at Clint Roenisch, Toronto Star, April 27, 2009 Whyte, Murray. Space and Time at Clint Roenisch, Toronto Star, May 6, 2009 Sandals, Leah. A Painting’s Worth a Thousand Pixels, National Post, March 26, 2009 Dault, Gary Michael. What one artist just felt like doing one day, The Globe and Mail, May 9, 2009 Oakes, Julie. Chris Cran – Bright Spiral Standard, Vie des Arts (English version (cover) – summer) |
| 2008 | Roenisch, Clint. Carte Blanche Volume 2 Painting, Magenta Foundation |
| 2007 | Nasgaard, Roald. Abstract Painting in Canada. Douglas and McIntyre Ainslie, Patricia/ Laviolette, Mary-Beth. Alberta Art and Artists, Fifth House |
| 2006 | Kubick, Jeff. "Artfully Playful: Chris Cran Carves out his Own Niche", FFWD Arts Guide, 2006 - 2007, p. 11 Walrus Magazine, Illustration – “Happy Face – Still Life with Birds”, July/August 2006, p. 88 Boyd, Paul. “Chris Cran: The Return of the Beautiful Hayseed”, Eye Weekly, Vol. 15, Issue 18, February 2, 2006 Dault, Gary Michael. “Exhibit A: Simplicity, Complexified”, The Globe & Mail, January 27, 2006, p. R25 |
| 2005 | Rhodes, Richard. "On Calgary Time" "Faster, Higher, Stronger", Canadian Art, Winter 2005 Vol.22, #4, pp, 37, 42, 43 Laviolette, Mary-Beth. “An Alberta Art Chronicle” Altitude Press |
| 2004 | Dault, Julia. “In post-pop paintings, the life of a salesman is kitschy and sublime”, National Post, Thursday, September 9, 2004, p. B6 Naclia, Janet. “Artist makes the pitch”, The Calgary Herald, September 18, 2004, pp. ES 1 and 10 |
| 2003 | Bouchard, Gilbert. “New Techniques yield new art”, Edmonton Journal, March 28, 2003, p E10 Dault, Gary Michael. Mirror mirrored on the wall”, Globe and Mail, September 6, 2003 Tousley, Nancy. Essentials: Chris Cran, “The Physics of Admiration”, Canadian Art, Fall 2003, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 82-87 |
| 2001 | Geary, John. "Chris Cran: Portrait of the Artist", Calgary Gallery Guide, Spring 2001, pp. .4-6 |
| 2000 | Crevier, Lynn. "Poker Face", ici Montreal, January 13, 2000 Lakritz, Naomi. "Better late than never", Calgary Herald, Saturday, November 18, 2000 Laviolette, Mary-Beth. "New works demand second look", Calgary Herald, Saturday, November 18, 2000 Severson, Ann. "Art star captures the beauty with his gaze ", Fast Forward, Visual Arts, Calgary, Cover and p.27, May 4, 2000 |
| 1999 | Canini, Mikko. "Chris Cran's Kaleidoscope Eyes", The Calgary Straight, January 21-28, 1999 Cauchon, Paul. "Contre Norman Rockwell", Le Devoir, Montreal, December 31, 1999 Couelle, Jennifer. "Chris Cran: peintre a l'humour mordant", Expositions, La Presse, Montreal, Saturday, December 18, 1999 Garneau, David. "Painting the Fame Game", Border Crossings, Volume 18, Number 1, Issue No.69, January 1999, pp. 56-58 Geiger, John. "Chris Cran", National Post, Avenue, Arts Culture and Society, Wednesday, July 7, 1999, p. B6, B7 Gopnik, Blake. "Looking Back at Damaged Goods", The Globe and Mail, Arts and Leisure, August 3, 1999 Lehmann, Henry. "Chris Cran: anatomy of a body of work", Architecture and Visual Arts, The Gazette, Montreal, December 18, 1999 McLeod, Dayna. "Dear Diaries, The Obsessions of a Postmodern Male Chauvinist Dreamboat", Arts, Montreal, 1999 |
| 1999 | Nasgaard, Roald. "Chris Cran", interview, Canadian Art, Winter 1999, Volume 16, Number 4, pp.48-51 O'Connor, Siobhan. "Nympho Maniac?", Arts Week, The Mirror, Montreal, November, 25, 1999 Peñaloza, Si Si . "Hip Chris Cran's very insolent adventure", NOW Magazine, Vol 18. #45, p. 67, July 1999 Shattuck, Kathryn. "Mixing Up Perceptions, on Canvas and Off, in Calgary", The New York Times, Arts Abroad, Wednesday, July 7, 1999 Staples, David. "Strokes of Genius", The Edmonton Journal, May 23, 1999 Tousley, Nancy. "Cran enjoys international exposure", The Calgary Herald, Saturday, July 10, 1999, p. ES3 Tousley, Nancy.. "Cran's works fuel dialogue between high art and kitsch", The Calgary Herald, February 6, 1999 |
| 1998 | Chris Cran: Surveying the Damage 1977-1997, (catalogue), 1998, Kelowna Art Gallery Nasgaard, Roald. "Chris Cran's States of Delicious Anxiety" Chris Cran: Surveying the Damage, (catalogue) 1998, pp. 28-44 Roenisch, Clint. "Foreward", Chris Cran: Surveying the Damage (catalogue), 1998, pp. 7-8 Tousley, Nancy. "Kitsch and Chris Cran", Chris Cran: Surveying the Damage (catalogue), 1998, pp. 13-19 |
| 1997 | Bang! The Gun As Image, (catalogue), Florida State University, Museum of Fine Arts, 1997 Nasgaard, Roald. "The Treachery of (Gun) Images", Bang! The Gun As Image, (catalogue) |
| 1996 | Garneau, David. "Post-Ironic Re-enchantments", Border Crossings, Volume 15, Number 4, Fall 1996, pp. 65-66 Kissick, John. "Bobby Oliver/Chris Cran, A Tale of Two Painters", Canadian Art, Volume 13, Number 3, Fall 1996, pp. 102-103 L'Oeil du collectionneur, (catalogue), Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal, image only, p. 27 Mays, John Bentley. "Driven to abstraction", The Globe and Mail, June 15, 1996 Zimmerman, Kate. "Portrait of An Artist", Avenue, Sept. 1996, p. 42 |
| 1995 | Mays, John Bentley. "Exhibition map shifts in the way we see faces", The Globe and Mail, Aug. 12, 1995, p. C4 Reid, Stuart. "Reality and Illusion", Saving Face (pamphlet), Art Gallery of Mississauga, 1995 Tousley, Nancy. "Artist turns stage into a cartoon collage", The Calgary Herald, May 11, 1995 |
| 1994 | Mays, John Bentley. "The Coming of Age of the Corporate Collection", The Globe and Mail, Saturday, November 26, 1994 Mays, John Bentley. "Brilliant brushwork toys with photography", The Globe and Mail, June 11, 1994 Woodrow, Paul. "From the Varnishing Point", Artichoke, Spring 1994, Vol. 6, #1, pp. 56-61 |
| 1993 | Tousley, Nancy. "Painting Illusion, Chris Cran explores how perception forms the image in the mind's eye", The Calgary Herald, November 4, 1993 |
| 1991 | Cheetham, Mark, Hutcheon, Linda. Remembering Post Modernism, Oxford University Press, 1991; pp. 11, pp. 27, 117 Lawrence, Robin. "Idiosyncratic Artist Blurs Lines of Image, Abstraction", The Georgia Straight, September 20-27, 1991 O'Neill, Colleen. "Portraits Without Names", Heads (catalogue), 1991 Rosenberg, Ann. Visual Arts Review, The Vancouver Sun, September 14, 1991, p. 10 - 11 Tousley, Nancy. "Artists Give Still Life A New Look", The Calgary Herald, July 12, 1991, P. C 1. ------------."Chris Cran: The Rhetoric of Images", Canadian Art, Fall Issue, 1991 |
| 1989 | Arnold, Grant. Loved By Millions, (catalogue), Art Gallery of Windsor, May, 1989 Bertrand, Caeri. "My Face in This Paper", The Lance, Volume 61, Number 26, April 6, 1989, pp. 4,5. Brennan, Brian. "Tomorrow's Best Bets", Sunday, Calgary Herald Magazine, May 14, 1989, p.5 MacKay Mary. "Artist Takes Satirical Look at Us As Voyeurs", The Windsor Star, March 29, 1989, p. C 14 Tousley, Nancy. "New Cran Paintings Have Hidden Appeal", The Calgary Herald, September 27, 1989, p.C9 |
| 1988 | Beauchamp, Elizabeth. "Sam in Orange: hole in one", The Edmonton Journal, July 3, 1988 Gartley, Vera. Inherent Vice, (catalogue), Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, 1988 Godfrey, Stephen. "Art Beyond the Galleries", The Globe and Mail, February, 20, 1988, p.C4 Tousley, Nancy. "City Artist Likes To Work The Gap", The Calgary Herald, January 13, 1988, p. F2 ------------."Inherent Vice: Chris Cran", Canadian Art, Volume 5, Number 2, Summer 1988, pp. 84,85 Western Living. "Gallery - Chris Cran", Volume 12, Number 6, June 1988, p.70. |
| 1987 | Augaitis, Daina. Transference, (catalogue), Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, pp. 14, 15, 29, 30. Elton, Heather. "Appropriation", Last Issue, Volume 5, Number 1, Autumn, 1987, p. 22. Fee, Colleen. "Transference - Charles H. Scott Gallery", Vanguard, Volume 16, Number 5, November 1987, pp. 32, 33. Godley, Elizabeth. "Our Media Saturated Culture Gets Dissected with A Dash of Bedevilment", Last Issue. "Encore", Volume 4, Number 2, Issue 16, Winter 1987, Illustration, pp.24, 25 The Vancouver Sun, July, 15, 1987, p. D12 Perry, Art. " Artfully on Guard", The Province, July 21, 1987, p. 27 |
| 1986 | Last Issue. "Cover - Chris Cran", Volume 4, Number 1, Issue 15 Autumn, 1986, Illustration, pp. 4, 5 Stebbins, Joan. "Introduction", Points North, (catalogue), Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, 1986, pp. 2, 10, 11 Tousley, Nancy."Painter Offers More Than The Eye Can See", The Calgary Herald, April 18, 1986, p. F8. ------------. "Roots, Rejections and Rewards in Calgary", Canadian Art, Volume 3, Number 3, Fall/September, 1986, pp. 72 -79 ------------."Local Artist Look To Selves In Amusing Show", The Calgary Herald, September 6, 1986, P. F4. Tousley, Nancy. "Chris Cran - Stride Gallery", Vanguard, Volume 15, Number 4, September 1986, p. 37, 1987, p. B3. Varga Vince. Aspects of Contemporay Painting In Alberta, (catalogue), Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, 1987, pp. 10, 30, 31, 65. |
| 1985 | Greenfield, Val. Measure of Success, (catalogue), Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 1985, p. 19 Laviolette, Mary-Beth. " Points North", Vanguard, Volume 15, Number 2, April/May 1986, p. 62 Tousley, Nancy. "Art College Exhibit a Show of Strength", The Calgary Herald, Jan. 18, 1985, p.C8 ------------." 5 Plus 5 Worth A Stop on Sunday's Art Walk", The Calgary Herald, September 27, 1985, p. C7 |