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BIO
My work has evolved from a continued desire to utilize the power of simple acts, gestures and processes in order to create art. Through the use of elemental forms and processes these drawings and sculptures for me are in one sense a simple and direct process. Yet my desire to create work that is not grounded in an overt set of conceptual or aesthetic concerns has resulted in a body of work that might be described as oblique. I hope this desire might at times serve as a reflection or rumination on the nature of consciousness, perhaps an ontological inquiry of sorts.
As the most fascinating part of life for me has been the intangibles that pleasantly (and sometimes not so pleasantly) haunt me, my art has evolved into a continuum of questions...parallel explorations of the self, of senescent concerns, memory and aesthetics.
CURRICULUM VITAE
SOLO/SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 'tba'. Curated by Laura Woermke. ST.THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE. St. Thomas, ON.
2010 "Coherence". NIAGARA PUMPHOUSE VISUAL ART CENTRE. Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON.
"Common knowledge". THE GALLERY. Brock Centre For The Arts, Brock University. St. Catharines, ON.
2009 " Group Exhibition Of Gallery Artists featuring Arnold McBay and Allen Smutylo". THIELSEN GALLERY. London, ON.
"Arnold McBay: Recent Drawings". Pan Cafe. St. Catharines, ON.
"Surfacing". (two person show with Susan Wintrop). Curated by George Wale. Catalogue, essay by Elaine Hujer. BURLINGTON ART CENTRE. Burlington, ON.
"Perdu et trouvé" JAMES A. GIBSON LIBRARY, BROCK UNIVERSITY. St. Catharines, ON.
2007 "Intro-specitve", (two person show with Susan Wintrop). JORDAN GALLERY. Jordan, ON.
'Variations in Abstract'. THIELSEN GALLERY. London, ON.
'Minimal Marks: Doug Dolman, Arnold McBay & Gerald Pedros". THIELSEN GALLERY. London, ON.
2006 "Recent Paintings". THIELSEN GALLERY. London, ON.
2005 "Elemental". NIAGARA PUMPHOUSE VISUAL ART CENTRE. Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON.
"Curiouser & Curiouser: The Dark Fantastic of Jane Adeney, Arnold J. McBay & Wax Mannequin". Curated by Dermot Wilson, (Essay). W.K.P. KENNEDY GALLERY. North Bay, ON.
2004 "Delineations". THE GALLERY. Brock Centre For The Arts, Brock University. St. Catharines, ON.
"Outline in Black". Curated by Jamelie Hassan & Jens Thielsen. THIELSEN GALLERY. London, ON.
"Four Point Perspective: New Work By Four Niagara Artists". Curated By Murray Kropf. ROSELAWN CENTRE FOR THE LIVING ARTS, Port Colborne, ON.
2003 "Gallery Artists". THIELSEN GALLERY. London, ON.
2001 "Recent Works". JORDAN GALLERY. Jordan, ON.
"Resonance". THE GALLERY. Brock Centre For The Arts, Brock University. St. Catharines, ON.
2000 "You Are Here". GARDENPARK GALLERY. St. Catharines, ON.
"Mixed-media Works". THIELSEN GALLERY. London, ON.
1999 "Recent Works". NIAGARA ARTISTS' COMPANY . St. Catharines, ON.
"Recent Works". NIAGARA PUMPHOUSE VISUAL ART CENTRE. Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON.
1998 "Drawings and Mixed-Media Works". G & K GALLERIES. St. Catharines, ON.
1996 "Recent Work". G & K GALLERIES. St. Catharines, ON.
1995 "Passage". Curated by James Patten, (Catalogue). LONDON REGIONAL ART AND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS. London, ON.
"Gerry Binks & Arnold McBay". THIELSEN GALLERY. London, ON.
1994 "The Culture of Violence". Curated by Arnold McBay, (Essay). SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES PEACE CENTER AND GALLERY. Detroit, MI.
"Nature Morte". CAMBRIDGE GALLERIES. Cambridge, ON.
"Urban Realities". SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES PEACE CENTER AND GALLERY. Detroit, MI.
1993 "Variations: Recent Work". AUBERGE DU PETITE PRINCE. London, ON.
1992 "Asylum". ART ALIVE, ST. THOMAS PUBLIC LIBRARY. St. Thomas, ON. "Erin Cara Irish-Canadian Exchange Art Exhibition". WORLD TRADE CENTRE. Montreal, PQ; CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART - ST. THOMAS. St. Thomas, ON.
1991 "Works on Paper". THE GALLERY. Brock Centre For The Arts, Brock University. St. Catharines, ON.
"Elgin Points of View: Arnold McBay, Candy McManiman, Walter Redinger". Curated by Ian D. Ross. THE ART GALLERY ST. THOMAS - ELGIN Thomas, ON.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 “Group Exhibition of Gallery artists”. Eric Atkinson, Ed Bartram, David Bolduc, Alex Cameron, Doug Dolman, Pat Fairhead, Joseph Hubbard, Arnold McBay, Milton, Jean Guy Mongeau, Rory O’Kelly, Tony Urquhart, Deborah Worsfold. THIELSEN GALLERY, ON.
"Convergence 2009: 46th Annual Tom Thomson Art Gallery Juried Exhibition". TOM THOMSON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Owen Sound, ON.
"Escarpment: On the edge". City Hall. St. Catharines, ON.
2008 "2008 Biannual Juried Exhibition". GRIMSBY PUBLIC ART GALLERY. Grimsby, ON.
“Spring Group Exhibition”. Kathryn Bemrose, Marie Bohm, David Bolduc, Alex Cameron, Frank Caprani, Duncan de Kergommeaux, Pat Fairhead, Gershon Iskowitz, Patrick Landsley, Antje Laidler, Alexandra Luke, Arnold McBay, Jean McKewn, Ray Mead, Ron Milton, Guido Molinari, Kazuo Nakamura, Rory O'Kelly, Scott Pattinson, Gerald Pedros, Ray Robinson, Allen Smutylo, Harold Town, Bernice Vincent, Jeff Willmore and Deborah Worsfold. Organized by Thielsen Gallery for MAGGIE’S OF LONDON, ON.
"Distracted by abstraction". City Hall. St. Catharines, ON.
2004 "31st Annual Juried Exhibition". THE ART GALLERY OF PEEL. Brampton, ON.
2002 "Pushing the Envelope". THE GALLERY, Brock Centre for the Arts. Brock University, St. Catharines, ON.
2001 "On The Twelve – Juried Exhibition". RODMAN HALL ARTS CENTRE. St. Catharines, ON.
2000 "Juried Exhibition". GRIMSBY PUBLIC ART GALLERY. Grimsby, ON.
1995 "Juried Exhibition". GLENHYRST ART GALLERY OF BRANT. Brantford, ON.
1993 "Imaging Alternatives: War or Peace". SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES PEACE CENTER & GALLERY. Detroit, MI.
"Annual Western Ontario Exhibition". LONDON REGIONAL ART AND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS. London, ON.
"Creative Elgin: Juried Exhibition". THE ART GALLERY ST. THOMAS - ELGIN. St. Thomas, ON.
"Look 1993". GALLERY LAMBTON. Sarnia, ON.
1992 "Juried Exhibition". TOM THOMSON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Owen Sound, ON.
"Francis Captain, Arnold McBay, Gerald Pedros". AUBERGE DU PETITE PRINCE. London, ON.
"Look1992". GALLERY LAMBTON. Sarnia, ON.
1991 "Transforming Visions ‘91". SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES PEACE CENTER AND GALLERY. Detroit, MI.
"Juried Exhibition". CAMBRIDGE GALLERIES. Cambridge, ON.
"Vehicles: Ed Zelenak, Gerald Pedros, Walter Redinger, Arnold McBay, Harry Wilkinson". Exhibit/Event held at studio of Gerald Pedros & Arnold McBay. St. Thomas, ON.
"Annual Juried Exhibit". LYNWOOD ARTS CENTRE. Simcoe, ON.
"Artforms". KITCHENER-WATERLOO ART GALLERY. Kitchener, ON.
"Annual Western Ontario Exhibition". LONDON REGIONAL ART AND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS. London, ON.
1990 "Look 1990". GALLERY LAMBTON. Sarnia, ON.
1989 "Transforming Visions ‘89". SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES PEACE CENTER & GALLERY. Detroit, MI.
1988 "Brock University Alumni Exhibit". RODMAN HALL ARTS CENTRE, THE GALLERY, Brock Center for the Arts, Brock University. St. Catharines, ON.
1987 "Juried Student Art Exhibit". THE GALLERY. Brock Center for the Arts, Brock University. St. Catharines, ON.
AWARDS
2008 Purchase Award (First Prize). "Distracted by abstraction". City Hall. St. Catharines, ON.
1993 Juror’s Choice Award (First Prize). "Juried Exhibition", GLENHYRST ART GALLERY OF BRANT.
Honourable Mention. "Annual Juried Exhibition". THE ART GALLERY ST. THOMAS-ELGIN.
1992 First Prize. Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery Award. "Juried Exhibition". TOM THOMSON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY.
Juror’s Award. "Juried Exhibition". GLENHYRST ART GALLERY OF BRANT.
1991 Best in Show. "Juried Exhibition". THE LIBRARY & GALLERY, Cambridge, ON.
Second Prize. The Victor Schumacher Award. "Transforming Visions ‘91". SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES PEACE CENTER AND GALLERY.
1989 Purchase Award. "Transforming Visions ‘89". SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES PEACE CENTER AND GALLERY.
1987 M.E. and L.E. Miller Prize for excellence over 3 years of study in the Fine Arts. BROCK UNIVERSITY.
Honourable Mention. "Juried Student Art Exhibition". THE GALLERY, Brock University.
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery St. Thomas-Elgin. St. Thomas, ON. Brock University Permanent Art Collection. St. Catharines, ON. City of St. Catharines, ON. Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby ON. Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery. Detroit, MI. Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON. Private Collections across Canada and the United States.
Curator Brock University Alumni Art Exhibition. Brock University (St. Catharines, On.), 1988.
Guest Curator of Images of Conflict: War Art in the 20th Century. The Art Gallery St. Thomas-Elgin (St. Thomas, On.), 1991. Click HERE to download a .PDF copy of the curatorial essay.
Guest Curator of Urban Realities, the La Raza Group (featuring Francis Caprani, Scott MacLeod & Gerald Pedros). Swords into Ploughshares Peace Center & Gallery (Detroit, Mi.), & Canal Complex (Montreal, Que.), 1994. Click HERE to download a .PDF copy of the curatorial essay.
Curatorial initiation of Re-Collections, featuring the work of Alisa Cunnington & Wendy Trusler. Niagara Artists' Company, 2002.
PUBLICATIONS Served as columnist for the Niagara Arts Journal, 1988-1990. Artspress, St. Catharines, ON.
GRANTS Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009.
EDUCATION
Masters studies in Comparative
Literature and the Arts. Brock University 2009 Ba. Honours (First Class Standing), Visual Art. Brock University. 1988
Represented by Thielsen Gallery Inc., London, ON.
Me! circa 1965
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