James Carl

James Carl

James Carl is the area coordinator for sculpture in the undergraduate program. He is known for his provocative use of unconventional materials, methods and strategies, and for his sensitivity to social politics. Aside from his BFA and MFA, his educational background includes a BA in East Asian Studies from McGill University in Montreal, and degrees from the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, China. He has previously taught at Rutgers University in New Jersey. James Carl has exhibited widely in Austria, Canada, China, Germany, and the United States. His work is in private and public collections in North America and Europe, including the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.
Quelle: University of Guelph, ON, Canada

BIOGRAFIE

1960	born in Montreal

1983	University of Victoria, British Columbia, BFA

1990	Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, Diplomas

1992	McGill University, Montreal, BA

1995	Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, Diplomas

1996	Rutgers University, New Jersey, MFA

AUSSTELLUNGEN

2010

side effect, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON
It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Beyond/In Western New York, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, USA
Triumphant Carrot: The Persistence of Still Life, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2009	Nothing to Declare: Recent Sculpture from Canada, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON

2008 - 2009

jalousie, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON
do you know what: A Survey 1990-2008, Justina M. Barnicke at the University of Toronto; Macdonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph; and Cambridge Galleries, Queen’s Square, ON

2008	Arena, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia ABC With Love, Art Metropole, Toronto, ON

2007	jalousie, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Karlsruhe, Germany Pulp, Open Space, Victoria, BC Fun House, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton Sculpture Group Show, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON

2006	negative spaces, Florence Loewy, Paris, France

2005	Inaugural Group Show, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON

2004	Constructa, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria Constructive Folly, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, ON

2003	plot, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC Recycle, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

2002	bottom feeder, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON New Modular, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, ON Provisional Worlds, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

2001	Promises, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC Forever, Embassy of Canada, Beijing First Light, Bellevue Art Museum, WA Objets de Convoitise, Galerie 101, Ottawa, ON

1999	work, Galerie Haus Schneider, Karlsruhe, Germany

1998	Galerie Clark, Montréal, QC stock, Art Metropole, Toronto, ON

1997	fountain, Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, ON

1996	still life, Paul Petro, Toronto, ON

1994	unentitled, YYZ, Toronto, ON

1993	public works, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1992	re-possession, Galerie Clark, Montreal, QC

AUSZEICHNUNGEN

2007	Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council

2006	Canada Council, Paris Studio

2002	Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council

2001	Canada Council,Travel Grant

1999	Louis Comfort Tiffany Award Canada Council

1997	Canada Council

1996	Toronto Arts Award, Protégé Award (conferred by Tom Dean)

WERKE IN SAMMLUNGEN

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON McCarthy-Tétrault, Toronto, ON
Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP., Toronto, ON Goodmans LLP, Toronto, ON
Art Metropole Archive, National Gallery of Canada
Canada Private
SELECTED AWARDS
Council Art Bank
Collections Canada, US, China, Germany