Petalhead Portrait 25: circa 1939

Ink and Watercolour on Paper; Digital Inkjet Reproduction, 2007

“Petalheads” is a series of ink and watercolour drawings that depict the lives of flower-headed men and the trials and tribulations they face in the Natural world. In the series, the petalhead portraits function as a marker of time and of the petalheads that have come before, rose tinted and of another era.

David Grenier

b. 1964, Canada

Short Bio

David Grenier is a visual artist and works primarily in drawing, performance and installation.

Website

www.davidgrenier.ca

Education

• MFA, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada 1996-1998
• BFA, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada 1991-1995

Solo Exhibitions

• Thrush Holmes Empire, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2007
• A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2005
• Substation, Margate, United Kingdom 2004
• Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 2002
• Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 2001
• Artcite Inc., Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2001
• ArtLab University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada 1998
• Palace at 4:00 a.m., London, Ontario, Canada 1997

Two and Three Person Exhibitions

• Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2003
• YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2001
• Niagara Artists’ Company, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 1999
• Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1998

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Forest City gallery, London, Ontario, Canada 2008
• Studio 1.1, London, United Kingdom 2008
• Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2005
• Studio 1.1, London, United Kingdom 2004
• ArtLab, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada 2004
• Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2003
• Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada 2002
• CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener Ontario), Canada 2001
• Blinding Light Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2001

Awards

• Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2005
• Arts Council England International Fellowship, 2004
• Ontario Arts Council Creation/Production Grant, 2004
• Ontario Arts Council Creation/Production Grant, 2001
• Canada Council for the Arts Creation/Production Grant, 2001
• Toronto Council for the Arts Creation/Production Grant, 2001
• Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2000
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1997-1998

Petalhead Portrait 25: circa 1939

Ink and Watercolour on Paper; Digital Inkjet Reproduction, 2007

David Grenier

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Catalogues and Selected Reviews

• Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, July 9, 2005: R9
• Peter Goddard, “Papering Over Masculinity”, Toronto Star, July 16, H9
• Scott Treleaven, “Boys With Needles”, Border Crossing, vol. 22, no. 2, issue 86: 79
• Peter Goddard, “Man Makes the Clothes”, Toronto Star, March 13, 2003: G8
• Robin Metcalfe, Anna Marie Larsen, “Boys With Needles” (catalogue), Museum London, 2003
• Robert Doyle, “Boys With Needles”, Surfacing, March 2003 and Fibre Art, January 2003
• Eduardo Aquino, Karen Shanski, “projects,” Neutral Ground, 2002
• Greg Beatty, Espace, Spring 2002
• Kelly McRay, Fuse Magazine, volume 24, no. 2, July 2001:34
• Anna-Marie Larsen, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener (catalogue), 2001
• Jack Anderson, “Tangled politics of self-identity” Regina Leader, June 8, 2001

Residencies

• Substation Project Space, U.K., Fall 2004 (Fellowship)
• Braziers International Artists Workshop, U.K., Summer 2004 (Fellowship)
• Braziers International Artists Workshop, U.K., Summer 2002
• Neutral Ground Performance Residency, Spring 2001