Ian Wallace - Jessica Silverman Gallery

Ian Wallace - Jessica Silverman Gallery

 Ian Wallace
Born 1943, Shoreham, UK
Master of Art History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1968
Teaching Appointments:
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, 1972-1998
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1970-1987
Lives and works in Vancouver, BC
Solo Exhibitions
2015
Canada House, London, England (forthcoming)
Meta Masulin/Féminin, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Construction Site, Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver, Canada
2013
Ian Wallace. Magazine Paper 1969-2014, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
The Photo Show, Audain Art Centre Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
D’un discours qui ne serait pas du semblant/ Actors, Networks, Theories, Leonard and Bina Ellen
Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2012
Ian Wallace: At the Intersection of Paint and Photography, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Ian Wallace, Volker Bradke, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ian Wallace. Tropismes, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium
Masculin/Féminin, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2011
Ian Wallace, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
Ian Wallace: Masculin / Féminin, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
Ian Wallace: The Economy of the Image, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
2009
Ian Wallace: Works 1970 – 1979, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Ian Wallace, Yvon Lambert, New York NY
Ian Wallace: My Heroes in the Streets, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
2008
Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium
Hauser & Wirth, London, England
A Literature of Images, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
A Literature of Images, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ian Wallace, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
2007
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2005
Ian Wallace, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Magazine Piece(s), 1970 -, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, Canada
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2004
American Fine Arts, New York NY
2003
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2001
Colin de Land Fine Art, New York NY
My Heroes in the Street, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1999
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Thomas March Gallery, Valencia, Spain
Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium
1998
Hamburg Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
Clayoquot Protest (August 9, 1993), Sprengel Museum, Hannover and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen,
Dresden, Germany
1997
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
ian Wallace: genesta (new works), genesta, London, England
Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Galerie Fucares, Madrid, Spain
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1996
The Clayoquot Protest (August 9, 1993), Art Gallery of Windsor, North Vancouver, Canada
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Galerie Tomas March, Valencia, Spain
Galerie Dels Angels, Barcelona, Spain
1995
Sala Robayera, Miengo, Spain
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
The Clayoquot Protest (August 9, 1993), Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
1993
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
Galeria Tomas March, Valencia, Spain
1992
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York NY
Galerie Fucares, Madrid, Spain
Galleria Marco Noire, Turin, Italy
1991
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany
Galleria Sergio Casoli, Milan, Italy
Cold City, Toronto, Canada
1990
The Idea of the University, University of British Columbia Fine Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Agnes Etherington Art Center, Queens University, Kingston, Canada
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
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Galeria Temple, Valencia, Spain
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica CA
De Vleeshal, Hommage à Mondrian, Middleburg, Netherlands
1989
Galerie Meert-Rihouz, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Johnen & Schottle, Cologne, Germany
Maison de la Culture, St. Etienne, France
Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1988
Ian Wallace: Selected Works 1970-1987, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (Travelling
exhibition)
Ian Wallace: Selected Works 1970-1987, 49th Parallel, New York NY (Travelling exhibition)
Ian Wallace: Selected Works 1970-1987, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada (Travelling exhibition)
Ian Wallace: Selected Works 1970-1987, Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (Travelling exhibition)
Ian Wallace: Selected Works 1970-1987, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada (Travelling exhibition)
Ian Wallace: Selected Works 1970-1987, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (Travelling exhibition)
Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Cultural Centre, Rome, Italy
Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1987
Rudiger Schottle Gallery, Munich, Germany
1986
Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1984
Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1983
Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1982
David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1980
Optica Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1979
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1978
Nova Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1976
Pender Street Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1975
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1974
University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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Group Exhibitions
2015
Regarding Spectatorship, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany (forthcoming)
2014
Freezer Burn, Hauser & Wirth, organized by Rita Ackermann, New York, NY
In the Crack of the Dawn, POOL – LUMA/Westbau, Zürich, Switzerland
Room Service. Vom Hotel in der Kunst und Künstlern im Hotel, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden,
Baden-Baden, Germany
2013
D’un discours qui ne serait pas du semblant / actors, networks, theories, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art
Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Dear Portrait, MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales
Continental Drift. Conceptual Art in Canada: The 1960s and 70s, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe,
Germany
25 Jahre Generali Foundation. The Content of Form, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Amazing! Clever! Linguistic!, Generali Foundation, cur. Guillaume Désanges, Vienna, Austria
The Content of Form, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
The Order of Things: Cinematic Moments, Wattis Institute for the Contemporary Art, San Francisco CA
2012
Beyond Vague Terrain: The City and the Serial Image, Surrey Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965 – 1980, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2011
Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph 1964-1977, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Books on Books, Swiss Institute New York, New York NY
Faces. Works from the Permanent Collection, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Montréal Biennale 2011 – Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hazard, Montréal Biennale 2011, Montréal,
Canada
2010
EXHIBITION, EXHIBITION, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Expanded Literary Practices in Vancouver 1954 – 1969, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby,
Canada
Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009
Espèces d’Espaces, Yvon Lambert, New York NY
Road Runners, VOX image contemporaine, Montreal, Canada
Time as Activity, Netwerk, Aalst NL
2008
Un Coup de Dés. Writing Turned Image, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
The Constant Search for a Better Way, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
Process as Work, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Studio Models, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2007
The Monochromatic Field, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Canadian Art Ideas, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
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2006
274 East 1st, Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver, Canada
Concrete Language, Vancouver, Canada
Paint, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Les Peintres de la vie moderne, Museé national d’art modern, Paris, France
Ayermanana, Fondacion Antonio Saura, Cuenca, Spain
75 Years of Collecting: Portrait of a citizen, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
The Studio, The Hugh Lane Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2005
Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, Wharf, Centre d’art contemporain de Basse-Normandie,
Herouville Saint-Clair, France
Curb Appeal, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Intertidal / Art in Vancouver Now!, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
The Collection XIII, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
Mix with Care, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Painting after Poverty, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2004
Future Cities, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, Canadian Cultural Centre Paris, France
Jede Fotografie ein Bild. Siemens Fotosammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Face to Face, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
The Shadow of Abstraction, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
b.a.-ba, un choix dans la collection, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bretagne
Chateaugiron, France
Forever, Passage de Retz, Paris, France
2003
Unfinished Business: Vancouver Street Photographs 1955 to 1985, Presentation House Gallery, North
Vancouver, Canada
Robert Smithson in Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Peintures Actuelles I, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bretagne Chateaugiron, France
The Big Picture, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Temporal Spaces, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
El Ojo de la Arquitectura, Travesia Cuatro Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain
2002
This Place, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Signage, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Ma maison dans ta rue, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
2001
An Attack on Literature, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
Alignments, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Arquitecturas del silencio, Museo Municipal de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
PHAG, INC., New York NY
2000
Carrefour Historique, Musée d’art, d’histoire et de folklore de Cassel, Cassel, France
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Pictures, positions and places, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Inside/Outside, Galerie Fucares, Madrid, Spain
L’Ultimo Disegno del 1999, Zerynthia, Rome, Italy
Accrochage IV, Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium
Ni jeunes, ni vieux, mais bons, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
Gratture, Biffure & Incisure, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bretagne, Chateaugiron,
France
1999
Recollect, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
In the City, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-les-Rouen, France
Esguards Distants, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain
Musée d’ Art Morderne et Contemporain de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Regionalism Reconstructed, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
1998
Arquitecturn Racionalista Valenciana, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain
Tell me a story, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
Au nom du sport, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
Fast Forward/Archives, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
1997
Due West, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, Angouleme, France
Breve Rencontre, Caisse des Depots Consignations, Paris, France
L’oeil alerte, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bretagne, Chateaugiron, France
Road Movies in a Post Colonial Landscape, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art at The Art Gym at
Marylhurst College, Portland, OR
1996
Panoramas, La Criée, Centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, France
The Culture of Nature, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
Couvent des Cordeliers, Mois de la Photo, Paris, France
C’est arrivé près de chez nous, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Haut-Normandie,
Sotteville-les-Rouen, France
1995
A Notion of Conflict, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Painting in the 90’s, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
Milieu of the Order of Representation, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
The Sky is the Limit, Galerie Gabrielle Maubri, Paris, France
Instants Photographiques, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Third International Photo Triennale, Esslingen, Germany
La transparence dans l’art du XXeme siècle, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France
Artistes/Architectes, Nouveau Musée/Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Vancouver 1965-1975: Contexts and Influences, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Collection, fin XXeme, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, PoitouCharentes, France,
Morceaux Choisis, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
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David Clarkson, Steven Shearer, Ian Wallace, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1994
Mediatrix, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Sortir de reserve, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
Barbara Bloom, Louise Lawler, Ian Wallace, Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium
Marian Penner Bancroft, Christos Dikeakos, Ian Wallace, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Espaces révélés, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bretagne, Rennes, France
Espaces (In)Habitables, Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1993
Under the Paving Stones, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Espace de l’image, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bretagne, Chateaugiron, France
La Nouvelle Génération, Musee Roche-sur-Yon, Roche-sur-Yon, France
Autour du livre, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
1992
Cameres Indiscretes, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain (Travelling Exhibition)
Cameres Indiscretes, Circulo de Belles Artes, Madrid, Spain (Travelling Exhibition)
1991
Recent Acquisitions, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Corte, Haute Corse, France
La revanche de l’image, Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
L’art conceptuel depuis les années 70, Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Paris, France
Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Rendezvous des amis, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
1990
Construction in Process, The Artists’ Museum, Lodz, Poland
Jardins de Bagatelle, Tanit Gallery, Munich, Germany
Publique/Privée, University of Rennes, Rennes, France
1989
Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Photokunst, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Photoprospekt 89, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Accrochages II, Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium
1988
The Discursive Field of Recent Photography, Artists Resource Center, Toronto, Canada
Camouflage, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
Rodney Graham, Robert Kleyn, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Studio Casoli, Rome, Italy
Cold City Exchange, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1987
Blow Up/Zeitgeschichte, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Blow Up/Zeitgeschichte, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Blow Up/Zeitgeschichte, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (Travelling Exhibitio)
Blow Up/Zeitgeschichte, Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Blow Up/Zeitgeschichte, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Blow Up/Zeitgeschichte, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland (Travelling Exhibition)
Blow Up/Zeitgeschichte, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
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Toyama Now, Toyama Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
Heavenly Embrace, Baskerville and Watson Gallery, New York NY
Stations, Montreal Center for Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
1986
In the Tradition of Photography, Light Gallery, New York NY
Vikky Alexander and Ian Wallace, Coberg Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Making History, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Barbara Ess, Ian Wallace, James Welling, Galerie Johnen and Schottle, Cologne, Germany
Vancouver Now, Walter J. Phillips Gallery, Banff, Banff, Canada (Travelling Exhibition)
Vancouver Now, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Canada (Travelling Exhibition)
Vancouver Now, Dazibao Gallery, Montreal, Canada (Travelling Exhibition)
Vancouver Now, Winnipeg Art Galley, Winnipeg, Canada (Travelling Exhibition)
Focus: Canada 1960-1985, Cologne International Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
Camera Works, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1985
Ken Lum, Rodney Graham, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, 49th Parallel Center for Contemporary Canadian Art,
New York NY
Visual Facts, Photography and Video by Nine Canadian Artist, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
(Travelling Exhibition)
Visual Facts, Photography and Video by Nine Canadian Artist, Graves Gallery, Sheffield, England
(Travelling Exhibition)
Visual Facts, Photography and Video by Nine Canadian Artist, Canada House London, England
(Travelling Exhibition)
1984
Photo Expansions, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, Canada
Art and Photography, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1983
Photographic Sequences, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Canada
1979
Photo/Extended Dimensions, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1977
From This Point of View, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
PortraitXCamera, Sechelt Art Gallery, Sechelt, Canada
1975
Narrative in Contemporary Art, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
1973
Canada Trajectories 73, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Pacific Vibrations, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
West Coast Kinesis, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada
1972
Due West, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
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50 N – 73 W, Saidye Bronfman Cultural Center, Recent Conceptual Art, Montreal, Canada
1971
Collage Show, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1970
Four Artists: Tom Burrows, Duane Lunden, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, University of British Columbia Fine
Arts Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Sound Show, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1969
Vancouver Focus ’69, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Survey 69, La Musée de Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada
The Photo Show: The Artist as Photographer, University of British Columbia, SUB Gallery Vancouver,
Canada
Tom Burrows and Ian Wallace, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Ian Wallace and Duane Lunden, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, Canada, Canada
1968
Vancouver Focus ‘68, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Recent Vancouver Art, Douglas Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Systems and Series, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Ian Wallace and D’Arcy Henderson, University of British Columbia SUB Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Joy and Celebration, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1967
Awards
2014
Chevalier de L’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, French Ministry of Culture
Published Writing by Ian Wallace
2009
Ian Wallace, ‘Jeff Wall’, Jeff Wall: Vancouver Art Gallery Collection, Vancouver Art Gallery
2008
Ian Wallace, ‘Notes on Stéphane Mallarmé’s ‘Un coup de dés and Image/Text, 1979’’, Un coup de Dés:
Writing
Turned Image: An Alphabet of Pensive Language, Generali Foundation, Vienna
Ian Wallace, ‘Photography and the Monochrome.’ Ian Wallace: A Literature of Images, Kunsthalle
Zürich; Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westflen, Düsseldorf; Witte de With; Sternberg Press,
Berlin and New York
Ian Wallace, ‘The Monochromes of 1967 to 1968 and After’, Anthology of Exhibition Essays
2007
Ian Wallace, ‘Corner of the Studio and El Taller: A Reflection on Two Works from 1993’,
Ian Wallace: In the Studio, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver
2005
Ian Wallace, ‘Street Photos 1970’, Unfinished Business: Photographing Vancouver Streets 1955 to 1985,
Presentation House Gallery and West Coast Line, Vancouver
Ian Wallace, ‘The Frontier of the AvantGarde’, Intertidal: Vancouver Art and Artists. Muhka, Antwerp
and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver
2003
Ian Wallace, ‘Kelly Wood.’ Kelly Wood: The Continuous Garbage Project: 1998-2003. Morris and Helen
Belkin Art Gallery
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2001
Ian Wallace, ‘Shelagh Keeley and the Idea of Drawing’, Shelagh Keeley, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison
University
2000
Ian Wallace, Tom Burrows: How We Mean What We Say, Bau-xi Gallery, Vancouver
1999
Ian Wallace, ‘Vikky Alexander: The Mirage of the Sublime’, Vikky Alexander: Vaux-le-Vicomte Panorama,
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Ian Wallace, ‘Review: Kelly Wood’, art/text, May – July
1996
Ian Wallace, ‘Back to School’, Canadian Art, Fall
1995
Ian Wallace, ‘Clayoquot Protest’, A Notion of Conflict, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Ian Wallace, Ian Wallace: Corner of the Studio/ El Taller, Sala Robayera, Miengo, Spain
1993
Ian Wallace, ‘Contemporary Canadian Photography and Territories of Difference’, La Mois de la Photo,
Vox Populi, Montreal
1992
Ian Wallace, The Idea of the University, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia; reprinted in
Spanish in Arte: Proyectos e Ideas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain, Ano 1, #0, November
Ian Wallace, ‘Photography and the Monochrome: An Apologia, an Exegesis, an Interrogation’, Cameres
Indiscretes, Centre d’art Santa Monica and Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona
1991
Ian Wallace, ‘Photoconceptualism in Vancouver’, Thirteen essays on Contemporary Canadian
Photography, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
1990
Ian Wallace, ‘Hommage a Mondrian’, Ian Wallace, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Holland
Ian Wallace, ‘Las Pinturas de Valencia, 1990’, Ian Wallace, Galeria Temple, Valencia
1987
Ian Wallace, ‘Roy Arden: Image and AfterImage’, Vanguard, February
Ian Wallace, ‘The Megapolis of Modern Art’, Artropolis, Vancouver
Ian Wallace, ‘A Vanitas in Motion’, Robert Kleyn, Canadian Cultural Institute, Rome
1986
Ian Wallace, Ricochet, Sala Uno, Rome
Ian Wallace, ‘Ken Lum: Image and AlterImage’, Vanguard, December
1984
Ian Wallace, Jeff Wall's Transparencies, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1983
Ian Wallace, ‘Canada: Anyone, Anywhere, Anything’, Flash Art, March; reprinted in The International
Transavantgarde, ed. Achille Bonito Oliva and G. Politi, Milan
Ian Wallace, Painting in Spite of Art: David MacWilliam, Victoria Art Gallery
Ian Wallace, ‘Dan Graham at the David Bellman Gallery, Toronto’, Vanguard, September
Ian Wallace, ‘Geoffrey James at Coburg Gallery, Vancouver’, Vanguard, September
1982
Ian Wallace, ‘Literature, Transparent and Opaque’, Concrete Poetry, Fine Arts Gallery, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. 1969. Reprinted in The Avantgarde Tradition in Literature, edited by
Richard Kostelanitz, Prometheus Books
Ian Wallace, ‘The Era of Judgement: Documenta 7’,Vanguard, December
Ian Wallace, Jeff Wall, The Renaissance Society, Chicago
1981
Ian Wallace, ‘Revisionism and its Discontents’, Vanguard, September
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1979
Ian Wallace, ‘Bruce Nauman Interviewed’, Vanguard, February
1978
Ian Wallace, ‘Glen Toppings Remembered’, YVR, May
Bibliography
2013
Aaron Peck, ‘Ian Wallace’, Artforum, February
Michael Harris, ‘World within world’, Nuvo, Spring
Gary Pearson, ‘Ian Wallace’, Bordercrossings, Issue 125
Robert Linsley, ‘Ian Wallce’, Frieze, April
2012
Dan Adler, ‘Ian Wallace’s Monochrome Series’, C magazine, Summer
Manuel Cirauqui, ‘Entretien avec Ian Wallace’, 20/27, number 6
Kevin Griffin, ‘C. 1983: When artists starting experimenting with photography’, Vancouver Sun, 27
March
Kevin Griffin, ‘Ian Wallace explores gulf between sexes’, Vancouver Sun, 13 January
Lucy Hyslop, ‘Trail-blazing B.C. artist Ian Wallace in sharp focus’, Vancouver Sun, 24 October
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even film,
The Georgia Straight, 25 October
Marsha Lederman, ‘Ian Wallace: The artist as teacher, mentor, instigator’, The Globe and Mail, 29
October
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November
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Barry Schwabsky, ‘Hotel Artists’, The Nation, 23 January
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Shore News, 2 November
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October
2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
Kevin Griffin, ‘The Intersections of a career’, The Vancouver Sun, 3 November
Marsha Lederman, ‘Behind the lens: The Vancouver School debate’, The Globe and Mail, 20 October
2006
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2005
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Michael Harris, ‘Mix with care’, Canadian Art, Winter
Robin Laurence, ‘Ian Wallace: In the Studio’, The Georgia Straight, 10 March
Trevor Mahovsky, ‘Painting After Pverty: From the Homeopathic to the Crystalline in Painting’s New
Age’, exhibition essay, Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver
Amy O’Brian, ‘Vancouver artists make waves around the world’, The Vancouver Sun, 17 December
2004
Peter Birnie, ‘B.C. award winner thankful for day job’, The Vancouver Sun, 4 March
Clint Burnham, ‘Aperto Vancouver’, Flash Art, November – December
Deborah Campbell, ‘Exchanges + Gatherings’, Canadian Art, Winter
Deborah Campbell, ‘The New School’, Vancouver Guestlife
Sarah Milroy, ‘Arts scene veterans finally get their due’, The Globe and Mail, 4 March
Gary Pearson, ‘Ian Wallace’, Border Crossings, Vol. 23, No. 2
2003
Barry Schwabsky, Ian Wallace's Cityscapes, exhibition essay, Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver
Michael Turner, ‘Wall and Void’, Modern Painters, Summer
2002
Clint Burnham, ‘Cat Fries’, exhibition essay, Signage, Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver
Eleanor Heartney, ‘Ian Wallace at American Fine Arts at P.H.A.G’, Art in America, March – April
Bill Jeffries, ‘Bystanders in Terminal City: The Street Photograph in Vancouver 1955 to 1985’, Geist,
Winter
Karen Love, ‘Portraits from Vancouver’, Paris Photo Magazine International, Summer
Barry Schwabsky, ‘Ian Wallace’, Artforum, February
2001
Douglas Coupland, ‘Critical Mass’, Globe and Mail, 12 May
Holland Cotter, ‘Ian Wallace: New York City’, New York Times, 26 October
Trevor Mahovsky, ‘Radical, Bureaucratic, Melancholic, Schizophrenic: Texts as Community’, Canadian
Art, Summer
Shayna Skarf, ‘Border Patrol’, Time Out New York, 18 November
2000
Blake Gopnik, ‘Masters of All they Survey’, Globe and Mail, 28 November
Michael Scott, ‘Art Gallery Reveals Its Riches in Impressive Show (Recollect)’, Vancouver Sun, 19
January
1999
Adriana Barton, ‘Candid Cameras: Reflections of the city by Vancouver’s top contemporary artists’,
Where Vancouver, August
1998
‘Ian Wallace’s Clayquot Protest’, Canadian Art, Summer
1997
Chris, Brayshaw, ‘VIVA Art’, The Vancouver Courier, Vol. 88, No. 37
Matthew Higgs, Review, Art Monthly, May
Mastai Judith, Transversing Territory, Part II, Curator’s statement, Art Gym and PICA, Portland
Juan Bta Peiro, ‘Ian Wallace’, Cimal arte interncional, #48
Michael Scott, ‘50,000 VIVA Award goes to critic Lowndes and Painter Wallace’, The Vancouver Sun
1996
Judith, Mastai, ‘Conceptual Bogeymen, Art and the Media in the city by the sea’, C Magazine, Spring
1995
Robin Laurence, ‘Review’, The Vancouver Sun, June
1994
Karen Antaki, ‘Inhabitable places’, exhibition essay, Ellen Gallery, Montreal
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Elizabeth Lebovici, ‘La peinture inachevee’, Cahiers de la Musée Nationale de l'art moderne, Paris,
March
1991
Gordon Lebredt, ‘Between Two Hangings’, Text, Fall
Jose Lebrero Stals,’ The Experience of an Image’, Balkon
Scott Watson, ‘The Generic City and its Discontents’, Arts Magazine, February
Bill Jones, ‘Free Trade’, Arts Magazine, February
1990
Jan Avgikos, ‘ Review’, Tema Celeste, July – October
Bill Jones, ‘Urban Wilderness?’, Arts Magazine,
1989
Dolene Ainard, ‘Review’, Art Press, June
Luk Lambrecht, ‘Review’, Artefactum, Summer
Luk Lambrecht, ‘Review’, Flash Art, Summer
Jose Lebrero Stals, ‘The Experience of an Image’, Balkon, Summer
1988
Serge Berard, ‘Review’, Parachute 51, Summer
Carolyn Christof-Bakargiev, ‘ Graham, Kleyn, Wall, Wallace’, Flash Art, October
Joshua Decter, ‘Review’, Artsmagazine, September
Bill Jones, ‘Review’, Flash Art, November – December
Robert Kleyn, ‘Art in the Era of Permanent Capitalism’, C magazine, Fall
Richard Rhodes, ‘Review’, Artforum, December
Scott Watson, ‘Zeimal Canada Dry: Sechs Kunstler aus Vancouver’, Wolkenkratzer Art Journal, February
William Wood, ‘Ian Wallace: The Patient Wait’, Vanguard, September – October
1987
Christof Blase, ‘Fotografiein Szene gesetst’, Artis, June
Lorne Falk and Joanne Lamoureux, ‘Stations: Tete a tete’, Vanguard, November
Peggy Gale, ‘Outsiders In’, Canadian Art, Summer
Linda Genereux, ‘Review’, Vanguard, February – March
Earl Miller, ‘Ian Wallace’, C magazine, April
John Miller, ‘ Stations’, Artscribe, November – December
1986
Bruce Serafin, ‘Glamour and Prose: Ian Wallace and Vikky Alexander’, C Magazine, Summer
1983
Ellen Thompson, ‘ Ian Wallace at the Or Gallery’, Vanguard, Summer
1982
Richard Rhodes, ‘Review’ Vanguard, September
1979
Eric Cameron, ‘Semiology, Sensuousness and Ian Wallace’, Artforum, February
Tony Emery, ‘Review’, Artscanada, December – January
1978
David MacWilliams, ‘Allegorical Imperatives’, YVR, February
1971
Judy Williams Fraser, ‘Collage Show’, Artscanada, June
1970
Charlotte Townsend, ‘Photo Show’, Artscanada, June
1969
Bill Vazan, ‘Survey 69’, Vie des Arts, Fall
1968
Marguerite Pinney, ‘Duane Lunden and Ian Wallace’, ArtsCanada, August
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Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
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Winnipeg Art Gallery
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
Vancouver Art Gallery
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
Ottawa University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Alberta
Lenbachaus, Munich
FRAC, Corte, Corsica
FRAC, Bretagne, France
FRAC, Roche-Sur-Yon, France
FRAC, Pays de la Loire, France
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Musée de l’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne
Generali Foundation Vienna
IVAM, Valencia, Spain
Reina Sophia, Madrid
Siemens Collection, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Windsor Art Gallery
Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Munich
Oakville Art Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Centre George Pompidou, Paris
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