Rhonda Weppler

Rhonda Weppler
Solo Exhibitions
2014: Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2013: Orange Coast College Photography Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA; Acme Project Space, London, UK
2012: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON; Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON
2010: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON; Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2009: String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY; Darling Foundry, Montreal, QC; Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
2008: Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC (catalogue)
2007: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON; Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2006: Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON; Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON (catalogue); Rodman Hall, Brock University, St Catharines, ON (catalogue); Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC (catalogue); Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB (catalogue)
2005: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON; Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
2003: The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
2002: Optica, Montreal, QC; YYZ, Toronto, ON; Stride, Calgary, AB; The New Gallery, Calgary, AB; Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
2000: Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
Solo exhibitions from 2004 on are collaborative with Trevor Mahovsky

Group Exhibitions
2014: Wabi Sabi, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA; Pop Explosion, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA; Lure, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA; Transient Moments, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA; Collages: Gesture and Fragments, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, QC; The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2014, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
2013: Flux Night, program of curator Helena Reckitt, Flux Projects, Atlanta, GA; Ojai Art Festival, Ojai, CA; The Open West, Newark Park, Gloucestershire, UK; Persuasive Visions: 17th Century Dutch and Flemish Masterworks and Contemporary Reflections, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC; Almost Together, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA; Art Souterrain, Montreal, QC; Shine, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON; Spin/s: a Fluxus Festival, Cade Fine Arts Center, Ann Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD; Flatlanders and Surface Dwellers, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM (catalogue); Pop Effects, Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arnold, MD; Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Artcite, Windsor, ON
2012: A Beautiful Place for a Murder, Bohart, Port Moody, BC; Nuit Blanche, program of curator Christina Ritchie, Toronto, ON; Soft: works from the permanent collection, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS; Material World, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS (catalogue)
2011: Barroco Nova, Artlab, University of Western Ontario, London, ON (catalogue); Viva Voce, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Sheridan, Mississauga, ON; Like Some Pool of Fire, Open Space, Victoria, BC (catalogue)
2010: No Windows, Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC; It is what it is, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON; Triumphant Carrot: The Persistence of Still Life, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Here in My Car, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
2009: Nothing to Declare: Recent Sculpture from Canada, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON; Cubes, Blocks and Other Spaces, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC; Auto: Sueño y Materia [Auto: Dream and Matter], Dos De Mayo Art Center, Madrid, Spain (catalogue); So Fake They’ll Think It’s Real, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, curated by 18k Gold Tone; Auto: Sueño y Materia, Laboral Centro de Arte, Gijon, Spain (catalogue); Man’s Ruin, Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON; Blue Like an Orange, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON; How Soon is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
2008: Drifting, Slowly, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON; Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Galerie d'Art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, QC; Comic Relief, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
2007: Model Behavior, Organism, Portland, OR; Fun House, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; AUTObiographies, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2006: Beholding the Tranquil Beauty and Brilliancy of the Ocean's Skin…, Bodger's and Kludger's, Vancouver, BC; Readymade Map, +gallery, Nagoya, Japan; Many Shades of the Departed…, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON; Readymade Map, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2005: Berlin/Toronto Exchange, loop-raum fur actuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany; Off Grid, Ottawa Art Gallery, ON
2004: Art Hypermarkets: Contesting Consumerism, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy (catalogue); Domicile, Centre On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA; Berlin/Toronto Exchange, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON; That Obscure Object of Desire, Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge, ON
2003: Commodious Evolution, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, ON; Saturday Society, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Test Kitchen, Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Cerve, Eastern Edge, St John's, NF
2002: Tunnel, Artcite, Windsor, ON
2001: Genodrift, The Photographer's Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; Homebody, Alternator, Kelowna, BC
1996: Fancy, Contemporary Gallery, Ontario Textile Museum, Toronto, ON
Most group exhibitions from 2005 on are collaborative with Trevor Mahovsky

Public Works
2014: Watch Seller, Translink commission for Main Street/Science World skytrain station, Vancouver; Idea for a Trellis, Concert Properties commission for1308 Hornby, Vancouver
2012: A False Creek, City of Vancouver commission for Cambie Bridge pilings and Cooper’s Park
2011: Found and Lost (Vancouver), City of Vancouver commission for Platforms program
Public Collections
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Canada Council Art Bank
Kamloops Art Gallery
Kamm Foundation, Sparta, North Carolina
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery
Musée d'art Contemporain de Montreal
National Gallery of Canada

Bibliography
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Awards/Residencies
2014: Residency, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2013: Residency, Acme Studios, London, UK; Canadian Forces Artist Program
2011: Residency, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2009: Sobey Award Longlist
2008: Mayor’s Award, City of Vancouver (nominated by Liz Magor)
2006: Canada Council International Artist Residency, ISCP, New York
2005: City of Vancouver Artist Studio Award
2003: Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts
2002: Gibraltar Point Residency, Toronto Artscape, Toronto
2000: Vancouver Arts Development Award
1999: Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts

Talks
2013: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC; University of Guelph, ON (talk and studio visits with MFA students); 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2011: University of Western Ontario, London, ON; University of Toronto at Sheridan, Mississauga, ON; Artspace, Sydney, AU; University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC (talk and studio visits)
2010: Open Space, Victoria, BC
2009: Vancouver Art Gallery, BC (panel participant: The Contemporary Sublime)
2008: Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
2007: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB; Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006: Doris McCarthy Gallery, U of T Scarborough, Toronto, ON; Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON; Rodman Hall, Brock University, St Catharines, ON; Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC; University of Lethbridge, AB
2004: University of British Columbia MFA Program, Vancouver, BC (talk and studio visits)
Programs for Children and Youth
2013: Young Gloucestershire Youth drop-in centre, Wotton-under-Edge, UK (One week, teens: casting in resin and bronze/aluminum powder, casting in plaster, using improvised moulds of foil and tape; casting objects and figures in tape; collage self portrait and lettering activities; group map created of Wotton)
2009: Ottawa Art Gallery, ON (One day, preteens and parents: casting objects in plaster using foil as a mould, casting objects in hot glue using clay as a mould)
Education
1998: MFA, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1996: BA(Hons), Specialization in Fine Art and Art History, Major in Psychology, University of Toronto
1995: Diploma of Fine Art Studio, Sheridan College, Toronto