Ed Zelenak

Born 1940 in St. Thomas, ON

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Selected Works: 1970-2010, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
2006 Chatham Cultural Centre (touring), Chatham, McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London
Lambton Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON
2005 Drawings, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001 L.A. International Biennial Art Invitational, Soapbox Gallery, Venice, CA
2000 On the Face of It, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
Art Gallery of Woodstock, Woodstock, ON
Thielsen Gallery, London, ON
1999 Art Gallery of St. Thomas Elgin, St Thomas, ON
1997 Two Sculptors Inc., New York, NY
1998 Water and Dreams, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
1996 R. H. Galerie, Liberec, Czech Republic
1995 Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague, Czech Republic
1994 Lynnwood Art Centre, Simcoe, ON
Waters of Forgetfulness, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993 Thielsen Gallery, London, ON
Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
1992 Glendon Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON
1991 Galerie Brenda Wallace, Montreal, PQ
1989 London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON, (catalogue: M. Fleming)
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
1983 Franz Wynens Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, ON
1981 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., (catalogue: P. Monk)
1979 Forest City Gallery, London, ON, (exhibitions also in: 1980, 84, 85)
1973 Milwaukee Arts Centre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (major outdoor work)
1972 Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, (courtesy of the Minnesota State Arts Council)
1971 L'Enfant Plaza, (with Henri Gallery), Washington D.C.
1969 20/20 Gallery, London, ON
Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON, (exhibitions also in: 1970, 71, 72, 74, 76, 78)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Murray Favro & Ed Zelenak, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2009 (Re)verse Ekphrasis: Works from the McIntosh Collection, McIntosh Gallery UWO, London, ON
Zanebennett Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Three Person Exhibit
2009 Art Chicago (Zanebennett), Chicago, Illinois
2008 Recent Acquisitions, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
2007 An Eye For It, Museum London, London, ON
Recent Acquisitions, DePaul University, Chicago, Il
2006 On The Wall, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan
Curator’s Choice, Sandra Dyke-curator, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 A Growing Legacy, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON
2003 Tree Sites - Two Person Exhibition, Gail Harvey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Toronto Art Fair, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 Gail Harvey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artists from Ontario-Canada Council Art Bank Collection, Queens Park, Toronto, ON
Toronto Art Fair, Michael Gibson Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001 Think Canada - 5 Person Exhibition - (Catalogue), Art Today Gallery, Delhi, India; Vimonisha Exhibition Centre, Chennai, India
NGMA, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
Fall Exhibition (Gallery Artists), Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Continuities, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Mitchel Algus Gallery, NY, NY
Time and Distance Cannot Erase, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
Medicine Hat Museum, Medicine Hat, AB
2000 Toronto Art Fair, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
Intersections, Place Ville Marie, Montreal; Edifice, Yonge and Temperance, Toronto, ON
1999 London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
1998 Art and Industry, Lynnwood Art Centre, Simcoe, ON
Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
Paper Works, Two Sculptors, N.Y.C., N.Y.
Bealart: 80 Years of Experiment, London Regional Art Museum London, ON
Forget Collection, Musee de Jolliette, Jolliette, PQ
Israel 50 – Anniversary of a Nation, Exhibition Hall, C.N.E., Toronto, ON
2D x 3D, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
The City as Landscape, The Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, Il
Selected Works, Summer Exhibition, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
Summer Exhibition, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York City
1997 Event, 197 Spadina, Toronto, ON
Works on Paper, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
Event, Thielsen Gallery, London, ON
The Sculpture Project, London Regional Art Museum, London, ON
1996 Inaugural Exhibition, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
The Boat Show, Canadian Artists – A Nautical Look, Art Gallery of North York, North York, ON
Seminal Sculpture of the School of London, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1995 Chinese New Year, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
At The Edge of the Sign, Kutne Hore, Galerie Felixe Jeneweina, Czech Republic,
1994 20 x 20, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
The Collector #2 Daniel Donovan, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
1993 Heart of London Revisited, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
1992 EXPO '92, Seville, Spain
A Decade of Collecting, Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ
Architecture, Art Gallery of Hamilton Hamilton, ON
1991 Water, Trenkmann Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1990 Mapping, Toronto, ON, (exhibited: James B. Aird Gallery, Queen's Park and
London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON)
Escapade, Musee des Beaux Arts, Sherbrooke, PQ
London Sculpture on Site, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
1989 Elgin Area Artists, Art Gallery of Elgin, St. Thomas, ON
1987 20/20, London Regional Art Gallery and Centricity Gallery, London, ON
1986 Forest City Gallery, London, ON
1985 Works of Art and Scholarship, McIntosh Gallery, U.W.O., London, ON
Works on Paper, Embassy Cultural House, London, ON
1985 Art Bank Presents, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Sculptor’s Drawings, Diane Brown Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Matter of Consideration, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Associations From Paper to Object, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
1983 Prepaid Miniature Art Sale, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
1982 Art For Architecture, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON, MacDonald
Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Collection of UWO, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Small Sculpture, Harbourfront Gallery Toronto, ON
1982 Art Bank Sculpture, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
1980 London Regional Art, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Forest City Art Gallery, London, ON
National Art Centre, Ottawa, ON, (organized courtesy of the Canada Council)
Contemporary Canadian Sculpture 1950 1980, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, ON
1978 Performance, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, ON
Sculpture Outdoors, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
Aspects of Sculpture, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, PQ, (organized courtesy of Art Bank)
1977 Art Fiera, Bologna, Italy
1976 Selected Sculpture London, London Art Gallery, London, ON
1975 Carmen Lamanna Gallery at Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
1974 Contemporary Ontario Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
1972 Recent Vanguard Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Diversity Canada East, Norman Mackenzie Gallery Regina, Saskatchewan
1972 Five Canadians, Ukranian Institute of Art, Chicago, Illinois
1971 49th Parallels, Sarasota, Florida, (Touring show organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario) exhibited: Ringling Museum and Contemporary Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
1971 New Media Art - CNE, Toronto, ON, (organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario)
1971 Summer Projects, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinios
1970 3rd. International Pioneer Gallery Exhibition, Musee Cantonel, Lusanne, Switzerland and Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
Monuments '70, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
York University, Winters College Toronto, ON
1970 3 D Into the ‘70s Sensory Perception, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, ON,
Canadian Cross Sections 1970, Rothman's Art Gallery, Stratford ON
1969 A Plastic Presence, (organized by Phillip Morris Company) Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y., Milwaukee Arts Centre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Tendences Actuelles, Galerie de France, Paris France (organized by National Gallery of Canada)
National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, (organized by National Gallery of Canada)
Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
The Wall - Art and Architecture, National Gallery of Canada touring show
1968 Survey '68, Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal, QC
10 Sculptors, Rothman's Art Gallery, Stratford, ON
1968 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
1967 Heart of London, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, (travelling show)
Ontario Centennial Exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
1966 3 Man UWO Show, London, ON
1965 Western Art League, London Public Library and Art Gallery, London, ON
1962 Coffey Gallery, Houston, Texas
1961 Helbing Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas

CATALOGUES

Lorenzo Buj, Ed Zelenak, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Cultural Centre, Chatham, ON, 2006.

Marnie Fleming, Finding a Place, Selected Works 1976-1988, London Regional Art Gallery, London ON.

Richard Sinclair, Matter For Consideration, The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, ON, 1984.

Phillip Monk, Recent Wallworks and Sculptures, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SASK, 1981.

REVIEWS

Sculpture Magazine, spring edition 2007, John Grande
Exhibition review, Cutts Gallery, Vie Des Arts, 2004, John Grande
Exhibition review, Cutts Gallery, Globe and Mail, 2003, Gary Michael Dault
Exhibition review, Cutts Gallery, Canadian Art, 2000, Don Brackett
Divining Truths, Elgin Art Gallery, London Free Press, 1999, Sandra Coulson
Seminal Sculpture of the School of London, Sculpture magazine, 1997, Tom Moody
Seminal Sculpture of the School of London, Time Out, New York, 1996, Stuart Servetar
Redinger, Bonham and Zelenak at Mitchell Algus, Art in America, 1997, R Rubinstein
Exhibition review, Czech Museum of Modern Art, Atelier magazine, 1996, Olaf Hanel
Exhibition review,Cutts Gallery, Globe and Mail, 1994, John Bentley Mays
Exhibition review Cutts Gallery, Globe and Mail, 1993, John Bentley Mays
Exhibition review Glendon Gallery, Toronto Star, 1992, Christopher Hume

BOOKS

Art Allsorts: Writings on Art & Artists - John Grande - 2008

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 

Albright College Freeman Gallery, Reading, PA
Appleton Museum, Ocala, Florida
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Art Gallery of Elgin, St. Thomas, ON
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Art Gallery of North York, North York, ON
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Art Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Carelton College, Northfield, MN
Carelton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, Illinois
Concordia Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ
Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague, Czech Republic
De Paul University Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Department of Public Works – Federal, Ottawa, ON
Department of Public Works – Provincial, Toronto, ON
London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Lynnwood Art Centre, Simcoe, ON
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask.
McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Musee Cantonale des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musee de Joliette, Joliette, PQ
Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
R.E. Wilson Art Gallery, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana
Rothman’s Art Gallery, Stratford, ON
Samek Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Ukranian Institute of Art, Chicago, Illinois
Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON
Wright State University Galleries, Dayton, OH
York University, Downsview, ON