Education

1977 B.F.A., Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Halifax, N.S.

1972 – 1975 University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Man.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2004 Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, Quebec

2002 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1999 Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, Quebec

1998 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1996 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1994 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1992 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1991 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Centre culturel canadien, Paris, France

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario

McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario

1990 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario

1989 Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

1998 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1988 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Concordia University Art Gallery, Montréal, Québec

1987 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

49th Parallel, New York, N.Y.

K.A.A.I., Kingston, Ontario

1986 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

1985 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1984 YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto, Ontario

1983 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Plug In Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba

ChromaZone, Toronto, Ontario

1980 Plug In Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba

1978 Plug In Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba


Selected Group Exhibitions

2004 Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario - Bloom!

2003 Galerie de l’UQAM, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec

2003 Épreuve de Distance Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario

2002 Painters 15 Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China, Art Gallery of North York, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and the Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2000 The Single Tree, London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, Ontario

1999 Les peintures, Galerie René Blouin / Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montréal, Québec

1999 Re-imagining Modernisim, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario.

1997 Painting in the 90's Part I : Sandra Meigs/Suzanna Heller/Will Gorlitz, Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

1995 Milieu: of the order of presentation, S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1993 Pierre Dorion/Charles Gagnon/Will Gorlitz, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal,

Québec

1992 Tree Designations,The Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario

1991 A Public Room, Extension Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1989 Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art, The National Gallery of Canada,

Ottawa, Ontario

1987 Toronto Exchange, Hallwalls, Buffalo, N. Y

1987 Written Images, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

1986 Will Gorlitz/Douglas Kirton, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1986 Perspective 86 - Will Gorlitz and Nancy Johnson, The Art Gallery of Ontario,

Toronto, Ontario

1985 Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1985 Plug In Redux, Plug In Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba

1985 Fire a Ice, Galerie Walcheturm, Binz 39, Zurich, Switzerland

1985 Late Capitalism, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario

1985 Doppelgänger, Aorta, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1985 The Allegorical Image, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario

1984 80/1/2/3/4 Toronto: Content/Context, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario; Open

Space, Victoria, B.C.; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.


Grants and Awards

2002 Canada Council Travel Grant

2001 Distinguished Teacher Award -The University of Waterloo

1997 Canada Council Grant for Established Artists

1995 Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant

1993 Canada Council Short Term Grant

Canada Council Arts Grant "A"

Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant

1991 Canada Council Short Term Grant

1990 Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant

1989 Canada Council Arts Grant "A"

1988 Canada Council Arts Grant "B"

1987 Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant

1986 Canada Council Arts Grant "B"

1985 Canada Council Arts Grant "B"

1984 Canada Council Arts Grant "B"

1983 Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant


Exhibition Curation

1999 "Times of Uncertainty" - Doug Kirton: Paintings 1983-1999

Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art

University of Waterloo Art Gallery

London Regional Art & Historical Museums



Teaching Experience

2001-present University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

1999-2001 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.

1997 Ontario College of Art and Design. (temporary )

1996 University of Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Alberta. (winter session)

1993 University of Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia. (spring session)

1988 Banff Centre. Banff, Alta. (temporary)

1987 Dundas Valley School of Art. Dundas, Ontario. (four workshops)


Guest Lectures and Critiques

1999 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont.

1998 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.

Ontario College of Art and Design. Toronto, Ont.

University of Victoria, Victoria, B. C.

1997 Ontario College of Art and Design. Toronto, Ont.

University of Manitoba. Winnipeg Man

Alberta College of Art and Design. Calgary, Alta.

1996 University of Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Alta.

Ontario College of Art and Design. Toronto, Ont.

1995 University of Guelph. Guelph, Ont.

1993 McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Kleinberg, Ont.

Concordia University. Monteal, Que.

1992 The Art Gallery of Peterborough. Peterborough, Ont.

1991 University of Western Ontario. London, Ont.

H.B.Beal Secondary School. London, Ont.

McIntosh Gallery. London, Ont.

Queen's University. Kingston, Ont.

Concordia University Graduate Program. Montreal, Que.

1990 Oakville Galleries. Oakville, Ont.

Sheridan College. Oakville, Ont.

1989 National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa Ont.

University of Victoria. Victoria, B.C.

Simon Fraser University. Vancouver, B.C.

Emily Carr College of Art and Design. Vancouver, B.C.

Beaverbrooke Art Gallery. Fredericton, N.B.

University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ont.

Ontario College of Art. Toronto, Ont.

1988 University of Regina. Regina, Sask.

Mendel Art Gallery. Saskatoon, Sask.

Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Man.

University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Man.

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Halifax, N.S.

Concordia University. Montreal, Que.

Banff Centre. Banff, Alta.

1987 K.A.A.I.. Kingston, Ont.

Dundas Valley School of Art. Dundas, Ont.

York University. Toronto, Ont.

1986 University of Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Alta.

Ontario College of Art. Toronto, Ont.

Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ont.

Sheridan College. Oakville, Ont.

Toronto School of Art. Toronto ,Ont.

1985 University of Victoria. Victoria, B.C.

Emily Carr College of Art and Design. Vancouver, B.C.

University of British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C.

Ontario College of Art. Toronto, Ont.


Boards and Committees

1997 - 1999 Cinefest Picton, Picton, Ontario

1995 - 1997 Art Gallery of North York Aquisition Committee North York, Ontario

1988 - 1995 Agnes Etherington Art Centre Avisory Board Kingston, Ontario

1988 - 1993 Committee,Toronto, Ontario

1985 - 1988 Mercer Union Board of Directors, Toronto, Ontario

1979 - 1981 Arthur Street Gallery (Plug In Inc.) Board of Directors, Winnipeg, Manitoba


Related Experience

1982 - 1983 Preparator, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

1978 - 1981 Graphic Artist. CBC Television. Winnipeg , Manitoba


Selected Bibliography

Aquin, Stéphane. "Will Gorlitz". VOIR, du 21 au 27 mars 1996, p. 50.

Bell, Michael. “Empowering the Word.” Carleton University Art Gallery, 1993.

Bell Farrell, Carolyn. “The Three Essays Trilogy.” Oakville Galleries, Oakville, 1990.

Dault, Gary Michael. "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life". C Magazine, March, 1988, no.17, p.70.

Dumont, Jean. "Arts Visuels". Le Devoir, 2 février 1991, p. C 9

Duncan, Ann. "Brooding images...". The Gazette, February 20, 1988, p. D 5

Enright, Robert. "Ethics of Uncertainty". Border Crossings, Fall 1988, vol.7, no.4.

Fischer, Barbara. Perspective 86. "Will Gorlitz and Nancy Johnson". Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1986.

Fones, Robert. "Will Gorlitz, Sable-Castelli Gallery". Vanguard, Dec-Jan 1986-87, vol.15, no.6, p.29.

Gorlitz, Will. "Excerpt". C Magazine, Winter 1985, no.4, pp.46-49.

Gorlitz, Will. "Cover " Border/Lines, No. 7/8, Spring/Summer 1987.

Gorlitz, Will. "Left". Impulse Magazine, Vol.16, no.1.

Gorlitz, Will. "Intersections: NOW Magazine Media Project". NOW Magazine, May 28, 1992.

Grenville, Bruce. “The Allegorical Image in Recent Canadian Painting.”Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, 1985.

Groot, Paul. “Doppelgänger.” Aorta, Amsterdam. the Netherlands, 1985.

Guest, Tim. “Late Capitalism.” Toronto: the Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Jan.11-Feb.17, 1985.

Guest, Tim. "80/1/2/3/4, Mercer Union, Toronto". Vanguard, May 1984, vol.13, no.4, p.43-44.

Hakim, Mona. "Le glissement entre l'absence et la présence". Le Devoir, 2 Mai 1993,p. C 15

Keziere, Russel. "The Troubled Mirror: Will Gorlitz's Real Time". Will Gorlitz: Real Time .

The Power Plant Art Gallery, Toronto, 1994.

Klucinakas, Jean. "Will Gorlitz, Galerie René Blouin". Parachute, no.63, juillet-aout-septembre 1991, pp.33-34.

Lebredt, Gordon. "After-Affects: a small matter of some face". C Magazine, Summer 1985, no.6, pp.16-19.

Liss, David. "Painting and seeing". The Gazette, March 23, 1996 p. H 6

Loughery, John. "Will Gorlitz, 49th Parallel". Arts Magazine, Dec. 1987, vol.62, no.4, p.10.

Lypchuk, Donna. "Famous Lies and Illustrious Disguises". Parallelogramme, Fall 1985, vol.II, no.1, pp.21-26.

MacKay, Gillian. "Will Gorlitz: The Sable-Castelli Gallery/The Power Plant". Canadian Art, Spring 1994, vol.II, no.1, pp.75-77.

McFadden, David. "Late Capitalism". Canadian Art, Summer/June 1985, vol.2, no.3, p.18.

McGrath, Jerry. "Will Gorlitz - Axis Mundi". C Magazine, no.12, pp.70-71.

McGrath, Jerry. “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality - at Home with Freud.”Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, 1989.

McIlroy, Randal. "Gorlitz exhibit documents...". Winnipeg Free Press, September 24, 1988, p.24.

Millard, Laura. The Single Tree. London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, Ontario, 2000

Murray, Joan. Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Toronto/Oxford, Dundurn Press, 1999.

Nemiroff, Diana. Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art. the National Gallery, Ottawa, 1989.

O'Brien, Peter. "Consumed with that which it was nourished by': Will Gorlitz's Literary Landscapes". University of Toronto Quarterly, Spring 1997, vol.66, no.2, pp.403-410.

Punter, Jennie. "The mundane made strange". The Whig Standard Magazine, September 19, 1987.

Rhodes, Richard. "Will Gorlitz". Canadian Art , Fall 1998, pp 18-19.

Rhodes, Richard. “Fractura Narrativa Propria.” Sao Paulo Bienal, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1985.

Scott, Melanie. " A New Group...", Saturday Night, July/August 1997, pp.52-60.

Sigurdson, Doug/Gillies, Suzanne. Plug in Redux. Midcontinental, 1985, vol.3, no.3.

Sigurdson, Doug. "Axis Mundi". CJRT- FM "On The Arts" September 10, 1986.

Tamplin, Illi-Maria. Tree Designations. The Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, 1992.

Taylor, Kate. "Odd couple stands art on its head". The Globe and Mail, January 29, 1994.

Towne, Elke. "Fast Forward". Canadian Art, Winter 1989, p.32.

Willson, Kevin. “Will Gorlitz: Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexual Theorie .” University of Toronto

Art Centre, Toronto, 1997.

Wood, William. Fire & Ice. Galerie Walcheturm, Binz 39, Zurich, Switzerland,1985.

Wood, William. “ Will Gorlitz.” 49th Parallel, New York, 1987.

Wylie, Liz. "Will Gorlitz's illumination of the shadows of doubt". NOW Magazine, Dec.10-16, 1987.

Wylie, Liz. "Bad Faith". Canadian Art, Spring 1988, Vol. 5 No. 1, p. 96.


Public Art Commissions

1996 Whitby Psychiatric Hospital; Whitby, Ontario

1995 Simcoe Place; Toronto, Ontario

1989 Cineplex Odeon Theatres, Toronto, Ontario


Public Art Collections
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba