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1950 Born in Windsor, ON, Canada Education & Professional Activities 1972-76 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON 1972-76 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 1972-76 Centennial College, Toronto, ON 1984-present Instructor at Ontario College of Art and Design 2000 Governor General’s Award for the Visual Arts - Painting Selected Solo Exhibitions 2006 ‘Winners and Losers’, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON 2004 ‘Hypertension’, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON 2003 ‘Babylon Zero’, Carlton University, Ottawa, ON 2001 ‘Terminal Island’, S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto, ON 1998 ‘John Scott/Hometown Exhibition’, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON 1997 ‘Engines of Anxiety’, Saidye Bronfman Centre Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ ‘Stealth’, Oakville Galleries, Gairloch Gallery, Oakville, ON 1996 ‘The Engine of History’, Art Gallery of ON, Toronto, ON 1995 ‘Live Coverage’, Hart House, J.J. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, ON ‘Drawings & Paintings’, Bravo Exhibitoin Space, City TV/Bravo, Toronto, ON ‘Drawings & Paintings’, Studio Exhibition, 48 Abel Street, Toronto, ON 1994 ‘Edge City/Retrospective’, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON 1992 ‘Leviathon’. Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON 1989 ‘New Drawings & Paintings’, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto 1986 ‘New Large Drawings’, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON 1984 ’Drawings & Paintings’, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON ‘Exchange’, Air Gallery, London, England ‘Drawing Installation’, Southern AB Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB 1983 ‘New Drawings & Paintings’, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto 1981 ‘A collection of New & Old Drawings’. Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 ‘Just my Imagination,’ Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON ‘Kinesis’, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON 2003 ‘Drawing Through the Centuries’, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1997 ‘Fundamental Freedoms’, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON 1998 ‘Environmental Intervention’, Artifice/Musique Plus Building, Montreal, PQ ‘Abstract Figuration’, The Worksa International Arts Festival, Edmonton, AB 1997 ‘Collage’, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON ‘Gilded Corps’, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON ‘Urgent Witness Drawn Remains’, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, ON ‘Narrative’, Archive Digital Art Gallery, Toronto, ON ‘Anti-Megacity Exhibition’, St.Lawrence Hall, Toronto, ON 1996 ‘Intolerance’, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB ‘Reviews/Monumental New City’, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON 1995 ‘Reading /Language of Culture’, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON 1993 ‘Louise Noguchi/John Scott/ F.Vivenza’, Birganart Gallery, Toronto 1992 ‘Toronto Artists’, Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois 1991 ‘Ilya Kabakov/John Scott’, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON ‘Working Notes and Drawings/Extension’, Print and Drawing Gallery, Toronto 1990 ‘Friends of the Gallery, Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, ON. ‘The Artist and the Environment’, Art Gallery of ON, Toronto ‘Housing/A Right’, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON 1989 ‘Director’s Choice’, Barrie Gallery Project, Barrie, ON 1988 ‘Structure of Desire’, Gallery 76, Toronto, ON ‘Enchantment/Disturbance’, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON ‘Waterworks/ 100 Workers’, R.C. Harris Filtration Plant, Toronto 1987 ‘Abstraction/Drawings’, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1986 ‘Project Colourxerox’, Visual Arts ON, Toronto, ON 1985 ‘Interiors’, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, ON 'Group Exhibiton’, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON 1984 ‘Content- Contexte’, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON ‘Expron’, Centre des Arts Contemporains, Montreal, PQ ‘Toronto Painting’, Art Gallery of ON, Toronto, ON ‘Group Exhibition’, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB ‘Group Exhibition’, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB ‘Group Exhibition’, Rodman Arts Centre, St. Catherines, ON ‘Group Exhibition’, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON ‘Group Exhibition’, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB ‘Group Exhibition’, The Stratford, Stratford, ON 1983 ‘Six Toronto Artists in Amsterdam’, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ‘New Forms of Figuration’, Centre for Inter-American Relations, New York, USA 1982 ‘Language and Representation’, A Space, Toronto, ON Catalogues 2003 Babylon Zero, Michael Bell 2002 Shiva’s Really Scary Gifts As Told To Ann MacDonald, Coach House Books 2001 Urgent Witness Drawn Remains, YYZ Artists Outlet 1997 Engines of Anxiety, Saidye Bronfman Centre & Montreal Museum of Fine Arts John Scott/Mono Graff, Hamilton Art Gallery 1994 Reading, Language of Culture, Hamilton Art Gallery 1993 Project Room, John Scott, Mercer Union 1991 Ilya Kabakov/John Scott, The Power Plant 1987 Abstraction/Drawings, Or Gallery 1982 Fragments, Contents, Scale, 49th Parallel, NYC 1980 Seven Toronto Artists Based in NYC, Artists Space (Metro Pictures) Bibliography 2006 ‘Exhibit a Jet Aesthetics’ / Globe and Mail / Gary Michael Dault 'One of the Last Truly Angry Artists’/ Toronto Star / Peter Goddard 2004 ‘Voodoo Science and Vortex Imagery’/ Avenue – At the Galleries, National Post / Julia Dault ‘The One and Only John Scott’ / Globe and Mail / Gary Michael Dault 2003 Babylon Zero, Michael Bell 2002 Shiva’s Really Scary Gifts As Told To Ann MacDonald, Coach House Books 2001 ‘Urgent drawings both raw and powerful’ / Gallery Going, The Globe and Mail/ by Gary Michael Dault ‘Battle Scars’/ by Betty Ann Jordon / Toronto Life Magazine ‘Conflict on Canvas’/ Two Tribes/ by Sarah Milroy/ The Globe and Mail 2000 ‘Inaugural exhibition at Gendai Gallery’, Japanese Canadian Cultural Center 1999 The Arts’/ by Blake Gopnick/ The Globe and Mail 1997 ‘Four Horsemen Ditch Steeds for Exhibit’s Trans Am’/ by Julia Duln/ The Washington Times 1996 Stealth/ Exhibition Release / Richard Rhodes and Oakville Galleries 1995 C Magazine/ Winter Edition/ Cover Photo and Eight Page Story/ Joyce Mason and Douglas Ord 1978-96 Extensive Writings Published in Canadian Art/ Parachute/ File/ C Magazine, ect. 1976-77 Little Hearts/ Political- Social Series Published in Arts and Communication Magazine 1976-97 Reviews- Art Forum, Globe and Mail (4), Toronto Star, Now, Eye, Financial Post, Mirror, Voir, Monteal Gazette, Le Devoir, C Magazine, Canadian Art, Fuse, Mix, Hour, Washington Times, etc. Other Publications 1997 Intermediate Algebra for College Students/Simon Schuster/ Prentice Hall/ Text Book Cover Images and Inner Page Image 1995 Trans Am Apocalypse #2/ Exhibition Release/ Janice Selina and The National Gallery of Canada 1995 Work Magazine/ Cover Photo and Four Page Photo and Story/ Sharon Brookes 1994-97 Canadian Law Review/ Guns / Published Yearly/ The Mane Room/ He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother 1985 File Magazine/ Vol. 8, No.3/ Diane Frankenstein/ John Mary Shelley Scott Selected Collections Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON Art Gallery of Stratford, Stratford, ON Bennett Jones, Toronto, ON BOS Insurance, Mississauga, ON Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON Carlton University, Ottawa, ON Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON Greater Toronto Arts Foundation, Toronto, ON Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON Joseph L. Rotman Centre, Toronto, ON London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON Madwort Art Gallery, Calgary, AB Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto/ Ottawa/ Calgary, Canada Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catherines, ON UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, BC University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, ON |
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