Education

1980 - 83 MFA Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1971 - 74 BFA Falmouth College of Art, Falmouth, England

1970 - 71 St Alban's College of Art, England


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006 - Returning Skies, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, On
- Wresting Vision, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
- Wresting Vision Earth & Air, McClure Gallery, Montreal, Quebec.

2005 - Light & Matter, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
- Recent Works, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

2004 - Recent Paintings, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec.
- Portraits and Landscapes, Trepanier Baer Gallery (Viewing Room), Calgary, Alberta.

2003 -Recent Paintings, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
-Recent Works, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Two Person Show)
-Hobbemas Light, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.

2001 - Broken Ground, The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida. - Recent Paintings, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
- Broken Ground. Galerie de Bellefeuille. Montreal. Quebec.
- Recent Paintings, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Two Person Show)
- Recent Paintings, James Baird Gallery, St John's., Nfld. (Two Person Show)

2000 - Fire & Water, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, On

1999 - Recent Paintings, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, (L'autre equivoque), Ottawa
- Recent Paintings, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Two Person Show)

1998 - Recent Paintings, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta - Learning Waters, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1997 - Line of Trees, Burning, Espace 502, Belgo Building, Montreal, Quebec
- Lightenings, Drabinsky & Friedland Galleries, Toronto, Ontario
- Recent Works, Waddington & Gorce, Montreal, Quebec 1996 - Tempered Ground, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver. B.C.
- Syzygy, Galerie Damasquine, Brussels, Belgium

1995 - The Trespass of Memory, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
- Fugitive Sites, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1994 - A Length of Days, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1993 - Matiere/Memoire, Galerie Damasquine, Brussels, Belgium
- Recent Works, Galerie L'Autre Equivoque, Ottawa, Ontario
- Broken Ground: Seeing-in the Landscape, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
- Locations of Recall, Studio 21, Halifax Nova Scotia

1992 - Lieux Rememores, Galerie Michel Guimont, Quebec, Quebec

1991 - Recent Works, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1990 - Recent Works, Art 45, Montreal, Quebec
- Recent Paintings, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario

1988 - Recent Works, Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, Quebec

1987 - Works on Paper, Michael Coote Gallery, Carleton University, Ottawa - Recent Works, Art 45, Montreal, Quebec

1986 - Recent Works, Art 45, Montreal, Quebec 1985 - Recent Works, Art 45, Montreal, Quebec

1984 - Peintures, Galerie Articule, Montreal, Quebec


Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 - Selections from The Collection, The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida.
-Collecting Art 201, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON

2005 - Studio 21, Montreal Connection, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
-Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Season Preview, Toronto, Ontario.
-Collecting Art 101, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON

2004 - Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario.

2003 - Line of Trees, Burning (Gallery 1) Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

2002 - Works From The Collection The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida.

2000 - The Single Tree, London Regional Art Museum, London, Ont
- Dialogues, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ont 1999
- Recent Paintings, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec
- Les peintures, Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal, Quebec
- Landscape, Newfoundland, James Baird Gallery, St John's, Newfoundland
- East - West, Therese Dion Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec
- In Waiting, Art Gallery, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University, Corner Brook" Newfoundland
- True North: The Landscape Tradition in Contemporary Canadian Art, The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 20/21 VISION, Studio 21 Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1998 - The Painters' Newfoundland, Art Gallery of Newfoundland &. Labrador, St Johns, Nfld.
- PEINTURE PEINTUR£ Edifice Belgo, Montreal, Quebec

1997 - Recent Works, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Two-Person Show)
- La Collection d'oeuvres d'art de la Banque Nationale, Domaine Cataraqui, Quebec
- Eight Montreal Artists in Prague, Rasinovo Nabrezi, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1995 - La Collection Musee d'art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec
- Lush, GalerieArticule, Montreal, Quebec
- Last Chance for Eden: The Contemporary Sublime, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary
- Group Exhibition Galerie Neiriz, Berlin, Germany

1994 - Reflecting Paradise, Home Oil Tower, Calgary, Alberta
- Works from the Permanent Collection Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec
- Peinture Ponctuation Musee d'art de Joliette, Quebec

1993 - Abstraction: Which Way From Here? Canada Trust Tower, Calgary, Alberta
- Cenacle, Belgo Building, Montreal, Quebec

1992 - Reinvented Sites, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

1991 - Contemporary Canadian Works on Paper, Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec.
- Three Montreal Painters, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1990 - Peintures des Annees 80, La Galerie du Grand Theatre de Quebec, Quebec
- Two Montreal Painters K A A I Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
- Collection Pret d'Oeuvres, Musee du Quebec, Quebec - Group Exhibition Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- Five Montreal Artists, White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario

1989 - Montreal Sur Papier, Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, Quebec
- Collection Pret d'Oeuvres, Musee du Quebec, Quebec

1988 - Contemporary Canadian Works on Paper, Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec.

1987 - Gallery Artists, Salt House Gallery, St Ives, England

1986 - 37e Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Group Exhibition, La Galerie de L 'Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal,Quebec
- Five Montreal Artists, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

1985 - Group Exhibition. Ga/erie Gilles Gheerbrandt. Montreal, Quebec
- The Totemic Impulse, Galerie John A Schweitzer, Montreal, Quebec 1984 - Five Montreal Artists, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
- Quebec Painting, The University Of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick - Five Montreal Artists, 699 St Maurice, Montreal, Quebec

1982 - Painting, Montreal, Pavilion de Quebec, Montreal, Quebec 1 981 - Biennale, Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, Quebec

1978 - Connect: Readings and Performance, VehiculeGaliery, Montreal, Quebec 1973 - Group Exhibition. Penwith Gallery, St Ives, England

1972 - The Stowells Awards, The Mall Galleries, London, England


Bibliography

Catalogues/Books

2001 - SPALDING, Jeffrey, Broken Ground: The Tangled Garden of Michael Smith, catalogue, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal

2000 - MILLARD, Laura, The Single Tree, catalogue, London Regional Art Gallery, Ont

1999 - True North: The Landscape Tradition in Contemporary Canadian Art, catalogue, The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1997
- Eight Montreal Artists in Prague, catalogue

1996 - SIMMS, Lorraine and SMITH, Michael; Syzygy, catalogue, Galerie Damasquine, Brussels, Belgium

1995 - SWAIN, Robert; Hidden Values, Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections, Douglas & Mclnytyre, Vancouver, Toronto
- CAMPBELL, James; Depth Markers, Critical Anthology

1994 - LACROIX, Laurier; Peinture. Ponctuation; Trois, Revue d'ecriture et d'erudition, vol 9 no.3

1993 - FRANCK, Philippe; Michael Smith: Matiere, Memoire, catalogue, Galerie Damasquine, Brussels, Belgium
- Les Ateliers S'exposent. catalogue, Cobalt Art Actuel, Montreal 1991 - Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection, Musee du Quebec, Quebec

1989 - CAMPBELL, James 0; Montreal Sur Papier, catalogue, Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, Quebec
- Contemporary Canadian Works on Paper, catalogue, Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal

1988 - CAMPBELL, James D; Michael Smith: Paintings, catalogue, Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, Quebec

1985 - DAIGNEAULT, Gilles; Quebec La Trans-Avantgarde Existe-t'elle?, 37e Salon de la jeune Peinture, Grand Palais, Paris, France


Reviews

2006 -Isa TOUSIGNANT; High Time For An Art Fix, Hour, Montreal. Jan 12 - 18

2005 -Elissa BARNARD; Montreal artists' works exhilarating, The Halifax Herald, Halifax, Mar. 26

2003 -Elissa BARNARD; Recent Paintings, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax,
-Nancy TOUSLEY; Michael Smith tests the limits of light, Calgary Herald, Jan 25.

2001 - Nancy TOUSLEY; The Archaeology of Landscape, Border Crossings, Issue No. 78
- Sholem KRISHT ALKA; This land is physical, The Mirror, Mtl, ApI 29

1999 - Henry LEHMAN; Artist and landscapes, The Gazette, Mtl, Dec 18
- Aline BEGIN; Quand la couleur dense danse, Ledroit, Ottawa Hull, Dec 27
- Sharon WORKMAN; Inviting Imagination. The Sunday Herald, Nova Scotia, Nov 7
- Stephanie BERUBE; True North: Ie paysage canadien 6 Taiwan, La Presse.Montreal, Dec 23
- Bernard LAMARCHE; Made in Taiwan, Le Devoir, Montreal, Jan 14

1998 - Henry LEHMANN; Paint, paint, everywhere paint; The Gazette. Montreal, June 13
- J. M. SULLIVAN; Province Stars in colourful art show, Evening Telegram, St John's, Mar 8
- M. VAUGHAN-Jackson; First Impressions, Evening Telegram, St John's, NFLD, Feb 13

1997 - Elissa BARNARD; Layering for interpretation, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax.
- Bernard LAMARCHE; Line of Trees, Burning. Le Devoir. Montreal, Mai 10
- Bernard LAMARCHE; Empatements paysagistes. Le Devoir. Montreal. Mars 8
- Dorota Kozinska; Art, The Gazette, Montreal. March 15

1996 - Daniele GILLEMON; Tendances explosives de I'art. LeSolr, Brussels, Belgium - Stephane REY; Syzygy, L'Echo. Brussels. Belgium, Fevrier 17

- Michael SCOTT; Into the thick of things with colour, Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, April 27

1995 - Nancy TOUSLEY; Art, Calgary Herald, October 20
- Josee LAPOINTE, Pour tous les gouts au Salon des galeries d'art du Quebec, Le Soleil, Mardi 14 novembre
- Ann DUNCAN; Best of the Rest, The Gazette, Montreal. December 2
- David LISS, Landscape PaInter in Concordia Show. The Gazette, Montreal, October 14

1994 - Mona HAKIM, La peinture passe par Joliette,Le Devoir. Montreal, mai 28

1993 - Ann DUNCAN; Praise Pouring in for Michael Smith. The Gazette. Montreal, December 11
- John Bentley MAYS; Abstractly Speaking Calgary is Where it's A t, Globe and Mail. Toronto, September 25
- Gavin AFFLECK; A Winter of Discontent For Painting, ETC Montreal. No. 23
- Elissa BARNARD; Michael Smith: Landscapes, The Chronicle Herald. Halifax. March 1 8
- Nancy TOUSLEY; Exhibition Reflects on Changing Landscape, The Calgary Herald, January 18

1992 - Dany QUINE; Les huiles et acquarel/es de Michael Smith: abstraction et figuration, LeSoleil, 21 mars

1990 - Claire GRAVEL; Michael Smith, Les couleurs du Paradis. MTL, octobre
- Claire GRAVEL; Michael Smith, Art 45, Le Devoir. 20 Octobre

1989 - Claire GRAVEL; Les paysages dramatiques de Michael Smith, Le evoir. 14 Janvier
- Suzanne BOIRE; Michael Smith: A Dialogue of Landscape. Journal Cote-des-Neiges

1988 - Daniel OXLEY; The temperament of Seeing: Landscape, Poetry and the Painting of Michael Smith, ETC Montreal. June

1986 - Sandra P AIKOWSKY; Michael Smith. Vanguard. Summer

1985 - Christine ROSS; L'impulsion totemique, Vanguard, April, Vol. 14, no.3
- Sandra PAIKOWSKY; Personal Bests, Canadian Art, Fall - Gilles DAIGNEAULT; Expositions, LeDevoir, 4 mai
- M. PHILIPPE, Expositions, Vie des Arts. Vol XXX, no. 119
- Sandra PAIKOWSKY; MichaelSmith, Recent Paintings, Vanguard, March
- Ian FERRIER; Montreal in Review. The Art Post Jan/Feb
- Vie des Arts, Vol XXIX, no. 117

1981 - Franc;ois TETREAU; Michael Smith, Prospecteur des eaux principales et des regions origine/les, Vie des Arts, Vol.25, No.102 (printemps)


Awards

2002 -Conseil des arts et des letters, 'A'

2001 - The Canada Council, Arts Grant 'A'

2000 - The Canada Council, Arts Grant 'A'

1995 - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Short-term grant

1993 - Ministere des Affaires culturelles du Quebec, Short-term grant

1991 - Canada Council Arts Grant 'B'

1990 - Ministere des Affaires culturelles du Quebec, Short-term grant

1989 - Ministere des Affaires culturelles du Quebec, Short-term grant

1988 - Ministere des Affaires culturelles du Quebec, Short-term grant


Published Writing

Poetry

1980 - Delta, Literary Review, Cambridge, England
- Matrix, Literary Magazine, Canada
- Montreal Writers Forum, Montreal, Canada 1979
- Grain, Canada
- Bananas, England
- Matrix; Special Anthology Issue, Canada

1978 - Delta, Literary Review, Cambridge, England
- Meridian, England

1978 - Omens Poetry Magazine, England

1978 - South-West Arts Review, England

1977 - Delta, Literary Review, Cambridge, England
- Workshop New Poetry, England


Teaching

2005 - Artist-Teacher, Graduate Studies, Vermont College, Vermont, USA

1990 - 05 Instructor, Fine Arts, Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec

1997 - 98 Artist-Teacher, Graduate Studies, Vermont College, Vermont, USA

1982 - 90 Part-time Instructor, Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1982 - 90 Part-time Instructor, Fine Arts, Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec

1988 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Summer Session, Studio Arts

1982 - 84 Part-time Instructor, Fine Arts, Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec

1975 - 77 Part-Time Instructor, Studio Arts, Design Dept., Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol, England

1976 Corsham College of Art, Part-Time Instructor, Studio Arts, Corsham, England


Visiting Artist

2005 - Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ont.
- York University, Toronto, Ont.
- Art Gallery Of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

2003 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

2001 - The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida
- Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta

1999 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1998 - University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
- Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1997 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1995 - University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
- Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
- Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1993 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1992 - Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1988 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1985 - University of New Brunswick, Lorenzo Society, Saint John, NB


Collections

Air Canada
Appleton Museum of Art, Florida
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Banque de Developpement du Canada
Canadian Pacific
Claridge Incorporated Montreal
Code Hunter Wittman
Concordia University Art Gallery
Fidelity Investments
Lantic Sugar
Lethbridge University
London Regional Art Museums
Lotto Quebec
Ministere des affaires exterieres du Canada
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal
Musee d'art de Joliette
Musee de Quebec
Musee du Bas-Saint-Laurent
National Bank
Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd
Parlee McLaws
Pepsi Cola Canada
Sedgwick Insurance
The Canada Council Art Bank
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
Universite de Sherbrooke
Westbourne Industries