Alex CAMERONPrevious ArtistNext Artist

I am an artist and pleased to be part of the universal group that permeates all cultures and countries that call themselves artists and creators. In my case I am a painter. I use the landscape format of foreground, middle ground and background both in landscape and abstract works on which to hang paint and make beautiful paintings. I get a sense of wonder when looking at art and wonder at being alive is the corner stone of life. I like ALL art from the cave paintings to DaVinci to Damian Hirst and his stuffed shark.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2008 
    • Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
    • Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2007
    • Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2006 
    • Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2005 
    • Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2003 
    • Thielsen Galleries, London, Ontario
    • Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 2002
    • Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    • Thielsen Galleries, London, Ontario
  • 2000
    •  Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1999
    •  Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1997
    •  Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1996
    •  Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1995
    •  Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
    • James Baird Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
    • Costin & Klintworth, Toronto, Ontario
    • Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
  • 1990
    •  Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
  • 1989
    • Galerie Elca London, Montreal, Quebec
  • 1988
    • Klonardis, Inc. Toronto
  • 1987
    • Galerie Elca London, Montreal, Quebec
    • Klonardis, Inc. Toronto
  • 1985
    • "Alex Cameron in Mid-Career" at Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
    • Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
    • Art Gallery of Windsor
    • Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton
    • Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary
    • Klonaridis, Inc. & Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
    • Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston
  • 1983
    • Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto
  • 1981 
    • Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
    • Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto
  • 1980 
    • "Alex Cameron: The Energy of Line and Colour,"
      Art Gallery of Ontario
  • 1979
    • Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto
  • 1978
    • Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto
  • 1977 
    • Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • 1976
    • Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto
  • 1975
    • Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto
  • 1974
    • Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto
  • 1971
  •  A Space, Toronto
     
     
    GROUP EXHIBITIONS
     
  • 1998
    • Alex Cameron & David Boldue, Works on paper, David Mirvish Books on Art, Toronto
    • John Cabot, a Celebration," St. John's, Newfoundland
  • 1997 
    • "Great Canadian Artists for a Great Canadian Cause," Moore Gallery, Toronto
  • 1996 
    • "Gallery Artists," Moore Gallery, Hamilton
  • 1995 
    • "A Tribute to Alkis Klonardis," Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
  • 1992 
    • "Echoes of Tom Thomson," Robert McLaughlin Gallery
  • 1989 
    • "A Watercolour Show: Alex Cameron, Eric Gamble, Malcolm Rains," Costin & Klintworth, Toronto
    • "The Printshops of Canada," Macdonald-Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
    •  Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto
    • The Gallery Stratford; Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines
    • Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
    • Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
    • Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
    • Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal
    • Glenbow Museum, Calgary
    • Burnaby Art Gallery, B.C.
  • 1985 
    • "Gallery Artists," Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston
    • "Toronto Now," Sarnia Art Gallery
  • 1983 
    • "Contemporary Canadian Art," Edmonton Art Gallery
  • 1982 
    • "Sixth Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition," Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax
    • "Canadian Artists," Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • 1981 
    • "The Heritage of Jack Bush," Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
  • 1980 
    • "Selections from the Canada Council Art Bank," Nabisco World Headquarters, East Hanover, New Jersey
  • 1978 
    • "The Challenge of Watercolour," London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
    • "The image of Man in Canadian Painting, 1878-1978," University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
    • "Toronto Sensibility," Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto
  • 1977 
    • "The Queen's Silver Jubilee Art Collection," Province of Ontario
    • "Gallery Artists," Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
    • "Making Marks," Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
    • "New Abstract Art," Edmonton Art Gallery
    • "14 Canadians," Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
  • 1976 
    • "Four Toronto Painters," Art Gallery of Ontario
    • "Abstractions," XXI Olympiad, Montreal
    • The Gallery Stratford; Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
    • Canada House, London, England
    • "Ontario Now," Art Gallery of Hamilton; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
  • 1975 
    • "Young Contemporaries," London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
  • 1973 
    • "Works on Paper," Jared Sable Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
    • "Five New Artists," Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
    • "Prints," Art Gallery of Ontario
    • "Open Studio Published Prints," Morris Gallery, Toronto
    • "Canadian Young Artists," Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario

Art Gallery of Ontario

Art Gallery of Peel

Bank of America Canada

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Bell Canada Enterprises

Canada Council Art Bank

Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Canadian General Electric

Citibank Canada

Claridge Investments, Montreal

Goodman & Carr, Toronto

Imperial Oil

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

The Lambton Gallery, Sarnia

Lang Michener Lawrence & Shaw, Toronto

Laurentian University, Sudbury

McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton

Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland

Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary

Northern Telecom

Office of the Prime Minister of Canada

The Oshawa Group, Toronto

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto

Prudential Reinsurance Co.

The Queen's Silver Jubilee Art Collection

The Hudson Bay Company

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa

Royal Bank of Canada

Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, Toronto

Superior Propane, Toronto

Toronto Dominion Bank

United Westburne Industries, Montreal

University of Lethbridge

Xerox Canada

BIBLIOGRAPHY:Books & Catalogues

  • Abstract Painting in Canada
        Roald Nasgaard, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 2007
  • Alex Cameron in Mid-Career
        Joan Murray, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1985
  • The Best Contemporary Canadian Art
        Joan Murray, Hurtig Publishers, 1987
  • Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century
        Joan Murray, Dundurn Press, 1999
  • The Colour Connection
        Nancy Dillow, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983
  • Contemporary Canadian Art
        David Burnett & Marilyn Schiff, Hurtig Publishers,1983
  • 14 Canadians: A Critic's Choice
        Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977
  • The Heritage of Jack Bush
        Ken Carpenter, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1981
  • Hidden Values: Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections
        Robert Swain & Robert Fulford, Douglas & Mclntyre, 1994
  • Making Marks
        Carol Phillips, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1977
  • Out of the Park: Modernist Painting in Toronto, 1950-1980
        Barrie Hale, "Provincial Essays," Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985
  • The Printshops ofCanada
        Ingrid Jenkner &Geraldine Davis, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 1987
  • Queen's Silver Jubilee Art Collection
        Government of Ontario, 1977
  • A Secret History of Toronto Painting
        Earl Miller, Lake Galleries, 1991
  • The Sixth Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition
        David Bolduc, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1982
  • Tom Thomson: The Last Spring
        Joan Murray, Dundurn Press, 1994


BIBLIOGRAPHY: Reviews

  • Petra Halkes, "Landscape x 4: Geoffrey James, Alex Cameron, Jennifer Stead, Kelly Richardson", Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, in Border Crossings, Issue 106, May 2008
  • Gary Michael Dault, "Lanscapes: Newfoundland and Beyond," Globe and Mail, March 15, 2008
  • Gary Michael Dault, "Fauvist fandango," Globe and Mail, April 21, 2007
  • Gary Michael Dault, "Exhibit A Colour Bombs," Globe and Mail, June 2, 2006
  • Gary Michael Dault, "Nownow at Fran Hill," Globe and Mail, February 18, 2006
  • Gary Michael Dault, "Alex Cameron at the Moore Gallery," Globe and Mail, December 6, 2003
  • Gary Michael Dault, "The world ignites pure painting," Globe and Mail, March 30, 2002
  • Gary Michael Dault, "2001: A Paint Odyssey," d'Art International, Spring 2001
  • Steve Rockwell, show review, d'Art International, Winter 1998
  • Jeff Mahoney, "The sky becomes a colour field," Hamilton Spectator, May 21,1994
  • Christopher Hume, "Northern Light," Toronto Star, May 14, 1992
  • Joan Murray, "The World of Tom Thomson," Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 26, no.3, 1991
  • John Bentley Mays, "On Show," Globe and Mail, Feb. 10, 1989
  • Christopher Hume, "Landscapes reflect nature's hold on our psyche," Toronto Star, Feb. 3, 1989
  • Mitch Moldofsky, "In Review: Alex Cameron," Art Post, May/June 1986
  • Gary Michael Dault, "Alex Cameron in Mid-Career," Toronto Life, Feb. 1986
  • David Silcox, "Alex Cameron in Mid-Career," Canadian Art, Oct. 1985
  • Barrie Hale, "Alex Cameron, Art Gallery of Windsor," Vanguard, Oct. 1985
  • John Bentley Mays, "On Show: Carefully Chosen Symbols," Globe and Mail, Feb. 16, 1984
  • John Bentley Mays, "On Show: Drawing on an Island Childhood," Globe and Mail, Oct. 6, 1983
  • Phyllis Matousek, "Lively Arts: Art Gallery Needs Music, Breathes Life," Edmonton Journal, July 23, 1983
  • Nancy Tousley, "Toronto Artist Brings Explosive Images to City Gallery," Calgary Herald, Oct. 1981
  • JaniceFriis, "Cameron and Sloggett, A Study in Art Contrasts," Calgary Mirror, Oct. 13, 1981
  • Karen Wilkin, "Alex Cameron, Malcolm Rains," artscanada, Aug./Sept. 1979
  • Joan Murray, "Making a Fresh, New Thing: Ten Painters," artmagazine, May/June 1979
  • James Purdie, "Gallery Reviews: Brilliant Colour Imagery Soaring with High Energy," Globe and Mail, Jan. 27, 1979
  • Pearl Oxorn, "Challenging Crudity Not as Spontaneous as It Seems," Ottawa Journal, Oct. 7, 1978
  • James Purdie, "Cameron and Smith: A Family Affair," Globe and Mail, Feb.25, 1978
  • KarenWilkin, "Fourteen Canadians: OneCritic's Choice," Art International, July/Aug. 1977
  • Theodore Allen Heinrich & Peter Perrin, "Canada at the Hirshhorn Museum: Two Responses," artscanada, May/June 1977
  • Julianna Borsa, "Washington: 14 Canadians, A Critic's Choice," artmagazine, May/June 1977
  • Benjamin Forgey, "Canada -- A New National Vision," ARTnews, April 1977
  • Benjamin Forgey, "Canadian Art in the Mainstream," Washington Star, Feb.6, 1977
  • James Purdie, "Six Solitudes in Canadian Art," Globe and Mail, Feb. 5, 1977
  • Pearl Oxorn, "U.S. Critic Picks "The Best" Canadian Art," Ottawa Journal, Feb.5, 1977
  • Paul Richard, "Choice Canadian Color," Washington Post, Feb. 3, 1977
  • Barrie Hale, "Southern Exposure," The Canadian, Jan. 29, 1977
  • Gille sRioux, "La jeune peinture -- Quatre Artistes, deux tendances," Vie des arts, Spring 1977
  • Richard Rhodes, "Arts and Pleasure: Painters Four," Ryerson Review, Nov. 1976
  • James Purdie, "New Generation in Art Rejects the Party Line," Globe and Mail, Oct. 23, 1976
  • Gary Michael Dault, "A Traditional Painter Shows More Confidence," Toronto Star, Sept. 17, 1976
  • James Purdie, "Alex Cameron", Globe and Mail, Sept. 11, 1976
  • Gary Michael Dault, "Artist Puts Sculpture Through Its Paces: Notebook," Toronto Star, Sept. 19, 1975
  • Sol Littman, "Splatters and Splashes: Painter Kenneth Noland Stuck in a Blind Alley," Toronto Star, June 7, 1974
       peace and inspiration.