David Pellettier

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1950.

Graduate, Department of Sculpture, Ontario College of Art, 1973.

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Objects & Images, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.

2004 Metopia, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto.

2002 Short Stories, Artwork Gallery of Contemporary Art, Collingwood, Ontario.

2001 Objects & Images, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.

2000 Objects & Images, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1999 The Adam & Eve Project, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1998 David Pellettier: Recent Sculpture, Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, Ontario.

David Pellettier: Recent Sculpture, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1997 Bridge, 488 Queen Street West Windows, Toronto, Ontario.

1989 White Lies, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1988 David Pellettier: Sculptures, Galerie du Musée du Québec, Québec City, Québec.

1987 White Lies, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1986 David Pellettier: Sculpture, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario.

David Pellettier, Recent Sculpture, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario.

1985 David Pellettier: Points of Reference, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario.

David Pellettier: Points of Reference, Kitchener/Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario.

David Pellettier: Recent Sculpture,Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario.

1982 David Pellettier: Recent Sculpture, Bellair Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1981 David Pellettier: Points of Reference, Bellair Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1980 David Pellettier: Sculpture, Bellair Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1979 Director’s Choice-David Pellettier: Sculpture, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario.

1976 First Time Out: Sculpture and Drawings, Evans Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

Group Exhibitions

2006 Dancing to the Invisible Piper: Canadian Contemporary Figurative Art, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario.

Kiwi Garden Sculpture Project-Wojtek Biczysko, Tom Dean, Doug Guildford, Anthony Koutras, Dawn Macnutt, John McEwen, David Pellettier, Christian Bernard Singer, Steven White, Catherine Widgery, curated by Mary Sue Rankin of Edward Day Gallery, Perth, Ontario.

2004 CABINET of curiosities-Mimi Gellman, Spring Hurlbut, Ginette Legaré, David Pellettier, Gretchen Sankey, Richard Storms, curated by Andrew McPhail & Ron Briand, 10 Birch Ave., Toronto.

2003 The 25th Anniversary Reunion Exhibition, The Saxe Gallery, Toronto.

The Kiwi Sculpture Garden Project-Wojtek Biczysko, Tom Dean, David Pellettier, Michael Toke,Tim Whiten, Kiwi Gardens, Perth, Ontario.

Identità, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto.

Four Sculptors, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta.

2002 Identità, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario.

The Peace Wall, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto.

The Narrative Figure, Hazelton Lanes Rotunda, Toronto.

2001 Figuration, (six artists-Randy Brown, photography, Ricki Klages, painting, David Pellettier, sculpture, Barbara Shark, painting, Bill Stark, sculpture, Jim White, painting), Carson-Masuoka Gallery, Denver, Colorado.

Brian Kipping & David Pellettier: The Object Considered, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario.

The Art of Mentoring: 125 Years of Creative Thinking at the Ontario College of Art & Design, Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, Queen’s Park, Toronto.

2000 Arts 2000, Royal Canadian Acadamy of Arts, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario.

Figures, Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.

Territory, Gallery 1313, Toronto.

1999 The Place of My Dreams, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1998 Meetings-Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture, Deutsches Porzellan Museum, Hohenberg/Eger, Germany.

Cornucopia, The Red Head Gallery - Showcase, Toronto, Ontario.

International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, USA, represented by Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado.

1997 Spirits of Power, benefit art exhibition, A-Space, Toronto, Ontario.

Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, The Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario.

1996 International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, USA, represented by Prime Gallery, Toronto.

1995 Figures - Jancso, Pellettier, Ventura, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario.

1994 “Alexandria”: Two Installations-Paul Béliveau & David Pellettier, Expression Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec.

The Figure, Out From Rodin, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario.

1991 Diversity in Form: Three Sculptors, Lynnwood Art Centre, Simcoe, Ontario.

1989 Porcelain and Colour - Contemporary Figurative Sculpture: -Stadtische Museen Heilbronn, Germany. -Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany. -Museum der Deutschen Porzellanindustrie, Hohenberg/Eger, Germany.

Exposition Internationale, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.

1988 The Object Is The Object, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario.

Figurative Force, The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario.

The Canadian Contemporary Figure, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.

1986 Body Language - Don Bonham, David Pellettier, Evan Penny, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario.

1984 Ontario Jury Exhibition, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario.

Remy Martin Juried Exhibition, First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario.

Gallery Artists, Aggassiz Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1983 Two Artists, Art Gallery of Durham, Durham, Ontario.

Gallery Artists, Shayne Gallery, Montréal, Québec.

Three Canadian Sculptors - Houpt, Lightman, Pellettier:

-Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, January-February.

-Gardner Centre Gallery, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, March.

-Cartwright Hall, Bradford, England, March-May.

-Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Canada, July.

1982 Three Canadian Sculptors - Houpt, Lightman, Pellettier:

-Canada House, London, England, June-August.

-Canadian Cultural Centre, Brussels, Belgium, September.

-Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, November.

Image 82: The Ontario Society of Artists 110th Annual Exhibition:

-Centennial Gallery, Oakville, Ontario.

-Stewart Hall, Montréal, Québec.

1981 Image 81: The Ontario Society of Artists 109th Annual Exhibition, MacDonald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

Two Sculptors, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario.

1980 Ontario Jury Exhibition, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario.

North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado.

1979 Twelve Canadian Sculptors, St. Thomas-Elgin Art Gallery, St. Thomas, Ontario.

Image 79: The Ontario Society of Artists 107th Annual Exhibition:

-Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario.

-Market Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

-Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario.

1977 Create: Bring into Being, The Gallery, First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario.

New Gallery Artists, 567 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

1976 Two Artists: Recent Work, Gallery House Sol, Georgetown, Ontario.

1973 Recent Graduates of the Ontario College of Art: Drawing, Painting and Sculpture,Evans Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

Sculpture Graduates of the Ontario College of Art: Drawings and Sculpture, Gallery House Sol, Georgetown, Ontario.

Selected Public and Corporate Collections

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Canada Council Art Bank

Eastern Construction Ltd.

Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Ltd.

Shell Canada

W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik, Germany

Bibliography

2002 Garry Burns, Identita, The Expositor, Brantford, December 14.

1999 Nigel Lezama, The Adam and Eve Project, Lola, summer isssue.

Delwyn Higgens, The Adam and Eve Project at Edward Day Gallery, Lola, summer issue.

1998 Lorne Kerr, Subtle Simplicity: Artist’s sculptures provoke thought, Queen’s Journal, Kingston, January 16.

Lee Parpart, David Pellettier, Recent Sculpture, The Kingston Whig-Standard, January 31.

Betty Ann Jordan, Gallery Going: Life-size sculptures come alive, The Globe and Mail - Toronto,March 7.

Walther Stürmer, Begegnungen, Zeitgenössische, Porzellanplastik, Deutsches Porzellan Museum, Hohenberg/Eger, Germany.

1997 Ihor Holubizky, Shape Shifters, Art Gallery of Hamilton, catalogue/publication in support of a series of “Exploratory” sculpture exhibitions and installations from 1990-1996, at the AGH.

Betty Ann Jordan, Gallery Going - David Pellettier in the Vitrine at 488 Queen St. West, The Globe and Mail - Toronto, July 12.

1994 Vianney Théberge, “Alexandria”,au berceau de la pensée occidentale, Le Courrier - Saint-Hycanthe,18 Octobre.

1991 Cheryl Bauslaugh, Sculpture exhibit diverse, distinct, The Simcoe Reformer, August 1.

Lisa Grace, Sculptors at Lynnwood exhibit distinctive styles, The Simcoe Reformer, August 8.

1989 White Lies, David Pellettier, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal, Volume 6/2.

Porcelain and Colour-Contemporary Figurative Sculpture, Stadtische Museen Heilbronn,(Germany), exhibition catalogue.

1988 Magella Paradis, Troublantes Sculptures de David Pellettier, Le Soliel, (Québec City), 16, Avril.

Susan Sebert, Sculptures Underline Isolation of Modern Life, Québec Chronicle-Telegraph, April 27.

Penny-Lynn Grossman, Figurative Force, Art Gallery of Stratford, exhibition catalogue.

Catherine Elliot Shaw, The Canadian Contemporary Figure, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, exhibition catalogue.

1986 Anna Felice, Body Language: Don Bonham, David Pellettier, Evan Penny, Art Gallery of Northumberland, exhibition catalogue.

1985 Points of Reference, Art Gallery of Hamilton, exhibition catalogue.

Peter Such, David Pellettier: Points of Reference,Canadian Art, fall issue.

1983 Peter Such, Three Canadian Sculptors: Koffler Gallery, Artmagazine, winter issue.

1982 Louise Gioia, David Pellettier at the Bellair Gallery, Artmagazine, Sept./Oct. issue.

Beverley Giblon, Recent Work by Three Canadian Sculptors: Angela Houpt, E.J. Lightman,

David Pellettier, exhibition catalogue published by the Canadian High Commission, London.

1976 James Purdie, At the Galleries: David Pellettier, The Globe & Mail, April 10.

Selected Awards

1994 Ontario/Québec Cultural Exchange Program Grant

1992 Ontario Arts Council Project Grant

1990 Canada Council “B” Grant

1989 Canada Council Project Grant

1988 Canada Council Art Bank Purchase

1988 Cité Internationale des Arts - one year residency, Paris, France

Professional Affiliations

1985 to present - Associate Professor, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario

1990 to 1992 - Chair, Sculpture/Installation Program, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario