Maggie Groat (b.1985 St. Catharines, Ontario)
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Represented by Erin Stump Projects, Toronto |[email protected] | www.maggiegroat.com |905.984.6969
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art Practice, University of Guelph, 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, Visual Arts, York University, 2007
Exhibitions
2016 Field Diaries, Curated by Noa Bronstein, The Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON
YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto, ON
2015 Séance Fiction, Curated by Peta Rake, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB
Custom Made, Curated by Tania Willard, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Actions Must Match Words, Curated by Annie Marie St. Jean Aubre, Musée d’art contemporain des
Laurentides, St. Jérome, QC
Wayward, Curated by Kimberly Phillips, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC
Reading the Line, Curated by Pablo de Ocampo, The Western Front, Vancouver, BC
For insufficient interest in present circumstances, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON
Impermanent Collections, Temporary Occupations and Other Gatherings, Curated by Marcie Bronson, Rodman Hall
Art Centre - Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
Untitled (New Visions), Curated by Tarin Hughes, AKA Artists Run Centre, Saskatoon, SK
2014 MOON ROOM, Curated by Kristin Weckworth, Narwhal, Toronto, ON
Data Mine Gallery 44, Curated by Noa Bronstein, Toronto, ON
TBD, Curated by Su-Ying Lee, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON
A Trip to the Moon, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Untitled (the possibilities of voids and the sentience of things), Curated by Tarin Hughes, The Elora Arts Centre,
Elora, Ontario
The Lake, Art Metropole, Toronto, ON
A Problem So Big it Needs Other People, Curated by cheyanne turions, SBC galerie d’art contemporain,
Montreal, QC
2013 PROVISIONS, Curated by Ellyn Walker, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
Other Visions and Tools for Alternatives, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON
ESP MTL, Battat Contemporary, Montréal, QC
More than Two (Let it make itself), Curated by Micah Lexier, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, ON
2012 The Gatherer, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON
No.18 In the CHIME HOURS, Parker Branch, London, Ontario, ON
2010 Studies for Possible Futures: the Moon and Everything Else, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009 Replace Something, The Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario, ON
1:15, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
Hot New Video Art, Curated by Heather Phillips, AGYU, Toronto, ON
2008 Still Motions, Curated by Mark Pennock & Karen Kraven, Lot 100 A, Toronto, ON
2007 Memories for your Future, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
Site Specific Projects & Interventions
2013 FREE LAND, Simcoe Park, Toronto, Romancing the Anthropocene, Curated by Crystal Mowry and Ivan
Jurakic, Nuit Blanche 2013
2012 You are your own seer: an introductory lesson to tasseography, Mercer Union, Toronto.
Four Directions, Centennial Park, St. Catharines
A proposal for seeing things no longer here, Adawandaron Burial Ground, Centennial Park, Grimsby, Niagara
Here, curated by The Niagara Artists Centre
What is older than the Lake, Fort Mississauga, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Here, curated by The Niagara
Artists Centre
2010 Geology Lessons in the Mountains, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta.
Auctions & Art Fairs
2014 Feature Art Fair, Erin Stump Projects
C Magazine Art Auction
2013 Art Toronto, Erin Stump Projects
Canadian Art Foundation Auction
Papier 13, Montréal, Erin Stump Projects
2012 Art Toronto, Erin Stump Projects
2011 Pin Up, Mercer Union, Toronto
2009 C Magazine Art Auction
Curatorial Projects
2014 The Lake, Artists Book, Art Metropole, Toronto.
2011 Wonder, Magick, Colour, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto.
Manifesto, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto.
2010 Manifesto, The University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.
Selected Bibliography
Rake, Peta. “Séance Fiction.” Exhibition Text. Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff AB. May 2015. Print.
de Ocampo, Pablo. “Reading the Line.” Exhibition Text. Western Front, Vancouver, BC. March 2015.
St. Jean Aubre, Annie-Marie. “De la parole aux actes/Actions Must Match Words.” Exhibition Text.
Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, St. Jérome, QC. March 2015. Print.
Phillips, Kimberly. “Wayward.” Exhibition Text. Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC.
“Images and Structures for New Routines.” Hart House Review. University of Toronto, April 2015.
Dick, Terrance. “Maggie Groat at Erin Stump Projects / Niall McClelland at Clint Roenisch, Toronto.”
Akimblog, 24 February 2015. Web.
Noa Bronstein. “Data Mine: Colin Miner, Lili Huston-Herterich & Maggie Groat.” Exhibition Text.
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography. September 2014. Web.
Bryne McLaughlin. “TBD: Whither the Contemporary Art Museum?” Canadian Art Online. 18 September
2014. Web.
Bill Clarke. “Cutting & Pasting.” Magenta Magazine. Summer 2014. Web.
Kim Neudorf. “Maggie Groat & Barbara Hobot at Elora Centre for the Arts.” Akimblog, July 22, 2014.
Tarin Hughes. “Untitled (the possibilities of voids and the sentience of things) Maggie Groat & Barbara
Hobot.” Exhibition Text, Elora Centre for the Arts, 2014. Web.
Johnathan Lockyer. “The Lake.” Book Reviews, Cmagazine 122, Summer 2014. Print.
Soi, Lucas. “A Trip to The Moon.” Exhibition Text. Republic Gallery, Summer 2014. Web.
turions, cheyanne. “A Table for Negotiation, Mediation, Discussion, Difference.”
cheyanneturions.wordpress.com . 21 March 2014. Web.
turions, cheyanne. “Into a Body of Water.” The Lake , Toronto: Art Metropole, 2014. Print.
Groat, Maggie. “Lake Ontario Almanac.” The Lake , Toronto: Art Metropole, 2014. Print.
Whyte, Murray. “ Top 8 Artworks at Toronto Galleries in 2013.” The Toronto Star, 27 December 2013.
Web.
Meredith, Pamela. “Collecting Only a Click Away.” IN Toronto, Issue 42. November 2013: 24-25. Print
Godden, Sky. “Galleries Battat & ESP Link Montreal to Toronto.” Blouin Artinfo. 28 November, 2013.
Web.
Walker, Ellyn. “Provisions: Maggie Groat, Tiziana La Melia & Kristie MacDonald.” Exhibition Text.
Xpace Cultural Centre. November 2013. Web & Print.
Shaugnassy, Jonathan. “My picks from Art Toronto.” Artsy, October 2013. Web.
Whyte, Murray. “Of Recycling, Reuse and Other Visions.” The Toronto Star, 1 October 2013. Web.
Whyte, Murray. “At the Power Plant, All Together Now.” The Toronto Star, 24 September, 2013. Web.
Dick, Terrance. “Maggie Groat at ESP.” Akimblog, 24 September 2013. Web.
Stephanie Anne D’Amico. “Erin Stump Projects: Maggie Groat “Other Visions and Tools for
Alternatives.” Art Bitch. 19 September 2013.
Micah Lexier. More Than Two, Let it Make Itself, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, 2013. Print.
“Collage Artist Maggie Groat wins 2012 ABOTM.” Kolaj Magazine, Issue Three, 2012. Print.
“Vision # 24” C Magazine, Issue 109: Knowledge. Artists Project, Spring 2011. Print.
“Vision # 21 & 42.” The Trinity University Review, University of Toronto, Volume CXXII, 2011. Print.
“Project Space: Maggie Groat.” The Western Front Magazine, Winter Issue: Tools, 2009-10. Print.
Happe, Amanda. “Pretty good odds.” The Torontoist. 9 September, 2009. Web.
Artists Books & Editions
2015 Free For the Taking #3, Bookwork with Micah Lexier, Toronto
2014 Related structures, simple objects, partial and complete sets, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
The Lake, Published by Art Metropole, 2014
2012 Fragmented abstractions, non-representational visions, one-sided cubes, forms, lines, and other moments of mystical
clarity. Poster Edition, Paul & Wendy Projects. www.paulandwendyprojects.com
2011 The Circle, Self-Published, 36 pp. black and white photocopy, staple-bound. 2011
Field Notes from a Forest School, Self-Published, 4 pp. black and white digital offset, 2011.
Studies for possible futures, Self-Published, 48 pp. full colour digital offset, perfect-bound, 2011.
Residencies & Talks
2015 Rodman Hall Art Centre Brock University, Artist in Residence & Artist Talk
2014 Artist Talk, Emily Carr University of Art & Design
2013 “Sunday Scene: Maggie Groat on Micah Lexier’s One, Two, & More Than Two” The Power Plant, Toronto
“Erin Stump Projects, Winnie Truong & Maggie Groat” Conversations from the Toronto Art World, U of T
“Back to Basics: Brendan Fernandes, Maggie Groat & Warren Quiggley” Nuit Talks: Nuit Blanche
Old City Hall, Toronto
2012 “Research Groups for Recent Grads: Self-publishing & Artists Books”, Mercer Union, Toronto
2010 Theatre of Erosion or I Hate Work that is not a Play residency with Geoffrey Farmer (with Hadley &
Maxwell), The Banff Centre, Alberta
Awards & Grants
2015 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2014 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
Aboriginal Artists in the Community, Ontario Arts Council
2013 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2012 Project Grant, Toronto Arts Council
Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
AGYU’s Book of the Moment Award, for Studies for Possible Futures
2010 Thematic Residency Scholarship, The Banff Centre
The Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ontario Ministry of Training
2009 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2007 Emerging Film and Video Artists Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts
Teaching & Curriculum Design
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Audain School of Visual Arts, Artist-Scholar-in-Residence, Fall 2014
Instructor, Drawing Studio 208, VAST 320/420 Thematic: New Visions, Possible Futures, VAST 400
Interdisciplinary Open Studio
The District School Board of Niagara, 2012 -13
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Arts Curriculum Writer
School of Fine Art & Music, The University of Guelph, 2009 - 2010
Teaching Assistant, 4060 Extended Practices III & IV, 1050 Introduction to 3D Media, 1060 Introduction
to 2D Media
Community Outreach
Vice President Board of Directors, Programming Committee Chair, Niagara Artists Centre, since 2012
The District School Board of Niagara, 2012-13
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Arts Academic Support and Cultural Mentor, Indigenous Perspectives Lead
Writer: Summer Heat Early Education Literacy and Numeracy Program.