Douglas Smith – C.V.
CURRENT REPRESENTATION
Ken Segal Gallery
4 – 433 River Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
EDUCATION & RESIDENCIES
19963-month residency
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982–86Diploma Program, Ceramics Workshop
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1979–82Commercial Art
Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School, Dauphin, Manitoba
GRANTS & AWARDS
2006Manitoba Visual Arts "B" Grant
1996–97Manitoba Craft Grant awarded by the Manitoba Arts Council
1995City of Winnipeg Arts Alliance Grant
1994Purchase Award in group exhibition
Craftspace Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007Works on Paper (drawings)
Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002Under the Solarium (sculptures & drawings)
Site Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1997Renderings (paintings, drawings & ceramic sculptures)
Infusion Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1993Stelles (ceramic sculptures)
Craftspace Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1987Wrecks (ceramic sculptures)
Dauphin Art Gallery Dauphin, Manitoba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006Fabulous Fakes: POP ART with a Twist!
(fundraiser exhibition invitational)
Plug-In Contemporary Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Members' exhibitions
Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
200510th Anniversary member show
Site Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Fabulous Fakes with a Twist, Group of Seven Style
(fundraiser exhibition invitational)
Plug-In Contemporary Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2001–02Ethereal Mass
(3-person drawing/painting exhibition with Caroline Dukes & Katharine Bruce curated by Stephen Phelps)
Main/Access Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000Drawings in group show presenting gallery artists
Blik Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tolerance in the New Millennium
Tonen 2000: International art, music & lecture festival
Monster, The Netherlands
1999De Salon (drawings in curated exhibition)
Presenting artists from 2 Dutch cities: Rotterdam & Groningen
Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1997Four Contemporary Sculptors
(curated 4-person exhibition of ceramic sculptural series)
Series Title: Under the Solarium
Burke Hall Gallery
Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA
Sell Out (multi-media wall hanging)
Infusion Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Seven (ceramic sculpture in the Center's 7th anniversary exhibtion)
Juried by Tom Hinson, curator of Contemporary Art and Photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1996The Alternative Eye (ceramic sculptures)
Altona Pioneer Center, Altona, Manitoba
Residence Artist Show (ceramic sculpture)
Gallery 1.1.1.
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1994Ceramic sculptures
Winnipeg City Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Unit (ceramic sculpture, received purchase award)
Craftspace Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1993Ceramic sculptures
Great West Life Insurance, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1992Ceramic sculptures and continuous displays
Metropolis Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ceramic sculptures in grand opening and continuing exhibitions
David Rice Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba
New Directions (ceramic sculptures)
Craftspace Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1986Ceramic Thesis Exhibition
Janet Ian Cameron Gallery
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Thesis Exhibition (ceramic sculptures)
Gallery 1.1.1.
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1985Ceramic sculptures
Warehouse Artworks, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Installation
House Two Gallery
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECT COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
Art Bank of the Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario
(multi-sectioned ceramic sculpture)
Blue Cross Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(corporate collection, drawing)
Contact Marketing, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(corporate commission, multi ceramic sculptures for national, international offices)
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(corporate commission, multi ceramic sculptures)
Government of Manitoba Art Collection, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(sculpture purchase for Manitoba Legislative Building)
Great West Life Insurance Co., Winnipeg, Manitoba
(corporate collection, ceramic sculpture)
Information Systems Management Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(corporate commission, ceramic sculptures)
Manitoba Art Bank Acquisition, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(ceramic sculptures & drawing in 2005 and 1995)
Manitoba Chamber of Commerce, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(corporate commission for presidential award gift, ceramic sculpture)
Western Supply, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(corporate commission, ceramic sculpture)
Other works are in numerous private commissions throughout North America
INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS & CATALOGUES
2007Douglas Smith: Works on Paper
On-line review by Lorne Roberts
gallerieswest.ca
1997Internet presentation of solo show Renderings
Promoted by Infusion Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Exhibition review for solo show Renderings
DIALOGUE (USA art magazine), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Exhibition reviews of Four Contemporary Sculptors show
Denison local newspapers, Denison, Ohio, USA
1995Represented in a presentation lecture
Contemporary Manitoba Clay - Fired Up At Forty Below
National Conference for the Education of Ceramic Arts (N.C.E.C.A.)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1994Interviewed on television program ART TALKS
Created by The Institute for Contemporary Arts and Design (ICAD)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1993Exhibition review of solo exhibition Stelles
Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1991Sculptures presented on television program TODAY'S WORLD
CKY Television, Winnipeg, Manitoba
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
200614 artworks rental for a movie filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba
(artworks to be showcased in a gallery exhibition setting)
Christmas Wish, Ziff Productions
2005–06Member of Site Gallery of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(Gallery closed)
2005Large drawing rented for an NBC television movie
Category 7, End of the World
Filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba
2003Completed 800 sq. ft. ceiling mural
Transcontinental Coronet Printers, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999–01Member of Blik gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999Represented by Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1997Assisted in setup for ARTSEEN 97
(a two-day contemporary art auction)
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1996–97Scenic painter and assistant to set designer
Celebrations theatre company, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1993–98Represented and promoted by "Distinctive Dimensions"
(owned and operated by Laurie Sutherland)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1992–97Member of Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba