Artist Mark Gomes was born in Sarnia Ontario in 1949 and currently lives and works in Toronto. He has had an extensive, thirty five year exhibiting career of his sculpture, installations and photography that have been well documented in a series of catalogues and publications. His work is in many private and public collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Gallery of Windsor, MOCCA and the Department of Foreign Affairs. He has shown his work nationally and internationally including the Cenci Gallery in Rome, Arco in Madrid Spain, and the Freedman Gallery in Reading Pa. and The Albright Knox Gallery/University of Buffalo NY. He has completed several public art commissions in collaboration with artist Susan Schelle, including the Bloor/Spadina Parkette, The Granite sofa for Minto, and most recently, “Jetstream”, a sculptural installation for the new Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 TBD, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto
2005 Hold, Leo kamen Gallery, Toronto
2002 Manifest, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto
1999 Mark Gomes, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1998 Optica, Montreal, Quebec.
1996 Bones , Cold City Gallery, Toronto.
Common of Piscary ", Art Gallery of Hamilton.
1994 Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992 Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990 Mark Gomes , The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1985 Common of Piscary , The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
The Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
1983 The Terminal , The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
Artcite, Windsor, Ontario
Mark Gomes , Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario
1982 Endgame , Glendon Art Gallery, Toronto
1981 Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1980 Recent Work, The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1979 Winter Works, The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1978 Second Floor Storey ,Whitewater Gallery, Northbay, Ont.
1973 Mark Gomes, Trajectory Gallery, London, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 “Voices: artist on art”, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge Alberta
2017 Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia Ontario
“Voices: artists on art”, Artport Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2016 “Miller Time”, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto
2015 ‘outbound for Pluto”, Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto
2015 “Instigators”, Harbourfront Art Centre, Toronto.
2011 “Faves”, Leo Kamen Gallery
2009 New sculpture acquisitions, The Art Gallery of Windsor
2005 The Cold City Years, The Power Plant Art gallery, Toronto
Isaacs Seen: Gallery ReView, U of Toronto Art Centre. Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House
Beyond / In Western New York 2005, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York: UB Art Gallery, University of Buffalo
2004 New Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Ontario
2003 SLIP, Mark Gomes and Ginette Legare,The Koffler Gallery, Toronto
1999 Moving & Storage, "Hold" Collective - sculpture installations in Public Storage facilities in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.
1998 Photographic Works & Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of North York
1998 ARCO, "Cutting Edge", Cold City Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1997 WORK/SITE, 15 Years In The Toronto Sculpture Garden, Art Gallery of Ontario
New Work 97, Art Gallery of North York
1996 "INTERACTIONS: Mark Gomes, Susan Schelle : Joe Havel, Lisa Ludwig "
Freedman Gallery, Center For The Arts, Albright College, Reading, P.A. U.S.
TEN , Cold City Gallery 10th Anniverary Show, Mercer Union, Toronto.
1995 Peter Bowyer, Tom Dean, Mark Gomes, Cold City Gallery
Mark Gomes, Joey Morgan, Susan Schelle, Art Gallery of Peterborough
1994 Cracks in the Modern, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
1990 Housing - A Right , The Power Plant Art Gallery, Toronto
Artists Gardens At Harbourfront , The Power Plant Art Gallery
1988 Literati , Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle, Toronto Sculpture Garden
1987 Sans Demarcation , Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie,
( Quebec/Ontario exchange sponsored by Visual Arts Ontario )
Pisces Rising , Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie
1985 The Windsor Exhibition / New Sculpture , Windsor Art Gallery
1984 Something To Do With Space , Art Gallery at Harbourfront
Artist With Their Works , Art Gallery of Peterborough
1983 On Site , Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario
1982 Contemporary Sculpture in Canada , Guild Inn, Scarborough, Ont.
1981 Inaugural Exhibition, The Toronto Sculpture Garden
3+3+9 , Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
First Australian Sculpure Triennial , Melbourne, Australia
1980 Sites 1980 , Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Toronto International Art Fair , Harbour Castle, Toronto
Toronto , Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
1979 Environmental Sculpture , Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
1978 Performance , Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
1978 West of Spadina , Factory 77, Toronto
1977 Rehearsal , The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
1976 Forum 76 , Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal, Quebec
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS
The Centre of Contemporary Canadian Art. ccca.concordia.ca
Voices – artists on art, Yvonne Lammerich/Ian carr-Haris
Isaacs Seen; Exhibition catalogue
Beyond / In Western New York, organized by Albright Knox Gallery,
Bell Farrell, Carolyn; SLIP Mark Gomes and Ginette Legare, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
Fisher, Barbara; Greer, Rina; Holubizky, Ihor, Toronto Sculpture Garden
Holubizky,Ihor, "Shape Shifters",Art Gallery of Hamilton
Youngs, Christopher, "INTERACTIONS Mark Gomes, Susan Schelle : Joe Havel, Lisa Ludwig, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading , Pa. U.S.A. 1996
Bos, Dianne, Artists Gardens, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, 1990-95
Holubizky, Ihor, Mark Gomes Common of Piscary, Art Gallery of Hamilton.1996
Tamplin, Illi-Maria, Mark Gomes, Joey Morgan, Susan Schelle, The Art Gallery of Peterborough, 1995. Catalogue and individual posters.
Fraser, Ted, The Windsor Exhibition: Five Canadian Sculptors, Art Gallery of Windsor, 1988
Holubizky, Ihor, Literati, Toronto Sculpture Garden, 1988
Visual Arts Ontario, Sans Demarcation, 1987
Sinclair, Richard, Something To Do With Space, Art Gallery at Harbourfront
Burnett, David, Schiff, Marilyn, Contemporary Canadian Art, Hurtig 1983
Parkin, Jeanne, Boyle, Bill, Art In Architecture, Toronto, 1983
Contemporary Sculpture at the Guild, Guild Inn, Toronto, 1982
Aarons, Anita, Down Under, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, 1981
First Austalian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne, Austalia, 1981
Milrod, Linda, Mark Gomes, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1981
Greenfield, Val, Toronto, Alberta College of Art, 1980
Allen, Karyn, Winnipeg Perspectives 1980, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Allen, Karyn, Sculpture Today, (A.V. cat.) Hirshorn Museum, Wash. D.C.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Milroy, Sarah, Globe & Mail, Dec.9,05
Dault, Gary Michael, Globe & Mail, Dec.3,05
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Milroy, Sarah, Visual Arts, Globe & Mail, Dec. 6/03
Milroy, Sarah, Visual Arts, Globe & Mail, Feb. 22/03
Hirschman, Thomas; Mark Gomes and Ginette Legare Now Magazine, Jan.30-Feb.5/03
Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Winter 2002, Vol. 19
Milroy, Sarah, Visual Arts, Globe & Mail, 5/25/02
MacKinnon,DonnaJean, "Art For Parks Sake",Toronto Star, 10/23/99
Wawzonek, Donna, "Moving & Storage", Parachute 96, 99
Gopnik,Blake, Art Review, Globe & Mail, May 22,99
Dault, Gary Michael, Gallery Going, Globe & Mail, Feb. 20,99
Miller, Marcus, Hour, Nov. 12,98, Montreal
Marie, Dyan, "Imagining Architecture", C Magazine, S/N 97. Issue 55
Greer, Rina, Mason, Joyce, "Accidental Encounters With Art",C Magazine, M/A 97
Walker, Susan, "One percent solution sparks boom in 'public' art", The Toronto Star, January 29, 1994
Carr-Harris, Ian, "C" Magazine, Ransom Notes in the Mirror: Mark Gomes and the Amazing Fish pp. 24-30, Summer 1992
Taylor, Kate, The Globe and Mail, April 3, 1992
Labossiere, Robert, "C" Magazine, Summer 1991
Rhodes, Richard, Artforum, Nov. 1988
Lypchuk, Donna, Metropolis, Vol 1, No. 13, Aug. 11, 1988
McGrath, Jerry, Vanguard, March 1988
New Work Issue, "C" Magazine, Fall 1987
New Work Issue, "C" Magazine, Fall 1985
Rans, Goldie, Vanguard, Jan. 1985
Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail, Oct. 4, 1984
McKaskell, Robert, Artsmagazine, Winter 1983
Wilkin, Karen, Artnews, Jan. 1983
McConathy, Dale, Arts Canada, Nov. 1982
Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail, Aug 2, 1982
McMillan, Richard, "Canadian Sculpture", Art Network, Spring 81, Aust.
Frazer, Carol, Arts Atlantic, Summer 1981
Fleming, Martha, Artforum, Mar. 1980
Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 1980
Sterbac, Jana, "Mark Gomes", Vanguard. Aug. 1979
Miche, Rene, Art International, Kunstecho Review, Belgium, 1979
Allen, Karyn, "Rehearsal', Artsmagazine, June 1978
Fulford, Robert, "Canadian Sculpture", ARTnews, Jan. 1978
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
GTAA, Greeters Hall, New Terminal Building, Pearson International Airport, Toronto.
Mark Gomes • Susan Schelle
Minto Yorkville. The Prince Arthur. Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle. Artwork
and collaborative integrated landscape and architectural detailing. Toronto.
Bloor/Spadina Parkette -Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle in collaboration with Ferris + Quinn Landscape Architects. Artwork and park design. Toronto.
King Business Centre, 901 King Street West , Toronto
Collaborative Project - Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle
Hamilton Eaton Centre, Hamilton Arts Council & Cadillac Fairview Corporation. Collaborative project - Mark Gomes and Susan Schelle.
Lester B. Pearson School, London, Ontario
AWARDED COMMISSIONS
Richmond Adelaide Centre, Oxford Development, Toronto, Mark Gomes • Susan Schelle
Toronto Transit Commission, Allen Subway Station 1996 - Collaborative integrated Art - Mark Gomes & Susan Schelle
C.I.B.C. and Ontario Hydro, Toronto, Mark Gomes & Susan Schelle
Almaty Financial Development, Almaty, Khazacstan. Mark Gomes & Susan Schelle
COLLECTIONS
Tory Law
Astra Zeneca
Art Gallery of Ontario
Canadian Department of External Affairs
Christian Keese Collection, Oklahoma
Tri-Mark Investments
Kelowna Art Gallery
MOCCA
The Art Gallery of Hamilton
The Canada Council Art Bank
Mitsubish Canada
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Windsor
Art Gallery of Winnipeg
Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery