Harold Feist
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Born
1945, San Angelo, Texas. Resides in Toronto.
Education
M.F.A. (Hoffberger Fellow), Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 1969
B.F.A. (Honours), University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1967
Teaching
1967-67 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore-art history
1968-74 Alberta College of Art, Calgary-painting, drawing, design, colour theory, art history
1974-75 University of Regina-painting, drawing, colour theory
1975-78 Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B.-painting, drawing, printmaking, colour theory
1979-80 University of Guelph-painting, drawing, design, colour theory
Solo Exhibitions
1991-97 Gallery One, Toronto
1990 Gallery One, Toronto
Galerie Elca London, Montreal
Buschlen-Mowatt Fine Art, Vancouver
Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton
Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary
1989 Gallery One, Toronto
1988 Galerie Elca London, Montreal
Gallery One, Toronto
Eva Cohon Galleries, Chicago and Highland Park, Illinois
1988-90 "Harold Feist: Genesis of an Image", Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queens University, Kingston,
Ontario, touring.
1987 Gallery One, Toronto
1986 Galerie Elca London, Montreal
Gallery One, Toronto
1985 Gallery One, Toronto
1984 Buschlen-Mowatt Fine Art, Vancouver
Gallery One, Toronto
1983 Galerie Elca London, Montreal
Gallery One, Toronto
1982 Gallery One, Toronto
Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary
Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton
1981 Gallery One, Toronto
Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton
1980 Harcus-Krakow Gallery, Boston
1975 Hart House, University of Toronto
University of Saskatchewan Gallery, Saskatoon
1974 Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
1972 A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1971 A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1970 Glenbow Gallery, Calgary
Group Exhibitions
1988 "Curator's Choice: A Ten Year Retrospective -- Feist, Drapell, Sutton", Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery,
Vancouver.
1986 "Toronto 3", Eva Cohon Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois.
1985 "Abstraction X Four", Canada House, Canadian High Commission, London - toured Europe.
1984 "The Hines Collection", University Place, Boston.
1984 "15 Canadians from the Art Bank Collection", National Arts Centre, Ottawa.
1983 Gallery One, Toronto.
1982 "Selections from the Westburne Collection", Edmonton Art Gallery.
1980 "The New Generation: A Curator's Choice" (Kenworth Moffett), Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York,
toured Europe and U.S.
1980 Gallery One, Toronto.
1979 "25 Canadians", Birmingham Arts Festival, Alabama.
1978/79 "Certain Traditions: Recent British and Canadian Art", Edmonton Art Gallery, toured G.B. and Canada.
1977 Waddington Galleries, Montreal.
1977, 78 Waddington Galleries, Toronto.
1977 "Abstract Art Now", Edmonton Art Gallery.
1975-77 "Painting in the West: Emma Lake and After", National Gallery of Canada (toured Canada).
1975-78 "Major Saskatchewan Artists", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon (toured).
1975 "Abstract Art On Paper", Edmonton Art Gallery (toured).
1975 "Western Canadian Painting", Edmonton Art Gallery.
1974-76 "The Canadian Canvas", Time/Life (toured Canada).
1974 "Prairies '74", Edmonton Art Gallery.
1974 "Western Canadian Painting", the Bronfman Centre, Montreal.
1974 Espace 5 Gallery, Montreal.
1974/75 "Canada X Ten", Edmonton Art Gallery (toured Canada).
1973 "Art Bank Exhibition", Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France.
1973 Gallerie de l'Art, Paris, France.
1973 "Alberta '73", Edmonton Art Gallery (award).
1973 "Elliott and Feist: Paintings On Paper", Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta.
1973 "Elliott, Feist, and Sen", the Pyrch Building, Edmonton.
1972-74 "Survey of Canadian Art Now", Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
1972 "12th Calgary Graphics Exhibition", A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary
1971 to 73 "6th Burnaby Print Show", Burnaby Art Gallery, B.C..
1971 "West '71", Edmonton Art Gallery (Award, toured).
1971 "Canadian Print and Drawing Show", Canadian Society of Graphic Arts, Toronto.
1971 "11th Calgary Graphics Exhibition", A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary.
1971 "Environment '71", Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary.
1970 "All-Alberta Exhibition", Edmonton Art Gallery
1970 4-Man Show, Allied Arts Centre, Calgary.
1969 "Environment '69", Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary.
1968 Maryland Regional Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art.
1966 "Central Illinois Open Exhibition", Champaign, Illinois, (Award).
Publications
Karen Wilkin, "Harold Feist: Genesis of an Image", catalogue for Agnes Etherington Art Centre exhibition, 1988.
Karen Wilkin, "Harold Feist: Genesis of an Image", Artpost, Spring 1988.
Gary Michael Dault, "Paint", Canadian Art, Fall 1984
Mary-Beth Laviolette, "Dennis Evans, Harold Feist, and Helen Sibelius", Vanguard, Summer 1984.
The Royal Gazette (Bermuda), Oct.6, 1982, "Wheels of Good Fortune".
Karen Wilkin, "Harold Feist" Artmagazine, Feb/Mar/Apr., 1982
Terry Fenton, "Surprises 1981--the Year in Review", UPDATE, (Edmonton Art Gallery publication), 1981.
Lelde Muehlenbachs, "One of the Best Abstractionists", The Edmonton Journal, March 20, 1981.
Karen Wilkin, "International Feature: the New Generation: A Curator's Choice", Artmagazine, May/June, 1981.
Rene Micha, "Lettre de Paris", Art International, Spring, 1981.
Corinne Mandel, "Harold Feist", Artscanada, Mar/Apr., 1981.
Karen Wilkin, "The Late-Blooming Vitality of Toronto Art", Artnews, 1981.
Roald Nasgaard, "Prairies '74", Artscanada, Dec., 1974.
Karen Wilkin, "Three Painters", Artscanada, Oct/Nov., 1972.
Dennis Elliott, "The 12th Annual Calgary Graphics Exhibition", Artscanada, Autumn 1972.
Karen Wilkin, "A Report from the West", Art in America, May/June, 1972.
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