contemporary artists
Baxter&, Iain

IAIN BAXTER& (Canadian, b. England, 1936)

Education

B.Sc., M.Ed., University of Idaho

M.F.A., Washington State University

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007

  • Iain Baxter&: Television Works, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, ON

2006

  • Iain Baxter&, La Villa Arson, Nice, France
  • Iain Baxter& : Photographs, etc, Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, ON

2005

  • Iain Baxter&/ N.E. Thing Co., VOX, Montreal, QC
  • Iain Baxter&, Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, ON

2002

  • Iain Baxter/ N.E. Thing Co., Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2000

  • Iain Baxter: Vacuum Forms, 1965, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1999

  • Animal Preserve, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • N.E. Thing Co. Early Works, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • Sixteen Hundred Miles North of Denver, N.E Thing Co., Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994

  • NO - KNOW, Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON

1991

  • Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON

1990

  • Iain Baxter&, Some Early Photography, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, ON

1980

  • N.E. Thing Co. Ltd., Polaroid Works, The Hague, The Netherlands

1971

  • N.E. Thing Co. Ltd., Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY

1967

  • N.E. Thing Co. Ltd., Centennial Projects, Douglas Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1961

  • Yamada Contemporary Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

Selected Solo Museum and Public Gallery Exhibitions

2009

  • Passing Through, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax

2008

  • Passing Through, Confederation Art Centre, Charlottetown

2007

  • Passing Through, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
  • Passing Through, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia
  • Passing Through, Rodman Hall, St. Catherines

2006

  • Passing Through, Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver
  • Passing Through, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON

2001

  • Iain Baxter - Stuff & Installation, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI

1999

  • Iain Baxter, Landscape Works, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB

1997-98

  • Iain Baxter, Place, Products & Phenomenon, Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON

1995

  • N.E. Thing Co., The Ubiquitous Concept, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON

1993

  • You are Now in the Middle of an N.E. Thing Co. Landscape, Fine Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1988

  • White Winter Show, University of Calgary, AB

1987

  • Food for Thought, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB

1982

  • Baxter - Any choice Works, 1965 - 70, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

1981

  • Reflected Paris Beauty Spots, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France

1977

  • Another 2 projects: People/ Language & Eye Scream Restaurant, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC

1976

  • Iain Baxter: Celebration of the Body (‘76 Olympics), Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, ON

1971

  • Radio and T.V. ads, N.E. Thing Co. Ltd., University of Alberta, Edmonton

1969

  • N.E. thing Co. Ltd., National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1968

  • Piles, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1966

  • Bagged Place, Exhibition/Installation/Environment, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Selected Group Museum and Public Exhibitions

2007

  • Plastic: Vacuum Forms, 1960 to Today, Geneva Museum of Art & History, Switzerland

2004

  • Food, Bordeaux Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, France
  • Portraits, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France

2003

  • Global Village, Montreal Museum of Fine Art, QC
  • My Petite Enterprise, Meymac, France

2002

  • The 1970’s: Art in Question, Bordeaux Art Museum, France

2001

  • Vancouver Collects, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
  • The Power of Reflection, Saidy Bronfman Gallery, Montreal, QC
  • Sea of Forking Paths, International Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Appleton Museum of Art, Daytona Beach, FL
  • The Power of the Image, Museum of the Photo, Montreal, QC

2000

  • ABC’s of Pop Art, Florida State University, Miami

1999

  • Out of this Century, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
  • New Acquisitions, National Art Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1997

  • Geographies, City Museum, Corsica, France, Curated by Christophe Domino

1995

  • Reconsidering the Object of Art, 1965 - 1975, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1993

  • Reflecting Paradise, Expo ‘93, Canadian Pavillion, Taejon, Korea

1991

  • Projectionos, Castello di Rivara Gallery, Torino, Italy

1989

  • Picturing California: A Century of Photograpy, Oakland Museum, CA

1988

  • Opening Exhibition, National Art Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1987

  • From Sea to Shining Sea, Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, ON

1985

  • In Grande Scale, tour: Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg

1983

  • Vancouver Art/Artists 1931 - 1983, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC

1982

  • Selections 1, Koln, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen

1981

  • Polaroid Works

1980

  • Pluralities (19 Canadians), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

  • 10 Canadians in the 80’s, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

1978

  • 10 Canadian Artists, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland

1972

  • Mail Art, Paris Biennial, Paris, France
  • Soft Ware Show, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

1971

  • Situation Concepts, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria

1970

  • Information, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

1969

  • 10th Sao Paolo Biennial (represented Canada in photo-print), Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • 577,087, Seattle Art Museum, WA
  • Concept Art, Leverkusen City Museum, Germany

1968

  • Canadian Art - Aujourd’ hui, 14 Canadian artists, toured art galleries in major cities of Europe: Brussels, Rome, Paris, Lucerne (organized: National Gallery of Canada)
  • Soft Sculpture toured art galleries in major cities in the U.S.A.
  • Canadian Artists 68, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
  • 7th Biennial of Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1965

  • 6th Biennial of Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1963

  • 5th Biennial Canada Art Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

___Selected Bibliography____

2006

  • Carte Blanche: A compendium of Canadian photographers, Magenta Publishing For The Arts, p 18
  • Bérard, Serge, “Iain Baxter&”, Ciel Variable 70, January 2006

2005

  • Langford, Martha, Image and Imagination, McGill–Queen’s University Press, Quebec, 2005
  • Dault, Gary Michael, “Still Boxing, Still Winning”, The Globe and Mail, April 30, 2005
  • Goddard, Peter, “Intersection of art and advertising”, The Toronto Star, April 16, 2005

2003

  • Boettiger, Suzaan, “Earthworks - Art and the Landscape of the 60’s”, University of California Press

200

  • Cavell, Richard, “McLuhan in Space: A Cultural Geography”, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, cover, p. 320

2001

  • First Book of Canadian Art, Firefly Books, Toronto, ON, p. 120

2000 - Newland, Dorothy, “Canadian Art from the Beginning to Year 2000”, Firefly Books, p. 380

1999 - Domino, Christophe, “A CIEL Ouvert, Edition of Contemporary Art”, Scala Book Publisher, pp. 40-43, p. 150

1993

  • Wood, Wm. and Shaw, Nancy, “You are Now in the Middle of an N.E. Thing Co. Landscape”, University of British Columbia, pp. 100

1991

  • “Thirteen Essays on Photography”, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON

1988

  • “The Canadian Encyclopedia, Vol. 1 & 3”, 2nd edition Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, AB, pp. 187, 1213, 1607

1982

  • Fleming, Marie L, “Baxter – Any Choice Works”, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, p. 112

1981

  • Massacultuur, “Iain Baxter: Polaroid Photo Art”, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Holland

1980

  • “Pluralities/1980/Pluralites”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

1973

  • Lippard, Lucy R, “Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from

  • 1966 to 1972”, Praeger Publishers, Inc., New York, NY

1972

  • Meyer, Ursula, “Conceptual Art”. E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., New York, NY
  • Davis, Douglas, “The Magic of Raw Life - New Photography”, Newsweek, 24 April, 1972, pp. 46-48

1970

  • Goldsmith, Barbara, “Where is the Art”, Harper’s Bazaar No. 3102, May 1970, pp. 144-147
  • McShine, Kynaston, “Information”, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

1969

  • Lippard, Lucy R, “Iain Baxter: New Spaces”, Artscanada XXVI, Issue 132/133, June 3 - 7, 1969
  • “Trends, Art for Art’s Sake”, Time, Feb 28, 1969, pp. 46-49
  • “N.E. THING CO. LTD”, X Biennial Sao Paulo, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • Shirey, David L, “Impossible Art - What it is”, Art in America LVII, No. 3, May 1969, pp. 32-45

1968

  • Smithson, Robert, “A Sedimentation of the Mind: Earth Projects”, ARTFORUM VII, No. 1, Sept 1968, pp. 44-50

Selected Museum and Public Collections

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  • Detroit Institute of Art, MI
  • Los Angeles County Museum, CA
  • Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Holland
  • Geneva Museum of Art & History, Switzerland
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • F.R.A.C. Art Museum, Bretagne, France
  • Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, QC
  • Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • York University, Toronto, ON
  • Appleton Museum of Art, Daytona Beach, FL

___Honours and Awards____

  • 2007 Officer of the Order of British Columbia
  • 2006 Gershon Iskowitz Prize
  • 2005 Canada Council Molson Prize in the Arts
  • 2005 Member of the Order of Ontario
  • 2004 Governor General’s Award in Visual Arts
  • 2004 Honorary Degree. D.Litt., University of British Columbia
  • 2002 Officer of Order of Canada
  • 2002 Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal
  • 1999 Iain Baxter - Archives & Study Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • 1987 Alberta Government Achievement Award for Excellence. For exceptional national and international contributions/achievements in a professional capacity.
  • 1979 Victor Martyn Lynch - Staunton Award from The Canada Council
  • 1976 1976 Olympic Poster for Montreal Summer Games
  • 1973 Elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy
  • 1969 Represented Canada at the 10th Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 1968 Major Prize for Painting, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • 1967 Canadian Centennial Award for Printmaking, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • 1961 Japanese Government Foreign Scholarship to study art, Kyoto/Tokyo, Japan