BIOGRAPHY
Born Oshawa, Ontario, 1956
Resides Toronto, Ontario
Studied York University, Toronto, Ontario, 1976-1980(BFA), 1983(MFA)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 Who Means What Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2003 Who Means What Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
2002 Who Means What Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
2002 Who Means What Anges Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
1999 Exploding Star Pictographs Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 New things can happen The Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Autodogmatic Trip Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
1994 New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto, Ontario
1991 New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto, Ontario
1988 Primary Producer Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto, Ontario
1986 New Paintings and Works on Paper Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1985 New Paintings, Sculpture and Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Works on Paper
1985 The Expanding World of Brent Roe Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
1984 New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1984 Paintings Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1983 New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1982 Paintings The Ed Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
1982 New Paintings and Sculpture Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
(now Wynick/Tuck Gallery)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 Group Show Wynick/Tuck Gallery
2004 Reading Without Books: Texts in Art Gallery Stratford
1998 The Word in Contemporary Art Art Gallery of North York, North York, Ontario
1996 Limousine Free Parking, Toronto, Ontario
1996 Middle Show Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1996 LIST Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1995 Sac de Hockey Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario
1994 MUD Adelaide Street, Toronto, Ontario
1990 Art and the Environment Art Rental & Sales Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario
1989 Director's Choice MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie Ontario
1987 Colour and the Brush Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, Sarnia,
1985 The Last Word in Magic Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
(Installation with Chris Crowder)
1984 E(x)changes 2 Centre Saidye Brofman, Montreal, Quebec
1983 Chromaliving Harridges, Toronto, Ontario
(Curated by Chromazone)
1983 Explorations Cedar Ridge Gallery Scarborough, Ontario
1981 Three New Artists Aggregation Gallery, Toronto
(now Wynick/Tuck Gallery)
1980-81Award Winners Artventure. (Touring Exhibition)
The Kingston Artists Association Kingston,
1980 Painting II Artventure, Royal Bank Plaza Toronto, Ontario
1980 Sculpture I Artventure, Royal Bank Plaza Toronto, Ontario
1979 Painting I Artventure, Royal Bank Plaza Toronto, Ontario
AWARDS
1996 Canada Council "B" Grant
1995 Ontario Arts Council Projects Grant
1993 Canada Council Short Term Grant
1990 Canada Council Project Grant
1988 Canada Council Project Grant
1986 Canada Council Project Grant
1985 Ontario Arts Council Grant
1984 Canada Council "B" Grant
1982 Canada Council Short Term Grant
1980 2nd Prize, "Painting II", Artventure. Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
1980 2nd Prize, "Sculpture II", Artventure, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
1979 Honourable Mention, "Painting I", Artventure, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
COLLECTIONS
Private and public collections including:
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Check Engineering & Construction Ltd., Oakville, Ontario
East York Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario
NOVA Corporation, Calgary, Alberta
Petro-Canada, Calgary, Alberta
Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery. Oshawa, Ontario
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1998 “Wry Musings of a pocket metaphysician”, Gallery Going by Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, Sat., August 29, 1998
1988 Review, Canadian Art, by Catherine Osborne, Winter 1988
1988 Review, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, by John Bentley Mays, December 23,p.C9
1984 "Brent Roe-Paintings", Review Gallery, Southern Alberta Art Gallery
1984 E(x)changes 2, Review, Vanguard, by Jean Tourangeau, April, 1984
1984 "Journey of Two Artists from Fringe to Mainstream, Review,
The Globe and Mail, by John Bentley Mays, March 9, 1984
1984 "Art dealers delight in togetherness", by Christopher Hume, March 1984
1983 Review Vanguard Magazine, by Jerry McGrath, Summer, 1983
1982 "Brent Roe at Aggregation Gallery", review, artsmagazine
by Anna Babinska, October, 1982
1981 "Affordable Art From Ten of Our Best Talents", review,
The Toronto Star , by Lisa Balfour Bowen, October 17, 1981
1981 "Oshawa Artist Exhibiting at Aggregation Gallery", review,
The Oshawa Times , July 14, 1981
Brent Roe is represented by the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
