Lorne Wagman – Bio
Education:
1974 – 1976 New School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Alma Gallery – Guelph, Ontario
2009 Flesherton Art Gallery – Flesherton, Ontario
2007 Deleon White Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2006 New Works – Flashtown Gallery – Flesherton, Ontario
2004 The Intense Gaze – 10 Year Retrospective – Durham Art Gallery – Durham, Ontario
2001 Deleon White Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2000 Up in the Clouds / Down in the Thicket – Deleon White Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2000 New Works – Deleon White Gallery – Denver, Colorado
1998 Deleon White Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1997 Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1996 Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1985/1995 Annual exhibit – Flashtown Gallery – Flesherton, Ontario
1995 Symphony in the Barn – Durham, Ontario
1995 Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1994 Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1993 Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1992. Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1992 New Works – Arnold Gottlieb Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1991. New Works – Arnold Gottlieb Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1990 New Works – Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1990 The Isaacs Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1989 The Isaacs Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1988 The Isaacs Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1988 Cameron House Exhibition – Ottawa, Ontario
1987 The Isaacs Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
Durham Art Gallery – Durham, Ontario
1986 The Isaacs Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1985 The Isaacs Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
New Works – Durham Art Gallery – Durham, Ontario
Cameron House – Toronto, Ontario
Manning Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1984 Lacemaker Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1983 Lacemaker Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1982 Lacemaker Gallery – Tornto, Ontario
1981 Lacemaker Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
Two Person Shows
2008 Group Show – Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz – Owen Sound, Ontario
2007 Lorne Wagman & Patric Ryan – Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz – Owen Sound, Ontario
2006 Lorne Wagman & Patric Ryan – Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz – Owen Sound, Ontario
2004/2005 Lorne Wagman & Patric Ryan – Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz – Owen Sound, Ontario
2004 Lorne Wagman & Otis Tamasauskas – DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Portrait Show – Flesherton Art Gallery – Flesherton, Ontario
2003 Lorne Wagman & Patric Ryan – New Works – Gallery de Boer – Fine art & Jazz–Owen Sound,
2000 Lorne Wagman & Nils Udo – Deleon White Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2002 Lorne Wagman & Brian Lockhart – Roxy Theatre – Owen Sound, Ontario
2002 Lorne Wagman & Adrienne Trent – DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002 Lorne Wagman & Rae Johnson – St. Jerome’s University Art Gallery – Waterloo, Ontario
2001 Lorne Wagman & Gord Rayner – Flesherton Art Gallery – Flesherton, Ontario
1990 Rae Johnson and Lorne Wagman – Flashtown Gallery – Flesherton, Ontario
1992 Gorman and Wagman – Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1981 David Lushka and Lorne Wagman – Lacemaker’s Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1975 Lorne Wagman & Eric Lilipold – La Cantineta – Toronto, Ontario
Group Exhibitions:
2008 Artists around the Sound – Madtown Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario
2008 Persona Volare Expo – Tom Thompson Memorial Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario
2008 Revivified – Headbones Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2008 Shrines – Flesherton Art Gallery – Flesherton, Ontario
2007 Hometown Owen Sound Portrayed By Its Artists – Tom Thompson Memorial Gallery
2006 Canadian Opera Company – Hummingbird Centre – Toronto, Ontario
2006 Situation, Positioning, Location – Headbones Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
2004 Lynne Donahue Tribute Show – J.B.Baird Gallery – St. John’s, Newfoundland
2003 Group Show – New Works – 14 Artists – Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz – Owen Sound, On.
2002 The Enchanted Landscapes – Lorne Wagman, Brian Lockhart & Robert Cotton – Gallery de Boer Fine art & Jazz – Owen Sound, Ontario
2000 Swimming Lessons – Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario
2000 Local Color – Flesherton Art Gallery – Flesherton, Ontario
2000 Fragile Embrace: Reflections on the Environment – Burlington Art Centre, Ontario
2000 Group Show – Deleon White Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2000 Stylist Art – Fundraiser in Barcelona
1998 New Acquisitions – Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario
1998 Eight – Rodman Hall Arts Centre – St. Catherine’s, Ontario
1998 The Temagami 22 – Arts and Letters Club – Toronto, Ontario
1998 Group Show – Temagami Welcome Centre, Temagami – Ontario
1998 Lands for Life – Arts on King – Toronto – Ontario
1998 Dancing with Leviathan Ashkinasi, Lonsdale Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1996 New Acquisitions – Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario
1995 Chinese New Year Show – Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1995 Eight – Justina Barnicke Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1994 Celebrating Ontario – Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario
1989/88 Second Nature: New Pastoral Art – Barrie Art Gallery – Barrie, Ontario
1988 Portfolio 88 – Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario
1986 Color and the Brush – Sarnia Public Library & Art Gallery – Sarnia, Ontario
1986 Trains, Boats and Bridges – Durham Art Gallery – Durham, Ontario
1985 The Radiant Vista – The Republic – Toronto, Ontario
1984/85 New Works – Andrew Calixte gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1984 The Tent Project – Traveling Art Show
1984 The Cloud of Uncertainty: Works on Paper – Studio 620 – Toronto, Ontario
1984 Four Ontario Artists – Koffler Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1983 Video Visual Concurrence – Music gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1983 Chroma Living – The Collinade – Toronto, Ontario
1983 Niagara – Lacemaker’s Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1982 The Nicholas Novak Commemorative Print Show – Whitby Station Gallery –On
1982 Painting Current – Harbourfront extension Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1982 Monumenta – YYZ – Toronto, Ontario
1982 O Chromazone – Berlin, Germany
1980 Public Nyth: Private Nature – New York, New York
1980 Lacemaker’s Own – Lacemaker’s Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1978 Six on the Scene Who Should be Seen – Isaacs Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1978 Group Show – La Cantinetta – Toronto, Ontario
1978 Granted Artists – Art Gallery at Harbourfront – Toronto, Ontario
1976 Cream of the Crop – ACT Gallery – Toronto, Ontario
1975 Drawing and Sculpture – Art Gallery of Ontario – Toronto, Ontario
1975 Rotary Club Competition – Downsview, Ontario
1974 Niagara Arts and Crafts – Niagara Falls, Ontario
Benefits:
(Regular contributor to the following fundraisers)
Art for Life – Durham Art Gallery – Durham, Ontario
Autumn Leaves – Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario
Theatre Passe Muraille Benefit Auction – Toronto, Ontario
2004 Gourmet Dinner – Children’s Aid Society – Owen Sound, Ontario
2003 Fall Portage – Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery – Owen, Sound
2001 Fall Portage – Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery – Owen, Sound
1997 Art with a Heart – Aids Benefit
1996 Temagami Benefit – Aboriginal Community Centre – Toronto, Ontario
1991 Park Lane Auction – Toronto, Ontario
1991 “In Red” Benefit Show – Toronto, Ontario
1982 Tim Joycelin Aids Benefit – Toronto, Ontario
Awards:
1977 Best Painting – Carling O’Keefe Outdoor Competition – Toronto, Ontario
1976 First Prize – Royal Ontario Museum Outdoor Competition – Toronto, Ontario
1974 Best Teenage Award – Rotary Club Competition – Toronto, Ontario
Collections:
Public
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
Lethbridge University Gallery, Alberta
Whitby Arts Station Gallery
Canada Council Art Bank
Justina Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto
Ryerson University Library
Debt of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario
London Regional Art Gallery
Concordia College
Rodman Hall, St. Catherines
East York Board of Education
Art Gallery of Algoma – Ontario
University of Waterloo
Corporate
The Blackstone Group
Maclean Hunter
Manulife Inurance
Omars Mutual Funds
Sunlife Canada
Crow Bear International
MacLaren Art Centre – Barrie, Ontario
American Express
Sunlife Canada
Canada Trust
Guarantee Trust
Czechoslovak Credit Union
Bibliography:
2003 The Cottage Times – The Enchanted Landscape – Perspectives on Lorne Wagman – Ron de Boer
2002 Globe and Mail – Gary Michael Dault
2002 Sun Times Owen Sound – “All the inspiration he needs” – James Algie
2001 Now Magazine – “ Earthy art” – Lesley McCallister
2001 Globe and Mail – “Lorne Wagman at Deleon White” – Gary Micheal Dault
1998 Vie Des Arts magazine – John Grande
1999 Petroglygh Magazine – Illustration
1993 The Toronto Star – “Don’t pick the weeds” – Christopher Hume
1992 Now Magazine – “ Wagman’s moving weeds encapsulate landscape” – Deidre Hanna
1990 Canadian Art magazine – “Focus on Lorne Wagman” – Martin Downing
1990 Toronto Star – “At the Isaac’s Gallery” – Christopher Hume
1990 The Globe and Mail – “Flight to Flesherton” – Isabel Vincent
1990 Toronto Star – “Angry Art” – Christopher Hume
1990 Toronto Sun – “Artfull Dodgers” – David Kramer
1991 The Toronto Star – “A New Leaf” – Christopher Hume
1991 Workseen magazine – “On the road with Niagara” – Karen Hibbard
2005 Isaacs Seen -a scrapbook history of The Issiac’s Gallery
2004 The Artery Magazine – P.J. Dwyer
2004 Globe and Mail – Gary Michael Dault
2003 The Cottage Times – The Enchanted Landscape – Perspectives on Lorne Wagman – Ron de Boer
2002 Globe and Mail – Gary Michael Dault
2002 Sun Times Owen Sound – “All the inspiration he needs” – James Algie
2001 Now Magazine – ” Earthy art” – Lesley McCallister
2001 Globe and Mail – “Lorne Wagman at Deleon White” – Gary Micheal Dault
1999 Vie Des Arts magazine – John Grande
1999 Petroglygh Magazine – Illustration
1992 Toronto Star – “Flower Power” – Christopher Hume
1989 The Financial Times of Canada – “The sometimes dubious value of art for art’s sake” – C. Hume
1988 Sun Times – “Artists show widely different styles” – James Algie
1986 Toronto Star – “Art folk paint the town red” – Christopher Hume
1987 The Toronto Star – “At the cameron, home is where the art is” – Christopher Hume
1987 Toronto Star – “Silly Beasts can be hard to Bear” – Christopher Hume
1986 Humane Viewpoint magazine – “The Post Modern” – by Janice Runge
1986 Vangard magazine – Donna Lypchuck
1981 Canadian Jewish News – “Lacemaker’s Gallery features new works by Lorne Wagman” – Marsha Eines
1982 Toronto Star – “Star in the future of Canadian art” – Christopher Hume
1983 “Lorne Wagman at Lacemake’s Gallery” – John Bentley Mays
1978 Globe and Mail – “Young artists full of inventive energy”
1977 Globe and Mail – “Harbourfront Show”
1975 Arts Canada magazine – “Five Painters” – Kay Kritzwiser
Other Media
2002 Rogers cable television review
2001 Rogers cable television review
CBC – Television Sunday arts entertainment – “Flesherton artists”
Touchstone Film “Cocktail” – Use of paintings
Film Documentary (Peter Shatalo and Micheal Copeman) – “Brushes” – Lorne Wagman and Rae Johnson
Wildflower magazine – magazine cover
“L’age Dort?” – Book cover: by Jean Carette Boreal Press
Georgian College – Billboard: Owen Sound, Ontario
“Performance art in Canada 1970-1990” – Book
“After Tom Thomson, contemporary landscape painting in Canada” Book – by Joan Murray
Field
Oil on Canvas – 2002
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Cat in the Grass
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Field with Pea Plants
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Mullein & Plantains
Oil on Canvas – 2007
Studio – 64 x 64
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Mossy Stump
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Forest
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Tree and Sky
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Rock Wall
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Red Wagon
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Field of Thistles
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Rock and Lichen
Oil on Canvas – 2005
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Row of Maples
Oil on Canvas – 2004
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$2,600
Tree Tops & Sky
Vine Covered Tree #2
Oil on Canvas – 2004
Plein Air – 24 x 40
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Rock with Moss
Watercolour – 2004
Studio – 36.25 x 46.5
$1,350
Daisies in the Field
Oil on Canvas – 2002
Plein Air – 30 x 52
$2,800
Goldenrods
Oil on Canvas – 2006
Plein Air – 8 x 10
$500
Outdoor Tree & Sky #26
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Dandelions
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Daisies in the Field
Oil on Canvas – 2002
Plein Air – 30 x 52
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Weed Garden #2
Oil on Canvas – 2004
Studio – 48 x 60
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Golden Rods
Studio – 48 x 60
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Thistle & Tulips
Studio – 48 x 60
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Catnip & Thistles
Studio – 48 x 60
$6,000
Field of Clover, Early Morning
Plein Air – 29 x 45
$3,400
Thistles
Studio – 48 x 60
$6,000
Weed Garden #3
Oil on Canvas – 2004
Plein Air – 30 x 45
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