Kathryn Dain photo by Agatha Schwager
About Kathryn Dain
Kathryn Dain was born in Woodstock, Ontario and educated at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Diploma, Home Economics), the University of Guelph (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude) and York University (Master of Fine Arts). She has exhibited her work extensively in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom and has received many awards including Ontario Arts Council Mid Career Grants (1993, 1996, 2004) and Best-In-Show / Walter Hopps Award, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Massachusetts. Her work can be found in both private and public collections including the Canada Council Art Bank, the Woodstock Art Gallery, Cambridge Galleries, The Bank of Montreal collection and AstraZeneca Canada. Kathryn Dain was represented by Peak Gallery in Toronto (2002 to 2013), and lives in Brantford, Ontario.CV
Education
84-86 York University, North York, Ontario, M3J 1P3
Degree: Master of Fine Arts
77-79 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude)
Major: Fine Art (specialized honours)
62-65 Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3
diploma (with honours), Home Economics (fashion option)
International Exhibitions
07 Common Threads (Solo Show), twenty + 3 projects, Manchester, UK, June 07
04 Ignis Fatuus The Illusions of Lyn Carter, Kathryn Dain and Melissa Day, Peak Gallery
and Roam Contemporary, New York, N.Y.
98-01 Women Beyond Borders, travelling worldwide 1998 to 2001
96 5th Annual All Media Summer Exhibition, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Massachusetts
(curator: Nancy Spector, associate curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) Winner Best in Show (Walter Hopps Award)
95 Small Works International, Amos Eno Gallery, SoHo, New York, N.Y. (Curator: Beth Venn,
associate curator, Whitney Museum of American Art)
Canadian - Solo
12 Art Games, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
09 Pulse, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
07 Lines, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
05 Additions, Cambridge Galleries, Queen’s Square, Cambridge, Ontario
05 Plain Song, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
04 Innovation and Tradition - The Textile Project, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington,
Ontario
03 Making Colour, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
02 Balancing Act, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
02 Rapt, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
01 Rapt, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario (guest curator, Anna-Marie Larsen)
98 In Equilibrium, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario
97 Healing Series, Women’s Art Resource Centre, Toronto, Ontario
94 Totems, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
89 The Healing Room, Alma Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
86 You are invited to participate, IDA Gallery, York University, North York, Ontario
80 Windows: An appreciation, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Group
13 Red, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
12 Divine Symmetry, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
12 5 Paintings, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
11 Odd Angles, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
11 It begain In Afrikkka, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
10 Canadiana the Essence of the Canadian Landscape, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
08 Cluster: Forum Germany, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Cluster: Building a Collection, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Group Exhibition: thoughtful collecting, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
07 Relief, Akau Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
02-07 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario
00 Fibreworks, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
96 Songs of the Time - Anarchy and Ascension in the Art of Kathryn Dain, Philip Grant and Clare Pearson, Art Gallery
of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
94-92 Canada Council Art Bank Exhibitions, Toronto, Ontario
93 Practice and Pedagogy, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
89 University of Guelph 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre,
Guelph, Ontario
88 Days of the Dead, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
Grants/Awards
Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts $5,000 Grants (1993, 1996, 2004)
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants (1980, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001)
Best in Show, Walter Hopps Award, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams,
Massachusetts (1997)
Ontario Arts Council Artists in Schools Grants (1987, 1988)
Corporate & Public Collections
09 The Bank of Montreal (1 work)
05 Cambridge Galleries (1 work)
05 Astra Zeneca Canada, Inc. (2 works)
98 Woodstock Art Gallery (5 works)
90 The Canada Council Art Bank (6 works)
Bibliography
10 Gary Michael Dault, the Globe and Mail, Canadiana at the Peak Gallery, January 2, 2010
05 Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, Kathy Dain At Peak Gallery, July 02, 2005
05 Ivan Jurakic, Cambridge Galleries Publication, Kathryn Dain, ADDITIONS, October, 2005
02 Anna-Marie Larsen, ArtCity Magazine, Kathryn Dain RAPT, March 2002
01 Anna-Marie Larsen, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant Publication, Kathryn Dain, RAPT, 2001
98 Rick Nixon and Avril Flanigan, The Woodstock Art Gallery Publication, Kathryn Dain,IN EQUILIBRIUM, 1998
96 Carol Podedworny, Art Gallery of Hamilton 1994-1996, Songs of the Time - Anarchy and Ascension in the Art of
Kathryn Dain, Philip Grant and Clare Pearson, 1996
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