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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, SOLO + COLLABORATIONS
2024Vesselling, Patel Brown Gallery, Montreal, QC, CA
Outside the Palace of Me, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, CA
2023Outside the Palace of Me, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, NY, US, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, CA
2022The Forgetting, Sargent's Daughters, New York City, NY, US
Outside the Palace of Me, the Gardiner Museum, TO, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA
2021The Trampled Devil, Zmuidzinavicius Museum, Kaunas Biennale, LT
White Elephant, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area, Cambridge, ON, CA
2019Face of the Deep, with Shuvinai Ashoona and Rajni Perera, PATEL Gallery, Toronto, ON, CA
2018The Illuminations Project, with Emily Vey Duke. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, CA
2017Slipper, with Ambera Wellman. Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2015Universal Cobra, with Shuvinai Ashoona. PFOAC, Montreal, PQ, CA
2014Illuminations Project, with Emily Vey Duke. Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON, CA
2013Music for Silence, Canada Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, ITA
2012Canadian Artist, BMO Project Room, Toronto, ON, CA
Outside the Palace of Me, The Rooms, St Johns, NFLD, CA
2011The Illuminations Project, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, US
2010Flesh and Blood, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Galerie de l’UQAM. Montreal, PQ (2011); Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2011).
2009Moon Hunter, Fumetto Festival, Lucerne, CHE
Noise Ghost, with Shuvinai Ashoona. Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, ON, CA
2008The History of Light, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, CA
2007The Clearances, Space Gallery, London, UK
2006Lace Figures, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON, CA
2004Companions, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CA
2003Travels to the Realm Between, Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto, ON, CA
2001Lit From Within, VonRot GmbH, Berlin, DE
GROUP
2024Disorders – Excerpts from the collection Antoine de Galbert, Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon, FR
2023Gutters Are Elastic, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC, CA
Wonder: the Real, the Surreal and the Fantastic, Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON, CA
The Uses of Enchantment, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, ON, CA
2022Women's Work, Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY, US
2021The Central Core Part II, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK
Thrown, Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, BC, CA
2020Abadakone/Continuous Fire. Collaboration with Pierre Aupilardjuk. NGC, Ottawa, ON, CA
2019Dark Spring, Sargent’s Daughters, New York City, NY, US
2018Cedric ter Bals, Shary Boyle, Marjolijn Meij, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Reopening, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, FR
Uprisings, Cinematheque quebecoise and Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, QC, CA
Earthlings, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, QC, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC, CA
2017Making Narratives, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, South Korea
Earthlings, The Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB to Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC, ON, CA
Canadian Biennale 2017, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, CA
2016Ceramix, Ceramics and art from Rodin to Schutte, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, NL, Cite de la ceramique Sevres, FR, to la Maison Rouge, Paris, FR
Facing the Sky, Nuit Blanche, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, CA
2014Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, CA
LOUD silence, Grand Central Art Centre, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, US
2013Locating Ourselves, Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto, ON, CA
2012L'Espace des metamorphoses. Organized by L'Observatoire de l'Espace du CNES, Vallauris, FR
Oh Canada, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, US
2011My Winnipeg, La Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, FR (traveled to Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, FR and Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB, CA in 2012)
2010It Is What It Is: Canadian Biennial 2010, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, CA
2009Le sort probable de l’homme qui avait avalé le fantôme, Nouveau Festival, organized by The Centre Pompidou, La Conciergerie, Paris, FR
SELECTED PERFORMANCE
2016Voix de Ville, stage design, projection design and performance. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON
2015Spell To Bring Lost Creatures Home with musician Christine Fellows, 10-date national tour
2014Spell To Bring Lost Creatures Home, with musician Christine Fellows, 5-date tour through Northwest Territories by invitation of Northern Arts and Culture Centre, Yellowknife, NWT
2012Everything Under the Moon, with musician Christine Fellows, World Stage Series, Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2011Shadow Songs, Writers at Woody Point Festival. NFLD
Shadow Songs, La Maison Rouge, Paris, FR
2010The Monkey and the Mermaid, with musician Christine Fellows, Images Festival. Toronto, ON
2009Reliquary/Reliquaire, with musician Christine Fellows, Le Musée de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg
2008Dark Hand and Lamplight, Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, US
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Cinefamily Silent Theatre, Los Angeles, US
Shadow Songs, SXSW Festival, Austin, US
2007Magic Shadows, with musician Christine Fellows. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2006Dark Hand and Lamplight, with musician Doug Paisley, 10-date tour across California, US, opening for musician Will Oldham
Shadow Songs, with musician Christine Fellows; 10-date tour across Canada
A Night with Kramers Ergot, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US
2005Songs of Childhood. Fonal Festival, Yo-Talo. Tampere, FIN
Fonal Musician Showcase, Sonar Festival, Barcelona, ESP
With musician Feist, The Olympia Theatre, Paris, FR
2004Wood Witch Rising and Channeling Grimm, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Les Festins D’Aden, with musician Feist. Bataclan Theatre, Paris, FR
With musician Es, 6-date tour across eastern US
2002Honkitonkioke, Uno-a-Go-Go, Festival of One-Man Bands, The Hideout, Chicago, US
The Tale of the Cats, The Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, US
All Tomorrow’s Parties, with musician Peaches. UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, US
2001With musician Peaches, Ost Gut Klub, Berlin, DEU
SELECTED CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
2023Milroy, Sarah. The Uses of Enchantment. Kleinberg: McMichael Canadian Art Collection
2022Shary Boyle, 15 Things to Do with a Sculpture, Zurich: Nieves.
2021Shary Boyle, Outside the Palace of Me, Art Canada Institute.
2019Holder, Will. Black Sun : F.R DAVID. Berlin: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, uh books.
2018Wilmink, Melanie and Nagler, Solomon, eds. Sculpting Cinema. Toronto: Pleasure Dome.
2017Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art. London, UK: PHAIDON.
Earthlings, Calgary: Esker Foundation.
2017 Canadian Biennale, Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada.
2016Shuvinai Ashoona and Shary Boyle. Universal Cobra. Toronto: You’ve Changed Imprints.
Campbell, Nancy. Noise Ghost and Other Stories. Toronto: Justina M. Barnicke Gallery.
2015Morineau, Camille and Lucia Persapane, eds. Ceramix: from Rodin to Schütte. Ghent, Belgium: Snoeck Publishers.
Shary Boyle and Emily Vey Duke, The Illuminations Project. Toronto: Oakville Galleries.
HB: No 4, Erotica. Montreal: Editions HB
Caroline Wetherilt, ed. Shine A Light: Canadian Biennial 2014. Ottawa: NGC
Cachia, Amanda. Loud Silence. La Jolla, California: the gallery@calit2.
Prim, Kristin, ed. A23. Vol. 1 The Mysticism of the Female. New York City: Issue 01/Press.
2013Drouin-Brisebois, Josée, ed. Shary Boyle: Music for Silence. Canada Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada.
2012Markonish, Denise, ed. Oh, Canada. North Adams: MASS MoCA, Cambridge: MIT Press.
2010Déry, Louise, ed. Shary Boyle: Flesh and Blood. Montreal: Galerie de l’UQAM.
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, CA
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, CA
Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON, CA
Canada Council Art Bank, CA
Claridge Collection, Montreal, PQ, CA
Fondation Antoine De Galbert, Paris, FR
The Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, ON, CA
Global Affairs Canada, Visual Art Collection, Paris, FR and New York City, NY, US
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, ON, CA
Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon-si, Republic of SK
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, CA
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, ON, CA
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, CA
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, BC, CA
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, PQ, CA
Musee d’art contemporain de Montréal, PQ, CA
National Bank of Canada, Montreal, PQ, CA
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, CA
Paisley Museum of Art, Paisley, Scotland, UK
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto ON, CA
The Rooms, St. John’s, NFLD, CA
Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, CA
Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB, CA
Zmuidzinavicius Museum, LT
TEACHING/WORKSHOPS
2022Museum of Fine Arts and Maison Marguerite, Art Hive Lead
Inspirations Studio, Workshop Lead
2021Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC, Indigenous Youth Artist-in-Residency, Studio Mentor
2018 Nanaimo Art Gallery, Code Switching, Workshop Lead
Sexual Assault : The Roadshow, Fists of Resistance, Workshop Lead
Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC, Barrel-firing workshop, Co-led with Pierre Aupilardjuk
2017Island Mountain Arts, Toni Onley Artists’ Project, Co-mentor with Joseph M. Sanchez
Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Hand Jive, Icheon, South Korea, Workshop Lead
2016Medalta Historic Potteries, Esker Foundation/Inuit Art Foundation Residency Mentor
2015Concordia University Art Department, Fall Semester, Guest Professor
2014The Banff Centre, The Universe and Other Systems Residency, Lead Faculty
2006University of Toronto Art Department, Fall Semester, Guest Professor
PUBLISHED WRITING
2023"Inuit Art." Museum of Aboriginal Peoples' Art and Artifacts catalogue, Porter College
2021“Outside the Palace of Me.” Art Canada Institute, Canadian Art Library
“Shuvinai Ashoona: North of Words.” Mapping Worlds catalogue, The Power Plant
“Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Descent of Lilies.” Uninvited : Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Movement catalogue. McMichael Canadian Art Collection
2019“The Speed of Imagination.” Inuit Art Quarterly, The Earth Issue. Fall/Winter 2020
“Finissage.” The Walrus Magazine, March
EDUCATION, AWARDS
2023June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism in Ontario, Friends of Inspirations Studio, CA
2021Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Ontario College of Art and Design University, ON, CA
2010Hnatyshyn Foundation Award, CA
2009Gershon Iskowitz Prize, CA
1994Diploma of Fine Arts, Ontario College of Art, ON, CA