Ian Carr-Harris

Ian Carr-Harris (born 1941) is a Canadian artist living in Toronto. In addition to exhibiting internationally, Carr-Harris is a professor at the Ontario College of Art & Design.Infobox Artist
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birthdate = 1941
location = Victoria, British Columbia
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nationality = Canadian
field = sculpture, installation
training = Ontario College of Art, Royal College of Art
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awards = 2007 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

Life

Ian Carr-Harris was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1941. He is an artist, writer and educator. Major solo exhibitions of his work have taken place across Canada and abroad. His writings on art have been published in "Canadian Art", "Parachute", "C Magazine" and "Vanguard", among others.

Carr-Harris has been on the faculty of the Ontario College of Art & Design since 1964. He has received several grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council, and is currently represented by the Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto. He has represented Canada at the Sydney Biennale (1990), Documenta 8 (1987) and the Venice Biennale (1984).

Ian Carr-Harris currently lives and works in Toronto, and is on the Board of Directors of the CCCA. In 2007 he was awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2007/yx128182841573716606.htm] .

Work

Primarily a sculptor and installation artist, Ian Carr-Harris' work investigates knowledge and ordering systems, often working with books and libraries, reflecting his early training and career as a librarian.

elected Recent Solo Exhibitions

*1994 Ian Carr-Harris, Villa Arson, Nice
*1994 Ian Carr-Harris, Galeria Carles Poy, Barcelona
*1994 Ian Carr-Harris, Centre d'art contemporain, Herblay, France
*1995 Ian Carr-Harris, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Metz
*1995 Ian Carr-Harris, Proton ICA, Amsterdam
*1995 Ian Carr-Harris, l'Aquarium, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Valenciennes, France
*1996 Ian Carr-Harris, Galeria Carles Poy, Barcelona
*1997 Ian Carr-Harris, Galeria & Ediciones Ginkgo, Madrid
*1999 Ian Carr-Harris, Josselyne Naef: art contemporain, Lyon
*1999 Ian Carr-Harris, Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris
*1999 Ian Carr-Harris, National Gallery of Canada, Recent Acquisition Exhibition
*2002 Ian Carr-Harris: Je me renseigne sur? Josselyne Naef: ArtContemporain, Montreal
*2002 Ian Carr-Harris: Works 1992-2002, The Power Plant, Toronto
*2005 Ian Carr-Harris, Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England
*2006 Ian Carr-Harris: Primers, Stride Gallery, Calgary

elected Recent Group Exhibitions

*1998 Threshold, The Power Plant, Toronto
*1999 Musiques en Scène, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
*1999 Moving and Storage, The Hold Collective, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto
*1999 Un Ami du Docteur Gachet: le peintre Ambroise Détrez (1811-1863) Galerie de l'Aquarium, Ecole des Beaux-arts, Valenciennes
*2000 Architexture, Archive Inc., Toronto
*2000-02 Canadian Stories, Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto
*2001 Ian Carr-Harris and Mark Schilling, a*level gallery, Toronto
*2003 Revealing the Subject, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
*2006 Telling Stories, Secret Lives, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston

References

* Ammann, Jean-Christophe. "Kanadische Kunstler." Basel, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Basel, 1978.
* Bradley, Jessica. "Ian Carr-Harris/Liz Magor: Canada, XLI Biennale di Venezia." Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1984.
* Cheetham, Mark. "Remembering Post-Modernism: Trends in Recent Canadian Art." Toronto: OUP, 1992.
* Monk, Philip. "Ian Carr-Harris 1971-1977." Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1988.
* Monk, Philip and Antonio Guzman. "Ian Carr-Harris: Works 1992-2002." Toronto: The Power Plant, 2002.
* Murray, Joan. "Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century." Toronto: Dundern Press, 1999.
* Newlands, Anne. "Canadian Art from its Beginnings to 2000." Toronto: Firefly Books, 2000.
* Youngs, Christopher. "Ian Carr-Harris." Kassel: Documenta 8, vol. 2, 1987.

External links

* [http://www.susanhobbs.com/artists/Harris/ICimages.html Susan Hobbs Gallery]
* [http://www.ccca.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&link_id=182 The Canadian Art Database]
* [http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009154 canadianencyclopedia.ca]