Martin Golland
Painting
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and thereby authorized to supervise theses.
Address: 100 Laurier Ave. E.
Room number: 102
Telephone:613-562-5800, ext. 2014
E-mail address: mgolland@uOttawa.ca
www.martingolland.com
Biography
Martin Golland received his MFA from the University of Guelph (2006) and his BFA from Concordia University (1998). Golland was born in Montpellier, France, and lived in Turkey, Puerto Rico, Miami, and Toronto before moving to Ottawa. Golland has exhibited nationally and internationally, including « Skeletons & Skins » (2010) and Shapeshift“ (2008)at Birch Libralato in Toronto , “DARK TOWN” at the Felix Ringel Galerie in Duesseldorf (2007), “What is said and what is meant” at the MacDonald Stewart Art Center in Guelph (2006) and “Haven” at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (2004). He has received an Honorable Mention Prize at the 11th Annual RBC Painting Competition, which was exhibited in various museums and galleries across Canada, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Power Plant, the Musee D’art Contemporain, and the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.
University degrees
- 2006: MFA, Fine Arts, University of Guelph
- 1998: BFA, Visual Arts, University of Concordia
Fields of interest
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Contemporary issues in painting: materiality, representation, expanded notions of the real, the haptic and the optic.
Ongoing Research
- Exhibitions in Toronto, Ottawa, and across Canada.
www.martingolland.com
Selected publications
Solo exhibitions
upcoming: Birch Libralato, Toronto (2010)
Shapeshift, Birch Libralato, Toronto (2008)
DARK TOWN, Felix Ringel Gallerie, Dusseldorf (2007)
What is said and what is meant, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph (2006)
Group exhibitions
Extreme Painting, Division Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, curated by Benjamin Klein (2010)
The Phoenix Art: The Renewed Life of Contemporary Painting, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal. Curated by Robert Enright (2009)
11th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, The Power Plant, Toronto, Toronto International Art Fair (2009)
Showcase 2009, Cambridge Galleries, curated by Ivan Jurakic (2009)
The Way I Are, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Mississauga. Curated by Katie Bethune-Leaman (2009)
Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto, curated by Clint Roenisch & David Liss (2008)
10th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa,; The Power Plant, Toronto; Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal; Museum London; The Rooms, St. John; Mendel Art Gallery Saskatoon; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2008)
Pulse Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Birch Libralato (2008)
Crossing Borders, The Kenan Center, Lockport, NY (2007)
Scope Miami, Birch Libralato (2007)
Cartographies, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver (2007)
Scope Miami, Birch Libralato (2006)
8th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, MOCCA, Toronto; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener; Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal; Art Gallery of Calgary; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2006)
Taking a walk with the dog, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto (2006)
stART: Emerging Artists Across Canada, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax (2006)
Domestic Bliss, Open Space, Victoria (2006)
Publications
MacMillan, Laurel (ed.). RBC Painting Competition Ten Years, Altona, MB: Friesens, 2008: 34
Wallace, Doug (ed.). Carte Blanche v.2 Painting, China: 1010 Printing International, 2008: 15, 61
Awards and Publications
- Honorable Mention Prize, 11th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition (2009)
- Ontario Arts Council Grant (2009)
- Purchase Prize, Canadiana Fund Foundation, 10th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition (2008)
- Canada Council Production Grant, Travel Grant (2008)
- Toronto Arts Council Grant (2006, 2008)
- Ontario Graduate ScholarshipMargaret Priest Scholarship, University of Guelph (2005-2006)
- Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph (2004)
- University Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph (2004)
- Canada Council Emerging Artist Grant for Visual Arts (2003)
