C.WELLS / THE LINE MARKER PRACTICE
est. 1996
University of Manitoba
McMaster University
University of Guelph
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions (1997-)
2026 BWST (SCULPTURE TRAIL)
Burlington, ON
Contributing Artist
2022 FIVE ARROWS POINTING SOMEWAY, SOMEWHERE
BLDG 33, Markham, ON
Solo Performance
2022 Burlington Waterfront Sculpture Park
Burlington, ON
Contributing Artist
2019 Art Gallery of Windsor
Windsor, ON
Group Exhibition, 401 WEST
2017 Centre 3 / SAM LAWRENCE PARK
Hamilton, ON
Group Exhibition, 'URBAN GREEN'
2016 b contemporary gallery
Hamilton, ON
Solo Exhibition 'James'
2016 SUPERCRAWL 2016
Hamilton, ON
Invited artist, video performance, LOOK LEFT, LOOK RRIGHT
2014 CENTRE[3] PRINT/MEDIA ARTS
Hamilton, ON
Solo Exhibition, 'ED103'
2014 UWAG (University of Waterloo)
Waterloo, ON
Solo Exhibition, 'Place and Space (REDUX)'
2013 270 SHERMAN
Hamilton, ON
Solo Exhibition, 'Place and Space'
2011 UNION Gallery, Queens University
Kingston, ON
Group Exhibition
2011 Roadside Attractions
Toronto, ON
Solo Window Space Project, '911/1911'
2010 'Here In My Car', Art Gallery of Windsor
Windsor, ON
Group Exhibition
2008 Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts
Hamilton, ON
Group Exhibition, 'TH&B'
2008 Prairie Art Gallery
Grand Prairie, AB
Group Exhibition, 'ARTery'
2006 Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton, ON
Solo Exhibition, WHITE ROMA, WHITE PELEE
2004 Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton, ON
Group Exhibition, Future Cities
2003 Mercer Union, Lisgar Performance Festival
Toronto, ON
Group Exhibition
2002 McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University
Hamilton, ON
Solo Exhibition, '1911'
2001 and then we take berlin, Contemporary Art Forum / Symposium
Kitchener Artworks.01, Kitchener Waterloo Arts Council,
Kitchener, ON
Group Exhibition
1999 MITCHELL - 1999 Southwest Triennial
Museum London, London, ON
Group Exhibition
1998-99 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art
Glenbow Museum / Edmonton Art Gallery, Calgary / Edmonton
Group Exhibition
1997 THE NEW GALLERY
Calgary, AB
Solo Exhibition, 'A to B: Post-Aesthetic Painting'
Awards / Grants
2018 City of Hamilton Enrichment Grant
2016 City of Hamilton Arts Award, Visual Arts
2014 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2009 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2008 Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Grant
2006 Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant
2005 Canada Council for the Arts B Grant
2005 Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Grant
2003 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2002 Canada Council for the Arts B Grant
2002 Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Grant
1997 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
1996 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
1992 Canada Council for the Arts Exploration Grant
1987 Ontario Arts Council Materials Grant
Publications on the Artist
PLACE AND SPACE: REDUX
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Ivan Jurakic, 2012
ARTery
Grand Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, AB, essay/interview by Robert Enright, Foreword by Ed Bader, illustrated, 2008
WHITE ROMA/WHITE PELEE
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, essays by Shirley Madill, Mark Cheetham, Keir Stuhlmiller, textwork by C.Wells, illustrated, 2006
Roadworks
Mercer Union, Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON, textwork, C.Wells, 2003
1911
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON, foreword by Kim Ness, Mark Cheetham, Andrew Hunter, text work by C.Wells, illustrated, 2002
'and then we take berlin'
Kitchener ArtWorks, Contemporary Art Symposium, Kitchener, ON, essays, illustrated, 2001
Mitchell: Southwest Triennial
London Regional Art & Historical Museum, London, ON, Text by Andrew Hunter, illustrated, 2000-01
A to B: Post-Aesthetic Painting
The New Gallery, Calgary, AB, essays by Paul Woodrow, Richard Gorenko, textwork, C.Wells, 1997
Included:
Abstract Art Against Autonomy, Marck Cheetham, 2006
To Hell and Back (TH&B), 2008
Collections
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
City of Edmonton, AB
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
YALE / FIRST REAL PROPERTIES
WILSON BLANCHARD
Private Collections