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b. 1968, Brockville, Ontario
Lives and works in Peterborough, Ontario
John Climenhage has been painting, teaching, and exhibiting throughout Canada and the U.S. since 1989. His studio practice and en plein air landscapes experiment with post modern approaches to abstract space based on contemporary philosophy and quantum physics.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Imaginal Worlds, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
2014 Terre Sauvage:The Topology of Anemnesis, Art Gallery of Peterborough
2013 Entanglement, Pentimento, Toronto
2009 Symphony to Delight an Ocean of Conquerors, Artspace, Peterborough
2008 TRANsubstance, Clarington Visual Arts Center, Bowmanville
2006 New Work, Pentimento, Toronto
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Christensen Fine Art, Peterborough
2013 Proximity Fine Art, Stony Lake
2013 Christensen Fine Art, Peterborough
2013 Pentimento, Toronto
2012 Inaugural Triennial Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peterborough
2012 Pentimento, Toronto
2012 Jonathon Bancroft-Snell, London
2012 Eight Days Lost (multimedia project with The Burgess Shale) Artsweek, Peterborough
2011 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough
2010 Norfolk County Art Gallery, Simcoe
2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
2009 Pentimento, Toronto
2009 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
2007 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough
2006 Peterborough Arts Umbrella
2005 Peterborough Arts Umbrella
2005 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
2005 Akin Gallery, Peterborough
2002 – 2004 Fivepin Gallery, Peterborough
2003 Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
2002 Lawrence House Visual Arts Center, Sarnia
2002 Bowmanville Visual Arts Center, Bowmanville, Ontario
2001 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
2000 Zeitgeist Gallery, Detroit
2000 St. Andrews Cathedral, Victoria
1999 – 2001 Chapmaneast Fine Arts, Orono
1999 University of Victoria, Victoria
1999 Emily Carr House, Victoria
1999 Rogue Art Gallery, Victoria
1998 Chan Center, Vancouver
1998 Emily Carr House, Victoria
1998 Fray Bartolome Human Rights Center, Chiapas
1997 Franciscan Chapel, Victoria
1997 Fray Bartolome Human Rights Center, Chiapas
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014 Ontario Arts Council
2005 Ontario Arts Council
2004 Ontario Arts Council
1998 British Columbia Arts Council
1991 Ontario Arts Council
CRITICAL WRITING / CATALOGUES
2015 Maralynn Cherry, Paulo Fortin, John Climenhage, Terre Sauvage: The Topology of Anamnesis, Art Gallery of Peterborough (catalogue)
2014 Michael Fazackerley, Seeing with new eyes, Art in the Street – November 2014, KawarthaNOW, Peterborough
2014 Gil McElroy, John Climenhage at the Art Gallery of Peterborough, Akimbo
2014 Ann Jaeger, John Climenhage Terre Sauvage: The Topology of Anamnesis, Trout in Plaid
2014 This week’s must-see art shows: February 5 – 11, Now Magazine, Toronto
2008 Maralynn Cherry, TRANsubstance Paintings by John Climenhage, The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (catalogue)
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Peterborough
City of Peterborough Tourism
School of Medicine, Queen’s University
