Ed Zelenak (b. 1940, Canada)
Education
1961 Barsch Kelly Atelier, Dallas, TX, US
1960 Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, TX, US
1959-1957 OCAD, Toronto, CA
1956 Meinzinger School of Art, Detroit, US
Select Solo Exhibitions
2018 Distant Realms, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2015 Museum London, London, CA
2015 Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2013 Divining the Frontiers, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2010 Selected Works 1970-2010, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2010 Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, US
2006 Chatham Cultural Center, touring: Chatham, CA; McIntosh Gallery U.W.O., London, CA; Lambton Art Gallery, Sarnia, CA
2005 Drawings, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2003 Solo, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2001 L.A. International Biennale Art Invitational, Soapbox Gallery, Venice, US
2000 On The Face Of It, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2000 Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON
2000 Thielsen Art Gallery, London, ON
1999 Art Gallery of St. Thomas Elgin, St Thomas, CA
1999 Ra’s Voyage, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1998 Water and Dreams, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1997 Two Sculptors Inc., New York, US
1996 R. H. Galerie, Liberec, Czech Republic
1995 Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague, CZ
1994 Lynnwood Art Center, Simcoe, CA
1994 Waters of Forgetfulness, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1993 Thielsen Gallery, London, CA
1993 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1992 Glendon Gallery, York University, Toronto, CA
1991 Galerie Brenda Wallace, Montreal, CA
1989 London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1989 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA
1985 Forest City Gallery, London, CA
1984 Forest City Gallery, London, CA
1983 Franz Wynens Gallery, Vancouver, CA
1983 Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, CA
1981 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, CA
1980 Forest City Gallery, London, CA
1979 Forest City Gallery, London, CA
1978 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, CA
1976 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, CA
1974 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, CA
1973 Milwaukee Arts Center, Milwaukee, US
1972 Carleton College, Northfield, US
1972 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, CA
1971 Henri Gallery, L’Enfant Plaza, Washington DC, US
1971 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, CA
1969 20/20 Gallery, London, CA
1969 Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 Director’s Choice, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2022 A Moment of Mindfulness, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, CA
2021 Chroma A III, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2020 Environ Mental Land, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2020 Dance Me To The End Of Love, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, CA
2019 Power of Placement, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2019 1931-1946: A Generation, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2017 On Paper, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2016 Starry Night, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2014 Winter Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2014 Art & Value II, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2013 Art & Value I, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2013 Summer Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011 Sacred Space, McIntosh Gallery, London, CA
2011 Toronto Art Fair, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2011 Murray Favro & Ed Zelenak, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2011 Sacred Space, McIntosh Gallery, London, CA
2011 Papier 11, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2010 Toronto Art Fair, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2009 Miami Art Fair, Zane Bennett Contemporary, Santa Fe, US
2009 (Re)verseEKPHRASIS, McIntosh Gallery UWO, London, CA
2009 Paper/Glass/Metal, Zane Bennett Contemporary, Santa Fe, US
2009 Art Chicago, Zane Bennett Contemporary, Santa Fe, US
2008 Recent Acquisitions, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, US
2007 An Eye For It, Museum London, London, CA
2007 Recent Acquisitions, DePaul University, Chicago, US
2006 On The Wall, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, US
2006 Curator’s Choice, Carleton University, Ottawa, CA
2006 Sculpture Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2006 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2005 A Growing Legacy, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, CA
2003 Tree Sites, Gail Harvey Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2003 Toronto 2003 Art Fair, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2002 Gail Harvey Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2002 Artists from Ontario, Queens Park, Toronto, CA
2002 Toronto 2002 Art Fair, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, CA
2001 Toronto 2001 Art Fair, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2001 Think Canada, Art Today Gallery, Delhi, IN
2001 Vimonisha Exhibition Center, Chennai, IN
2001 NGMA, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, IN
2001 Fall Exhibition- Gallery Artists, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, US
2001 Continuities, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, CA
2001 Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, US
2001 Time and Distance Cannot Erase, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, CA
2001 Medicine Hat Museum, Medicine Hat, CA
2000 Toronto 2000 Art Fair, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2000 2000-A New Millenium, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2000 Intersections, Place Ville Marie, Montreal, CA; Edifice, Yonge and Temperance, Toronto, CA
1999 London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1998 Art and Industry, Lynnwood Art Centre, Simcoe, CA
1998 Art Forum, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Berlin, DE
1998 Two Sculptors, Paper Works, New York, US
1998 Bealart: 80 Years of Experiment, London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1998 Forget Collection, Musee de Joliette, Jolliette, CA
1998 Israel 50-Anniversary of a Nation, C.N.E. Exhibition Hall, Toronto, CA
1998 2D x 3D, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, US
1998 The City as Landscape, The Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, US
1998 Selected Works, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1998 Summer Exhibition, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, US
1997 Event, 197 Spadina, Toronto, CA
1997 Works on Paper, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1997 Event, Thielsen Gallery, London, CA
1997 The Sculpture Project, London Regional Art Museum, London, CA
1996 Inaugural Exhibition, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1996 The Boat Show, Canadian Artists – A Nautical Look, Art Gallery of North York, North York, CA
1996 Seminal Sculpture of the School of London, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, US
1995 Chinese New Year, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1995 At The Edge Of The Sign, Galerie Felixe Jeneweina, Kutne Hore, CZ
1994 20 x 20, Forest City Gallery, London, CA
1994 The Collector #2, Daniel Donovan, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA
1993 Heart of London Revisited, London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1993 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1992 A Decade of Collecting, Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, CA
1992 Architecture, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA
1991 Water, Trenkmann Gallery, New York, CA
1990 Mapping, James B. Aird Gallery, Queen’s Park, Toronto, CA; London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1990 Escapade, Musee des Beaux Arts, Sherbrooke, CA
1990 London Sculpture on Site, London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1989 Elgin Area Artists, Art Gallery of Elgin, St. Thomas, CA
1987 20/20 Gallery, London, CA
1987 London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1987 Centricity Gallery, London, CA
1986 Forest City Gallery, London, CA
1985 Works of Art and Scholarship, McIntosh Gallery, U.W.O., London, CA
1985 Works on Paper, Embassy Cultural House, London, CA
1985 Art Bank Presents, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, CA
1985 Sculptor’s Drawings, Diane Brown Gallery, New York, US
1984 Matter For Consideration, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
1984 Associations From Paper to Object, London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1983 Prepaid Miniature Art Sale, London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1983 Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA
1982 Art for Architecture, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, CA
1982 MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, CA
1982 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CA
1982 Collection of U.W.O., Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, CA
1982 Small Sculpture, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, CA
1982 Art Bank Sculpture, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, CA
1980 London Regional Art, London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
1980 Forest City Art Gallery, London, CA
1980 National Art Centre, Ottawa, CA
1980 Contemporary Canadian Sculpture 1950-1980, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, CA
1978 Performance, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, CA
1978 Sculpture Outdoors, Queen’s University, Kingston, CA
1978 Aspects of Sculpture, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, CA
1977 Art Fiera, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Bologna, IT
1976 Selected Sculpture London, London Art Gallery, London, CA
1975 Carmen Lamanna Gallery at Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, CA
1974 Contemporary Ontario Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA
1972 Recent Vanguard Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA
1972 Diversity Canada East, Norman Mackenzie Gallery, Regina, CA
1972 Five Canadians, Ukrainian Institute of Art, Chicago, US
1971 49th Parallels, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, US
1971 Contemporary Museum of Art, Chicago, US
1971 New Media Art, CNE, Toronto, CA
1971 Summer Projects, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, US
1971 Henri Gallery, Washington, DC, US
1971 Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, US
1970 Third International Pioneer Gallery Exhibition, Musee Cantonal, Lausanne, CH
1970 Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris, FR
1970 Monuments ’70, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
1970 Winters College, York University, Toronto, CA
1970 3D Into The ’70s – Sensory Perception, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, CA
1970 Canadian Cross Sections, Rothman’s Art Gallery, Stratford, CA
1969 A Plastic Presence, Jewish Museum, New York, US
1969 Milwaukee Arts Centre, Milwaukee, US
1969 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, US
1969 Tendence Actuelles, Galerie de France, Paris, FR
1969 National Arts Centre, Ottawa, CA
1969 Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
1969 The Wall and Architecture, The National Art Gallery of Canada (touring)
1968 Survey ’68, Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal, CA
1968 10 Sculptors, Rothman’s Art Gallery, Stratford, CA
1968 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CA
1967 Heart of London, The National Gallery of Canada (touring), Ottawa, CA
1967 Ontario Centennial Exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA
1966 Boyle, Zelenak, Redinger, University of Western Ontario, London, CA
1965 Western Art League, London Public Library and Art Gallery, London, CA
1962 Coffey Gallery, Houston, US
1961 Helbing Gallery, Fort Worth, US
Art Fairs
1992 Expo ’92, Seville, ES
Collections
Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, CH
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA
Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, US
Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague, CZ
The Donovan Collection, Toronto, CA
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA
Ukrainian Institute of Art, Chicago, US
Appleton Museum, Ocala, US
The Ukrainian Museum, New York, US
Albright College Freeman Gallery, Reading, US
Carleton College, Northfield, US
De Paul University Art Gallery, Chicago, US
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, CA
R.E. Willson Art Gallery, Huntington University, Huntington, US
Dennos Art Museum, Traverse City, US
Samek Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, US
Wright State University Galleries, Dayton, US
Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, US
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, US
Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, CA
York University, Downsview, CA
London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
Rothman’s Art Gallery, Stratford, CA
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, CA
McIntosh Gallery, U.W.O., London, CA
Department of Public Works, Federal, Ottawa, CA
Department of Public Works, Provincial,Toronto, CA
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, CA
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA
Art Gallery of Elgin, St. Thomas, AC
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, CA
Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, CA
Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, CA
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, CA
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, CA
Concordia Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, CA
Art Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, CA
Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, CA
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, CA
Lynnwood Art Centre, Simcoe, CA
Musee de Joliette, Joliette, CA
Art Gallery of North York, North York, CA
Commissions
1978 Provincial Courthouse, Kitchener, CA
1977 Federal Building, Toronto, CA
1976 Federal Building, London, CA
1973 Food and Drug Laboratory, Toronto, CA
1973 Carleton College, Northfield, US
Lectures
1998 Fanshawe College, London, CA
1994 Museum London, London, CA
1992 Mount Allison University, Sackville, CA
1989 University of Windsor, Windsor, CA
1987 University of Western Ontario, London, CA
1986 University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
1975 University of Oklahoma, Norman, US
1973 Carleton College, Northfield, US
Selected Articles and Reviews
2015 John Bentley Mays, Dr. Lorenzo Buj, Cassandra Getty, Ed Zelenak: Divining the Immeasurable, Museum London Catalogue, 2015
2015 Nina Home Doherty, Exhibition Review, Museum London, The London Yodeller, Arts and Books, June 20, 2015
2014 John K. Grande, “Toronto – Ed Zelenak: Christopher Cutts Gallery”, Sculpture Magazine, March 2014, Vol. 33/No.2
2010 Sky Gooden, “Opening Exhibitions – Ed Zelenak”, Canadian Art, Fall, 2010,
2010 Mary Ann Colihan, “Arts in London”, Beat Magazine, Sept., 2010, Issue 12
2009 Kim Russo, “About Sensing”, Santa Fe Journal, January, 2009
2009 Orin Zelenak, “Ed Zelenak: Objects in Process”
2008 John K. Grande, Art Allsorts: Writings on Art & Artists, Montreal, Random Tree Editions – Go If Press, c2008, ISBN 0969646569; ISBN 978096964656
2007 John K. Grande, “Mapping The Allegory”, Sculpture Magazine, Jun 2007, Vol.26/No.5
2005 Walter Klepac, introduction by Susan Miller and Orin Zelenak, “The Iconography of Ed Zelenak”
2004 John K. Grande, “Exhibition Review, Christopher Cutts Gallery”, Vie des Arts, Spring 2004, No.194
2003 Gary Michael Dault, Exhibition Review, Christopher Cutts Gallery”, Globe and Mail, Dec. 20, 2003
2000 Don Brackett, “Exhibition Review, Cutts Gallery”, Canadian Art, Winter, 2000
1999 Sandra Coulson, “Divining Truths, Elgin Art Gallery” London Free Press, Feb. 21, 1999
1997 Tom Moody, “Seminal Sculpture of the School of London”, Sculpture Magazine, Jan. 1997, Vol.16/No.1
1997 R. Rubinstein, “Redinger, Bonham and Zelenak at Mitchell Algus”, Art in America, Jan. 1997, Vol. 85/Issue 1, pp. 95-96
1996 Olaf Hanel, “Exhibition Review, Czech Museum of Modern Art”, Atelier Magazine, 1996, No.1
1996 Stuart Servetar, “Seminal Sculpture of the School of London”, Time Out, New York, Sept. 26-Oct. 3, 1996
1994 John Bentley Mays, “Exhibition Review, Christopher Cutts Gallery”, Globe and Mail, Nov. 19, 1994
1993 John Bentley Mays, “Exhibition Review Cutts Gallery”, Globe and Mail, Sept. 24, 1993
1992 Chris Hume, “Exhibition Review Glendon Gallery”, Toronto Star, Jan. 31, 1992
1969 Barry Lord, “Three Young Canadians”, Art in America, Jan.-Feb., Vol.57/No.1, pp. 87-91
Publications
2015 Ed Zelenak: Divining the Immeasurable, Museum London, (Aylmer Press, 2015)
2006 Ed Zelenak, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Cultural Centre, Chatham ON, (touring) 2006 author Lorenzo Buj
1988-1976 Finding a Place, Selected Works 1976-1988, London Regional Art Gallery, London ON, (presently Museum London), author Marnie Fleming
1984 Matter For Consideration, The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto ON, 1984 author Richard Sinclair
1981 Recent Wallworks and Sculptures, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon SK, 1981 author Phillip Monk
Book Inclusions
2008 John K. Grande, Art Alsorts: Writings on Art & Artists, Montreal, Random Tree Editions – Go If Press, c2008, ISBN 0969646569; ISBN 978096964656
