John Macgregor (1944 – 2019, United Kingdom)
Education
Central Technical School, Toronto, CA
Select Solo Exhibitions
2013 Reflections on Time, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011 Beyond the Constraints of Time, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2001 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1999 Gallery Lambton, Sarnia CA
1998 New Works, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1997 Loon Studios, Parry Sound, CA
1996 360 Restaurant, C.N. Tower, Toronto, CA
1995 Artalogue, Toronto, CA
1995 Art of the 90’s Group
1995 Starkman Fine Arts, Toronto, CA
1994 Grimsby Art Gallery, Grimsby, CA
1994 Manulife Centre, Toronto, CA
1994 Art Gallery of Peel, CA
1994 Algoma Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, CA
1994 Stratford Art Gallery, Stratford, CA
1993 Lynwood Art Centre, Simcoe, CA
1993 National Exhibition Centre, Timmins, CA
1993 McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, CA
1993 Starkman Fine Arts, Toronto, CA
1992 Kenneith Gallery, Sarnia, CA
1992 Starkman Fine Arts, Toronto, CA
1991 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1990 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1990 Art of the 90’s Show, Toronto, CA
1987 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1986 Moore Gallery, Hamilton, CA
1986 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1986 Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, CA
1984 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1983 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, John MacGregor, A Survey, Victoria, B.C.. Traveled to: York University, Toronto; Confederation Museum and Art Gallery, Charlottetown, New Brunswick and Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal
1982 North Bay Gallery, North Bay, CA
1982 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1981 Time Tunnel Gallery, Windsor, CA
1979 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1977 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1975 Gallery Graphics, Ottawa, CA
1975 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1974 Petrolia, CA
1974 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1973 Gallery III, Montreal, CA
1973 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1972 Chatham Gallery, Chatham CA
1972 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1970 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1968 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, CA
1967 Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2015 Director’s Choice 1, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2013 Summer Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011 Christmas Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011 Painting: Toronto’s Modern Masters, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2006 Abstract Painting, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2000 Group Show (office), Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1999 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, CA
1998 Rodman Hall Arts Centre, The Eight, St. Catherines, CA
1997 Loon Studios, Parry Sound, CA
1995 Hart House, “Eight”, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
1995 Rodman Hall Art Gallery, St.Catherines, CA
1994 The McGill Club, Toronto, CA
1994 Gallery Lambton, “Eight”, Sarnia CA
1994 Victoria College, “Eight”, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
1993 Petrolia, CA
1993 Starkman Fine Arts, Toronto, CA
1992 Expo ‘92, Seville, ES
1992 Ader Tajan, Paris, FR
1992 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
1991 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Christmas Show, Toronto, CA
1991 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Group 91, Toronto, CA
1991 Extension Gallery, “Spectrum”, Toronto, CA
1990 Market Gallery, Kingston, CA
1989 Christopher J. Cutts, Fine Art Ltd, Christmas Exhibition, Toronto, CA
1989 Commodore Gallery, Toronto, CA
1989 Going to the Walls, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA
1988 Christopher J. Cutts, Fine Art Ltd., Christmas Exhibition, Toronto, CA
1986 The Artist Maquette, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
1986 Gallerie Esperanza, Montreal, CA
1984-85 Lynnwood Art Center, Simcoe, CA
1984 The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, Hearts, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
1983 Chromazone, Chromaliving, Toronto, CA
1983 Festival of Sound, Parry Sound, CA
1981 Harbourfront Art Gallery, Canadian Securities, Toronto, CA
1979 Stratford Art Gallery, Twentieth Century Canadian Drawing, Stratford, CA
1978 Art Gallery of Ontario, Six Artists, Toronto, CA
1977 Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Making Marks, Regina, CA
1977 Harbourfront Art Gallery, Selecting & Collecting, (PADAC), Toronto, CA
1977 London Art Gallery, London, CA
1976 MacKenzie Art Gallery, Word & Images, Trent University, CA
1976 McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, CA
1975 Art Gallery of Ontario, Chairs, Toronto, CA
1974 The Isaacs Gallery at the Owners Gallery, Sackville, CA
1973 Trajectory, Paris, FR
1973 Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Diversity Canada East, Regina, 1972, CA
1973 Musée d’ Art Moderne, Yugoslavia, YU
1973 C.N.D. Art Gallery, Artario ’72, Province of Ontario Council for the Arts, CA
1971 Art Gallery of Hamilton, 22nd Annual Exhibition, Hamilton, CA
London Art Gallery, Graphics Exhibition, London, CA
Art Gallery of Ontario, Signs & Symbols, Toronto, CA
1970 Art Gallery of Ontario, 3-D Into The 70’s, Traveling Exhibition.
1970 Institute of Contemporary Art, Works on Paper-Drawing Reconsidered, Boston, Massachusetts, US
1970 Art Gallery of Ontario & Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Survey ’70 \Realism (e)s Toronto & Montreal, CA
1970 Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
1969-70 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, CA
1968 Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg, CA
Willisted Art Gallery, Windsor, CA
National Gallery of Canada Competition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Artist ’68, Toronto, CA
1967 Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario Centennial Purchase Exhibition, Toronto, CA
The Isaacs Gallery, Two-Man Show, Toronto, CA
1966 The Isaacs Gallery, Eight New Toronto Painters & Sculptors, Toronto, CA
1965 Jack Pollock Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
1964 The Gladstone Public Library, Toronto, CA
Biennials
1994 IV Bienal Internacional, Cuenca Ecuador, EC
1975 Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby Print Biennial, Burnaby, CA
1973 Bienal Americana de Arts Graphica Exhibition II, Columbia, CO
Select Collections
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA
The Vancouver Art Gallery, CA
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, CA
Owens Art Gallery, CA
Rothman’s Art Gallery, Stratford, CA
London Regional Art Gallery, London, CA
Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, CA
Art Gallery of Brant, Brant, CA
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, CA
Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, CA
Sarnia Public Library & Art Gallery, Sarnia, CA
University of Western, CA
University of Guelph
Sir George Williams University
Ministry of External Affairs
Provincial Government of Ontario
Air Canada
DuPont Canada
Canadian Paraplegic Association
General Foods
Corporate Foods Limited
C.I.L. Inc.
Swiss Bank Corp. (Canada)
Aird & Berlis
McCarthy & McCarthy
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell
Gowling, Strathy & Henderson
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
The Canada Council, Ottawa
Bibliography
Art Post. (review) November, 1983.
Arts Canada. (illustrated) winter 1975.
Arts Magazine. (review)3:20, Fall. 1972.
Arts West. (illustrated) 8:7 October 1983.
Aurandt, David. The Flowering of Time. 1996.
MacGregor Sculpture. Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Art Gallery. 1986.
Bates, C. “Talent to bank on,” Globe & Mail. October 13, 1973.
Bellerby, Greg. MacGregor: A Survey. Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. 1983.
Canadian Art. (review) Summer, 1986.
Dault, G.M. “New show delight.” Toronto Star. 1977.
Globe & Mail. (review) September 29, 1983.
Globe & Mail. (review) October 8, 1979.
Globe & Mail. (review) December 22, 1978.
Globe & Mail. (illustrated review) December 3, 1977.
Globe & Mail. “Murals of our times,” June 4, 1977.
Globe & Mail. “Subway artist Unveiled,” January 31, 1976.
Globe & Mail. (review) November 24, 1973.
Globe & Mail.”Explicit Symbols”. October 19, 1967.
Globe & Mail. “Debut for two young artists,” February 11, 1967.
Humes, Christopher. “Message in medium”, Toronto Star. October 1, 1990.
Kuspit, D.B., “Exotic Modernism, Toronto,” Vanguard. November. 1980.
Morris, Joanne. Eight. Sarnia: Sarnia Gallery. 1994.
Morris, J., One Hundred Years of Canadian Drawing. 1980
Murray, Joan. Painter as Time Traveler. Oshawa: Robert McLaughlin Gallery. 1993.
Best in Canadian Contemporary Art. Edmonton: Hurtig. 1987.
Canadian Art In the 20th Century. 1999
Observer. “Provinces Finest Artists,” April, 1994.
Rodman Hall Arts Centre. Eight. St. Catherines: Rodman Hall Art Centre. 1998.
Saturday Night. “The Fantasy World of John MacGregor,” 1971
Somers, David. (review) Art Focus. Fall 1994.
Tajan, Alder. Art Gallery Contemporain du Canada. Paris: Alder Tajan. 1992.
Toronto Star. “Time on MacGregor’s Side”, February 2, 1996.
Toronto Star. (illustrated review) September 15, 1978.
Toronto Star. (illustrated review) January 31, 1976.
Toupin, Giles. “Le Phenomne MacGregor,” La Press Montreal. 1973.
Vanguard. “Works in Progress”. 1:8 1986.
Vie Des Art. (illustrated). 54;35. 1969
Commissions
1996 Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St.Catherines (sculpture), CA
1996 Mr. Tannenbaum (sculpture)
1995 Timothy’s Coffees of the World, New York (sculptures), US
1994 Product Art, (ceramics)
1977 Artinvest Corporation, Canadian Tapestries.
1976 Gallery One, Toronto, CA
Queen’s University, Kingston, CA
