Rhonda Weppler

Curriculum Vitae

Solo Exhibitions
2018
Endless Feast, Community Arts Initiative Artist Project, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2017
The Guest's Shadow, Susan Hobbs, Toronto, ON
2015
Project Space, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014
Walks, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
Veneers, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2013
Orange Coast College Photography Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Acme Project Space, London, UK
2012
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON
2010
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2009
String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY
Darling Foundry, Montreal, QC
Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
2008
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC (catalogue)
2007
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2006
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON (catalogue)
Rodman Hall, Brock University, St Catharines, ON (catalogue)
Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC (catalogue)
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB (catalogue)
2005
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
Solo exhibitions from 2004 onwards are collaborative with with Trevor Mahovsky
Group Exhibitions
2018
The Closer Together Things Are, Owens Art Gallery (Sackville), Southern Alberta Art Gallery (Lethbridge) and St Mary’s University Art Gallery (Halifax)
2017
The Closer Together Things Are, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2016
Petit Nuit, Nuit Blanche, Edmonton, AB
Militant Nostalgia – Where History Meets Memory, program of curator Paco Barragan, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
Facetime: Contemporary Portraiture, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
Ghost, The Luminary, St Louis, MO
Baleful, curated by Ben Portis, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Nowhere Everywhere, Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, Australia
2015
InLight, Virginia Museum of Fine Art grounds, organized by 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
All Together Now, Aurora, program of curator Aja Martin, Dallas, TX
Group 6: the Canadian Forces Artists Program, Diefenbunker, Ottawa, ON (catalogue)
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney, Australia
Botanica: All Things Plant Life, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (Weppler)
Ultra-sensitive eyeballs tracing a silvery wake from purple to blue, Garden Avenue, Toronto, ON (catalogue)
Obsidere, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
Inside, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, ON
2014
Art Bank Exposé: A selection of artworks from the Canada Council Art Bank, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto
Dlectricity, Nuit Blanche Detroit, MI
Artists at Glenfiddich 2014, Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Scotland
Wabi Sabi, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
Pop Explosion, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Lure, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Collages: Gesture and Fragments, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, QC
The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2014, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
2013
Ojai Art Festival, Ojai, CA
Free Association, Flux Night, program of curator Helena Reckitt, Flux Projects, Atlanta, GA
The Open West, Newark Park, Gloucestershire, UK
Persuasive Visions: 17th Century Dutch and Flemish Masterworks and Contemporary Reflections, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
Almost Together, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA
Art Souterrain, Montreal, QC
Shine, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON
Flatlanders and Surface Dwellers, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM (catalogue)
Pop Effects, Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arnold, MD
Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Artcite, Windsor, ON
2012
Bodies and Buildings, Nuit Blanche, program of curator Christina Ritchie, Toronto, ON
Soft: works from the permanent collection, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Material World, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS (catalogue)
2011
Barroco Nova, Artlab, University of Western Ontario, London, ON (catalogue)
Viva Voce, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Sheridan, Mississauga, ON
Like Some Pool of Fire, Open Space, Victoria, BC (catalogue)
2010
No Windows, Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC
It is what it is, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Triumphant Carrot: The Persistence of Still Life, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Here in My Car, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
2009
Nothing to Declare: Recent Sculpture from Canada, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
Cubes, Blocks and Other Spaces, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC
Auto: Sueño y Materia [Auto: Dream and Matter], Dos De Mayo Art Center, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
So Fake They’ll Think It’s Real, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, curated by 18k Gold Tone
Auto: Sueño y Materia, Laboral Centro de Arte, Gijon, Spain (catalogue)
Man’s Ruin, Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON
Blue Like an Orange, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
How Soon is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
2008
Drifting, Slowly, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Galerie d'Art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, QC
Comic Relief, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
2007
Model Behavior, Organism, Portland, OR
Fun House, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
AUTObiographies, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2006
Beholding the Tranquil Beauty and Brilliancy of the Ocean's Skin…, Bodger's and Kludger's, Vancouver, BC
Readymade Map, +gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Many Shades of the Departed…, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON
Readymade Map, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Berlin/Toronto Exchange, loop-raum fur actuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
Off Grid, Ottawa Art Gallery, ON
2004
Berlin/Toronto Exchange, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Art Hypermarkets: Contesting Consumerism, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Domicile, Centre On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2003
Commodious Evolution, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, ON
Saturday Society, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Test Kitchen, Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Cerve, Eastern Edge, St John’s, NF
2002
Tunnel, Artcite, Windsor, ON
2001
Genodrift, The Photographer’s Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Homebody, Alternator, Kelowna, BC
1996
Fancy, Contemporary Gallery, Ontario Textile Museum, Toronto, ON
Most group exhibitions from 2005 onwards are collaborative with with Trevor Mahovsky
Public Works
2016
The Commuters, TTC commission for St Clair West Station, Toronto, ON
Northern Lites Minimart, commission for Nuit Blanche, Edmonton, AB
The Gathering, donated to City of Richmond, BC and installed on grounds of Branscombe House, created during Branscombe House Residency community workshops, in collaboration with local residents
2015
Watch Seller, Translink commission for Main Street/Science World Skytrain station, Vancouver
Museum of Broken Watches, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON, Temporary Contemporary program
Midnight Star Market, commission for Aurora, Dallas, TX
2014–19
Lead Artist, Seylynn Village, Denna Homes multi-phase commission, North Vancouver
2014
Late Night D-Lite, commission for Dlectricity, Detroit, MI
2013
Late Night Convenience, Flux Projects commission for Flux Night Atlanta
2012
All Night Convenience, City of Toronto for Nuit Blanche
A False Creek, City of Vancouver commission for Cambie Bridge pilings and Cooper’s Park
2011–14
Idea for a Trellis, Concert Properties commission for 1308 Hornby, Vancouver
2011
Found and Lost (Vancouver), City of Vancouver commission for Platforms program
Public works are collaborative with with Trevor Mahovsky, except The Gathering
Collections
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Canada Council Art Bank
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Kamloops Art Gallery
Kamm Foundation, Sparta, North Carolina
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery
Musée d’art Contemporain de Montreal
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Vancouver Art Gallery
William H Grant & Sons, UK
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__________, "Spinning Wheels", Gillian Collyer, Marla Hlady, Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, catalogue, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, 2004
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Residencies/Awards
2018
NARS, Brooklyn, NY
2017–18
Community Arts Initiative Artist Project, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2017
Artist in Residence, MFA Art Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2016
Branscombe House, Richmond, BC
2015
Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Canadian Forces Artist Program
2014
Glenfiddich Prize, Dufftown, Scotland
2013
Residency, Acme Studios, London, UK
2011
Residency, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2010
Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts
2009
Sobey Award Longlist
Residency, Darling Foundry, Montréal, QC
2008
Mayor’s Award, City of Vancouver (selected by Liz Magor)
2006
Residency, ISCP, New York
2005
City of Vancouver Artist Studio Award
2003
Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts
2002
Gibraltar Point Residency, Toronto Artscape
2000
Vancouver Arts Development Award
1999
Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts
Education
1998
MFA, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1996
BA (Honors), Specialization in Fine Art and Art History, Major in Psychology, University of Toronto
1995
Diploma of Fine Art Studio, Sheridan College, Toronto