A
CHRONOLOGY
OF WEST COAST SURREALIST ART: 1993 - 2012
1993:
Ladislav Guderna solo exhibition, Threshold Gallery, Vancouver
Ladislav
Guderna: Lovers, oil,1982
-Al Neil: Rene Daumal Portrait Series, solo exhibition,
Atelier
Gallery, Vancouver
Al Neil: Rene
Daumal,
Portrait Series, solo
exhibition, Atelier Gallery
Lori-ann Latremouille exhibits
in Florida, Seattle, Portland, and with
the Simon Patrich Gallery in Vancouver.
Lori-Ann
Latremouille:
Bluebird, charcoal and pastel, 1993
1994
Phases of Desire, an international group exhibition, organized
by Phases, Paris.includes work by L.Guderna, Michael Bullock and Gregg Simpson at
CASE Gallery, Skidmore College,
Saratoga
Springs, New York
Michael Bullock, from
the back cover of The Walled
Garden, A Fantasia, 1994
Constellations: Surrealism and its Affinities
(the collection of
Michel
P. Christensen), Carleton
University Gallery.
This long time supporter of the west coast surrealists
exhibited
works from his
collection by Ladislav Guderna, Ted
Kingan and Gregg Simpson with other Canadian artists such
as Tony Urquhart, Leon Bellefleur, William
Ronald, Jack Shadbolt and such 20th cen. masters as
Miro,
Picasso,
Matta, Giacometti, Henry Moore and others.
Robert
Davidson: Goddess, oil on
camvas,1993
1995
Ladislav Guderna exhibited with Phases at the Galerie Lumiere Noir,
Montreal.
Dessin Automatiste 1945-95,
organized by Phases (includes work by Gregg Simpson) shown at Espace
Arts Plastiques, College Publique,
Plouec-sur-Lié, Brittany.
Gregg Simpson: Blue
Idol, oil, 1995
1996
Dessin Automatiste 1945-95 exhibited in College Camille
Claudel,
St.Quay-Portrieux, France
Doctoral Thesis by Yves M. Laroque, L'Idee
du Surrealisme au Canada Anglais, presented at the Sorbonne,
Paris.
1997 - 1998
José Pierre begins work on CD ROM version of L'Univers
Surrealiste
and plans a comprehensive exhibition for Paris in 1999.
Maldoror Park , Diversité Surréaliste 1935-1995
(group exhibition, including Ladislav Guderna and Gregg Simpson with Wifredo Lam, Jacques Herold,
Kurt Seligmann, Pierre
Alechinsky
and others)
at the Centre d'Exposition, Université de
Montréal, Montreal,
Québec.
Exhibition is organized by Gilles Petitclerc, utilizing works
from the collection of Edouard Jaguer, founder of the Phases Movement.
1999
Passing of José Pierre in May
Continental
Drift, the Surrealist Influence Simon Patrich
Gallery,
Vancouver included: Lori-Ann Latremouille, Martin Honisch,
Ladisalv
Guderna, Gregg Simpson, Edwin Varney, Martin Guderna,
David Cochrane
and
Davide Pan.
Ladislav Guderna: Transcience
(exhibition
invitation)
tempera, 1996
-Sarane Alexandrian includes Gregg Simpson's work in
Superiore
Inconnu,
Paris.
-Passing of Ladislav Guderna in October. His
son, Martin creates
an
online gallery featuring
the
life and work of Ladislav Guderna.
2000:
Gregg Simpson exhibits
frottage drawings in the Salle du Couvent, Seillans, France, last home
of Max Ernst. The Salle du Couvent is located next to the
Max Ernst/Dorothea Tanning Archives.
2002:
West Coast Dreamers,
Exhibition Centre, Harrison Hot
Springs,
B.C. included Robert Davidson, Leo Labelle, Pnina
Granirer, Martin Guderna, Gregg
Simpson, Ricardo Spinace, and Lunar Suede.
2003:
Michel P. Christensen:
Mary at the Altar
of the Brain-Bending Sex Hormone
Collage from the journal, Exile, 2001 by Michel
Christensen, formerly of the National Museums of Canada is a
major collector of the West Coast Surrealists
who now makes collages for
publications, such as Parrot Fever,
with Joe Rosenblatt.
2004:
Gregg Simpson
exhibits with
Amy Ernst in
Contemporary Surrealism at
Gallery Zero in Barcelona, Spain. They have
subsequently exhibited together at the Carteret Gallery, in
Morehead
City, North Carolina.
2005:
A group exhibition was held at
the
Fundacion/ Museo Granell in
Santiago de Compostela, Spain entitled
West
Coast Surreal, A
Canadian Perspective co-organized with director, Natalia
Segarra.
The exhibition, part of a series of
surrealist groups worldwide, featured the work of
Gregg Simpson, Pnina
Granirer, Martin Guderna and Gordon Payne.
Figurations
Abstrait at the Maison des Artistes, Chateau
Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France ( group exhibition
conceived and organized by Gregg Simpson).
It includes the works of
Gregg
Simpson, Pnina Granirer, Martin Guderna and
with Swedish
painter,
Echi Aaberg and
Tristan
Bastit, a Breton
artist, living in Paris.
2006:
A second version of
West Coast Surreal is held
at the
Grand Forks Art
Gallery,
Grand Forks, British
Columbia
with works by
Gregg Simpson, Pnina
Granirer, Martin Guderna and Gordon
Payne.
2007:
Viagem a Arcturus, Um
Postal Para Mario Cesariny, Museu Vermhelho, Estremoz, Portugal
includes works by Martin Guderna and
Gregg Simpson.
2008:
Reverso
Do
Olhar: Exposiçâo Internacional de
Surréalismo Actual,
Casa da Cultura, Coimbra, Portugal includes works by
Pnina
Granirer and Gregg Simpson
2009:
El
Umbral
Secreto: Ecuentro Internacional de Surrealismo
Actual, Museo Soledad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile;
toured to
Valpraiso
and Talca,
Chile. Included were works by
Martin
Guderna, Leo Labelle,
Lore Ann Latremouille Gregg Simpson and
Pnina Granirer. Their works are now
in the collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts,
Santiago, Chile.
2010:
Cornucopia
(collective works done by
Gregg Simpson, Rik Lina and John Welson
begins.
2012:
Surrealism
2012: Toward the
World of the Fifth Sun at the
Goggle
Art Centre,
201 Washington Street, Reading,
Pennsylvania, includes
two works by Gregg Simpson. and
collective works
by Simpson, Rik Lina and John Welson.
Gregg Simpson: The Wizard, acrylic on canvas, 30"
sq., 2009
2012-2013
Gregg Simpson: The
Atlantean Years,
1970-1975
Fundacion-Museo Granell,
Santiago de Compostela, Spain (several
of Simpson's works added to their permanent collection)
2012-2013: Museu
Municipal Dom Dinis, Estremoz and the Regional Museum de Beja, Portugal
This chronology is constantly
being
updated. There will eventually be reviews and other materials
accessible
through this site.
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