Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art  
Katja Jacobs

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004         Moore Gallery, Toronto
2003         Moore Gallery, Toronto
2001         Moore Gallery, Toronto
2000         Moore Gallery, Toronto
1998         Moore Gallery, Toronto
1997         Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto
1997         Shirley Fiterman Gallery, New York
1996         The Toronto Carpet Factory, Toronto
1996         Blackwood Gallery, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Etobicoke, Ontario
1996         Costin and Klintworth Gallery, Toronto
1996         Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto
1994         David Mirvish Books on Art, Toronto
1992         Moore Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1990         Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
1988         Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
1988         49th Parallel, New York
1987         Gallery One, Toronto
1987         Eve Cohen Gallery, Chicago
1986         Galerie Don Stewart, Montreal
1986         Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
1986         Gallery One, Toronto
1985         Galerie Don Stewart, Montreal
1984         Galerie Jolliet, Montreal
1984         Gallery One, Toronto
1984         Ontario House, London, England
1984         Air Gallery, London, England
1983         Gallery One, Toronto
1982         Galerie Jolliet, Montreal
1981         Galerie Jolliet, Quebec City
1981         Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1981         Gallery Moos, Calgary
1981         Gallery 0, Toronto
1981         Factory 77, Toronto
1980         Gallery 0, Toronto
1980         Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto
1980         McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
1976         Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto
1974         Ontario Society of Architects, Toronto
1972         Pennell Gallery, Toronto
1970         Merton Gallery, Toronto
1967         Erindale College, University of Toronto, Etobicoke, Ontario
1965         Albert White Gallery, Toronto
1964         Upstairs Gallery, Toronto

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002         Case Studies, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2001         Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
2001         Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
1998         Abstraction Now, Gallery One, Toronto
1997         Bookworks 11, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto
1997         Moore Gallery, Toronto
1997         C-Magazine at Lonsdale Gallery
1996         Inner Landscapes, Gallery One, Toronto
1996         La Tour du Roi René, Marseille
1995         Triangle France, Marseille
1995         Bookworks, David Mirvish Books on Art, Toronto
1993         Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen´s University, Kingston
1992         Moore Gallery, Hamilton
1989         Concordia University, Montreal
1989         Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Toronto
1989         Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
1987         Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
1987         Art-Triangle, Casa de la Caritat, Barcelona
1986         Going to the Walls, A Space, Toronto
1985         Going to the Walls, Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
1985         Toronto Now, Sarnia Public Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario
1985         Contemporary Canadian Paintings, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1983         1978/ 83, Gallery One, Toronto
1983         Critics´ Choice, Art Gallery of Ontario Art Rental, Toronto
1983         Selections of the Westburne Collection, Edmonton Art Gallery (touring exhibition)
1981         Toronto/ New York: Art Toronto 1981, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1981         Factory 77, Toronto
1981         Koffler Centre for the Arts, Toronto
1981         Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto
1981         Galerie Jolliet, Montreal
1980         Factory 77, Toronto
1980         Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto
1980         Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
1980         Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1979         Factory 77, Toronto

INSTALLATIONS

2004         Memorymap/window, 752 Queen St. W., Toronto
2002         Found Object/Gentle Transformations, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2001         Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2000         Memorymap/Memorytheatre, Artword Theatre, Toronto
1997         Memorymap/Exile, Shirley Fiterman Gallery, New York
1997         Memorymap/Biography, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto
1996         Memorymap/ History of a Building, The Toronto Carpet Factory (solo)
1996         Memorymap/ The Chambers of the Heart, Blackwood Gallery, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Etobicoke, Ontario (solo)
1996         Memorymap/ Memoryroom, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto (solo)
1995         Memorymap/ Excavation, Ecole d´Art de Luminy, Marseille, France (group)
1995         Memorymap/ Bookwork, David Mirvish Books on Art, Toronto (group)

TEACHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

2002         Curator: Case Studies. Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
1998         Jury member, Ontario Arts Council
1997         Juror, Toronto City Hall Outdoor Exhibition
1997         Curator: "Bookworks II". Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto
1996         Artist-lecturer, Sheridan College, Oakville
1995         Panel member Triangle France, Marseilles
1995         Curator: "Bookworks". David Mirvish Books on Art, Toronto
1993         Artist-in-residence: "Symposium de la Jeune Peinture." Baie St. Paul, Quebec
1993         Artist-lecturer, "Hear to See, Part 2". Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston
1993         Artist-lecturer, Toronto School of Art
1992         Artist-lecturer, Visual Arts Ontario (Artists' Seminar Series), Toronto
1991         Juror, BFA graduating class exhibit, Queen's University, Kingston
1991         Juror, Toronto City Hall Outdoor Exhibition
1989-90    Member, Toronto Public Art Commission; related jurying activities
1987-88    Painting Instructor, Toronto School of Art
1987         Jury member, Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
1986         Artist-in-residence, Toronto School of Art
1986         Panel member, "The Triangle Discussions," New York City
1985         Artist-lecturer, Beaverbrook Gallery, Frederickton
1985         Panel member, Art Gallery of Hamilton
1984         Artist-lecturer, Fanshawe College, London, ON
1984         Guest artist, Ottawa School of Art
1984         Guest artist, Dundas Valley School of Art
1984         Artist-lecturer, Ontario College of Art, Toronto
1984         Artist-lecturer, Erindale College, University of Toronto
1983         Artist-lecturer, Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
1983         Artist-in-residence, Open Studio, Toronto (summer)
1983         Artist-lecturer, Ontario College of Art, Toronto
1982         Artist-lecturer, Visual Arts Ontario (Artists' Seminar Series), Toronto
1982         Artist-lecturer, Ontario Association of Public Art Galleries, Toronto
1981         Lecturer (series): "Eight Women Artists in Canada", Hamilton Art Gallery
1980         Painting instructor, Art Gallery of Hamilton, adult classes
1980         Coordinator, Open Forum, "Art Education Today and Tomorrow", Factory 77, Toronto
1979-80    Board Member, Factory 77, Toronto
1977-78    Artist-in-residence (printmaker), Dundas Valley School of Art
1976-77    Painting and printmaking instructor, AGO Activity Centre, Toronto
1977-83    Participant in the "Artists with Their Work Programme", organized by the AGO extension services
1975-80    Participant in the "Creative Artists in Schools Programme", organized by the Ontario Arts Council

COLLECTIONS

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
The Collection of the City of Marseilles, Marseilles
Concordia University, Montreal
Government of Ontario Collection, Toronto
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
McKenzie Gallery, Regina
Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona
Musée d’art contemporain, Montreal
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
University of Toronto, Toronto

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Alcan, Montreal
Ciba-Geigy, Toronto
Cineplex Odeon
Goldfarb Consultants, Toronto
Guaranty Trust, Toronto
Imperial Oil
Petro Canada
Shell Canada
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Toronto Dominion Bank
Trilon Corporation, Toronto
United Westburne Industries
Xerox Inc., Canada

GRANTS/AWARDS

2001         Toronto Arts Council Grant
1997         Canada Coucil Grant
1995         Ontario Arts Council Grant
1989         Canada Council A-Grant
1988         Canada Council A-Grant
1982         Canada Council Grant
1981         Canada Council Grant

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Note: an asterisk (*) following an entry indicates an exhibition catalogue or brochure.

Art in Architecture. Toronto: Visual Arts Ontario, 1984.
Bayer, Fern. The Government of Ontario Collection. Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1985.
Beale, Nancy. "Jacobs Conveys Urban Primitivism in Bold Colours." Ottawa Citizen, 16 November 1984.
Berryman, Larry. "Katja Jacobs, John Scott, Air Gallery." Arts Review (London) (June 1984).
Burnett, David. A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto: Cineplex Odeon Corporation, 1989.
Burnett, David, and Marilyn Schiff. Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto and Edmonton: Art Gallery of Ontario and Hurtig Publishers, 1983.
"Deux generations d´art americain." Le Devoir (Montreal), 10 November 1984.
McAulay, Tony. "Katja Jacobs." Artists’ Review (Toronto) 3, no 6 (April 1980).
Mays, John Bentley. "More than Size to Huge Success of Jacobs´ Work." The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 9 May 1981.
Millington, Andrew. "Air Gallery, the Ontario Project." Art Line (London) (June 1984).
Oille, Jennifer. "Katja Jacobs, Art Gallery of Hamilton." Vanguard (Vancouver) (February 1982).
"Personal Bests." Canadian Art (Toronto) (Fall 1985).
"The Government of Ontario Collection." (Toronto) Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1985. (illustrated)
Tousley, Nancy. "Explosive Abstract Painter Draws on Printmaking Past." The Calgary Herald, 17 October 1981.
Wilkin, Karen. "Katja Jacobs at the 49th Parallel." Partisan Review 56, no. 1 (1989).
Wilkin, Karen. "Katja Jacobs at Visual Arts Ontario." Partisan Review (New York) 42, no. 3 (1996).
Wilkin, Karen. "Katja Jacobs: Recent Work." Artmagazine (Toronto) (Spring 1983).
Zack, Badanna. "Review: Katja Jacobs Show at Gallery 011." Artists’ Review (Toronto) 3, no. 6 (April 1980).