Sky Glabush (born 1970)[1] is a Canadian artist based in Southwestern Ontario.[2] He has created works in a number of media, but is best known as a painter. He is an associate professor of visual art at the University of Western Ontario. His work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.[3]
Sky Glabush | |
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| Born | August 26, 1970 Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada |
| Education | University of Saskatchewan, University of Alberta |
| Known for | Painter, Fabric artist |
Early life and education
editGlabush was born in Alert Bay, British Columbia.[1] He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan and a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta.[1] Glabush is a Baháʼí, and the Baháʼí Faith is significant to his work.[4]
Career
editIn 2006 Glabush began teaching art at the University of Western Ontario.[1] That year he held his first solo exhibition, Provisional Structures. In 2009 he exhibited Renting, a series of paintings of rental properties.[5]
Over the next several years Glabush created and exhibited artwork in a variety of media, including sculpture, pottery, weaving and large-scale paintings.[6] In 2016 he exhibited a series of neo-Modernist sculpture and tapestries at the Oakville Galleries,[6] as well as holding an exhibition of woven artworks in Norway.[7]
In 2020 Glabush travelled to Guyana, where he taught art to the inmates of prisons.[8][9] That year two of his large-scale paintings were added to the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.[3]
Exhibitions
editSolo shows
edit- Provisional Structures, University of Alberta, (2006)
- Homes for Canada, University of Manitoba (2007)
- Renting, MKG127, Toronto Ontario (2009)
- Background, MKG127, Toronto Ontario(2011)[10]
- The Kingdom on Names Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Ontario (2012)
- Display, MKG127, Toronto, Ontario (2014)[1]
- What is a self? Oakville Galleries, oakville, Ontario (2016)
- The Window is Also a Door, Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway (2016)
- A new Garden, MKG127, Toronto, Ontario (2017)
- The Valley of Love, Clint Roenisch, Toronto, Ontario (2018)
- Projet Pangée, Montreal, Quebec (2018)
- The Structure of Painting, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2020)
- The Caged Lark, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2021)
- Weight of Light, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2021)
Group shows
edit- Here and Now (2005)
- Canada Calling (2006)
- Hinterland (2008)
- Allure of the Local (2009)
- A Sudden Frost (2010)
- The Painting Project (2013)
- Go Figure (2011)
- Untitled Art Show (2014)
- Stellar Living (2015)
- Again, and Again (2017)
- A Home in the Country (2018)
- Thinking with My Hands (2018)
- From Within (2020)
- Unnatural Nature (2022)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Brain, Body, Hands: Meet Sky Glabush, Canada's Most Restless Painter". Canadian Art Magazine, April 26, 2013. by David Balzer
- ^ "In Studio: Sky Glabush, A New Garden". Toronto Star, Murray Whyte, Jan. 7, 2017
- ^ a b "Sky Glabush Paints the Story", National Gallery of Canada Magazine, Chris Hampton, January 28, 2020
- ^ "Sky Glabush: Faith in Gesture". Canadian Art Magazine, April 1, 2014. by David Balzer
- ^ "A Conversation With Sky Glabush". White Hopt Magazine, April 2020. by Matthew Smith
- ^ a b "In Search of Himself: Sky Glabush’s Mimetic Practice Drifts Into the Neo-Modernist Trend". MOMUS, By Sky Goodden • Reviews• March 14, 2016
- ^ "Floating Carpets". Contemporary Art Stavange, October 14, 2016 review by Astrid Helen Windingstad
- ^ "Western University professor's prison sabbatical in Guyana an eye-opener". London Free Press, Heather Rivers, February 29, 2020
- ^ "Project opens doors of prisons to creativity". Education News Canada, February 18, 2020, by Sonia Preszcator
- ^ "Sky Glabush Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor". Canadian Art Magazine, review by Sky Goodden, June 15, 2011
External links
edit- "Professor’s works rank among Canadian treasures". Western News, December 17, 2015 By Jason Winders
- What is a Self? by John Davies
- Sky Glabush Biography: By Contemporary Art Magazine
- Sky Glabush Website
- Sky Glabush profile at Western Faculty of Visual Arts