Andrew Rucklidge
Born 1968, Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in Toronto
Education
2002-3MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
1994-6Bachelor of Fine Arts: Major in Painting and Drawing, Concordia, Montreal
1993-4Foundation: Painting and Drawing, Photography, NSCAD, Halifax
Solo Exhibitions
UpcomingPeter Roberston Gallery, Edmonton
Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
2014You and I are Shifters, YYZ Gallery, Toronto
2014Shifter^Hunter, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
2011No Edge No Center, Angell Gallery, Toronto
2009The Fringes, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
2008GdB, Montreal
2 or 3 days spent in particle capture, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
2007GdB, Montreal
2006Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
2005Store Gallery, London
GdB, Montreal
Angell Gallery, Toronto
2004The Liberation Bounce, Angell Gallery, Toronto
2002Weatherbroker, Angell Gallery, Toronto
2001Expansion Freedom Needed, Zsa-Zsa Gallery, Toronto
1992 Gompas of Ladakh, The Tibetan Buddhist Institute, Dharamsala, India
Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs
UpcomingHomer Watson, AGM, curated by Stuart Keeler
2015Post-Photoshop, curated by Rea McNamara, Drake Hotel, Toronto
2014Art Toronto, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
Summer Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
2013Art Miami and Art Toronto
Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
Group Show, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
Art Paris Art Fair, Sarah Myerscough Gallery
London Art Fair, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London UK
Art 2013, GdB, Montreal
2012TIAF with GdB
Art 2012, GdB, Montreal, PQ
Summer Group Show, James Freeman Gallery, London UK
Summer Group Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto
London Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London UK
OCAD Under the Radar and Paint Rocks
2011The Outer Limits – Andrew Rucklidge, Luke Turner & Jung-Ouk Hong, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK
Summer Group Show, Angell Gallery
Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery
TIAF with Angell Gallery and GdB
Art 2011, GdB, Montreal, PQ
2010You Are Here, 2010 Denver Biennial of the Americas, Plus Gallery, Denver, CO
Art Chicago with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Scope Basel with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art 2010, GdB, Montreal, PQ
TIAF Toronto with Christopher Cutts and GdB
Scope Miami with Christopher Cutts
2009Going Postal, ICA, London, UK
The Little Shop on Hoxton Street, Limoncello, London, UK
55 degrees, GdB, Montreal
Scope Miami with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Aqua Miami with Michael Gibson Gallery
Scope New York with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art Fair Tokyo with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art Chicago with Christopher Cutts Gallery
TIAF with Christopher Cutts Gallery and GdB
2008Christmas Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery
OCAD Whodunnit, Fundraiser
Petits Luxes, GdB, Montreal
Scope Basel with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Scope New York with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art Chicago with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Scope Miami with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Scope London with Chtistopher Cutts Gallery
TIAF with Christopher Cutts Gallery and GdB
2007Fusion Now! , curated by JJ Charlesworth, Rokeby Gallery, London, UK
Art 2007, GdB, Montreal
DC Dusseldorf with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art Brussels with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art Chicago with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Scope New York with Christopher Cutts Gallery
TIAF with Christopher Cutts Gallery and GdB
200620th Anniversary Exhibition, Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art 2006, GdB, Montreal
Scope Miami with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art Cologne with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Scope London with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Berliner Liste with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Scope Hamptons with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Scope New York with Christopher Cutts Gallery
TIAF with Christopher Cutts Gallery and GdB
2005Canadian Art - Gallery Hop, Auction
Group show, curated by Katherine Mulherrin, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Summer Group Show Angell Gallery, Toronto
NADA Miami with John Connelly Presents
Frieze Art Fair London with John Connelly Presents and Store Gallery
Zoo Art Fair London with Store Gallery
Volta Basel with Store Gallery
The Armoury Show New York with John Connelly Presents
Art Chicago with GdB
TIAF with Angell Gallery and GdB
2004Opening Exhibit, Skew Gallery, Calgary
Art 2004, GdB, Montreal
Summer Group Show Angell Gallery, Toronto
NADA Miami with John Connelly Presents
Frieze Art Fair London with John Connelly Presents
Artissima 11 Turin with Store Gallery
Zoo Art Fair London with Store Gallery
TIAF with Angell Gallery and GdB
2003The New Contemporaries, Victoria Miro Warehouse, London
The New Contemporaries, The Cornerhouse, Manchester
The Chelsea MA Show, London
2002Sell or Die, curated by Jubal Brown, Art System, Toronto
The New Romantics, curated by Jubal Brown, A Level Revolver, Toronto
2001Packrat, Super 8, 4 min, Splice This!, Super 8 Film Festival, Toronto
2000Outsider Invitational, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
Awards and Residencies
2014Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Artist Grant
2013K.M.Hunter Award, Visual Arts
Laura Ciruls Painting Award, Ontario Foundation of the Arts
2011Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Artist Grant
2010Canada Council, Travel Grant
2008Toronto Arts Council Level Two Grant
2007Canada Council International Residencies Program
KIAC Residency, Dawson City, Yukon
2006Toronto Arts Council, Level Two Grant
2003Toronto Arts Council, Level Two Grant
2002Brucebo Scholarship, Canadian Scandinavian Foundation, Gotland, Sweden
1999Canada Council, Project Grant
The TOAE Painting Award, Toronto
1999 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
1997Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
Collections
UBS, London
176 Collection, London, Anita Zabludovicz
Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Gallery London
Kunstmuseum, Gotland, Sweden
John Huntingford, collector and patron of New Art Tate London
Bank of Montreal, Toronto Dominion, Scotiabank
Soho House London and Toronto
Lord Cultural Resources Planning and Management
The Tibetan Buddhist Institute, Dharamsala India
Bibliography
‘The Language of Abstraction: Andrew Rucklidge’s You and I are Shifters’, essay by Terence Dick to accompany YYZ show
Andrew Rucklidge at Chistopher Cutts, March 4 2014, Terence Dick,, Akimbo.ca
‘Critical review, Andrew Rucklidge’, Adv Painting, feb 26 2013
‘The Fine art of painting like Mark Rothko’, Globe and Mail, Nov 22, 2011
‘No Edge-No Center’, Modern Toronto, modto.com, April 21 2011
‘Yes there is Canadian Art so says Denver’, Murray White, The Star, August 19 2010
‘How’s the Art Scene Up There?’, Kyle MacMillan, Denver Post, Aug 13 2010
‘VoCA recommends’, Andrea Carson, VoCA, March 27 2009
DNTO, CBC, Nick Purdon, Feb 6 2009
Exhibition Review, Christopher Cutts Gallery, David Balzer, Canadian Art, Fall 2008
Exhibition Review, Christopher Cutts Gallery, David Balzer, Eye Magazine, May 15 2008
Akimbo, Terrence Dick, April 17 2008
‘VoCA recommends’, Andrea Carson, VoCA, April 15 2008
Fusion Now, Rokeby Gallery, Mia Jankowicz, Frieze Magazine, March 2008
‘Rebecca Geldard’s Top 10 shows in London this month’, Saatchi Gallery, Nov 21 2007
‘Andrew Rucklidge Paintings 2005-07’, catalogue published by Christopher Cutts Gallery
Exhibition Review, Christopher Cutts Gallery, David Jagr, NOW, November 2-8 2006
Akimbo, Terrence Dick, October 19 2006
Exhibition Review Store Gallery, J.J. Charlesworth, Modern Painters, March 2005
Exhibition Review Angell Gallery, R.M.Vaughan, National Post, March 2005
Shop Therapy, Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star, Jan 3 2004
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Elisabeth Mahoney, Modern Painters, Winter 2003
New Contemporaries, Time Out London, October 1-7 2003
New Contemporaries, Helen Sumpter, BBCi, 26 Sept 2003
British New Contemporaries, Martin Vincent, Art Monthly, issue 269
New Contemporaries, Alfred Hickling, The Guardian, July 9 and Sept 21 2003
New Contemporaries,The Times, in Play, June 15 and online Sept 21 2003
Outsider Invitational Bau-Xi Gallery, Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, July 1 2000
Ideas for a Modern Landscape,The Toronto Star, in spotlight-entertainment, Jan 4 1999
Teaching
Current 2011-2015Sessional Faculty OCADU Painting and Drawing
October-November 2011, Creative Consultant for ‘Red’, A play about Rothko at the Canadian Stage, Toronto
TSA, Encaustic Painting, 2004-5
C1 Art Space, Encaustic Painting, 2005
The Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School, Instructor, Thunder Bay and Burke’s Falls, 1996-9