BACKGROUND
1946 Born in Toronto, Ontario
1965-70 Ontario College of Art (Drawing and Painting)
1971 Ontario College of Art, Graduate Scholarship (Sculpture)
1988 University of Victoria, Graduate Studies in Fine Arts
1986 President of X-Changes, Artists Gallery and Studio, Victoria BC
1982-93 Commercial pilot, Northern British Columbia and Yukon
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Waterways, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 Northern Raven, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 Journeys, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 Living Systems, Diane Farris Gallery
2002 Atlin Mountain, Diane Farris Gallery
2001 Prints and Imprints, Diane Farris Gallery
2000 Northern Maps, Legends, and Legacies, Diane Farris Gallery
1998 Arctic/Arctos, Diane Farris Gallery
1997 Landmarks, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
1996 Waterways, Diane Farris Gallery
1995 Earth’s Secrets, Diane Farris Gallery
1993 Northern Images, Diane Farris Gallery
1992 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1991 From an Aerial Perspective (with Catherine Young), X-Changes Gallery, Victoria, BC;
1991 Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon (1992)
1989 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1985 X-Changes Artists’ Gallery, Victoria, BC
1981 Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska
1978 Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
1977 Cobourg Gallery, Cobourg, Ont.
1976 Glendon Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ont.
1973-74 Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
1972 Erindale College, University of Toronto, Ont.
1972 Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Cascadia, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
2011 Resurfacing: From Private Collections, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC (online)
2010 All About Blue, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 Silver, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 Figure, Form and Ground, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, ON
2008 Celebrating 25!, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 Candy, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 Bliss, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 First Encounter, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005 Review/Preview, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004 In the Bag, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004 Celebrating 20, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Under 18, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001 The Land, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1996 Topographies: Aspects of Recent BC Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995 The Kluane Exhibition, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
1994 Bumper Crop, Contemporary Art in Victoria, The Federal Building, Victoria, BC
1994 The Kluane Exhibition, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
1993 Seattle Art Fair (Diane Farris Gallery), Seattle, WA
1992 Beautiful British Columbia, Diane Farris Gallery
1991 Beautiful British Columbia, Diane Farris Gallery
1991 Christmas Exhibition, Diane Farris Gallery
1991 Western Wilderness Society, Invitational, Vancouver & Victoria, BC
1990 The Big Picture, Diane Farris Gallery
1990 20th Birthday Show, X-Changes Gallery, Victoria, BC
1989 Tradition and Popular Taste: The Cult of the Mountain, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC (Catalogue)
1988 X-Changes Artists Gallery, Victoria, BC
1986 Art in Victoria: 1960-86, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
1977 Ontario Now, Part II, Hamilton Art Gallery, Ont.
1976 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ont.
1976 Young Contemporaries London Art Gallery; travelling exhibition throughout Eastern Canada
1975 Sir Sandford Flemming Invitational, Peterborough, Ont.
1975 Women and the Arts, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ont.
1974 Memorial Gallery, St.Johns, Newfoundland
1973 Three Toronto Artists, McLaughlin Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
1972 Workscene 71, Toronto, Ont.
1972 99th Annual, Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ont.
1970 Young Canadian Artists, Toronto, Ont.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank
City Corp Bank, Vancouver
Hart House, University of Toronto
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
Trinity College, University of Toronto
Glendon College, York University
Erindale College, University of Toronto
Sir Sandford Flemming, Peterborough
Cobourg Art Gallery, Cobourg, Ontario
University College, University of Toronto
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1988 Canada Council Explorations Project Grant, held jointly with Catherine M. Young
1974 Canada Council, Arts Bursary
1972 Canada Council, Arts Bursary
1972 Ontario Society of Artists Award
1971 Ontario Art Council, Art Grant
1970 Best of Show Award, Young Canadian Artists Show, Toronto
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 Profile: Judith Currelly, Daniel Wood, Westworld Magazine, Summer 2011
2011 Wesselman, Hank. Bowl of Light, Sounds True Inc, Boulder CO, 2011. Cover image.
2009 Ingerman, Sandra, and Hank Wesselman, Awakening to the Spirit World, Sounds True Inc, Boulder CO. Cover image.
2009 Ingerman, Sandra, Shamanic Meditations. Sounds True Inc, Boulder CO. Cover image.
2004 Morrow, Fiona, “Last Minute (or Late) Gifts in the Bag,” Westender, December 23-29.
2000 Natural High, Where Vancouver, October
2000 The Vancouver Sun, September 28
1999 Judith Currelly at Diane Farris Gallery, Paula Gustafson, Asian Art News, Jan/Feb
1998 View From Clouds Inspires Pilot-Artist, Paula Gustafson, The Georgia Straight, October 8-15
1998 Flying Keeps Painter Grounded, Erling Friis-Baastad, Yukon News, October
1997 Bush Pilot Finds Her Vision of the High Arctic from the Air, Diane Dakers, Times Colonist
1997 Students’ Group Show Impresses Critic, Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria, April 5
1997 Artabon Celebrates Audubon’s Legacy; Guest Artist Judith Currelly will Judge the Juried Exhibition, Riley Woodford, Juneau Empire Preview, Thursday, April 3, 1997
1991 Women Artists’ Monographs, Caffyn Kelley, Wild Things: The Wisdom of Animals
1986 Art in Victoria: 1960-87, Nicholas Tuele and Liane Davison, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1978 The Vancouver Sun, Wayne Edonstone, Judith Currelly’s Paintings Are…What They Are, January 10
1978 The Province, Kay Alsop, The North Lights Her Canvas, January 19
1976 Young Contemporaries ’76, Paddy Gunn O’Brien and Donald Degrow, Exhibition Catalogue, London Art Gallery, Ontario
1977 Ontario Now: Part II, Glen E. Cumming, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Hamilton
1975 The Globe and Mail, Kay Kritzwiser, Recording the Yukon as Feeling, February 8
1975 Artscanada, March, Nick Johnson, Photography and Painting
1970 The Toronto Telegram, Bernadette Andrews, August 22
TELEVISION AND RADIO
2002 BC Almanac, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio
1993 Vicki Gabereau, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio
1992 Michele Gibson, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
