Douglas Bentham RCA
Education:
1969 B.F.A. (painting), University of Saskatchewan, SK
1989 M.F.A. (sculpture), University of Saskatchewan, SK
Commissions:
2016 Royal View Plaza, Calgary, AB
2015 Rogers Place Arena, Edmonton, AB
2013 Affinity Credit Union, Saskatoon, SK
2007 University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON
2005 Saskatchewan Centennial Gateway, Lloydminster, SK
2004 City of Saskatoon, SK
1989 Innovation Place, Saskatoon, SK
1984 Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB
1981 Government of Canada Building, Calgary, AB
1979 University of Western Ontario, London, ON
1973 National Science Library, Ottawa, ON
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 Hatch Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON
2019 Touchstones Museum of Art and History, Nelson, BC
2017 Snelgrove Gallery, U of S, Saskatoon, SK
2017 Chapel Art Gallery, North Battleford, SK
2017 Art Gallery of Swift Current, SK
2016 Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, SK
2014 The Gallery/Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2014 Contemporary Calgary, AB
2012 Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Studio 21, Halifax, NS
2009 Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008 Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007 APT Gallery, London, UK
2006 Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2002 Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1999 MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1998 The Works Visual Arts Festival, Edmonton, AB
1994 Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1993 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1991 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1988 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1986 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
1985 Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1984 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1980 Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK (Ten-year survey exhibition)
1980 Mira Goddard Gallery, Toronto, ON
1976 Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON (national travelling exhibition)
1976 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (Alberta travelling exhibition)
1975 Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1974 Glenbow/Alberta Institute Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1974 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
1973 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1970 Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2019 Spring Show, Hatch Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON
2019 Landscape as Muse, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 Shades of Grey, Gallery/Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2018 Opening Show, Hatch Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON
2018 Opening Exhibition, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 Prairie Abstraction, Gallery/Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2014 Modern Visions, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2012 Turner Prize: Golden Jubilee, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2011 Nineteenth Annual Exhibition, Edmonton Contemporary Artists’ Society, Edmonton, AB
2011 Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2011 Fields of Colour, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
2010 Eighteenth Annual Exhibition, Edmonton Contemporary Artists’ Society, Edmonton, AB
2008 The Big Gift, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
2006 ArtReach: Canadian Prints from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Queen’s County Museum, Liverpool, NS
2005 Street Signs: The Artists of Erindale, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2005 One Hundred Years: Saskatchewan Art from the Permanent Collection, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2005 Recent Acquisitions, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2004 Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 Twelfth Annual Exhibition, Edmonton Contemporary Artists’ Society, Edmonton, AB
2003 Absolute Shape: Celebrating 50 Years of Collecting, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2003 Navy Pier Walk 2003, Chicago, IL, USA
2003 Lodestar, RCA Mentorship Exhibition, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2001 Sculpture The Works, The Works Visual Arts Festival, Edmonton, AB
2001 Navy Pier Walk 2001, Chicago, IL, US
1999 Saskatchewan Perspective: A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1998 Royal Canadian Academy Western Region Members’ Exhibition, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
1998 Sculpture by Invitation, The Prince of Wales Armories, Edmonton, AB
1994 Contemporary Abstraction, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
1994 Hidden Values—Ontario Corporations Collect, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, ON
1993 Waterfront Public Art Ideas Competition, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993 Sculpture Out of Doors, Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, US
1992 In the Public Eye—A Celebration of Calgary’s Downtown Sculpture, Bow Valley Square, Calgary, AB
1992 Saskatchewan Symbiotics in the Visual Arts, Maison de la Culture, Côtes-des-Neiges, Montreal, PQ
1990 Towards a History of the Found Object, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1990 Within Range, Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, ID, US
1989 The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (national travelling exhibition)
1989 Yves Guérin, Doug Bentham, Gilbert Bretzloff, Le Centre d’exposition de Gatineau, Gatineau, PQ
1988 Transart, Ottawa Public Transit Authority, Ottawa, ON
1987 Olympic Sculpture Proposals Exhibition, Nickel Art Museum, University of Calgary, AB
1986 Out of Saskatchewan, Expo ’86, Robson Square, Vancouver, BC
1982 Outdoor Contemporary Sculpture, The Guild, Scarborough, ON
1981 Sculpture ’81, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
1980 Compass: Winnipeg, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, ON
1979 Robert Murray, Douglas Bentham, André Fauteux, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
1978 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, ON
1978 Certain Traditions: Recent British and Canadian Art, organized by Edmonton Art Gallery (international travelling exhibition)
1977 Sculpture On The Prairies, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1977 Eleven Canadian Sculptors, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, PQ
1976 Abstract West, National Gallery of Canada (national travelling exhibition)
1976 Olympics Exhibition: Saskatchewan, Montreal, PQ (national travelling exhibition)
1976 Indoor Sculpture, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
1976 Sculpture—Stratford, The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, ON
1976 Western Untitled, Opening Exhibition, Glenbow/Alberta Institute, Calgary, AB
1975 Major Saskatchewan Artists, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (national travelling exhibition)
1974 9 Out Of 10: A Survey of Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
1972 Survey Of Canadian Art Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (juried exhibition)
1972 Kingston Spring Exhibition, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON (juried exhibition)
1972 Twentieth Century Sculpture, Mira Godard Gallery, Montreal, PQ
1971 Saskatchewan: Art and Artists, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1971 The Opening Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1971 West ’71, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (Juried-Purchase Award)
1970 Saskatchewan: Saskatoon and Regina, Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON (travelling in Ontario)
1969 Saskatoon: The New Scene, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1969 Saskatoon: Thirteen Artists, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Selected Public Collections:
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, SK
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Glenbow Museum Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Confederation Art Centre, Charlottetown, PEI
The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, ON
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, ON
Gallery in the Park, Altona, MB
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON
Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
Canadiana Fund, Ottawa, ON
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Moncton, NB
Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB
University of Western Ontario, London, ON
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON
Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s, NF
University of Guelph, ON