SPRING HURLBUT
1952
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Shut Up, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
Le jardin du sommeil, The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB, Canada (touring exhibition, catalogue)
2009
Le jardin du sommeil, curated by Josee Belisle, Musee d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, PQ, Canada (touring exhibition, catalogue)
Deuil, curated by Scott McLeod, Carleton University Art Gallery,
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Little Willie, Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada
2008
Deuil II & Airborne, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
Unlimited Theatre, District Museum of Everything that Matters, Leeds, UK
2007
Deuil, curated by Scott McLeod, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada (essay by Maia Sutnik, Art Gallery of Ontario)
Lingual Consoles, from the series Sacrificial Ornament, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
2004
Beloved & Forsaken, Manchester Museum, UK
2002
Mannequin, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2001
The Final Sleep, ICC/The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
1997
Les Biberons Infanticide, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
1996
L’Ascension, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, PQ, Canada
1995
La Somnolence, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON, Canada
Oology, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
1994
Ornement Sacrificiel, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, PQ, Canada
The Ritual Scream, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
1993
Ornement Sacrificiel, Musée du Québec, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
Le jardin du sommeil, Musée du Québec, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
1992
Sacrificial Ornament, Creative Time Inc./Municipal Art Society, New York, NY, USA; National Gallery of Canada, ON, Ottawa, Canada; The Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON, Canada
1991
Sacrificial Ornament, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
1990
Capitals & Entablatures, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Viniculum, Artsite, Windsor, ON, Canada
1989
The Sacrificial Column, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1987
Walls & Columns in Situ, The Embassy Cultural House, London, ON, Canada
1986
Column in Situ, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
1985
A Wall in Situ, The London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON, Canada
1984
A Wall and fish work, Studio Exhibition, Toronto, ON, Canada
A Wall in Situ, The London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON, Canada
1981
A wall on location, P.S.1. Long Island City, New York, ON, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Death 3: I Don’t Think We’re In Kansas Anymore, curated by Fiona Davies, Parramatta Artists Studios, NSW, Australia
2011
The Limits, curated by Crystal Mowry, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, Canada
Memento Mori, Art Mûr, Montréal, PQ, Canada (catalogue)
2010
It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hantise, Art Mûr, Montréal, PQ, Canada
Airborne presented in the curated section of the main program In seclusion, 4th International Photography Festival F/Stop, Leipzig, Germany
Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada
A to B, curated by Micah Lexier, MKG127, Toronto, ON, Canada
Vanity: the Figure and the Object, curated by Alain Tapie, Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, France (catalogue)
2009
The Matter of Loss, Art Gallery of Ontario - Gallery 133, Toronto, ON, Canada
True Lies, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
2007
Putting Figures on Paper, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
2006
Within a Budding Grove, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Un)Natural Selections, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
2002
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
2000
Ornamental Architecture, La Manifestation internationale d’art, Québec, PQ, Canada
1998
Art Grandure Nature, Département de la Seine-Saint-Denis, Parc départemental de la Courneuve, France
Entre corps et âme, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, PQ, Canada
1997
Insite 97, Installation Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico; Tijuana Border Projects, San Diego, CA, USA
Reconstructing Ritual, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
1995
Survivors in Search of a Voice, Woodlawn Art Foundation, Toronto, ON, Canada; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada; The Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON, Canada; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, Canada
1993
Towards a New Vision, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1991
Currents, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, USA
1990
The Shaping of Nature, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON, Canada
1989
City Visions & Revisions, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY, USA
1987
Sans Demarcation, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
1986
Between here and there: The Memory of Disruption, S.E.S.C. Fabrica da Pompeia, San Paulo, Brazil
Paradise Now & Then, The Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, ON, Canada
1984
Repositioning the Familiar, The Glendon Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
1983
Kunstler aus Kanada: Raume and Installation, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, West Germany
1981
Hurlbut, Martin, Massey, Singleton, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
Selected Screenings
2009
Le Jardin du Sommeil, interview/English, www.macm.org/en/expositions/58.html, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, PQ, Canada
Le Jardin du Sommeil, interview with Josée Belisle/French, www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwT1nTtTaJc, Musée d’art contemporian de Montréal, PQ, Canada
2001
The Final Sleep/La Dernier Sommeil, ROM/Discovery Channel
The Final Sleep/La Dernier Sommeil, Power Plant Productions, Toronto, ON, Canada
1995
La Somnolence, Power Plant, Toronto, ON, Canada
1992
Sacrificial Ornament, National Gallery of Canada, colour video, 24 minutes, Ottawa, ON, Canada
1991
Teitlebaum, Matthew. ICA Currents 1991: Interviews with the Artists, video, 48 minutes, Boston, MA, USA
1990
Mangaard, Annette. A Dialogue with Vision
Selected Lectures
2011
Collaborations with the dead, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
2006
Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge, Berlin
York University, lecture to Graduate Sculpture Class, Toronto, ON, Canada
2003
Collections, Culture, Change, Conference: Manchester University, Manchester, UK
Role of Artist in an art + non-art institution: Alchemy Project, Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
The Final Sleep, presentation to Daniel Libeskind, ROM, Toronto, ON, Canada
2002
Museums after Modernism Symposium, Artist as Curator Panel,
Harbourfront/York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
MFA Students, Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Critiques MFA students, Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Artists in Museums Symposium, London Art Gallery, London, ON, Canada
Cabinets of Curiosities, Fine Arts Cultural Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2001
Classical Design, Architecture University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2000
Classical Design, Architecture University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Selected Publications
2010
Shaughnessy, Jonathan. “It is what it is: recent acquisitions of new Canadian art,” The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, p. 80, image p. 81
Tapie, Alain.“Vanity: the Figure and the Object,” Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, France, pp. 106, 109, image p. 109
2009
Belisle, Josee. “Spring Hurlbut: Le Jardin du Sommeil,” Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, PQ, Canada
2001
Baluk, Ulana. “The Final Sleep/Le Dernier Sommeil: An Installation by Spring Hurlbut,” Institute of Contemporary Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
1999
Bradley, Jessica. InSite97 Installation Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA
1998
Ardenne, Paul. “Art Grandeur Nature,” Parcours d’oeuveres d’art in-situ; Seine-Saint-Denis, France
1995
Dompierre, Louise. “La Somnolence,” The Power Plant, Toronto, ON, Canada
1991
“Sacrificial Ornament,” Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
1983
Phyla Osterwald, Oilman. Kunstler Aus Kanada: Raume undo Installation, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Selected Articles/Reviews
2010
BRAVO! News, http://watch.bravo.ca/#clip290915, interview, 3:57, Toronto, ON, Canada, 19 April
Clark, Bill. “Spring Hurlbut: Deadfall Dialogues,” www.canadianart.ca, Toronto, ON, Canada, 15 April
2009
World News online, http://wn.com/Spring_Hurlbut, interview, Le jardin du sommeil, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, PQ, Canada
Mancuso, Anna. "Deuil: Spring Hurlbut," Esse, Montréal, PQ, Canada, Issue 65, pp. 44-45, 47, Winter
2008
Thomas, Ann. “Deuil; New Works by Spring Hurlbut,” Art on Paper, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 56-57, New York, NY, USA, March/April
Adler, Dan. “Critic’s Picks: Spring Hurlbut,” www.artforum.com, New York, NY, USA, November/December
Sandals, Leah. “Structures restructured,” The National Post, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6 December
Bradshaw, James. “Art Gallery of Ontario acquires three works at Toronto Art Fair,” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, Canada, section R3, 23 December
Burman, Monika. “Death Becomes Her,” Mass Art Guide, Toronto, ON, Canada, pp. 35-36 (cover), October
2007
Sutnik, Maia-Mari. “Deuil; New Works by Spring Hurlbut,” Prefix Photo, Toronto, ON, Canada, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 18-31 (cover), Spring
2004
Green, Clare. “Beloved & Goresaken: Spring Hurlbut at The Manchester Museum,” Flux Magazine, Manchester, Issue No. 43, July/August
“First Choice–Visual Art: Beloved and Foresaken at Manchester Museum,” The Times, London, UK, 13 May
HD. “Five Star Exhibition Review: Beloved and Foresaken at Manchester Museum,” Metro, Toronto, ON, Canada, p. 18, 19 May
2002
Dault, Gary Michael. “Sculptor evokes museums of yore,” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, Canada, 12 January
Harvey, Elizabeth. “Spring Hurlbut at Sable-Castelli Gallery,” Canadian Art, p. 77, Summer
2001
Milroy, Sarah. “Nearer, my death, to thee: Spring Hurlbut,” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, Canada, pp. R1, R3, 9 May
Caldwell, Rebecca. “The Artist’s Life: Spring Hurlbut,” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, Canada, p. R8, 16 June
Roulstone, Karen. “The Final Sleep at the Royal Ontario Museum,”
C Magazine, Toronto, ON, Canada, Fall
Halkes, Peter. “Spring Hurlbut: White Exploits,” Border Crossings, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, pp. 84-85
Isherwood, Barbara. “ROM exhibit focuses on death: The Final Sleep organized from an artist’s perspective,” The Annex Gleaner, Toronto, ON, Canada, July
1998
Bédarida, Catherine. “Artistes dans la nature,” Le Monde, Paris, France, 16 July
Fleck, Robert. “Im Sommer geht die Kunst ins Grune,” Art Das Kunstmagazin, Germany, Issue No. 8, August
Le Gac, Christophe. Visuel(s) revue d’arts magazine, Rouen, France, January/March
Popp, Von Ursula. “Kunst-Park dear Extraklasse,” tain: magazine für architektur, kunst und design, Munich, Issue No. 5, September/October, pp. 44-45
1997
Knaff, Devorah. “Shedding Traditional Ideas and Biases Through Art,” The Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, USA, p. 43, 16 October
Pincus, Robert L. “Hurlbut’s Classical Work Has Eyes for Ritual,”
The Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, USA, 19 September
1996
Couêlle, Jennifer. “Au sceau austère de la retenue victorienne,”Le Devoir, Montréal, PQ, Canada, 31 March
1995
Feinstein, Roni. “Spring Hurlbut at The Power Plant,” Art in America, New York, NY, USA, May
Taylor, Kate. “Waking up to eerie presences and absences around us,” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, Canada, 27 February
1994
Lamoureux, Johanne. “La bête à deux têtes,” Parachute Magazine, Montréal, PQ, Canada, Issue 73
Feinstein, Roni. “Opening Doors,” Art in America, New York, NY, USA, November
1993
Ruzicka, Joseph. “Spring Hurlbut at the Municipal Art Society,” Art in America, New York, NY, USA, January
Perdue, Jane. “Spring Hurlbut’s Sacrificial Ornament,” The Canadian Architect, Toronto, ON, Canada, pp. 28-31, February
Campbell, Nancy. “Spring Hurlbut at Oakville Galleries,” C Magazine, Toronto, ON, Canada, p. 69, Winter
McGrath, Jerry. “Spring Hurlbut: Ritual Ornament/Elemental Dream,” Parachute, Montréal, PQ, Canada, Issue 72, pp. 10-13, October/December
McPherson, Anne. “Spring Hurlbut at Musée du Québec,” Canadian Art, Toronto, ON, Canada, p. 70, Winter
1992
Mays, John Bentley. “Architecture in the Flesh,” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, Canada, 27 July
Madill, Shirley. “Hurlbut Investigates Origins of Classicism,” Tableau, Amsterdam, Netherlands, p. 2, September/October
1989
Richards, Larry. “Spring Hurlbut’s Tree Columns,” exhibition publication, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
1988
McGrath, Jerry. “Sans Demarcation, Cultural Exchange between Ontario and Quebec,” Vanguard, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March
1986
Corbeil, Carole. “A Timely Reminder of Common Good: The Interpretation of Architecture,” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, Canada, May
1983
Ferguson, Bruce. “Artists from Canada at Stuttgart,” Artsmagazine, Toronto, ON, Canada, Summer
Nemiroff, Diana. “Identity and Difference: Canadians at Stuttgart,” Vanguard, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Summer
Selected Museum Collections
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, PQ, Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
National Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON, Canada
Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, PQ, Canada
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
Départment Seine-Saint-Denis, Conseil Général, France
