BIOGRAPHY
Born Edmonton, AB, 1943
Studied Alberta College of Art, 1960-1965
Instituto Allende, Mexico, 1965-1966
TEACHING POSITIONS
Numerous lectures, workshops and seminars across Canada and abroad.
2003-4 Okanagan University College, Kelowna BC
2002 Okanagan University College, summer session, Kelowna BC
1998- Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, AB
1971-1997 University of Calgary, AB
1970-1971 Alberta College of Art (A.C.A.), Calgary, AB
1969-1970 Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
Awarded University of Calgary Teaching Excellence Award 1974, 1984, 1990
RELATED EXPERIENCE
1989 Curated "New Alberta Art: Artist's Perspective", Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
1984 Curated "6 Calgary Realists", Beaver House Gallery, AB Culture, Edmonton, Alta.
(provincial circuit)
1979-1980 Invited to work at P.S.1, New York by the Institute for Art and Urban Resources,
New York, and the Canada Council
1978-1980 Served on Canada Council Advisory Panel
1975 Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (R.C.A.)
1972-on Served on numerous Canada Council Juries (Art Bank, Short Term, Travel & Project Grants, Arts Grants)
1967-1969 Curator, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 "SOUVENIR" Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George BC
2006 “ASCENDING PLEASURES II-John Hall’s Still Life Paintings" Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie AB
2004 “ASCENDING PLEASURES II-John Hall’s Still Life Paintings" Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC
Still Life Paintings”
2003 “Quodlibet” Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB 2000 “John Hall: Three Decades” Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1999 “New Paintings” Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1997 “John Hall: the New Paintings” Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1996 “John Hall: New Works” Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
“La Disposición del Mercado” Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
1995 New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994 "Traza de Evidencia" (Trail of Evidence) Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993 Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Aguascalientes, Mexico
1991 New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1989-90 "Imitations of Life: John Hall's Still-Life Portraits" Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's, Nfld.
1989 New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1988 New Paintings Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
"The Game's The Thing" Whyte Museum, Banff, AB (Official Winter Olympics Arts Programme Exhibition)
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1987 Recent Paintings Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1985 New Paintings Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1982-83 "John Hall: Paintings, Tourist Series/Toy Series" Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alta.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1981 "John Hall: New Paintings and Auxiliary Works" Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, ON
"John Hall: Paintings and Auxiliary Works" Off Centre Centre, Calgary, AB
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1980 "John Hall: Paintings/Maquettes" Project Studio 1 (P.S.1), New York, NY
1979-80 "John Hall: Paintings and Auxiliary Works National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
1969-1978"
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, ON
Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's, Nfld.
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
(Circulated by the National Gallery of Canada)
1978 "John Hall: Paintings and Auxiliary Works ACA Gallery, Calgary, AB
1969-78"
1977 "John Hall: Recent Paintings and Drawings" Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, AB
New Work Medicine Hat Jr. College, Medicine Hat, AB
1972 New Work University of Alberta - S.U.B. Gallery, Edmonton, Alta.
1970 New Work Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 “SEE: three decades of realist painting Mezzanine Gallery, University of Calgary
at the University of Calgary
2006 “7th Annual Toronto International Art Fair” with the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 “Mimesis: Selected Paintings by Joice M. Hall Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Okanagan, BC
and John Hall”
2005 “The Feast: Food in Art” Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
2004 “Okanagan University College faculty Exhibition” Okanagan University College, Kelowna BC
“Okanagan University College faculty Exhibition” Washington State University, Pullman WA
“San Francisco International Art Exposition” with the Newzones Gallery
“PENDULUM/PENDULA”(collaborative Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
paintings with Alexandra Haeseker)
2003 “Affordable Art Fair” with the Newzones Gallery, New York NY
“Valley Lakescapes & Still Lifes” 2-person exhibition with Joice M. Hall, Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC
“10TH Annual Realism Invitational” Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Beyond the Beauty” Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary AB
“Art Miami” with the Newzones Gallery
“San Francisco International Art Exposition” with the Newzones Gallery
2002 “PENDULUM/PENDULA”(collaborative Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
paintings with Alexandra Haeseker)
“University of Calgary/Okanagan University University of Calgary, Dept. of Art Gallery, Calgary AB
College Exchange exhibition”
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
“The Meanings of Death” MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
“9TH Annual Realism Invitational” Van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Variety Pack: Pop Art’s Legacy in Canada” Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
“ALBUM: ACAD @ 75 Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
2001 “2nd Annual Toronto International Art Fair” with the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
“8TH Annual Realism Invitational” Van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
2000 “Introductions 2000” Glass Garage Gallery, West Hollywood, California
“Silver” Illingworth H. Kerr Gallery at the Alberta College of Art &
Design/the New Gallery, Calgary, AB
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1999 “High Realism: Paintings from the Collection The Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB
of The Alberta Foundation for the Arts”
“PENDULUM/PENDULA”(collaborative Museo de Arte de Queretaro, Queretaro, MX
paintings with Alexandra Haeseker)
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1998 “The Aitkens Collect” Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
Alta. Foundation for the Arts: 25th Anniversary Medicine Hat Museum
“Six Degrees of Separation” (selections from The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB
the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the arts)
“LAYERS" Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
“ART CHICAGO 1998 AT NAVY PIER” 6TH Annual Chicago International Art Exposition, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Chicago IL
“PENDULUM/PENDULA”(collaborative Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Aguascalientes, MX
paintings with Alexandra Haeseker)
“PENDULUM/PENDULA”(collaborative Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, MX,
paintings with Alexandra Haeseker)
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1997 “Celebrating a Legacy: 25 Years of the Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Alberta Foundation for the Arts”
“PENDULUM/PENDULA”(collaborative Centro Cultural el Nigromante, San Miguel de Allende,
paintings with Alexandra Haeseker) Gto., Mexico
Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB
“Informal Ideas 97.5 - Colour and the Square” Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1996 “JUST THE WAY IT IS: Exploring Realism” Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
“Artistas Canadienses en Mexico” Centro Cultural de ISSSTE, Celaya, Gto., Mexico
“The Heritage Park Estates Collection” Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
“Informal Ideas: 96.3 - The Middle Show” Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto ON
“Masquerade” Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Still-Life” Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
1995 “50th ANNIVERSARY” Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
“Mysteries of the Flesh” TD Square, Calgary
“Foo-Fat, Hall, Pico” Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
"informal ideas: 95.5 (surround)" Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Cinco Dedos de Una Misma Mano” Canadian Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico
“We Forgot the Horse” Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
“Homey” Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
Gallery Artists Oscar Roman Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
"Realism Revisited" Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Faculty Exhibition Alberta College of Art and Design (collaboration with Alexandra Haeseker)
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1994,1995 “Hidden Values: ON Corporations Collect” McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
1994 “Hidden Values: Western Corporations Collect” Edmonton Art Gallery
Opening Exhibition Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Canada
Seattle Art Fair Seattle, Washington
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1993 University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1992 Canadian Pavilion, Expo 1992 Seville Spain
"From Soup to Nuts: Pop Art, It's Legacy and Banker's Hall, Calgary, AB
the Culture of Consumption"
Alberta College of Art Faculty Show, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
(collaborative painting with Alexandra Haeseker)
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1991,1992 Chicago International Art Exposition Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Donnelley International Hall Chicago, Illinois
1991 University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1990 "Contemporary Realism" Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON
Chicago International Art Exposition Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago Illinois
1989-90 University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1989-90 Selections from the Permanent Collection" National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
1989 "The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years" Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
"New Alberta Art: Artist's Perspective" Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
1988 "Survey Alberta `88" Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1987 "Cut" (Three Person Show) Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
"Dreaming Before Nature: 8 Calgary Artists" Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Inaugural Exhibition of New Location Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
"Contemporary Painting in Alberta" Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
1986-87 "Contemporary Realism from the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Permanent Collection"
1986 "Art Cologne `86" 20th annual International Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
Wynick/Tuck Gallery
"Looking at Myself" Off Centre Centre, Calgary, AB
"The Arts in a Multi-Cultural Setting" Visva-Bharti University, Santinketan, Calgary/Calcutta Exchange Exhibit W.Bengal India International
1986-91 University of Calgary Faculty Exhibitions Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1986 "The Box in Art" Galerie L'Imagier, Hull, Quebec
1985-86 "Pop Art - Selected Works from the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON Permanent Collection"
1985 "A Measure of Success: The First 10 1975-1985" Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, AB
"5+5" Off Centre Centre, Calgary, AB
New Works Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
1985 "First Ten: The Exhibition" Off Centre Centre, Calgary, AB
a group exhibition featuring 25 Calgary artists 10th Anniversary
1984 Recent Acquisitions Art Gallery of ON, Toronto, ON
"Now Showing in Europe" Beaver House Gallery, AB Culture, Edmonton, Alta.
Recent Acquisitions Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
"Seven Artists from Alberta: Art in This Region" Canada House Cultural Centre Gallery, London, England
organized by the Canadian House Cultural Canadian Cultural Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Centre Gallery and Alberta Culture Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
and European Circuit
1983-84 "The Hand Holding the Brush, Self Portraits London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON by Canadian Artists 1825-1983" Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B.
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
1983 "Prepaid Miniature Art Sale" London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
1982 "The Winnipeg Perspective - Post Pop Realism" Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1981-83 Art Bank Exhibition Art Gallery of the University of Lethbridge, AB
1981 "Realism: Structure and Illusion" The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, ON
Canada Council Art Bank Exhibition Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, N.B.
1981-85 University of Calgary Faculty The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1980 "Mostly Smaller Works" Off Centre Centre, Calgary, AB
"The Rose Museum Sells Out" Off Centre Centre, Calgary, AB
University of Calgary Faculty The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1980 "R.C.A. Alberta" The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1980 "Painting in Alberta: An Historical Survey" Edmonton Art Gallery, AB
1980-on Gallery Artists Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, ON
(now Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto)
1979 "Alberta Art" AB Art Foundation on Tour in Japan
(Sapporo, Obihiro, Tokyo, Kyoto,Yokohama)
1979 "Fifteen" (Calgary Artists) Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB
1978 "Realism in Canada" Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina,
Saskatchewan and National circuit
1977 "Selections" AB Art Foundation, Glenbow Museum, Calgary,Alta.
"Albertawork" A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, AB (juried)
"Alberta Paintings: The 50's & 60's" A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, AB
1976 "What's New" Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
"17 Canadian Artists: A Protean View" Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Two-Person Show (with Joice M. Hall) Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
"Spectrum" Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec
"Eight Calgary Artists" Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Two-Person Show (with Ron Moppett) University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
1975-76 Alberta Art Foundation Canada House, London, England
Canadian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
Canadian Embassy, Paris, France
Canadian Consulate, New York, NY
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec
1975,75 University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition University of Calgary Art Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
1974 "Alberta Realists" Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1974-75 "Nine out of Ten" Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, ON
1974 Faculty Exhibition (U of C/U of A) Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
1973 Alberta Art Foundation Inaugural Exhibitions Edmonton & Calgary, AB
"Manishpere" Winnipeg, Manitoba (juried: Honourable Mention)
"Alberta Art" Banff Centre, AB (organized by the Cultural Development Branch of the Government of AB
1972 "Realism: Emulsion & Omission" Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
University of Guelph Art Gallery, Guelph, ON
"S.C.A.N." (Survey of Canadian Art Now) Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
"Art of the Provinces" (10 Man Show) Canadian National Exhibitions (invited to represent AB)
National Juried Show Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
University of Calgary Faculty Exhibition University of Calgary, AB
Four Man Show Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1971 "Canada 4 & 3" Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Art organized by the National Gallery of Canada for the Canadian CulturalCentre, Paris, France
"West `71" Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
"43rd Annual" Spokane Art Museum (juried)
"Environment `71" Organized by the Cultural Development Branch of the Government of AB
Alberta Society of Artists Juried Show Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
R.C.A. 91st Annual Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec
Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
1970 Faculty Show Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
"47th Annual" Akron Art Institute, Ohio (juried)
1969 "Environment `69" Organized by the Cultural Development Branch of the Government of AB
Cincinnati Biennial Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
1968,69 "Manishpere" Winnipeg (juried, First Prize both years)
1968 Faculty Exhibition A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, AB
1968,69 "All Alberta" Edmonton Art Gallery, AB (juried)
SELECTED PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS
Many private and public collections including:
Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, AB
Aquitane Co. of Calgary, AB
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Cineplex-Odeon, Toronto, ON & New York, NY
City of Calgary Collection, Calgary, AB
Confederation Art Gallery & Museum, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Government of AB
Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Lavalin Inc., Montreal, Quebec
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
NOVA Corporation, Calgary, AB
Petro-Canada, Calgary, AB
Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal, Quebec & Calgary, AB
Trimac Ltd., Calgary, AB
University College of Cape Breton Art Gallery, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
University of Calgary, AB
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
AWARDS
2002 Alumni Award of Excellence, the Alberta College of Art and Design
1998 Appointed Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary
1996 One of 15 Canadian artists to have streets named after them in the housing development Heritage Park Estates, Sarnia, ON
1996 Canada Council “A” Grant
1993 Calgary Regional Arts Foundation Grant
AB Foundation for the Arts Grant
PADAC Project Grant
1992 Canada Council "A" Grant
1984-85 Canada Council "A" Grant
1982 Canada Council Travel Grant
1979-80 Canada Council "A" Grant
1975,77 Canada Council Travel Grant
1973 Canada Council Project Cost Grant
PUBLIC & CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
Foothills Hospital, Calgary, AB
Expo `86 Poster, Vancouver, British Columbia
Cineplex-Odeon, Chelsea Theatre, New York, NY (1988)
Royal Bank of Canada, Calgary, AB (1989)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004 Pearson, Gary, “Kitsch par excellance”, off-centre magazine, December 2004, review of ASCENDING PLEASURES II-John Hall’s Still Life Paintings.
McGoogan, Ken, introduction to ASCENDING PLEASURE II-John Hall’s Still Life Paintings, CD ROM catalogue, Vernon Public Art Gallery
2003 Priegert, Portia, “John & Joice Hall: Views From the Interior”, cover article, Galleries West, Fall 2003, pp 12, 13
Priegert, Portia, “A couple who paints together, exhibits together”, Kelowna Daily Courier EVENT arts supplement, June 17-July 1, 2003, p14
2002 Priegert, Portia, “Tag Team Painting a Realistic Challenge: John Hall & Alexandra Haeseker clear the hurdles of creative collaboration, Kelowna Daily Courier EVENT arts supplement, Nov. 7-13, 2002, p14
“Cover Story: Two minds in one glance”: Capital News, Showcase arts supplement
Rochfort, Desmond Dr., “Pendulum/Pendula: Collaborative Synthesis”, Kelowna Art Gallery
2001 Donovan, Daniel, “Signs of the Spirit: The Donovan Collection at St. Michael’s College”, University of St. Michael’s College, pp 7, 23 (colour plate)
2000 Zimon, Kathy E., “Alberta Society of Artists: the first seventy years”, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, pp 3, 54, 115, Pl. 71c
Laviolette, Mary-Beth, “Hall’s recent works force viewers to see mundane in new light”, Calgary Herald, April 29, ES8
Jacobson, Melody, “Silver: 25 Years of Artist—Run Culture: The New Gallery’s Retrospective Catalogue: 1975--2000
Murray, Joan, “Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century”, Dundurn Press, Toronto, Oxford, pp 185, 188-189
1999 de Witt, Marijke, “PENDULUM/PENDULA: Two Artists Collaborate to Find the Balance Between Beauty and Repulsion”, Atención San Miguel, week of April 26, 1999, Arts & Culture Supplement, p 4-5
1998 Diaz, Benny, “Exposición Pictórica de Alexandra Haeseker y John Hall, en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo”,
PAGINA 24, Feb. 7, 1998, p 27, culture section
1997 Dixon, Maria, “The Art of John Hall”, ARTICHOKE, spring, l997, p. 36-38 (plus cover)
1996 Varley, Christopher, The Canadian Encyclopedia Plus, McClelland & Stewart
Hernandez, Claudia, “Exponen “Artistas canadienses en México”, Celaya, Gto/A.M., August 22, C4
Garneau, David, “So you missed Artwalk but still want to see it”, FFWD, Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, p. 13
Boulet, Roger, “La Disposición del Mercado”, Internet site at:
http://www.islandnet.com/~bcma/museums/agso/hall.html
McGoogan, Ken, “Discover art on CD-ROM: Artist John Hall’s work is now on disc”, Calgary Herald, June 17, B4
1995 Dault, Gary Michael, “Ascending Pleasures”, CD-ROM
1994 Tousley, Nancy, “Artist Couples”, Calgary Herald, December 11, Section B
Swain, Robert/Fulford, Robert, “Hidden Values:Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections”, Douglas & McIntyre, pp 32, 62, 81(colour plate)
Dault, Gary Michael, “Ascending Pleasures”, BORDERCROSSINGS, summer ‘94, p 55,56
Tousley, Nancy. "Portraits of Mexico striking", Calgary Herald, February 17, Section A23
1993 Vázquez Lozano, Javier, “John Hall: Pintor de una Evolución que Agoniza”, ESPACIOS: Cultura y Sociedad, Año
3 - numero 12, Noviembre - Diciembre,
Emerich, Luis Carlos. Elliot y Hall, bien postmodern, Novedades, April 9, p.5,6, section C
Tibol, Raquel. EL CANADIENSE JOHN HALL EN EL NAM, Proceso, #855, March 22, p. 52,53.
Longi, Ana Maria. Caos, Inestabilidad e Incertidumbre de la Vida Contemporanea: John Hall,
Excelsior, March 2, p.2, section C.
Martinez, Alejandra. Excelentes muestras plasticas de David Elliot y John Hall, El Universal.
John Hall y David Elliot Exhiben sus Pinturas Recientes, Excelsior, March 14, p.20, section B.
Los artistas canadienses John Hall y David Elliot exponen en el Museo de Arte Moderno, Novedades, March 15, p.7, section C.
Velazquez Yerba, Patricia. Desde Canada; Elliot y Hall, dos pintores entre lo mexicano
. y el arte pop, El Universal, March 1, p.1,4, Section Cultural
Levine, Manny. Museum of Modern Art Exhibits John Hall, ATENCION San Miguel, March 26, p.3.
Urquiza, Sandra, John Hall y David Elliot: Arte Pop y Folk Urbano en el Museo de Arte Moderno, UNO guia semenal (suplemento de unomasuno), March 21, p.6
Barj, Santiago. Boris Biskin visita a elliot y hall, tiempo libre, April 30, p.62
Ochoa, Guillermina. Presencia del Arte Moderno Canadiense en Mexico. Inaugurada por David J.S. Winfield- John Hall y su Realismo..., El Sol de Mexico, March 15, P.4, section D
Ramirez, Rocio. El arte canadiense presente en Mexico-Se inauguro la muestra Traza de Evidencia, Diario de Mexico, March, p. 4, section C
MacMasters, Merry. Pintores Canadienses: David Elliot y John Hall en el Museo de Arte Moderno, El Nacional, March 13, p.15, section C
John Hall y David Elliot exponen en el Museo de Arte Moderno, El Heraldo, March 17, p.3, section C
1993 John Hall y David Elliot Exhiben sus Pinturas Recientes, Excelsior, March 14, p.20, section B
Del lo precioso a lo precario, arte pop y folk urbano en la obra de Hall y Elliot, unomasuno, March 10, p.26,
section cultural
MacMaster, Merry. John Hall, traza de evidencia y David Elliot, pintura, March 10, p.11, section C
Martinez Xelhuantzl, Agustin. Hall y Elliot, dos pintores del Canada en el MAM, la AAcion, March 10, p.19, section cultural
Tousley, Nancy. Fast Forward, Canadian Art. Spring 1993. p.14
1992 Fuller, Gregory. Kitsch-Art: Wie Kitsch Zur Kunst Wird, pp.23,27,80-83,87,92,105,115,187.
DuMont Buchverlag Koln
1990 Burnett, David. Masterpieces of Canadian Art from the National Gallery of Canada,p.22/221.
Tousley, Nancy. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal, Vol 7/1, p. 23.
Barnard, Elissa. Portraits of Still-Life: Hall's imagery questions perceptions of reality", The Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 1, section H.
Tousley, Nancy. "People revealed by possessions", Calgary Herald, January 12, section E.
Tousley, Nancy. Imitations of Life, Still-Life Portraits, catalogue, Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queens University, Kingston, ON.
1989 Burnett, David. "Hall", Cineplex Odeon - The First Ten Years, pp. 46-47.
Enright, Robert. "Odd Man Out: an interview with John Hall", Border Crossings, Summer, cover & pp. 8-19.
Balfour Bowen, Lisa. "Opting for Post-Pop", The Sunday Sun, April 30, p. 56.
"Exhibitions at Glenbow", Glenbow, Spring, Vol. 9, No. 2, p. 19.
1988 Reid, Dennis. "the Death and Rebirth of Painting", A Concise History of Canadian Painting, Oxford University Press, pp. 354-356.
MacKay, Allan; Nemiroff, Diana; Spalding, Jeffery. Survey AB `88, catalogue, AB College of Art Gallery.
Laviolette, Mary-Beth. Contemporary `88 Calgary, catalogue, Canadian Art Galleries, Virginia Christopher Galleries, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts.
Ainslie, Patricia. "New AB Art", Glenbow, Fall, Vol. 8, no. 4, p. 24.
Tousley, Nancy. "Souveniers,.John Hall's Symbols Reflect Games Culture", Calgary Herald, February 19.
Suche, Anne. "John Hall", Western Living, February, p. 118.
1987 Murray, Joan. The Best Contemporary Canadian Art, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, Alta., p. 76.
Joslin, Mark. Dreaming Before Nature, Eight Calgary Artists, catalogue, Edmonton Art Gallery, Alta.
Tousley, Nancy. "Still-Lifes are signs of people, places, times", Calgary Herald, November 22.
"Recent Acquisitions: The Permanent Collection", VISTA, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask., Mar/Apr/May.
Varga, Vincent. Aspects of Contemporary Painting in AB, catalogue, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alta.
Mays, John Bentley. "Everyday clutter transformed into dazzling abstract images", The Globe and Mail, Toronto.
1986 Tousley, Nancy. "Artist finds space - and peace - to paint in Banff", Calgary Herald, December.
Tousley, Nancy. "Roots, Rejections and Rewards in Calgary", Canadian Art Magazine, Fall, pp. 72-79.
1985 Tousley, Nancy. "Art works grace hospital", The Calgary Herald, AB, June 23.
Burnett, David. Review, Canadian Art Magazine, Fall, p.89.
Laviolette, Mary-Beth. "Cool & Precise Calgary Realist Painters", City Scope, September/October, pp. 9-12.
Tousley, Nancy. "Calgary Artist's show well in Toronto", Calgary Herald, October 5.
Mays, John Bentley. "Hall's comfortable as the odd man out", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, May 18, p. E13.
Tousley, Nancy. "Centre Marks First Decade", Calgary Herald, February 22.
1984 Ainslie, Patricia. "New Acquisitions", Glenbow Magazine, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alta., July/August.
Turner, George. Review, London Review of the Arts, London, England, June.
Dutt, Robin. Review, London Review of the Arts, London, England, June 15.
Berman, Arthur. Review, The News and Travel International, London, England, June 26.
Tousley, Nancy. "AB Goes to Europe", Excerpt from the "Seven Artist in AB" catalogue,
Visual Arts Newsletter, AB Culture, Edmonton, June, Vol. VI, No. 3.
Tousley, Nancy. Seven Artists from AB: Art in this Region, catalogue, Canada House Cultural Centre Gallery, London, England and AB Culture, Edmonton, AB.
1983 Mays, John Bentley. "The Snakes in the Garden", Visions: Contemporary Art in Canada, Robert Bringhurst, Geoffrey James, Russell Deziere, Doris Shadbolt Editors., Douglass McIntyre Ltd., Vancouver,B.C.
Stacey, Robert. The Hand Holding the Brush: Self Portraits by Canadian Artists, catalogue, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON.
Burnett, David & Schiff, Marilyn. Contemporary Canadian Art, Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, AB.
Varley, Christopher. "Tourist Series and Toy Series", Update, Vol. 4, No. 1, Edmonton Art Gallery, Jan/Feb.
1982 Rapp, Otto. Review, The Lethbridge Herald, AB, December 6.
Mays, John Bentley. Review, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, October 6.
Tousley, Nancy. "John Hall: Tourists and Toys", poster/catalogue essay, Southern AB Art Gallery and Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto.
Madill, Shirley. Post-Pop Realism: The Winnipeg Perspective 1982, catalogue, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba.
1982 "John Hall Interview", Visual Arts Newsletter, AB Culture, Vol IV, No. 1, winter.
1981 Mandel, Corrine. Review (John Hall at Aggregation Gallery, now Wynick/Tuck Gallery), Artscanada, July/August.
Bogardi, George. "Art that goes pop in the Dark", Chimo.
Besant, Derek Michael. "John Hall - The Artist as Tourist", Artmagazine, September/October.
Mays, John Bentley. "Calgary Artist finds inspiration in mass produced miscellany", The Globe and Mail, Apr. 13.
Tousley, Nancy. Review (John Hall at Off Centre Centre), Calgary Herald, February 26.
Moppett, George. Introduction John Hall: Paintings and Auxiliary Works 1979-1980, catalogue, Mendel Art Gallery,Saskatoon, Sask. & Off Centre Centre, Calgary, Alta., (conversation between John Hall & Carroll Moppett).
1980 Hammond, Lois. "Extraordinary Images from an Ordinary Man", Western Living Magazine, March.
Fry, Phillip. Review (John Hall at the National Gallery of Canada), Parachute, Spring.
Burnett, David. Review ("John Hall: Paintings and Auxiliary Works 1969-78"), Artscanada, April/May.
Lipman, Marci & Louise. Images Contemporary Canadian Realism, Lester and Orpen Dennys, Toronto.
Devonshire Baker, Suzanne. Artists of AB, University of AB Press, Edmonton, AB.
1979 Walker, Kathleen. Review (John Hall at National Gallery of Canada), Ottawa Citizen, November 23.
Nelson, James. "John Hall is hard at work in the Realm of New Realism", Ottawa Citizen, November 23.
McHugh, Marilyn. "John Hall Calls Himself a New Realist Painter", Ottawa Sunday Post, October 7.
Gale, Ted. "John Hall: Beauty and Menance Held in a Box", Ottawa Review, October.
Moppett, Ron. John Hall: Paintings and Auxiliary Works 1969-78, Journal #35, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
1978 Tousley, Nancy. Review (John Hall at A.C.A. Gallery), Calgary Herald, November 9.
Joyner, Brooks. "His Works are now a Hallmark", Sunday Tab, Calgary, November 19.
Who's Who in American Art: 1978, Edited by Jacques Cattell Press, R.R. Bowker Company, New York & London(including subsequent editions).
Realism in Canada: Traditional and New, catalogue, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask.
John Hall: Paintings and Auxiliary Works 1969-1978, catalogue, AB College of Art Gallery, Calgary,Introduction by Ron Moppett, Essay by Clyde McConnell, Statement by Pierre Theberge & the artist.
1976 Chandler, Joel Noel. Review of "17 Canadian Artists: A Protean View", Artscanada, Oct/Nov.
Rosenberg, Ann. Review of "17 Canadian Artists: A Protean View", Artmagazine, Oct/Nov.
Joyner, Brooks. "A Protean Artist in Calgary", The Calgary ABn, June 5.
Balkind, Alvin. 17 Canadian Artists: A Protean View, catalogue, Vancouver Art Gallery, B.C.
Eight Calgary Artists, catalogue, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. (statement by the Artist).
Moppett, Ron. John Hall: Paintings, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1974 Dyens, George M. Review of "Prairies", Saidye Bronfman Centre, Vie Des Arts #76.
1972 Blakeman, Evelyn. "Subtle Look Behind Life's Facade", Edmonton Journal.
Kluyver-Cluysenaer, Margaret. Realism: Emulsion and Omission, catalogue, Agnes Etherington Art Centre,Queen's University, Kingston, ON (statement by the artist).
1971 McConnell, Clyde. "Two ABns", review of John Hall/R. Carmichael show , Artscanada, April/May.
John Hall (statement by the artist), Students Union Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB.
Theberge, Pierre. Canada 4 & 3, catalogue, Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France.
1970 Simmons, Richard. Review of John Hall/Joice Hall Show, The Vancouver Province.
Lowndes, Joan. Review of John Hall/Joice Hall Show, The Vancouver Sun, November 3.
It's the Real Thing: John Hall, catalogue, AB College of Art Gallery, Calgary.
VIDEO / CD ROM PRODUCTIONS
2004 “ASCENDING PLEASURES II- John Hall’s Still Life Paintings” CD ROM catalogue, Vernon Public Art Gallery 2002 “JOHN HALL” Short film produced by Big Money Pictures for the BRAVO CHANNEL
1997 “The Canadian Collection of the National Gallery of Canada” (CD ROM)
1996 “Ascending Pleasures: the Art of John Hall” (CD ROM)
1995 “Ideas and Inspiration: Contemporary Canadian Art”, Heartland Motion Pictures Inc. For Saskatchewan Education (CD ROM)
1992 "Investing in Art: show #4, 1/2 hour profile of three AB artists, AB Foundation for the Arts.(VIDEO)
"NUTV", ten minute profile, University of Calgary.(VIDEO)
1989 "From Idea to Image", produced by the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB.(VIDEO)
COVER ART
2000 “The Last Generation”, memoir by Alan Robertson, ISBN 0-9688019-0-0
1995 “Calypso Warrior”, novel by Ken McGoogan, Robert Davies Publishing, ISBN 1-895854-38-5, “La Disposición del
Mercado: Luchadores”
1984 “The Father”, novel by F.G. Paci, Oberon Press, ISBN 0-887505-10-4, “”Free Inspection”
1981 “Alex Driving South”, novel by Keith Maillard, General Publishing, ISBN 0-7736-7045-9, “Tourist 1”
WWW SITES
1996 http://www.islandnet.com/~bcma/museums/agso/hall.html On-line catalogue published on the occassion of the exhibition “La Disposición del Mercado”, Art
Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC.
