For a condensed overview, see a narrative biography.

Solo Exhibitions  Group Exhibitions  Collections Grants and Awards
Exhibition Catalogues and Bookworks  Reviews  Interviews Artist Lectures

Last Revised: 28/6/10

Solo Exhibitions
2009
•  Paris, Mange Disque, Quatre soeurs (exhibition and performance)
•  Toulon, L'Ecole de Beaux-arts de Toulon, Quatre soeurs (exhibition and performance)

2008
•  Toronto, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Four Sisters, curated by Gordon Hatt

2006
•  Nîmes, France, Galerie ESCA, Lakeshore
•  Oakville, Oakville Galleries, Lakeshore
•  Corner Brook, NF, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Memorial University, Lakeshore

2005
•  Montréal, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Studio 1, Maison de la culture
Côte-des-Neiges, Jim →, curated by Martha Langford (catalogue)

2004
•  Winnipeg, MB, Platform, Lakeshore

2003
•  Calgary, AB, Truck, Lakeshore (brochure)
•  Caen, France, Artothèque de Caen, Jim →
•  Caen, France, L’Hôtel Galerie d’Art, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Caen, Lakeshore

2002
•  Toronto, Robert Birch Gallery, Jim → (bookwork)
•  Sudbury, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Jim → (bookwork)
•  Toronto, Alliance Française, Jim →

2001
•  Paris, Centre culturel canadien, Fuzzy: Renseignement Généraux - Paul Collins (with John Armstrong and Marc Moret)

Group Exhibitions
2010
•  Toronto, Revue Cinema, REvisit: Showcasing Parkdale Film + Video Shorts Program, Parkdale Film + Video Showcase
•  Toronto, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, The Mechanical Bride (with Paul Collins), Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, curated by Bonnie Rubenstein (magazine)
•  Toronto, Shaw Street School, Art School (Dismissed) (with Paul Collins)
Curator Heather Nicol invited twenty-two faculty from universities, colleges and cultural organizations primarily in the Toronto region to create site-specific artwork in a century-old, decommissioned primary school in West Toronto.

2009
•  Caen, Chapelle du vieux Saint Sauveur, Four Sisters on a Ring Road (with Paul Collins and Lucas Richarz), part of the festival Interstice 4: Rencontre des inclassable, organized by Station Mir, Caen/Herouville, France

2007
•  Montreal, VAV, The Logo Cities Show
•  Tulle, France, Peuple et Culture Corrèze, Sortir la tête

2006
•  Toronto, Archive, Glo

2004
•  Paris, France, La Soirée de la sirène, On the Wall Again
•  Toronto, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, The Ironic Turn, curated by Ruediger Bender and Lelah Ferguson
•  Sackville, NB, Owens Art Gallery, The Ironic Turn

2003
•   Erfurt, Germany, Kunsthalle Erfurt, The Ironic Turn
•   Metz, France, Faux Mouvement and Chapelle des Trinitaires, The Ironic Turn

Collections
Artothèque du Limousin, Limoges

Foreign Affairs Canada, Ottawa

Grants and Awards
Canada Council Research/Creation Grant - International Residency Program in Visual Arts, Paris: 2007

Exhibition Catalogues and Bookworks
Armstrong, John and Paul Collins. “Exercice de style.” (artist project) Papiers Libres Art Contemporain 51 (janvier – mars 2008).

Armstrong, John and Paul Collins. “Poésie ou propagande.” (artist project) Papiers Libres Art Contemporain 50 (septembre – décembre 2007).

Armstrong, John and Paul Collins. “Grumble.” (artist project) Papiers Libres Art Contemporain 48 (avril - juin 2007).

Randolph, Jeanne. “Along the Lakeshore: an incantation for John & Paul.” Og2 (3.5), Oakville Galleries (November – January 2006). (Winner of Best Short Curatorial Essay Award, Ontario Association of Art Galleries, 2007) Read >

Armstrong, John and Paul Collins. “Lakeshore #11.” (artist project) Papiers Libres Art Contemporain 45 (July-August-September 2006).

Armstrong, John and Paul Collins. “Lakeshore.” (artist project) Papiers Libres Art Contemporain 44 (April - June 2006).

Langford, Martha. Image & Imagination: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2005. Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. Read >

Armstrong, John and Paul Collins. “Lakeshore.” (artist project), Calgary: Truck, 2003.

Eyland, Cliff. Lakeshore. Winnipeg: Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, 2004. Read >

Armstrong, John and Paul Collins. Jim →. Toronto and Sudbury, Ontario: Coach House Books and Art Gallery of Sudbury, 2002.

Reviews and Features
Purdy, Richard. “Cache-misère.” Art Le Sabord (vol. 80, June 2008).

Vanmeenen, Karen. “A hunger for images: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal.” Afterimage (vol. 33.4, 2006).

Rutherford, Krissie. “Duo focus artistic talents on lakeshore.” Oakville Beaver (December 15, 2006). Read >

Dault, Gary Michael. “Can you spot the lakeshore?” The Globe and Mail (December 16, 2006). Read >

Ponçon, Christiane. “John Armstrong & Paul Collins à la Galerie ESCA.” l'Art vues (February-March 2006).

Fabre, Hélène. “Jeu d'eau, jeu de mots à Milhaud.” La Gazette (14 April 2006).

Light, Whitney, “Artful Celebrations.” The Uniter (January 20, 2005).

Dault, Gary Michael. “The irony of (really) big expectations.” The Globe and Mail (July 3, 2004). Read >

O’Brien, Peter, “Jim.” Books in Canada: The Canadian Review of Books (March 2004). Read >

Bender, Ruediger. “The Ironic Turn: Kanadische Kunst der Gegenwart.” Aktuell Kunst (July – August 2003).

Küstner, Eike. “Ironie Verbindet, Erfurt: Neun kanadische Künstler.” Thüringer Allgemeine (July 5, 2003).

Boeckh, Margit. “Einhorn trift sanfte Reisen.” Middeldeutsche Zeitung (July 5, 2003).

Ost Thüringer Zeitung (July 5, 2003).

Fiedler, Pèter-Alexandre, “Wo bin ich, Paris oder Toronto?” Thüringer Landeszeitung (July 29, 2003).

Fiedler, Pèter-Alexandre, “Sie sägen am Ast, auf dem sie sitzen.” Eisenacher Presse (July 5, 2003).

Alexandre, Xavier, “Collins et Armstrong, « faux jumeaux ».” Ouest-France (March 25, 2003). Lisez >

Gillmor, Alison, “A Sneaky way to work with paint.” The National Post (February 6, 2003).

Dault, Gary Michael. “Picturing the challenge of 49 words.” The Globe and Mail (May 8, 2002). Read >

Interviews
Vigneault-Dubois, Louis-Etienne. “Les Arts et les autres.” Radio-Canada, La Première chaîne radio, January 8, 2007.

Simon, Holly. "Lakeshore." Audio interview for gallery Web site. Truck Contemporary Art in Calgary, November 14, 2003. Hear interview>

Gauthier, Stéphane. “Au Nord des sentiers battus: John Armstrong et Paul Collins.” Radio-Canada, La Première chaîne radio, June 22, 2002.

Chamberland, François X. “Bonjour.” C.J.B.C. - Radio Canada, December 15, 1989; February 20, 1992; “De A à X.” Radio Canada (Toronto), September 5, 1995.

Artist Lectures
2006
•  Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
•   Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax
•   Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
•   University of Caen, Caen, France