- Biography
- Solo Exhibitions
- Group Exhibitions
- Selected Collections
- Professional Experience
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, in September, 1941, Rick McCarthy lives in Toronto. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art in 1963, Mr. McCarthy also pursued post-graduate studies in printmaking. In addition to his extensive resume as a fine artist, Mr. McCarthy is also a Hanshi (8th dan black belt) in Shotokan Karate.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015
New Works, Art Avenue Gallery, Torono
2014
New Works, Art Avenue Gallery, Toronto
2013
New Works, Art Avenue Gallery, Toronto
2011
Fighters, at Jet Fuel, Toronto
2010
Flowers, at Jet Fuel, Toronto
2009
Independent Documentary Film, Rick McCarthy: Martial Artist
2008
Hang Man Gallery, Toronto
2003
Teodora Gallery, Toronto
2002
The Tabernacle, Teodora Gallery, Toronto. Review Toronto Star
2001
Teodora Gallery, Toronto. Review Toronto Star
1995
CBC Documentary, The Artist and the Collector
1995
Dimensions, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto. Review Globe and Mail
1994
Works in Progress, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
New Paintings and Works on Paper, Christopher Cutts Gallery
1990
Geraldine Davis Gallery, Toronto. Review Toronto Star
1989
Geraldine Davis Gallery, Toronto, Review Toronto Star
1983
Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary. Review Calgary Herald
Sacred and Profane Love Series, Sword Street Gallery Toronto
1981
Sword Street Gallery, Toronto. Review Art Magazine
1980
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto. Review Toronto Star and Globe and Mail
West Broadway Gallery, New York City.
1979
West Broadway Gallery, New York City.
1976
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto. Review Toronto Star and Globe and Mail
1974
Hart House, University of Toronto, Review Globe and Mail
1973
Picture Loan Gallery, Toronto. Review Globe and Mail
1972
Picture Loan Gallery, Toronto, review Globe and Mail
1970
Pollock Gallery, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Work selected for Sotheby's Annual Auction of Important Canadian Art
2010
More Than Flesh: Embodiment of Abstraction, University of Toronto Art Centre
2009
Figure, Form and Ground, University of Toronto Art Centre
2009
(Re)verse Ekphrasis, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario
2009
Work selected for Sotheby’s Annual Auction of Important Canadian Art
2008
Work selected for Sotheby’s Annual Auction of Important Canadian Art
1984
Edge and Image, Concordia University Art Gallery
Graphex 9, Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
1982
400 Years of the Nude in Canada, Pagurian Gallery, Toronto
Sword Street Press, Arts Centre, University of Waterloo.
1981
Coughtry, McCarthy and Raynor, Sword Street Gallery, Toronto
Sword Street Press, Art Gallery of Brant
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
Burlington Cultural Centre
McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario
Saidye Brofman Centre, Montreal
1980
Gods, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto
1978
Performance, Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto
Informal Drawings from the Artist’s Studio. Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto
1977
The Cleveland (UK) 3rd International Drawing Biennial (work selected for world tour)
Selected Private Collections
Margaret Atwood Collection
Thomas Dungey Collection
Henry of Pelham Winery
Quarum Corporation
David P. Silcox Collection
Alan Zener Collection
Selected Public Collections
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Gallery of Peel
BP Canada
Canada Council Art Bank
Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Imperial Oil
Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s
Ministry of Culture, Ontario
MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
Museum London
Queen’s University
Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Trust
St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax
Shell Canada
Gallery Stratford
University of Guelph
University of Toronto
University of Toronto Art Centre
University of Lethbridge, Alberta
Wilfred Laurier University
YMCA
Curriculum Vitae
1982 -83 Ontario College of Art
Instructor – drawing and painting
1980 -81 Seneca College
Instructor – drawing and painting
1971 -72 Ontario College of Art
Instructor – drawing and painting
1968 -71 Art Gallery of Ontario
Instructor – drawing and painting
1967 -69 Ontario College of Art
Instructor – drawing and painting
1966
Participation, demonstration and instruction in perception experiments with Professor Edwin Mason,
Director of Courses, Goldsmith College, London University
1965
Introduction of printmaking program to the Inuit of Baker Lake, NorthWest Territories, under the
auspices of the Government of Canada
Statements by and about Rick McCarthy
from David P. Silcox | Statement 1990 | Statement 1991 (pdf) | Statement 2001