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

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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