JAY ISAAC

Solo Exhibitions
2007 The Beauty of Things, In This World, Now and Always, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2005 CUE Foundation, New York (catalogue)
2004 Maritime Frazetta, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto
2004 Elemental Brooker, Xeno Gallery, Vancouver (Collaborative show with Robin Fry)
2003 New Age Philosophy , Acuna-Hansen Gallery Project Space, Los Angeles
2002 The Matlock Juxtapoze, Mercer Union, Toronto
2002 Misty Horizon, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2001 Hinterland, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2001 Watering Hole, Solo Exhibition Space, Toronto
2000 Pleasurenaut, Bus Gallery, Toronto
1998 Recent Paintings, Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1997 New Work, Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 See You Tommorrow, Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston
2006 Art vs Real Life, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
2006 Natural Selection, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2006 Darkness Ascends, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
2004 The Cave and the Island, White Columns, New York
2004 The Cave and the Island, Galerie Kunstbeuro, Vienna
2004 Republic of Love, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
2002 Selling Out and Buying In, Biz Art, Shanghai (catalogue)
2002 Synthetic Psychosis, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (catalogue)
2002 Officina America, Galleria d'art moderna di Bologna, Italy (catalogue)
2001 Breakfast of Champeens, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2001 Instant Coffee Miniature Show, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2000 Glo, Archive Inc, Toronto
2000 Pretty, Please, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto
2000 Re-Negotiating Space, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2000 Emerging Artists, Gallery One, Toronto
1999 Nog A Dod, Moonbase Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Awards
2005 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2003 Canada Council Travel Grant
2003 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2003 Ontario Arts Council Creation Grant
2003 Toronto Arts Council Creation Grant
2002 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2000 Ontario Arts Council Creation Grant
2000 Toronto Arts Council Level One Creation Grant
1998 Canada Council Emerging Artist Grant
1998 Canada Council Travel Grant
1997 PADAC Art Award
1996 New Brunswick Juried Arts Award
1996 ECIAD Tuition Scholarship
1995 British Columbia Juried Arts Award
1995 New Brunswick Juried Arts Award
1995 ECIAD Tuition Scholarship
1994 British Columbia Juried Arts Award
1994 ECIAD Tuition Scholarship
ART FAIRS
  • 2006 Aqua Art Fair, Miami, (othergallery)
    2006 Toronto International Art Fair, (othergallery)
    2006 Art(212), New York, (Katherine Mulherin Projects)
    2006 Scope London, (Katherine Mulherin Projects)
    2005 Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, (Solo Exhibition)
    2005 FIAC, Paris (Artcore Gallery)
    2004 Toronto International Art Fair(Greener Pastures Contemporary Art)
COLLECTIONS
Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, ON Aylesworth, Toronto Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
RESIDENCIES
2005
  • CUE Foundation, New York
Bibliography
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    Barilli, Renato (curator) Officina America, Museum of Modern Art, Bologna, 2002 (catalogue)
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