Peter Bowyer

Peter Bowyer was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1956, where he currently lives and works.

Solo Exhibitions
2012
  • Five, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2010
  • Foehn, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2008
2007
2006
  • The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
2003
  • The Art Gallery of York University,  Toronto
2000
  • Flower, The Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto
1999
  • Square Mile, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1996
  • Weather Girl, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
  • Glimpse, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1995
  • Further Arrangement, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
1992
  • Circulation, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1991
  • The Neighbour's Food, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1989
  • Don't Encourage Delay, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1988
  • First Lunar Dump, Galerie Optica, Montreal
1987
  • Part of the Inheritance, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1986
  • Sculpture, Queen's Park, Toronto
1982
  • Mercer Union, Toronto
1981
  • YYZ, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
2012
2011
  • Share the Square, Academiegalerie, Utrecht NL
2009
  • Taxi, Paul Petro Special Projects Space, Toronto
2007
  • Stephen Andrews, Peter Bowyer, Gary Evans, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2006
  • The Cold City Years, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
2005
  • Pot Modern, Gallery Zsa Zsa, Toronto
2004
  • The Future, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York
2001
  • Spectacle, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
 
  • Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York
2000
  • Logo City, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto
1999
  • Re:Location, Motor Oil, Woodbridge, Ontario
 
  • Gallery Zsa Zsa, Toronto
1998
  • Works for the Ideal Home, Art Metropole, Toronto
 
  • Artifice, The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
1997
  • Ontological Humours, Galerie Emilio Navarro, Miami
 
  • The Gramercy International, Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles
 
  • Cutting Edge, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
1996
  • AKA Canada, The Koffler Gallery, Toronto
 
  • Ten, Cold City/Mercer Union, Toronto
1995
  • Peter Bowyer, Tom Dean, Mark Gomes, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1993
  • Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1991
  • Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1989
  • Vancouver Exchange, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
 
  • Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1988
  • Walls on Fire, YYZ, Toronto
 
  • New York City Art Fair, Jacob Javitz Center, New York City
1987
  • Gallery Artists, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
1986
  • Current Events, A Space, Toronto
 
  • Quick Draw, Gallery 76, Toronto
 
  • Inaugural Exhibition, Cold City Gallery, Toronto
 
  • Water Blues for the Late Great Lakes, sculpture for the Toronto Caribana Parade
1985
  • The Constant Vertical, Republic/Mercer Union, Toronto
1984
  • The New City of Sculpture, Mercer Union/YYZ, Toronto
 
  • Recent Trends, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
1978
  • The New Contemporaries, The Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
Selected Bibliography
  • John Bentley Mays, The Globe and Mail, Feb.6, 1982
    Sarah Clark-Lanager, catalogue essay for The Munson-Williams -Proctor Institute, 1984
    Marshall Webb, Canadian Art, Winter, 1984
    Mitch Moldofsky, The Art Post, Nov/Dec. 1984
    Donald Kuspit, C Magazine, #4. Winter 1985
    Christopher Hume, The Toronto Star, March 19,1986
    John Bentley Mays, The Globe and Mail, July 18, 1988
    Claire Gravel, Le Devoir, Oct. 8, 1988
    Linda Genereux, Metropolis, Sept.2, 1989
    Carl Skelton, Print and Drawing Council, Nov/Dec.Vol.2.#5, 1989
    Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail, Sept. 4, 1992
    Gregory Salzman, catalogue essay for Further Arrangement, The Power Plant , 1995
    Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail, Feb. 27, 1995
    John Armstrong, C Magazine, #47, Fall 1996
    John Massier, catalogue essay for AKA Canada, Koffler Gallery, 1996
    Betty Ann Jordan, The Globe and Mail, Jan. 4, 1997
    Sally McKay, Flash Art, Jan/Feb. 1997
    Blake Gopnik, The Globe and Mail, July 16, 1999
    John Massier, Canadian Art, Vol.16,#3. Fall 1999
    Reid Diamond, Lola #5, Winter 1999
    Ingrid Chu, catalogue essay for Re:Location, 1999
    Blake Gopnik, The Globe and Mail,  May 20, 2000
    Adrian Blackwell, essay for the Toronto Sculpture Garden, 2000
    Anitra Hamilton, Lola #7, Fall 2000
    Richard Huntington, The Buffalo News, Dec.7, 2001
    Kristine Harrington, Canadian Art, Vol.20, #3. Fall 2003
    Kenneth Hayes, catalogue essay for the Art Gallery of York University, 2003
    Terence Dick, Akimblog, Dec. 21, 2006
    Wren Jackson, Canadian Art, Vol. 26 #1. Spring 2009
    Marjolein Geraedts, LUCY, July 1, 2011
Collections
  • The Canada Council Art Bank
    London Life Insurance Company
    McCarthy, Tetrault
    The Cambridge Sculpture Garden
    Plazacorp Investments Limited
    The Toronto Transit Comission
    Museum London
    Art Gallery of Lethbridge, Alberta


View selected works 1999-2007