Weppler / Mahovsky

Rhonda Weppler b. 1972, Winnipeg. Lives and works in Vancouver.
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2009
String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY
Darling Foundry, Montreal, QC
Carpet World, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
2008
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
2007
Clutter Sculptures, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2006
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON
Rodman Hall, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2005
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
2003
The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
2002
Optica, Montreal, QC
YYZ, Toronto, ON
Stride, Calgary, AB
The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
2000
Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
Solo exhibitions from 2004 on are collaborative with Trevor Mahovsky
Group Exhibitions
2011
Barroco Nova, Artlab, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2010
It is what it is, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Triumphant Carrot: The Persistence of Still Life, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Here in My Car, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
2009
Nothing to Declare: Recent Sculpture from Canada, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
Cubes, Blocks and Other Spaces, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC
Auto: Sueño y Materia [Auto: Dream and Material], Dos De Mayo Art Center, Madrid, Spain
So Fake They’ll Think It’s Real, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, curated by 18k Gold Tone
Auto: Sueño y Materia, Laboral Centro de Arte, Gijon, Spain
Man’s Ruin, Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON
Blue Like an Orange, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
How Soon is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008
Drifting, Slowly, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Galerie d'Art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, PQ
Comic Relief, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
2007
Model Behavior, Organism, Portland, OR
Fun House, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
AUTObiographies, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2006
Beholding the Tranquil Beauty and Brilliancy of the Ocean's Skin…, Bodger's and Kludger's, Vancouver, BC
Readymade Map, +gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Many Shades of the Departed…, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON
Readymade Map, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Berlin/Toronto Exchange, loop-raum fur actuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
Off Grid, Ottawa Art Gallery, ON
2004
Art Hypermarkets: Contesting Consumerism, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Domicile, Centre On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Berlin/Toronto Exchange, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON
That Obscure Object of Desire, Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge, ON
2003
Commodious Evolution, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, ON
Saturday Society, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Test Kitchen, Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Cerve, Eastern Edge, St John's, NF
2002
Tunnel, Artcite, Windsor, ON
2001
Genodrift, The Photographer's Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Homebody, Alternator, Kelowna, BC
1996
Fancy, Contemporary Gallery, Ontario Textile Museum, Toronto, ON
Group exhibitions from 2005 on are collaborative with Trevor Mahovsky
Public Collections
Canada Council Art Bank
Kamloops Art Gallery
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery
Musée d'art Contemporain de Montreal
National Gallery of Canada
Bibliography
Adler, Dan, "Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky at Pari Nadimi", Artforum.com, November, 2007
Anderson, Randall, "Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky", Flash Art International (Milan), vol XXXIX, No. 249, July-Sept 2006, p. 60
Armstrong, John, “Drifting Slowly”, Canadian Art online edition, December, 2008
Birch, Jesse, “A Sea of Contingencies: Vancouver’s Domestic Interventions”, C Magazine (Toronto), Autumn 2009, p 13.
Bouchard, Gilbert, "Everyday Objects Reimagined for Sake of Carnivalesque Show", Edmonton Journal, Sept 25, 2007
Budney, Jen, "Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky in conversation with Jen Budney", Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, catalogue of exhibition, Kamloops Art Gallery, 2008
Buis, Sue, "Cargo", and "a bout de soufflé (out of breath)", Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, catalogue of exhibition, Kamloops Art Gallery, 2008
Burnham, Clint, "Everyday objects transformed", The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver), Dec 16, 2006
Charron, Marie-Eve, “Un point de vue sur la collection”, Le Devoir (Montreal), Dec 24, 2009
Dault, Gary Michael, "By their fruits you shall know them", The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Nov 3, 2007
De La Villa, Rocio, “El sueño en el desguace”, El Cultural (Madrid), May 22, 2009
Delgado, Jerome, “Presque Rien”, Le Devoir (Montreal), July 25, 2009
__________, "Restes et autres recuperations", La Presse (Montreal), May 26, 2006
Dezainde, Line, "Micropolitique Urbaine", Voir.ca (Ottawa), Apr 28, 2005
Diaz, Felipe, "Autobiographies: How We Share the Road", Autobiographies, catalogue, Dunlop Art Gallery: Regina, SK, 2007
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__________, "Spinning Wheels", catalogue, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, 2004
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Ganis, William V., "Vancouver: Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky", Sculpture (Washington), June, Vol 26, No 53, 2007
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Lum, Ken, "Gentle Indifference: the Art of Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky", Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, catalogue of touring exhibition, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery (Saidye Bronfman Centre), Rodman Hall Arts Centre (Brock University), Doris McCarthy Gallery (U of T Scarborough), Cambridge Galleries, 2006
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Mahovsky, Trevor, "On Cheap Tricks", Thin catalogue, YYZ, Toronto, 2002
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__________, "Three thin texts to parallel an exhibition", Stacked brochure, Stride, Calgary, 2002
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Awards/Residencies
2011
International Artist Residency, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2006
Canada Council International Artist Residency, ISCP, New York
2005
City of Vancouver Artist Studio Award
2003
Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts
2002
Gibraltar Point Residency, Toronto Artscape, Toronto
2000
Vancouver Arts Development Award
1999
Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts
Education
1998
MFA, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1996
BA(Hons), Specialization in Fine Art and Art History, Major in Psychology, University of Toronto
1995
Diploma of Fine Art Studio, Sheridan College, Toronto