Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky
- Rhonda Weppler b. 1972, Winnipeg. Lives and works in Vancouver.
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2009
- String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY (upcoming)
- 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
- 2009
- Auto: Sueño y Materia, Dos De Mayo Art Center, Madrid, Spain (upcoming)
- 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
- 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
- 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, Jarome, "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
- Falvey, Emily, "Spinning Wheels", catalogue, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, 2004
- Ganis, William V., "Vancouver: Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky", Sculpture (Washington), June, Vol 26, No 53, 2007
- Jager, David, "Anti-Monumental: The 70's Get Ominous", Now Toronto (Toronto), Sept 22-28, Vol 25, No 4, 2005
- Kwan, Vanessa, "Trevor Mahovsky and Rhonda Weppler", Canadian Art (Toronto), Spring 2005
- Laba, Robyn, "Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky", D'or: Goin Solo, Or Gallery: Vancouver, 2006
- Le Van, Katy, "Bleue comme une orange: Réinventer l'objet", Voir (Ottawa), April 23, 2009
- 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
- Lynch, Brian, "Or Gallery show provides foil for latest SWARM", Georgia Straight (Vancouver), Sept 9
- Mahovsky, Trevor, "On Cheap Tricks", Thin catalogue, YYZ, Toronto, 2002
- __________, "Rhonda Weppler", brochure, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, 2001
- __________, "Rhonda Weppler", brochure, Gallery 101, Ottawa, 2001
- __________, "Three thin texts to parallel an exhibition", Stacked brochure, Stride, Calgary, 2002
- Mavrikakis, Nicolas, “Matieres a reflexion”, Voir (Quebec City), July 24, 2008
- Milroy, Sarah, "Pictures are out – experience is in", Globe and Mail (Toronto), Feb 14, 2009
- __________, "The idea of a bright tomorrow is so yesterday", Globe and Mail (Toronto), Sept 20, 2008
- __________, "Breaking the mould of Vancouver art", The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Sept 30, 2005
- __________, "Generation Next", The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 10 May 2003
- Nicoll, Audrey, "Auto Pilot", Visual Arts News (Halifax), Winter, 2008
- Osborne, Catherine, "Shell Games", Designlines Toronto, Spring 2006, pp 38-9.
- Papararo, Jenifer, "Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky", exhibition brochure, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2006.
- Placentile, Milena, "Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky", Border Crossings (Winnipeg), #101, Spring 2007
- Redfern, Christine, "Sculpture Jamming", Montreal Mirror, April 27-May 3, 2006, p 55
- Sigolo, Alfredo, "Artissi(missi)ma", Exhibart.com (Florence), Nov 21, 2005
- Tousley, Nancy, "Seeing Things", Calgary Herald digital edition blogs, Oct 4 2007
- Youds, Mike, "It's a Wrap", The Kamloops Daily News, March 28, 2008
- Awards/Residencies
- 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
