CURRICULUM VITAE
Carmelo Arnoldin
113 Ferris Road
Toronto, ON M4B 1G6 Canada
Telephone: 416-757-2931
E-mail: carmeloarnoldin@gmail.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 THE OAKVILLE ART GALLERIES, Oakville, Ont. -The Last Supper
2012-13 MUSÈE DES RELIGIONS DU MONDE, Nicolet, Quebec – The Chapel of Fools
2013 Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ont. -The Last Supper
2006 ART GALLERY OF TANGSHAN, Tangshan, China – Project Mille
2005 CAMBRIDGE GALLERIES, Cambridge, Ontario – Project Mille
2002 DURHAM ART GALLERY, Durham, Ontario – Project Mille
1999 THE KOFFLER GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario – Portal
1998 ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA, Mississauga, Ontario – The Forest For The Trees
1995 GALERIE CHRISTIANE CHASSAY, Montreal, Quebec – Bernini’s Vomit
1995 l’OEIL DE POISSON, Quebec, Quebec – Bernini’s Vomit
1994 LAKE GALLERIES, Toronto, Ontario – Project Mille
1993 JOSEPH D. CARRIER ART GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario – Project Mille
1992 LAKE GALLERIES, Toronto, Ontario – Project Mille
1991 GALLERIA IL CASTELLO, Trento, Italy
1991 LAKE GALLERIES, Toronto, Ontario – Project Mille
1989 ART GALLERY ST. THOMAS-ELGIN, Ontario – Allegories
GALERIE OBORO, Montreal, Quebec – Project Mille
1988 GARNET PRESS GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario – Remembrance
1987 GARNET PRESS GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario – Ricordi
1985 SAW GALLERY, Ottawa, Ontario – Ricordi
1984 MERCER UNION, Toronto, Ontario
1975 ANNA LEONOWENS GALLERY, Halifax, NS – Stations
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2018 – July14, Mart Museum of Rovereto and Trento Italy. “Vicino Ma Non Qui” (Close But Not Here)
2016-17 TRAFALGAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Oakville, Ontario – Curated by Shannon Anderson – Crafted
2013 CANADIAN MUSEUM OF TEXTILE, Toronto, Ontario – Shine
2010 THE KOFFLER GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario
2005 HARBOURFRONT GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario – The Conative Object
2004 MOCCA, Toronto, Ontario – The Ironic Turn
MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY, Sackville, New Brunswick – The Ironic Turn
2003 KUNSTHALLE ERFURT, Erfurt, Germany – The Ironic Turn
FAUX MOUVEMENT, Metz, France – The Ironic Turn
2002 ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON, Hamilton, Ontario – Reverence
1995 OTTAWA ART GALLERY, Arts Court, Ottawa, Ontario – Bernini’s Vomit
1993 ART FRANKFURT, Frankfurt, Germany
1993 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO, Chicago, Illinois
1989 REVO, CASA MARTINI, Revo Italy
1988 ARTSPACE, Peterborough, Ontario
1986 GALERIE NOCTUELLE, Montreal, Quebec – Overture
1985 GARNET PRESS, Toronto, Ontario – Lassoed Event
1984 SAIDYE BRONFMAN CENTRE, Montreal, Quebec – E(X) Changes II
1981 FACTORY 77, Toronto, Ontario
1979 YORK GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario
1978 OPTICA GALLERY, Montreal, Quebec – Works on Paper
LE GROUPE DE LA PLACE ROYALE, Ottawa, Ontario – Paperworks
1977 ART GALLERY AT HARBOURFRONT, Toronto, Ontario – Sculpture in Canada
OPTICA GALLERY, Montreal, Quebec (with Judith Schwartz)
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS (Successful proposals in CAPITALS)
2010 THE CENTRE FOR HEALTHY COMMUNINTIES SHERIDAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND
ADVANCED LEARNING, Brampton, Ontario – Mosaic for the facade of the building (Concept
drawings)
2003 UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC A TROIS-RIVIÉRES. Quebec – Living Sculpture – Research Centre
(Concept drawings)
2001 Arbor Room Entranceway, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Cambridge Library, Preston, Ontario – Nevermore
2000 TEKNION FURNITURE SYSTEMS LTD. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – George, interior sculpture
1995 UNITED NATIONS (Food and Agriculture Organization) and THE CITY OF QUEBEC. (Collaboration
with Francois Hebert and Richard Purdy) – La Vivriere, permanent exterior sculpture and
fountain.
National Trade Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario
Garrison Creek Development Project, Toronto, Ontario
Etobicoke Memorial Pool, Etobicoke, Ontario
Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
1992 CENTRE HOPITALIER DU ST-EUSTACHE, St-Eustache, Quebec – (Collaboration with Richard
Purdy) – The Music of the Spheres, large-scale, permanent exterior sculpture
EDUCATION
1978 M.F.A. York University, Toronto, Ontario
1976 B.F.A. Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
Languages English, Italian, Spanish
PUBLICATIONS
2016 IN THE SHADOW OF HOME (An Artist’s Journey in A New Land) Life Rattle Press – Toronto
1995 NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (Documentary film), Enigmatico
AWARDS
2015 Residency – La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2001 Canada Council “A” Grant
1997 Canada Council “B” Grant
COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank
Dirstein and Robertson Ltd.
D & E Lake
Musée des Religions du Monde, Quebec
Private Collections
REVIEWS
2004 THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Gary Michael Dault
2002 THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Gary Michael Dault
2000 C MAGAZINE, John Armstrong – Rapprochement
1999 THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Gary Michael Dault
1999 WHERE MAGAZINE, Betty Ann Jordan
1998 CANADIAN ARCHITECT, Gary Michael Dault
1998 THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Blake Gopnik
1996 PARACHUTE, Martin Carrier
1995 C MAGAZINE, Germaine Koh
1995 THE CITIZEN, Alan King, Ottawa, Ontario
1994 EYE, Oliver Girling, Toronto, Ontario
1993 THE TORONTO STAR, Don Sutton
1991 C MAGAZINE, Peter O’Brien
1988 SAW GALLERY exhibition catalogue, Daniel Sharp, Ottawa, Ontario
1987 THE GLOBE & MAIL, John Bentley Mays, Toronto, Ontario
1986 VANGUARD, Donna Lypchuk
1985 THE TORONTO STAR, Christopher Hume, Toronto, Ontario
LECTURES
2004 MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION – Ottawa, Ontario – Project Mille
2003 KUNSTHALLE ERFURT – Project Mille
2000 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT MISSISSAUGA – Project Mille
1999 THE KOFFLER GALLERY – Project Mille
1998 ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA – Project Mille
1995 OTTAWA ART GALLERY, Ottawa, Ontario – Project Mille
1994 ITALIAN TRENTIN CLUB, Toronto, Ontario – Looking at Art
1992 SHERIDAN COLLEGE, Oakville, Ontario
1991 TRENTO, ITALY – Influences, Art and Emigration
1989 GALLERY OBORO, Montreal – Churches of the Millennium
1979-80 EAST YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD – Artist In Schools Program Paper As A
Sculpture Medium