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representation
Birch
Libralato Gallery
129 Tecumseth Street. Toronto, Canada / tel: 416.365.3003
solo
exhibitions
2008
5,6,7: Economies of Good
& Evil, Tom Thompson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
5,6,7: Economies of Good & Evil, St. Mary’s University
Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
5,6,7: Economies of Good & Evil, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown,
PEI
New Work, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON
5,6,7: Economies of Good & Evil, Kenderdine Gallery, Sakatoon,
SK
2007
5,6,7: Economies of Good
& Evil, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
5,6,7: Economies of Good & Evil, Oakville Galleries, Oakville,
ON
2006
GVSB, Birch Libralato
Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005
Winners & Losers, TrepanierBaer, Calgary, AB
2004
S&P 100, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003
Some Days Are Better Than Others, Robert
Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON
Original Copy, Arts Place Gallery, Annapolis
Royal, NS
Landscapes, TrepanierBaer, Calgary, AB
Landscapes, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin,
New Zealand
2002
Landscapes, High Street Project,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Drake Hotel, One of 10 hotel room
shows for TIAF Gala at the Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON
…and tomorrow the world, Galerie
Sans Nom, Moncton, NB
Original Copy, Woodstock Public
Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON
What Once Was, Solo Exhibition Space,
Toronto, ON
Original Copy, Gallery TPW, Toronto,
ON
2001
International Ice Hockey Federderation Museum
(Museopathy), Agnes
Etherington Gallery, Kingston, ON
Stories for Grandchildren, Forest
City Gallery, London, ON
Hall of Fame, Salle Sans Sous, Moncton,
NB
2000
Stories for Grandchildren, The New
Gallery, Calgary, AB
Stories for Grandchildren, eyelevelgallery,
Halifax, NS
People I Know, High Street Project,
Christchurch, New Zealand
People I Know, Platform, Melbourne,
Australia
Redbird Paparazzi, The Physics Room,
New Zealand
Stories for Grandchildren, RM3,
Auckland, New Zealand
1999
Redbird Paparazzi, Galerie Sans
Nom, Moncton, NB
Mitch Robertson 1974-1999, Galerie
Sans Nom, Moncton, NB
Mitch Robertson 1974-1999, Anna
Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
famous‘ "portraits",
The Space, Saint John, NB
Mitch Robertson 1974-1999, Ottawa
Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Redbird Paparazzi, Proposition Gallery,
Belfast, N. Ireland
New photographs, Woodstock Public
Art Gallery, ON
1998
famous™, Galerie Dare-Dare,
Montreal, PQ
famous™, Latitude 53, Edmonton,
AB
group
exhibitions
2007
Group Show, Spoke Club, Toronto, ON
2005
Waypoint, Case Studies, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
Group Show, Koch und Kesslau, Berlin Germany
Free Sample, Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (curated
by Kelly Mark)
Nothing From Nothing, Katherine Mulherin Gallery
2004
Prototype: Contemporary Art from Joe Friday’s Collection,
Carleton Univ Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Outdoor Sculpture Biennale, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON
2003
Quoting Commercialism, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
A Text Book Case, York Quay Centre, Toronto, ON
Past Standing, The Changing Room, Stirling, Scotland
Re:Duchamp, Alliance Francais, Toronto, ON
Quoting Commercialism, Prairie Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB
Quoting Commercialism, The Little Gallery, Prince Albert, SK
Quoting Commercialism, Moosejaw Art Museum, Moosejaw, SK
2002
Group Show, Trepanier Baer, Calgary, AB
Group Show, Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
Room + Board, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Quoting Commercialism, Estevan Art Gallery, Estevan, SK
Quoting Commercialism, Art Gallery of SW Manitoba, Brandon, MB
Quoting Commercialism, The Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB
2001
Room + Board,
Galerie Dare-Dare, Montreal, PQ
Room + Board, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
Room + Board, Proposition Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
Room + Board, Static, Liverpool, England
2000
257, collaboration with Kelly Mark, Museum of Contemporary Canadian
Art, Toronto
Multiples Show, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
15 Minutes, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
1999
Under 40, AGO Rental & Sales Gallery, Toronto, ON
1998
Group Show, Double Pleasure, New York, USA
Supermarket, Espace Forde, Geneva, Switzerland
famous™ buddhas, AGO Rental & Sales Gallery, Toronto,
ON
Double Your Pleasure, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, ON
Custom Fit, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
Publications
Fortin, Sylvie. "In All
The Wrong Places", Ottawa Art Gallery, 2008
Matijcio, Steven. “567: Economies of Good & Evil”, Plug
In ICA & Oakville Galleries, 2007
Drobnick, Jim & Jen Fisher. “Museopathy”, Agnes Etherington
Art Centre, 2002
Reid, Chris. “Quoting Commercialism”, touring exhibition,
2002
Denniston, Stan. “Mitch Robertson – Original Copy”,
essay published by Gallery TPW, Jan. 2002
“Stories for Grandchildren”, self published, May 2001
Reid, Stuart. “15 Minutes”, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2000
Various writers. "Mobilite et resonances, Galerie Dare-Dare, 1999
Various writers. "Dialogue" West Space, Australia, 1999
Various writers. "Fast Friends & Co." Catalogue published
by FFC, 1999
Curatorial
Experience
"Beautiful
Stranger". The Physics Room, New Zealand (Micah Lexier, Kelly
Mark and Janet Werner)
"BFO Projects" – curatorial partnership with
KIT (Toby Heys) from Manchester, England
Exhibitions curated by BFO Projects have included:
- Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Galerie Dare-Dare, Montreal, QC
- The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
- Static, Liverpool, England
- Proposition Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
Commissioned
Projects
Six Most Commonly Drawn
Numbers in the History of Lotto 6/49, Latitude 53 Magazine, 2007
Black & White, Editioned photo. Published by Paul Conway,
August 2005
Top
Five - Five editioned
prints. Published by Paul Conway, July 2003
Pairs - Editioned photo and print set. Published by Paul Conway,
June 2000
Portfolio 3 - Multiples by 8 artists. Published by Paul Conway,
February 1999
True If Destroyed - Artist’s multiple for C Magazine, May
1998
grants
& awards
Ontario
Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant, 2000, 2002
Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Artist Grant, 2004
Canada Council Emerging Artist Grant, 1999, 2001, 2003
Canada Council Travel Grant, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
Canada Council Outreach Grant, 2001
Toronto Arts Council Level One Grant, 2003
Exhibition Assistance 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004
Public
& Corporate
Collections
McCarthy Tetrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Amaranth
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, Calgary
University of Toronto Art Collection
Micro Target Media
Art Gallery of Ontario - E. P. Taylor Research Library
National Gallery of Canada - Art Metropole Archive
Residencies
Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, August
2003
Artist
Talks
Plug In ICA, May 2007
Bishop Strachan School, April 2006
York University, North York,
February 9, 2005
Koffler Gallery, North York, July 15, 2004
University of Toronto - Hart House, November 4, 2003
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON, October 23, 2003
Toronto Life Magazine “Young Collectors Group”, July 16, 2003
Woodstock Public Art Gallery, “Artist in Residence” Oct. 8,
2002
Walter Philips Gallery, February 16, 2002
The New Gallery, Calgary, June 3, 2000
Galerie DARE-dare, Montreal, October 25, 1998
Latitude 53, Edmonton, September 11, 1998
Panel discussion mediated by Gilbert Bouchard. Latitude 53, Sept. 12,
1998
Biography
MITCH ROBERTSON is a conceptually
based artist using photography, video, sculpture, the Internet, installations
and drawing to create work that both celebrates and condemns the intertwined
paths of tourism, globalization and consumerism.
With over sixty exhibitions since 1998, Robertson has shown regularly
across Canada and New Zealand as well as in the USA, Switzerland, N. Ireland,
England, Germany, Scotland and Australia in public, artist run and commercial
galleries. His work has been covered in numerous magazines and newspapers
as well as on radio, TV and talk shows.
He is represented by the Birch Libralato Gallery in Toronto. |
