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Christopher Broadhurst Biography 
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  • Born in London, England, 1953

  • Moved to Canada in 1954

  • Currently lives and works in the village of Tamworth, Ontario

  • 1979-88 Instructor, Painting and Drawing, Department of Art, Queen’s University, KingstonBiography of Canadian artist Christopher Broadhurst at Abbozzo Gallery in Downtown Oakville

  • 1976-83 Instructor, Studio Workshops, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston

  • 1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

  • 1975 Printmaking Summer School, Falmouth College of Art, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2006 “Corinthian Variations”, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

  • 2004 “Wall Flowers”, Winchester Gallery, Victoria,
    BC“Wall Flowers”, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON

  • 2003 Retrospective Exhibition, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON

  • 2003 "Fleeting World", Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON

  • 2002 "Themes and Variations", Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

  • 2002 "Chamber Music Suite", Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON

  • 2001 "New Paintings", Edward Day Gallery, Toronto

  • 2000  "night/vision", Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ont.

  • 2000 Opening exhibition, Edward Day Gallery’s new location, Kingston, Ont.

  • 1999 "A Journey with Friends", Gallery One, Toronto, Ont.

  • 1999 Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1998 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1997 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1997 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1996 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1995 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1995 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1994 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1993 "Four Quartets", Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario

  • 1993 West End Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

  • 1993 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1992 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1991 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1990 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1990 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1989 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1988 Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario

  • 1988 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1987 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1985 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1984 Gallery Quan, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1984 Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault-Ste. Marie, Ontario

  • 1983 Cedar Ridge Centre, Scarborough

  • 1983 Gallery Quan, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1983 Art Gallery of Ontario, circulating through 1984

  • 1982 Gallery Quan, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1981 Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON

  • 2003 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

  • 2001 Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario

  • 1999 Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, Ontario

  • 1997 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1995 "The Garden", Durham Art Gallery, Ontario

  • 1995 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1995 Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

  • 1994 Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

  • 1994 Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, Ontario

  • 1993 Robert McLaughlin Art Centre, Oshawa, Ontario

  • 1989 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1988 Buschlen-Mowatt Fine Art Limited, Vancouver, B.C.

  • 1986 Pan Pacific Hotel, Canada Pavilion, Expo ’86, Vancouver, B.C.

  • 1984 Canadian Pavilion, New Orleans World Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 1983 "Aspects of Printmaking", Gallery Quan, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1981 "Kingston on View", MacDonald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1981 "New Faces: Artist’s Choice", Glendon College Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1981 "Young Contemporaries 1981", London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ont.

  • 1980 "Image’79", Ontario Society of Artists

  • 1980 "Kingston – Windsor Exchange", Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, and the Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

  • 1978 "Kingston Drawing", St. Lawrence College Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario

  • 1977 "Bernatchez, Broadhurst, Elliott and Johnston", Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario

COMMISSIONS

  • "A Day of Summer Rain", 1986, Oil on canvas, triptych 5 ½ x 21 feet, commissioned by Cineplex-Odeon Corporation for the Cataraqui Cinemas, Kingston, Ontario

  • "A Day in the Garden", 1997, Oil on canvas, polyptych, 8 panels 18 x 31 feet, commissioned by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for the atrium of the new C-Wing Building, Toronto, Ontario

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Burnett, David, "Cineplex Odeon, The First Ten Years: A Celebration of Canadian Art", published by Cineplex Odeon Corporation, Toronto, 1989

  • Burnett, David, "Christopher Broadhurst, Recent Paintings", Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983

  • Burnett, David, and Schiff, Marilyn, "Contemporary Canadian Art", Hurtig Publishers, Toronto, 1983

  • Hughesm Mary Jo, "Four Quartets", Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, 1993

  • Murray, Joan, "Review", artsmagazine, Toronto, Summer, 1983

  • O’Brien, P., "Young Contemporaries 1981", London Regional Art Gallery, 1981

  • Parkin, Jeanne, "The Suncorp Crossroad Series", Suncorp, Toronto, 1984

  • Swain, Robert, "Christopher Broadhurst, Recent Paintings", Agnes Etherington Art

  • Centre, Kingston, Ontario, 1981

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

  • American Express Canada, Markham

  • Kinross Gold Corporation, Toronto

  • Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault-Ste. Marie

  • KPMG, Toronto

  • Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston

  • Blaney, McMurtry, Stapells, Toronto

  • Canada Council Art Bank

  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto

  • Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario

  • Cineplex-Odeon Corp., Toronto and Kingston

  • City of Kingston

  • Donnelly Publishing, New York and Chicago

  • DuPont Canada Inc., Mississauga

  • First Marathon Securities, Toronto

  • Glaxo Wellcome Canada Inc., Mississauga

  • Goldfarb Consultants, Toronto

  • Griffiths, McBurney and Partners, Toronto

  • Guaranty Trust, Toronto

  • Imperial Oil, Toronto

  • Kingston Public Library, Kingston

  • Kinross Gold Corp, Toronto

  • KPMG, Toronto

  • Maclean House, Sunnybrook H.S.C., Toronto

  • Maclean Hunter Ltd., Toronto

  • Manufacturer's Life, Toronto

  • McCarthy and McCarthy, Toronto

  • M.D.C Group, Toronto

  • OPSEU Pension Trust, Toronto

  • Osler, Hoskins and Harcourt, Toronto

  • Petro-Canada Ltd., Calgary

  • Praedium Holdings, Toronto

  • R.R. Donnelley and Sons, Chicago and New York

  • Remarkable Communications, Toronto

  • Robert McLaughlin Art Centre, Oshawa

  • Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto

  • Royal Trust Co., Toronto

  • Saffer Advertising, Toronto

  • Security Trust, Toronto

  • Solomon Brothers Canada, Toronto

  • Tandemar Research Group, Toronto and Montreal

  • The Richman Group, Toronto

  • Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto

  • Warner Lambert Canada, Toronto

  • Xerox Canada Inc., Toronto

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