Harold Feist
Selected Works
Biography
Born
1945: San Angelo, Texas. Resides in Toronto.
Education
1969: MFA (Hoffberger Fellow), Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1967: BFA (Honours), University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Teaching
1967 Maryland Institue, College of Art, Baltimore
1968-74 Alberta College of Art, Calgary
1974-75 University of Regina
1975-78 Mount Allison University, Sackville NB
1979-80 University of Guelph
Solo Exhibitions
2011: Moore Gallery, Toronto
2007: “Works on Paper + Canvas, from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie, ON”, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB,
1991–97: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1990: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1990: Galerie Elca London, Montreal, QC
1990: Buschlen-Mowatt Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
1990: Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1990: Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, AB
1989: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1988: Galerie Elca London, Montreal, QC
1988: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1988: Eva Cohon Galleries, Chicago and Highland Park, IL
1988-90: Harold Feist: Genesis of an Image, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queens University, Kingston, ON (touring)
1987: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1986: Galerie Elca London, Montreal, QC
1986: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1985: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1984: Buschlen-Mowatt Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
1984: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1983: Galerie Elca London, Montreal, QC
1983: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1982: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1982: Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, AB
1982: Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1981: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1981: Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1980: Harcus-Krakow Gallery, Boston
1975: Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
1975: University of Saskatchewan Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1974: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1972: A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, AB
1971: A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, AB
1970 Glenbow Gallery, Calgary, AB
Group Exhibitions
2007: Harold Feist: Works on Paper and Canvas, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
2004: Douglas Haynes and Harold Feist, Gallery One, Toronto
2001: Clement Greenberg: A Critic’s Collection, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
2001: Triangle Workshop Artists at OCAD, Ontario College of Art, Toronto
1999-2000: Abstraction: A Curator’s Choice, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
1999: Abstraction Now, Gallery One, Toronto
1988: Curator's Choice: A Ten Year Retrospective – Feist, Drapell, Sutton, Buschlen, Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1986: Toronto 3, Eva Cohon Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois.
1985: Abstraction X Four, Canada House, Canadian High Commission, London (toured Europe)
1984: The Hines Collection, University Place, Boston
1984: 15 Canadians from the Art Bank Collection, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
1983: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1982: Selections from the Westburne Collection, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1980: The New Generation: A Curator's Choice (Kenworth Moffett), Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, (toured Europe and US)
1980: Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1979: 25 Canadians, Birmingham Arts Festival, AL
1978/79: Certain Traditions: Recent British and Canadian Art, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (toured UK and Canada)
1977: Waddington Galleries, Montreal, QC
1977/78: Waddington Galleries, Toronto, ON
1977: Abstract Art Now, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1975–77: Painting in the West: Emma Lake and After, National Gallery of Canada (toured Canada)
1975–78: Major Saskatchewan Artists, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (toured).
1975: Abstract Art On Paper, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (toured).
1975: Western Canadian Painting, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1974–76: The Canadian Canvas, Time/Life (toured Canada)
1974: Prairies '74, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1974: Western Canadian Painting, the Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC
1974: Espace 5 Gallery, Montreal, QC
1974/75: Canada x Ten, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (toured Canada)
1973: Art Bank Exhibition, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
1973: Gallerie de l'Art, Paris, France.
1973: Alberta '73, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (award)
1973: Elliott and Feist: Paintings On Paper, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, AB
1973: Elliott, Feist, and Sen, the Pyrch Building, Edmonton, AB
1972–74: Survey of Canadian Art Now, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
1972: 12th Calgary Graphics Exhibition, A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, AB
1971–73: 6th Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby Art Gallery, BC
1971: West '71, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (award, touring)
1971: Canadian Print and Drawing Show, Canadian Society of Graphic Arts, Toronto, ON
1971: 11th Calgary Graphics Exhibition, A.C.A. Gallery, Calgary, AB
1971: Environment '71, Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
1970: All-Alberta Exhibition, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1970: 4-Man Show, Allied Arts Centre, Calgary, AB
1969: Environment '69, Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
1968: Maryland Regional Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art
1966: Central Illinois Open Exhibition, Champaign, Illinois (award)
Selected Public Collections
Alberta Art Foundation
Alberta College of Art, Calgary
Alcan (Secal-Alcan Ltd.), Montreal
Almar Industries, Toronto
Ari Gasunisen Fine Art, Toronto
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ont.
Baycrest Centre Foundation, Toronto
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B.
Bellair Cafe/Consortina Inc., Toronto, Ont.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Victoria & Grey Trust, Stratford, Ont.
New Brunswick Art Foundation, Fredericton, N.B.
Northern Telecom Ltd., Toronto
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ont.
Office Elan Office Services, Toronto
Ontario Die Co., Waterloo, Ont.
Burt Kanter Art Enterprises, Highland Park, Illinois
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ont.
Canadian Commercial Bank, Calgary
Canadian Institute, Toronto
Carelton University Gallery, Ottawa
Chiovitti Banana Co., Toronto
S.S. Kresge Foundation, Detroit
Saffer Advertising, Toronto
Security Trust, Toronto
Seymona Investments Ltd., Toronto
Sharon Nelson Art Enterprises, Toronto
Shell Canada Resources, Calgary
Shelley Lambe Fine Art, Toronto
Sitzer and Sitzer, Don Mills, Ontario
Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stephenson, & Mason, Toronto
Southam Inc., Toronto
Steelecase, Don Mills
Syndex Holdings Ltd., Toronto
Tanderman Research, Toronto
Thorne, Ernst, Whinney, Toronto
Trion International Enterprises, Vancouver
Twin Rock Holdings, Toronto
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Valenart & Associates, Toronto
Warnaco of Canada, Prescott, Ont.
Weber Brothers Corp., Edmonton
Westburne Industries, Montreal
Wilson Medical Centre, Toronto
Wolf Advertising, Toronto
Wycombe Investments, Toronto
Xerox Canada Inc., North York
Artist Statement
Senior Canadian abstract painter, Harold Feist was born in Texas and currently resides in Toronto. Feist received his MFA (Hoffberger Fellow) from The Maryland Institute, College of Art (Baltimore) in 1969. He is most known for his abstract and emotive investigations of spokes and fans. Among his extensive list of exhibitions, he participated in the 2001 exhibition Clement Greenberg: A Critic’s Collection. Feist's most recent works are "luminous, elusive images built out of floods of radient, transparent hues that seem to have come into being almost without the agency of the hand, as if the colour had magically spread across the canvas . . ." (Karen Wilkin Between Decisiveness and Discovery: The Paintings of Harold Feist)