A
CHRONOLOGY
OF WEST COAST SURREALIST ART: 1993 - 2009
1993:
Ladislav Guderna solo exhibition, Threshold Gallery, Vancouver
Ladislav Guderna: Lovers
oil, 1982
-Al Neil: Rene Daumal Portrait Series, solo exhibition,
Atelier
Gallery, Vancouver
Al Neil: Rene
Daumal,
Portrait Series, solo exhibition, Atelier Gallery
Lori-ann Latremouille exhibits in Florida, Seattle, Portland, and with
the Simon Patrich Gallery in Vancouver.
Lori-Ann Latremouille:
Salmon
Charcoal and pastel
1994
Phases of Desire, an international group exhibition, organized
by Phases,Paris.includes work by L.Guderna,
Michael Bullock and Gregg Simpson, CASE Gallery, Skidmore College,
Saratoga
Springs, New York
Michael Bullock, from
the back cover of The Walled Garden, A Fantasia, 1994
Constellations: Surrealism and its Affinities
(the collection of
Michel
P. Christensen), Carleton
University
Gallery. This long time supporter of the west coast surrealists
exhibited
works from his collection by Ladislav
Guderna, Ted Kingan and Gregg Simpson with other Canadian artists such
as Tony Urquhart, Leon Bellefleur,
William Ronald, Jack Shadbolt and such 20th cen. masters as Miro,
Picasso,
Matta, Giacometti, Henry Moore,
and others.
Robert Davidson: Goddess,
oil on camvas, 1993
1995
Ladislav Guderna exhibited with Phases at the Galerie Lumiere Noir,
Montreal.
Dessin Automatiste 1945-95,
organized by Phases (includes work by Gregg Simpson) shown at Espace
Arts Plastiques, College Publique, Plouec-sur-Lié, Brittany.
Gregg Simpson: Blue
Idol, oil, 1995
1996
Dessin Automatiste 1945-95 exhibited in College Camille
Claudel,
St.Quay-Portrieux, France
Doctoral Thesis by Yves M. Laroque, L'Idee
du Surrealisme au Canada Anglais, presented at the Sorbonne,
Paris.
1997 - 1998
José Pierre begins work on CD ROM version of L'Univers
Surrealiste
and plans a comprehensive exhibition for
Paris in 1999.
Maldoror Park , Diversité Surréaliste 1935-1995
(group exhibition, including Ladislav Guderna and Gregg
Simpson with Wifredo Lam, Jacques Herold, Kurt Seligmann, Pierre
Alechinsky
and others) at the Centre
d'Exposition, Université de Montréal, Montreal,
Québec.
Exhibition is organized by Gilles Petitclerc, utilizing works
from the collection of Edouard Jaguer, founder of the Phases Movement.
1999
-
Passing of José Pierre in May
Continental
Drift, the Surrealist Influence Simon Patrich
Gallery,
Vancouver included: Lori-Ann Latremouille,
Martin Honisch, Ladisalv
Guderna, Gregg Simpson, Edwin Varney, Martin Guderna, David Cochrane
and
Davide Pan.
Ladislav Guderna: Transcience
(exhibition
invitation)
tempera, 1996
Martin Honisch: Florida
oil on canvas 57" x 50" 1987
-Sarane Alexandrian includes Gregg Simpson's work in
Superiore
Inconnu,
Paris.
-Passing of Ladislav Guderna in October. His
son, Martin creates
an
online gallery featuring
the
life and work of Ladislav Guderna.
2000:
Gregg Simpson exhibits
frottage drawings in the Salle du Couvent, Seillans, France, last home
of Max Ernst.
The Salle du Couvent is located next to the
Max Ernst-Dorothea Tanning Archives.
2002:
West Coast Dreamers, Exhibition Centre, Harrison Hot
Springs,
B.C. included Robert Davidson, Leo Labelle, Pnina Granirer,
Martin Guderna, Gregg
Simpson, Ricardo Spinace, and
Lunar Suede.
2003:
Michel P. Christensen:
Mary at the Altar of the Brain-Bending Sex Hormone
Collage from the journal, Exile, 2001
Michel Christensen, formerly of the National Museums of Canada is a
major collector of the West Coast Surrealists
and now makes collages for publications, such as Parrot Fever,
with Joe Rosenblatt.
2004:
Gregg Simpson
exhibits with
Amy
Ernst in
Contemporary
Surrealism at
Gallery Zero in Barcelona, Spain. They have
subsequently exhibited
together at the
Carteret Gallery, in
Morehead
City, North Carolina. and together online at
www.greggsimpson.com/Ernst_Simpson.html
2005:
A group exhibition was held at the
Museo Granell in
Santiago de Compostela, Spain,
entitled
West
Coast Surreal, A
Canadian Perspective co-organized with director, Natalia
Segarra. The exhibition
featured the work of Gregg Simpson, Pnina
Granirer, Martin Guderna and Gordon Payne.
Abstractions
et Figurations, Maison des Artistes, Chateau
Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France ( group exhibition
conceived and organized
by Gregg Simpson). It includes the works of Gregg
Simpson, Pnina Granirer, Martin Guderna and Gordon Payne.with Swedish
painter,
Echi Aaberg and Tris
tan
Bastit, a Breton
artist, living in Paris.
Rt. Jackie Decroix (Master of ceremonies) introduces
Tristan Bastit (centre) to visitors at the vernissage
2006:
A second version of
West
Coast Surreal is
held
at the
Grand Forks Art
Gallery,
Grand Forks, British
Columbia
with works by Gregg Simpson,
Pnina Granirer,
Martin Guderna and Gordon
Payne.
2007:
Viagem a Arcturus, Um
Postal Para Mario Cesariny, Museu Vermhelho, Estremoz, Portugal
includes works by Martin Guderna and Gregg Simpson.
2008:
El Surrealismo como
fenómeno colectivo, Fundacion Eugenio
Granell, Santiago de Compostela, Spain shows works from the Museum's
collection by
the West Coast Surrealist
Group
.
Gregg Simpson: Night in the
Marsh,
mixed media
on paper, 2001
2009:
Exposiçäo
de Surrealismo actual Illuminaçöes
Descontinuas,
Convento de S. Jose, Lagoa, Portugal includes works by the
West Coast Surrealist
Group.
-El Umbral Secreto, Ecuentro
Internacional de Surrealismo Actual, Museo
Solidad Salvador Allende,
Santiago, Chile features works by
West Coast
Surrealists, Pnina Granirer, Martin Guderna, Gregg Simpson, Lori Ann
Latrmouille, Leo Labelle and poet, Sheri-D Wilson.
Currently touring
South America.
This chronology is constantly
being
updated. There will eventually be reviews and other materials
accessible
through this site.
If you would like to access these
archives for research purposes please contact
Gregg Simpson
