A CHRONOLOGY OF WEST COAST SURREALIST ART: 1993 - 2009


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        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 Tristan 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 colectivoFundacion 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 


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