Catalogues

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A listing of several catalogues are available through the Thomas J. Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York) through their on-line catalog Watsonline. The Thomas J. Watson Library at the MET is an actively used site of research in modern and contemporary art, and one of the most comprehensive in the world.

The Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona also have a listing of publications through their on-line catalog,Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives and Native American Artist Resource Collection Online.

The National Gallery of Canada also maintain a listing of publications through their on-line Library and Archives.

A COMPLETE CATALOGUE, PUBLICATION AND VIDEO LISTING:

2024

Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology. Autry Museum of Western Art, Los Angeles, California. September 15, 2024 – June 2026. Upcoming catalogue September 2024.

Radical Stitch. Group exhibition (Touring). Curators: Michelle LaVallee, Cathy Mattes, Sherry Farrell Racette. Upcoming catalogue May 2024.

2023

Early Days: Indigenous Art at the McMichael. International touring group exhibition. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario.

Histórias Indígenas [Indigenous Histories]. International group exhibition. Organized by Museu de Arte de São Paulo (Brazil), in collaboration with the Kode Bergen Art Museums (Norway).

Bruce House Annual Report 2022-2023, Ottawa, Ontario. (cover art).

Beyond the Bead. Two-person exhibition. Barry Ace and Sharl G. Smith. Curator: Peter Flannery. Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario.

Fashion Fictions.Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. Edited by: Stephanie Rebick. Contributions by: Himikalas Pamela Baker; Julian Bleecker; Lucie Chan and Zoë Chan; Clinton Cuddington; Hélène Day Fraser and Keith Doyle; Amber-Dawn Bear Robe; Siobhan McCracken Nixon; Stephanie Rebick; Andrea Valentine-Lewis; and others.

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Possible Interpretations (Volume 1). Les Cahiers du CIÉRA, Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones, Université Laval, Québec, QC. (cover art).

2022 

Moving the Museum: Indigenous + Canadian Art at the AGO. Edited by AGO curators Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik. Goose Lane Editions (2022).

Encoding Culture II: The Works of Barry Ace. Video Short, Heffel Galleries (Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver).

Encoding Culture II: The Works of Barry Ace.Heffel Galleries (Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver). Essays by Leah Snyder.

Persistence/Resistance: Taiwan – Canada Indigenous Art Exhibition. Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan.

Looking the World in the Face. Group exhibition. Curator: Amin Asladen. Âjagemô Art Gallery (Canada Council for the Arts), Ottawa, Ontario

Ottawa Art & Artists: An Illustrated History by Jim Burant, Art Canada Institute, Toronto, Ontario.

2021

Barry Ace curated. The Covert Collective. Essay by Suzanne Luke.

Encoding Culture: The Works of Barry Ace. Solo exhibition. Heffel Galleries (Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver). Essays by Leah Snyder and Rosalin Te Omra.

Art of Indigenous Fibers. Group exhibition – Curator – Amber-Dawn Bear Robe. SWAIA on-line exhibition. Santa Fe, New Mexico

2020

Àbadakone / Continuous Fire / Feu continuel. Group exhibition. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

2019

Coalesce. Robert Langen Art Gallery, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario with essay by Armand Garnet Ruffo. (PDF catalogue).

mazinigwaaso / to bead something – Barry Ace: Bandolier Bags as Cultural Conduit. FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Quebec  (en français ici)

Carbon and Light: Juan Geuer’s Luminous Precision. Group exhibition. Curator – Caroline Seck Langill. Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2018

URL: IRL. Group exhibition. Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the Classroom. Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

Àdisòkàmagan / Nous connaître un peu nous-mêmes / We’ll all become stories. Group exhibition. Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

Encountering the Spiritual in Contemporary Art. Leesa Fanning (Author), Ladan Akbarnia (Contributor), Stephen Gilchrist (Contributor), Eleanor Heartney (Contributor), Mary Jane Jacob  (Contributor), Karen Kramer Russell (Contributor), Elizabeth Milbourne (Contributor). Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

2017

Homage to Four in Paris. A film short by Shelley Niro and edited by Katharine Asals. Special commission for the Ottawa Art Gallery, 2017. Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery.

Unsettled. Group exhibition. Queer Arts Festival. Vancouver, British Columbia

Always Vessels. Group exhibition. Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

QueerLandscapes / Queer Intersections. Group exhibition. John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Insurgence / Resurgence. Group exhibition. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian Biennial 2017. Group exhibition. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Mnemonic (Re)Manifestations. Solo exhibition. Wanuskewin Heritage Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (For Mnemonic (Re)Manifestations essay only by Alan Corbiere)

Raise a flag: works from the Aboriginal Art Collection (2000-2015). Group exhibition. Curator – Ryan Rice. OnSite Gallery, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, Ontario

Wapikwanew: Blossom. Group exhibition. Curator – Jaime Koebel. Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

Arc Poetry Magazine 84: “Oh Canada, We Have Issues.” Ottawa, Ontario

Every.Now.Then: Reframing Nationhood. Group exhibition. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Nayaano-nibiimaang Gichigamiin: The Five Great Lakes. Solo exhibition. Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario

2016

Native Fashion Now: North American Indian Style. Group exhibition. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

Nayaano-nibiimaang Gichigamiin: The Five Great Lakes. Solo exhibition. Ojibwe Cultural Foundation. M’Chigeeng, Manitoulin Island, Ontario

Temporal (Re)Imaginings. Group exhibition. Curator – Alexandra Kahsenniio Nahwegahbow. Canada Council for the Arts Âjagemô Art Space, Ottawa, Ontario

Mnemonic (Re)Manifestations. Solo exhibition. Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
(Exhibition Poster Version #1)   (Exhibition Poster Version #2)   (Exhibition Poster Version #3)

2015

Mnemonic Manifestations. Solo exhibition. Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario

Memory Landscape. Solo exhibition. Museu Nogueira da Silva, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

2013

Downloadable Poster Red Runners: The new objectification of Native art and Identity

Downloadable Poster – A Reparative Act: Artist talk at History Department at Carleton University

2012

Changing Hands 3 – Art Without Reservations. Touring group exhibition. Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York

2010

N’nisidwaamdis: “I Recognize Myself. Touring group exhibition. Curated by Crystal Migwans. Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M’Chigeeng, Manitoulin Island, Ontario (2010)

2006

Playing Tricks. Two person exhibition. Curated by Ryan Rice. American Indian Community House, New York, New York

2005

Super Phat Nish. Solo exhibition. Art Gallery of Southern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba

2003

The Dress Show: La mode dans tous ses états. Group exhibition. Curator – Lynn Beavis. The Leonard and Bina Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec

2000

Urban Myths. Group exhibition. Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario