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Greg Curnoe
Canadian, 1936 - 1992
Greg Curnoe (1936-1992, b. London, Ontario – d. Delaware, Ontario)
Greg Curnoe was a painter and activist known for working within London Regionalism, a Canadian art movement developed in the 1950s and 1960s based on acknowledging the art movements of metropolitan centres but refusing to participate within them. He worked in a variety of media and subjects, often relying on bright colours and text displaying his support for Canadian patriotism. He attended the Doon School of Art and the Ontario College of Art.
Curnoe founded “Region” magazine in 1961, the Region Gallery in 1962, and the noise band “Nihilist Spasm Band” in 1965. In 1968, Dennis Reid, curator at the National Gallery of Canada, included Curnoe in Canada: Art d’aujourd’hui, an exhibition that opened in Paris and travelled to Rome, Lausanne, and Brussels. Curnoe and others founded the Canadian Artists’ Representaiton in 1968 as a union for artists in Canada. An arts activist through his entire life, Curnoe also co-founded the artist-run centre the Forest City Gallery in 1973. Curnoe represented Canada at the 1976 Venice Biennale, the same year he lectured at the University of Western Ontario, and was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1981. Tragically, avid cyclist Curnoe was killed by a distracted driver hitting his cycling group in 1991.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Curnoe
https://www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/greg-curnoe/biography
https://www.gibsongallery.com/artists/greg-curnoe/
Greg Curnoe was a painter and activist known for working within London Regionalism, a Canadian art movement developed in the 1950s and 1960s based on acknowledging the art movements of metropolitan centres but refusing to participate within them. He worked in a variety of media and subjects, often relying on bright colours and text displaying his support for Canadian patriotism. He attended the Doon School of Art and the Ontario College of Art.
Curnoe founded “Region” magazine in 1961, the Region Gallery in 1962, and the noise band “Nihilist Spasm Band” in 1965. In 1968, Dennis Reid, curator at the National Gallery of Canada, included Curnoe in Canada: Art d’aujourd’hui, an exhibition that opened in Paris and travelled to Rome, Lausanne, and Brussels. Curnoe and others founded the Canadian Artists’ Representaiton in 1968 as a union for artists in Canada. An arts activist through his entire life, Curnoe also co-founded the artist-run centre the Forest City Gallery in 1973. Curnoe represented Canada at the 1976 Venice Biennale, the same year he lectured at the University of Western Ontario, and was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1981. Tragically, avid cyclist Curnoe was killed by a distracted driver hitting his cycling group in 1991.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Curnoe
https://www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/greg-curnoe/biography
https://www.gibsongallery.com/artists/greg-curnoe/