Ron Moppett

1945, Surrey, England
Lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Alberta College of Art and Design
Alberta Distillers Corporation
ARCIS Corporation
Art Gallery of Algoma
Bennett Jones Verchere
Borden, Ladner & Gervais
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer
Campney Murphy, Vancouver
Canada Council Art Bank
Canadiana Collection
Cineplex Odeon Corporation
City of Calgary
Concordia University Art Gallery
Encana
Glenbow Museum
Government of Alberta
Guaranty Trust Company of Canada
Household Finance Corporation
Howard Mackie
Imperial Oil
Lavalin Corporation
Mackenzie Art Gallery
Menkes Corporation
Morrison Petroleum
Musee d’Art Contemporain du Montréal
The National Gallery of Canada
Nickle Arts Museum University of Calgary
Norcen Energy Resources Ltd.
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
NOVA Chemicals
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Pan Canadian Petroleum
Parlee McLaws
Petro-Canada
Poole Laycraft McMahon
Richmond Art Gallery
Royal Bank of Canada
Shell Canada Ltd.
Suncor Resources
Trizec Corporation
University of Lethbridge
Wilson Laycraft
Private and Corporate Collections

1963-67 Alberta College of Art, Honors Graduate, Calgary, Alberta
1968 Instituto de Allende, Gto. Mexico

2013 Curnoe Ewen Falk Moppett, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2012 Cut and Paste: An Exhibition of Canadian Collages, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011 For Kate, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2010 On Your Marks, collaborative work Magpie-2010 with Dave & JEnn at Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Take a Seat, V & A Interest, High River, Alberta curated by Victoria Baster and Andrew Jensen, National Gallery of Canada, Ottaway, Ontario
RCA Invitational, Wiilock & Sax Gallery, Banff, Alberta
2010 Triumphant Carrot: The Persistence of Still Life, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, exhibition catalogue
Roadmap: Starting Points and Side Roads in Building a Collection, The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Collage Works, The Edge Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
2009 R.C.A : A Celebration of Art, Architecture and Design, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
For Emily, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2008 New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
SCOPE Miami Art Fair, Miami, Florida with TrépanierBaer
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario with TrépanierBaer
The Big Gift, Glenbow Museum at Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta; and Glenbow Museum at The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta
Portrait of an Artist, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Transformation-Swan: Ron Moppet/Carol Wainio, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2007 Hit or Miss, An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario with TrépanierBaer
Roll-up: How the West was Really Won, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2006 Found in POP: 6 Artists, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
Niagara Gallery, Toronto, with TrépanierBaer
Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre with TépanierBaer
Group Show, Viewing Room, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2004 The Shadow of Abstraction, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Toronto International Art Fair with TrépanierBaer; 2001, 2003
New Works, In the Viewing Room, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
Summer Group Show, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2003 Re:vision, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
Toronto International Art Fair, TrépanierBaer, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
View Finders: Celebrating 50 Years of Collecting, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
New Works, In the Viewing Room, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
Summer Group Show, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2002 From the Collection: Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Nickle Arts
Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Unexpected: Treasures from the Vault, Glenbow Museum. Calgary, Alberta
Recent Acquisitions: From the Permanent Collection, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina,
Saskatchewan
Toronto International Art Fair, TrépanierBaer, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Show and Tell, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2001 Summer Group Show, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
Art in Bloom, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2000 Christmas Group Show, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
New Additions: Building the EAG Collections, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton,
Alberta
1999 Summer Group Show, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
Group Show, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
1997 New Modern, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
Celebrating a Legacy, Alberta Foundation for the Arts 25th Anniversary exhibit,
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
NEOTERIC, Alberta Foundation for the Arts exhibition for The Works, Edmonton,
Alberta
Tradition Transformed, Triangle Gallery of the Visual Arts, Calgary, Alberta
1996 Project Room, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
A Visual Interlude, Triangle Gallery of the Visual Arts, Calgary, Alberta
National Gallery exhibition with Chris Cran and Richard Atila Lukacs, Ottawa, Ontario
1995 Mysteries of the Flesh, ArtWeek Exhibition, curated by Jeffrey Spalding, Calgary, Alberta
Group Exhibition, Recent Works by Gallery Artists, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
1994 The Lavalin Collection: Shared Vision, Musée d’ Art Contemporain du Montréal, Quebec
The Passion for Art, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Contemporary Canadian Works, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta; The Art
Gallery at North York Performing Arts Centre, , Curator, Glen Cummings
Hidden Values, Western Corporations Collect, The Edmonton Art Gallery, curated by
Robert Swain, catalogue
Group Exhibition with Christian Eckart, Chris Cran, David Janzen, Martin Bennett, Michael Smith, Diane Colwell, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
1993 From The Canada Council Art Bank, Galerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
Ten Year Anniversary Show, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
1992 As Above/So Below, Baldacci Daverio Gallery, New York
1991 Regarding The Figure, Philippe Daverio Gallery, New York
Moppett, Cran, Renpenning, Johnston, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
1990 Spun Out, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
Los Angeles Art Fair, (Paul Kuhn Fine Art), Los Angeles, California
1989 20th Century Art: Glenbow Museum Collection, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Alberta Drawings, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1988 Celebration 88, Petro Canada Exhibition Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Contemporary 88: Calgary, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
Drawings, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
1987 Dreaming Before Nature: Eight Calgary Artists, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton,
Alberta
1987 Aspects of Contemporary Painting in Alberta, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
1986 Eighth Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition, Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova
Scotia
Looking At Myself, Off Centre Centre, Calgary, Alberta
Israel: A Canadian Perspective, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
1985 The First Ten, Off Centre Centre, Calgary, Alberta
1984 Reflections: Contemporary Art Since 1964 at the National Gallery of Canada, National
Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Now Showing In Europe, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank Show, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art,
Vancouver, British Columbia
Seven Artists from Alberta: Art in this Region, Canada House, London, England and
Paris, France
Edge and Image, Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
1983 Ten: 83, Alberta Art Foundation, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
The Hand Holding The Brush: Self Portraits by Canadian Artists, London Regional Art
Gallery
1982 Curnoe/Ewen/Falk/Moppett, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan and
Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Gallery 111, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1981 Art Across Canada, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
Contemporary Alberta Art, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Graphex 8, Art Gallery of Brant, Ontario
Jeff Spalding, John Will, Ron Moppett: Recent Paintings, University Of Lethbridge Art
Gallery
1980 Alberta Now, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Present Tense, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Some Drawings By Some Albertans, Alberta Collage of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
9 From Canada, Canadian Consulates In Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, USA
Rose Museum (an exhibition), Off Centre Centre, Calgary, Alberta
1979 Compass: Eight Painters, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
Fifteen, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
Alberta Artists, Artcore, Vancouver, British Columbia
1978 1st Canadian Biennale of Prints and Drawings, Alberta Collage of Art Gallery, Calgary,
Alberta
Mostly Smaller Works, Cloud n’ Water Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1976 Eight Calgary Artists, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Western Untitled, Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta
What’s New, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1975 Nine Out of Ten: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Hamilton,
Hamilton, Ontario
1974 Rose Museum, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta; Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby,
British Columbia; Charlottetown Confederation Centre and Hamilton Art Centre
Western Canadian Painting: The Prairies, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Quebec.
14 From Calgary, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Summer ’74, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Festival De La Postal Creativa, Montevideo, Uruguay
1973 Alberta ’73, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta Painting, Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta
1972 Scan, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1971 91st Royal Canadian Academy, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec;
Confederation Centre; Charlottetown, PEI
Galerie Godard LeFort, Montreal, Quebec
1970 All Alberta, Edmonton Art Gallery and Glenbow Alberta Institute, Calgary and
Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta Society of Artists, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1969 All Alberta, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Environment ’69, Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta
1967 Canadian Society of Graphic Artists, Ottawa, Ontario
Second Century, University of Calgary Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Pollack Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1966 Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Calgary, Alberta

2014 Ron Moppett: Recent Paintings and Prettymuch/Everything, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2012 Ron Moppett: Mosaic, TrepanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2011 Ron Moppett: MATKAT & Other Things, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2009 Ron Moppett, New Works, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2007 Coloured Pictures, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
Toronto International Art Fair with TrépanierBaer, Toronto, Ontario
2005 I’m So Like: New Paintings, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2003 Annapolis – Pretty Much, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
2001 New Works: Ron Moppett, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
1999 New Small Works, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
1998 The Gershon Iskowitz Prize, Eric Cameron, Ron Moppett, The Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Alberta (two person exhibition)
1996 Slow Painting, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
1994 Everything Is True, Recent Paintings, TrépanierBaer, Calgary, Alberta
1991 Painting Nature With A Mirror,1974-1989, Edmonton Art Gallery (traveling exhibition)
Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Painting Nature With A Mirror,1974-1989, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
(traveling)
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan (traveling exhibition)
Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
1990 Working Class Pictures, Truck – An Artist Run Centre, Calgary, Alberta
1988 Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
49th Parallel Centre for Contemporary Art, New York, New York
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1986 Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
1985 Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1984 Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1983 Carroll Moppett/Ron Moppett, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta (two person)
1982 Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
1981 SUB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1980 Gallery Moos, Calgary, Alberta
1979 Department of Art Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
1976 Ron Moppett/John Hall, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (two person)
1973 University of Calgary Art Gallery and Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

2012 THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER, East Village, Calgary, AB

2011 TRAFFIC: The Panel, Calgary, AB, in conjunction with TRAFFIC: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980 exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta; speakers included Ron Moppett, Catherine Crowston, Rita McKeough, Nancy Tousley and Paul Woodrow
2010 Ron Moppett and Ron Shuebrook in Conversation, Virginia Christopher Fine Art, Calgary, Alberta
2007 Juror, RBC Canadian Painting Competition
1999-05Curator/Director, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary
2002 Member, The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1997 Set and Costume Design for the Calgary Boy’s Choir production of The Little Prince,
written and composed by Gerald Wirth, Artistic Director of the Calgary Boy’s Choir.
European tour includes stops in France, Austria and Poland, July 1997
1991 Juror, Canada Council (Ottawa/Awards); 1988, 1986, 1981, 1977
1990 Visiting Artist, Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver
1988 Commission, Cineplex-Odeon Corporation
Juror, Canada Council (Exhibition Assistance)
1986 Sessional Instructor, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, (painting)
Sessional Instructor, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax (painting)
Juror, Canada Council (P.S. 1, NYC and Paris Studios)
Juror, Alberta Culture (Visual Arts Award)
1985 Visiting Artist, Red Deer College
Advisory panel: Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games Poster Competition Panelist
1984 Visiting Artist, Canada-Israel cultural exchange project, Israel
Sessional Instructor, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax (painting)
Juror, Canada Council Art Bank; 1978, 1976, 1975, 1974
1982 Visiting Artist, University of Regina
Panelist, Canadian Universities Art Association Conference, Calgary (Art on the Prairies)
1981-83 Instructor, Alberta College of Art (painting/drawing)
Juror, Canada Council ( Ottawa and Toronto Awards)
1980-82 Member, Advisory Arts Panel, Canada Council, Ottawa
1980 Sessional Instructor, Department of Art, Calgary (drawing/design)
1979 Freelance Curator, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre
Visiting Artist, Banff School of Fine Arts
1979 Author, National Gallery of Canada Journal #35 (John Hall, Paintings and Auxiliary
Works 1969-1978)
1978 Fine Art commissions consultant, (Federal Building, Calgary) Public Works Canada
1977 Juror, Canada Council ( Ottawa Awards)
Juror, Visual Arts, Alberta Culture, Government of Alberta
1975-78 Curator, Alberta College of Art Gallery, S.A.I.T., Calgary
1975 Freelance Curator, Marion Nicoll Retrospective, Edmonton Art Gallery (with John Hall)
1973 Exhibition designer, Ceramic International ’73, Visual Arts, Alberta Culture, Government
of Alberta
1972-74 Instructor, Alberta College of Art, S.A.I.T., Calgary, (painting, drawing and design)
Calgary representative, Canadian Artists Representation
1969-71 Curator, Alberta College of Art Gallery, S.A.I.T., Calgary, Alberta
1968-69 Designer/exhibitions coordinator, Visual Arts, Alberta Culture, Government of Alberta
1967 Designer/exhibitions technician, Visual Arts, Alberta Culture, Government of Alberta

2005 Alberta Centennial Medal
2005-2006 Canada Council “A” grant
2002 Royal Academy of Arts
1999-2000 Canada Council “A” grant
1997 Gershon Iskowitz Prize
1987-88 Canada Council “A” grant and travel award (New York)
(and Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award)
1985-86 Canada Council “A” grant
1984-85 Canada Council “A” grant
1983-84 Canada Council “A” grant and travel award (England)
1982 Canada Council Short Term grant
1979-80 Canada Council “B” grant and travel award (New York)
1975 Canada Council Travel award (New York)
1973 Canada Council project grant – Rose Museum, (with John Hall)
1971-72 Canada Council “B” grant and travel
1969 2nd prize – painting, All Alberta, Edmonton Art Gallery

MATKAT, catalogue, essay by Katherine Ylitalo, TrepanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2010
Ron Moppett: Moonlight: Paintings 1996-2009, introduction by Nancy Tousley, Michael Gibson Gallery
Ron Moppett, catalogue, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, 1992, introduction, Lorne Falk
Ron Moppett, Painting Nature with a Mirror, 1974-1989, catalogue, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, 1990, Foreward, Robert Janes
Curnoe, Ewen, Falk, Moppett, catalogue, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1982, introduction, Mayo Graham

2012 Nancy Tousley, “New Ron Moppett Mosaic Adds Colour to Calgary’s Public Art Resurgence,” Canadian Art Online, posted October 29th, 2012
2012 Robin Laurence, “Cut and Paste is a smart and visually engaging collage exhibit”, The Straight, Vancouver, June 5th, 2012
2011 Laura Pellerine, “Ron Moppett”, Side St. Review, Spring 2011, pp 40-53
2009 Nancy Tousley, “A View to Paradise,” Calgary Herald, March 8, 2009
2008 Black, Anthea. ” Ron Moppett and Carol Wainio”, Border Crossings, #107, 2008
2007 Ainslie, Patricia and Laviolette Mary-Beth. Alberta Art and Artists: An Overview, Fifth House: 2007, pp. xi, 107, 110,130
Lafortune, Wes. “Visual haiku: Artist Ron Moppett working hard in his retirement”, FFWD, January 25-31, 2007.
Willard, Christopher. “A colourful tightrope”, Calgary Herald, Friday, February 2, 2007, p. C8
McVeigh, Jennifer. “‘Lazy curators’ put faith in chance”, Calgary Herald, Sunday, February 4, 2007, pp. C1/C2
2005 “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. Canadian Art, Winter 2005, Volume 22, Number 4, p. 44
“On Calgary Time”, Canadian Art, Winter 2005, Volume 22, Number 4, p. 39
Willard, Christopher. “Puttin’ on his top hat”, Calgary Herald, Saturday, October 8, 2005, pp. F7/F8
Lafortune, Wes. “Ron Moppett”, Galleries West, Fall/Winter 2005, pp. 52-55
2004 Tousley, Nancy. Critic’s Pick, Hit List, Calgary Herald, Thursday, August 12,
2004, pp. C5, C6
2003 ———————. Critic’s Pick, Calgary Herald, Thursday, September 4, 2003, p.
HL4
2002 ———————. “Ron Moppett”, Border Crossings, Volume 21, Number 1, Issue No. 81, pp. 71-72
2001 Laviolette, Mary-Beth. “Painting: Pertinent, punchy, perennial”, Calgary Herald, Saturday, October 20, 2001, P. ES9
McVeigh, Jennifer. “Visual sampling: The Illusionary language of Ron Moppett”, FFWD, October 11-17, 2001, p. 29
1999 Tousley, Nancy. Critics Pick, Calgary Herald, August 1999
1997 Alberta Connections, “Calgary artist wins coveted prize”, Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter
1997, p. 4
Corbett. Bill. “Eyes on the Prize”, Avenue, September 1997, pp. 20-21
Joslin, Mark. Introduction, Dreaming Before Nature, Eight Calgary Artists, catalogue, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, 1997
Tousley, Nancy. “Prized Painter”, Calgary Herald, Saturday, May 10, 1997, p. 6
1992 ———————. “Ron Moppett’s Sign Language”, Ron Moppett, catalogue,
Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, 1992
——————–. “Quick, tough and astute”, Calgary Herald, March 31, 1990, D8
——————–. “Everything Is True”, Calgary Herald, October 1994
——————–. “Exhibition reveals how an artist matures”, Calgary Herald, February 21, 1990
——————–. “Artist looks both inward and out”, Calgary Herald, Friday, November 7, 1986, D9
1990 Blanchette, Manon. “Ron Moppett”, Artichoke, Vol, 1, No. 3, Summer 1990, p. 18
Garneau, David, “Ron Moppett: Self in Play”, Artichoke, Vol, 1, No. 3, Summer 1990, pp.19-21
Tousley, Nancy. “Quick, touch and astute”, Calgary Herald, March 31, 1990.
Ylitalo, Katherine. “Painting Inside Out”, interview, Glenbow, Winter Issue, 1990, pp.4-5
————————. “Painting Nature with a Mirror”, Ron Moppett, Painting Nature with a Mirror, 1974-1989, catalogue, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, 1990
1982 Graham, Mayo, Introduction, Curnoe, Ewen, Falk, Moppett, catalogue, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1982