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Dennis Hunkler was born in California and now lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. EDUCATION

The New School of Art, Toronto, Canada, 1965-69

Studied painting with Dennis Burton, Gordon Rayner; drawing with Robert Markle, Robert Hedrick, Ken Lywood; sculpture with Arthur Handy; film with Morley Markson

San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A., 1972

Studied painting with Tom Akawie, Julius Hatofsky, Wally Hedrick, David Hannah, Donald Kaufman, Sam Tchakalian; drawing with Jack Jefferson, Joseph Oddo; printmaking with Richard Graf, Gordon Kluge; film with James Broughton and Gunvor Nelson

Laney College, summer lithography workshop with Gerald Gooch, Oakland, California, 1972

EXHIBITIONS

“Lomholt Mail Art Archive” - documentation from the archive, two poems, letter, photograph. Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark, September 18, 2014 – September 18, 2015

“Scattered Ecstasies” - a sculptural piece in collaboration with poet Gregory Stasiak and actor Mitch Snaden. SHO Gallery, Windsor, September 19-20, 2014

“Fifteen: Gallerina's Choice” - an exhibition of painting and sculpture curated by Donna Child. Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery. Toronto, November 8-30, 2013

• “So a Pop Era” – a photographic installation with video, presented by Artcite, Inc. for Visual Fringe, Windsor, Ontario,

July 15 – 30, 2011

Artscene 13 – “Shelf Life”, a showcase of new and experimental art, Artcite, Inc. Windsor, Ontario, March 25 – April 23, 2011

• “Impostors” - a sculptural installation in collaboration with Betty Ferguson, Franklin Carmichael Art Centre Garden Gallery, Toronto, March 21 – 31, 2011

• “DE (SKS) ET” – an installation using drawing and photographic processes, presented by Artcite, Inc. for Visual Fringe. Windsor.

Windsor, Ontario. July 16-31, 2010

• “Venice Two” – a photographic exhibition in collaboration with Betty Ferguson, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto. October 1-30, 2009

“Return of the Amazing Sci-Fi Show” - Pelissier Street Gallery, Windsor, Ontario. June-July, 2009

“The Toy Show” – paintings and drawings inspired by toys, Pelissier Street Gallery, Windsor, Ontario. November-December, 2008

“The War Show” - Pelissier Street Gallery, Windsor, Ontario. August-September, 2008

• “Venice Two” – a multi-media installation in collaboration with Betty Ferguson, Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre, Common Ground Gallery, Windsor, Ontario. April 30 - May 11, 2008

“XXXMAS Show” – an exhibition of erotic art, Engine Gallery, Toronto, December 9 – January 2, 2006

“1st Korean - Canadian Exchange Exhibition of Contemporary Art”, The Gallery of the Korean Consulate General, Toronto, Canada. June 3 – 10, 2005

“Five Artists Invitation” - Gallery NA, Seoul, Korea. November 3 – 9, 2004 (catalog)

“Springsations” – an exhibition of paper reliefs, “The House on the Hill” Simcoe Gallery, Toronto. March 14 – May 26, 2001

• “Abstract Reality” – an exhibition of paper reliefs, “The City of Tomorrow”, Simcoe Gallery, Toronto. November 4 – 27, 1999

“Over Eighteen Plus” – an exhibition of paper reliefs, “Control System for Modified Behavior”, Simcoe Gallery, Toronto. April 7 – May 2, 1998

Duk Won Gallery - group show of North American and Korean paintings, Seoul, Korea. December 11 – 17, 1996 (catalog)

Exhibition of Na Uri Greecei (Korean, Canadian, American), The Academia of Art Gallery, Toronto. September 4 – 19, 1996 (catalog)

• “Blind Mirror” - an exhibition of works on paper by Dennis Hunkler and Jose Manuel Springer, Newman Gallery, Toronto.

June 13 – July 6, 1996

• Orville Ellis (Design Zone for Men) – an exhibition of paper reliefs, “the possible colours of a body, all the colours possible in a body”, Toronto. February 13 – March 8, 1996

“Bohmische Dorfer” (traveling group exhibition) Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg (Rezno), September 27 – November 3, 1991; Okresni Vlastivedne Muzeum, Cesky Krumlov (Krumau) CSFR. January – April, 1992; Adalbert Stifter Verein, E.V.. Munchen. 1992 (catalog)

Telic IV Art Research Center, Kansas City, Missouri. April – May, 1991 (curated by T. Michael Stevens)

“Artists Books”, Forum “Kunst und Schule”, Mediothek des ESG, Gutersloh, West Germany. August 30 – September 27, 1990

• “Realm S” – an installation with strobe light, text and angular space, Kozak Gallery, Toronto. September 1 – 22, 1990

“Housing-A Right” - Powerplant Art Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto. June 22 – September 3, 1990

• “Origins – Past and Future” – paintings and drawings, Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto. April 3 – 17, 1990

• “Random Transits” – an installation with drawings, Kozak Gallery, Toronto. August 26 – September 16, 1989

• ”Space Node” – an installation with sculpture, Kozak gallery, Toronto. August 20 – September 13, 1988

• “Voids” – an installation with sculpture and audio tape, Kozak Gallery, Toronto. July 11 – August 22, 1987

• “On the Darker Side of Twilight” – an installation in collaboration with Steven Jacklin, Kozak Gallery, Toronto. July 19 – August 23, 1986

“Paperart” – an international exhibition of work on paper, Museu de Arte Contemporanea Internacional, Bahia, Brazil. 1986

“Beyond Canvas” - Canadian Rep Theatre, Toronto. July, 1985

• Kozak Art Gallery – paintings and drawings, Toronto.

October 15 – 31, 1985

“Private Image / Public Myth” - Public Image Gallery, New York City. September 7 – 29,1985

“Ex Post Factor” – Mercer Union, Toronto. September, 1985

“Small Works / Big Myths” - Artculture Resource Centre, Toronto. June 15 – 27, 1985

“Particifax” - an electronic mail show, Collective Art X Technology Gallery, Toronto. 1984

• “Phantom Oasis” – a multi-media installation, in collaboration with Betty Ferguson, Mercer Union, Toronto. May 26 – June 5, 1981

2nd International Text-Sound-Image Festival, Antwerp, Belgium, 1978

“California Printmakers” - Printmakers Council of Great Britain, Oxford University Press, London, England. April 16 – May 2, 1975

“Four California Artists” - Humboldt Galleries, New York, N.Y., 1975

• Humboldt Galleries, San Francisco, Dennis Hunkler, Paintings and Drawings, November 12 – December 21, 1974

“Impressions II” - Three Dimensions Gallery, Berkeley, California. July 11 – August 10, 1974

“Impressions” - Open Portfolio Gallery, Alameda, California. May 3 – June 15, 1974

“Canada on Canvas” - Toronto, February, 1974

Artists Resource Center – two person show with Susan Fisher, Oakland, California. January 2 – February 1, 1974

• “Dennis Hunkler – Paintings and Drawings” - Valley Arts Gallery,

Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, California. May 18 – June 23, 1973

Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum of California. 1973

Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, Washington. 1973

• “The Paintings of Dennis Hunkler” - Gordon Hill Advertising Agency, Toronto. February 18 – March 11, 1970

The New School of Art, Toronto City Hall Library, Toronto, 1968 (review)

• indicates one person shows

ACTIVITIES

Discusses 'Three Polish Artists' on CJAM (University of Windsor, radio 99.1 FM). Hosted by Arleta Sziler on “Polish Magazine”. Broadcast, September 20, 2014.

Contributor: artwindsor.com (interviews and reviews).

Member, Board of Directors, ARTCITE, Windsor, Ontario, 2012 -

Discusses ‘Impostors’. Interview by Arleta Sziler for ”Polish Magazine” on CJAM (University of Windsor, radio 99.1 FM). Broadcast, March 12, 2011.

Discusses ‘de (sks) et’. Interview by Arleta Sziler for “Polish Magazine” on CJAM (University of Windsor, radio 99.1 FM). Broadcast, July 31, 2010.

Juror: The Franklin Carmichael Art Group, 11th Annual Open Juried Art Show, The Franklin Carmichael Art Centre, Etobicoke, Ontario. October 16 – 18, 2009

Curator: “International Exchange Exhibition between Canada and Korea”, The Korean Times Gallery, Toronto. May 27 – June 2, 2000

Visit to Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, Auschwitz-Birkenau) 1999 Visit to Germany (Berlin) l999

“The Alex Wilson Community Garden Competition Exhibition” – a collaboration with Lizia Renna, Clint Griffin, Scott Griffin, The Design Exchange, Toronto. May 28 – July 13, 1997

Curator: “Kil-young Yoo – A Continual Motion into the Void”, The Newman Gallery, Toronto. October 10 – November 2, 1996

Orville Ellis (fashion designer) and Dennis Hunkler: interview by Luca d’Addario on CIUT (University of Toronto, radio 89.5 FM) on February 7, 1996

“Gardens of the Imagination”, sculpture competition entry by Dennis Hunkler and Peter Pawlyschyn for the Mississauga Living Arts Centre. January, 1996

“Is Land Life” – 16mm film, b/w, 3 min., The John Spotton Cinema at the National Film Board, Toronto. October 15, 1990

Visit to Barbados (West Indies), 1989

Art Instructor, figure drawing and painting, Central Technical School, Toronto. 1988 – 89

Public sculpture competition – in collaboration with Przemyslaw Koszanski and Feliz Bednarski, The Polo Club, Tridel Corporation, Toronto. 1986

Member Advisory Committee, The Jane Brown Foundation for the Dance and Related Studies, Oakland, California. 1979-81

Set Design for “Walks U.S. of A.”, The Lesser Oakland Dance Theatre, Oakland, California. 1974

Studied dance with Miss Kyra Nijinsky, San Francisco, 1974

Assistant Director, Artists Resource Center, Oakland, California, 1973-74

Studio assistant to Canadian painter, Jack Bush, 1969 – 70

Costume design for the Scarborough Ballet Company, Scarborough, Ontario. 1968

Taught art classes at Ontario Provincial Hospital, Toronto. 1966

COLLECTIONS

The Oakland Museum of California – Oakland, California

Museu De Arte Contemporanea Internacional – Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.

City of Toronto Archives – Toronto, Ontario

Franklin Furnace Archives at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N. Y

Michael and Hollis Landauer - Toronto.

Yutaka Nakazawa – Tokyo

Michelangelo Sabatino - Chicago

Elizabeth Willmott – Owen Sound, Ontario

Jose Manuel Springer – Mexico City

Marjorie Del Parker – Fresno, California

Carlos Aguirre – Mexico City

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Schou – Washington, D. C.

Mr. & Mrs. John K. Train – Atlanta, Georgia

BIOGRAPHIES

Who’s Who in American Art, 1976 – present R.R. Bowker Company, New York, N.Y.

Dictionary of International Biography – Vol. 16 International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England

LISTINGS

Artists in Canada – The Library, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. 1988

Artists Biographies Master Index, First Edition, Gale Research Co., Detroit, Michigan (no date)

DOCUMENTATION FILES

National Gallery of Canada, The Library, Ottawa, Ontario

Art Gallery of Ontario, The Edward P. Taylor Reference Library, Toronto, Ontario

London Public Libraries, London, Ontario

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Elizabeth Lewis, “Light Touch.” Montreal Home. Winter issue 2012-13. Pages 26-31. (reference)

'IXTUS: Espiritu y Cultura (Poesia, La visibilidad de lo invisible), 2004 Numero 44 Ano XI, Cuernavaca, Mexico (reproductions)

‘Five Artists Invitation’ (exhibition catalog) Gallery NA, Seoul, Korea 2004 (reproduction)

Amy Gorman, ed. “Reflections More Light than Dark.” Aging Artfully. Berkeley: PAL, 2003. Page 142. (photograph)

‘International Exchange Exhibition’ (Korea, Canada, U.S.A.) (exhibition catalog) Seoul, Korea, 1996 (reproduction)

‘An Exhibition of Na Uri Greecei’, The Academia of Art, (exhibition catalog) Toronto, 1996 (reproduction)

SLATE Gallery Guide, Toronto, Summer, 1987 Page 13 (reproduction)

ARTPOST 23 Volume 4, Number 2, October/November, l986 Page 35 (reproduction)

PARALLELOGRAMME Volume II, Number 1; Fall, 1985 Page 14 (reproduction)

APARTMENT LIFE Volume VII, Number 5, September, 1975 Page 28 (reproduction)

Charles Shere, “Dance Version of Life at Fruitvale and MacArthur”, Oakland Tribune, March 22, 1975 Page 14-E (review)

Thomas Albright, “Unique Visions of Nature”, San Francisco Chronicle, December 11, 1974 Page 66 (review, reproduction)

R.F. Stepan, “Dennis Hunkler’s Private World”, ARTWEEK, Volume 5, Number 42, December 7, 1974 Page 6 (review, reproduction)

Alexander Fried, “The Fantasy of 3 Artists”, San Francisco Examiner, December 6, 1974 Page 29 (review, reproduction)

CITY MAGAZINE, Volume 7, Number 53, November 27 – December 10, 1974 Page 63 (review)

Charles Shere,“Themes Familiar in Martin Paintings”, Oakland Tribune, November 20, 1974 Page 71 (review, reproduction)

Charles Shere, Oakland Tribune, November 6, 1974 Page 66 (review)

Andrew DeShong, “Two S.F. Drawing Shows”, ARTWEEK, Volume 5 Number 15, April 13, 1974 (review)

ARTWEEK, Volume 5, Number 3, January 19, 1974 Page 4 (reproduction)

Charles Shere, “Oakland Gallery Shows Faculty Art”, Oakland Tribune, January 16, 1974 Page 40 (review)

WESTART Volume 12, Number 8, January 11, 1974 Page 16 (reproduction)

Charles Shere, “Spotty Show of Paintings Contains a Few Real Gems”, Oakland Tribune, November 27, 1973 Page 39 (review)

Sam A. Figert, “Civic Arts Shows are Tops”, Contra Costa Times, Sunday Magazine, June 10, 1973 Page 2 (review, reproduction)

Contra Costa Times, Sunday Magazine, May 13, 1973 Page 2 (reproduction)

Kay Kritzwiser, “A Trio of Painters Produces Maximum Reaction”, Globe and Mail, Toronto, April 20, 1968 (review)