SANDRA ALTWERGER

ARTIST

HISTORY

Sandra Altwerger

www.sandraaltwerger.com

Associate Professor at OCAD University, since 1975.

Education
A.O.C.A., Diploma from the Ontario College of Art and Design, 1963.
M.F.A., Masters Degree from the Instituto Allende, Mexico, 1966.
B.Ed., Bachelors of Education Degree, University of Toronto, 1991.

Guest Artist and Lecturer Appointments:
University of Toronto, Scarborough College, 1989.
Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China, Spring Semester, 1988.
(Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Communications, Ontario).
Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, 1984.
Niagara College, Welland, Ontario, 1985.
Toronto School of Art, 1984.

Publications:
Art For Enlightenment: A History of Art in Toronto Schools,
Rebecca Sisler, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Publishers, 1993.
Business Quarterly, Cover Page, Spring Issue, 1992.

SoloExhibitions:
Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario, 1996.
Scheider Associates, New Lithographs, Toronto, 1995.
Open Studio, Toronto, 1992.
Niagara College, Hennepin Art Gallery, Welland, Ontario, 1985.
Whitby Arts Incorporated, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario, 1984.
Scarborough College, University of Toronto, 1984.
Gallery Moos, Toronto, 1980.
Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, 1977.
Gallery House Sol, Georgetown, Ontario. 1976.

Group Exhibitions:
Project 31, OCAD University, 2011
Experiencing Perspectives, Toronto 2010 - 2011
Queen’s Park Exhibition, Drawing and Painting Faculty, OCAD 2005.
Open Studio, 2005.
MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, Ontario, 2002.
Gallery Mira Goddard, Toronto, 1982-92, inclusive.
Extension Gallery, Collaborative Prints, 1992.
Graphica Creative, Finland, Invitational, 1990.
Erindale College Art Gallery, University of Toronto, 1989.
Art at the Grassroots, University of Toronto, 1991.
Miriam Pearlman, Inc., Chicago, 1985, Three person exhibit.
Graphex 9, Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario, 1984.
Canadian Prints, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1983.
Exhibition of Women Artists, Ontario Society of Artists, 1983-84.
The Big Print, curated by Anita Aarons, Harbourfront, Toronto, 1982.
Canadian Contemporary Printmakers, Curated by Luis R. Cancel, Director,
Bronx Museum, New York, 1982.
Art in Canada, Jesse Besser Museum, Halapena, Michigan, 1981.
Midwestern Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana, 1981.
A.C.T. Print Show, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1981.
Open Studio: Ten Years, Art Gallery of Harbourfront, Toronto, 1980.
New Directions, Gallery Moos, Toronto, 1979.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1979.
The Pauline McGibbon Cultural Center, Toronto, 1979.
Canadian Women Printmakers, Miriam Pearlman Gallery, Flint Michigan, 1978.
Open Studio, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1977.
5th International Print Biennial, Bradford, England, 1976.
Graphex 4, Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario, 1976.
Japan-Canada Print Exhibition, Toronto, 1976.
Soft Touch, Linda Bellamy, curator, Art Gallery of Brant, 1976.
Spring Show, Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, Ontario, 1975
Images 1975, Ontario Society of Artists, 103rd Exhibition

Honours:
Canada Council for the Arts, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983.
Ontario Arts Council Grants, 1976-1984, inclusive.
Artist-With-the-Schools-Grants, Ontario Arts Council, 1984, 1988, 1989.
Ontario Society of Artists, Purchase Awards, 1977, 1978, 1979.
Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, Ontario, Purchase Award, 1975.

Collections:
Infonet
Canada Council Art Bank                                           University of Toronto
Marrion Merrell Dow                                                 MacDonald Stewart Art Center
Midland Walwyn Ltd.                                                 Toronto Dominion Bank
Agnes Etherington Art Center                                     C.I.L.
Toronto City Hall                                                        Citicorp Corporation
Government of Ontario                                               Xerox
Petrocan                                                                     Royal Bank of Canada
Brasscan Corporation                                                 Westinghouse Corporation
University of Rochester                                               University of Lethbridge
Chevron Standard                                                      National Bank of Detroit
University of Rochester                                               W.M. Coutts Co. Ltd.,
Kaiser Resources                                                       Guaranty Trust
Coopers and Lybrand                                                 Norcen Gas
Lyndhurst Hospital                                                      Northwestern University Hospital, Chicago
Scepter Resources                                                      Pan American Oils
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia                                         Princess Margaret Lodge
Carma Developments                                                 MacLean-Hunter
Amoco Canada                                                          Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago
Price Waterhouse                                                       Baycrest Hospital, Toronto
Manufacturer Hanover                                                Steelcase Canada
Mortgage Insurance Co. of Canada                            Abitibi Price
The Station Gallery, Whitby                                        Proctor and Gamble
British Airways                                                           Unitel Communications, Inc.
Toronto Transit Commission                                       Ernst and Young
Ken-Addison Mines Ltd.                                            Bank of Nova Scotia
Coca Cola                                                                 Sun Life
Deloitte and Touche                                                   Compaq Canada Inc.
MacDonalds, Chicago                                                IBM
Pan Canadian Oils                                                      Atlantis Resources
Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer

 

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