Gordon Rayner BORN New York, New York EDUCATION B.F.A., York University, Toronto, Ontario M.F.A., York University, Toronto, Ontario SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2001        Gordon Rayner, Small-scale paintings in oil and large paintings in acrylic, Teodora Gallery, Toronto 2000        Gordon Rayner: Exposition. Waddington & Gorce, Inc., Montreal 1999        -00 Petit Format: Small-scale oil paintings on panel, Moore Gallery, Toronto 1998        Paintings and Constructions from Canada and Mexico, Moore Gallery, Toronto 1997        New Abstract Paintings, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto 1995        The Oaxaca Suite, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto 1993        Gordon Rayner: New Work, The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto 1993        Evelyn Aimis Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, USA 1993        Casas de las Americas, Havana, Cuba 1991        Rayner/Coughtry, The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto 1990        Constructed Paintings, Durham Art Gallery, Ontario 1990        Raynerart Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel, Ontario 1990        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1989        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1988        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1987        Gordon Rayner: Constructed Paintings, Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal 1986        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1985        Moore Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario 1984        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1984        Constructed Paintings, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York 1982        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1981        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1979        -80 Gordon Rayner Retrospective, travelling exhibition organized by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa,                Ontario; venues included London Regional Art Gallery, London; Art Gallery of Windsor; Rodman Hall, St.Catherines;                Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery; Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal; New Brunswick Museum, St. John, N.B.;                Art Gallery of Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld.; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B.; Norman MacKenzie                Art Gallery, University of Regina, Sask.; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. 1979        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1977        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1975        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1973        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1973        Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor 1971        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1971        Sir George Williams University, Montreal 1968        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1966        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1965        The Blue Barn Gallery, Ottawa 1964        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1961        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto 1960        The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2000        The Geneva Collection, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Geneva, Switzerland 1998        The Canoe in Canadian Art, McMichael Art Gallery, Kleinberg, Ont. 1996        The Common Hand, 10th Anniversary Drawing Show, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto 1994        Important Paintings by Important Artists, Moore Gallery, Hamilton 1993        New Work by Gallery Artists, The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto 1993        Group Show, Moore Gallery, Hamilton 1993        The Crisis of Abstraction in Canada, The ‘50’s, Musee du Quebec, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1993        O Kanata, A Space, Toronto 1991        Curator’s Choice, The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto 1987        Contemporary Portraits, Mississauga Civic Centre Gallery 1986        Five Canadian Artists, Galerie Esperanza, Montreal 1985        Four From Isaacs, Dianne Ferris Gallery, Vancouver 1984        Edge and Image, Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal 1984        Toronto Painting 1984        , Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1984        Hearts, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, 1983        -84 Toronto Painting of the 1960        s, Art Gallery of Ontario(Travelling) 1983        The Colour Connection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba 1982        Canadian Horizons, Paintings from the Canada Council, Anchorage,Fairbanks, Juneau, Alaska 1982        The Big Print, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto 1982        Painting ‘82, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto 1982        6th Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition: Bolduc/Cameron/Hutner/Rayner, Halifax, N.S. 1982        Toronto Artists, Scottsdale Arts Centre, Arizona 1978        A Toronto Sensibility, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto (Travelling) 1978        The Artists’ Jazz Band, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris 1977        Canadian Tapestries ‘77, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (Travelling) 1977        Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston 1975        A Survey of Canadian Painting, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1974        -75 The Artists’ Jazz Band, Musee d’art contemporain, Montreal 1965        Some Canadians in Spain, Art Gallery of Windsor 1965        Sculpture Society of Canada, Stratford, Ontario 1965        6th Biennial of Canadian Painting, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1964        -65 3 & One, Art Institute of Ontario, Toronto (Travelling) 1964        Sarah Lawrence College, New York 1964        Spring Shows, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1962        Spring Shows, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1959        McGill University Invitational Exhibition COMMISSIONS 1985        Move/Ease, Cineplex Odeon Corporation, Canada Square Cinema, Wood relief sculpture, oil & acrylic, neon 1983        Painters and the Dance, original set for Toronto Dance Theatre, Earthworks, outdoor sculpture, Scarborough, Ontario 1977        Tempo, Mural, Toronto Transit Commission, St. Clair West Station 1971        Outdoor mural, Benson & Hedges Tobacco Company, Toronto 1971        Building facade and canopy sculpture, Ontario Place, Toronto 1970        Mural, Bank of Montreal, Toronto 1970        Mural, Our Lady of Fatima Public School, Elliot Lake, Ontario COLLECTIONS A.E. LePage Agnes Etherington Art Centre Art Gallery of Windsor Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Toronto Cadillac Fairview Corporation Canada Council Art Bank Cineplex Odeon Corporation, Toronto Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown Crown Life, Toronto Department of External Affairs, Ottawa First City Trust, Vancouver Friends of Confederation Centre Trust, Charlottetown Hart House Art Gallery, University of Toronto Hirschhorn Collection, Washington Indusmin Limited, Toronto Liquid Paper Limited, Dallas London Regional Art Gallery Lyndhurst Hospital, Toronto Memorial Art Gallery, St. John’s Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Modern Art, New York National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Norcan Energy Resources Limited Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina Osler, Hoskin Harcourt, Toronto Philadelphia Museum of Art Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa Rothman’s of Pall Mall Society of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile The Honourable John B. Aird Thorne Riddell, Toronto Toronto-Dominion Bank University of Waterloo Vancouver Art Gallery Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation GRANTS 1989        Canada Council A Grant 1987        Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council 1986        -87 Canada Council Senior Arts Grant 1980        -81 Canada Council Senior Arts Grant 1975        -76 Canada Council Senior Arts Grant 1973        Canada Council Senior Arts Grant 1971        Canada Council Short Term Grant 1970        City of Toronto Competition, First Prize 1970        12th Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, First Prize for Prints 1970        Canada Council Short Term Grant 1966        Film Award Fellowship 1961        Canada Council Short Term Grant PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Teaching New School of Art, Toronto Ontario College of Art, Toronto York University, Toronto College of Education, Toronto Teacher and founding member of Art’s Sake, Inc., Toronto Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver Nova Scotia College of Art and Design