Alan Glicksman b. 1954, Toronto ON CAN, Lives: Owen Sound, ON. Canada,

Education

1979 Graduate, University of Guelph, ON

1979 Graduate, Ontario College of Art, Toronto/New York City 1980-81 Studio Assistant

1991 Graduate, Institute of Child Study/OISE Psychology Clinic, University of Toronto

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Hospital Visits, Grey Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2022 Contents of the Green Box, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, B.C.

2022 Recent Work, Durham Art Gallery, Durham ON

2020 The Process of Becoming, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2016 Face Heads, Window Installation, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2015 The Sap of Life, Window Installation, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2014 Ecstatic-Scapes, Gallery De Boer, Owen Sound, ON

2013 GGZ Works, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2012 Woodworks, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2011 Big Abstract Landscapes, Engine Gallery, Toronto ON

2010 Water Colours, Chicory Common Cafe, Durham, ON

2010 What It Is, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2009 On My Way, Gallery 533, Toronto, ON

2007 The Better it Gets, Lehmann-Leskiw Fine Art, Toronto, ON

2006 Friends of Mine, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2005 Big Figurative Paintings, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON

2002 Ruff Stuff Film Sculptures, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

1996 Burlington Work, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

1996 Shelborne Ave. Work, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON

1989 Manitou Work, Pearl Street Gallery, Hamilton, ON

1989 Reflective Instincts, Kozak Gallery, Toronto, ON

1987 Eight Year Survey, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON

1986 Flesherton Work, Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, ON

1984 Stewart Street Work, Gallery 620, Toronto, ON

1982 New York Work, Lacemaker Gallery, Toronto, ON

1981 Soap Box Series, Lacemaker Gallery, Toronto, ON

1980 Introducing Alan Glicksman, Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON

1978 The No Name Exhibition, Gallery 76, Toronto, ON

Group Exhibitions

2024 Pop-Up Backyard Art Show, Owen Sound, ON

2024 Denison Gallery, Toronto, ON

2024 Spring Show, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2024 Painted Stories, L.E. Shore Gallery, Thornbury, ON

2023 "Renewal", Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON.

2019 Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON.

2017-19 Itty Bitty Art, Lois Lambert Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. USA

2016 Christmas Show, Yumart Gallery, Toronto

2014 Convergence, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound

2013 Mudtown Music Festival, Manitou Paintings Installation, Owen Sound

2013 Flesherton Art Garden. Flesherton, ON

2013 Different Strokes, Santa Fe Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2013 Canadian Spirit, Kelso Beach Alley, Owen Sound, ON

2013 The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA

2013 Outdoor Wall Mural, The Bleeding Carrot Alley Project, Owen Sound, ON

2013 100 Squares, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2013 Global Print Project, Malaga, Spain

2013 U-8 Show, Sopa Fine Arts, British Columbia, Canada

2012 Artists Around the Sound Studio Tour

2012 Canadian Spirit,The Art Space/River Mill Park, Huntsville, ON

2012 Southampton Art Gallery

2011 Art Banner Project, Owen Sound, ON

2011 Merging & Emerging, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

2011 WaterLife, Victoria Jubilee Hall, Walkerton, ON

2011 Searching or Tom, Kitchener Museum of Art, Kitchener, ON

2010-20 Denison Gallery, Toronto

2010 Canadian Landscape Paintings, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON

2010 Raising Shakti, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2009 Salon, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON

2009 100 Squares, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2009 ARTicle, Durham Art Gallery, Durham ON

2009 Convergence, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2008  Drawing Show, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2008 Forest, St. Francis University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia & Gennai, Pisa, Italy

2008 Gallery Artists, Lehmann-Leskiw Fine Art, Toronto, ON

2007 Forest, Circolo Culturale, La Spezia, Italy & Museo Nuova Era, Bari, Italy

2007 One Hundred Squares, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2007 Black and White, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON

2006 Forest for the Trees, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON

2006 Beauty and Obsession, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON

2006 Manifold Project, Nuite Blanche, Toronto, ON

2006 In your Face, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

2006 Self Portraits, Double Door Gallery, Anten Mills, ON

2006 High Seriousness, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2006 Now Now, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON

2005 One Hundred Squares, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

2004 Xmas Show, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON

2002 Paper Works, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2002 New Paintings, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2001 Group Show, Dennison Gallery, Toronto, ON

2000 Moose in the City, Yonge at Bloor, Toronto, ON

1996 Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON

1993 Gallery Artists, Gallery Moos Toronto, ON

1992 Gallery Moos Toronto, ON

1991 Associated Images, University of Toronto, ON

1990 Fine Art Grads, McDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON

1988 Walls on Fire, YYZ Gallery Toronto, ON

1987 Color & the Brush, Sarnia Art Gallery Sarnia, ON

1986 Toronto/Montreal, Champlain Art Gallery Lennoxville, QC

1985 Public Image/Public Myth, Public Image Gallery, New York City, USA

1983    Chromaliving, The Colonnade Toronto, ON

1983 Three Toronto Artists, Articule Gallery Montreal, QC

1983    Locations National, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON

1982    New Directions, Queen Elizabeth Building CNE, Toronto, ON

1982 Painting’82, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, ON

1980 Young Contemporaries, Regional Art Gallery, London, ON

Collections

Many Private Collections

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON

Ministry of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON

The Baycrest Centre, Toronto, ON

Kid’s Help Foundation, Toronto, ON

Awards

2009 Project Grant, Canada Council

2013/12/11/08/1989/87/86 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council

2007 Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council

1984/83 Canada Council, B Grant

1978 First Prize, Royal Bank ArtVenture, Toronto, ON

Bibliography

Canadian Art Magazine,  Headbones Gallery, Vernon, B.C.

Winging It YouTube 2022

Yahupitzville Podcast with Ralph Benmurgui 2022

Durham Art Gallery Video 2022

Backdrop Painting for GRIND Music Performance at Kemble Mountain 2019

Rampt Illustration and text 2020

Rico Book Illustration 2020

Shannon Bingeman Text and Video Production for Process of Becoming Exhibition 2020

TTAG Fundraising Charity Auction 2020

Gold Dust GRIND CD Cover art 2019

Gowan, Rob, Alan Glicksman The Process of Becoming, Sun Times, Owen Sound, Oct. 29, 2020.

Reid, Garit, Vibrant Colours and Emotion, Grey-Bruce This Week, Oct. 2, 2014

Sun Times, July 30, 2013 Campsite/Campsight (photo)

Sun Times, Wave Passes, Sun Times, August 2013

Gowan, Rob, Painting on Display Slashed, The Sun Times, August 22, 2013

Goddard, Peter, Flesherton Art Gallery, Toronto Star, July 8, 2010

Mays, John Bentley, Glicksman at Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Online Website, April 2010

Henry, Bill, New Chapter for Artist, Sun Times March 5, 2010

Alan Glicksman, Black and White, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON 2007

Alan Glicksman, Beauty and Obsession, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON 2006

Crosby, Don, Durham Art Gallery Anniversary, Sun Times, Nov. 2006

Henry, Bill, Creatures of Inspiration, Sun Times, June 15, 2006

Robinson, Dave, Imaginative and Tribal, Mosaic Magazine, Vol.14 #1, 2006

Dault, Gary Michael, A Holy Fools Folly, Globe and Mail, November 12, 2005

John Bentley Mays, Text: Engine Gallery, October 2005

Canadian Art Magazine, Photo, October 2005

Bravo News, Alan Glicksman TV, November 2005

CBC Radio, Lupe Rodriguez Review of Engine Gallery Exhibition, November 2005

Rogers TV, The Daytime Show, Owen Sound, ON November 9, 2005

Mays, John Bentley, Parts Gallery, Amigo Motel Blog, November 11, 2002

Kirshner, Barbara, Behind the Ears, Forest Hill Town Crier, August 2000

Toronto Star, Ashkenaz Festival, Photo, August 30,1999

Crosby, Don, Artist Opens New Exhibit, Durham Chronicle, November 6, 1996

Hume Christopher, News from Gallery Moos, Toronto Star, April 2, 1992

Hanna, Deirdre, Working Drawings, Now Magazine, February 1, 1991

Taylor, Kate, Toronto Painter, Hamilton Spectator, April 29,1989

Impulse Magazine, Photo, April 1, 1988

La Sale, V., Diarygrams, Sun Times, April 9, 1987

Hewton, W., Mixed Reaction, Durham Chronicle, May 13, 1987

Dault, Gary Michael, Grunwald Gallery, Canadian Art Magazine, October 1, 1986

Hume, Christopher, Compelling Show, Toronto Star, April 4, 1985

Hume, Christopher, Young Artist, Toronto Star, June 22, 1984

Mays, John Bentley, Glicksman’s People, Globe and Mail, June 28, 1984

Monk, Phillip, Locations National, Vanguard Magazine, Vol. 13 #1, Feb. 1, 1984

Mays, John Bentley, On Show, Globe and Mail, January 19, 1984

Mays, John Bentley, Chromaliving, Globe and Mail, October 22, 1983

Mays, John Bentley, Recognition Returns, Globe and Mail, September 25, 1982

Hume, Christopher, New Season, Toronto Star, September 25, 1982

Mays, John Bentley, Artist RecordsTorments, Globe and Mail, May 15, 1982

Goldman, Donna, Glicksman, Canadian Jewish News, May 13, 1982

Fabo, Andy, Art News, NOW Magazine, May 1, 1982

Hume, Christopher, Upscale Approach, Toronto Star, December 31, 1982

Mays, John Bentley, Eccentric Eye, Globe and Mail, November 6, 1982

Mays, John Bentley, Monumenta Haunted, Globe and Mail, September 11, 1082

Mays, John Bentley, Notice to New Art, Globe and Mail, September 3, 1982

Hargittay, Clara, New Directions, Canadian Art Magazine, April 1, 1982

Mays, John Bentley, Dashing off Witty Snippets, Globe and Mail, May 18, 1981

Purdie, James, Gallery News, Globe and Mail, October 21, 1978