Barbara McGivern

EDUCATION
1985-88: Ontario College of Art, AOCA, SCA
1984-85: Toronto SchooI of Art
1983-84: Art's SakeWORKSHOPS
1998: Eric Fischl, Georgian College, Barrie, Canada
2000: Susan Rothenberg, Georgian College, Barrie, Canada

SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2001: PAINTINGS IN MY MIND, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto
2000: Makepeace, McGivem, Furniture and Painting, Prime Gallery
1999: ORIGINAL SENSE, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998: EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY, Ozten Zeki Gallery London, England
1997: THE BARNES COLLECTION SERIES, Musée Hotel Baudy, Giverny, France / EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto
1996: AN EVENING IN THE EASTEND, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto
1995: Company Galerie, Paris, France
1988-95: various solo shows

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2001: Biennale Internazionale DeIl'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy / International Art Fair Zurich, Switzerland / NKE Gallery Berlin
2000: Toronto International Art Fair, Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto / Bait Muzna Gallery, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman / NOT the Royal Academy Summer Show, Salon des Refusés, London, England
1999: MajIis Gallery, Dubai, UAE
1997: Art Expo '97, Teodora Art Gallery, New York, New York / THE ART and TECHNOLOGY CIRCUS, Audart, New York / The MajIis Gallery, Dubai, UAE
1996: 'GIFTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION' / Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art / 'TNT', Audart Gailery, New YorkMUSEUMS AND INSTITUTIONS / Art Gallery of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta / Art Gallery of Mississauga / Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton / Baycrest Centre, Toronto / Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art / Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto / University College, University of Toronto / Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto / The Robert MacLaughlin Gailery, Oshawa

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
HH General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai and Defence Minister of the UAE
Bernstein Hounsfleld and Assoc., London, England
Cannex Financial Inc., Toronto
Danson, Zucker and Connelly, Toronto
Electric Light Company, London, England
Lever Brothers, Toronto
Saatchi and Saatchi, Compton Hayhurst, (Canada) Ltd.
Teck Corporation, Vancouver, B.C.
Union Carbide, Toronto

COMMISSIONS
Luigi Malones, Dublin, Ireland
Emnates Tower Hotel, Dubai, UAE
JL Albright Venture Partners, Toronto

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Art Focus, 1992, Multi Media Artist, Peterborough
Toronto Star, Diana Geddes, Paris, May 24, 1992
Arts Canada, CBC Radio, June 23, 1993
Media Television, CITY TV, December 19,1994
BBC 4, Today, Anna Ford, June 20, 1998, London
CITY TV, April 25, 1999
International Artist, Master Painter, October/November 2000
Oman TV, January 25, 2000
NIZWA Magazine, July 2000
The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2000