Bio
Martin Golland was born in Montpellier, France in 1975 and has lived in Instanbul, Puerto Rico, Miami, Victoria (BC), and Toronto before moving to Ottawa. Golland received his MFA from the University of Guelph (2006) and his BFA from Concordia University (1998). Golland has exhibited nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions include Vignettes and Aggregates, Birch Contemporary (2018); Now, as before, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, (2017); Facades and Panoramas at Galerie Michel, Quebec (2017) and DARK TOWN at the Felix Ringel Galerie, Dusseldorf (2007). Group exhibitions include Àdisòkàmagan/Nous connaître un peu nous mêmes/We’ll all become stories at the Ottawa Art Gallery (2018); An Alternate Landscape at Birch Contemporary, Toronto (2018); Escaping Gravity at Felix Ringel Galerie, Dusseldorf (2016) and Human Nature at the Carleton University Art Gallery (2015). He has received the prestigious Honorable Mention Prize at the 11th Annual RBC Painting Competition; exhibited in various museums and galleries across Canada, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Power Plant Toronto, the Musée D’art Contemporain in Montreal, and the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver. Recent reviews include Nouveaux noms, nouveau lieu pour la Foire en art actuel by Josianne Deslodges in the Le Soleil newspaper, May 27, 2018 (Lesoleil.com/arts) and Canadian Painter Martin Golland Opens in Montreal in Whitehot Magazine (whitehotmagazine.com) with essay by critic James D. Campbell (2017). Martin Golland is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Eye touches stone, stone touches sky, Birch Contemporary, May 25
(upcoming) I built this garden for us, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa Nov. 22
2018 Vignettes and Aggregates, Birch Contemporary, Toronto
2017 Now, as Before, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal
Façades and Panoramas, Galerie Michel Guimont, Quebec
2015 Setting the Stage, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal
2014 Arcadia, Birch Contemporary, Toronto
2013 Projection, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal
Aviary (Volière), Galerie Michel Guimont, Quebec
2012 The Archivist’s Étagère, Birch Libralato, Toronto
2010 Skeletons & Skins, Birch Libralato, Toronto
2008 Shapeshift, Birch Libralato, Toronto
2007 Dark Town, Felix Ringel Gallerie, Dusseldorf
2006 What is said and what is meant, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Àdisòkàmagan / Nous connaître un peu nous mêmes / We’ll all become stories, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa
An Alternate Landscape, Birch Contemporary, with Martin Bennett, Toni Hafkensheid, James Nizam, Louise Noguchi, Martin
Pearce, Ed Pien, Jann Poldaas, Nic Pye, Kelly Richardson, Mitch Robertson, Richard Storms
2016 Escaping Gravity, Felix Ringel Galerie, Dusseldorf. Ross Bleckner, Jonathan Lasker, Peter Halley, Philip Taaffe, Imi Knoebel,
Sabine Moritz, Franz Baumgartner, Max Streicher, Adolf Luther, Isabella Til, Pascal Sender
2015 Human Nature - Group Exhibition, curated by Corinna Ghaznavi, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
2013 Imaging Disaster, curated by Cassandra Getty and Adam Lauder, Museum London, Jan 19-Mar.31
2012 60 Painters, Humber Arts and Media Studios, Curated by Scott Sawtell
Strange Reveries, with Ufuk Gueray and Chris Millar, curated by Jocelyn Purdie, Union Gallery, Queens University, Kingston
2010 Four Ottawa Painters: Authier, Golland, Morrow, Schissel, curated by Sandra Dyck, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
Martin Golland/Melanie Authier, Galerie Michel Guimont, Quebec
nota bene, Birch Libralato, with Cathy Daley, Arthur Duff, Michelle Gay, MartinGolland, Luis Jacob, Ginette Legare, Micah Lexier,
Jaan Poldaas, RichardStorms, Toronto
Extreme Painting, curated by Benjamin Klein, Division Gallery, Montreal
Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, Art Gallery of Mississauga, curated by Geraldine Davis
2009 The Phoenix Art: The Renewed Life of Contemporary Painting, curated by Robert Enright, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal
11th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, The Power Plant, TIAF, Toronto
Showcase 2009, curated by Ivan Jurakic, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge
The Way I Are, curated by Katie Bethune-Leaman, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga
2008 Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting, curated by Clint Roenisch & David Liss, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA),
Toronto
10th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; The Power Plant, Toronto; Musee d’art
contemporain de Montreal, Montreal; Museum London, London; The Rooms, St. John; Mendel Art Gallery Saskatoon; Art Gallery
of Alberta, Edmonton; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Pulse Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Birch Libralato, Miami
2007 Crossing Borders, The Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
Scope Miami, Birch Libralato, Miami
Cartographies, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver
2006 Scope Miami, Birch Libralato, Miami
8th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, MOCCA, Toronto; Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener; Musee d’art
contemporain de Montreal, Montreal; Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Taking a walk with the dog, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto
stART: Emerging Artists Across Canada, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax
Domestic Bliss, Open Space, Victoria
PUBLICATIONS
2012 RBC Art Collection: Selected Works, catalog, p114
2011 Campbell, James D., Lush Life: The Painting World of Martin Golland, Simzer Design and Publication
2008 MacMillan, Laurel (ed.). RBC Painting Competition Ten Years, Altona, MB, Friesens, 34
Wallace, Doug (ed.). Carte Blanche v.2 Painting, China: 1010 Printing International, 15, 61
ESSAYS/REVIEWS
2018 Nouveaux noms, nouveau lieu pour la Foire en art actuel, Josianne Deslodges, Le Soleil, 27 May 2018. Lesoleil.com/arts
2017 Canadian Painter Martin Golland Opens in Montreal, James D. Campbell, Whitehot Magazine, whitehotmagazine.com
2016 The Flower Question at Birch Contemporary, David Saric, http://www.artoronto.ca/?p=32678
John Bentley Mays, Martin Golland at Birch Contemporary, Toronto, johnbentleymays.com
2015 Le besoin d’etrangete, Eric Clement, La Presse, Arts, p5, Saturday, September 5.
2014 Itinerary of A Traveller Through Darkness, article, James D Campbell, BorderCrossings Magazine, pp 82-89
2013 Martin Golland chez Guimont: contrastes en collision, Josianne Desloges, La Soleil, April 6
2012 Impossible Architectures, Robert Enright, Borderviews, BorderCrossings, p. 17
Painting Competition supports artists, highlights value of arts in Canada, Guy L’Heureux, The Globe and Mail,, Nov. 30th, Arts
2011 Lush Life. Martin Golland’s Painted World, article, James D Campbell, Magenta Magazine, Mar. 2011 www.magentamagazine.com
Painters Painting, Cindy Deachman, Ottawa Magazine, Feb. 2011
2010 Extreme Painting: Montreal, James D. Campbell, FRIEZE Magazine, Jan. Issue
The Phoenix Art, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada, James D. Campbell. Frieze, May 2010, p. 31-32
2009 The Phoenix Art: Viewing Painting’s Renewed Power, canadianart.ca, Dec. 19,
Rising From The Ashes, Lori Callaghan, The Rover Arts, roverarts.com, Dec. 22
2008 Martin Golland: Birch Libralato, Toronto, Pete Smith, Canadian Art, Fall 2008, p. 148-149
Alumni Profile: Living an artist’s life with passion, Rebecca Kendall, The Portico (U of Guelph Magazine) Fall 2008 Vol 40 Issue 3,
p. 36
CityNews at 5: Interview with Jojo Chintoh,CityTV, July30
Artist a semifinalist in painting contest, Erin Hatfield, The Annex, July 22
Martin Golland, BIRCH LIBRALATO, 129 Tecumseth Street, March 15-April 19, Dan Adler, ArtForum.com, April, p. 5
Of butternuts and burning boats, The Toronto Star, Peter Goddard, April 17, p. E9
Building Blowout: Golland makes disarray look beautiful, Leah Sandals, Now Magazine, Toronto, April 9, p. 73
Cartographies, Helena Wadsley, Galleries West, Spring 2008, p. 42
2006 Cino, Kate. Front Row, Domestic Bliss at Open Space, Boulevard Magazine, Vol. XIV, Issue 4, May/June p. 11-12
Green, Roy. “Domestic Bliss,” (Catalogue) Open Space, Victoria
Enright, Robert. “Sensational Instabilities,” Borderviews, BorderCrossings, Issue 98, p. 14-15
AWARDS/GRANTS
2015 Ontario Arts Council Grant
2013 Ontario Arts Council Grant
2011 Ontario Arts Council Grant
2010 City Of Ottawa Grant
2009 Honourable Mention Prize, 11th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Ontario Arts Council Grant
2008 Purchase Prize, Canadiana Fund Foundation, 10th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Canada Council Production Grant, Travel Grant
2008 Toronto Arts Council Grant
2006 Canada Council Emerging Artist Grant for Visual Arts
Toronto Arts Council Grant
2005 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Margaret Priest Scholarship, University of Guelph
2004 Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph
University Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2003 Canada Council Emerging Artist Grant for Visual Arts
COLLECTIONS
Music Sales Corporation, New York; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto; Gowlings, Toronto; The Canadiana Fund Crown Collection,
Ottawa; Numerous private collections in Canada, US, and Germany.
EDUCATION
2006 Master of Fine Arts, University of Guelph
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University
REPRESENTATION
Birch Contemporary, Toronto