PHILIP CAIRNS
416-535-6410 (Home), 416-832-6576 (Cell)
Website: philipcairns.com, Email: fullmoon@auracom.com
VISUAL ARTIST
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 "Colours of the City"-- Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto
2013 "Abstracts and Landscapes"--Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto
"Cascading Colours"--Parliament Street Library, Toronto
2011 "Featured Artist"-- Secret Handshake Gallery, Toronto
2006 "Life On The Edge"-- Artcetera Gallery, Toronto
1992 "Kinky Doodles"-- Gallery Without Walls/The Lab, Toronto
1990 "Roundup '90" -- Studio Exhibition, Toronto
1988 "Searching For My Angel"-- Total Art Gallery, Toronto
1987 "Paintings and Drawings"-- The Works Festival, Edmonton
1983 "Androgynes Flourish After Dark"--Lacemaker's Gallery, Toronto
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 "Pride of Place"-- Urban Gallery, Toronto
2011 "Group Exhibition"-- Nuit Blanche at Ben Navaee Gallery
2009 “..and Proud of It!”-- Aldridge Art Gallery
2008 “Queer Eyes and Ears”—Queer West Fest at Gladstone Hotel
“Group Show”-- Starbucks
“Poverty in Pictures”—University of Guelph
“Art from St. Joseph House” – Starbucks
2007 “Group Show” – Runnymede Library
“Block in One Spot” – Slide show of artwork at The Theatre Centre
“Line Art Auction”—Fundraising show -- Spin Gallery
“Group Show” – Beaver Hall Gallery
2006 "Fearless" -- Gallery X
1999 "Line Art Auction"-- Fundraising show -- YYZ Artists' Outlet
1998 "Out of the Cold"-- Fundraising show -- Cody Hall
1997 "Spirits of Power" -- A Space
1996 "Licking Sandpaper" -- Outsider Artists Collective/Oakham House
"Spilt Cola" -- Outsider Artists Collective/Oakham House
1995 "Raw Paint" -- Outsider Artists Collective/Tableau Vivant Gallery
1981/88-95 "Snow Show" -- Idee Gallery
1993 "Portrait of a People" -- Gallery Without Walls/Beaver Hall
"AIDS Fundraising Show" -- The Toolbox
"Benefit Art Show" -- J.J.'s Bar
"Primitive Surrealism" -- Gallery Without Walls (2 person show)
1992 "Summer Camp '92" -- Gallery Without Walls/Bar 501
"Best of Show" -- Gallery Without Walls/Bar 501
"Crosswalks" -- Gallery Without Walls/MCC
"Artefect 111" -- Workscene Gallery
"Genitive Forum" -- QueerCulture/Gallery Without Walls
1991 "Red Fur/White Trim" -- Theodore Museum of Contemporary Art
"Group Show" -- Gallery Without Walls/Bar 501
"Invitation" -- Artefect Gallery
"No Particular Civilization" -- Wildboy Gallery
1989/91 "Annual Summer Art Show" -- Parkdale Artists
1989/91 "Total Art Award Exhibition"--Theodore Mus./Total Art Gallery
1990 "Art For St. Francis Table" -- Artefect Gallery
"Oka: Art on the Barricades" -- Partisan Gallery
"Angels and Attitudes" -- Xtra! Space Gallery
1988-90 "Annual Christmas Art Show" -- Artefect Gallery
1987-90 "Annual Open Juried Show"-- Gallery 306
1989 "Summer Art Show" -- Artefect Gallery
1988 "Obsession" -- Artefect Gallery
"Group Exhibition" -- Café des Arts
"The Consilium Show"-- Scarborough Arts Council/Consilium
1985-88 "Annual Summer Art Show" -- The Selby Hotel
1987 "The Eclectic Xmas Art Show" -- Total Art Gallery
1987 "Six Artists: Recent Work" -- Total Art Gallery
"Showing Our Face" -- Sparkes Gallery
1985 "Gay Gaze" -- Artculture Resource Centre
"Art For Chile" -- Studio 620
1984 "Painting Beyond the Zone" -- ChromaZone at A.R.C.
1981 "Small Works" -- ChromaZone Gallery
"Erotic Art" -- Ulen Spiegel Gallery
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2000 Writers' grant -- The Toronto Arts Council
1991 Project grant -- The Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal
1990 Project grant -- The Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal
TRAINING
2007 Painting Using the Chakras – Stephanie Barwick—6 St. Joseph House
1967-1972 David and Mary Thomson Collegiate, Scarborough
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
1991 "Red Fur/White Trim" -- Theodore Museum of Contemporary Art
"Sex and Identity" -- Group Show - Artefect Gallery/QueerCulture Festival
1990 "There's No Place Like Home"--Solo show by Corinne Duchesne--Artefect
"On the Edge of the Full Moon" -- Solo show by Tony Wang -- Artefect
"Waterways" -- Solo show by Greg Charlton -- Artefect Gallery
"Raw Fantasies" -- Group show -- Artefect Gallery/QueerCulture Festival
1987 "Eclectic Xmas Art Show" -- Group show -- Total Art Gallery
