Born Toronto, Canada (1952)
Lives and works in Toronto
EDUCATION
1971-73
Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCAD), Toronto, ON
1973-75
Nova Scotia College of Art (NSCAD), Halifax, NS
SOLO
2016
A Fine Line, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
Airborne, Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, ON (curated by Gäelle Morel)
2015
La Bouche, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2010
Shut Up, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
Le Jardin du Sommeil, The Prairie Art Gallery (part of the MACM Momentum Series), Grande Prairie, AB
2009
Little Willie, Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON
Le Jardin du Sommeil, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC (curated by Josée Belisle)
Deuil I, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON (curated by Scott McLeod)
2008
Deuil II & Airborne (video), Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
2007
Deuil, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON (curated by Scott McLeod)
Sacrificial Ornament, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
2004
Beloved & Forsaken, Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK
2003
La Somnolence, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
2002
Mannequin, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001
The Final Sleep, ICC/The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, ON (curated by Elizabeth McLuhan) (catalogue)
1997
Les Biberons Infanticides, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON
1996
L’ascension, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
1995
La Somnolence, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON (catalogue)
Oology, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994
Ornement Sacrificiel, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, QC
The Ritual Scream, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1993
Ornement Sacrificiel, Musée du Québec, Québec City, QC
Le Jardin du Sommeil, Musée du Québec, Québec City, QC
1992-3
Sacrificial Ornament, Art Gallery Windsor, Windsor, ON
1992
Sacrificial Ornament, Creative Time Inc./Municipal Art Society, New York, USA; National Gallery of Canada,
Ottawa, ON; The Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1991
Sacrificial Ornament, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB (organized by Joan Stebbins) (catalogue)
1990
Capitals & Entablatures, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, ON
Viniculum, Artcite, Windsor, ON
1989
The Sacrificial Column, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1987
Walls & Columns in Situ, The Embassy Cultural House, London, ON
1986
Column in Situ, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, ON (catalogue)
1985
A Wall in Situ, The London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Walls & Columns in Situ, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
1984
A Wall and Fish Work, Studio Exhibition, Toronto, ON
A Wall in Situ, Canada
1981
A Wall on Location, P.S.1. Long Island City, New York, NY, USA
1979
The Tunnel Vault, Studio Exhibition, London, ON
1978
A Wall & Tabernacle, Studio Exhibition, London, ON
GROUP
2022
Beyond the Stone Angel: Artists Reflect on the Deaths of their Parents, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
(curated by Timothy Long)
Two Truths and a Lie, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON
2020
Metamorphosis: Contemporary Canadian Portraits, Calgary, AB (co-curated by the Library and Archives Canada
and the Glenbow Museum)
2019
The Extended Moment: Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA
2018
The Last Image: Photography and Death, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany (curated by Felix Hoffman) (catalogue)
The Extended Moment: Fifty Years of Collecting Photographs, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
(curated by Anne Thomas) (catalogue)
Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
2016
Astral Bodies, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
Elles Photographes, Musée des beaux–arts de Montréal, Montréal, QC (curated by Diane Charbonneau)
Counterpoints: Photography Through the Lens of Toronto Collections, Art Museum at The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
(curated by Jessica Bradley)
2015
Imago Mundi, Toronto, ON (curated by Francesca Valente) (catalogue, Out of the Bush Garden)
Puppet Act, The Robert McLaughlin, Oshawa, ON (curated by Linda Jansma)
10 Years Gone, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, USA (curated by Russell Lord)
Art With Heart, Casey House Foundation & Waddington's, Toronto, ON
2014
Punctum, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria (curated by Séamus Kealy)
DIRGE: Reflections on [Life and] Death, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA (curated by Megan Lykins Reich) (catalogue)
Not the End, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, NY, USA
You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON (curated Marnie Fleming)
2013
Light My Fire: Some Propositions about Portraits and Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON (curated by Sophie Hackett)
Spring Show, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
The Art Bank in the 21st Century, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
2012
An Unregarded Art, Stylized Nature, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON (curated Marnie Fleming)
Death 3: I Don’t Think We’re In Kansas Anymore, Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney, Australia (curated by Fiona Davies)
2011-12
The Limits: Tracing Time and Seeing Space, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON (curated by Crystal Mowry)
2010
It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON (catalogue)
Hantise, Art Mûr, Montréal, QC (curated by Éve De Garie-Lamanque)
4th International Photography Festival, F/Stop, Leipzig, Germany
Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, Art gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON (catalogue)
A to B, MKG127, Toronto, ON (curated by Micah Lexier)
Vanité: the Figure and the Object, Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, France (curated by Alain Tapie)
(catalogue)
2009
The Matter of Loss, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON (curated by Amber Landgraff, Deborah Wang,
Lauren Wetmore, Rose Bouthillier & Sky Gooden)
True Lies, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
2007
Putting Figures on Paper, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
2006
Within a Budding Grove, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON
(Un)Natural Selections, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, Canada
2005
The Togo Salmon Centenary Exhibition, McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (curated by Dr. Howard Jones) (catalogue)
2003
Visitation of a mannequin, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2002
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2001
Art and Architecture: Place in Space, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON (curated by Linda Jansma) (catalogue)
2000
Ornamental Architecture, La Manifestation internationale d’art de Québec, Québec, QC
1998
Art Grandeur Nature, Département de la Seine- Saint-Denis, Parc départmental de la Courneuve, France
(curated by Jeanne Van de Portal and Morten Salling) (catalogue)
Entre corps et âme, Galerie d’art Leonard & Bina Ellen, Université Concordia, Montréal, QC (curated by David Liss and Karen Antaki)
(catalogue)
1997
Insite97, Installation Gallery, San Diego; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes/ Mexico City; San Diego, Tijuana Border
Projects (curated by Eduardo Abaroa, Ivo Mesquita, Jessica Bradley, Olivier Debroise & Sally Yard) (catalogue)
Reconstructing Ritual, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
1995
Survivors in Search of a Voice, Woodlawn Art Foundation, Toronto, ON; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON; The Gallery
Stratford, Stratford, ON; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK; Vancouver Art Gallery,
Vancouver, BC; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
(patrons Barbara Amesbury and Joan Chalmers) (catalogue)
1993
Towards a New Vision, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1991
Currents, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, USA (curated by Elisabeth Sussman, Kathy Huffman, Matthew Teitelbaum)
1990
The Shaping of Nature, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON
1989
City Visions & Revisions, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Inaugural Exhibition, Grace Hopper Gallery, Toronto, ON
1987
Sans Demarcation, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie, ON (curated by Michael Burtch)
Tree Column in The Beaver Room, Embassy Hotel, London, ON
1986
Between Here and There: The Memory of Disruption, S.E.S.C. Fabrica da Pompeia, San Paulo, Brazil
Paradise Now & Then, The Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, ON (curated by Bernie Miller)
1984
Repositioning the Familiar, The Glendon Gallery, Toronto, ON
1983
Kunstler aus Kanada: Raume and Installation, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (curated by Tilman Osterwold)
(catalogue)
1981
Hurlbut, Martin, Massey, Singleton, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (curated by Roald Nasgaard and Marnie Fleming)
(catalogue)
SCREENINGS / FILMS
2022
Airborne, McGill International Congress on Palliative Care, 7-21 October, Montréal, QC: https://www.mipcc.ca/general-1
2018
Wildgoose, Jane, Life Writing and Death, King's College London, Spring Hurlbut, Airborne screening, London, UK
Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, interview with Spring Hurlbut, video directed by Scott Dobson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNEL6W76qXE
Neil, Alan, “All in a Day,” audio interview with Spring Hurlbut on Mortality:
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/all-in-a-day/segment/15532592
2014
Punctum, interview with Spring Hurlbut, Salzburg, Austria:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NscApzZWbV8
2013
“Spring & Arnaud,” film, directed by Marcia Connolly & Katherine Knight, Toronto, ON
2009
Le Jardin du Sommeil, interview with Spring Hurlbut/English; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal,
Montréal, QC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTEzliB-7do,
Le Jardin du Sommeil, interview with Josée Belisle/French; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal,
Canada: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwT1nTtTAJc, 2001
2002
Nixon, Gregory and The Power Plant, “Spring Hurlbut,” colour video, in the collection of Vtape, 21:45 minutes
2001
The Final Sleep/La Dernier Sommeil, ROM/Discovery Channel
The Final Sleep/La Dernier Sommeil, Power Plant Productions, Toronto, Canada
1995
La Somnolence, Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
1992
Sacrifical Ornament, National Gallery of Canada, colour video, 24 minutes, Ottawa, Canada
1991
Teitlebaum, Matthew, “ICA Currents 1991: Interviews with the Artists,” video, 48 minutes, Boston, MA, USA
1990
Mangaard, Annette, “A Dialogue With Vision: the Art of Spring Hurlbut and Judith Schwarz,” colour video,
in the collection of Vtape, 26 minutes: https://vimeo.com/219327424
1986
MacKenzie, Elizabeth and Judith Schwarz, “I Am An Artist, My Name Is…Part 1,” colour video, in the collection of Vtape, 60 minutes
LECTURES
2017
Museum Anthropology Futures, Roundtable: Artist Dialogues, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2014
A conversation between TR Ericsson and Spring Hurlbut: Dirge exhibition, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA
2011
Collaborations with the dead, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
Spring Hurlbut in conversation with Cynthia Hammond, McGill University Art History, Montréal, QC
2006
Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge, Berlin, Germany
York University, lecture to Graduate Sculpture Class, Toronto, ON
2003
Collections, Culture, Change, Conference: Manchester University, Manchester, UK
Roll of Artist in an art + non-art institution: Alchemy Project: Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
The Final Sleep, presentation to Daniel Libeskind, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON
2002
Museums after Modernism Symposium, Artist as Curator Panel, Harbourfront / York University, Toronto, ON
MFA Students, Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, ON
Critiques MFA students, Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, ON
Artists in Museums Symposium, London Art Gallery, London, ON
Cabinets of Curiosities, Fine Arts Cultural Studies, York University, Toronto, ON
2001
Classical Design, Architecture University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2000
Classical Design, Architecture University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
1990
“Spring Hurlbut [Lecture],” Dunlop Central Gallery at Regina Public Library, Regina, SK
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES (MONOGRAPHS)
2009
Belisle, Josée. Spring Hurlbut: Le Jardin du Sommeil. Montréal, QC: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
2001
McLuhan, Elizabeth. The Final Sleep/Le Dernier Sommeil: An Installation by Spring Hurlbut. Toronto, ON: Institute of
Contemporary Culture / Royal Ontario Museum
1996
Antaki, Karen. L’ascension. Montréal, QC: Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia
University (bilingual exhibition catalogue)
1995
Dompierre, Louise. La Somnolence. Toronto, ON: The Power Plant
1991
Sacrificial Ornament. Lethbridge, AB: Southern Alberta Art Gallery
1986
Column in Situ. Toronto, ON: Mercer Union
PUBLICATIONS (OTHER)
2019
Davis, Geraldine, “Uncovering Artists’ Books,” Grimsby, ON: Grimsby Art Gallery, pp 96, 245.
Duclos, Rebecca. “Dyadic Circles” [brochure], Toronto, ON.
2018
The Last Image: Photography and Death. Edited by Felix Hoffmann and Friedrich Tietjen. Berlin, Germany: C/O Berlin
Thomas, Ann and John McElhone. The Extended Moment: Fifty Years of Collecting Photograph. Ottawa, ON: National
Gallery of Canada
2014
Kealy, Seamus. Punctum. Salzburg, Austria: Salzburger Kunstverein
Lykins, Megan. Dirge: Reflections on life and death. Cleveland, OH: MOCA Cleveland. pp. 22 – 23 & pp. 58 – 59
2016
Benetton, Luciano, Peggy Gale and Francesca Valente. Out of the Bush Garden: Contemporary Artists from Central-Eastern Canada.
Italy: Imago Mundi. Exhibition catalogue for Imago Mundi, Toronto, ON (2015)
2010
Shaughnessy, Jonathan. “Spring Hurlbut.” It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art
catalogue. Ottawa, ON: The National Gallery of Canada. pp. 80-81 (available in French)
Tapié, Alain. “Vanité/Mort, Que Me Veux-Tu?” ed. De la Martiniere, Paris, France
2009
Rochon, Claire. “Fragments de Sifnos.” Ed. du Noroit (available in French)
Mancuso, Anna. "Deuil: Spring Hurlbut." Montreal, QC: Esse. Issue 65, pp. 44 - 45, 47, Winter
2005
The Togo Salmon Centenary Exhibition: The Classical World and its Influence. Curation Howard Jones. Essay by A.G.
McKay, Hamilton, ON: McMaster Museum of Art. p. 40
2002
Miller, Bernie and Melony Ward. Crime and Ornament. Toronto, ON: YYZ Books
2001
Jansma, Linda. Art and Architecture: Place in Space. Oshawa, ON, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, p. 6
1998
Ardenne, Paul. “Art Grandeur Nature.” Exhibition catalogue. Seine-Saint Denis, France: Parcours d’oeuveres d’art in-situ
Antaki, Karen and David Liss. Between Body and Soul / Entre corps et âme. Montréal, Galerie d'art Leonard & Bina
Ellen, Université Concordia; Galerie Liane et Danny Taran, Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, [1998], p. 68
Buck-Morss…[et Al.]; a dialogue by Jessica Bradley [et Al.]; edited by Sally Yard.
InSite97: Private Time in a Public Space/Tempo privado en espacio público.
Exhibition catalogue. San Ysidro, CA: San Diego Installation Gallery, and Mexico City: Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes
(distributed by Trucatiche c. 1998)
1996
Hammond, Imogen Cynthia. “The Strength and Fragility of The Egg: Spring Hurlbut's Interventions in the Classical
Idiom.” A Thesis in the Department of Art History. Montréal, QC: Concordia University
1994
“Sight/Site.” Waterloo, ON: Waterloo Journal of Architecture v. 2
1987
Bronson, A.A. “From Sea to Shining Sea.” Publication. Toronto, ON: The Power Plant
1986
Patton, Andy. “The Interpretation of Architecture, Spring Hurlbut; Imprinting Architecture in Space.” Toronto, ON: YYZ Gallery
1983
Osterwald, Tilman. “Kunstler Aus Kanada: Raume undo Installation.” Stuttgart, Germany: Württembergischer Kunstverein
REVIEWS / ARTICLES
2020
Hogeveen, Esmé. ARTFORUM.COM, Critics’Picks, Spring Hurlbut, Dyadic Circles, 2019 - 2020
https://www.artforum.com/picks/spring-hurlbut-83062
2018
Pepper, Ryan. Governor General's 2018 Visual Art Award winners' exhibition now open, FULCRUM, Ottawa, Canada, April 02
http://thefulcrum.ca/arts/governor-generals-2018-visual-art-award-winners-exhibition-now-open/
Hampton, Chris. The Globe and Mail, Introducing the 2018 winner's of the Govenor-General's visual-arts awards, April, 9, Toronto,
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-introducing-the-2018-winners-of-the-governor-generals-visual-arts/
2016
Dick, Terence. “Spring Hurlbut at the Ryerson Image Centre”, Akimbo, Toronto, Canada, Feb 04
2015
Shawaug, Cameron. “Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Musuems Reckon With Recovery” (NOMA) New York
Times, August 19, 2015
2013
Sandals, Leah. “A Flight from Face to Face, in Toronto” Canadian Art, January 7. Web.
Whyte, Murray. “AGO’s Light My Fire Part 2 flickers but still burns.” Toronto Star, December 4, web
2010
BRAVO! News, interview, 3:57, 19 April
Clark, Bill. “Spring Hurlbut: Deadfall Dialogues.” Canadian Art Online, www.canadianart.ca, April 15
2009
World News online (http://wn.com/Spring_Hurlbut), interview, Le Jardin du Sommeil, Musée d'art contemporain de
Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Musée D’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Art acquisition Le Jardin du Sommeil. Montréal, Canada
http://www.macm.org/en/expositions/spring-hurlbut/#!
2008
Thomas, Ann. “Deuil; New Works by Spring Hurlbut.” Art on Paper, March/April, Volume 12 No. 4, pp. 56-57
Adler, Dan. “Critic’s Picks: Spring Hurlbut.” ARTFORUM.com, November-December
Sandals, Leah. “Structures restructured.” National Post, Saturday, December 6
Bradshaw, James. “Art Gallery of Ontario acquires three works at Toronto Art Fair.” The Globe and Mail, November
8, section R3
Burman, Monika. “Death Becomes Her.” Mass Art Guide, October, pp. 35-36 (cover)
2007
Sutnik, Maia-Mari. “Deuil; New Work by Spring Hurlbut.” Prefix Photo, ed. no.15, No. 1, Spring, pp. 18-31 (cover)
2004
Green, Clare. “Beloved & Forsaken: Spring Hurlbut at The Manchester Museum.“ Flux Magazine, Manchester, UK, Issue
no. 43, July/August
“First Choice–Visual Art: Beloved and Forsaken at Manchester Museum.” The Times, UK, May 13 HD.
“Five Star Exhibition Review: Beloved and Forsaken at Manchester Museum.” Metro, Wednesday, May 19, p. 18
2003
The 2003 Photo Review Competition Winners ». Photo Review, vol. 26, no. 3 (2003), pp. 7-47
2002
Dault, Gary Michael. “Sculptor evokes museums of yore.” The Globe and Mail, Saturday, January 12
Harvey, Elizabeth. “Spring Hurlbut at Sable-Castelli Gallery.” Canadian Art, Summer, p. 77
2001
Milroy, Sarah. “Nearer, my death, to thee: Spring Hurlbut.” The Globe and Mail, pp. R1 and R3, May 9
Caldwell Rebecca. “The Artist’s Life:Spring Hurlbut” The Globe and Mail, June16, p. R8
Roulstone, Karen. “The Final Sleep at the Royal Ontario Museum.” C Magazine, no. 71 (Fall), p. 41
Halkes, Peter. “Spring Hurlbut:White Exploits.” Border Crossings, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, pp. 84 – 85
Isherwood, Barbara. “ROM exhibit focuses on death: The Final Sleep organized from an artist’s perspective.” The
Annex Gleaner, July
1998
Bédarida, Catherine. “Artistes dans la nature.” Le Monde, July 16, p. 24
Fleck, Robert. “Im Sommer geht die Kunst ins Grüne.” Art Das Kunstmagazin, Issue no. 8, August
Le Gac, Christophe. Visuel(s) revue d’arts magazine, Rouen, France, January/March
Popp, Von Ursula. “Kunst-Park der Extraklasse.” tain: magazin für architektur, kunst und design, Munich, Germany, issue no.
5, pp. 44-45, September/October
1997
Knaff, Devorah. “Shedding Traditional Ideas and Biases Through Art.” The Union-Tribune, San Diego, USA, p. 43, Oct. 16
Lamoureux, Johanne. “La bête à deux têtes.” Parachute Magazine, Issue 73, Montréal, Canada
Pincus, Robert L. “Hurlbut’s Classical Work has Eye for Ritual.” The Union-Tribune, San Diego, USA, Sept. 19
1996
Couêlle, Jennifer. “Au sceau austère de la retenue victorienne.” Le Devoir, Montréal, Canada, March 31
1995
Feinstein, Roni. “Spring Hurlbut at the Power Plant.” Art in America, New York, USA, May
Taylor, Kate. “Waking up to eerie presences and absences around us.” The Globe and Mail, Feb 27
1994
Lamoureux, Johanne. “La bête à deux têtes,” Parachute Magazine, Montréal, Canada, Issue 73
Feinstein, Roni. “Opening Doors.” Art in America, New York, USA, November
1993
Ruzicka, Joseph. “Spring Hurlbut at the Municipal Art Society.” Art in America, New York, USA, January
Perdue, Jane. “Spring Hurlbut’s Sacrificial Ornament.” The Canadian Architect, pp. 28-31, February
Campbell, Nancy. “Spring Hurlbut at Oakville Galleries.” C Magazine, Toronto, Canada, p. 69, Winter
McGrath, Jerry. “Spring Hurlbut: Ritual Ornament/Elemental Dream.” Parachute, Montréal, Canada, Issue 72, pp. 10-13,
October/December
McPherson, Anne. “Spring Hurlbut at Musée du Québec.” Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada, p. 70, Winter
1992
Mays, John Bentley. “Architecture in the Flesh.” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, July 27
Madill, Shirley. “Hurlbut Investigates Origins of Classicism.” Tableau, p. 2, September/October
Kivland, Sharon. “When the Body is Revealed, Buildings Fall.”
“Spring Hurlbut.” Sacrificial Ornament.” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
1991
Hersey, George. “Ornament and Sacrifice.” Sacrificial Ornament,
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, exhibition catalogue, Lethbridge, Canada
Teitelbaum, Matthew. “ICA Currents 1991: Interviews with the Artists.” Boston, USA
1989
Richards, Larry. “Spring Hurlbut’s Tree Columns.” Art Gallery of York University, exhibition publication, Toronto, Canada
1988
McGrath, Jerry. “Sans Demarcation, Cultural Exchange between Ontario and Quebec.” Vanguard, Vancouver,
Canada, March
1986
Corbeil, Carole. “A Timely Reminder of Common Good: The Interpretation of Architecture.” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, May
“Meditative Pieces at Home in Garden.” The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, May 8
Couêlle, Jennifer. “Au sceau austère de la retenue victorienne.” Le Devoir, Montréal, Canada, March 31
1983
Ferguson, Bruce. “Artists from Canada at Stuttgart.” Artsmagazine, Toronto, Canada, Summer
Nemiroff, Diana. “Identity and Difference: Canadians at Stuttgart.” Vanguard, Vancouver, Canada, Summer
Nina, Sarah. “The Final Sleep/Le Dernier Sommeil.” Canadian Art,
Phyla, Osterwald. “Oilman.” Kunstler Aus Kanada: Raume undo Installation, Wurttembergischer
Kunstverein, exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart, Germany
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, USA
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada
Département Seine-Saint-Denis, Conseil Général, Bobigny, France
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Canada
Musée des Beaux-Arts Montreal, Montréal, Canada
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
National Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada
Ontario Arts Foundation, Toronto, Canada
AWARDS
2018
Governor General's Visual and Media Arts Award
2002, 2006
The Chalmers Arts Fellowship (OAC)
1999
Millennium Arts Fund / Canada Council
1995
Paris Studio / Canada Council
1988
Prix de Barcelona / Canada Council / Architecture
GRANTS
2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017
Canada Council Grants / Visual Arts, Canada
2007, 2012, 2014
Ontario Arts Council / Visuals Arts, ON