Richard Stipl /CZ/

Born 1968 in Sternberk, Czech Republic
Lives and works in Canada

education

1992 Ontario College of Art, Toronto - Honours Diploma

selected solo exhibitions

2003 post-synthetic, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York
2001 Sofaset, Christopher Cutts Gallery
2000 Proud Moments, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
1999 Imitation, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
1997 Vestige, MEG Gallery, Toronto
1995 News From Czech, D.Lake Galleries, Toronto


selected group exhibitions

2003
2003
2003
Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, Green Pastures, Toronto
Hyperrealism II, Pilzen, Czech Republic
Meg International, Utrecht. Holland
2002
2002
2002
2002
15 Year Celebration, Christopher Cutts Gallery
The Accelerated Grimace, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York
Hyperrealism, Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Kralove, Czech Repulbic
Head and Shoulders, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston
2001
2001
2001
Illumine, MEG Gallery, Toronto
Brooklyn/Toronto artists, Project, Toronto
North by Northwest, Galerie Helm Reiswig, Stuttgart Germany
1999 Under Forty, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
1998
1998
Karasick & Stipl, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
Central Moravian Artists, Hague, Holland
1997 Baer, Fisk & Stipl, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
1996 Gallery Artists, MEG Gallery, Toronto
1995 Useful Objects, Synagogue na Palmovce, Liben, Prague
1994 Sternberk Augustinian Monastery Installation Symposium, Sternberk, Czech Republic

art fairs

2004 Scope - London (UK)
2004 Toronto International Art Fair
2004 Art Chicago
2004 Scope - Los Angeles
2004 Scope - New York
2004 ARCO Madrid
2003 Art Forum Berlin
2003 Toronto International Art Fair
2003 Art Miami
2003 Scope - New York
2003 Scope - Miami
2003 Scope - Los Angeles
2002 Scope - Miami
2002 Toronto International Art Fair
2002 Scope - New York
2002 Art Forum Berlin
2001 Art Forum Berlin
2001 Toronto International Art Fair
2000 Art Forum Berlin
2002 Awards & Grants
2002 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
2001 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
2001 Canadian Embassy Berlin, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2000 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
1995 Ontario Arts Council, Special Project Grant
1995 Toronto Arts Council, Travel Grant
1992 Governor General's Gold Medal
1992 Joan Chalmers Scholarship
1992 David L. Stevenson Scholarship
1991 Lever Brothers Scholarship
1990 Stevenson and Sons Award


selected literature

Goddard, Peter: “It’s Showtime on Morrow Avenue,” Toronto Star, July 22, 2004
Giminez, Antonio Lopez, ed: Fairs – ARCO ’04, La Maquina Contemporanea, Spring 2004 ed.
Fox, Ellen: “The Cutting Edge Crashes the Dance Yet Again,” Chicago Tribune, May 7, 2004
Chacon, F.: "El 'Top 10' De La Feria De Las Vanidades", El Mundo, Madrid Spain, Feb 13th, 2004
Navarro, M.:"Futuribles, entre el cieloy la tierra',El Cultural, El Mundo, Madrid, Spain, Feb.13th 2004
ABC de ARCO: Front Cover Image, Madrid, Spain, Feb13th, 2004
Rump Von G.H.: Oct. 1st: Sponsor, Verzweifelt Gesuch, Berliner Morgen Post, Berlin, Germany
Gladman, R.:'Richard Stipl: Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York', Canadian Art Magazine, Toronto, Fall #03
Milroy S.: Visual Arts: Summer 2003: Photo Based Works', Globe&Mail, Toronto, Aug16th,2003
Goddard, P.: Slacker art heads to Greener Pastures, Toronto Star, 13/2/03
Williams, L.: 'The Accelerated Grimace' Lola Magazine, Toronto, Fall 2002
Jerabkova, E.: Vestige, Satellite, Toronto, 23/1/97
Jordan, B.A.: Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Toronto, Winter 1996, volume 13, number 4
Pospisil, Z.: Exhibition Catalogue, 'Objects and Paintings', Gallery R, Prague, Czech Republic 1/4/94'
Hume, C.: Young Contemporaries, The Toronto Star, Toronto

other activities

1995 Useful Objects, Synagogue na Palmovce, Liben, Prague - Co-curator and Organizer of the project, including publication of exhibition catalogue
1994 Sternberk Augustinian Monastery Installation Symposium, Sternberk, Czech Republic - Author and Co-curator of the project, including publication of exhibition catalogue