One-Person Exhibitions:
1978 - Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
1979 - Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
1980 - Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
1981 - Galerie Gilles Saint-Pierre, Montreal
1982 - Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
- Manuge Galleries, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1983 - Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
1984 - "Ten year Survey," Market Gallery, City of Toronto Archives
- Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario
1985 - Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
1989 - Roberts Gallery, Toronto
1993 - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
- Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St Catherines, Ontario
2002 - Sovran Jensen Fine Art, Toronto
2008 - Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon
2009 - The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ontario
2013 - Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Two-Person Exhibitions:
2000 - Hermen Goode Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
"John Ward/painting - Don Bonham/sculpture."
2001 - Sovran Jensen Fine Art, Toronto
"John Ward/painting - Don Bonham/sculpture."
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1976 - Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
1977 - "Ontario Now," - A survey of contemporary art in Ontario
Art Gallery of Hamilton & Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
1978 - "Eclectica," Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
1979 - "Recent Acquisitions,"Market Gallery, City of Toronto Archives
1980 - "Realism Today," London Regional Art Gallery, Ontario
"Art For All," Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario
1981 - Wallack Galleries, Ottawa
- "Realism and Expressionism in Canadian Art," Pagurian Gallery, Toronto
1981 - "New Perspectives, Old Reflections," Market Gallery, Toronto
1982 - Galerie Gilles Saint-Pierre, Montreal
- Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
- Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario
- Wallack Galleries, Ottawa
1983 - Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Cabo Frio, Brazil
- Manuge Galleries, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario
- Galerie Elca London, Montreal, Quebec
1984 - 6th Miami International Print Biennial, North Miami Museum and Art Centre
- Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
- Moore Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
- "Acquisitions ‘82-‘84: Twenty-Eight Works," Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
1985 - 4th Rockford International Print and Drawing Biennial, Clark Arts Center Gallery, Rockford College, Illinois
- Thielsen Gallery, London Ontario
- "A selection from The Los Angeles Printmaking Society," University of Hawaii, Hilo, Campus Center Gallery
- 2nd Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Cabo Frio, Brazil
- "Art For All", Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario
- Moore Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
- "Action Impression" - Print and Drawing Council of Canada,
Travelling exhibition to; (1985-87)
Galerie d’art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Musée d’Art de Joliette, Joliette, Quebec
Galerie d’Art du Centre Culturel, Sherbrooke, Quebec
Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario
Musée Regional de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec
Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario
Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto
1986 - 38th North American Print Exhibition, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
- 20th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Monte-Carlo
Organized by the National Museum of Monte-Carlo, Monaco
- Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
- Burnaby Print Biennial, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C.
- Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario
- The 5th Seoul International Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea
- Pratt/Silvermine International Print Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York Also travelled to:
Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts, New Canaan, Connecticut
Bowling Green State University, Ohio
St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland
Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Pennsylvania
Arts Center Gallery, College of DuPage, Illinios
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinios
1987 - 39th North American Print Exhibition, Danforth Museum of Art, Framington, Massachusetts
- Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto
1989 - U.S.-Korea Print Exchange Exhibition, Korean Cultural Service Gallery, Los Angeles Also travelled to:
Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Korean Embassy Cultural Center, Paris, France
1990 - Roberts Gallery, Toronto
1991 - National Museum of Fine Art, Hanoi, Vietnam
1996 - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1999 - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
"Naked Emotion," A selection from the permanent collection
2000 - Sovran Jensen Fine Art, Toronto
- Hermen Goode Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2003 - Sovran Jensen Fine Art, Toronto
2008 - McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
“Drawing Conclusions: The Group of Seven and Their Legacy”
- Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.
2009 - Lit City: Toronto through the eyes of authors and artists, Market Gallery, City of Toronto Archives
2013 - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Selected Public and Corporate Collections:
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario (Library Collection)
Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (Library Collection)
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
National Museum of Fine Art, Hanoi, Vietnam
Corporation of the City of Toronto
University of Alberta (Library Collection)
Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Brazil
Mohawk College, Ontario
Mount Allison University, New Brunswick (Library Collection)
Metropolitan Toronto Library
Oshawa Public Library, Oshawa, Ontario
OMERS, Toronto
Imperial Oil
Crown Life Insurance
Husky Oil Operations, Calgary
Atomic Energy of Canada, Montreal
IBM
Youthdale Treatment Centre, Toronto
Xerox of Canada
Coca-Cola
Clarkson-Gordon
Bank of Montreal
Trans-Canada Pipeline
Canada Wire
Bell Canada
Union Gas
Security Pacific National Bank
Alcan
Credit Foncier
Molson Company
Unitel
Private collections throughout Canada and the United States. England, Ireland, the Bahamas, Italy, Germany, and Japan.
Articles, Interviews, Catalogues and Books:
1977 - "Ontario Now - A Survey of Contemporary Art," illustrated catalogue, group exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton.
1978 - Sol Littman "The new John Ward rivals Colville," The Toronto Star, March 19th.
- Sheila Shauton "Backstage Voices", CBC Radio, March 25th.
1980 - John Ward "A Painter’s City," Limited Edition Book, Blue Sky Press, Toronto.
- Tom Fulton "On the Arts," CJRT Radio, Toronto.
- Elwood Glover "Bookshelf," CKO Radio, Toronto, December 13th.
- Ontario Arts Council, interview recorded at Eastern Sound, Toronto.
1981 - Helen Duffy "L’art et la Ville," Vie Des Arts, Montreal, L’Été 1981.
- Martin-P. Côté "John Ward, Le coup D’oeil Juste," Journal de Montreal. Octobre 31.
- Trish Wood, "Artist profile," CFTR Radio, Toronto, June.
1982 - "Ward’s cityscapes on Display," Dartmouth Free Press, Nova Scotia, September 29th.
- Frank Rasky "Three Cranky Iconoclasts," Art Magazine, Toronto. (May/June/July.)
- "A Painter’s City," Art West Magazine, Calgary, Alberta. November 1982.
- "Ward to open painting exhibition Thursday," Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 29th.
1983 - Erica Rutherford "A Painter’s City," Arts Atlantic, Charlottetown, PEI. Spring 1983.
- Edith Firth "Toronto in Art - 150 Years Through Artists’ Eyes," Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Page 195.
- Tom Fulton "On the Arts," CJRT Radio, Toronto, December 5th.
1984 - "Ten Year Survey," CBLT Morning Show, CBC Television, December.
- Robert Pegg "One man show illustrates artists’ evolution," London Free Press, London, Ontario, October 20th.
1985 - Kay Kritzwiser "Painter moves to Aurora and sees the light" The Globe and Mail, October 9th.
- "Action Impression," illustrated catalogue, travelling group exhibition, Print & Drawing Council of Canada.
1986 - "Seoul International Print Biennale," illustrated catalogue, group exhibition.
1989 - "The U.S-Korea Prints ‘89 Exchange Exhibition," Illustrated catalogue, group exhibition.
1992 - "Courage to Create," Directed by Peter Shatalov. Broadcast on "Canadian Reflections." CBC Television, October 9th. And July 16th 1993.
- John Haslett Cuff "Canadian Reflections," The Globe and Mail, October 9th.
1993 - Gary Ross "Entering Nature," exhibition catalogue for Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
- Robert Reid "Entering Nature," Kitchener/Waterloo Record, October 9th.
1994 - Anne McPherson "John Ward: Entering Nature," Canadian Art, Spring.
1999 - "Naked Emotion," illustrated catalogue, a selection from the permanent collection, Kitchener/Waterloo Art gallery.
2001 - Donna Jean MacKinnon "Veteran painter, sculptor open new exhibition space," The Toronto Star, April 19th.
- John K. Grande "Don Bonham & John Ward," Vie des Arts, Montreal, Automne.
2008 - John K. Grande “John Ward: Light Matters” exhibition catalogue, Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery
- CBC North
- John K. Grande “Art Allsorts: writing on art and artists” Published by Go If Press.
John Ward: Nature Close-Up, pages 9 to 11.
2009 - Catherine Whitnall “Light and mystery the focus of Entering Nature” Lindsay This Week, October 29th, 2009
2013 - John Leroux “Meditation-Transition” exhibition catalogue, published by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery
- Colin McPhail “John Ward’s art a reflection on nature” The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, NB, June 22, 2013
- Jon MacNeill “John Ward paints his environment” HERE magazine, New Brunswick, June 26, 2013
- Karen Pinchin “Gobsmacked by nature” Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB June 29, 2013
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