Jay Isaac

Education:
1993-1997 – Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
1996 – Cardiff Institute of Art and Design, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Solo exhibitions:
2007 – The Beauty of Things, In This World, Now and Always, Paul Petro Contemporary Art
2007 – Road Trip Paintings, Othergallery, Winnipeg

2005 – CUE Foundation, New York (catalogue)

2004 – Maritime Frazetta, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto
2004 – Elemental Brooker, Xeno Gallery, Vancouver (Collaborative show with Robin Fry)

2003 – New Age Philosophy, Acuna-Hansen Gallery Project Space, Los Angeles

2002 – The Matlock Juxtapoze, Mercer Union, Toronto
2002 – Misty Horizon, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto

2001 – Hinterland, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2001 – Watering Hole, Solo Exhibition Space, Toronto

2000 – Pleasurenaut, Bus Gallery, Toronto

1998 – Recent Paintings, Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997 – New Work, Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Group Exhibitions:
2008 – If You Go Into The Woods Today..., Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

2007 – See You Tommorrow, Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston

2006 – Art vs Real Life, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
2006 – Natural Selection, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2006 – Darkness Ascends, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto

2004 – The Cave and the Island, White Columns, New York
2004 – The Cave and the Island, Galerie Kunstbeuro, Vienna
2004 – Republic of Love, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto

2002 – Selling Out and Buying In, Biz Art, Shanghai (catalogue)
2002 – Synthetic Psychosis, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (catalogue)
2002 – Officina America, Galleria d’art moderna di Bologna, Italy (catalogue)

2001 – Breakfast of Champeens, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2001 – Instant Coffee Miniature Show, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

2000 – Glo, Archive Inc, Toronto
2000 – Pretty, Please, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto
2000 – Re-Negotiating Space, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2000 – Emerging Artists, Gallery One, Toronto

1999 – Nog A Dod, Moonbase Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Awards:
2008 – New Brunswick Arts Council Mid-Career Creation Grant

2005 – Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

2003 – Canada Council Travel Grant
2003 – Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2003 – Ontario Arts Council Creation Grant
2003 – Toronto Arts Council Creation Grant

2002 – Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

2000 – Ontario Arts Council Creation Grant
2000 – Toronto Arts Council Level One Creation Grant

1998 – Canada Council Emerging Artist Grant
1998 – Canada Council Travel Grant

1997 – PADAC Art Award

1996 – New Brunswick Juried Arts Award
1996 – ECIAD Tuition Scholarship

1995 – British Columbia Juried Arts Award
1995 – New Brunswick Juried Arts Award
1995 – ECIAD Tuition Scholarship

1994 – British Columbia Juried Arts Award
1994 – ECIAD Tuition Scholarship

Public Collections:
Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, ON
Aylesworth, Toronto
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON

Selected Bibliography:
Balzer, D, ‘It’s all about the love,’ Eye, Toronto, p. 39, 03/25/2004
Barilli, R, (curator) ,Officina America,, Museum of Modern Art, Bologna, 2002
CBC Radio 3, ‘Chanelling Brooker,’ cbcradio3.com,03/14-21/2004
Dault, G.M., ‘Jay Isaac’ Globe & Mail, p. R20, 04/07/2001
Dault, G.M., ‘Jay Isaac’ Globe & Mail, p. R15, 04/06/2002
Dault, G.M., ‘Natural Selection at Paul Petro,’ Globe & Mail, 10/07/2006
Dault, G.M., ‘Jay Isaac at Paul Petro,’ Globe and Mail, 09/29/2007
Demkiw, J, ’Jay Isaac, Maritime Frazetta,’ C Magazine, p.47, Issue 82, 2004
De Vito, N, ‘Selling Out and Buying In,’ Biz Art, Shanghai, 11/2002
Eden, X, ‘Pleasurenaut at Bus Gallery,’ Lola #7, p. 30, 08/2000
Eden, X, (curator) ‘Republic of Love,’ Power Plant, Toronto, 2004
Eden, X, (curator) Cue Foundation Catalogue, 2005
Garnet, C, ‘Synthetic Psychosis,’ Canadian Art Magazine, p. 136, Fall/2002
Hanna, D, ‘Christmas Spice,’ Now, p.77, 12/14/2000
Hanna, D, ‘Rococo romp,’ Now, p.81, 13/22/2001
Heather, R, ‘Misty Horizon at Paul Petro,’ Tema Celeste, vol. #91, 05-06/2002
Heather, R, ‘The Matlock Juxtapoze,’ Mercer Union, Toronto, 10/2002
Hirschmann, T, ‘Pulp fantasies,’ Now, 03/28/2002
Jordan, B, Toronto Life, p. 30, 08/2000
McKay, G, ‘Pleasurenaut at Bus Gallery,’ Globe & Mail, p. R13, 06/10/2000
Milroy, S, ‘Critic’s Choice,’ Globe & Mail, p. R21, 04/06/2002
Osborne, C, ‘Maritime Frazetta at Greener Pastures,’ National Post, 03/07/2004
Sworn, C, ‘Republic of Love,’ Canadian Art, Summer/2004
Temple, K, ‘Art vs Real Life; Canadian Stories,’ Toronto Star, p.C7, 08/27/2006
Time Out Toronto, ‘Space Oddities,’ p.185
Vaughan, R.M., Eye Toronto, p. 39, 12/28/2000
Vaughan, R.M., ‘Isaac’s fantastic journey,’ Eye Toronto, 03/28/2002
Vaughan, R. M., ‘All the pretty young things,’ Globe & Mail, p. V4, 05/11/2002
(eds.) ‘Officina America,’ Tema Celeste #89, 02/2002
(eds.) ‘Pretty, Please at Blackwood Gallery,’ Flash Art #216, p. 50, 01-02/2001