Tony Luciani AOCA

















Tony Luciani

BORN: Toronto, Ontario, 1956


STUDIED:

1970-1974 Central Technical School, Toronto, art program
1974-1975  Sheridan Community College, Oakville, Ontario
1975-1977  Ontario College of Art, Toronto; fine art program
1977-1978  Ontario College of Art, 'Florence Off-Campus Program', post graduate; Florence, Italy



EXHIBITIONS:

Solo: Canadian

2005 Loch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; 'Layered Reality'

2003..Harriston-Minto Heritage Gallery, Harriston, Ontario; 'Dark Light, Peering Into The Shadows'
1999  Commingle, Goderich, Ontario
1997  Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
1995  Joseph D. Carrier Public Gallery, Toronto
1993  Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1993  Roberts Gallery, Toronto
1990-91  Kitchener/Waterloo Public Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario; catalogue
1992  Rodman Hall Arts Centre, National Exhibition Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario; catalogue
1989  Nancy Poole's Studio
1984  Rodman Hall Arts Centre, National Exhibition Centre; catalogue
1984  Nancy Poole's Studio; catalogue
1980  Nancy Poole's Studio



Group: Canadian2

2007 Loch Gallery, Toronto; 'A Selection of New Paintings', Gallery Artists

2006 Loch Gallery, Toronto; Figure In Landscape

2005 Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto; 'Portfolio Collection'

2003  Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener;  "Maggio Artistico"2002-03 "Identita: An Exhibition by Italian
Canadian Artists; A ..........Traveling Exhibition", Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario, and
Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto; ..........catalogue2002...Etobicoke Public Art Gallery, juried
exhibition, Etobicoke, Ontario (Best in Show Prize)2002..Italian Cortina ..........Club, .Kitchener,
Ontario, "Maggio Artistico"
2002..Marten Arts, Bayfield, Ontario
2001  Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2001  Etobicoke Public Art Gallery; juried exhibition, Etobicoke, Ontario (Best in Show  Prize)
2001  "Insights: A Juried Competion", Wellington County Museum, Fergus, Ontario
2001  Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener,  "Maggio Artistico"
2000  Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener;  "Maggio Artistico"
2000  Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario
1999  Wellington County Museum, Fergus, Ontario; 'Fathers and Sons', invitational
1999  Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario
1999  "Insights: A Juried Competition", Wellington County Museum,
...........In association with the Elora Arts Council), Fergus, Ontario;.Twentieth Anniversary Award
1999  Marten Arts Gallery, Bayfield, Ontario
1998  Italian Cortina Club, Kitchener; "Maggio Artistico"
1998  Wellington County Museum, Fergus, Ontario; Self Portrait Exhibition
1997  Marten Arts Gallery
1997  Nancy Poole's Studio; 8 new works
1996  Marten Arts Gallery
1996  Nancy Poole's Studio; 5 new works
1995  Marten Arts Gallery
1995  Nancy Poole's Studio;5 new works
1995  MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph, Ontario; juried
1994  Roberts Gallery; 5 new works
1993  Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario; juried
1993  Roberts Gallery
1992  "Insights: A Juried Competition", Wellington County Museum,
...........In association with The Elora Arts Council, Fergus, Ontario; second place
1992  Roberts Gallery; Artists Choice
1992  Roberts Gallery; 4 new works
1991  "Insights: A Juried Competition", Wellington County Museum,
...........In association with The Elora Arts Council; first place
1991  Roberts Gallery; 6 new works
1989  Nancy Poole's Studio; 6 new works
1989  Nancy Poole's Studio; Invitational
1988  Nancy Poole's Studio; 7 new works
1988  Nancy Poole's Studio; 6 new works
1988  Nancy Poole's Studio; Spring Exhibition
1987  "Personal Vision in Landscape", The Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario; catalogue
1987  "Aspects of Contemporary Realism", The MacIntosh Art Gallery,
...........University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
1987  Nancy Poole's Studio; 4 new works
1986  Nancy Poole's Studio; 6 new works
1985  Nancy Poole's Studio; 5 new works
1984  Nancy Poole's Studio; 5 new works
1983  The Art Gallery of St. Thomas-Elgin, St. Thomas, Ontario; juried; purchase
1983  Gallery 1667, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1983  Nancy Poole's Studio; 4 new works
1982  Nancy Poole's Studio; Tribute to Ontario College of Art Week; 6 new works
1981  City of Toronto Archives, Market Gallery; "Toronto... New Perspectives-Old Reflections"
1980  Nancy Poole's Studio; 7 new works
1980  London Regional Public Art Gallery; International Print and Drawing Exhibition; catalogue
1979  Nancy Poole's Studio; "Group Water Colour Exhibition"
1979  "Water Colour Painting in Canada: A Survey of Traditional and Experimental Forms",
...........University of Waterloo, Kitchener; catalogue
1978  "Selected Drawings: The Figure"; McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph; catalogue
1978  Nancy Poole's Studio; Summer and Winter Exhibitions




Group: International

1991  The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
1990  The Cooley Gallery
1989  "Artitudes", 7th International Art Competition, Art 54, New York, NY; prize award
1984  Hall du Centenaire, National Museum of Monaco,
...........XVIII International Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Monte Carlo; juried
1979  "A Canadian Start in Art", Canada House, London, England; Invitational; catalogue


AWARDS:

1976-77 George A. Reid Scholarship (Ontario College of Art)
1977-78 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
1979-80 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant
1980-81 Canada Council "B" Grant
1984       Ontario Arts Council Visual Materials Grant
1989       Ontario Arts Council Visual Materials Grant
1989       Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
1990       Ontario Arts Council Visual Materials Grant
1993       Ontario Arts Council Visual Materials Grant


JUROR:

1993  Juror for "Insights: A Juried Competition", Wellington County Museum,
............In association with The Elora Arts Council

2004_ Juror for "A River Runs Through It", River Run Gallery


POSITION:

A full-time artist.
Teaches art lessons privately.
Founder and Board of Director member of The Harriston-Minto Heritage Gallery.
Founder and member of the Minto Arts Council.

Several private commissions.


COLLECTIONS:


Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, Quebec
Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario
Corporation of the City of Toronto
The Art Gallery of St. Thomas-Elgin, St. Thomas, Ontario
Canada House, London, England
Imperial Oil Limited
Best Corporation, Toronto

Macdonald Stewart Art Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

Wellington County Museum, Fergus, Ontario



*Numerous private collections throughout Canada, USA, and Europe



Listed in 'Canada's Who's Who', under Luciani, Tony





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Tony Luciani A great Canadian artist exhibiting at Gallery Crescent Montreal