Abby McGuane
b. 1986, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, lives and works in Toronto

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2019

the hollow, the thread, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto

2018

Tableaux Extant, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto

2016

Glass Wall, Cooper Cole, Toronto
Nothing just happens on its own, 8 Eleven, Toronto

2014

a game of choice, jr. projects, Toronto

2013

three untitled works, Howard Park Institute, Toronto

2012

Two Day, O’Born Contemporary, Toronto

2010

Eminence, Board of Directors, Toronto

Group Exhibitions

2017

Jealousy in the Bath, 305 Arnold St, Kitchener(curated by Kate Sansom)

2015

The Agency of Acquaintances, Clint Roenisch Gallery, TorontoSurface & Stratagem, Division Gallery, Toronto
Noetic on Accident, Carrier Arts, Toronto

2014

Softening the Corners, Birch Contemporary, Toronto

2013

Don't Call it a Breakdown, Call it a Breakthrough, 313 Sunnyside Ave, Toronto (curated by Nadia Belerique and Lili Huston-Herterich)
More Than Two (Let It Make Itself), The Power Plant, Toronto
The Kitchen, Soi Fischer, Toronto

2012

Post Hotel & Spa, Sorbara Law offices, Waterloo (curated by Ben Schumacher)
De-accessioned, Cooper Cole, Toronto

2011


St. Lawrence Ice, Wolfe Island(curated by Ben Schumacher)
Pulp Friction, 198 Walnut Ave, TorontoAd Infinitum, Xpace, Toronto


2010

Bitch Slap, Thrush Holmes Empire, Toronto
Parts of a Hole, Xpace, Toronto
Conduits, Sennate Gallery, Toronto
New Directions II, 3109 Dundas W, Toronto

An Immaterial Survey of our Peers, Sullivan Galleries, ChicagoBless this Mess, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto

2009


Henry Moore, Constantin Brancusi & Patrick Swayze in that scene from that movieGhost, 91 Brandon Avenue, Toronto

Publications

2018

NUT II, edited by Liza Lacroix and Alli Melanson, published by BookArt, Montreal

2015

Colleczine 1, edited by Sebastian Frye, published by Swimmers Group, Toronto

2014

Fantasy Art Now, edited by Jay Isaac and Sebastian Frye, published by SwimmersGroup, Toronto

Press

"Off the Wall: A national survey of 10 artists who take painting outside the frame", Anna Kovler, Canadian Art Magazine, Sept. 30, 2019. https://canadianart.ca/features/off-the-wall/

“In Studio with Abby McGuane: Points of View”, Murray Whyte, Toronto Star, Sun.,Jan. 31, 2016
"Material Matters: A roundtable with five promising Toronto artists", Interview by Lucas Soi, Magenta Magazine, Summer 2013, Vol. 4, No. 2


"SLIDESHOW: Lucas Soi Walks Through "The Kitchen", Sky Gooden, Art Info. April 21,2013.

"De-Accessioned - January 2013 Critic's Pick", Steve Kado, Artforum.com



Art Fairs


2019

Expo Chicago

2018

Art Toronto

2011


Toronto International Art Fair



Education


2007-2011


BFA, Sculpture & Installation, Ontario College of Art and Design

Residencies

2018

Vermont Studio Center