Dinslaken, Germany, b. 1967
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Chelsea School of Art, 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2001
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 — Sink/Swim, Monte Clark, Vancouver BC
2020 — New Works, Monte Clark, Vancouver BC
2018 — I was looking back to see if you were looking back at me to see me looking back at you,
Monte Clark, Vancouver
2016 — The Colony, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge AB
2014 — The Family, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2012 — And Then There Was Now, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 — Painting / Collage, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2009 — Stadiem, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
2008 — Parallax, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 — Neubau, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2004 — Watercolours, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2003 — Painting, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 — Sideways, Galerie Hellebrand, Duisburg, Germany
2002 — Peripheral Real Estate, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2001 — Supermodern, Gallery Hellebrand, Duisburg, Germany
2001 — This Side Up, Gallery 83, Vancouver BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 — A portrait of spirits, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2020 — September, Monte Clark, Vancouver BC
2019 — The Poetics of Space, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
2016 — Group exhibition Artist Residence, San Ramon, Costa Rica
2015 — The Poetics of Space, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
2014 — Cindy Sherman Meets Dzunuk’wa: From the Michael and Inna O’Brian Collection, Satellite Gallery, Vancouver BC
2014 — Out of Sight: New Acquisitions, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
2013 — Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2012 — Reconfiguring Abstraction, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB
2011 — Surface, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2011 — Landscapes, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2010 — PASTED, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 — Holger Kalberg and Kristine Moran, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 — Clark & Faria Presents:, Clark & Faria, Toronto ON
2009 — Coupland / Kalberg / Goicolea / Gillmore / Girard, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 — Works on Paper, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland
2007 — Masters Degree Show, Chelsea School of Art, London UK
2006 — Paint, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 — Painting Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 — Reciprocal Influences, Monte Clark Galleryc Toronto ON
2004 — Canadian Art Painting competition: A five-year retrospective RBC Financial Vancouver BC
2003 — Stills, Malerei und Zeichnung, Galerie Hellebrand, Duisburg, Germany
2003 — Toronto International Art Fair Toronto ON
2003 — Art Forum Berlin, Germany
2003 — Scope Art, Los Angeles CA
2003 — Collector, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 — Group Six, Tatar Alexander Gallery, Toronto ON
2002 — RBC Painting Award Show, Trepanier Baer Gallery Calgary, AB
2002 — Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto ON
2002 — Kulturwochenende, Innenhafen, Kulturzentrum Duisburg, Germany
2002 — Group Exhibition, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2002 — Welcome to the desert of the real, Faculty /Alumni show, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design – Curated by Randy Lee Cutler and Sharon Kahanoff
2001 — Fuse, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver BC
Art Fairs
2018 — Toronto International Art Fair
2017 — Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, Washington USA
2016 — Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, Washington USA
2015 — Feature Art Fair Toronto
2015 — Toronto International Art Fair
2011 — Toronto International Art Fair
2011 — Platform Art Fair, Los Angeles, California
2011 — The Armory Show, New York City
2010 — Toronto International Art Fair
2008 — Toronto International Art Fair
2008 — Art Chicago, Chicago Illinois
2008 — Toronto International Art Fair
2007 — Toronto International Art Fair
2006 — Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Florida
2004 — Toronto International Art Fair
2003 — Art Forum Berlin, Germany
2003 — Toronto International Art Fair
2003 — Scope Art, Los Angeles, California
2002 — Toronto International Art Fair
Publications
Carte Blanche Volume 2
Paint, Exhibition Catalogue, Vancouver Art Gallery
RBC Painting Competition 10th Anniversary Publication
Awards
2020 — Research Leave Grant University of Manitoba
2015 — Research Leave Grant University of Manitoba
2015 — Creative Works Grant University of Manitoba
2013 — Creative Works Grant University of Manitoba
2007 — Finalist Celeste Art Prize London May
2007 — Canada Council Production Grant
2006 — Short-list, RBC Painting Award, Western Canada Finalist
2005 — Short-list, RBC Painting Award, Western Canada Finalist
2002 — Short-list, RBC Painting Award, Western Canada Finalist
2001 — Mary Plum Blade Award for Painting, Graduation Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Bibliography
2013 — Kear, Andrew. ‘Re-Configuring Abstraction’ Canadian Art Magazine, Spring 2013
2013 — Eyland, Cliff. ‘Re-Configuring Abstraction’ Border Crossings Magazine, issue 125 Spring
2008 — Dault, Gary Michael. The Globe and Mail February 16
2006 — Burnham, Clint. ‘Life and art are not always what they seem’ The Vancouver Sun August 3-9
2006 — Dault, Julia. ‘Creating new worlds with bits and pieces of this one’ National Post January 26
2006 — Dault, Gary Michael. ‘Painting a world where ruin is pretty’ The Globe and Mail January 28
2006 — Goddard, Peter. ‘Home sweet home – with a hint of menace’ Toronto Star February 4 2006.
2006 — Mackie, John. ‘Up-and-coming artists’ The Vancouver Sun July 20-26
2005 — Sengara, Lorissa. Park, Monte Clark Gallery, Canadian Art, Winter 2005, Vol. 22, No. 4, page 95
2003 — Fenske, Geraldine. ‘Kalte Oelmalerei von Kalberg’ WAZ May 9
2003 — Klucken, Peter. ‘Twin Peaks’ Rheinische Post May 9
2002 — Kahanoff, Sharon. Cutler, Randy Lee ‘ Welcome to the desert of the real
2001 — Klucken, Peter. ‘Orte ohne Tiefenschaerfe’ Rheinische Post Oct 26
2000 — Scott, Michael. ‘Emily Carr Grad Show’ Vancouver Sun May
Collections
TD Bank of Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery
Stikeman Elliott Toronto Collection
Collection of Jeremy Caddy, London UK
Royal Bank of Canada
Michael and Inna O’Brian Collection, Vancouver BC
Canada Council for the Arts, Art Bank Collection, Ottawa, Ontario
Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery University of British Columbia
Comissions
St Michael’s Hospital, Li KA Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto Ontario
Bibliography
2018 — Enright, Robert, ’The structure of connecting’ An Interview with Holger Kalberg. Border crossings
Magazine Issue 147 August 2018 p 108-118
https://bordercrossingsmag.com/article/the-structure-of-connecting
2016 — Steiner Shep, ‘Painting connected: More assembly required’. SAAG Catalogue June 2016
2015 — Jeffrey, Robin.’Exploring Cezanne and Space at the Vancouver Art Gallery”. National Gallery Canada
March 2015
2014 — Watson, Ann. ‘Out of Sight’ to be kept in mind: Vancouver Observer April 2014
2014 — Gupta, Soumya. ‘Cindy Sherman meets Dzunuk’wa at Satellite Gallery’. The Ubyssey Feb 2014
2014 — Turner, Michael. ‘Cindy Sherman meets Dzunuk’wa: From the Michael and Inna O’Brian Collection’.
Preview The Gallery Guide Feb 2014
2013 — Wood, Tara ‘Canadian artists leverage talent and business acumen to succeed’ Globe and Mail, Oct. 5, 2013
Thompson, Courtney ‘Materiality and surface: abstracting form. ArtSlant 2013
http://www.artslantstreet.com/articles/show/33232?print=1
2013 — Eyland,Cliff. ‘Re-configuring Abstraction’ Border Crossings no 125 spring 2013
2013 — Kear, Andrew.” Re-configuring Abstraction” Canadian Art, Spring 2013
2012 — Laurence,Robin.’ Cut and paste is a smart and visually engaging collage exhibit’. Georgia Straight, July
2012 — Passey, Kara. The Manitoban http://www.themanitoban.com/2012/11/re-configuring-
abstraction/12674/
2012 — Thacker, Sandra ‘Suspended structure in exhibit needs your imagination’ Snapshot CBC Manitoba
20/11/12V http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/other/2012/11/20/u-of-m-holger-kalberg/
2012 — Cochrane, Steven Leyden ‘Abstraction Revisited’ Winnipeg Free Press 29/11/12
2011 — Ryan, Carol Ann M. “ Holger Kalberg and Kristin Moran”
http://www.magentamagazine.com/5/exhibition-reviews/holger-kalberg-kristine-moran Magenta
Magazine, Winter 2011
2010 — Heth, Shannon. Montechristo Magazine,’ Time, space, matter’ Winter 2010
2010 — Nickel, Todd. Vancouver Review In the fold VR’s group of eight fall issue 2010
2009 — Kliner, Dion. Flash Art International Review Jan/Feb 2009
2008 — Camilleri, Maryann. Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting, Magenta Publishing for the Arts 2008
2008 — Mac Millan, Laurel. RBC Canadian Painting Competition Ten Years 2008 Edition
2008 — Dault, Gary Michael.‘Holger Kalberg at the Monte Clark Gallery’ The Globe and Mail Feb16 2008
2006 — Szewczyk, Monika ‘Paint, A Psychedelic Primer”, Catalogue Vancouver Art Gallery 2006
2006 — Goddard, Peter ‘Home sweet home with a hint of menace’ Toronto Star Feb 4, 2006
2006 — Dault, Gary Michael. ‘Painting a world of pretty ruin’ The Globe and Mail Jan 28, 2006
2006 — Dault, Julia. ‘Creating new worlds with the bits and pieces of this one‘ The National Post Jan 26 2006
2003 — Klucken,Peter ’Twin Peaks ’ Rheinische Post May 9 2003
2003 — Fenske, Geraldine „Kalte Oelmalerei von Kalberg’ West Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung May 9 2003
Kahanoff, Sharon. Cutler, Randy Lee ‘Welcome to the desert of the real” 2002
2002 — Klucke, Peter ‘Orte ohne Tiefenschaerfe’ Rheinische Post Oct 26 2001
2000 — Scott, Michael ‘Emily Carr Grad Show’ Vancouver Sun May 2000
Educational/Proffesional Experience
2022 — Jury Member Global Undergraduate Award Visual Arts Dublin, Ireland
2021 — Jury Member Global Undergraduate Award Visual Arts Dublin, Ireland
2020 — Artist Collaboration, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK
2018 — Artist Talk / workshop, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK
2017 — Speaker UAAC Conference Banff Centre for the Arts Oct 12-15, 2017, Banff, Alberta
2016 — Video Talk, “ SAAG | Holger Kalberg: The Colony – YouTube ”, uploaded June 28 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faSHvyZkKUM
2016 — Artist Talk / Presentation, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK
2016 — Artist Talk / Presentation, Artist Residence San Ramon, Costa Rica
2015 — Jury Member Salt Spring National Art Prize
2013 — Jury Member 15 th RBC Canadian Painting Competition, National Gallery Ottawa
2013 — Speaker at Symposium ‘Art as career’ AXENO7, Gatineau, Quebec
2011-2014 — Board Member AceArt Inc. Winnipeg, Manitoba
2011 — Associate Professor Painting, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 2011 ongoing
2011 — Sessional Instructor, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary Pntg 451 Senior Studio
2011 — Sessional Instructor, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary Pntg 320 Intermediate painting
2010 — Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University Vancouver FPA 263/ 363 Painting practices, Fall 2010
2009 — Artist Talk /Presentation “Contemporary issues in painting”, Concordia University, Montreal
2009 — Artist Talk /Presentation Mount Allison University, Sackville New Brunswick
2009 — Sessional Instructor, Foundation Year Material and Process ECUAD Vancouver
2008/2009 — Sessional Instructor, Painting 200 Introductory Painting ECUAD Vancouver
2007 — Selection Committee Masters Program 2007 Chelsea College of Art
2007 — Artist Talk and Presentation, “Contemporary Abstraction “Michael West Gallery, Newport UK
2007 — Drawing / Painting Instructor, Goodenough College London, UK 12 Week Course
2007 — Lecture on recent developments in abstract painting, Goodenough College London UK
2007 — Teaching Assistant, Foundation Program, University of Arts London, Chelsea College
2006 — Artist Talk and Presentation Vancouver Art Gallery ‘Paint ‘
2006 — BC Artists Symposium, Artist Talk, Whistler B.C