Ed Pien

Biografie

   
1958 born in Taipei, Taiwan
   
 

education

1982  Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
1984 Master of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
   
  lives and works in Toronto, Canada
   
 

solo exhibitions

2010
Haven of Delight, (touring) Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada
The Room, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
The Drawings of Ed Pien: The Haunting,
Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie
(Ontario, Canada).
Underwater (curated by Angela Kingston). Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK
Memento, Himalaya Art Gallery, 501 Contemporary, Chongqing, China
2009
Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
National touring exhibition of HAVEN
Galeria Nina Menocal Project Space, Mexico City
The Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK
(touring through the UK, China and Canada)
The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
2008
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands
Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada
University of Palermo, Petralia ,Sottana, Sicily, Italy
Axe-néo-sept, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Museé d'art de Joliette, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Hot Art, Basel, Switzerland
2007  Cornice Art Fair, Venice, Italy
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, USA
Canada House, London, UK
Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 
2006  SPACE Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands
Bizart, Shanghai, China
Rodman Hall Art Gallery, St Catharines, ON, Canada
Centre d'art de Basse-Normandie, France
2005  New Works, The Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
In the Realm of Others, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON, Canada
Ed Pien, Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montréal, QC, Canada
Tracing Night, Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico
Earthly Delights, Windsor Printmaker's Forum, Windsor, ON, Canada
In a Realm of Others, The Robert McLaughlin Art Centre, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Strange Scene, Keyano College Art Gallery, Ft. McMurray, Canada
2004  Earthly Delights, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City
Earthly Delights, Museo Ex-Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands
Imaginary Beings, Galerie Alexander Ochs, Berlin
Earthly Delights, Museo Arqueologico, Mazatlan, Mexico
Celestial Bodies, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, ON, Canada
Tracing Night, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Gallery, Corner Brook, NF, Canada
Tracing Night, St. Mary's University Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
Ed Pien, Usine C, Montréal, QC, Canada
2003  In a Realm of Others, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Canada 
2002  Ed Pien: Survey, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough, UK 
2001  The Canadian Culture Centre, Paris, France
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
WALLY, Amsterdam
Miller/Block, Boston, USA
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
Truck, Calgary, Canada
2000  De Overslag, Eindhoven
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
L'oeil de Poisson, Quebec, Canada
Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada
L'Expression, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada
1998  Oboro, Montreal, Canada
The Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1997  Artcite, Windsor, Canada
1996  YYZ, Toronto, Canada
Langage Plus, Alma, Quebec, Canada
1995  Struts Gallery, Sackville, Canada
Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1994  Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada 
1991  Main/Access Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada 
1989  Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Canada 
1987  Galerie Noctuelle, Montreal, Canada
Ace Art, Winnipeg, Canada
1986  Articule, Montreal, Canada 
1983  Gallery 76, Toronto, Canada 
   
   
 

group exhibitions

   
2010 Daire hosts Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Daire Tophane, Istanbul, Turkey
Contemporary Istanbul 2010, Istanbul, Turkey
Galerie Maurits van de Laar (with Seekee Chung) The Hague, The Netherlands
SCOPE Basel,
Basel, Switzerland
Scream, Justina M. Barnike Gallery, Toronto, Canada
It is what it is,
National Art Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2009 Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA
Salon Du Dessin Contemporain, Paris, France
Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin, Germany
Ground, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C., Canada
2008
Contemporary Istanbul, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Istanbul, Turkey
Enchanted Domain, The National Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Contemporary Chinoiserie, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, UK
Pulse Miami, Birch Libralato,
Paper Biennial, CODA Museum, , Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Walter Philips Art Gallery, Bureau de Change, Banff, Canada
Art Sutton, Solace, Quebec (2-person), Canada
Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007  Art Chicago, Chicago, USA
Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina, USA
K. E. Nash University Art Gallery, Minneapolis Minnesota, USA
Begona Melone Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Alexander Ochs, Berlin, Germany
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Canada,
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 
2006  e-Billboard Project, Toronto, Canada
Thames Art Gallery, St Thomas, Canada
Hart House, site-specific intervention, Toronto, Canada
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2005  Drops, Room, Rotterdam
KunstRAI, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam
Selected Drawings, Chicago Art Fair, USA
2004  The Garden, Pinacoteca, Provinciale di Potenza, Italy
Moon Beings, Straal, Cinema de Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Earthly Delights, Musée des Beaux Arts, Montréal, QC, Canada
Imaginary Beings, Siemens Forum Bayern, Münich, Germany
Important Canadian Art, Zierhersmith, New York, USA
Just My Imagination, Art Lab & Museum London, London, ON, Canada
Normal, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Canada
Octo-boy, Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC, Canada
2003  Selected Works, Goethe Institut, Berlin, Germany
Water Gods Playing Tricks, Berlin Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
Drawings, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
The Rest of the World, Neuffer Am Park, Pirmasens, Germany
Between Line and From, Art Gallery of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
The Last Judgement Project, Seattle Centre, curator Stefano Catalani, Seattle, USA
Metamorphosis, Maison de la culture Cote-des-Neiges, Montréal, QC, Canada
Liminal, Ryerson Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Imaginings, Mississauga Art Gallery, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Delight, Weewerk, Toronto, ON, Canada
Visions and Apparitions, Hart House, U of T, Toronto, ON, Canada
2002  The Fountain, Parkhaus, Berlin, Germany
Manifestation, Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montréal, QC, Canada
The Garden, Parc Citroën, curator Pernille Grane, Paris, France
Earthly Delights, The Montreal Biennial 2002, Montréal, QC, Canada
Tekeningen, Quartair, The Hague, The Netherlands
Liminal, Bishop's University Art Gallery, Lennoxville, Canada
Play Tonic, ASpace, Toronto, ON, Canada
Grief Mopping, Neutral Ground, Regina, SK
Galerie Maurits van de Laar (with Karin van Dam), The Hague, The Netherlands
Paper Art, Stormarn Kulturstiftung, Bad Oldesloe, Germany
Liminal, M.A.I., Montréal, QC, Canada 
2001  Asian American Arts Centre, New York, USA
Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, Costa Rica
W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Open Space, Victoria (3 person), Canada
2000  The Drawing Centre, New York, USA
La Biennale de Montreal 2000, Montreal, Canada
Galerie Maurits van de Laar (with Dieter Mammel), The Hague, The Netherlands
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, USA
The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Reactor Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999  W139, Amsterdam (3 person), The Netherlands
ARTIS, Den Bosch (3 person), The Netherlands
Paul Petro Art, Toronto, Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Glendon Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1997  The New Paradise, Taipei (2 person), Taiwan
1996  Artspace, New Haven, CT, Canada
1995  Presentation House, Vancouver, Canada
OO Gallery, Halifax, Canada
1994  Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 
1993  The Alternator Gallery, (3 person), Kelowna , Canada 
1992  The Red Head Gallery, (2 person), Toronto, Canada  
1991  The Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1990  Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, Canada
Artspace,(3 person), Peterborough, Canada
1988  Embassy Cultural House, London, Canada 
1987  Oakville Galleries, (3 person), Oakville, Canada  
1985  Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
1984  Galerie UQAM, Montreal, Canada 
1981  Trajectory Gallery, London, Canada