Mark Dicey – Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
Game Plan NORBERG HALL, Calgary AB
MARK DICEY, Confluence Michael Gibson Gallery, London ON
2020
MARK DICEY, Rhythm Section Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2019
MARK DICEY, Paintings Michael Gibson Gallery, London ON
2018
Each Painted Document-Selections Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary AB
MARK DICEY, Paperwork Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2017
Traffic Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2014
Forming Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
Notations Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2013
Signal/Drift Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2011
River Tour Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2010
Directions of Thought Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB
2008
Chair Painting Carpet ‘n’ Toast Gallery, Shelley Ouellet curator, Calgary AB
Resonant Voyage Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB
2005
Pulsation/Nod Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB
2003
MARK DICEY: RECENT WORKS Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB
2001
dr(aw)ummingsequence*2001* (mixed media installation, performance & sound exhibition. MD collaboration with numerous invited local artist) STRIDE Gallery, Calgary AB
1999
MARK DICEY: RECENT WORKS Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB
1989/1990
MARK DICEY: RECENT WORK Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB
Site (installation) Alberta College of Art Main Mall (selected by Ron Moppett, Director Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary AB
1986
MARK DICEY: RECENT WORK Exposure Series, Off Centre Centre, Calgary AB
1984
Ark of the Body (installation) Off Centre Centre, Calgary AB
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024/2025
NEW + NOTABLE – UPFRONT w/ Laura Findlay, Sondra Meszaros, Mark Dicey, Rachel Macfarlane, NORBERG HALL, Calgary AB
2024
DRUNKEN PAW Noise, Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner and Drunken Paw, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary AB
Monageries, TREX/AFA Travelling Group Exhibition, Fort Macleod Allied Arts, Calgary AB
TIME and PLACE, Nickle Galleries, Selected Permanent Collection Exhibition, University of Calgary, AB
2023
NEW + NOTABLE – UPFRONT w/ Robin Arsenault, Nathan Eugene Carson, Mark Dicey, Marigold Santos, NORBERG HALL, Calgary AB
DRUNKEN PAW not keeping sweet since 2009, Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner and Drunken Paw, Tilted Brick Gallery, Creston BC
NEW + NOTABLE – UPFRONT w/ Pages, works on paper, NORBERG HALL, Calgary AB
2019
Together but apart/summer group exhibition, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2018
Land-People-Movement: Selection from the Collections of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary AB, Christine Sowiak, curator
2017
The Story So Far, Exhibition of Artists’ Books, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB (Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists) Sara Norquay, curator
Mountain Dew – Group Show, Banff Centre Project Space, BAiR Residency AB
2014/2015
Sought – Group Show, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
ADORNED – Gallery Artist Exhibition, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2014
MADE IN CALGARY: The 2000’s, Glenbow Museum and Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary, AB -Katherine Ylitalo, curator
2013
MADE IN CALGARY: The 1980’s, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Jeffrey Spalding, curator
+1, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary AB
Made in Alberta: Part IV, The Art Gallery of Calgary, AB
2011
Summer Exhibition, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary AB
2009
FRESH Paint – group touring exhibition organized by curator Les Pinter ASA/AFA, Edge Gallery, Canmore AB
2008
Altagraphic – group touring exhibition, organized by Les Pinter ASA/AFA
2007
Exhibit: 3 x 3 – René Pierre Allain, David Bolduc, Mark Dicey, Geoffry Hunter, Mark Mullin, Stuart Oxley, Fort McMurray AB. Paul Kuhn, curator
HIT OR MISS: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, examining new trends in contemporary drawing, Triangle Gallery, Calgary AB. John Will and Chris Cran, curators
2005
FORM SPACE CONCEPT METAPHOR – Contemporary Alberta Sculpture, Triangle Gallery, Calgary AB. Jacek Malec, curator
2003
Cabinets of Curiosities – part of artist Doug Haslam’s “Ein Kleiner Wunderschrank” Cabinet (contains 16 artists’ work), 2 year touring exhibition. Presented by The Wood Turning Centre, Philadelphia USA.
2002
Towards Modernism – selection from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary AB
2000
SILVER – celebrating 25 years of artist-run centres in Calgary, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD and The New Gallery, Calgary AB
1999
THE ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: SELCTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary AB
1989
SURROUNDINGS, Assemblage work, The Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB. Katherine Ylitalo, curator.
1988
ELEMENTAL INSTINCTS: A MATTER OF COURSE – installation, Habitable Putrese, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary AB. Catalogue
Hybrids: Painting and Sculpture – installation and assemblage work, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary AB.
Less Pinter, curator.
1987
PLACE SETTINGS – installation: MEASUREMENT/FILTER, 2nd Story Gallery, SE satellite space, Calgary AB (catalogue)
1986
Points North – painting/assemblage, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge AB. Joan Stebbins, curator (catalogue)
1985
THE FIRST TEN – painting/assemblage, 10th anniversary exhibition of Off Centre Centre, Calgary AB. (catalogue)
1984
Contemporary Art in Southern Alberta – Off Centre Centre, Calgary AB
Selected Duo / Group Collaborative Exhibitions
2025
RICHARD BROWN + MARK DICEY, NORBERG HALL, Calgary AB
2022
ROBIN ARSENAULT + MARK DICEY, NORBERG HALL, Calgary AB
2011
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt: Artists in the Exhibition, Doug Haslam, Christina Greco, Michael Benoit, Mark Dicey, Aeolian Recreational Boundary Institute, group exhibition, Cabinet Magazine office, NYC, USA
Drunken Paw’s Interpretation of Houdini’s Chines Water Torture Trick, Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner, Drunken Paw, Sugar Cube window gallery, Calgary AB
1995
ckmd preformed, residency installation/assemblage work, Colleen Kerr and Mark Dicey, TRUCK: an artist-run centre, Calgary AB
1992
The Cloud of Unknowing, Jeff Viner & Mark Dicey, Gallery 826, Calgary AB
Awards / Commissions / Recognition / Residencies / Opportunities
2022, 2023, 2024
Empire of Dirt Residency, Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner, Drunken Paw, Creston BC
2019
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travel Grant
Two Coats of Paint, write up by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech – Hello Instagram: Mark Dicey in Calgary
2018
ACAD Alumni Legacy Award
Galleries West, on-line feature, Mark Dicey Making his Mark. Katherine Ylitalo, author
Each Painted Document (catalogue), Michele Hardy, PhD, curator. Writing by Michele Hardy and Grant Poier.
City of Calgary art collection piece ‘Beacon’ included in city-wide project reproducing work by local artist on bus shelters
2017
BAiR Spring Intensive in Visual Arts + Digital Arts, residency, Banff Centre for the Arts & Creativity, Banff AB
2014
Commission: Painting, Giotto’s Table, Earl’s Tin Palace, Edmonton AB (now held privately)
2010
Commission: Banner Project, City of Calgary 16th Avenue urban upgrade project, Calgary Transportation
2008
Canada Council for the Arts, research creation grant
2008, 2010, 2012 & 2014
Emma International Collaboration, Saskatchewan
2007
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, project grant
2006
‘An Alberta Art Chronicle: adventures in recent & contemporary art’, Mary-Beth Laviolette, author. (includes CD-R), Altitude Publishing, Canmore AB
2002
Alumni Award of Excellence, 75th Anniversary celebrations, Alberta College of Art & Design
Selected Collections
His works are held in several prestigious collections including the Canadian Embassy in Belgium, Visual Art Collection Global Affairs Canada, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, City of Calgary Art Collection, Nickle Galleries University of Calgary, Chateau Lake Louise, TC Energy, Glencoe Club Calgary, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, TD Bank, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede (BMO Centre) and numerous private and corporation collections, locally, nationally and internationally.