Mark Dicey Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibitions
July 9-Aug. 28, 2021, Game Plan, NORBERG HALL, Calgary
June 19-July24, 2021, Mark Dicey, Confluence, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
May/June, 2020 MARK DICEY, Rhythm Section, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
July 4th-27th, 2019 MARK DICEY, PAINTINGS, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
Apr.17-May18, 2018 Each Painted Document – Selections, Nickle Galleries, UofC
Feb.9-Mar.10, 2018 Mark Dicey: paperwork, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
Jan.26-Apr.7, 2018 Each Painted Document, Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (Catalogue)
Apr.21-Jun.3, 2017 Traffic Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
Oct.30-Nov.29, 2014 forming Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
Feb.8-Mar.1, 2014 notations Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
Feb.7-Mar.12, 2013 Signal/Drift Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
Sept. 15-Oct.29, 2011 River Tour Jarvis Hall Fine Art
March 27-Apr. 21, 2010 Directions of Thought Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
March 7 and 8th, 2008 Chair Painting Carpet ‘n’ Toast Gallery, Calgary Shelley Ouellet, curator/administrator
Feb. 23 – March 22, 2008 Resonant Voyage Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
May 28 – June 25, 2005 Pulsation/Nod Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Jan. 11 – Feb. 1, 2003 MARK DICEY: RECENT WORKS, paintings and drawings Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Jan. 5-27, 2001 dr(aw)ummingsequence*2001*, mixed media installation, performance and sound exhibition. M.D. collaborating with numerous invited local artists. STRIDE Gallery, Calgary
Oct. 9 -30, 1999 MARK DICEY: RECENT WORKS, paintings/drawings/assemblage, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Feb.1-Mar.31,1992 JUMP, installation, Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts +15 display window, Calgary
Jan.11-Feb.1,1992 AID CUP SERIES, paintings/drawings, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary
Oct.29,’89-Jan.6,1990 Mark Dicey Recent Work, Divino Café/Gallery, Calgary (organized by P.K.F.A.)
Feb.4-25. 1989 MARK DICEY: RECENT WORK, paintings/drawings/assemblage, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary
Jan.19-Feb.15, 1989 Site, installation, Alberta College of Art Main Mall, Calgary (selected by Ron Moppett, Director, The Illingworth Kerr Gallery)
Jan 7-18,1986 MARK DICEY: RECENT WORK, Paintings/drawings/assemblage, Exposure Series, Off Centre Centre, Calgary
May 5-26, 1984 Ark of the Body, installation, Off Centre Centre, Calgary
Selected Group Exhibitions
Nov. 16, 2024 to Jan. 18, 2025, New + notable – upfront w/ Laura Findlay, Sondra Meszaros, Mark Dicey, Rachel Macfarlane, NORBERG HALL
Oct. 18 to Nov. 16, 2024, DRUNKEN PAW Noise, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary. Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner and Drunken Paw
Aug., 2024, Monageries, TREX/AFA Travelling group exhibition, Fort Macleod Allied Arts, Alberta
May 30 to Aug. 16, 2024, Time and Place, Nickle Galleries Selected Permanent Collection Exhibition, University of Calgary
June 29 to Aug. 26, 2023, New + notable – upfront w/ Robin Arsenault, Nathan Eugene Carson, Mark Dicey, Marigold Santos, NORBERG HALL
April 28 to June 10, 2023, DRUNKEN PAW not keeping sweet since 2009, Tilted Brick Gallery, Creston, BC. Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner and Drunken Paw
Sept. 8 to Oct. 28, 2023, New + notable – upfront w/ Pages, works on paper, NORBERG HALL
Jan. 8-29, 2022, Chroma IV, group exhibition, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
May 28 – June 26, 2021, Group Exhibition, NORBERG HALL
Sept.18 – Oct.9, 2020, Anniversary Exhibition/10 years Later, Jarvis Hall Gallery
Jan.14-Feb.1, 2020, Chroma II, group exhibition, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
July 26-Aug. 31, 2019, together but apart/summer group exhibition, Jarvis Hall Gallery
May 25-Aug.10, 2018, Land-People-Movement: Selections from the Collections of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (Nickle Galleries) Christine Sowiak, curator
Sept.22 – Nov.4, 2017 The Story So Far, Exhibition of Artists’ Books, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists) curated by Sara Norquay
May 16-18, 2017 Mountain Dew – Group Show, Banff Centre Project Space, BAiR residency
Feb. 3-25, 2017 What’s Next/Group Show, Jarvis Hall Gallery (Arseneault, Dicey, Foxcroft, Los-Jones, MacFarlane, McCarroll, Murray, Rodgers, Santos, Tiggelers, Whiting, Will)
Sept. 2015 sought, Jarvis Hall Fine Art (Arseneault, Beal, Dicey, Dzama, Glabush, Kiss, Los-Jones, Murray, Santos, Somerville, Tetz, Tiggelers, Will)
April 23, 24 and 25th, 2015 – Never Say Die!, New Edward Gallery, Calgary
Dec. 4, 2014 – Jan. 15, 2015 – ADORNED, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Gallery artist exhibition
Sept.20 – Dec. 14, 2014 – MADE IN CALGARY: THE 2000’s, Glenbow Museum and Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary – Curated by Katherine Ylitalo
July 18-Sept.1, 2014 – A Show About Nothing, Affinity Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Collaboration participants and invited artists. Emma Collaboration, 2014
September 7 – January 5, 2013 – MADE IN CALGARY: THE 1980s, Glenbow Museum, Calgary – Curated by Jeffrey Spalding
July 18 – August 30, 2013 – +1, Jarvis Hall Fine Art
March 22, 2013-May 4, 2013 – Made In Alberta: Part IV, The Art Gallery of Calgary
Dec.15, 2012-Jan.5, 2013 Gathering – new works by gallery artists, Jarvis Hall Fine Art
July, Aug. 2011 Summer Exhibition Jarvis Hall Fine Art
Oct. 21 – Nov. 20, 2010 Abstraction on The Edge, group exhibition, Edge Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
July/Aug. 2010 Artifact, Saskatchewan craft Council Gallery, Saskatoon. Works by Emma 2010 International Collaboration participants
August, 2010 Summer’s Edge II, Group exhibition, Edge Gallery, Canmore, Alberta.
March 21, 2010 DioramaRama Sugar Shack Winter Art Salon, Calgary
Dec., 2009 – Jan. 3, 2010 Compass Encompass – Winter group exhibition – Louise Gains International Art Gallery, Monmouthshire, UK
January 29 – May 9, 2010 Arthouse Sketchbook exhibition, Atlanta, GA, USA – touring (6 stops – 5 States) – sketchbooks will remain in library at end of tour. MD completed a sketchbook sent by Arthouse and submitted.
August, 2009 Summers Edge, Group exhibition, Edge Gallery, Canmore, Alberta.
Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2009 SPAWN – fundraiser exhibition for Elephant Artist Relief, Arrata Opera Centre, Calgary
July 18, 2009 FRESH Paint– group touring exhibition organized by curator Les Pinter ASA/AFA. Edge Gallery, Canmore
Sept. 2009 – Aug. 2010, FRESH Paint – group touring exhibition
Sept. 17, 2009 Frenzy – group exhibition/charity auction on the theme of Alfred Hitchcock films – organized Bird Dog Video, Calgary
Aug, 2008 – July, 2009 Altagraphic – group touring exhibition organized by curator Les Pinter ASA/AFA
Oct. 1 – Nov. 1, 2008 Nectar rendezvous – group exhibition, Nectar Desserts, Calgary MD, Lisa Brawn, Doug Haslam, Cat Schick, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner
Sept. 27, 2008 Discord 6 – paintings/installation work exhibited during sound performance evening. Discord held at EMMEDIA, Calgary
Oct. 19 – Nov. 10, 2007 Harmony of Contrasts – group exhibition, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Mar. 9 – Apr. 5, 2007 Exhibit: 3 X 3: René Pierre Allain, David Bolduc, Mark Dicey, Geoffrey Hunter, Mark Mullin, Stuart Oxley, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Curated by Paul Kuhn
January 5 – February 10, 2007 HIT OR MISS: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing An exhibition examining new trends in contemporary drawing.Curated by John Will and Chris Cran – Triangle Gallery, Calgary
June 29 to July 22, 2006 Black & White – Summer Group Exhibition Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
June 24 to Sept. 3, 2005 FORM SPACE CONCEPT METAPHORContemporary Alberta Sculpture, Triangle Gallery, Calgary. Curated by Jacek Malec
Sept. 16 to Oct. 23, 2004 ACAD Faculty Show, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary
May 2 to July 26, 2003 Cabinets of Curiosities – part of artist Doug Haslam’s “Ein Kleiner Wunderschrank” Cabinet (contains 16 artists) in this touring exhibition presented by The Wood Turning Centre, Philadelphia, USA. Touring until 2005.
Dec. 5-30, 2002 The Pepermunt Show – SUGAR + ESTATE @ ARTHOUSE INC., Calgary
July 18-Aug.17, 2002 Towards Modernism – selection from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary
Mar.9-Apr.1, 2000 SILVER –celebrating 25 years of artist-run centres in Calgary, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD and The NEW Gallery, Calgary
Feb.18-Mar.27, 1999 THE ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary
Dec.3,’88-Jan.29,’89 SURROUNDINGS, assemblage work, The Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Curated by Katherine Ylitalo
Oct.14-Nov.20,1988 ELEMENTAL INSTINCTS: A MATTER OF COURSE, installation, Habitable Putrese, The Nickle Arts Museum, U of C, Calgary – catalogue
May 3-28, 1988 Hybrids; Painting and Sculpture, installation and assemblage work, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary (curated by Les Pinter)
Jul.2-Aug.15,1987 PLACE SETTINGS, installation: MEASUREMENT/FILTER, 2nd Story Gallery’s satellite space, S.E. Calgary – catalogue
Dec.7,’85-Jan.27, 1986 Points North, painting/assemblage, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge (curated by Joan Stebbins) catalogue
Feb.19-Mar.15,1985 THE FIRST TEN, painting/assemblage, 10th anniversary exhibition of Off Centre Centre at Off Centre Centre, Calgary – catalogue
Sept.12-29, 1984 Contemporary Art in Southern Alberta, Off Centre Centre, Calgary
Dec.24,’83-Mar.24, 1984 International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipei City Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, republic of China – catalogue
Mar.20-apr.10, 1983 3rd UCLA National Student Print Competition and Exhibition, Los Angeles, California – catalogue
Feb. 1983 4th Alabama Works on Paper and International Invitational Exhibition, Alabama, U.S.A.
Selected duo/group collaborative Exhibitions
Oct.21-Nov.26, 2022, two-person exhibition,
ROBIN ARSENAULT + MARK DICEY, NORBERG HALL, Calgary
Oct. 10-13, 2012 Aeolian Recreational Boundary Institute, Doug Haslam, Christina Greco, Michael Benoit, MD, Watcher – projection and conference presentation – Under Western Skies – Mount Royal University, Calgary
January 20, 2012 Aeolian Recreational Boundary Institute, Doug Haslam, Christina Greco, Michael Benoit, MD, On The Wire – sound/video installation – Soundasaurus Festival, Epcor Centre, Calgary
January, February, 2011 Aeolian Recreational Boundary Institute, Doug Haslam, Christina Greco, MD, An Exchange with Sol LeWitt: Artists in the Exhibition Cabinet magazine office. NYC, USA – group exhibition
Jan.8 to Feb.19, 2011 drunken paw’s Interpretation of Houdini’s Chinese Water Torture Trick,(drunken paw, MD, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner)Sugar Cube window gallery, Calgary
June 13, 2010 Gender Blender, group exhibition . drunken paw (Janet Turner, Leslie Sweder, MD) – Sugar Shack Art Salon, Calgary
December 6, 2009 Paper Jam, group exhibition of collaborative drawers. drunken paw (Janet Turner, Leslie Sweder, MD) – Sugar Shack Art Salon, Calgary
May 20 – 30, 2009 Aeolian Recreational Boundary Institute (ARBI), Doug Haslam, Christina Greco, MD, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA – group exhibition
January 1 – 30, 2009 Les Voisins/Neighbours – Animated Objects festival, +15 windows, Epcor Centre, Calgary. Elephant Artist Relief (Cat Schick, Janet Turner, Leslie Sweder, MD) collaborating with other groups to animate windows during festival.
Apr 14-May 13, 1995 ckmd preformed, residency installation/assemblage work, ckmd is: Colleen Kerr and Mark Dicey, TRUCK: an artist-run centre, Calgary
June 1-30, 1992 The Cloud of Unknowing, installation (Jeff Viner/Mark Dicey), Gallery 826, Calgary
Awards/commissions/recognition/residencies/opportunities
2023 (April) and 2024 (Sept.) – Empire of Dirt Residency, Creston, British Columbia area – Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner – Drunken Paw
2022 – Empire of Dirt Residency, Creston, British Columbia area – Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner – Drunken Paw (April/May) Canada Council grant awarded
2019 received Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travel Grant
2019 – Two Coats of Paint write up by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech – Hello Instagram: Mark Dicey in Calgary
2018 received ACAD Alumni Legacy award
2018 – Galleries West on-line feature, Katherine Ylitalo – Mark Dicey Making His Mark
2018 – Mark Dicey, Each Painted Document catalogue, Michele Hardy, PhD, curator. writing by Michele Hardy and Grant Poier.
2018 – Mark Dicey interview in Jimon Magazine, on-line arts publication (USA/ International)
2017 – Residency – Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, BAiR Spring Intensive in Visual Arts + Digital Arts (April/May)
2008 received Canada Council for the Arts research Creation Grant
2007 received Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2006 – included in publication (includes CD-R): “An Alberta Art Chronicle adventures in recent & contemporary art” by Mary-Beth Laviolette, Altitude Publishing , Canmore, Alberta
2002 – Alumni Award of Excellence June 13, 2002 by the Alberta College of Art & Design as part of their 75th Anniversary celebrations
2002 – Awarded “The Order of the Black Belt in Thinking” by Chuck Stake of Chuck Stake Enterprizes.
2018 – MD painting in the City of Calgary Collection reproduced on a bus shelter at Heritage Drive and 11th Street SE, Calgary. Painting: “Beacon”, 2009. City wide project reproducing works by many local artists.
2017, Album cover/CD image for musical group Ghost Keeper, Sheer Blouse Buffalo Knocks
2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, Emma International Collaboration – Saskatchewan
2014, Commission: Painting, Giotto’s Table, 43 x 130 inches, Earl’s Tin Palace restaurant, Edmonton, AB (now in private collection)
2010, Commission: Banner Project, June, 2010 – City of Calgary 16th Avenue Urban upgrade project City Transportation
2010, Moleskine 777Sketchbooks (International) – selected image by MD used as cover template for Moleskine
2006, June to August, Creative Kids Museum, Telus World of Science, Calgary – Construction of “Resonant Voyage” – interactive percussive sound room (installation) for kids
Collaborative Groups/Organizations past and present:
Drunken Paw, collaborative drawing trio, Mark Dicey, Leslie Sweder, Janet Turner (2009 to present)
Aeolian Recreational Boundary Institute, environmental conservancy volunteering, special projects, Michael Benoit, Mark Dicey, Christina Greco, Doug Haslam (past)
The SKEP(tic)KS performance, curating, installation, Don Mabie, Geoff Hunter, Cori Stent, Grant Poier, Mark Dicey, Jeff Viner (past)
Elephant Artist Relief, co-founder of financial aid organization for artists in need (past)
Past board member/past president of The NEW Gallery and Off Centre Centre, an artist-run centre, Calgary
Musician (past) in music/sound/performance groups: Street of Crocodiles, tokyosexwhale, Tomato Tomato, scum de terre, Super Deluxe Gas Jockey, Three Questions, darklily.
Gallery Representation:
NORBERG HALL, Calgary, Alberta. Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
Selected Collections: Canadian Embassy to 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, RBC, Scotiabank, TD Bank, McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP, Poole Law, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede (BMO Centre), and numerous private and corporate collections locally, nationally and internationally
1979 – 1983 Graduate – Alberta College of Art, Calgary (Now University of the Arts)