Dennis GEDEN
1944, Canada

Dennis Geden biography:

Dennis Geden, the youngest of four children, was born in 1944 in North Bay, Ontario as Dennis John Geden. He was raised in North Bay.

In 1963 he moved to Montreal, Québec, where he studied at Sir George Williams' School of Art. He graduated in 1966. From 1967 to 1968, he traveled in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. From 1968 to 1970, he lived in Toronto, where he joined La Cimaise Gallery in 1970.

In 1970 he married Sandra Lynn Smith. Also in 1970, Dennis re-established and continues to maintain a studio in North Bay. They have lived primarily in North Bay since 1973, with the exception of 1972 to 1973, when they lived in Paris, France (where Dennis created a portfolio of five lithographs at Atelier Desjobert) and from 1975 to 1976, when they lived in London, United Kingdom (where Dennis created a portfolio of five lithographs at Curwen Studio). Between 1983 and 1985, Dennis traveled in the United Kingdom and Europe, researching contemporary and historical figurative art.

In North Bay, Dennis was an occasional and part-time art instructor at Canadore College between 1973 and 2001. He was director/curator of the W. K. P. Kennedy Gallery from 1998 to 1994 and 1997 to 2003. At Nipissing University in North Bay, he was a part-time Instructor of Fine Art from 2001 to 2003, and Assistant Professor of Fine Art since 2003.

He was a founding member of White Water Gallery in North Bay (1977) and the Redpath Art Gallery in Vancouver (1994-1995), and he has been the curator of the Redpath Collection in North Bay, Toronto, and St. John's, Newfoundland, since 1996. He served on the board of directors for Visual Arts Ontario from 1991 to 1993, and the board of directors of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries from 2000 to 2005. He has served on several advisory committees as well.

Dennis has done artist residencies at Fringe Research, Toronto (1993), Studenica Monastery, Yugoslavia (1987) and at the W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery (1989-1994). He has also been a research assistant at the Slade School of Art, London, England (1988-89), to research figurative British art.

He has received national and international commissions, including commissions from the government of Ontario and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He has received grant support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

In 2001, he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Nipissing University.

Solo exhibitions of his work include:
Dennis Geden: New Works (2005, Redfern Gallery, London, England); Dennis Geden: Survey (2005, Remy Toledo Gallery, New York City); From The Height Of Land: Dennis Geden, Recent Paintings (2001-2002, Art Gallery of Newfoundland & Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario; Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, Ontario; Timmins National Exhibition Centre, South Porcupine, Ontario; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario; White Water Gallery); Dennis Geden: New Paintings (2000, Redfern Gallery, London, England); New Works: Dennis Geden (1999, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario), Dennis Geden: Founding Artist (1997, White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario); Canadian Artist Dennis Geden (1997, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York); Go Figure (1997, touring exhibition expanded with current works); Go Figure: Dennis Geden (1996-1999, W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery; Art Gallery of Algoma; Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia; Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon; Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, Ontario; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario; Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York [expanded exhibition]), Dennis Geden: New Works (1996, Redfern Gallery, London, England), Dennis Geden: Paintings (1994, Redpath Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia); Believing Becomes Seeing: Dennis Geden (1994, Hy Aisenstat Contemporary Arts Studio, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia); Dennis Geden: New Work (1992, Laurentian University Museum & Art Centre, Sudbury, Ontario); Dennis Geden: New Work (1992, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario); Dennis Geden: New Work From Canada, Maclaurin Art Centre, Ayr, Scotland (1991); Artist In Residence Exhibition (1991, W. K. P. Kennedy Public Art Gallery, North Bay, Ontario; Dennis Geden: Recent Paintings (1987, Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, Ontario; Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario; McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario; The Gallery and Library, Cambridge, Ontario; Art Gallery of York University, Toronto); Dennis Geden (1986, Maclaurin Art Centre, Ayr, Scotland), Dennis Geden (1985, Le Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France); Watercolours of Canadian Artist Dennis Geden (1984, Redfern Gallery, London, England); Dennis Geden: First London Exhibitions (1984, Canada House, London, England and Redfern Gallery, London, England); Dennis Geden (1984, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario); Dennis Geden (1984, K.A.A.I. Gallery, Kingston, Ontario); Current Work (1983, 1981, 1979, 1977, White Water Gallery; Dennis Geden (1981, Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, Ontario); Dennis Geden (1980, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario); La Cimaise Presents: Dennis Geden (1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, La Cimaise Gallery, Toronto, Ontario).

Dennis' works are in private and corporate collections, as well as the following public collections: Anderson Gallery (Buffalo, New York); Art Bank, Canada Council (Ottawa, Ontario); Art Gallery of Brant (Brantford, Ontario); Art Gallery of Peterborough (Peterborough, Ontario); Art Gallery of Sudbury (Sudbury, Ontario); Bibliotheque nationale (Paris, France), Canadore College (North Bay, Ontario); Corvallis Collection (Oregon State University, USA); Curwen Studio Archive (Cambridge, England); Georgian College (Barrie, Ontario); Humber College (Toronto, Ontario); MacLaren Art Centre (Barrie, Ontario); North Bay Municipal Collection (North Bay, Ontario); Ontario Government Collection (Toronto, Ontario); Ontario Northland Commission (North Bay, Ontario); Remy Toledo Gallery (New York, New York, USA); Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia); Slade School of Art Archive (London, England); Tate Gallery (London, England); Tom Thomson Gallery (Owen Sound, Ontario); and W. K. P. Kennedy Art Gallery (North Bay, Ontario).

Dennis has been represented by Redfern Gallery in London, United Kingdom since 1984 and Gallery Moos in Toronto, Ontario since 1999.

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