CHRIS GARDINER

Lives and works in Toronto, ON, Canada
gardiner.life@gmail.com | www.chrisgardinerart.net | Instagram: @gardinerartdotnet

 

EDUCATION

• 2002 MFA, Studio for Interrelated Media, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 1996 BA Specialized Honours – Fine Art, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2010 WCF 2010, Tenderloin Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2002 The National, Patricia Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 1995 The Lure of Stardom, Zavitz Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2025 AKIN Niagara St. Pop Up Exhibition, Toronto, ON

• 2020 At Intervals, Auto Building / Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto, ON

• 2020 New Measures, Collision Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2018 SWARM, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON

• 2016 Shadow Box Exhibition, Earl Selkirk Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2015 Shadow Box Exhibition, Earl Selkirk Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2012 Summer Exhibition, Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, ON

• 2008 Junction Arts Festival, Tenderloin Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2006 Spring Group Exhibition, Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, ON

• 2002 Salon V, Oni Gallery, Boston, MA

• 2002 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 2001 1 + 1, Patricia Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 2001 Ménage à Deux, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 1995 The Home Show, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON

• 1995 Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, ON

• 1995 Drawing Exchange, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

• 1995 Juried Art Exhibition, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ON

 

INSTALLATIONS & MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS

• 2005 TV Obsessions, Images Festival, Toronto, ON

• 2001 Midway, Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 2000 Retrofesto, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

 

PERFORMANCES

• 2013 Nuit Blanche, Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, ON

• 2002 Bodyground (with Maria Legault), Implant, Toronto, ON

• 1999 SWOON, 180 Green Street Studios, Boston, MA

• 1997 Performance and Video Cabaret, Ed Video, Guelph, ON

• 1996 The Painting Symposium, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON

 

RESIDENCIES

• 2019 Akin/MOCA Studio Residency, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY & PRESS

• 2001 Gardiner, Chris. "How to Make Your Weakness Your Best Asset," Foundation Art Theory in Education.

• 1995 "Student Elections and Puzzling Campus Behaviour," The Ontarion, University of Guelph.

• 1995 "Chris Gardiner and Stardom," The Peak, University of Guelph.

• 1995 Gregory Klages. Interview on More Art Than Science Show, CFRU Radio, Guelph.

 

PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Public Collections:

• Mail Art Collection, Emanuele Catellani Contemporary, Turin, Italy

• Gallery at Green Street, Boston, MA

Private Collections:

• Works acquired by patrons in Toronto, Guelph, Boston (MA), Los Angeles (CA), Rome, Italy, and Turin, Italy

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2026 Studio Assistant, Akin Collective, Toronto, ON

• 2021 Stage and Studio Technician, Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, Toronto, ON

• 2002 Studio Art Instructor (Intro to Video), Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 2002 Studio Art Instructor (Studio Explorations), Summer Studios, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 2000 Teaching Assistant (Visual Language), Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

• 1999 Teaching Assistant (Studio for Drawing), Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

 

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• 2024–Present Member & Co-Host, AKIN Crit Night, AKIN Collective, Toronto, ON

• 2019 Member, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON

• 2008 Volunteer, Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON

• 2006 Member, College Art Association (CAA)

• 2006 Volunteer, Images Festival, Toronto, ON

• Patron / Member: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 1992 Vice President, The Fine Arts Network (F.A.N.), University of Guelph, Guelph, ON