Duncan Chassin de Kergommeaux RCA
1927 Born in Premier British Columbia
1951 Banff School of Fine Arts and Victoria BC under Jan Zach
1953 Moved to Ottawa Ontario
1955 Summer, Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, Provincetown, Mass. (2 weeks)
1958 Instituto Allende, Mexico (Canada Council Grant)
1962-70 Director, Blue Barn Gallery Ottawa, Lofthouse Galleries, Ottawa, Canadian Pavilion Art Gallery Expo67, Extension lecturer and art Advisor, Carleton University.
1970-93Professor, Drawing and Painting/Head of Studio, University of Western Ontario, Department Chair, 1981-84
1980-81 Lived and worked in New York City (Sabbatical leave)
1984-85 Lived and worked in Paris and New York City (Study leave)
1989-90 Lived and worked in Paris (Canada Council Studio)
1993 Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario
Currently lives and works in Ottawa Ontario
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Gatineau Hills, Old Irish Line, Wallack Galleries Ottawa
2011 These Are The Marks I make, Museum London, curated by Andrea Fatona and Cassandra Getty. Exhibition catalogue with essays by Bernard Bonario and Emily Falvey, interview with Andrea Fatona.
2010 These Are The Marks I Make, Ottawa Art Gallery, Curated by Andrea Fatona
2010 Tide Lines, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa
2008 Recent Paintings and Drawings, Thielsen Galleries, London ON
2007 New Horizons, Wallack Galleries Ottawa
2002 Vanishing Icons, James Baird Gallery, St. John’s NF
1999 Night Lake Series + other Allusions, Thielsen Galleries, London, Ontario
1999 Gridlocked, curated by Katie Cholette, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
2000 Grid Paintings, curated by Robert McKaskell , Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, ON
1995 Duncan de Kergommeaux, Process Structure Meaning, curated by José L. Barrio–Garay London Regional Art and historical Museums (Catalogue)
1993 New Paintings, Thielsen Galleries , London, Ontario
1992 Artists’ Tombs and Monuments, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
1991 Last Green Fields, Thielsen Galleries, London, Ontario
1989 New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1986 Lake Huron Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1986 Duncan de Kergommeaux: An Art of Ordered Sensations curated by Mathew Teitlebaum, London Regional Art Gallery (catalogue)
1984 New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1983 Embassy Cultural House, London, Ontario
1982 Take Two (with Roly Fenwick) McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario; Hart House, University of Toronto; Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario; Lindsay Art Gallery, Lindsay , Ontario
1981 New York Maple Leaves, Loranger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1980 A NSCAD Summer Drawing, Anna Leonowens Gallery , Halifax, N.S
1980 New Paintings from a Square Route, Loranger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1978 Recap, Trajectory Gallery, London, Ontario
1977 Black and Blue, Trajectory Gallery, London, Ontario
1977 Works on Paper, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1975 Square Route, Trajectory Gallery, London, Ontario
1970 Manitoba Centennial Caravan, Dept. Secretary of State, Ottawa (project designer)
1970 New Banners and Sunday Paintings, Lofthouse Galleries, Ottawa, ontario
1970 McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario
1970 Memorial Art Gallery, St.Johns, Newfoundland
1969 New Paintings, Lofthouse Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario
1968 Cube Route, Gallerie Denise Delrue, Montreal, Québec
1968 Cube Route, Hart House, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1968 Cube Route, Lofthouse Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario
1967-68 de Niverville and de Kergommeaux, National Gallery of Canada, (Touring Exhibition)
1967 Lofthouse Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario
1966 Confederation Art Gallery, Charlotte Town, P.E.I.
1966 McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario
1965 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
1965 Blue Barn Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1965 Sculpture from Danish Furniture, Domus Danica, Fredericia and Copenhagen, Denmark
1965 The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1964 Blue Barn Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1963 Blue Barn Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1962 Blue Barn Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1959 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
1957 Taarn-Torontow Gallery, Ottawa
1955 An Exhibition of Recent Works Teron Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario
1953 Mural, Victoria Times, Victoria, BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
1995 History of Art and Artists of Ottawa, Part 3, Catalogue with essays by Jim Burant, Pat Durr and Duncan de Kergommeaux
1993-94 Achieving the Modern (curated by Robert McKaskell) The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Touring Exhibition
1993 Practice and Pedagogy, McIntosh Gallery, The University of Western Ontario,
London , Ontario; University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
1991 Faculty Exhibition, McIntosh Gallery, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
1987 Waterworks, The London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
1985 Woodstock Livestock, The Woodstock Public Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario
1985 Agriculture:Works in Art, St. Thomas – Elgin Art Gallery, St.Thomas, Ontario
1985 The Farm Show, Tom Topmpson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1985 Works of Art and Scholarship, McIntosh Gallery, UWO,London, Ontario
1982 Contemporary Painting from the Collection of U.W.O., Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
1982 A Visual Position, Thielsen Art Gallery, London, Ontario
1981-84 Canada Council Art Bank Exhibition, Mirabel Airport, Montréal
1981 Canada Council Art Bank Works, Concordia University, Montréal
1980 London and Region Artists, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario
1977 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London, Ontario
1976 1 out of 10 – A Survey of Contemporay Art in Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario; Kitchener – Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
1976 London Painting Now, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario
1975 35 Annual Western Ontario Exhibition, London Art Gallery, London, Ontario
1975 Banff School Faculty Exhibition, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta
1974 Canadian Society of Graphic Art, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario
1973 Recent Reflections Faculty Exhibition, McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London, Ontario
1971 London Artists, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario
1967 Contemporary Canadian Prints and Drawings, Australia, organized by
the National Gallery of Canada
1967 Canadian Artists ‘67, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
1966 Canadian Artists from the Isaacs Gallery, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
1966 Sixth Biennial of Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1966 Winnipeg Biennial, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1965 Spring Show, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal
1965 Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ontario
1963 Spring Show, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal
1963 Winnipeg Biennial, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1961 Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ontario
1961 Spring Show, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal
1960 Black and White, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal
1960 Spring Show, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal
1960 Canada Council Winners, O’Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1959 87th Annual OSA, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1959 Third Biennial of Canadian Art, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1958 Minneapolis Biennial, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1957 Third Annual Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Manitoba
1956 73rd Annual Spring Exhibition, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal
1956 2nd Annual Winnipeg Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1953 B.C. Society of Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1952 Northwest Artists, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
1951 Northwest Artists, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
1951 B.C. Society of Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Selected Collections
McIntosh Gallery, UWO
City of London Police Commission
The Ivey Foundation, London,
The London Free Press
J.C. Penny Collection, New York City
Vanier Post Office (mural) Vanier, Ontario
Memorial Art Gallery, St. Johns, Nfld.
Abitibi–Price Collection
Ciba–Geigy Collection
Royal Bank Collection
Bank of Nova Scotia Collection
National Gallery of Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario
London Regional Art Gallery
Canada Council Art Bank
Banff School of FineArts
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Carleton University Art Gallery
Ottawa Art Gallery
The R.D. Bell Collection
The Brian and Maureen Tickle Collection
NCC Canadiana Fund
Private Collections in Canada, U.S.A., Europe
Selected Bibliography
Janice Andreae, de Kergommeaux works based on grid structure, The London Free Press, 11 October 1975
Janice Andreae, Artist explores art’s process as well as its effect, The London Free Press, 14 December 1977
Janice Andreae, Duncan de Kergommeaux at Loranger Gallery, artmagazine,
September/October 1980
Janice Andreae, Roly Fenwick and Duncan de Kergommeaux at the Lindsay Art Gallery, artmagazine, Spring 1983
Artists Tombs and Monuments, Parallégramme, vol.18 no. 2 1992
Nancy Baele, The Cows Come Home, Ottawa Citizen, 15 June 1989
Doug Bale, Photos document tombs of heroic,creative spirits, London Free Press,
September 1992
José L. Barrio–Garay. Process– Structure– Meaning, exhibition catalogue essay, London Regional Art and Historical Museums, 1995.
Bernard Bonario “Marks and Markers” catalogue essay for exhibition These Are The Marks I Make, OAG and Museum London, 2010-2011
Tina Dickey, Color Creates Light, Studies with Hans Hofmann, p.20. Trillistar Books, 2011.
Emily Falvey, Grids and Maple Leaves, catalogue essay for exhibition These Are The Marks I Make, OAG and Museum London, 2010-2011.
Andrea Fatona, Inteview with DK, for exhibition catalogue These Are The Marks I Make, OAG and Museum London, 2010-2011.
Paul Gessell. A Lifetime of Visual Poetry, The Ottawa Citizen, May 24, 2010
Naomi Jackson Groves, Duncan de Kergommeaux at the Blue Barn Gallery, Canadian Art,May/June 1963
E.Major–Marothy, Exuberant show, The Varsity, U of T, Oct.15,1964
John Bently Mays, On Show, Globe and Mail, Toronto, 8 March 1984
McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London Ontario, Take Two exhibition catalogue, 1982
The National Gallery of Canada, de Niverville and de Kergommeaux, exhibition catalogue, 1967
Goldie Rans Duncan de Kergommeaux Cow Paintings, Embassy Cultural House Tabloid, September/October, 1983
Matthew Teitlebaum, An Art of Ordered Sensations, exhibition catalogue essay, The London Regional Art Gallery, 1986
Kate Taylor, In Search of Greener Pastures, Encounter, The London Free Press, 04 May 1986
Carl Weiselberger, Logical Unity in Abstracts, Ottawa Citizen, 25 November 1964
Kay Woods, Duncan de Kergommeaux, artscanada, November 1982