Chris Knudsen

1945 born in Vorup, Randers, Denmark
1957 emigrated to Montreal, Canada
1970 graduated from Sir George Williams University, Montreal
1974 began teaching at Concordia University, Montreal

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1970 Penell Gallery, Toronto
1972 Centaur Galleries of Photography, Montreal
1974 Concordia University Art Gallery
1975 Marlborough Godard Gallery, Montreal
1977 Galerie Mira Godard, Montreal
1978 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
1981 The Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queens University, Kingston
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
1982 Sir George Williams Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
Galerie Art 45, Montreal
Mira Godard Gallery, Calgary
1983 Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
1984 The National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Grace Campbell Art Centre, Prince Albert, Sask.
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.
National Exhibition Centre, Moose Jaw, Sask.
North Battleford Art Centre, Sask.
Yorkton Art Centre, Sask.
1986 Galerie Art 45, Montreal
1987 Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary
1990 «Paintings and Photographs», Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary
1995 Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary
2002 «Pinhole Panoramas», Eleanor London Public Library, Cote St. Luc, Quebec
«Bella Donna Lilies and Other Things», Peak Gallery, Toronto
2007 Centre Arts Visuels Montreal



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1971 Royal Canadian Academy Show, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Whitney Gallery, Montreal
1974 Art Gallery of Hamilton
«Camerart Exhibition», Galerie Optica, Montreal
Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
1975 Kitchener Waterloo Gallery
The Gallery, Stratford
Exposition Quebec 75 (Montreal, Rimouski, Sherbrooke, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, Toronto, Regina, Calgary)

Organized edition of prints at the Workshop inviting tenMontreal artists to do a print on the premises, Allan Bealy, Pierre Boogaerts, Francois Dery, Andrew Dutkewych, Michael Haslam, Suzy Lake, Gunter Nolte, Leopold Plotek, William Vazan, Robert Walker and Irene Whittome
1976 «Directions Now», Vehicule Art, Montreal
« Painting Now», Queens University, Kingston
1978 «Transparent Things» from the Canada Council collection, shown at the Vancouver Art Gallery, London Art Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Dalhousie Art Gallery.
‘'Tendances Actuelles au Quebec '', Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal
‘'Avec ou Sans Couleurs - jeunes peintres Quebeçois'', shown at the Forum des Arts, Terre des Hommes, Montreal, the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, York University, Toronto, Saskatoon Museum, Saskatoon, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Musee d'Art Joliette, Quebec, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, the Beaverbrook Art Museum, Fredericton
1979 ‘'6 Propositions'', with Leopold Plotek, Christian Kiopini, Luc Beland, Lucio de Heusch and Richard Mill. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Bermingham Festival of the Arts, Alabama
Salon du Grand Theatre de Quebec
‘'Aspects of Canadian Printmaking'', 1979-80, shown at Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Braan Melnychenko Studio, Winnipeg, University of Calgary, Mira Godard Gallery, Calgary, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Mount Allison Univ., Sackville, N.B., The Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Art Gallery of Windsor, Simon Frazer Univ., Burnaby, B.C., Memorial University of Newfoundland, Concordia University, Montreal, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
«Aspects of Canadian Painting in the Seventies», Glenbow Museum, Calgary
1982 ‘'Reperes: Art Actuel du Quebec'', (1982-1984), shown at Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Musee du Quebec, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, Univ. of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Art Bank show at the Emily Carr College
1985 ‘'Montreal Painting- A Second Look'', (1985-87), with Ulysse Comtois, John Fox, Charles Gagnon, Yves Gaucher, Pierre Gauvreau, Jacques Hurtubise, Jean McEwen, Guido Molinari, Leopold Plotek, Francoise Sullivan, Claude Tousignant and Irene Whittome, shown at Memorial Univ. Art Gallery, St. John, Art Gallery, Acadia University, Wolfeville N.S., Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Frederickton N.B., Galerie Restigouche, Campbellton N.B., Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown Arts Festival. Brockville Arts Centre ‘'Eighteen Canadian Artists», the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
1988 «Giant Steps for Art «, Altanian-Laing Gallery, Montreal commission for Cineplex Odeon Cinema, Pointe Claire, Que.
1991 «Giant Steps for Art», Claude Lafitte Gallery, Montreal La Fondation Edith Berringer
1999 »Les Peintures'', Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal
2002 «Tribute to Yves Gaucher», Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal



GRANTS

1971 Canada Council Grant
1974 Canada Council Grant
1983 Canada Council Grant
1992 Ministere des Affaires Culturelles de Quebec



RESIDENCIES

1972 Artist-in-residence, Workshop, Loyola College, Montreal



COLLECTIONS

Musee D'Art Contemporain, Montreal
Musee Des Beaux Arts de Montreal
Musee De Quebec
Art Gallery of Ontario
Vancouver Art Gallery
Canada Council Art Bank
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston
Concordia University, Montreal
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
The Nickle Art Gallery, Univ. of Alberta
and assorted corporate and private collections in Canada and abroad.



EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Les moins de 35, Montreal 1973.
Camérart: 24 artistes du Quebec, Galerie Optica, Mtl. 1974.
9 out of 10: A survey of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of
Hamilton, Ontario 1974, Intro by Glen E. Cumming
Quebec 75: Arts, Montreal 1975.
Painting Now 76-77, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre,
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario 1977. Texte by Frances
K. Smith.
Transparences: L' utilisation de la photographie par l' artiste,
Banque d'oeuvres d'art du Conseildes Arts du Canada, Ottawa
1977. Texte de Geoffrey James.
Avec ou sans couleur: Jeunes peintres abstraits Quebecois, le
groupe Lavalin, Montreal 1978, Texte de L. Rosshandler.
For Suzy Lake, Chris Knudsen and Robert Walke, VancouverArt
Gallery, 1978, Textes de Luke Rombout, Chantal Pontbriand,
and Paul Heyer. ( expo. indiv.)
20th Century Canadian Drawing, The Gallery Stratford, Ontario
1979. textes de Paul Bennett et Jerrold Morris.
Six Propositions: Luc Beland, Lucio de Heusch, Christian Kiopini
Christian Knudsen, Richard Mill, Leopold Plotek
Musee des Beaux Arts de Montreal 1979
Aspects of Canadian Painting in the Seventies, Glenbow
Museum, Calgary, Alberta. Intro. de Jeffrey Spalding.
Tendances actuelles au Quebec, Musée d'art contemporain,
Montreal 1980.
Christian Knudsen, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's
University, Kingston, Ontario 1981. intro Robert Swain.
Le dessin de la jeune peinture. Museed'art contemporain,
Montreal 1981
Repères: art actuel du Quebec. Musee d'art contemporain,
Montreal 1982
Christian Knudsen: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. 1984
texte de David Burnett.
Montreal Painting - a second look: with Ulysse Comtois, John
Fox, Charles Gagnon, Yves Gaucher, Pierre Gauvreau, Jacques
Hurtubise, Jean McEwen, Christian Knudsen, Guido Molinari,
Leopold Plotek, Francoise Sullivan, Claude Tousignant, and
Irene Whittome. text by Sandra Paikowski. 1985
Contemporary '88 Calgary: Canadian Art Galleries, Virginia
Christopher Galleries, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts
text by Mary-Beth Laviolette.
Celebration 1988: Petro Canada Exhibition Gallery, Calgary
Alberta, text Pauline Lindland

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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