BIOGRAPHY

Curriculum Vitae


1944         Born in Surrey, England


EDUCATION

1961–64 • Croydon College of Art

1964–67 • St. Martins School of Art (Post Grad)


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1977to present • Professor of Sculpture at the University of Alberta

1974–78 • Taught post-graduate course at St. Martins School of Art

1971–78 • Taught at St. Martins School of Art

1968–74 • Taught at Norwich School of Art. Developed Sculpture Department towards successful application for diploma status.

1967 • Started working at Stockwell Depot. Organized annual exhibitions sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain throughout the seventies.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 • Peter Hide ‘New Works‘ Scott Gallery, Edmonton

2014 • Peter Hide, Scott Gallery, Edmonton

2011 • Peter Hide, ‘ Small Sculptures ‘. Scott Gallery, Edmonton

2009 • ‘Peter Hide at the Royal Alberta Museum’ monumental sculptures, Edmonton

2009 • Peter Hide Recent Sculptures, Scott Gallery, Edmonton

2007 • Scott Gallery, Peter Hide Small Sculpture, Edmonton

          • Poussin Gallery, Peter Hide Sculpture, Survey of 3 Decades Canadian Works, London, England

2004 • ‘Ironbridge Trinity’, Museum of Steel Sculpture, Coalbrookdale Shrop. UK

2003 • New small sculptures, Marianne Scott Gallery

2002 • Sculpture in the Round, selection of small to medium size sculptures curated by Terry Fenton, Harcourt House Gallery

1998 • Peter Hide in Context, Retrospective Exhibition of 25 years work in UK and Canada.

1996 • F.A.B. Gallery, University of Alberta

1992 • Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton

1990 • ‘Monumental Sculptures of Peter Hide’, Millar Building, Edmonton organized by Kathleen Laverty

1990 • Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York

1989 • Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton

1988 • Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

1986 • Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton

          • “Peter Hide in Canada”, ten year retrospective, Edmonton Art Gallery

1984 • Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton

          • Clay Works Gallery, New York

          • Alberta House, Mayfair, London, England

1982 • Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton

          • Edmonton Art Gallery

1980 • Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton

1979 • Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England

          • Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton

1978 • Edmonton Art Gallery

1976 • Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, London, England

1971 • Stockwell Depot, London, England


WORKSHOPS

2001 • Ironbridge Cast Iron Workshop, Shropshire, England

1993 • Philip Berman Workshop, Allentown, PA

1992 • Mashomack Workshop, Pine Plains, New York

1991 • Mashomack Workshop, Pine Plains, New York

1990 • Hardingham Sculpture Workshop, Norfolk, England

1990 • Triangle Workshop, invited artist, Pine Plains, Mashomack, New York

1989 • Emma Lake Artists Workshop, Saskatchewan, sculpture leader

1988 • Hardingham Sculpture Workshop, Norfolk, England

1987 • Triangle Workshop, Barcelona, Spain

1986 • Hardingham Sculpture Workshop, Norfolk, England

1985 • Triangle Workshop, sculpture leader, Pine Plains, Mashomack, New York

1985 • Medicine Hat Sculpture Workshop

1982 • Triangle Workshop, sculpture leader (inaugural year), Pine Plains, Mashomack, New York

1978 • Commonwealth Sculpture Symposium, Edmonton, Alberta



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 • ‘City Sculpture Projects 1972, Exhibition of maquettes for full scale versions, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK. My ‘Compression Pillar‘ was chosen for Southampton, Hampshire, UK.

2015 • ‘British Sculpture’ Winchester Galleries, Victoria, British Columbia

2015 • 21st Annual ECAS Exhibition Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton

2015 • Stockwell Depot, 1969–79, Curated by Samuel Cornish and David Waterworth, Greenwich University and Greenwich Hospital, London, UK.

2014 • Borden Park. Outdoor exhibition organized by the Edmonton Arts Council, 3 monumental sculptures, 2 year installation

2014 • ‘Celebrating Art in Alberta’ , AGA, Edmonton

2013 • Peter Hide with Walter Early, ‘ Protesting Time ‘ Megan Piper Gallery, Fitzrovia, London, UK

2013 • 20th Annual ECAS exhibition. Enterprise Square, Edmonton

2012 • Peter Hide with painter Douglas Abercrombie, Poussin Gallery, London, UK

2012 • 19th Annual ECAS exhibition, Commonsense Gallery Edmonton

2011 • 18th Annual ECAS exhibition

2011 • ‘United Enemies : The Problem of Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s, curated by Jon Wood, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK

2010 • ‘Abstract and Nature’ , Cont. exhibition Sculpture at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, UK

2009 • 17th Annual ECAS exhibition, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton

2008 • 16th Annual ECAS exhibition, Commonsense Gallery, Edmonton

          • Annual ECAS exhibitions 2003 through 2009

2008 • ‘Seeing Through Modernism’, the U of A Connection, FAB Gallery, U of A

2008 • ‘Seeing Through Modernism’ , 1970 -1985, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton

2008 • ‘Lambton II, Five Years Later’, Lambton Junction Gallery, Edmonton

2007 • 15th Annual ECAS exhibition, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton

2007 • Graphic Interventions on the Photographic Surface, Henry Moore Institute, curated by Jon Wood

          • ‘flat’, the Art Gallery of Alberta, curated by Marcus Miller

          • St. Martin’s Sculptors, Poussin Gallery, London, UK

2006 • ECAS Annual Exhibits 03, 04, 05, 06

          • ‘Big Things Four’, monumental sculpture at the Provincial Museum

          • Scott Gallery 10 Year Anniversary Show

2005 • Sculpture in the Age of Aquarius selected from the Arts Council collection of GB by Jon Wood and the Henry Moore Foundation

          • ‘Big Things Four’, monumental sculpture at the Provincial Museum, Edmonton, Alberta

          • ‘Building a Collection’, curated by Anne Whitelaw, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

          • Sculpture in the Age of Aquarius, selected from the Arts Council Collection of G.B. by Jon Wood of the Henry Moore Foundation

          • ‘Building a Collection’, curated by Anne Whitelaw, Edmonton Art Gallery

2004 • ‘Ironbridge Trinity’ Museum of Steel Sculpture, Coalbrookdale Shrop., UK

          • Big Things 3, monumental sculptures at the Provincial Museum, Edmonton, Alberta

          • ‘Form-Space-Concept-Metaphor’, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

          • ‘Gems From the Collection’ Alberta & Int. Modernists, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

          • ‘Form-Space-Concept-Metaphor’, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

          • ‘Gems from the Collection’, Alberta & Int. Modernists, Edmonton Art Gallery

2003 • Eleven Exhibitionists, Transalta Art Barns, Edmonton, Alberta

          • Big Things Outdoor Sculpture at the Provincial Museum, Edmonton, Alberta

          • 11th Annual ECAS Exhibition, Great West Saddlery Building, Edmonton, Alberta

          • A and D Index, Art and Design Staff Show, FAB Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

          • British Contemporary Sculpture at Canterbury, Great Britain

          • Big Things Sculpture and the Provincial Museum, Edmonton, Alberta

          • “Sculpture in the Close 2003, Jesus College Cambridge, Great Britain

          • Monumental Sculpture at Jesus College, Cambridge, Great Britain

          • Thinking Big: Concepts for the Twenty First Century Sculpture, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

2002 • 10th Annual ECAS Exhibition, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, curated by Kenworth Moffett

          • Big Things, exhibition of monumental sculpture, Provincial Museum, Edmonton, Alberta

          • Colour and Line, Lambton Junction Gallery

          • Mendel Art Gallery, three sculpture monumental group formed in grounds of Mendel Gallery. Installation of Happy Outlook and Odalisque ’83, are added to outside display of Heart of Balzac, forming a survey of Sculpture from ’83 to ’93, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

          • Big Things Sculpture at the Provincial Museum, Edmonton, Alberta

2001 • Sculpture in the Round, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

          • 9th Annual ECAS Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta

          • Big Things, Provincial Museum, Edmonton, Alberta

2000 • 8th Annual ECAS Exhibition

          • Installation of three sculptures at the Centre for Sculpture Bretton Hall. These works were made as visiting Artist at Leeds University and are on semi-permanent load, United Kingdom

1999 • 7th Annual ECAS Exhibition, Bus Barns

          • Sculpture at Shaw Plaza, Edmonton Convention Center

          • Ironbridge Museum of Steel Sculpture, Shropshire, England installation of monumental sculpture ‘Night Tower’

          • Summer 99 Station Plaza Sculpture Walk, Trenton NJ, USA

1998 • Peter Hide in Context, retrospective exhibition of 25 years work in the United Kingdom and Canada

          • 6th Annual ECAS Exhibition, Bus Barns

1996 • Alberta Biennial, Edmonton Art Gallery & Glenbow Museum, Calgary

1995 • Sculpture by Invitation, Law Court Plaza, organized by ECAS, June to October

          • Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, one year install, 1995 to 1996

          • Hardingham Sculpture, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, June August

1994 • 2nd Annual ECAS. Show, City Centre Gallery, Sept. to October

          • ‘Works from the Perman Atelier’ , Uranus College, Collegeville, PA, USA, June September

1993 • Inaugural Exhibition of Edmonton Contemporary Art Society, City Centre Building, Sept. Oct.

          • Sculpture by Invitation, Law Court Plaza, organized by E.A.G.

          • Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge Mass., USA, July to October

          • Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, August and September

1992 • Forty Years of British Sculpture, E.A.G.

          • New Displays 92 Recent acquisitions of the Tate Gallery, London, U.K.

          • Sculpture by Invitation, Law Court Plaza, organized by E.A.G.

1991 Sculpture by Invitation, Law Court Plaza, organized by E.A.G.

1990 • Top Gallant Farm (Andre Emmerich), Pawling, New York

          • 3D Hardingham Sculpture Workshop Show, Hardingham

          • 9th Triangle Workshop Show, Pine Plains, New York, July

          • “Sculpture by Invitation”, Law Court Plaza, Edmonton, June Oct. 90

1989 • Faculty Show, Fine Arts Building Gallery, November 1989, U of A

          • “New Acquisitions”, Edmonton Art Gallery, June July 8

          • Emma Lake Artists Workshop Show, Saskatchewan

          • “Sculpture by Invitation”, Law Court Plaza, Edmonton, June Oct. 89

          • Calgary Contemporary Art Society, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, April Oct. 89

          • The Tate Gallery “New Acquisitions”, May 89

          • “Alberta Drawings”, E.A.G., April

          • “Exotic Steel”, Fine Arts Building Gallery, March 89

1988 • The Miller Building Show, Edmonton Studio Show, December 1988

          • Faculty Show, Fine Arts Building Gallery, October 1988, U of A

          • 2nd Hardingham Sculpture Workshop Show, Norfolk, England, August 88

          • “Sculpture by Invitation”, Law Court Plaza, Edmonton

          • Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary

          • Top Gallant Farm (Andre Emmerich), Pawling, New York

1987 • “Sculpture by Invitation”, Law Court Plaza, Edmonton

          • Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

          • Triangle Workshop Exhibition, Casa de la Carritat, Barcelona

          • Studio Watch, selected by Valentin Tatransky, Edmonton Art Gallery

1986 • “Sculpture by Invitation”, Law Court Plaza, Edmonton

          • 1st Hardingham Sculpture Workshop Exhibition, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich England

          • Triangle U.K., Smith’s Gallery, Covent Garden, London, England

1985 • Medicine Hat Sculpture Symposium, Medicine Hat, Alberta

          • Comino Foundation Collection, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

          • “4th Triangle Workshop”, Pine Plains, New York

          • “Sculpture City”, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

          • University of Alberta Faculty Show, Edmonton Art Gallery

1984 • The MFA  Hines Contemporary Art Collection, Boston

          • Edmonton Contemporary Art, Centre Club, Edmonton

1983 • “Edmonton Steel”, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton

          • “Group 83” Summerfest, Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton

          • “2nd Triangle Workshop Show”, Pine Plains, Mashomack, New York

          • “Kaleidoscope 83”, Sun Life Building, Edmonton

          • Peter Hide and John Foster, Kenwood House, London, England

1982 • Martin Gerard Gallery Show

          • “Seven Sculptors”, Edmonton steel sculptors

1981 • Hett Gallery; installation of one major piece outside the gallery

          • “Sculpture 81”, Halifax, N.S., Group show of monumental works, selected by Karen Wilkin

1980 • Sculpture at Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, England

          • Martin Gerard Gallery, Opening Show, Edmonton

          • “Eight Sculptors”, touring exhibition in Alberta and Saskatchewan organized by

          • Art Placement Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

          • Gallery One, Toronto

          • “Alberta Now”, Edmonton Art Gallery

1979 • “Certain Traditions”, Anglo Canadian Tour, U.K.

          • “Style in the Seventies”, U.K. traveling exhibition, organized by Artscribe magazine

          • Stockwell Depot 12th Annual, London, England

          • Sculpture at Norwich Triennial Festival, Norfolk, England

1978-80 • “Certain Traditions”, Anglo Canadian touring exhibition organized by the British Council in conjunction with the Canada Council

1978 • Twelve Sculptures at West Surrey, Farnham, Surrey

1977 • “A Free Hand”, Arts Council Touring Show selected by William Packer

          • St. Martins on the South Bank, London, organized by Frank Martin

          • Summer Show, Redfern Gallery, London

          • Silver Jubilee Exhibition at Battersea Park, London

1975 • Sculpture at the Royal Exchange, selected by William Pye for the City of London festival

          • “The Condition of Sculpture”, Hayward Gallery, London, selected by William Tucker

1975-79 • Sculpture and Painting, Group Shows, Stockwell Depot

1974 • New Sculpture, Stockwell Depot

1973 • Sculpture at Marble Hill House, Twickenham, England

          • Two Man Show at Stockwell Depot with Richard James

1972 • Sculpture in Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea Arts Council, London

          • Two Man Show at Stockwell Depot with Richard James

1970 • Two Man Show at Stockwell Depot with Roland Brener

          • “Some Recent Art in Britain”, Leeds City Art Gallery

          • Stockwell traveling exhibition Oslo and Gothenburg, organized by Nigel Greenwood

1969 • “New Sculpture”, Arts Council touring exhibition of sculpture from Stockwell

          • Stockwell Depot 2, London

1968 • “Prospect 68”, Dusseldorf

          • “Survey 68”, Caden Arts Centre, London

          • “Seven Sculptors from St. Martins”, Stockwell Depot

1966 • Grabowski Gallery, London



PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• University of Lethbridge

• Nickle Art Gallery, University of Calgary

• Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, on loan from Alberta Foundation for the Arts

• Philip Berman Atelier, Allentown, PEN USA

• The Tate Gallery, London, 2 acquisitions, 1970 & 1988

• The Arts Council of Great Britain

• Greater London Council, Marble Hill Park

• Leicestershire Education Authority

• Norfolk Contemporary Art Society, Norwich

• University of California, Santa Barbara

• Art Gallery of Alberta

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts

• University of Alberta

• City of Red Deer  Red Deer College

• Glenbow Institute, Calgary

• City of Edmonton  Principal Plaza

• Comino Foundation

• City of Medicine Hat, Alberta

• Hines  M.F.A. Collection, Boston

• Canada Council Art Bank

• MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario

• Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

• Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario

• Westburne Collection, Burlington, Ontario

• Four Seasons Head Office, Don Mills, Ontario (Toronto)

• City of Barcelona, Museum of Modern Art, Spain

• Kitchener Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario

• The Foundation of Kajikawa, Kyoto, Japan

• Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Ontario

• The Art Gallery of Algoma, Ontario

• University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

• Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia

• Leheigh Valley Hospital, PA, USA

• The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario

• Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan

• Confederation of the Arts Centre, Charlottetown, PEI

• Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.

• Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario

• Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan



AWARDS

1997 • McCalla Professorship, University of Alberta

1994 • Canada Council A Grant


ONGOING DISPLAYS

• ‘Plainsong’ . Monumental sculpture on loan to Churchill College, Cambridge, U


PUBLICATIONS

2017 • Book, ‘ Peter Hide: A Sculptor’s Life ‘ with contributions from Piri Halasz, Samuel Cornish, Jon Wood, Yetske Sybesma, Peter Hide, Terry Fenton and Russell Bingham. Published by Hadios Press.

2017 • Monograph ‘ Peter Hide: Standing Sculpture’ by Samuel Cornish. Published by Sansom & Company, London, UK

2015 • Artist’s Lives ‘, Interview with Cathy Courtney, British Library, London, UK



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