Andrew Valko

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Toronto Art Fair (Solo Presentation) Mayberry Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario
2016 “Artificial Space, a Print Survey” Masters Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 “Alone Together” Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2014 “Disconnected Encounters” Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012 “Andrew Valko Recent Works” Mayberry Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario
2011 “Andrew Valko Paintings & Prints” The McGarry Guild Gallery, St. John’s Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2005 “New Works” Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2002 “New Works” Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002 Rosemont Art Gallery, Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan
2002 Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba
2001 “Night Paintings” Gallery 1C03, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000 “Recent Work” Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999 “Small Paintings” Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1998 “Dusk to Dawn” Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1995 “No Vacancy” Monte Clarke Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994 “Andrew Valko” Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1993 “New Paintings” Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, Ontario
1991 “New Paintings” Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, Ontario
1990 “New Paintings” Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, Ontario
1989 “Andrew Valko-Paintings” Galerie Franklin Silverstone, Montreal, Quebec
1984 “Recent Works” Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982 “Recent Works” Assiniboine Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1981 “Recent Works” Cardigan-Milne Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1980 “Coloured Graphite Drawings” Assiniboine Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1979 “Spring Travels” Cardigan-Milne Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021. “Art Miami Soho Edition” Lois K. Meisel Gallery, New York, USA
2020 “Selected Photo Realism” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, USA
2019 “Kingston Prize” International Portrait Competition The Firehall Theater Gananogue, Ontario
2019 “Food for Thought” Curated by Susan P. Meisel, Louis K. Meisel Gallery New York, USA
2018 “In Our Nature” Contemporary Realism, Lantern Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2017 “Photorealism” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec
2017 “Size Doesn’t Matter” A Survey of Small Works Curated by Susan P. Meisel, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, USA
2015 “The First Five” Agnes Ethrington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
2012 “My Winnipeg” MIAM (Musee International Des Arts Modestes) Sete, France
2012 “My Winnipeg” Plug In Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2011 “Winter Kept Us Warm” Ottawa Dance Directive Studio, Arts Court, Ottawa, Ontario
2011 “My Winnipeg” La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2010 “The Drawing Room” Part of Draw 2010, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver,
2010 “Kingston Prize” Waddington Auction House, Toronto, Ontario
2009 “The Winnipeg Alphabestiary” Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2009 “Kingston Prize” The Grand Theater, Kingston, Ontario
2009 “Kingston Prize” Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfuille, Nova Scotia
2003 “New Visions; Small Works from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection” Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA, USA
2003 “Beyond the Beauty” The Nickle Art Museum, Calgary, Alberta
2000 “Canadian Survey-Prairies” Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC & Edmonton, AB
1999 “The Card Project” Stratford Art Gallery, Stratford, Ontario; Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999 “Intimate Impressions, Art from Pan America” International Juried Print Exhibition, Site Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1997 “Royal Canadian Academy of Arts” Prairie Region Exhibition, Don De Grow Curator,
Travelling Exhibition, Winnipeg, MB; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan;
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC; The Frederic Horsman Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Markham, Ontario
1997 “Yoshida Annual International Print Exhibition” Kabatoja Gallery, Giza, Tokyo, Japan
1995 “Contemporary Realism” Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1993 “Yoshida Annual International Print Exhibition” Kabatoia Gallery, Giza, Tokyo, Japan
1992 “O Canada” R.V.S. Gallery, South Hampton, Long Island, New York, USA
1990 “Yoshida Annual International Print Exhibition” Kabatoia Gallery, Giza, Tokyo, Japan
1989 “4th International Biennial Print Exhibition” Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1989 “Medicine Hat Print Show” The Cultural Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta
1989 “Boston Printmakers” Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1989 “Contemporary Western Woodblock Prints” Muttart Public Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1989 “The Boston Print Makers, 41st North American Print Exhibition” Boston Art Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1988 “Contemporary Block Prints” Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery, St. John”s Newfoundland.
1987 “Moosehead Press Print Show” George Swinton, Curator, Traveling Exhibition:
Duluth Art Centre, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
University of Minnesota, Bemidji, USA
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
St. Mary’s Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Thunder Bay Art Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1986 “8th International Exhibition of Graphic Art” Kolding Hal Frechen, West Germany

ART FAIRS

Miami, Florida, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
New York, New York, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

WORKS PUBLISHED AND REVIEWED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS

Border Crossings-a Magazine of the Arts
The New Yorker Magazine
Elm Street Magazine
Going Places Magazine
Asian Art News
Canadian Art
Style Manitoba
Western Living Magazine
Toronto Now
Soap Opera Fanzine Milan, Italy
Cineplex Magazine, Canada
In My Bed Magazine
Des Vie Arts
Galleries West Magazine
The Winnipeg Free Press
The Globe and Mail
Uptown Gallery
Regina Leader Post
The Calgary Straight
Calgary Sun
FFWD Calgary
The Georgia Straight
The Edmonton Journal Toronto Star
The Kingston Whig-Standard
The Vancouver Sun
Canadian House & Home
Subject of CBC Arts Program “ZIGZAG”
2001 “POSTCARD FICTIONS”, a book featuring 67 Images from Motel and Drive-In Series of
paintings and drawings by Andrew Valko, accompanied by a Short Story by Toronto writer,
Michelle Berry, with foreword by Robert Enright, Key Porter Books, Toronto, Canada

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

2020 Portrait Commission of Chancellor of University of Winnipeg Bob Silver
2016 Portrait Commission of Speaker of House Daryl Reid, Manitoba Government
2016 Portrait Commission of Mayor Sam Katz, City of Winnipeg
2013 Portrait Commission of Chief Justice Richard Scott, Manitoba Government
2012 Portrait Commission of Chancellor of University of Manitoba Harvey Secter,
University of Manitoba
2012 Portrait Commission of Speaker of House George Hicks, Manitoba Government
2011 Portrait Commission of the Premier of Manitoba Gary Doer, Manitoba Government
2009 Winner of The Kingston Prize (Canadian National Portrait Competition)
2009 Portrait Commission of Speaker of House Deni Rocan, Manitoba Government
2006 Portrait Commission of Speaker of House Louise DecQuay, Manitoba Government
2004 Portrait Commission of the Premier of Manitoba Gary Filmon, Manitoba Government
2002 Commissioned to design Fifty Cent piece to Celebrate Canada’s Culture,
Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa
1999 Purchased Award: “Intimate Impressions Art from Pan America” International Juried
Print Exhibition, Site Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999 Art for Pan Am Games Stamps, Canada Post Corp., Ottawa, Ontario
1998 Art for the 125th Anniversary of RCMP Commemorative Stamp, Canada Post Corp.,
Ottawa, Ontario
1997 Visual Arts “A” Grant awarded by the Manitoba Arts Council
1996 Elected to the Royal Academy of Arts
1989 Andrew Nelson, Whitehead Award: “The Boston Print Makers, 41st North American
Print Exhibition” Boston Art Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1988 Short-term Project Grant awarded by Manitoba Arts Council

PUBLIC CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Cliff Lede Vineyards, Napa Valley, California, USA
Gordon Diamond, Diamond Investment Group Ltd., Vancouver, BC
Louis K. Meisel Collection, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, USA
The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Manitoba Art Council, Winnipeg, MB
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB
Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
CKRC Broadcasting, Winnipeg, MB
Alliance Francaise, Winnipeg,MB
The Brofman’s Claridge Collection of Canadian Art, Montreal, QC
Elizabeth Taylor, Los Angeles, California
Canada Post Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario
Manitoba Government, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Assante Asset Management Ltd, Winnipeg, MB
Investors Group, Winnipeg, MB
Price Water House Cooper, LLP., Vancouver, BC
Esso Petroleum, Calgary, AB
The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
Great West Life, Winnipeg, MB
Via Rail Canada Inc., Montreal, QC
Wajima Holdings Ltd., Calgary, AB
Suncor Inc., Fort McMurray, AB
Burnet Duckworth & Duckworth & Palmer LLP., Calgary, AB
Abex Financial Corp., Calgary, AB
Tecbau Technology, West Germany
Fairwood Fast Foods Ltd., Hong Kong
Mahler Fine Art Inc.,Seattle, Washington
The Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa, ON
Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg, MB
Aimia, Toronto, ON

OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES

2007- Board Member, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999-2003 Board Member, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1998-2007 Board Member, Border Crossings Magazine of the Arts, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1995-2005 Site Gallery, Vice-President, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1990 CARFAC Manitoba Board Member, Winnipeg, Manitoba