I have worked over 40 years as a professional visual artist. Born in 1957 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I studied Painting and Drawing at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, graduating in 1980. My final year was spent studying in Florence, Italy, along with travelling to the many great museums of Europe. I began my professional career exhibiting at Gallery Moos in 1991 and later joined Nancy Poole's Studio Gallery in 1993. Loch Gallery acquired Nancy Poole's in 2003.
As a mature visual artist I have gained respect from collectors, galleries, and my peers as one of Canada's distinguished realist painters.
I have two grown children and I live in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, with my wife, an artist and designer, Jocelyn Ball-Hansen.
I am represented exclusively by Loch Gallery in Toronto, Winnipeg, and Calgary.
Curriculum Vitae:
Born
1957
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Education
1980
Ontario College of Art and Design AOCA - Fine Arts OCAD, off-campus program 1979-80, Florence, Italy
Exhibitions
2024
Summer Exhibition, Loch Gallery, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary
2024
Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery, Toronto, Calgary
2023
Holiday Gift Guide, Loch Gallery, Toronto
2023
Summer Contemporary Group Exhibition, Loch Gallery Toronto
2023
Spring High Realism in Toronto, Loch Gallery Toronto
2023
Winter Contemporary Group Exhibition, Loch Gallery Toronto
2022
Winter Contemporary Group Exhibition, Loch Gallery Toronto
2021
Contemporary Realism, Loch Gallery Toronto, Calgary
2021
Best of the Contemporaries - ADAC Toronto Gallery Week, Loch Gallery Toronto
2021
The Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery Toronto
2021
The Small Format, Loch Gallery Toronto
2021
Reframing the Still Life, Loch Gallery Calgary
2020
Loch Gallery at Art Toronto - Virtual Format, Loch Gallery Toronto
2020
Summer Exhibition III, Loch Gallery Toronto
2020
Loch Gallery Toronto Summer Exhibition and Virtual Tour, Loch Gallery Toronto
2020
Interior/Exterior Group Exhibition, Loch Gallery Toronto
2019
Fall Selection: Group Exhibition, Loch Gallery Toronto
2019
Interpreting Realism, Loch Gallery Toronto
2018
Exploring Reality, Loch Gallery Toronto
2018
Contemporary Realism, Loch Gallery Toronto
2017
The Small Format, Loch Gallery Toronto
2016
Figures of Inspiration, Loch Gallery Winnipeg
2015
Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery Toronto
2015
Art Toronto 2015, Loch Gallery Toronto
2015
Decoding the Still Life, Loch Gallery Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary
2015
A Human Presence, Representing the Figure, Loch Gallery Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary
2014
Summer Selection II, Loch Gallery Toronto
2014
Summer Selection, Loch Gallery Toronto
2014
Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery Calgary
2014
Contemporary Realism, Loch Gallery Toronto
2009
Exploring the Figure, Loch Gallery Toronto
2009
New Paintings, Loch Gallery Toronto
2009
The Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery Toronto
2008
Group Exhibition, Loch Gallery Toronto
2008
The Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery Toronto
2007
The Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery Toronto
2007
Toronto International Art Fair 2007, Toronto
2007
Group Show - Figure & Landscape: Painting, Loch Gallery Calgary
2006
The Best of Canadian Contemporaries, Loch Gallery Calgary
2006
Toronto 2006 International Art Fair, Toronto
2006
Art Fair Preview Exhibition, Loch Gallery Toronto
2006
Interiors: Fantasy, Illusion, Reality, Loch Gallery Toronto
2006
Figure in Landscape: A Canadian Tradition, Loch Gallery Toronto
2006
Group Show, Loch Gallery Toronto
2005
Toronto 2005 International Art Fair, Toronto
2005
Realism Revisited, Loch Gallery Toronto
2005
Invitational Figure Show, Loch Gallery Toronto
2003
Group Show, Loch Gallery Toronto
2001
The Ordinary Made Extraordinary, Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
1996
Symbolism, Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
1995
Introducing John Hansen, Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
93-95
Paintings (gallery artists), Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
91-93
Paintings (gallery artists), Gallery Moos Toronto
1988
63rd Annual Show CSPWC, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
1980
Artists Studio, Piazza St. Croce, Florence, Italy
Teaching
1983
Guest Lecturer, Ontario College of Art and Design, "The Practice of Tempera Painting", Toronto
Awards
1988
Adeline Rockett Award - 63rd CSPWC (Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour) Show, Toronto
1979
Elizabeth Greenshields Memorial Grant, Montreal
Publications
2024
Loch, David, "Summer Exhibition", Toronto 2024, pp. 106-109, ill.
2008
The Magenta Foundation, "Carte blanche. Volume 2 Painting", Toronto 2008, pp. 156, 317, ill.
2007
Loch, David , "The Best of the Contemporaries", Toronto 2007, pp. 45, ill.
2006
Rebenchuk, Linel, "Toronto 2006 International Art Fair", Canada 2006, pp. 144-145, ill.
2006
Loch, David, "The Best of the Canadian Contemporaries", Toronto 2006, pp. 18-19, ill.