Caroline de Mooy

Painting challenges perception.
Colors applied side by side create an illusion,
an interplay that allows each element to exist ...
thus creating the artist's world.

Perception can be elusive. We walk through life, taking for granted our surroundings, when suddenly our attention is captured.
You have traveled this path a hundred times before, but today you stop because elements have come together as if by chance and presented themselves in a way that cannot be ignored.
It's a happy synchronous moment where light, weather, time of day, and time of year have come together - creating shapes and spaces, causes and effects impacting on our subconscious and conscious mind.
Nature presents spectacles that seem, at first, impossible - a colour that could not possibly be there; light that comes from where?
If the conditions are right, anything can exist. In my work I build relationships between all these elements: a push and pull of light, of space and structure, creating an interplay which secures the existence of what has been presented.
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MEDIA

May 1998
'Essence of teamwork captured in Crosseyed.'
Deidre Hanna. Now Magazine.
Dec 1997
'Deck the Walls'
Betty Anne Jordan and Gillian Mackay.
The Globe and Mail.
August 1986
'Artist leaves mountains for urban towers'
Nancy Tousley. The Calgary Herald.
Aug 1984
'Paintings evoke an urbanized Dogpatch'
Nancy Tousley. The Calgary Herald.

EDUCATION

2003
Pouch Cove Artist Residency
1986
Banff School of Fine Arts, Summer Arts Studio, Banff, Alberta.
1980-1984
Alberta College of Art. Calgary, Alberta.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
LOCATION. New Paintings. XEXE Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2008
A FINE BALANCE. New Paintings. XEXE Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2004
CAROLINE DE MOOY AND MARIE DE SOUSA
James Baird Gallery. St. John's, Newfoundland.
2001
SPOT. PAINTINGS BY CAROLINE DE MOOY.
Bus Gallery. Katherine Mulherin. Toronto, Ontario.
1996
CAROLINE DE MOOY. PAINTINGS AND CARVINGS.
Tableau Vivant Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1991
WOODHEART. PAINTINGS AND CARVINGS. Idee Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1989
CAROLINE DE MOOY. RECENT PAINTINGS. Artefect. Toronto, Ontario.
1988
CAROLINE DE MOOY. PAINTINGS. Weller Potovsky Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1984
PAINTINGS BY CAROLINE DE MOOY. Paul Kuhn Gallery. Calgary, Alberta.Group Exhibitions
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IV. XEXE Gallery. Toronto,Ontario.
2005
BIG SHOW. Toronto, Ontario.
Exhibition design by Michelle Jacques
Curated by Sheila Gregory, Eugene Knapik and Scott Childs
2000
GROUP SHOW. Red Head Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1998
CROSSEYED. An exhibition of collaborative art. Toronto, Ontario.
1997
#. Tableau Vivant Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1997
GLO. Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario.
1997
THE SEX SHOW. Toronto, Ontario.
1994
Birganart Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1992
Luba Bystriansky Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1991
HOUSING: A RIGHT. The Power Plant. Toronto, Ontario.
1990
JUNGLE. ABC No Rio. New York, New York.
1989
23 PIECES. Artefect. Toronto, Ontario.
1989
ROUND UP. Toronto, Ontario.
1998
POINTS WEST. Idee Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1987
INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE ART EXHIBITION. Del Bello Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
1986
1984
Contemporary Art in Southern Alberta
(a selection) Off Centre Centre. Calgary, Alberta.
GRANTS AND AWARDS

1984
Ontario Arts Council Grant
1987
International Miniature Art Exhibition. 2nd Place Purchase Award.
Del Bello Gallery
1986
Canada Council Travel Grant
1984
Province of Alberta Award
1984
Alberta Culture Grant
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REPRESENTATION

Caroline is represented by XEXE Gallery:
624 Richmond St W
Toronto, ON, Canada.
(416) 646-2706

www.xexegallery.com
CONTACT INFO

Caroline de Mooy
Telephone:
(705) 656-1073

Email:
caroline@carolinedemooy.com
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