| "Cameron is a natural, easy painter who has been blessed with whatever the visual equivalent is to perfect pitch. Both his calligraphic shapes and his use of a full range of colour show this. The drawing in his painting is uninhibited and free and is further enhanced by an irrepressible sense of humour. Some of this cheerfulness comes from Raoul Dufy, whom Cameron admires, and more from Jack Bush, for whom Cameron worked as an assistant for several years. Yet Cameron avoids the slick mannerism that slips into both these artists’ works, especially Dufy’s. Cameron’s intent, and his continuing exploration of the old masters, keeps him honest to himself." (David Silcox, 1994) Alex Cameron was born in Toronto in 1947 and raised in Parry Sound, Ontario. From his earliest years, with Tom Thomson country right outside his back door, Cameron was aware of the Group of Seven and their magnificent landscape painting. He studied at the New School of Art, worked as a studio assistant for Jack Bush, and then as a preparator at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Alex Cameron emerged in the seventies with artists such as David Bolduc and Dan Solomon to define Toronto painting. Alex Cameron lives and works in Toronto. Cameron has exhibited extensively in Canada, including solo exhibitions at A Space, Toronto (1971), Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto (1974, 1975), Diane Brown Gallery, Washington (1977), Braam Gallery, Ottawa (1978), Alex Cameron: The Energy of Line and Colour, Art Gallery of Ontario (1980), Sable Castelli Gallery, Toronto (1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983), Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary (1981), Alex Cameron in Mid-Career, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Windsor, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary (1985/86), Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston (1985), Klonaridis Inc. and Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto (1986), Klonaridis Inc., Toronto (1985, 1987, 1988), Galerie Elca London, Montreal (1987, 1989), Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary (1990, 1995), Costin & Klintworth Toronto (1989, 1990, 1992, 1995), James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland (1995), Moore Gallery, Hamilton (1994, 1996). Alex Cameron has participated in numerous group exhibitions including New Abstract Art Edmonton Art Gallery (1977), Making Marks Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina (1977), Gallery Artists Diane Brown Gallery, Washington (1977), The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Art Collection, Ontario (1977), Toronto Sensibility Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto (1978), The Image of Man in Canadian Painting 1878-1978 University of Western Ontario, London (1978), The Challenge of Watercolour London Regional Art Gallery (1978), Selections From The Canada Council Art Bank Nabisco World Headquarters, New Jersey (1980), The Heritage of Jack Bush Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa (1981), Canadian Artists Scottsdale Centre for The Arts, Arizona (1982), Sixth Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax (1982), Contemporary Canadian Art Edmonton Art Gallery (1983), Toronto Now Sarnia Art Gallery (1985), Gallery Artists Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston (1985), The Printshops of Canada traveling to Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, The Gallery Stratford, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catherines, Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Burnaby Art Gallery, B.C. (1987/89), A Watercolour Show: Alex Cameron, Eric Gamble, Malcolm Rains Costin & Klintworth, Toronto (1989), Echoes of Tom Thomson Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa (1992), A Tribute To Alkis Klonaridis Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa (1995), The Klonaridis Group Moore Gallery, Hamilton (1995), Gallery Artists Moore Gallery, Hamilton (1996), Inaugural Exhibition Moore Gallery, Toronto (1997), Alex Cameron and Tony Calzetta Moore Gallery, Toronto (1997). As an artist in mid-career, the work of Alex Cameron is widely collected in the public, private and corporate sectors including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Art Collection, Canada Council Art Bank, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery, St. John’s, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Toronto Dominion Bank, Northern Telecom, Imperial Oil, Royal Bank of Canada, United Westburne Industries, Montreal, Central Guaranty Trust, Toronto, Citibank, Toronto, Xerox Canada, Canadian General Electric, Polysar, Bank of America Canada, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto, Superior Propane, Toronto, The Oshawa Group, SunLife Trust, Claridge Inc., Montreal, Goodman & Carr, Toronto, Lang Michener Lawrence & Shaw, Toronto. |