Eugene Knapik Eugene Knapik has been making and exhibiting paintings in Toronto since his graduation from York University (BFA) in 1983. Some may remember the early studio exhibitions in the old hardware store studio on Ossington Avenue, such as The New Murphy Powerplant and Other Paintings. In the early to mid-90's Eugene exhibited at the now defunct Workscene Gallery, producing exhibitions such as Paintings for an Expanding Universe in 1993 and 3-Shift in 1995, as well as an exhibition of collaborative paintings made with Sheila Gregory in 1992, called Knockout. In 1995, Eugene participated in the 6-Up exhibition at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. In 2002, Eugene Knapik and Scott Childs exhibited together at Loop Gallery, with Field and Stream, followed the next year by Two Miserable Bastards. Eugene Knapik has exhibited in and co-organized a number of large-scale group exhibitions over the past decade. These include: The Strachan Project (1995), c.1996, c.1997, Canadian Shield (1998), Meat (Toronto 1999, Montreal 2000), Great Lakes (2001) and most recently Big Show (2005). The essay, To the Source and several images by Eugene Knapik can be found in Great Lakes Logia, Broken Jaw Press, 2001. In 1996, Eugene Knapik and Candy Minx formed garlic press, to publish River Deep Mountain High, by Murdoch Burnett, a book that also features images by Eugene Knapik and Candy Minx. Eugene, along with Sheila Gregory, Candy Minx and Scott Childs are co-authors of the Ossington Avenue Manifesto. Eugene created the weblog mister anchovy in summer of 2004. |
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