Selected Exhibitions
2014-15, solo show, Thames (public) Gallery, Chatham, Ont. then travelling to The Reach Public Art Gallery, Abbotsford, BC.
2012, Group show, Oeno Gallery, Picton, Ontario
2012, The Affordable Art Fair, NY, represented by Engine Gallery, Toronto
2011, Seeing Red & White Artists’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2011, solo show, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC, curated by Lubos Culen
2011, Engine Gallery, Toronto, group show
2010, Engine Gallery, Toronto, group show
2010, Toronto International Art Fair, represented by Engine Gallery, Toronto
2009, December group show, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
2009, Spring group show, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
2008, This Just In, group show, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
2008, David Newkirk: Spare Parts, solo show, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
2006, Recent Work, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2005, Go Figure, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ont., 10-artist exhibition curated by Maura Broadhurst
2004, Re-con-figuration, group exhibition curated by Director Joyce Millar at the Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal
2003,I’m Thirsty, curated by Nicola Woods,Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto. Group exhibition included in the Ontario Society of Artists’ Water Project
1996 , Arts Etobicoke, Etobicoke Civic Centre, juried exhibition, (award of merit)
1988, Whitman Gallery, Toronto, two-artist show
1984, Idée Gallery, Toronto, group exhibition
1982, David Newkirk, Ten Years, solo show, Thames Cultural Centre, Chatham, Ontario
1980, New Talent in Canada, Prince Arthur Galleries, Toronto, three-artist exhibition
1980, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario, juried exhibition
1980, Arts Etobicoke, Etobicoke Civic Centre, juried exhibition
1978, Mandeville Gallery (Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation),
North York, solo show
1972, Rothmans Art Gallery, Stratford, Ontario, juried exhibition, (best in show)
1971, Rothmans Art Gallery, Stratford, Ontario, juried exhibition
Education
1976–8, Studies in art history, York University, Toronto
1974, Visual Arts Education Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Education
1973, Bachelor of Education, University of Toronto
1970–76, Part-time studies (studio) University of Western Ontario, Three Schools (Toronto), and the Ontario College of Art and Design
1969–70, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
1969, Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Ontario
Bibliography
Broadhurst, M., Curator, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario; Go Figure, Contemporary Investigations into the Human Figure, exhibition publication, 2005
Culen, Lubos, Curator, Vernon Public Art Gallery; Fault Lines and Fantasies: David Newkirk, exhibition publication, 2011
Chatham (Bureau), Artist Paints Life the Way He Sees It, The London Free Press, Nov. 1, 1982
Millar, J., (edited by, director/curator Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, P.Q.) Re-con-Figuration,(exhibition publication), 2004
Priegert, P., Artist Ventures Into Abstraction, Event Magazine, Kelowna Daily Courier, March 28, 2008
Wagner, V., At Least Two Artists Don’t Fit Stereotype Image, Chatham Daily News, Nov. 13, 1982
Teaching
1993 to 2000, Head of Creative Arts Department, (visual arts, music, drama, and dance), North Albion Collegiate Institute, Toronto District School Board
1977 to 1993, Head of Visual Arts Department, North Albion Collegiate Institute
1973 to 2000, Art teacher, North Albion Collegiate Institute
1970–72, Art teacher, subject chair, Stratford Central Secondary School, Stratford, Ontario (Perth County Board of Education)
Collections
BMO Financial Group, Corporate Art Collection
Rogers Broadcasting, Toronto
Municipality of Chatham Kent, Ontario
Lifetime Developments, Toronto
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, B.C.
Private collections across Canada, and in the United States
