Throughout his long artistic career, Canadian painter Alan Glicksman has developed a highly expressive visual vocabulary to describe immediate instincts and raw states of being. His highly praised accomplishments have been hailed for a fresh original approach, a powerful palette of spellbinding colors and capturing the spirit of what he is experiencing. Alan studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and in residence in New York City, at the University of Guelph and the University of Toronto.
1979 Graduate, University of Guelph, ON
1981 Graduate, Ontario College of Art, Toronto/New York City
1991 Graduate, University of Toronto
2011 Abstract Landscapes, Engine Gallery, Toronto ON
2010 Watercolors, Chicory Common Cafe, Durham, ON
2010 What It Is, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2009 On My Way, Gallery 533, Toronto, ON
2007 The Better it Gets, Lehmann-Leskiw Fine Art, Toronto, ON
2006 Friends of Mine, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON
2005 Big Paintings, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 Ruff Stuff, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON
1996 Burlington Work, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON
1996 Shelborne Work, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON
1989 Manitou Work, Pearl Street Gallery, Hamilton, ON
1989 Reflective Instincts, Kozak Gallery, Toronto, ON
1987 Eight Year Survey, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON
1986 Flesherton Work, Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, ON
1984 Stewart Street Work, Gallery 620, Toronto, ON
1982 New York Work, Lacemaker Gallery, Toronto, ON
1981 Soap Box Series, Lacemaker Gallery, Toronto, ON
1980 Introducing Alan Glicksman, Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON
1978 No Name, Gallery 76, Toronto, ON
2011 Banner Project, Owen Sound, ON
2011 Merging & Emerging, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 WaterLife, Victoria Jubilee Hall, Walkerton, ON
2011 Searching or Tom, Kitchener Museum of Art, Kitchener, ON
2010 Canadian Landscape Paintings, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON
2010 Raising Shakti, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON
2009 Salon, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009 100 Squares, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2009 ARTicle, Durham Art Gallery, Durham ON
2009 Convergence, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2008 Drawing Show, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON
2008 Forest for the Trees, St. Francis Xavvier University Gallery, Antigonish, NS and Studio Gennai, Pisa, Italy
2008 Gallery Artists, Lehmann-Leskiw Fine Art, Toronto, ON
2007 Forest for the Trees, Circolo Culturale IL Gabbiano, La Spezia, Italy and Museo Nuova Era, Bari, Italy
2007 One Hundred Squares, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2007 Black and White, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 Forest for the Trees, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 Beauty and Obsession, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 Manifold Project, Nuite Blanche, Toronto, ON
2006 In your Face, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2006 Self Portraits, Double Door Gallery, Anten Mills, ON
2006 High Seriousness, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON
2006 Now Now, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 One Hundred Squares, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2004 Xmas Show, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 Paper Works, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 New Paintings, Flesherton Art Gallery, Flesherton, ON
2001 Group Show, Dennison Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 Moose in the City, Yonge at Bloor, Toronto, ON
1996 Gallery Moos, Toronto, ON
1993 Gallery Artists, Gallery Moos Toronto, ON
1992 Gallery Moos Toronto, ON
1991 Associated Images, University of Toronto, ON
1990 Fine Art Grads, McDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
1988 Walls on Fire, YYZ Gallery Toronto, ON
1987 Color & the Brush, Sarnia Art Gallery Sarnia, ON
1986 Toronto/Montreal, Champlain Art Gallery Lennoxville, QC
1985 Public Image/Public Myth, Public Image Gallery, New York City, USA
1983 Chromaliving, The Colonnade Toronto, ON
1983 Three Toronto Artists, Articule Gallery Montreal, QC
1983 Locations National, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
1982 New Directions, Queen Elizabeth Building CNE, Toronto, ON
1982 Painting’82, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, ON
1980 Young Contemporaries, Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Ministry of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
The Baycrest Centre, Toronto, ON
Kid’s Help Foundation, Toronto, ON
Goddard, Peter, Gallery Hopping at Flesherton Art Gallery, Toronto Star, July 8, 2010
Mays, John Bentley, Glicksman at Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Online Website, April 2010 Henry, Bill, Show Opens New Chapter for Artist, Sun Times March 5, 2010
Alan Glicksman catalogue, Black and White, Headbones Gallery, Toronto, ON 2007
Alan Glicksman catalogue, Beauty and Obsession, Headbones gallery, Toronto, ON 2006
Crosby, Don, Durham Art Gallery Anniversary, Sun Times, Nov. 2006
Henry, Bill, Creatures of Inspiration, Sun Times, June 15, 2006
Robinson, Dave, Imaginative and Tribal, Mosaic Magazine, Vol.14 #1, 2006
Dault, Gary Michael, A Holy Fools Folly, Globe and Mail, November 12, 2005
Canadian Art Magazine, Photo, October 2005
Bravo News, Alan Glicksman TV Short, November 2005
CBC Radio, Lupe Rodriguez Review of Engine Exhibition, November 2005
Rogers TV, The Daytime Show, Owen Sound, ON November 9, 2005
Mays, John Bentley, Parts Gallery Review, Amigo Motel Blog, November 11, 2002
Kirshner, Barbara, Behind the Ears, Forest Hill Town Crier, August 2000
Toronto Star, Ashkenaz Festival, Photo, August 30,1999
Crosby, Don, Artist Opens New Exhibit, Durham Chronicle, November 6, 1996
Hume Christopher, News from Gallery Moos, Toronto Star, April 2, 1992
Hanna, Deirdre, Working Drawings, Now Magazine, February 1, 1991
Taylor, Kate, Toronto Painter, Hamilton Spectator, April 29,1989
Impulse Magazine, Photo, April 1, 1988
La Sale, V., Diarygrams, Sun Times, April 9, 1987
Hewton, W., Mixed Reaction, Durham Chronicle, May 13, 1987
Dault, Gary Michael, Grunwald Gallery, Canadian Art Magazine, October 1, 1986
Hume, Christopher, Compelling Show, Toronto Star, April 4, 1985
Hume, Christopher, Young Artist, Toronto Star, June 22, 1984
Mays, John Bentley, Glicksman’s People Stand Strong, Globe and Mail, June 28, 1984
Monk, Phillip, Locations National, Vanguard Magazine, Vol. 13 #1, February 1, 1984
Mays, John Bentley, On Show, Globe and Mail, January 19, 1984
Mays, John Bentley, Chromaliving, Globe and Mail, October 22, 1983
Mays, John Bentley, Recognition Returns, Globe and Mail, September 25, 1982
Hume, Christopher, New Season, Toronto Star, September 25, 1982
Mays, John Bentley, Artist Records His Own Torments, Globe and Mail, May 15, 1982
Goldman, Donna, Glicksman, Canadian Jewish News, May 13, 1982
Fabo, Andy, Art News, NOW Magazine, May 1, 1982
Hume, Christopher, Upscale Approach, Toronto Star, December 31, 1982
Mays, John Bentley, Eccentric Eye, Globe and Mail, November 6, 1982
Mays, John Bentley, Monumenta Haunted, Globe and Mail, September 11, 1082
Mays, John Bentley, Notice to New Art, Globe and Mail, September 3, 1982
Hargittay, Clara, New Directions, Canadian Art Magazine, April 1, 1982
Mays, John Bentley, Dashing off Witty Snippets of Life, Globe and Mail, May 18, 1981
Purdie, James, Gallery News, Globe and Mail, October 21, 1978
2009 Project Grant, Canada Council
2011/08/1989/87/86 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2007 Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
1984/83 Canada Council, B Grant
1978 First Prize, Royal Bank Artventure
