Solo Exhibitions

2000 Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo: Invisible Inc

1998 Cold City Gallery, Toronto: Invisible Inc

1995 Cold City Gallery, Toronto: Dreamery

Koffler Gallery, Toronto: Trade Show (curated by Carolyn Bell Farrell)

1994 W139, Amsterdam: Sarah Bellum Travel

Galeria Carles Poy, Barcelona: Kit

1993 Cold City Gallery, Toronto: Kit

1992 Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario: Travelling Library

1991 Cold City Gallery, Toronto: Travelling Library

Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto: Stray Plow

1990 Cold City Gallery, Toronto: Lingering Matters in a Rinse of Hydro

1988 Cold City Gallery, Toronto: Ulterior Modem

1987 Cold City Gallery, Toronto: The 68º(F) Memorial Arena Presents the Ice

Follies

1986 Pages Bookstore, Toronto

1985 Mercer Union satellite project, Toronto: Christopher Columbus

Headquarters

Mercer Union, Toronto: Christopher Columbus Headquarters Drawings

1983 Artculture Resource Centre , satellite project, Toronto: Going Somewhere

The Funnel, Toronto: Going Somewhere: Drawings

1981 Galerie Optica, Montréal: Host and Guest

1980 YYZ Gallery, Toronto: Brian Scott



Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 A.K. Collings Gallery, Port Hope

2006 Hic , Hart House, University of Toronto

2005 The Cold City Days , the Power Plant, Toronto

2004 Indivisuals Revisited , WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, Ontario

2003 Indivisuals , Fundacio Antonio Tapies, Barcelona, Spain

(curated by Jorge Luis Marzo)

2002 Indivisuals , Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon  (curated by Jorge Luis Marzo)

2001 Photography by Artists , Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto 

(curated by David Miller)

1999 Still Life , Case Studies at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto 

(curated by Patrick Macaulay) 

1998 The Edge of Everything, Loggia Gallery, Koffler Centre, Toronto 

(curated by John Massier)

Reviews:  Toronto Selected Histories , Robert McLaughlin Gallery,

Oshawa

1997 Work/Site , Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

1996 For Lack of Evidence , Chateau de la Roche Guyon, France

(curated by Alain Reinaudo and Ginette Legaré)

10 , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

Wild Life , Koffler Gallery, Toronto (curated by John Massier)

Happy World , Free Parking, Toronto

Reviews:  The Monumental New City:  Art and Community , Mercer Union,

Toronto (curated by Tom Folland and Natalie Olanick)

Sac de Hockey , Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto

1995 Herejias:  Critica de los mecanismos , Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno,

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain (curated by

Jorge Luis Marzo)

Gallery Artists , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

1994 Frankenstein: Explorations in Manipulation and Surrationality , Macdonald

Stewart Art Centre, Guelph (curated by Nancy Campbell)

I Tu, Qu T’Has Cregut? , Museu Comarcal Del Maresme-Mataro, Spain

(curated by Jorge Luis Marzo)

1994 Mediatrics , CBC Building, Toronto

Agri-Cultura , street poster project, Barcelona

La Fotographia Como Mal , Transformadors, Barcelona

(curated by Oscar Abril Ascaso)

XV , Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph

Gallery Artists , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

1993 For Lack of Evidence , Mercer Union, Toronto

(curated by Alain Reinaudo and Ginette Legaré)

New Gallery Inaugaural , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

1992 En Scene , W139, Amsterdam (curated by Dominique Pelletay)

Parts , Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France (curated by Jeffrey

Swartz)

Localmotive , Reck Room (outdoor sites in the Junction), Toronto

Gallery Artists , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

1991 Parts , Galeria Carles Poy, Barcelona, Spain (curated by Jeffrey Swartz)

Gallery Artists , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

1990 Gallery Artists , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

1989 Vancouver-Toronto Exchange , Contemporary Art Gallery/Or Gallery,

Vancouver

Gallery Artists , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

1988 In Absentia , Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (curated Paul Wong)

Walls on Fire , YYZ Gallery, Toronto

Gallery Artists , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

1987 Funnel Collection Launch , The Funnel, Toronto

The Interior Tenement , Republic, Toronto

1986 Projections/Dimensions , Mercer Union satellite project, Toronto

Inaugural Exhibition , Cold City Gallery, Toronto

The Emperor’s New Clothes , Art Metropole, Toronto

Quick Draw , Gallery 76, Toronto

Current Events , A Space, Toronto

Tent Canopy Project , Touring 25 sites across Canada

1985 Ex Post Factor , Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto

1984 The New City of Sculpture , YYZ, Mercer Union, Gallery 76, A.R.C.,

Gallery 620, Toronto

1983 Chromaliving , Organized by Chromozone at the Colonnade, Toronto

Six Artists From Toronto ,  Galerie Articule, Montréal

1982 Monumenta , A Space, YYZ, Chromazone, Gallery 76, Toronto

1981 Liberty Square, Rome, NY

1978 I.L.E.A. Drawing Show , Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England

1975 Quebec Animated Film Festival , Outremont Cinema,  Montréal


Selected Bibliography

Allen, Johnathon, “El yo multiple: visiones multimedia de la representacion,”

Atlantica , No.11, Autumn 1995

Antolin, Enriqueta, “Herejes Sin Hoguera,” El Pais , June 10, 1995

Artviews , Winter 1986/87

Casado, Luis, El Pais , January 13, 1992

El Guia , (2/94), “Kit,” (Barcelona)

Everett Green, Robert, The Globe and Mail , September 4, 1988

Everett Green, Robert, “The Shoe Store and the Baker,” The Globe and Mail ,

June 18, 1986

Feinstein, Roni, Art in America , November 1994, ‘Report from Toronto’

Gee, Brian, “Locating the Public in Public Art,” Vanguard , Oct/Nov 1986

Grenville, Bruce, Parachute , No. 30, 1983

Guasch, Anna, diari de Barcelona , January 2, 1992

Hanna, Deirdre, “Brian Scott’s clear view defines Invisible,” Now , Sept 10 -16, 1998

Hanna, Deirdre, “Brian Scott’s pseudo-Trade show plays with emptiness of hype,”

Now , August 30 - September 6, 1995

Hitzeroth, Connie, Now , April 9 - 15, 1987

Hobbs, Peter, “C” Magazine , Fall, 1991

Hume, Christopher, The Toronto Star , June 14, 1991

Hume, Christopher, “Mercer Art Thrives on Images,” The Toronto Star ,

June 28, 1985

Hume, Christopher, The Toronto Star , June 26, 1982

Larsen, Anna-Marie, Lola , #7, fall 2000

Lypchuk, Donna, “The Invisibility of Information,” Vanguard , Dec/Jan, 1988/9

Lypchuk, Donna, “Art in the Age of Aquarium,” Metropolis , September 22, 1988

Lypchuk, Donna, Vanguard , October, 1985

Lypchuk, Donna, “Famous Lies and Illustrious Disguises,” Parallelogramme ,

Vol.11, No.1, 1985

MacKay, Gillian, The Globe and Mail , June 28, 1997

MacKay, Gillian, The Globe and Mail , September 19, 1998

Massier, John, “Invisible Man”, Canadian Art , Winter 1998

Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail , November 25, 1989

Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail , September 17, 1988

Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail , June 5, 1980

McGrath, Jerry, “C” Magazine , Summer, 1987

McGrath, Jerry, “Mediatrics,” Parachute , No. 75

Moldolfsky, Mitch, Art Post , November/December 1984

Nasby, Judith, ‘The Making of a Museum’, 2021, book,

McGill-Queen’s University Press

Rans, Goldie, “The New City of Sculpture,” Vanguard , November 1984

Swartz, Jeffrey, Flash Art , March/April 1992

Swiderski, Christine, CKLN , ‘Art on Air,’ September 12, 1991 Interview

Taylor, Kate, The Globe and Mail , May 24, 1991

Tuset, Alex, A Barna , No. 9, April 1994, “Afuncionalidad” (Barcelona)

Vasseur, Annie Molin, ETC Montréal , No. 25, Feb - May, 1994,

“For Lack of Evidence”

Vidal, Jaume, El Pais , July 14, 1994

Webb, Marshall, Canadian Art , Winter 1984



Catalogues and Publications

torontosculpturegarden.ca , website

www.indivisuals.org , website, 2002-3, Fundacio Antoni Tapies (Barcelona) and

Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon)

Toronto Sculpture Garden , catalogue, 1998, text by Barbara Fischer and

Ihor Holubizky

Wild Life , catalogue, 1996, The Koffler Gallery, Toronto. Text by John Massier

Reviews: The Monumental New City: Art and Community , brochure, 1996,

Mercer Union, Toronto. Text by Tom Folland

Trade Show , catalogue, 1995, The Koffler Gallery, Toronto. Text by Carolyn Bell Farrell

Herejias: Critica de los mecanismos , catalogue, 1995, Centro Atlantico de Arte

Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.

Texts by Jorge Luis Marzo, Amelia Jones, Jack Ben-Levi

Frankenstein: Explorations in Manipulation and Surrationality , catalogue, 1994,

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph. Texts by Nancy Campbell,

Janine Marchessault

Kit , catalogue,1994,Galeria Carles Poy, Barcelona.Texts by Catherine Crowston,

Carles Poy, Jesus Renau

I Tu, Qu T’Has Cregut? , catalogue, 1994, Museu Comarcal del Maresme - Mataro,

Spain, text by Jorge Luis Marzo

Primavera Fotogràfica ,1994, catalogue, Generalitat de Catalunya,

Dept. de Cultura,Barcelona

For Lack of Evidence , catalogue, 1993, Mercer Union (Toronto) and Centre d’Art

Contemporain d’Herblay (France), texts by Barbara Fischer, Rosi Huhn

Measuring The Gap: Locating the Artist and Viewer in Public Art , symposium

publication, 1993,Art Gallery of Ontario, Forest City Gallery, McIntosh

Gallery.

YYZ DECALOG , catalogue, 1993, YYZ Gallery, Toronto

Public No. 7 , (Sacred Technologies) artist project 1993

En Scene , catalogue, W139, Amsterdam, 1991

Parts , catalogue, Galeria Carles Poy, texts by Jeffrey Swartz and Nancy Campbell,

1992

Travelling Library Guide , artist book, 1991

Stray Plow , brochure, published by The Toronto Sculpture Garden, text by Tila Kellerman, 1991

Impulse Magazine , Volume 15, No. 2, “Anaesthesia’s Room” (Artist Project)

Diderot , Issue #1, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, UMAS Video Publication

Border Lines , #9/10, Fall/Winter, 1987/88, pg.36. Visuals for “The Carnival is Over” by

Sadanand Menon

“C” Magazine , Winter 1985, artist project

The New City of Sculpture , catalogue, published in “C” Magazine, No. 3, Fall 1984,

Text by Bruce Grenville

Chromaliving , catalogue, published by Chromazone, 1983

Six Artists From Toronto , catalogue, 1983, published by Articule, text by Lynn Hughes



Commissions

Victoria Park, City of Kitchener, 1997, ‘Stray Away’ (‘the Canoe’)

sculpture/installation. Rebuilt in 2022

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, 1993, ‘Stray Plow’ - sculpture/installation

Metro Hall, Toronto, 1992, four photographic murals



Collections

Art Metropole

Canada Council Art Bank

City of Kitchener

Fidelity Investments

Art Gallery of Guelph

McCarthy Tetrault

McMaster Museum of Art

Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto

Nestlé Canada

University of Lethbridge Art Gallery

Private Collections in Canada, U.S.A. and Europe


Education

St. Martins School of Art, 1975-78 (London, England) B.A. Honours in Fine Art

John Abbott College, 1973-75 (Montréal) C.E.G.E.P. Diploma in Fine Art



Teaching

Loyalist College, Art and Design Foundation, part time, 2015

Queen’s University, Department of Art, adjunct, 2007 - 2010

University of Windsor, School of Visual Arts, artist in residence, 2002

University of Toronto (at Sheridan), Art and Art History Department, adjunct. 1996-98

Dundas Valley School of Art, artist in residence, 1997



Awards

Brian Scott has received numerous awards from the Canada Council, The Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.