Dorothy Grostern Dorothy Grostern

"Grostern's humanoid images are sensed from inside, as dreams, anxieties, fears, memories turned outside, enlarged onto the oversize paper which produces much of their ominous power. The human form is used to work out psychodramas. It is elusive, however, slipping away into shadows. Sketchily drawn, massive, the forms are at once opaque and translucent, imposing and unstable."

"Spaces", Toronto, catalogue published by Glendon Gallery, York University, text by Barbara Godard

Dorothy Grostern

Career Highlights

Selected Solo Exhibits

2007 Beaux Arts David Astrof, Thomson House, Montreal
2004 Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
2001 Galerie d'art Jean-Claude-Bergeron, Ottawa
2000 Galerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Centre Culturel, Ville de Verdun
1997 Gallery 89, CEGEP John Abbott College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
1996 Glendon Gallery, Glendon College, York University, Toronto
1995 Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
1993 Galerie S Space enSemble, Montreal
1986 Galerie Stilnovo, Montreal
1984 Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal

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Selected Group Exhibits

2010 Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto. 3-Artist Exhibition
2009 Art Gallery of Hamilton, SCA Members' Exhibition
2007 Galerie V, Montreal
2006 Society of Canadian Artists, 39th Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto
2005 Society of Canadian Artists, 38th Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto
2004 Society of Canadian Artists, 37th Open Juried Exhibition, Montreal
2003 Hummingbird Centre, Toronto
2003 John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
"Les Femmeuses", Montreal
2002 "Dorota's Choice II, Corpus", Montreal
"Perspectives 2000", Mississauga
"Les Femmeuses 2000", Montreal
1999 Galerie d'Art David Astrof, Montreal
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
Galerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
1998 Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
Pastel Society of America, New York
The Living Arts Centre, Mississauga (ON)
"Perspectives 98", Montreal
1995

Galerie S Space enSemble, Montreal
Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
1993 Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire
Gallery Three, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal
1992 Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire
Art Sales & Rental Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal
Maison de la Culture, Côte des Neiges, Montreal
The Art Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
The Brandstater Gallery, Loma Linda University, Riverside (CA)
1991 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore (MD)
1990 Vav Gallery, Concordia University Women's Centre & Faculty of Fine Arts, Montreal
1989 Galerie Franklin Silverstone, Montreal
1988 Galerie Trois, Montreal
1986 Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby (BC)
1986 Place du Parc, Montreal
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (Taiwan)
Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
Galerie Judith Jasmin, Montreal
Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire (QC)
Pratt Graphics Centre, New York
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham (Mass.)
1984 Clark Arts Centre Gallery, Rockford (IL)
International Art Competition, Los Angeles (CA)

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Publications

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Public Collections

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Awards

2009 Award of Merit - SCA Members Exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton
2005 2nd place - SCA Award of Excellence, Toronto
2004 SCA Golden Artist Award - SCA National Juried Exhibition, Montreal
1998 Edith Baron Family Award, The Pastel Society of America 26th Annual Exhibition
1991 Honorable Mention, Maryland Pastel Society's National Juried Exhibition
1986 Purchase Award, Clarkson-Gordon, Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby (BC)
Purchase Award, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby (BC)
1985 Award of Merit for a work in Mixed Media, Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto (ON)

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Representation

David Astrof Fine Arts, Montreal
3C Gallery, Montreal

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