| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, SOLO + COLLABORATIONS
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| 2024 | Vesselling, Patel Brown Gallery, Montreal, QC, CA |
| Outside the Palace of Me, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, CA |
| 2023 | Outside the Palace of Me, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, NY, US, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, CA |
| 2022 | The Forgetting, Sargent's Daughters, New York City, NY, US |
| Outside the Palace of Me, the Gardiner Museum, TO, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA |
| 2021 | The Trampled Devil, Zmuidzinavicius Museum, Kaunas Biennale, LT |
| White Elephant, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area, Cambridge, ON, CA |
| 2019 | Face of the Deep, with Shuvinai Ashoona and Rajni Perera, PATEL Gallery, Toronto, ON, CA |
| 2018 | The Illuminations Project, with Emily Vey Duke. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, CA |
| 2017 | Slipper, with Ambera Wellman. Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2015 | Universal Cobra, with Shuvinai Ashoona. PFOAC, Montreal, PQ, CA |
| 2014 | Illuminations Project, with Emily Vey Duke. Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON, CA |
| 2013 | Music for Silence, Canada Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, ITA |
| 2012 | Canadian Artist, BMO Project Room, Toronto, ON, CA |
| Outside the Palace of Me, The Rooms, St Johns, NFLD, CA |
| 2011 | The Illuminations Project, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, US |
| 2010 | Flesh and Blood, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Galerie de l’UQAM. Montreal, PQ (2011); Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2011). |
| 2009 | Moon Hunter, Fumetto Festival, Lucerne, CHE |
| Noise Ghost, with Shuvinai Ashoona. Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, ON, CA |
| 2008 | The History of Light, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, CA |
| 2007 | The Clearances, Space Gallery, London, UK |
| 2006 | Lace Figures, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON, CA |
| 2004 | Companions, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CA |
| 2003 | Travels to the Realm Between, Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto, ON, CA |
| 2001 | Lit From Within, VonRot GmbH, Berlin, DE |
| GROUP | |
| 2024 | Disorders – Excerpts from the collection Antoine de Galbert, Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon, FR |
| 2023 | Gutters Are Elastic, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC, CA |
| Wonder: the Real, the Surreal and the Fantastic, Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON, CA |
| The Uses of Enchantment, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, ON, CA |
| 2022 | Women's Work, Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY, US |
| 2021 | The Central Core Part II, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK |
| Thrown, Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, BC, CA |
| 2020 | Abadakone/Continuous Fire. Collaboration with Pierre Aupilardjuk. NGC, Ottawa, ON, CA |
| 2019 | Dark Spring, Sargent’s Daughters, New York City, NY, US |
| 2018 | Cedric ter Bals, Shary Boyle, Marjolijn Meij, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL |
| Reopening, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, FR |
| Uprisings, Cinematheque quebecoise and Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, QC, CA |
| Earthlings, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, QC, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC, CA |
| 2017 | Making Narratives, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, South Korea |
| Earthlings, The Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB to Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC, ON, CA |
| Canadian Biennale 2017, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, CA |
| 2016 | Ceramix, Ceramics and art from Rodin to Schutte, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, NL, Cite de la ceramique Sevres, FR, to la Maison Rouge, Paris, FR |
| Facing the Sky, Nuit Blanche, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, CA |
| 2014 | Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, CA |
| LOUD silence, Grand Central Art Centre, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, US |
| 2013 | Locating Ourselves, Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto, ON, CA |
| 2012 | L'Espace des metamorphoses. Organized by L'Observatoire de l'Espace du CNES, Vallauris, FR |
| Oh Canada, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, US |
| 2011 | My Winnipeg, La Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, FR (traveled to Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, FR and Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB, CA in 2012) |
| 2010 | It Is What It Is: Canadian Biennial 2010, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, CA |
| 2009 | Le sort probable de l’homme qui avait avalé le fantôme, Nouveau Festival, organized by The Centre Pompidou, La Conciergerie, Paris, FR |
| SELECTED PERFORMANCE | |
| 2016 | Voix de Ville, stage design, projection design and performance. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON |
| 2015 | Spell To Bring Lost Creatures Home with musician Christine Fellows, 10-date national tour |
| 2014 | Spell To Bring Lost Creatures Home, with musician Christine Fellows, 5-date tour through Northwest Territories by invitation of Northern Arts and Culture Centre, Yellowknife, NWT |
| 2012 | Everything Under the Moon, with musician Christine Fellows, World Stage Series, Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON |
| 2011 | Shadow Songs, Writers at Woody Point Festival. NFLD |
| Shadow Songs, La Maison Rouge, Paris, FR |
| 2010 | The Monkey and the Mermaid, with musician Christine Fellows, Images Festival. Toronto, ON |
| 2009 | Reliquary/Reliquaire, with musician Christine Fellows, Le Musée de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg |
| 2008 | Dark Hand and Lamplight, Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, US |
| Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Cinefamily Silent Theatre, Los Angeles, US |
| Shadow Songs, SXSW Festival, Austin, US |
| 2007 | Magic Shadows, with musician Christine Fellows. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB |
| 2006 | Dark Hand and Lamplight, with musician Doug Paisley, 10-date tour across California, US, opening for musician Will Oldham |
| Shadow Songs, with musician Christine Fellows; 10-date tour across Canada |
| A Night with Kramers Ergot, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US |
| 2005 | Songs of Childhood. Fonal Festival, Yo-Talo. Tampere, FIN |
| Fonal Musician Showcase, Sonar Festival, Barcelona, ESP |
| With musician Feist, The Olympia Theatre, Paris, FR |
| 2004 | Wood Witch Rising and Channeling Grimm, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON |
| Les Festins D’Aden, with musician Feist. Bataclan Theatre, Paris, FR |
| With musician Es, 6-date tour across eastern US |
| 2002 | Honkitonkioke, Uno-a-Go-Go, Festival of One-Man Bands, The Hideout, Chicago, US |
| The Tale of the Cats, The Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, US |
| All Tomorrow’s Parties, with musician Peaches. UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, US |
| 2001 | With musician Peaches, Ost Gut Klub, Berlin, DEU |
| SELECTED CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2023 | Milroy, Sarah. The Uses of Enchantment. Kleinberg: McMichael Canadian Art Collection |
| 2022 | Shary Boyle, 15 Things to Do with a Sculpture, Zurich: Nieves. |
| 2021 | Shary Boyle, Outside the Palace of Me, Art Canada Institute. |
| 2019 | Holder, Will. Black Sun : F.R DAVID. Berlin: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, uh books. |
| 2018 | Wilmink, Melanie and Nagler, Solomon, eds. Sculpting Cinema. Toronto: Pleasure Dome. |
| 2017 | Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art. London, UK: PHAIDON. |
| Earthlings, Calgary: Esker Foundation. |
| 2017 Canadian Biennale, Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. |
| 2016 | Shuvinai Ashoona and Shary Boyle. Universal Cobra. Toronto: You’ve Changed Imprints. |
| Campbell, Nancy. Noise Ghost and Other Stories. Toronto: Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. |
| 2015 | Morineau, Camille and Lucia Persapane, eds. Ceramix: from Rodin to Schütte. Ghent, Belgium: Snoeck Publishers. |
| Shary Boyle and Emily Vey Duke, The Illuminations Project. Toronto: Oakville Galleries. |
| HB: No 4, Erotica. Montreal: Editions HB |
| Caroline Wetherilt, ed. Shine A Light: Canadian Biennial 2014. Ottawa: NGC |
| Cachia, Amanda. Loud Silence. La Jolla, California: the gallery@calit2. |
| Prim, Kristin, ed. A23. Vol. 1 The Mysticism of the Female. New York City: Issue 01/Press. |
| 2013 | Drouin-Brisebois, Josée, ed. Shary Boyle: Music for Silence. Canada Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. |
| 2012 | Markonish, Denise, ed. Oh, Canada. North Adams: MASS MoCA, Cambridge: MIT Press. |
| 2010 | Déry, Louise, ed. Shary Boyle: Flesh and Blood. Montreal: Galerie de l’UQAM. |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, CA |
| Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, CA |
| Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON, CA |
| Canada Council Art Bank, CA |
| Claridge Collection, Montreal, PQ, CA |
| Fondation Antoine De Galbert, Paris, FR |
| The Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, ON, CA |
| Global Affairs Canada, Visual Art Collection, Paris, FR and New York City, NY, US |
| Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, ON, CA |
| Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon-si, Republic of SK |
| MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, CA |
| McMichael Canadian Art Collection, ON, CA |
| Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, CA |
| Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, BC, CA |
| Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, PQ, CA |
| Musee d’art contemporain de Montréal, PQ, CA |
| National Bank of Canada, Montreal, PQ, CA |
| National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, CA |
| Paisley Museum of Art, Paisley, Scotland, UK |
| Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto ON, CA |
| The Rooms, St. John’s, NFLD, CA |
| Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, CA |
| Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB, CA |
| Zmuidzinavicius Museum, LT |
| TEACHING/WORKSHOPS | |
| 2022 | Museum of Fine Arts and Maison Marguerite, Art Hive Lead |
| Inspirations Studio, Workshop Lead |
| 2021 | Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC, Indigenous Youth Artist-in-Residency, Studio Mentor |
| 2018 | Nanaimo Art Gallery, Code Switching, Workshop Lead |
| Sexual Assault : The Roadshow, Fists of Resistance, Workshop Lead |
| Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC, Barrel-firing workshop, Co-led with Pierre Aupilardjuk |
| 2017 | Island Mountain Arts, Toni Onley Artists’ Project, Co-mentor with Joseph M. Sanchez |
| Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Hand Jive, Icheon, South Korea, Workshop Lead |
| 2016 | Medalta Historic Potteries, Esker Foundation/Inuit Art Foundation Residency Mentor |
| 2015 | Concordia University Art Department, Fall Semester, Guest Professor |
| 2014 | The Banff Centre, The Universe and Other Systems Residency, Lead Faculty |
| 2006 | University of Toronto Art Department, Fall Semester, Guest Professor |
| PUBLISHED WRITING | |
| 2023 | "Inuit Art." Museum of Aboriginal Peoples' Art and Artifacts catalogue, Porter College |
| 2021 | “Outside the Palace of Me.” Art Canada Institute, Canadian Art Library |
| “Shuvinai Ashoona: North of Words.” Mapping Worlds catalogue, The Power Plant |
| “Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Descent of Lilies.” Uninvited : Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Movement catalogue. McMichael Canadian Art Collection |
| 2019 | “The Speed of Imagination.” Inuit Art Quarterly, The Earth Issue. Fall/Winter 2020 |
| “Finissage.” The Walrus Magazine, March |
| EDUCATION, AWARDS | |
| 2023 | June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism in Ontario, Friends of Inspirations Studio, CA |
| 2021 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Ontario College of Art and Design University, ON, CA |
| 2010 | Hnatyshyn Foundation Award, CA |
| 2009 | Gershon Iskowitz Prize, CA |
| 1994 | Diploma of Fine Arts, Ontario College of Art, ON, CA |