OVERVIEW

Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

2015 “La Pyramide”, L’oeil de poisson , Quebec, Quebec curated by Samuel Roy-Bois
“Big Bang” SAW Gallery, Ottawa Ontario Leslie Reid, Frank Shebagaget, Guillermo Trejo, Donna Legault, Richard Harrington, Josee Dubeau,Jennifer Lefort, Dana Michel, Amy Schissel, Eric Walker, Annie Pootoogook, ,Leslie Hossack, Gavin Lynch and Justin Wonnacott “Getting Naked” The Museum, Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario “Underexposed”, Stewart Hall, Ponte Claire Quebec Sorel Cohen, Luc Courchesne Chris Dikeakos Peter Gnass, Thaddeus Holownia Holly King Guy Lavigueur Marie-Jeanne Musiol Robert Polidori Penelope Stewart,  Anne Ramsden, Shin Sugino, Gabor Szilasi, , , , Diana Thorneycroft, , Richard-Max Tremblay, Henri Venne George Webber. Andrew Wright
2012   The documentary tradition,   making the now real - Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver BC Concourse gallery , Festival X at EBA, Ottawa
2010 “I remember and I forget” Carleton University Art Gallery Boaks, Powning , Wonnacott -Lafreniere and Pai Gallery Three Takes on The Still Life,  ,Ottawa Many Guises – Contemporary self portraits Bytown Museum Ottawa, curated by Judith Parker
2009 “The Street/La Rue” – National Gallery/CMCP touring exhibition, Buhler Gallery St Boniface Manitoba RCA new members , Calgary Art Central, Calgary–
2008 Evidence – The Ottawa city project, Ottawa Art Gallery.
2006 The Street NGC/CMCP, Ottawa Robert Frank, Tom Gibson, Dave Heath, Michael Schreier, Robert Walker, Justin Wonnacott
“Le sujet construit” Axe Neo7. Gatineau Quebec. Catherine Poncin (France), Claudia Liekam (Germany), Lorraine Gilbert and Justin Wonnacott (Canada)
2005 “Justin Wonnacott,  new work and eye candy”  Toxic Gallery Ottawa, Oct selected by the gallery Toxic Gallery, First Anniversary exhibition. Justin Wonnacott,  Lorraine Gilbert, Michael Schreier, Vera Greenwood and Cheryl Pagurek.
2003 The Bigger Picture – Portraits from Ottawa,  Ottawa Art Gallery.
2002 “Roundabout’ Harbourfront Gallery 235 Queen’s Quay TorontoExcursions, Gallery TPW, Toronto,
1999 “Conjoint/conjointe”, Karsh- Masson Gallery, Ottawa,  “Manoeuvres”, Ottawa Art Gallery,
1996 The TPW Collection, Toronto Photographer’s Workshop, Toronto,
1993 Site Survey Photographs, CMCP Ottawa., "Ex-Site", Axe - Neo - 7, Hull Que. "Picture a Place", Artscourt Gallery,   " From... where I am standing". St Lawrence College, Kingston Ontario,    Photographers Gallery,  Saskatoon , Saskatchewan.
1990 " Public Exposures: One Decade " Toronto Photographer's Workshop. Toronto, " Modern Narratives ", Gallery 44, Toronto., Ann Beiner, David Buchan,
Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge, Justin Wonnacott, KUPRAC Community gallery, Berlin, BRD.
1989 " Transart  The Bus Project ", " Telling pictures... Students, Thieves, Voyeurs “SAW Gallery, Ottawa.  curated by Clive Robertson. 

1988" Ober de Grenzen ", Arti et Industrie, Den Haag, Holland.,1988 " Snakes in the Garden ", Artscourt, Ottawa.   " Documentary Styles ", Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario.,

1987 " Next to the Cash ..."., The Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Jury selection,

" Next to the Cash ...". The Photography Gallery, Toronto Photographer's Workshop,  Next to the Cash SAW Gallery, Ottawa, "
1986 " Keep this place ". The Photography Gallery, Toronto Photographer's Workshop, Toronto,  "Keep this place " The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Jury selection
1985 " Keep this place ". The Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Jury selection
1984 " Ten Ottawa Photographers ", SAW Gallery , Ottawa., Jury selection " Public house ...   pictures from the Lafayette " SAW Gallery at the Lafayette Hotel, " Photographs by Justin Wonnacott " Latitude 53, Edmonton, Jury selection
1983 Photographs by Justin Wonnacott "SAW Gallery, Ottawa, " " Latitudes and Parallels ", Winnipeg Art Gallery, ( national touring exhibition) " Landsites " Toronto Photographer's Workshop. Toronto. Constitution day... la journee de la constitution ",(circulating), Ottawa, Saskatoon, Montreal.
1979 " Daguerreotypes by Justin Wonnacott ",Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon,
1975 " Exposure ", Art Gallery of Ontario, (national touring show

Selected reviews,  catalogues and writing

2016 “Not a cookbook” Fall 2016 72pp, isbn 978 0 9867143 6 8
2015 Baring it all: Canada Council Art Bank’s collection of nudes on display – James Adams
The Globe and Mail , Mar. 15,  http://www.artbank.ca/ARCA/2015396877/9231011.html
2014: “I love to look . . .  I am bored of looking”  Justin Wonnacott Fall 2014 102pp, isbn 978 0 9867143 5 1
2013: “so . . .” Justin Wonnacott Fall 2013 80pp, isbn 978 9867143 4 4
2012: Necessary Pictures: Justin Wonnacott , essay by Randy Innes ISBN 978 0 9867143 2 0 134pp
2011: Art Collection at the Embassy of Canada in Madrid ISBN 978010100 52961 5.
2010 – Anyse Ducharme: Data Wrangler,  Justin Wonnacott, Catalogue text for “Glitch – Pop” exhibition Gallery 115 , University of Ottawa
2010 – “Heart + Soul – photographs that are portraits” Justin Wonnacott,Catalogue for the exhibition. ISBN 978-0-9867143-0-6
2010“People like me – Tony Fouhse and his subjects” Justin Wonnacott, Catalogue essay for Tony Fouhse – Karsh Award ISBN 978 0 9813970 7 8
2010“What is it like at the bottom of the sea?” Justin Wonnacott, Guerilla, 25 vol 7 Fall 2010,2010: The 10 Best of 2010, Ottawa Citizen – Peter Simpson Dec 13.
2010: Justin Wonnacott:I remember and I forget, curated by Sandra Dyck, essay by Lilly KoltunCarleton University Art Gallery,  ISBN 978-0-7709-0542-2
2010: The Visual Arts in Canada – the Twentieth Century Whitelaw, Foss and Paikowsky Oxford University Press 2010 .  A short history of photography 1900 – 2000 – Martha Langford p288,
2010:”In/Out:Reading images at X 2010”  Melissa Rombout Commissioned essay for the 2010 FestivalX, 12 pp available online at http://www.festivalx.ca/essay_en.html or
2010 – CBC:” All in a day Interview with Allan Neal: http://www.cbc.ca/allinaday/listenagain.html  
www.aregeebee.net/interview/interview.mp3
2010 –  “Many Guises: Contemporary Self Portraits” Judith Parker, Catalogue of the exhibition at Bytown Museum Sept 23 2010 -  Feb 23 ,2011 ISBN 978 0 981 98128680 1 3   www.bytownmuseum.ca
2010 –  “Something fishy . . . ” Peter Simpson, Ottawa Citizen, Saturday Sept 11 2010 G1/G4
Review Justin Wonnacott’s Dead fish – Peter Simpson http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bigbeat/archive/tags/justin+wonnacott/default.aspx
Sep 10
2009“Go – Print – Screen, The Public Domain and Digital Prints” Justin Wonnacott, Catalogue essay for Voix Visuelle Exposition Internationale d’estampes numérique miniature.ISBN 978 0 9813930 0 1

2009 –  “Who knew there was so much public art in ottawa” Peter Simpson , “The Big Beat” http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bigbeat/archive/2009/11/13/who-knew-there-was-so-much-public-art-in-ottawa.aspx Fri Nov 13 2009
Kathleen Petty CBC Radio interview July 2009 http://cbc.ca/ottawa/media/audio/ottawamorning/20090615somersetphotos.ram
2009–  “Justin Wonnacott: Somerset” Catalogue, Essay by Christopher Davidson imp Bytown Museum 108pp
2008– “Collections” ,  Ottawa Art Gallery book dealingwith contemporary art, Emily Falvey,
2008– “Evidence - The Ottawa City Project” ,  x, Ottawa Art Gallery, curator Emily Falvey, Fall 2008
2008 – Justin Wonnacott, “The fish list/ I remember and I forget”  , Vie des Arts Magazine , summer By Lori Beaman
2006 – “The Street” ,  “On Tour” traveling exhibitions publicity materials for the NGC/CMCP
2006 – Ottawa City Journal , cover banner and 1 page article by Patricia Lonergan, Nov 22
2005 –Ottawa Express , cover and feature Reviewby Anita Eutaneier vol12,#31
2004The Bigger Picture – Portraits from Ottawa, catalog published by the Ottawa Art Gallery, CV issue #62,
2003, The Bigger Picture – Ottawa Art Gallery texts by Karen Love,2001,
2001,“Radiolarian life, the parts of a flower and the Philosopher’s stone” Justin Wonnacott, for Boreal Art/Nature A text regarding the online web artworks of Lorraine Gilbert and AE(Stephane Claude and Gisele Trudel. , .
2000 McLelland and Stewart “Canadian Encyclopedia 2000 edition”  - mention and references to my work in the essay concerning Public Art, essay by Annalee Adair.,1999 “Interface - a review” Justin Wonnacott,Blackflash Magazine , Spring,
1996 Digital Reflections, Rafael Goldchain, Blackflash Spring

1995 Like Smoke through a Keyhole - David Hlynsky, Blackflash summer ,
1995 Canadian Art, Fast Forward, Ontario, Winter,
1992, Blackflash, Interview with Julian Mills and images.
1991 Public Exposures One Decade. TPW 1991.,
1990 In Review: Justin Wonnacott at SAW Gallery, Hamish Buchanan, TPW VIEWS 1990., Modern Narratives by April Hickox. Gallery 44, 1990,
1989 Telling Pictures...Students, Thieves, Voyeurs,  Clive Robertson, SAW News, Snakes in the Garden, Gary Mainprize,  
1988 Artists and their Work , broadsheet, Art gallery of Ontario Extension Services, 1988., "Next to the cash... " Connie Hitzeroth TPW Views 1988, Traveling exhibitions catalogue, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.(For "Keep this place"), Documentary Styles (broadsheet) Burlington Art Gallery, James Chambers and Andrew Danson. .
1983 Latitudes and Parallels, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Shirley Madill,
1975 Exposure catalogue , Art Gallery of Ontario.

Awards and Distinctions

2009 – inducted as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA),

2008, Alberta College of Art and Design , President’s scholar’s residency

2005 – Malak and Yousuf Karsh award City of Ottawa, 2004 –

City of Ottawa, senior artist grant 2004 ,

Daimon, Research and Creation Residency, april 2004 – sept 2004,

City of Ottawa – 2003 – (shared , heritage grant,

Canada Council, 1991,1990,1986,1979. (all peer review),

Ontario Arts Council, 2015, 1989,1986,1984,1980. (all peer review),

Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton,1990 (peer review),

OAC exhibition assistance 2002 (committee)

Collections

Canada Council Art Bank, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Canadian Public Archives, Carleton University Art Gallery, City of Ottawa, Metro Toronto Public Art Commissions, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa Ballet, Domicile Developments, Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton, Ryerson Image Centre Photography Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery

2016 “Not a cookbook” Fall 2016 72pp, isbn 978 0 9867143 6 8
2015 Baring it all: Canada Council Art Bank’s collection of nudes on display – James Adams
The Globe and Mail , Mar. 15,  http://www.artbank.ca/ARCA/2015396877/9231011.html
2014: “I love to look . . .  I am bored of looking”  Justin Wonnacott Fall 2014 102pp, isbn 978 0 9867143 5 1
2013: “so . . .” Justin Wonnacott Fall 2013 80pp, isbn 978 9867143 4 4
2012: Necessary Pictures: Justin Wonnacott , essay by Randy Innes ISBN 978 0 9867143 2 0 134pp
2011: Art Collection at the Embassy of Canada in Madrid ISBN 978010100 52961 5.
2010 – Anyse Ducharme: Data Wrangler,  Justin Wonnacott, Catalogue text for “Glitch – Pop” exhibition Gallery 115 , University of Ottawa
2010 – “Heart + Soul – photographs that are portraits” Justin Wonnacott,Catalogue for the exhibition. ISBN 978-0-9867143-0-6
2010“People like me – Tony Fouhse and his subjects” Justin Wonnacott, Catalogue essay for Tony Fouhse – Karsh Award ISBN 978 0 9813970 7 8
2010“What is it like at the bottom of the sea?” Justin Wonnacott, Guerilla, 25 vol 7 Fall 2010,2010: The 10 Best of 2010, Ottawa Citizen – Peter Simpson Dec 13.
2010: Justin Wonnacott:I remember and I forget, curated by Sandra Dyck, essay by Lilly KoltunCarleton University Art Gallery,  ISBN 978-0-7709-0542-2
2010: The Visual Arts in Canada – the Twentieth Century Whitelaw, Foss and Paikowsky Oxford University Press 2010 .  A short history of photography 1900 – 2000 – Martha Langford p288,
2010:”In/Out:Reading images at X 2010”  Melissa Rombout Commissioned essay for the 2010 FestivalX, 12 pp available online at http://www.festivalx.ca/essay_en.html or
2010 – CBC:” All in a day Interview with Allan Neal: http://www.cbc.ca/allinaday/listenagain.html  
www.aregeebee.net/interview/interview.mp3
2010 –  “Many Guises: Contemporary Self Portraits” Judith Parker, Catalogue of the exhibition at Bytown Museum Sept 23 2010 -  Feb 23 ,2011 ISBN 978 0 981 98128680 1 3   www.bytownmuseum.ca
2010 –  “Something fishy . . . ” Peter Simpson, Ottawa Citizen, Saturday Sept 11 2010 G1/G4
Review Justin Wonnacott’s Dead fish – Peter Simpson http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bigbeat/archive/tags/justin+wonnacott/default.aspx
Sep 10
2009“Go – Print – Screen, The Public Domain and Digital Prints” Justin Wonnacott, Catalogue essay for Voix Visuelle Exposition Internationale d’estampes numérique miniature.ISBN 978 0 9813930 0 12009 –  “Who knew there was so much public art in ottawa” Peter Simpson , “The Big Beat” http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bigbeat/archive/2009/11/13/who-knew-there-was-so-much-public-art-in-ottawa.aspx Fri Nov 13 2009
Kathleen Petty CBC Radio interview July 2009 http://cbc.ca/ottawa/media/audio/ottawamorning/20090615somersetphotos.ram
2009–  “Justin Wonnacott: Somerset” Catalogue, Essay by Christopher Davidson imp Bytown Museum 108pp
2008– “Collections” ,  Ottawa Art Gallery book dealingwith contemporary art, Emily Falvey,
2008– “Evidence - The Ottawa City Project” ,  x, Ottawa Art Gallery, curator Emily Falvey, Fall 2008
2008 – Justin Wonnacott, “The fish list/ I remember and I forget”  , Vie des Arts Magazine , summer By Lori Beaman
2006 – “The Street” ,  “On Tour” traveling exhibitions publicity materials for the NGC/CMCP
2006 – Ottawa City Journal , cover banner and 1 page article by Patricia Lonergan, Nov 22
2005 –Ottawa Express , cover and feature Reviewby Anita Eutaneier vol12,#31
2004The Bigger Picture – Portraits from Ottawa, catalog published by the Ottawa Art Gallery, CV issue #62,
2003, The Bigger Picture – Ottawa Art Gallery texts by Karen Love,2001,
2001,“Radiolarian life, the parts of a flower and the Philosopher’s stone” Justin Wonnacott, for Boreal Art/Nature A text regarding the online web artworks of Lorraine Gilbert and AE(Stephane Claude and Gisele Trudel. , .
2000 McLelland and Stewart “Canadian Encyclopedia 2000 edition”  - mention and references to my work in the essay concerning Public Art, essay by Annalee Adair.,1999 “Interface - a review” Justin Wonnacott,Blackflash Magazine , Spring,1996 Digital Reflections, Rafael Goldchain, Blackflash Spring,
1995 Like Smoke through a Keyhole - David Hlynsky, Blackflash summer ,
1995Canadian Art, Fast Forward, Ontario, Winter,
1992, Blackflash, Interview with Julian Mills and images.
1991 Public Exposures One Decade. TPW 1991.,
1990 In Review: Justin Wonnacott at SAW Gallery, Hamish Buchanan, TPW VIEWS 1990., Modern Narratives by April Hickox. Gallery 44, 1990,
1989 Telling Pictures...Students, Thieves, Voyeurs,  Clive Robertson, SAW News, Snakes in the Garden, Gary Mainprize,  
1988 Artists and their Work , broadsheet, Art gallery of Ontario Extension Services, 1988., "Next to the cash... " Connie Hitzeroth TPW Views 1988, Traveling exhibitions catalogue, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.(For "Keep this place"), Documentary Styles (broadsheet) Burlington Art Gallery, James Chambers and Andrew Danson. .
1983Latitudes and Parallels, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Shirley Madill,
1975 Exposure catalogue , Art Gallery of Ontario.