Vic Cicansky

VICTOR CICANSKY

Canadian artist Victor Cicansky was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1935. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan (B. Ed., 1964); the Haystack Mountain School of Art in Deer Island, Maine; and at the University of California, Davis (M.F.A. ,1970). In addition to his own work, he has contributed extensively to the artistic careers of others, teaching for over 20 years at the University of Regina, the Banff School of Fine Arts, the University of California (Davis), and at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He has also been a guest lecturer at universities across Canada and the United States. At the heart of Cicansky’s visible focus on the garden is a drive to define the intersection of culture, agriculture and history in his Canadian farming roots.

Victor Cicansky has received numerous honours and awards. His major commissions include large-scale ceramic murals for the Government of Saskatchewan, the Cooperators Group and the CBC. Principal collections including his work are: The National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal; Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal; Art Gallery of Hamilton; Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Mackenzie Art Gallery, and the Saskatchewan Arts Board. In July 2009, he was also awarded the designation of Member to the Order of Canada, denoting an achievement of outstanding citizenship and service to both Canada and to the international community.

HONORS, AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2009
Named a Member of the Order of Canada

2007
Receives honorary degree from University of Regina, SK

2005
Awarded the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal

1999-2000
Member of A.C. Leighton Foundation

1997
Awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit

1996
“Best Composition”, The Works Arts Festival, Edmonton

1989
Saskatchewan Arts Board Senior Artist Award

1969
Kingsley Award for Sculpture, Sacramento, CA

1968-89
Canada Council Awards (5)

1967
Victoria and Albert Award for Ceramic Sculpture, London, England
Canada Crafts Council Award

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
New Work, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2008
New Works in Bronze and Ceramic, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON, May 3-31.

2006
Victor Cicansky, Landscaping the Md Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON, May 27-June 17.

2005
The Garden of Art; Celebrating 26 Years, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton

2004
The Garden of Art – Spring, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
New Work, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary

2003
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
Mira Godard Gallery,onto

2002
Douglas Udell Gallery, onton

2000
Victor Cicansky, Domestic Landscapes, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton

1999
The Garden Gate, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
Bird Song, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary

1998
New Work, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Edmonton, AB

1997
Summer Solstice, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
The Heart of the Garden, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

1996
The Planter, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver

1995
New Work, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
New Work, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary

1994
“Victor Cicansky, Gardening Way West of Toronto”, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
“Victor Cicansky, Erotic Hybrids”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton

1993
“New Work”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
“Creating the Prairie Garden”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
“Victor Cicansky, New Sculptures”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, Califoia

1992
The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto

1991
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
Woltjen/ Udell Gallery, Edmonton

1990
Grunwald Gallery, Toronto
Woltjen/ Udell Gallery, Vancouver

1988
“Vic Cicansky: Pantry Exhibition”, Woltjen/ Udell Gallery, Vancouver
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina

1987
“New Work”, Woltjen/ Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Grunwald Gallery, Toronto

1986
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina

1985
Grunwald Gallery, Toronto

1984
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

1983
“Cicansky”, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina (National Tour with Catalogue)

1982
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
“Victor Cicansky”, Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton

1980
Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina

1975
“Recent Victor Work”, Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York
“New Work by Vic Cicansky”, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina

1973
“Ceramics/ Vic Cicansky”, Moose Jaw Art Museum, Moose Jaw

1970
University of California Gallery, Davis, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
“Heavy Medal: The Order of Canada Exhibition”, Douglas Udell Gallery,
Vancouver, BC – 2010 Olympics
“Fall Show” Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
“Christmas Show” Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2009
“Heavy Medal: The Order of Canada Exhibition”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
“Fall Show”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB; Vancouver, BC
“Spring Mix”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB; Vancouver, BC
“The Royal Canadian Academy of Art: A Celebration of Art, Architecture and Design”, TrepanierBaer, Calgary, AB

2007
Art 2007, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec.

2006
From the North: Canadian Ceramics, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Penn.

2005
Chicago Contemporary and Classic
Opening Group Show, Nouveau Gallery, Regina, SK, Oct 21, 2005
Regina Clay: Worlds in the Making, Mackenzie Art Gallery, November 19- February 26, 2006
“Sit Down: Artist Bench Invitational”, Montvalvo Gallery & Grounds, Saratoga, CA

2004
Toronto International Art Fair

2003
“Horizons”, Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon
“Art 2003”, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
“Summer Show”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
“Lodestar”, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Toronto International Art Fair

2002
“Qu’Appelle”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
“Art 2002”, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal

2001-02
“Poetics of Clay, International Perspective”, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Sept-Nov 2001; Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland, Jan-April 2002

2001
“SOFA, New York”, Armory, New York
“SOFA, Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago
“Curious Universe”, University of Montreal, QC
“Contemporary Still Life”, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC

2000
“SOFA, New York”, Armory, New York
“SOFA, Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago
Toronto International Art Fair

1999
“Toronto Collects: Contemporary Ceramics”, The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto
“SOFA, New York”, Armory, New York
“SOFA, Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago

1998
“Art in Bloom”, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
“Sculpture Objects, Functional Art”, SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago
“A Question of Identity: Ceramics at the End of the Twentieth Century”, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
“Generations”, Freedman Art Gallery, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania
“Prairie Region Exhibition”, Royal Academy, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Manitoba and Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina

1997-2002
"FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON; MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON

1997
"SOFA, Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago

1995
Art Fair Seattle, Seattle

1994
“SOFA, Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago
“Summer Show”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
“Prairie Icons, The Discovery of Saskatchewan Folk Art”, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
Art Gallery Outreach, Regina

1993
“Summer Show”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
“Art LA 93”, The 8th International LA Art Fair
“New Art Forms Exposition”, Navy Pier, Chicago
“Body Parts”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina
Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005
Time Out, Alberta Venture, December issue
“Victor Cicansky: 2005 Garden of Art Catalogue” for Douglas Udell Gallery

2004
Weekly Critic’s Pick, Calgary Herald Newspaper
Kerr, Don. The Garden of Art: Vic Cicansky, Sculptor. The University of Calgary Press.

2003
“Shattering the Landscape Window”, Edmonton Journal

2002
Weekly Critic’s Pick, Calgary Herald Newspaper

1997
Roukes, Nicholas. Humour in Art: A Celebration of Visual Wit and Satire, Davis Publications Inc. Worcester, MA, p.107

1996
Butala, Sharon. "Growing Roots of an Obsession", Canadian Gardening, Aug/Sept, pp.40-47

1995
Tousley, Nancy. "Sexy Veggies: Artist Victor Cicansky Challenges Censorship with Ceramic Sculptures of Sensuous Vegetables", Calgary Herald, Calgary, AB, May 14.

1986
Borsa, Joan. Out of Saskatchewan: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Regina, SK, p.32-33

1983
Bringnurst, R., James, G., Keziere, R. & Shadbolt, D. Visions: Contemporary Art in Canada, Douglas McIntyre, 1983
Ferguson, B. W., Phillips, C.A.. Victor Cicansky: Clay Sculpture. Catalogue for the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK.
Billington, Dave, “From Earth to Art”, Edmonton Journal, Aug. 13.
Antip, Felicia. “Retrospective Victor Cicansky La Regina”, Tribuna Romaniei, Bucuresti, Romania, May 1.
Dykk, Lloyd. “Life and Death and Vegetables” Vancouver Sun, Sept. 8.
Robson, Barbara, “Sculptor Has Lots To Smile About Now,” Winnipeg Free Press, MB, July 27.
Roy, Wendy. “Artist Reaps Fruits And Vegetables Of His Labour” Western People, Saskatoon, SK, Apr. 14.

1982
Bale, Doug. "Sculptor Finds Inspiration In Supermarket", London Free Press, London, ON, May 26.
Ball, Denise. "A Mouthwatering Exhibition for Artistic Vegetarians", Leader Post, Regina, SK April 8.
Enright, Robert. "Vic Cicansky, of Clay and Craven I Sing", Arts Manitoba, v.2, Summer.
Forrest, Kevin, “Regina Clay”, Arts West, V.7, n.10, Nov., pp. 14-17.
Robertson, Sheila, “Workshop Gives Art Session Meaning,” Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, SK, Oct 15.
Robertson, Sheila, “Humour Evident in Sculptures,” Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, SK, Dec 24.

1980
Bismanis, Maija. The Contininental clay connection. Catalogue for MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Burke, Lora. “Cicansky Exhibit at Regina Gallery”, Leader Post [Regina], Mar. 6.
Whyte, Jon. “Ceramic Sculpture: Another Dimension”, Arts West, 8.
Ewert, Elinor. “Regina’s Fall Exhibitions,” Arts West, 0.

1979
Mandel, Eli. “A Comprehensible World: The work of Cicansky, Thauberger, Yuristy and Fafard”, ArtsCanada, v.36, n.3 (Oct/Nov ‘79)

1977
Burke, Lora. “Artist’s Life And Work Is Full Of Earthly Humour”, Leader Post [Regina], June 21.

1975
Burke, Lora. “Assemble Here Please”, Leader Post [Regina], Sept 30.

1974
Pagonis, Illyas. Fired Sculpture. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
Toupin, Giles, “De la grenouille Adam a la fin de notre ere”, La Presse, Montreal, Apr 17.

1973
“West Touched With Whimsy”, Globe and Mail, Toronto, March 30.
Heath, Terrence, “Regina Ceramicists”, ArtsCanada, , v. 30, May.
Shuebrook, Ron, “Regina Funk”, Art and Artists, Aug.
Tousley, Nancy, “Sculpture Display is Eyefilling Delight”, Calgary Herald, AB, Apr 14.

1972
“International Ceramics Exhibition” The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.

1971
de Rovden, Johnny Rolf Jan, Museum Journal, 16.2, Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Holland, April.
Zack, David. “Letter from Regina,” Craft Horizons, June.

1970
Albright, Thomas. "Crazy Tree chairs and Baboon Views Frog", San Francisco Chronicle, April 7.
Meisel, A., “Three Craftsmen: A Special Viewpoint”, Craft Horizons, Oct.

1967
Fitzrandolph, Katie. “Regina’s clay forms have malignant overtones”, Leader-Post [Regina], Dec. 5.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Alberta Foundation For The Arts
Burlington Art Gallery, Burlington, ON
Canada Council for the Arts, Art Bank
Charlottetown Museum of Fine Art, Charlottetown, PE
City of Vancouver (King Edward Station)
Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC
Credit Suisse, Toronto, ON
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON
DIA Holdings, Edmonton, AB
Dunlop Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Government of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Lavalin Inc., Montreal, Quebec
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Martin Leboldus High School, Regina, SK
McCarthy Tetrault, Toronto, ON
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Moose Jaw Art Museum, Moose Jaw, SK
Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, QC
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Northern Telecom, Toronto, ON
Regina Public Library, SK
Sacremento State College, Sacramento, CA
Saskatchewan Government Arts Board, Regina, SK
Saskatchewan Telecommunications, Regina, SK
Scotiabank, Canada
Sturdy-Stone Building, Saskatoon, SK
The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Tory, Tory, Deslauriers & Binnington, Toronto, ON
University of California, Davis, California
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
University of Regina, Regina, SK
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Wasteless Environmental Corporation

Selected Works

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