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RFM McInnis

Selected Solo exhibitions:

1989 Roberts Gallery , Toronto . Ontario

1991 Rodman Hall. St Catharines , Ontario . Figures and Landscapes

1991 Roberts Gallery , Toronto . Ontario

1991 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa . Ontario

1991 Canadian Art Galleries . Calgary . Alberta

1991 La Folie des Arts, Pointe-au-Pic , Quebec

1992 Grande Prairie Art Gallery., Grande Prairie , Alberta 'Ten Year Survey'.

1992 Canadian Art Galleries . Calgary . Alberta - New Figurative Work.

1993 Galerie Woltjen Edmonton. Alberta 'Five year Survey.'

1993 Roberts Gallery , Toronto . Ontario

1994 Canadian Art Galleries . Calgary . 'Off Connemara', new landscapes.

1997 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa . Ontario - Western Art of RFM.McInnis

1938 Portraits of the Prairies. Assiniboia Gallery, Regina . Sask.

1998 Portraits of the Prairies, Assiniboia /Bessborough, Saskatoon , Sask.

1999 Figure Paintings, Leighton Centre, Calgary , Alberta

1999 'The Roads That Lead There', Leighton Centre, Calgary , Alberta

2000 Feature, Grand Opening, Art and Soul Gallery, High River , Alberta .

2001 New Works, Masters Gallery, Calgary ,

2001 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa , 40 Years a Painter.

2002 Masters Gallery, Calgary , 40 Years a Painter.

2004-2007 'A' is for Alberta 'AFA travelling show, curated by Edmonton Art Gallery .

Alberta 's Centennial show 26 paintings.

2005 The Front Gallery, Edmonton , Alberta , Retrospect of Figures.

2006 Mayberry Fine Art, Summer Feature, Winnipeg , Manitoba .

2007 Roberts Gallery , Toronto , Ontario . - New Works

2007 Masters Gallery, Calgary , Alberta . 'A' is for Alberta 'Exhibition

2008 The Front Gallery, Edmonton , Alberta  - New Works

2008 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa , Ontario - New Works

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1990 'Spaces andPlaces.' Alberta Art Foundation, Japan .

1990 Ring Gallery, Saint John , N.B. 'Artist in the Garden'

1993 Roberts Gallery , Toronto . Watercolour Show.

1993 Faculty of Extention, University of Alberta , Edmonton .'Masterful Drawings' show.

1994 Ring Gallery, Saint John , N.B. 'Artist In the Garden'

1995 Roberts Gallery , Toronto . 'Artist's Choice'.

1995 Roberts Gallery , Toronto , 'Sketches and Major Landscapes Show'.

1995 Roberts Gallery , Toronto . 'Three Alberta Artists' - McInnis, McLean, Sinclair.

1995 Leighton Foundation, Calgary , Alberta

1996 'Artists in Transition' Duma, McInnis, More. Leighton Foundation, Calgary , Alberta

1996 AFA COLLECTS' travelling exhibition to Dec. 1998 - Southern Alberta Region.

1997 Roberts Gallery , Toronto , Ont. 'Sketches and Tom Roberts'.

1997 MacKenzie Art Gallery , Regina , Sask .'Treasured Moments'James Kurtz Memorial Exhibition

1997 'The Best of our Workshops', Leighton Foundation, Calgary .

1998 Collection Alberta Art, 25 Years, AFA Collection - Triangle Gallery, Calgary , AB

1998 Prairie Sentinels, The Vanishing Grain Elevator. Kinderdine Gallery, U of S, Saskatoon , Saskatchewan .

1999 Grain Elevators -'Finding Our Way Home' Provincial Museum of Alberta .

1999 - 2002 Grain Elevators - Travelling Show throughout Alberta

2000 Artist's Choice, Roberts Gallery, Toronto , Ontario

2000 Artist's Choice, Masters Gallery, Calgary , Alberta

2000 Rural Route (AFA Collection) Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery ,Blairmore , Alberta .

2001 Group Shows, Art and Soul Gallery, High River , Alberta .

Grand Opening Show, Gust Gallery, Waterton Park , Alberta

2002 Group Shows, Art and Soul Gallery, High River , Alberta .

Group Show, Gust Gallery, Waterton Park , Alberta .

Artist's Choice. Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2003 Group Shows, Art and Soul Gallery, High River . Alberta .

Images of the West - Bell , Lougheed-Sinclair, McInnis, - Roberts Gallery Toronto , Ont

Grand Opening Show, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg , Manitoba .

Duma, Laycock, McInnis, Nolin. Gust Gallery, Lethbridge , Alberta .

2004 McInnis, Davies, Graff, Stehelin. Whyte Museum , Banff , Alberta .

2005 Collectors Show. Leighton Centre, Calgary , Alberta .

2006 Celebration of the Figure, The Front Gallery, Edmonton , Alberta .

2006 Plug-In Gallery, Fabulous Fakes: Pop art with a Twist, Winnipeg , Manitoba

2007-2008 Traveling show Rêves d'automne Art Festival - Baie Saint-Paul, Quebec

2007 December Choice Exhibition, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa , Ontario .

2008 Coast to Coast (10 Artists) Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

 

Collections:

RFM Mclnnis paintings can be found in the following public collections:

* Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton , Alberta .

* Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montréal, Québec.

* Canadiana Fund, (Residences of the Governor General), Ottawa , Ontario .

* Edmonton Art Gallery , Edmonton , Alberta .

* Hart House, U of T, Toronto , Ontario .

* Glenbow Museum , Calgary , Alberta .

* Government House, Edmonton , Alberta .

* Leighton Foundation, Calgary , Alberta .

* Library and Archives Canada , Ottawa , Ontario

* MacKenzie Gallery , Regina , Saskatchewan .

* Medicine Hat Art Gallery , Medicine Hat , Alberta .

* Moncton Museum , Moncton , N.B.

* New Brunswick Museum , Saint John , N.B.

* Nickle Art Museum , U of C, Calgary , Alberta .

* Office of the Chief Justice of Canada , Ottawa , Ontario .

* Parliamentry Restaurant, Parliament Buildings , Ottawa , Ontario .

* Progressive Conservative National Headquarters, Ottawa , Ontario .

* Rideau Club, Ottawa , Ontario .

* Red Deer College Collection, Red Deer , Alberta .

* Red Deer and District Museum , Red Deer , Alberta .

* Rodman Hall, St Catharines , Ontario .

* Royal Alberta Museum , Edmonton , Alberta .

* Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies .

and in many private and corporate collections across Canada

 

Publications:

- Canada 's Who's Who lists publications as 'author The Renegade's Lament' Poem 1973 Fiddlehead Press;

co author 'Toronto We Love You' The Brunswick House' drawings and poems, 1973 (Simon & Pierre Publishers);

'Steel & Steam' series train paintings, text by Pierre Berton (published by Laurier St-James, Montreal , Quebec )”.

- Additional, Photos and articles in BranchLine Magazine, Ottawa , on railway related Canadian

history (20 years, current).

- Rail related photos and articles in Canadian Railway Modeller Magazine,

Winnipeg , Manitoba , (15 years, current).

- Monthly column 'The Chronicle' dealing with art issues.

(No longer extant.)

- Unpublished manuscript, 'Crossing Canada', about painting trains across Canada

and the history of railway art in Canada .

- Former newspaper reporter, Evening Times Globe and Telegraph Journal,

Saint John, N.B. Daily newspaper, 1961-1962.

Freelance writing for various newspapers since.

- The National Archives of Canada has acquired - and the Canadian Cultural Properties

Export Review Board has approved as being of 'outstanding significance and national importance'

- the RFM McInnis fonds 1960-1991 and the RFM McInnis fonds 1957-1999  '1.48 meters

of textual records (his on going journals, correspondence, and other materials documenting

his life, career and travels'.