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ALLAN TOEWS                               Visual Artist

I began as a practicing artist in Winnipeg MB in 1972 after graduating from the School of Art, University of Manitoba. 

I moved to Victoria BC in 2005 and have continued to practice my art here. Although I have used the photograph as a source material and an end in itself, I still find drawing, collage and painting to be the most challenging and meaningful forms of expression. Drawing has always been at the forefront of my art having had several exhibitions where it was the primary art form.

Education 

1968-      School of Art, University of Manitoba

1972          Winnipeg, MB

Awards 

2016     Artist Residency, Wallace Stegner House

                   Eastend Saskatchewan

1988-

1990

Visual Arts Grants, Manitoba Arts Council,

Winnipeg MB

1977-

1987

Project Grants, Manitoba Arts Council,

Winnipeg MB

Exhibitions 

Solo

2012         Boreal Bush Drawings,  Xchanges Gallery, Victoria BC, Canada

2006        Imaginary Cities, Gallery at The Mac, Victoria BC, Canada

2004        Inter-Sites, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

2004        Prairie Industrial, Adelaide/McDermot Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

1990          Urban Anatomy, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

1988          Metropolis,  Xchanges Gallery, Victoria BC, Canada

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Group

2017         216 Collective, Victoria Arts Council Gallery, Victoria BC, Canada

2016          Self Portrait Show, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria BC, Canada

2010         Blue Bridge Project, Gallery 216, Victoria BC, Canada

1998          Gallery Group Show, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

1997           Gallery Group Show, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

1996          Gallery Group Show, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

1995          Gallery Group Show, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

1991           Group of Three, Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

1991           The Neurotic Show,  Xchanges Gallery, Victoria BC, Canada

1990          Mennonite Artist:Insider as Outsider, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

1989          International Miniature Art Show, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada

1988          International Miniature Art Show, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada

1988          Where Art and Craft Merge,  Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

1987          Gallery Group Show, Gallery 454, Winnipeg MB, Canada

1987          Gallery Group Show, Winchester Gallery, Victoria BC, Canada

1985          Gallery Artists Show, Leonard Marco Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

1984          Berg/Toews 2 person show, Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg MB, Canada

Publications and Reviews:

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1990          Priscilla Reimer, Mennonite Artist: Insider as Outsider, Christian Press

1990          Randal McIlroy, 'Work takes dark look at city', Winnipeg Free Press

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Collections:

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Manitoba Arts Council Art Bank

Private Collections

Contact Me

1-250-383-0043

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