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Jeff Nachtigall b. Yorkton, Saskatchewan Canada

Solo Exhibitions

2021   

“Barrhead Supersonic”, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary, AB 

“MoTA”, Museum of Temporary Art, Silton, SK (upcoming)

2018   

“Peripatetic Allegories”, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary, AB

2015   

“Wild Men”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB 

2014   

“Cinnamon and Censorship”, Grande Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, AB 

2009  

“Barbarians, Bears and Beavers: The Return to the Plains of Abraham”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

2006   

“Strip”, Nouveau Gallery, Regina, SK 

“Some Drawings”, Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB 

2004               

“Eden “, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB 

“Re”, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB

“Un”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

“Excerpts From Conversations With Myself”, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, SK  

2003  

“Excerpts From Conversations With Myself”, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK 

“Mostly True Stories”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK

“Search & Destroy”, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON 

“The Evolution of Pollution”, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK

2002  

“Space Invaders”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary AB

“Don’t Know If I’m Right, But I’m Not Wrong”, Project Room, Art Miami, Miami, FL 

 “Excerpts From Conversations With Myself”, Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, AB 

“Research & Development”, Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, SK 

“Inbred”, Multicultural Art Gallery, Pier 21, Halifax, NS

2001   

“Excerpts From Conversations With Myself”, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB 

“Jeff Nachtigall”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK

“Excerpts From Conversations With Myself”, Art Gallery of Swift Current NEC, Swift Current, SK

“Excerpts From Conversations With Myself”, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK

1999   

“Folker-99”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK 

“Cinnamon”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB 

1996   

“Cannon Fodder”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Group Exhibitions

2019   

“A Prairie Vernacular”, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, Buhler Gallery, Art Gallery of Swift Current, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba

2014   

“Emma Lake Collaboration”, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

“Wild Thing”, Lightbox Gallery, NYC

2012   

“Urban Readymades”, College Art Galleries, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK 

2011   

(IN)ACCESSIBLE CITY”, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON (Curator)

“Treasures”, Affinity Gallery, Saskatoon, SK 

2010   

“(IN)ACCESSIBLE CITY”, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (Curator)

“Artifact”, Affinity Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

“Toronto International Art Fair”, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON

2008   

“Wayne Gretzkey Rocks”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

“Masterpiece; Investing in Today’s Art”, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB

2007   

“Painter Pants”, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB

“100 Years of Collecting”, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

The Insiders”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (Curator)

2006   

“Emma Perfect/Perfect Emma”, Affinity Gallery, Saskatoon, SK 

2005   

“Winter”, Nouveau Gallery, Regina, SK

“Sunscreen”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

“Grand Opening”, Nouveau Gallery, Regina, SK 

2004 

“Art Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

“Trading Spaces”, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

“Making it Like a Man”, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK

“San Francisco International Art Exposition 6 “, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

“Sunscreen”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

“A Fathers Day”, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK

“Toronto International Art Fair”, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON

“25th Anniversary Show”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK

2003   

“Art Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

“Scope Miami”, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL

“San Francisco International Art Exposition 5”, Fort Mason Center, San    Francisco, CA

“Biennial SCAM”, Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Art Gallery of Swift Current, Moose Jaw Art Museum, The Art Gallery of Prince Albert, Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery

“Lodestar”, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

“Sunscreen”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

“That’s My Wonderful Town”, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK

“Summer Show”, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, British BC

“Scope LA”, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

“Affordable Art Fair”, Pier 92, New York, NY

“Arts Week” 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON

“Toronto International Art Fair”, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON

2002   

“Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists”, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“Deep Prairie”, Susan Whitney Gallery/ Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

“Art Miami”, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL

“Western Panic!”, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary AB

“San Francisco International Art Exposition 4”, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco CA

“Relationships”, OSAC and the Saskatchewan Arts Board, Travelling Exhibition

“Sequences”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

“Always Today”, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB

“SOFA”, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY

“Altars and Shrines”, The Little Gallery, Prince Albert, SK

“The Small Object Show”, The Saskatchewan Craft Gallery, Saskatoon SK

“Toronto International Art Fair”, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON

“Affordable Art Fair”, Pier 92, New York, NY

“Art With Heart”, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, ON

“Red Dot 3”, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2001   

“If You Could Read My Mind”, Swizzle Gallery, Toronto, ON 

“The Object Of Art”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 

“SOFA”, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY 

“Toronto International Art Fair”, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON

2000   

“Canada Survey: Prairies”, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver , BC

“SOFA”, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY

“Gallery Artists”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK

“Burn Graceland, Burn”, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB

“Re-imaging the Prairie Icon” The Little Gallery, Prince Albert, SK

“SOFA”, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

“Strangers In A Strange Land”, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina SK 

1999   

“Gallery Artists”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK

“Ignition”, Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre, Calgary, AB

“SOFA”, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY

“STUDIO, Clearance Block, Calgary, AB

“25th Anniversary Show”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK

1998   

“SOFA”, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY

“Introductions 98”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

“SOFA”, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

“Tea Party II”, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON

“Holiday Collection”, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON

“Uncommon” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

“Mail Art: Alternative Bookworks”, Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, AB

“Wild in the City “, BCE Place Atrium, Toronto, ON

1997   

“Christmas show”, Prime Gallery, Toronto, On

“November XX”, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

“SOFA”, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

“Last Picture Show”, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB

“Graceland”, Graceland Junkyard, Calgary, AB

“Tradition Transformed”, Calgary the Urban Landscape” Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, AB

1995               

“The Cowboy Show”, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

“The CD Show”, Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan

Education

BFA, University of Regina, 1993

MFA candidate, Illinois State University, 1993-94

Arts & Business Pilot Program, ACAD, 1996

Creative Aging Institute, The Creative Centre at University Settlement, NYC, 2012

Raj Manek Mentorship Program, 2015/2016

Bibliography

Robertson, Patricia Dawn, Supersonic painter captures rural mystique, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, May 28, 2021

Agenda, Canadian Art, March 26 – April 26 2021

Sasktel MAX, A Prairie Vernacular: A Contemporary Expression, January 2021

Robinson, Lissa, Jeff Nachtigall: Mesmerizing and defiantly folksy paintings challenge Canadiana nostalgia, Galleries West, April 19, 2021

Hanna. Maeve, Jeff Nachtigall: Barrhead Supersonic, Jarvis Hall Gallery, 2021

McRorie, Jennifer, A Prairie Vernacular (catalogue), 2019

Blackett, Matthew, Jeff Nachtigall: MOTA, Spacing Magazine, National Issue No. 40, 2016

Shouse, Deborah, Love in the Land of Dementia, book, 2016

McKay, Stephanie The Alley Gallery: Art for the Real World, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, April 26, 2016

Larkin, Marilynn, Jeff Nachtigall: Enabling Older Adults to Unleash Their Creativity Through Art, Journal on

Active Aging, July/August, 2015

Jeff Nachtigall, Carfac Newsletter, 2016

Nachtigall, Jeff, NCCA Artists Online Training in Arts and Aging, 2014

Nachtigall, Jeff, Sundogs and Sunflowers: Folklore and Folk art of the Great Northern Plains, North Dakota

Council on the Arts, 2015

Priegert, Portia, Take them home, Galleries West, Summer 2015

Laurence, Robin, Vignettes, Preview, February/March 2015

Agenda, Canadian Art, Spring 2015

Launchpad, Calgary Herald, March 11, 2015

Young, Gavin, Five things to do in Calgary this weekend, Calgary Herald, March 13, 2015

Author Unknown, Jeff Nachtigall: Wild Men, Art Rubicon, March 22, 2015

Jepsen, Sally, The story of a painting, Culture Builds Community, June 3, 2015

Author Unknown, Wild Men, Galleries West, Spring 2015

Espetveidt, Amy Jo, Calgary Arts Round Up, Calgary Is Awesome, March 9, 2015

McDermot, Carrie, Mobile Art Program, Daily News, June 5, 2015

Catherine, Carrie, Jeff Nachtigall, Riversdale Love Blog, April 11, 2015

Robertson, Patricia Dawn, Artist on Retreat moves forward, September 17, 2014

Duffy, Andrew, Art adds colour to Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, Ottawa Citizen, June 20, 2014

Tousley, Nancy, An irreverent take on Canada, Calgary Herald, September 19, 2009

Robinson, Lissa/ Shelling, John, The Insiders, (catalogue), 2009

Hale, Thomas, A Year at Sherbrooke, National Film Board of Canada, Documentary

Trethewey, Laura, A Year at Sherbrooke, Torontoist, April 16, 2009

Gazzola, Bart, A Colourful Year, Planet S, January 3, 2008

Tousley, Nancy, Rocking Canadian Style, Calgary Herald, August 17, 2008

Murphy, Travis, Newzones show ponders what rocks about ‘Canadian-ness’, Fast Forward, July 10, 2008

Gazzola, Bart, Gallery Roundup, Planet S, September 13, 2007

MacPherson, Colleen, At the Galleries, The Star Phoenix, September 22, 2007

Gazzola, Bart, Bringing The Inside Out, Planet S, October 25, 2007

Graham, Jim, From Sherbrooke to Mendel, CARFAC SASK Newsletter, October 2007

Pas, Ed, Arts Residencey Creates Positive Change, Mendelog, Fall/ Winter 2007

Gazzola, Bart, Letters to the Editor, Planet S, Decenber 6, 2007

Smith, Steven Ross, Celebrating Saskatchewan Artists, (book), 2006

Anderson, Jack, Trash used to awake the senses, Leader Post, January 28, 2004

Czerski, Karoline, This thing called art, University of Calgary Gauntlet, February 12, 2004

Anderson, Jack, The ‘guy’ culture examined, Leader Post, June 16, 2004

Garneau, David, Making it Like a Man, Vista, June/July/August, 2004

Bouchard, Gilbert A, ‘Found Art’, Edmonton Journal, July 10, 2004

Garneau, David, Making it Like a Man, catalog, 2004

Pratt, Sue, Exhibition flicks through artist’s mind, The Star Phoenix, February 8, 2003

Anderson, Jack, Strangely fearful, funny stuff, The Leader Post, March 20, 2003

MacLennan, Kathryn, Nachtigall’s works “ deceptively simple”, The Carillon’ March 13, 2003

MacPherson, Colleen, Underground Art, On Campus News U of Saskatchewan, January 24, 2003

Matharu, Pamila, Fauna and Fodder, Gladstone Bag, vol. 1 issue 2, October, 2003

CBC, Jeff Nachtigall interview, Toronto Morning Metro, October 14, 2003

Garneau, David, Baroque versions of adolescent male marginalia, Biennial SCAM 2003, catalog, 2003

Garneau, David, After The Grain Elevator, catalog, 2003

Goddard, Peter, Liberals, Art Fair Crowd An Unusual Mix, Toronto Star, November 17, 2003

Mcnaughton, Judy, Life and art in the middle of nowhere, Writers by Writers, 2003

Laviolette, Mary-Beth, The Year In Art, Calgary Herald, December 28, 2002

Smith, Steven Ross, Jeff Nachtigall + Hard Work + Funky Art = Success, New West Review, 27. 1, 2002

McVeigh, Jennifer, Tumultous adolescent netherworld, FFWD, April 25, 2002

McVeigh, Jennifer, Space Invaders, FFWD, vol. 7, no. 7, 2002

Bell, Kenneth, Jeff Nachtigall, Exposure, CBC TV, July 25, 2002

Enright, Robert. Postcards from the Zone, Border Crossings, vol. 20, no. 4, 2001

Anderson, Jack. Nachtigall illustrates his (our) anxieties, The Leader Post, January 10, 2001

Long, Timothy. Jeff Nachtigall: Excerpts from Conversations with Myself, Artichoke, Fall/Winter 2001

Robertson, Patricia. Nachtigall’s Iconic Frenzy, Calgary Straight, March 22 –28,  2001

Fast Forward, Canadian Art, vol. 18, no.1, Spring 2001

Long, Timothy. Studio Series, Vista, September/October/November, 2000

Anderson, Jack. Strangers in a Strange Land, catalog, 2000

Long, Timothy. Excerpts from Conversations with Myself, catalog, 2000

Severson, Anne. Arts Update, FFWD, September,1999

Gustafson, Paula. Review, Asian Arts News, Summer 1999

Severson, Anne. The Upwardly Mobile, WHERE Calgary, May/June, 1999

Art & Antiques Guide, “Off the Prairie”,   WHERE Calgary, March/April, 1999

Best Bets, Calgary Herald Entertainment Guide, Feb. 25-Mar. 3, 1999

Severson, Anne. Arts Update, FFWD, February 18, 1999

Anderson, Jack. Nachtigall’s chaotic, rambling images are carefully considered explorations, The Leader Post, March 6, 1999

Fast Forward, Canadian Art, volume 15, no.4, Winter 1998,

Gustafson, Paula.  Review, Artichoke, volume 10, no. 3, Fall/Winter 1998

Severson, Anne.  Why does everything have to be so political?, FFWD, July, 1998

Beatty, Greg. Sculptures often make use of animals as symbols, The Leader Post, October 26, 1996 

Selected Awards

The Freda Mesbur Prize for Printmaking, 1993

Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance Grant, 1996

Saskatchewan Arts Board “B” grant, 2002

Canada Council Travel Grant, 2002, 2019

Saskatchewan Arts Board Artist in the Community Grant, 2007

Saskatchewan Arts Board Independent Artist Grant, 2010, 2016

Saskatchewan Arts Board Artist in Residence Grant, 2008, 2009

Collections

Nordstrom, Vancouver, BC, Austin, TX, Toronto, ON                 

Brownlee and Fryett, Calgary, AB                         

City of Regina, Regina, SK                                                                         

Art Center, Jamestown, ND

DEC Interactive Inc., Calgary, AB                                                  

Trinity Lutheran Church, Regina,SK                                    

Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK                          

MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK

Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, SK                                          

Hospital Art Foundation, Regina, SK

Saskatchewan Cancer Centre, Saskatoon, SK                 

Contemporary Office Interiors, Calgary, AB

St. Marks Lutheran Church, Regina, SK                             

Luther College, Regina, SK

Hunter Miller, Regina, SK                                                              

Burnet Duckworth and Palmer, Calgary, AB          

Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB             

Sherbrooke Community Centre, Saskatoon,SK

Royal Bank of Canada

Simon’s Corperate, Calgary, AB

Positions

Open Studio Consulting, 2012- present

Open Studio Projects, Founder & Director, 2007 – present

Museum of Temporary Art, Founder & Director, 2004 – present

Founder, Mobile Painting Device, 2007- present

Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, 2015 – present

Artistic Director Dubé Centre for Mental Health, Saskatoon, SK, 2012 – 2016

Artistic Director Kaleidoscope Arts, Saskatoon, SK, 2013 – 2016 

Artistic Director United Active Living, Calgary, AB, 2012 – 2015

Artistic Director Sherbrooke Community Centre, Saskatoon, SK, 2012 – 2013           

Co Founder & Director Make Work Projects, 2010 – 2013

Projects

Memory Arts Bistro, Benevilla Seniors Community, Surprise, AZ, 2017

National Center for Creative Aging, Art Jam, Newseum, Washington, DC, 2016

Art for Life: Traditional Dance and the Mobile Painting Device (MPD), North Dakota Council on the Arts, Ellendale, Wahpeton, Jamestown, Enderlin, ND, 2015

Riversdale Love, Community Art Intervention & Installation, Saskatoon, SK, 2015

Open Studio @ Recreation Connections Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 2015

Open Studio @ South Lyon Rehab & Seniors Care, Paint Pour & MPD, South Lyon, MI, 2014

Museum of Temporary Art, Riversdale BID, Saskatoon, SK, 2014

National Center for Creative Aging, Corcoran Gallery, Integrating Creative Modalities, Washington, DC, 2014 

Winnipeg Alley Walk, Resource Assistance for Youth, Winnipeg, MN, 2013

Open Studio and the College of Family Physicians of Canada @ Family Medicine Forum, Quebec, QC, 2014

(In)Accessible City, Supercrawl, Hamilton artists Inc., Hamilton, ON, 2011

(In)Accessible City: Mapping Accessibility with the MPD, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, 2010

The Insiders: Exhibition, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, 2007

Presentations

Assemblée Scientifique Annuelle du CQMF, Montreal, QC, 2017

International Council on Active Aging, Orlando, FL, 2016

“Good Art or Good Enough for Healthcare”, First Annual McGill Family Medicine Research Division and Graduate Student Society Symposium, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 2015

Recreation Connections, Winnipeg, MB, 2015

Family Medicine Forum, Quebec, QC, 2014

NCCA National Leadership Exchange, Washington, DC, 2014, 2016 

KSCOPE Arts Symposium, Saskatoon, SK, 2014

Power of the Arts National Forum, Ottawa, ON, 2013

“Back to the Drawing Board: Considering the Arts as an Effective Approach to Inter-professional Education”,

Canadian Conference on Medical Education, Quebec, QC, 2013

American Society on Aging, Chicago, IL, 2013

Creative Aging Symposium, Calgary, AB, 2012

Creating Space for the Arts and Humanities, Banff, AB, 2012

Artist + Community Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, 2012

The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care, Oakville, ON, 2011

TEDx, Saskatoon, SK, 2010

Creative Age Forum, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 2010

Conference on Creative Expression, Communication and Dementia, Penticton, BC, 2010

Residencies

Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON 2016 -2017, 2018

Sam and Adel Golden Foundation Artists Residency, New Berlin, NY, 2017 

Emma Collaboration, 2002, 2004, 2014 

Artist In Residence, Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto Ontario, 2013

Artist in Residence, Sherbrooke Community Centre, Saskatoon, SK, 2006-2012

Artist in Residence, Dubé Centre for Mental Health, Saskatoon, SK, 2008-2012 

Artist in Residence, Saskatoon Health Region, 2006- 2012

Thematic Residency, Banff Centre, 2003, 2006

Artist in Residence, University of Regina, 2002

Emma Lake Workshop, 2001

Visiting Artist

Sam and Adel Golden Foundation Visiting Artist, New Berlin, NY, 2017

South Lyon Rehab & Senior Care, South Lyon, MI, 2014 

Baycrest Apotex Centre, Toronto, ON, 2012

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, 2004

Baycrest Innovation, Technology and Design Lab, Toronto, ON, 2012

Mackenzie Art Gallery, Urban Outreach Program, Regina, SK, 2001

University of Regina, Regina, SK, 2001

Mackenzie Art Gallery, Provincial Outreach Program, Saskatchewan, 2003- 2004

Teaching/Instructional Workshops 

McGill University, Department of Family Medicine, Graduate Program, Arts in Healthcare course development, 2015- Present

National Centre for Creative Aging, Leadership Exchange, Washington DC, 2014, 2016 

Mackenzie Art Gallery, Professional Development Workshop, Regina, SK, 2014 

North Dakota Council on the Arts, Art for Life Program, 2014

United Active Living Team Building Workshop, Yarn Bombing, Banff Centre, Banff, AB, 2014 National Centre for Creative Aging, Online Artist Training in Arts and Aging, 2013

Sheridan Elder Research Centre, Arts and Innovation Day, Artist’s Toolkit, 2013 

Creative Aging Calgary Society, Professional Development Workshop, Calgary, AB, 2013

Baycrest Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation, Arts Based Learning, 2012

Creative Aging Symposium, Experiential Workshop, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, 2012

Illinois State University, Drawing, Printmaking, Normal IL, 1993-1994

University of Regina, Printmaking, Regina, SK, 1992-1993

Board Experience

University of Regina Printmaking Students Association, Founder & Chair, 1993

AKA Gallery, Vice Chair 2007 – 2009

Emma Collaboration Committee, 2012-presentJack Millikin Centre, 2015