Patricia Goldberg-Durr (American-Canadian, b. 1939) Untitled (Nude), 1960 Oil on cotton duck canvas 36" x 24" An early work by Canadian artist and Kansas City native Pat Durr, signed and dated to the reverse. Supplied with a COA and appraisal from the Galerie St-Laurent & Hill, signed by the artist. Presented in a gilt frame measuring 43" x 31". Provenance: Private collection, Galerie St-Laurent & Hill (Ottawa, Ontario), Robert Goldberg (artist's uncle) from 1961-2009, the artist.
PAT DURR (1939 - ), R.C.A.IN MY STUDIO, A FLOWER GARDEN - THE PINK CHAIRMIXED MEDIA ON PAPER; UNSIGNED27.5" x 40" - 69.9 x 101.6 cm.Provenance:Purchased directly from the artistNote:PAT DURR (1939 - ), R.C.A."My artworks document detritus of urban-industrial environments, which is overwhelming our natural environment. This waste, transformed by human intervention, of no artistic prestige, carries the history of its usage.."- Pat Durr -Pat Durr was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1939 and received her Bachelor of Arts in Education (Honours) from the University of Kansas in 1961. She went on to do post-graduate studies at the University of Southampton, England for one year before settling in Ottawa, Ontario. For the past forty years, she has worked in drawing, painting and installation to video. Durr is the recipient of numerous National awards and grants, as well as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, and has been a visiting artist at universities, colleges and art schools across Canada and the United States. She has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally; In 2012 the OAG presented Persistence of Chaos, a retrospective of her art. Her works are found in public, private, and corporate collections throughout Canada, Cuba, the United States, Israel, Australia and England. Durr lives in Ottawa, Ontario.Selected Corporate, Private and Public CollectionsAlgonquin College Fine Arts CollectionBiogen, Inc. Cambrdidge, MA. USA Business Development Bank of CanadaCanada Capital Congress CentreCanada Council Art BankCanderelCarleton University Art GalleryCity of Ottawa Fine Art CollectionClaridge CollectionCorel Systems CorporationCorporation of the City of OttawaDepartment of Foreign Affairs Art CollectionEMC Corporation, Boston, USAEsso Resources, CalgaryFasken Martineau DuMoulin, New York, NYGoodwin Procter, New York, NYLantic Sugar Ltd.Minto Construction Ltd.National Archives of CanadaNickle Art Gallery, University of CalgaryNortelOCTranspo/Regonial Munc. Ottawa-Carleton Ontario Ministry of Government ServicesOttawa Art GalleryPetro CanadaRMOC Fine Arts CollectionRobert McLaughlin Art GalleryRoyal Trust CorporationSun LifeSwiss Bank CorporationThe Royal Bank of CanadaToronto Dominion BankUniversity of Kansas Fine Art CollectionUniversity of Toronto Art Centre Art GalleryUniversity of Winnipeg Selected Solo Shows2015To All Things There is a Season, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON2012Persistence of Chaos: Pat Durr, Ottawa Art Gallery, ON2005Contemporary Artists Center, Soda Pop Resource Room, North Adams, Ma USA2004Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Ontario2003Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut USASodaculture, Gallery 101, Ottawa2002Galerie St. Laurent & Hill, Ottawa, Canada2000Edward Day Gallery, Toronto 1999University of Winnipeg, Manitoba1998Karsh Masson Public Art Gallery, City of Ottawa, Ontario1997Loading Dock Gallery, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Mass. USAMaison de la culture de Gatineau, Quebec1996The Art Gallery, Scarborough Campus, University Of Toronto, Ontario1994The Library Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario1993Ottawa Public Art Gallery at Arts Court, Ottawa, OntarioCentre d'exposition L'IMAGIER, Alymer, QuPbec1992Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario1990Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste-Marie, Ontario1989Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, P.E.I.1987Ottawa School of Art1986Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, Nova ScotiaSelected Group Exhibitions2015Chinese New Year Prints 2015, 14th International Print Exhibition & Exchange, Proof Studio Gallery, Toronto, ON; Ottawa School of Art; OCADU, Toronto, ON; Muskoka Art Place Gallery, Port Carling, ON; Concordia University MousePrint Gallery, Montreal, QC L'Estampe aujourd'hui, Villa Bagetelle, Quebec City, QC30th Anniversary Exhibition, includes RCA's Self Portrait Project, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON To All Things There is a Season, Galerie St. Laurent & Hill, Ottawa, ON2014HIBERNUS, RCA Annual Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ONOttawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective, Nepean Creative Arts Center, Ottawa, ON2005Made in NAMA 2005, CAC, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA2004New Works, Boston Art, Boston, Massachusetts, USAPrint Types, Dickenson State University, Dickenson, N.D. USA2003Scatalogue: 30 Years of Crap in Contemporary Art, International Curated Exhibitiion, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, OntarioDirector's Choice, Missouri Wesstern State College, St. Joseph, Mo, USA 2002Prints, Pixels and Portals, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, USAThe Spirit of Drawing/L'essence du dessin, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario2001The Other City, Urban Objects in Crisis, Juried Exhibit, Ottawa School of Art2000Arts2000, National Juried Exhibition, Gallery Stratford, Ontario, catalogueAn Artist's Road, The Academy, Salisbury, Connecticut, USA1999Big Impressions: the large-scale contemporary print, The Art Galleries of the Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA Pan Am Print Exhibition, Manitoba Printmakers International Juried Exhibition, GALLERY, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1998Freedom, Diversity, Pluralism, Museo de Arte Contemporaneio de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile World Print Survey, Truman State University, Kirksville, MissouriBuilt to Scale, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA1997In Situ - Sightlines, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AlbertaUrban Landscape, Daniel Pertz Gallery, New York City, USAConsortium Prints, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO, USA1996The Downtown Installation Show, organized by the CAC, North Adams, MA1995Women Printmakers, Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa, USACompounds, CAC Art Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts, USAHistory of Art and Artists of Ottawa and Surroundings, Part III, 1946-70, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario1994-98 Print Types, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, Iowa; Chadron State College, Chadron, Neb., Art Institute for the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, Abeline Texas University,USA1992Canadian Printmakers, Missouri Western States College, St. Joseph, Missouri U.S.A. 1991Okanata, A-Space & Workscene Galleries, Toronto, Ont.; Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario1990Twelve Ottawa Painters, Arts Court Gallery, OttawaPapier, Arts Court Municipal Art Gallery, Juried Show1989The Prince, The General and The Consumer, SAW Gallery1988Snakes in The Garden, Regional Curated Show 1987Four by Five, SAW Gallery, Ottawa 1986Circa '86, Festival of the Arts, Regional Juried Show, one of 19 artists, tabloid, Ottawa, ONIce Cold Art, SAW Gallery/National Capital Commission Winterlude Festival, Installation, twelve artists, Ottawa, Ontario Annapolis Arts Festival, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia1985-86 When I Was a Cowboy, Organized by Off Centre Centre, Curated by Chuck Stake Enterprises, Mike Dicey and 7000 Cattle, Off Centre Centre, Calgary; Modern Realism Gallery, Dallas, Texas and AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan1985Art in Situ, Dreams of Black Rainbows, Council for the Arts in Ottawa, Festival of the Arts, Installation, Ottawa 1984-86 Water + Colour + Paint, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Juried National Travelling Exhibition, Ring House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta; Estevan National Exhibition Cente, Estevan, Saskatchewan; Moose Jaw Art Museum and National Exhibition Cente, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan; Centre for the Arts, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia; Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops,British Columbia; Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia; Grand Forks At Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia; Medicine Hat Historical Museum and National Exhibition Centre, Medicine Hat, AlbertaSelected Commissions and Invitations Special Projects2005 Jux-a-pose, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Fundraiser2003-5 Whodunit?, OCAD Mystery Art Sale Fundraiser, Toronto, Ontario 2003 Through the Looking Glass, Ottawa Art Gallery, Silent Auction Fundraiser Mystery Markings, RCA/Art Gallery of Newfoundland & Labrador, St.Johns,NFL2002-5 ITEM, SAW Gallery fundraiser, Ottawa, Ontario2002 Spirit of Drawing, Ottawa Art Gallery, Fundraiser, Silent Auction2001-5 101 Frames, Gallery 101 Annual Fundraiser, Ottawa, Ontario1999 ParaphernaliaARAPHERNALIA, Ottawa Art Gallery Fundraiser, Silent Auction1998 101 Boxes, ARTSatlantic Fundraiser at Confederation Centre Art Gallery, PEIRCA Playing Cards Selection, design for the 2 of Spades for a boxed set of playing cards. Original designs exhibited at Edward Day Gallery & purchased by Nortel1996 23 Chairs, Ottawa Art Gallery Fundraiser1992-95 O.C.Transpo Heron Road Transitway Station 1991Churchill Alternative School1990 City Of Ottawa Heron Road Multiservice Centre1986 Ottawa Provincial CourthouseCanadian Conference of the Arts, publication cover1980Royal Trust Anniversary Portfolio, silkscreen printSelected Awards2012National Visual Arts Advocacy Award (CARFAC)2003City of Ottawa Senior Artist GrantDAIMON First Works Grant and Residency, Gatineau, Quebec 2002Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant1999Canada Council Travel Grant1996Whitton Art and Culture Award, City of Ottawa1992Artist A Grant, Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton Ontario Arts Council Artists Grant1990-96 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants1989Victor Tolgesy Arts Award, City of Ottawa1988Leighton Colony, Artist in Residence, Banff, AlbertaOntario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant1985Ontario Arts Council Materials Assistance Grant1983First Prize, painting, Loomis & Toles Regional Juried Exhibition 1981-82 Canada Council Travel Grant1979Ontario Arts Council Artist in the Schools Grant1961-62 University of Kansas/University of Southampton Exchange Grant/Fellowship1961 Fulbright Foundation Travel GrantSelected LinksCanadian Art Database: Pat Durrartengine.ca/pdurr DURRSELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (con't)Gibson, Jennifer, Culture Trash , brochure essay, University of Winnipeg, Gallery 1C03, November 10- December 4, 1999Gibson, Jennifer, Garbage Glorified by Ottawa Artist , in edition, Nov. 5, 1999, Vol.17 No.5Watson, Laurie, Consumer Waste an Art in 'Culture Trash , The Uniter, Nov. 18, 1999, Vol.54 Issue 12, Winnipeg, ManitobaToensing, Gale Courey, 14 artists open Salisbury exhibit , Republican-American, August 3, 1999, Salisbury, Conn. USABaele, Nancy, Tell us more about the how and why of found art , The Ottawa Citizen, November 25, 1997Enright, Robert, Show reveals new adventures in printmaking , The Globe and Mail, October 16, 1997, Toronto, OntarioBaele, Nancy, An artist working at full throttle , The Ottawa Citizen, October 7, 1997.Geraets, Heidi, to everything there is a season , (catalogue essay), the Library & Gallery , Cambridge; The Ottawa Art Gallery, 1993-4.Geraets, Heidi, Pat Durr: This Too Shall Pass , Extension, Fall, 1993.Baele, Nancy, High Standards; Local Artists' Originality Makes For Exciting Exhibits , The Ottawa Citizen, October 13, 1992.McKnight, Claudia, Pat Durr: Dreams of Black Rainbows , Extension Spring, 1992.Baele, Nancy, Ottawa painter Pat Durr wins Victor Tolgesy Arts Award , The Ottawa Citizen, November . 11. Tight & Loose , May 4, Three Deadly Sins Found in 3 Artists , August, 1989.Mollison, Jean, Art Installation Sends Message , The Patriot, P.E.I., March 18, 1989.Graham, Mayo, Dreams of Black Rainbows , catalogue essay, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, 1987.Gibson, Susan, Pat Durr: Dreams of Black Rainbows , Arts Atlantic, Vol. 7, No. 4, Spring.1987Musiol, Marie Jeanne, Art in Situ - Caserne de Pompiers No. 3 , Vanguard, March 1, 1986Blouin, René, Art in Situ , Canadian Art, Spring, 1986.Cormier, Pierre-Paul, Printemps Aux Hatives Couleurs , Le Droit, March 1, 1986, Ottawa/Hull.Cormier, Pierre-Paul, Le Festival des Arts et Art in Situ... ,Le Droit, November 2, 1985, Ottawa/Hull, QuebecFILMOGRAPHYCHRO, Peter Germotte, host; Germotte's Studio Show Three; PAT DURRRogers Cable Community Channel, Dennis Tourbin, host; Mirror, Mirror, PAT DURROttawa Cablevision, Lucy Amoyt, host; Art Portfolio, PAT DURR'S WORK
PAT DURRIN MY STUDIO, A FLOWER GARDEN - THE PINK CHAIRMIXED MEDIA ON PAPER; UNSIGNED27.5" x 40" - 69.9 x 101.6 cm.Provenance:Purchased directly from the artistEstimate: $900-1,200
PAT DURR, R.C.A. STATEMENT (MESSAGE PIG SERIES), acrylic, metallic paint and graphite on canvas; signed, titled, inscribed "Urban Chaos" and dated 1997 on the reverse, unframed 62 ins x 85 ins; 155 cms x 212.5 cms
