Group Exhibitions
Charles Gagnon artist. Group Exhibitions.
2015 Passion Privée: L'Art Moderne du Québec de la collection Pierre Lassonde, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec
2014 Canadian Abstraction, Sotheby's selling exhibition, New York City
2013 Les Plasticiens et les années 1950/60, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec
The Plasticiens and Beyond: Montreal 1955-1970, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Markham Ont.
2012 Cut and Paste, Equinox Project Space, Vancouver
2012 Mesures de Silence, Galerie Roger Bellemare/Christian Lambert, Montreal
2011 Cabinet D'Images, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec
2005 Les années 60 au Canada, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
2004 L’Abstraction: une manière de voir, Centre d’exposition de Val d’Or, Québec
2003 Matières et manières, Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke
Confluence. La photographie canadienne contemporaine, Canadian Museum of Contemporary photography, Ottawa
2002 Contrepoints, Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Québec; Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
2001 The Power of Reflection, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Art Center, Montreal
Paysages, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
L’abstraction: une manière de voir, Musée du Québec, Québec
1999 Acquisitions récentes: œuvres tirées de la collection permanente, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
The Modernist Document-Le document moderniste, presented in the "Mois de la Photo", Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery,
Concordia University, Montreal
Making it New -The Big '60's Show), Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario
Le Québec des Années '60 et '70, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal, Musée de la Civilisation, Québec
Les peintures, Galerie René Blouin/Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal
1998 Peinture Peinture, organized by the Association ofContemporary Art Galleries, Édifice Belgo, Montreal
Temps composés. La Donation Maurice Forget, Musée d’art de Joliette, Québec
1996 L’art québécois de l’estampe: 1945-1990, Musée du Québec, Québec
L'Œil du collectionneur, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
1995 Montréal DADA 1995, La Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal
Muttum (Gérard Collin-Thiébaut, Charles Gagnon, Raymond Gervais, Rober Racine), Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
Premiers Dons 1964-1965 et Dons 1989-1994, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
1994 Gagnon, Rockburne, Tirelli, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York
Contemporary Practice, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
Encontros da imagen, Braga, Portugal
Le partage d’une vision - La collection Lavalin, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
1993 Le Second Tableau, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
From a Collection, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto
Une tradition documentaire au Québec ? Quelle tradition ? Quel documentaire ?, (présented by Vox Populi during the "Mois de la photo" in Montreal), Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal
Pierre Dorion - Charles Gagnon - Will Gorlitz, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
The Crisis of Abstraction in Canada - The 1950's, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Glenbow Museum, Calgary; The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
Local Developments, Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal
Moments choisis, Galerie de l’Université du Québec à Montréal
1992 Montréal 1942-1992. L'Anarchie resplendissante de la peinture, Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal
La collection: tableau inaugural, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
Independant Eyes, A Retrospective, Festival of Festivals (cinema), Toronto
La crise de l’abstraction au Canada - Les années 1950, Musée du Québec, Québec (organized by the National Gallery of Canada)
1991 Un archipel de désirs: les artistes du Québec et la scène internationale, Musée du Québec, Québec
1989 Photography, Arts Court, Ottawa
Parachute, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal
Montreal Paintings of the Sixties: Ewen, Gagnon, Gaucher, Hurtubise, McEwen, Americas Society Art Gallery, New York
Maîtres québécois, Galerie Waddington / Gorce, Montreal
1988 Accent de la Collection Lavalin, Musée du Séminaire de Québec
Ewen, Gagnon, Gaucher, Hurtubise, McEwen : à propos d’une peinture des années soixante, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
1987 Accent de la Collection Lavalin, galerie des arts Lavalin, Montreal
A Second Look - Montreal Contemporary Painting, Confederation Centre Museum, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
1986 A Second Look - Montreal Contemporary Painting, Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax;
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton
1985 Le Musée imaginaire de ..., Saidye Bronfman Center, Montreal
Some Uncertain Signs, Public Access, Toronto (Computerized pixel board, Yonge Street, Toronto)
Vingt ans à travers sa collection, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
Selected Views - The Longstaffe Collection, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Canada - Switzerland Connections, Swiss Bank Corporation, Toronto
A Second Look - Montreal Contemporary Painting, Memorial University Art Gallery, St. Johns, Nfld.
1984 Edge and Image, Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal
Reflections: Contemporary Art Since 1964, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Responding to Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Maîtres québécois, Waddington/Gorce Gallery, Montreal
1983 Musée du Québec, Québec
The Westburne Collection, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton; Concordia University Art Gallery, Montreal; and travelling
The Mountain : A Survey of Photography, International Centre of Photography, New York
Le Salon international des galeries d'art, Convention Center, Montreal
1982 Le choix de l’œil - la photographie depuis 1940, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal; and travelling.
Esthétiques actuelles de la photographie au Québec, Rencontres internationales de la photographie, Arles, France; Université Libre,
Bruxelles, Belgique
1981 Point of View: Photographs of Architecture, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Canadian Painting in the XX Century, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo; The Oita Art Centre, Oita,
Japan
1980 The Banff Purchase - An Exhibition of Photography in Canada, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto; Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton; Dunlop
ArtGallery, Regina; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
The Magical Eye: Definitions of Photography, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Colourworks, Yajima/Galerie, Montreal
1979 Photography in Canada, Canadian Conference on Photography, Ryerson Institute, Toronto (Bourdeau, Cohen, Gagnon, Gibson, McMillan,
Semak, Szilasi)
Pasted Paper - A Look at Canadian Collage 1955-1965, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queens University, Kingston (Town, Curnoe, Martin,
Gagnon, Burton, Snow, Wieland)
The Banff Purchase - An Exhibition of Photography in Canada, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton; Glenbow
Institute, Calgary (Bourdeau, Cohen, Gagnon, Gibson, McMillan, Raginsky, Semchischen)
Tendances actuelles au Québec, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
1978 Exposition internationale d'art plastique, Belgrade, Yougoslavie
Transparent Things, The London Art Gallery, London; Alberta College of Art, Calgary; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria; Dalhousie Art
Gallery, Halifax; Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
Destination Europe - Seven Canadian Photographers, Il Diafframma, Milan, Italy
Tendances actuelles au Québec, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
Canadian Contemporary Painting, travelling exhibition organized by the Department of External Affairs (collection of the Art Bank). (France) Centre culturel canadien, Paris; (Nouvelle Zélande) National Gallery, Wellington; Canterburry Art Gallery, Christ Church; Waikato Art Gallery, Hamilton; Oakland City Art Gallery; (Australie:) New Castle City Art Gallery; Instituteof Modern Art, Brisbane; Adelaide Festival Centre, City of Adelaide; Opera House, Sydney; Tasmania Art Gallery, Hobart; Albert Hall, Canberra.
1977 La peinture contemporaine canadienne, Centre culturel canadien, Paris
The Second Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition, Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax (Gagnon, Gaucher, Goodwin, Poulin, Wery, Whittome)
14 Canadians, a Critic's Choice, Hirshorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Destination Europe Seven Canadian Photographers, The Photographers Gallery, London, England
Destination Europe, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Canadian Contemporary Painting, National Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Art Now: Gagnon, Hill, Molinari, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queens University, Kingston
Transparent Things, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1976 111 dessins du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor;
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton; Memorial University, St. Johns, Nfld.
1972-1976 directions Montréal, Galerie Véhicule, Montreal
Trois générations d'art québécois, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
7 Canadians, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto; Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
Destination Europe, Galerie Optica, Montreal (Photographies Boogaerts, Bourdeau, Cohen, Gagnon, Gibson, Knottenbelt)
Œuvres sur papier: Gagnon, Leaf, Molinari, Yajima/Galerie, Montreal
1975 Five Canadian Photographers, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B.
Gravures du Québec, Place des Arts, Montreal
Four Québec Artists, Gagnon/Gaucher/McEwen/ Molinari, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B.
1974 Aspects of Canadian Art, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.
Thirteen Artists from Marlborough Godard, Marlborough Gallery, New York
Les arts du Québec, Man and his World, Pavillon du Québec, Montreal
Camerart, Galerie Optica, Montréal
1973 Canada: Trajectoire '73, Musée d'art moderne, Paris (films)
La Banque d'oeuvres d'art, Centre culturel canadien, Paris
1972 Twelve by Twelve, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B.
Cinq photographes montréalais, Galerie Optica, Montreal
1970 Grand format, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
Québec 1948-1970, Man and his World, Arts Pavillon, Montreal
Québec Independent Filmmakers, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (film)
Eight Artists from Canada, Museum of Tel Aviv, Israel (Riopelle, Colville, Molinari, Gagnon, Wieland, Iskowicz, Meredith)
Trois films de Charles Gagnon, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (film)
Montreal Painter, Stratford Summer Festival, Stratford, Ontario
1969 Survey 69, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
VI Biennale de Paris, Musée d'art moderne, Paris (film)
Peinture canadienne, Man and his World, Montreal, organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
The Canada Council Collection, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and travelling in Canada, 1969-70
1968 Canada - Art d'aujourd'hui, Paris, Rome, Genève, 1967-68, organized by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Dix peintres du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
Canada 101, Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland
1967 Centennial Exhibition of Québec and Ontario Painters, travelling exhibition in Ontario
300 ans d'art canadien, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Perspectives 67, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Panorama de la peinture du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal
Artistes de Montréal, travelling exhibition in Canada
1965 VIe Biennale canadienne, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Salon du printemps, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Tokyo International Trade Fair, Tokyo
First Salon of Pan American Painting, California, Columbia
Focus on Drawings, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1964 Salon du printemps, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Winnipeg Biennale, Winnipeg
International Exhibition, Washington Square Gallery, New York
1963 Ve Biennale canadienne, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, et National Gallery of London, Angleterre
Salon du printemps, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Ten Montreal Painters, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. (members loan acquisition)
1962 Festival des deux mondes, Spoleto, Italie
Peinture contemporaine canadienne, travelling exhibition in Africa organized by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Canadian Painting, Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, N.Y.; Rochester Memorial Institute, Rochester, N.Y.
Salon du printemps, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Western Canada Art Circuit
El Arte Actual de America y Espana, Madrid, Barcelone, Paris, Bruxelles, Londres, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich
1961 IVe Biennale canadienne, National Gallery of, Ottawa
Salon du printemps, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
IIe Biennale de Paris, Musée d’art moderne, Paris
1960 Salon de la jeune peinture, Montreal
Montreal Painters, Bishops University, Montreal
1958 Les artistes de la galerie, Galerie Artek, Montreal
Art: U.S.A. '58, Madison Square Garden, New York