MICHAEL MERRILL
Born in Montreal, Quebec, where he lives and works.
Education
1972-1975 School of Art and Design, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Paint Factory, Galerie Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert, Montreal
2018 Studio, Galerie Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert and Michael Merrill's studio, Montréal
2016 Michael Merrill, Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montréal.
2011 Espace intérieur. Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
Outer Space. McClure Gallery, Montréal.
Tableaux panmorphiques. Galerie d’art d’Outremont.
2010 In-between Paintings / Entre-tableaux. Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montréal.
2008 Projectraum Knut Osler, Cologne, Germany.
I Never Saw Documenta. Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montréal.
2007 Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montréal.
2005 T66 Kulturwerk, Paintings About Art, Freiburg, Germany.
2003 Galerie Sylvianne Poirier, Recent Works, Montreal.
2002 McClure Gallery, Panmorphic Paintings, Montreal.
Galerie Sylvianne Poirier, Dessins, Drawing, Montreal.
Expression, Dessins, Drawing, St. Hyacinthe.
2001 Centre national d’exposition, Greatest Hits, 1989-2001, Jonquière.
1999 Pari Nadimi Gallery, Panmorphic Paintings, Toronto.
1998 Maison de la Culture, Plateau Mont-Royale, Greatest Hits, 1989-1998,
Redhead, Concrete, Toronto.
Cité Internationale des Arts, 3 Heads, Paris.
1995 4324 St-Laurent, Heaven, Montreal
1992 Agnes Etherington Centre, Recent Work, Kingston.
1991 Garnet Press Gallery, Reclining Nude, Toronto.
1990 Garnet Press Gallery, Sun Kissed, Toronto.
1987 Garnet Press Gallery, Wild Kingdom Come, Toronto.
1986 Garnet Press Gallery ,The Skins of Marsyas, Toronto.
1982 Chromazone Gallery, Sport of Painting, Toronto.
1981 The Funnel Gallery, Heads, Toronto.
1977 Galerie B, Petits Objets, Montreal.
1975 Powerhouse Gallery, Constructions, Montreal.
Group Exhibitions
2019 Aquarelles: R. Bellemare, Fritz Brandner, Michael Merrill, Henri Michaux, Goodridge
Roberts. - Galeries Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert, Montreal.
2015 Comme un Lac, Musée de Lachine, Montreal
Vos papiers - Galeries Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert, Montreal.
Tous deux - Galeries Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert, Montreal.
2014 Group exhibition: J. Beuys, R. Bellemare, R. Eveleigh, M. Gaudet, S. La Rue, Maclean, M.
Merrill, A. Verret, R. Wilson - Galeries Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert, Montreal.
Group exhibition: R. Bellemare, R. Eveleigh, Y. Gaucher, J. Heward, S. La Rue, Maclean, M. Merrill.
2013 Le Projet Peinture. Un instantané de la peinture au Canada, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal
2012-13 Actuel : nouvelles acquisitions. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
2012 J. Heward, R. Mead, M. Merrill et A. Verret. Galeries Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert, Mtl.
Builders: biennial. Musée des beaux-arts du Canada.
2011 Family Ties, Pointe-Claire, QC.
2010 Au travail. Musée régional de Rimouski. Commissaire: Marie-Ève Charron.2009 Off the Wall,
Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen, Université Concordia.
2008 Triennale québécoise, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.
2007 Scope Art Fair: Miami
Scope Art Fair: Basel
Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
2006 Summerville, Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montréal
2005 Dyan Marie Projects, In Construction, Toronto
2004 Marché Bonsecours, Le Salon du Printemps, Montreal
2002 Stuart Hall Art Gallery,Just Painting , Montreal
2001 Art Gallery of Ottawa, Optical Verve, Ottawa
1999 René Blouin/Lilian Rodriguez, Les Peintures, Montreal
1995 Saidye Bronfman Centre, Artifice, Montreal
1988 Grunt Gallery, Queen St. Off Main, Vancouver
1987 A.R.C., Casual Casual, Toronto
MemorialArt Gallery, Canadian Genre, St. John’s
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Nostalgia For a Metier, Thunder Bay
1985 Art Gallery of Harbourfront, Riot, Calm & Luxury, Toronto
Gallery Binz, Fire & Ice, Zurich
1984 Mercer Union Gallery, Three Painters, Toronto
Grunwald Gallery, Kromalaffing, Toronto
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Exchanges 2, Montreal
1983 Queen St., Unaffiliated Artists, Toronto
1982 Institut Unzeit, O Kromazone, Berlin
YYZ, Monumenta, Toronto
Mercer Union Gallery, Books From a Manuscript, Toronto
1977 Petits Objets, Galerie B, Montreal
Selected Reviews
Campbell, James. “Subversive Radiance, The Art of Michael Merrill” Border Crossings, August 2016, Volume 35, No. 3
Campbell, James. “Michael Merrill” Magenta Magazine Online, Spring, 2018, Part 1 and 2,
Campbell, James. “Michael Merrill, Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montreal” Canadian Art, Summer 2007 vol. 24, no.2, p.99
Charron, Marie-Ève. "Revenir sur la motif" Le devoir, Les samedi 23 et dimanche 24 avril 2016, E10
Charron, Marie-Ève. “Mirages d’encres” Le devoir, Les samedi 2 et dimanche 3 octobre 2010, E8
Dault, Gary Michael. "Becoming what he beheld". Globe and Mail, Sep. 11, 1999. (Pari
Nadimi Gallery)
Dault, Gary Michael. “Michael Merrill, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto.” C Magazine, Fall 1991, no.31, pp. 67-68.
Delgado, Jérôme. “La variable aquarelliste”, Le devoir, 23-24 mars 2019, C18.
Delgado, Jérôme. "La touche de l’imaginaire", I Never Saw Documenta, Le devoir, 9-10 août 2008, E5.
Fortin, Sylvie. Optical Verve / Vers optique Ottawa: 15 Feb. to 12 April, 2001 (exhibition catalogue).
Girling, Oliver, McMackon, Jennifer. “Misrule at the Apollo”, May, 1994 {exhibition catalogue}.
Girling, Oliver. “Riot, Calm and Luxury.” Toronto:28 June to 8 September 1985 (exhibition catalogue). (The Art Gallery at Harbourfront)
Hume, Christopher. “Painter Pours Strong Feelings Into Tiny Works”. The Toronto Star, June 14, 1991
Hume, Christopher. “Artist’s brush with life …, Montreal 1999
Lehmann, Henri. “Passing Scenes.” Montreal, Mirror, 30 June 1994
Lehmann, Henry. “There is something quite optical... ” The Montreal Gazette, 16 February 2002
Lehmann, Henry. “High art and the other eight-legged creatures” The Gazette, March 24th 2007
Lypchuck, Donna,”Fine Young Cannibal” ,. C Magazine, Fall 1987
Mays, John Bentley. “One man’s meditative journey, another’s intemperate strokes.” Toronto, Globe and Mail, 17 April 1990. (Garnet Press )
Mays, John Bentley. “Requiem for Two Heavy Weights” Toronto, Globe and Mail, 7th Nov. 1985.
Mays, John Bentley. “Artists Stage a Subdued Riot in ‘Playground’.” Globe and Mail, 6 July 1985.
Mays, John Bentley. “Raw incisive portraits of the human condition.” Toronto, Globe and Mail, 5 July 1984. (Mercer Union Gallery)
Globe and Mail, 5 July 1984. (Mercer Union Gallery
Milroy, Sarah. "Is Montreal the real art capital of Canada?", The Globe and Mail, May 31 2008, R5.
Skene, Cameron. “Michael Merrill: Nights at the Museum”Canadian Art online.