Arthur Shilling was born April 19, 1941, in the Rama First Nation near Orillia, Ontario. He studied at the New School of Art and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto; but is mostly self-taught. Shilling was fiercely independent and resisted attempts to classify him. He melded the influences of European masters into a unique expression of a deeply personal worldview that explores the Native experience in the life around him, particularly in the faces of his subjects.
His style is expressionist characterized by distinctive bold strokes of color. His medium is primarily oil on masonite or canvas, however he has also worked in pastel, watercolor and pencil. Shilling’s subjects are portraits and landscapes.
He started showing his work at the Orilla Public Library in 1963 and had his first solo show in Ottawa, Ontario in 1967. Subsequently his work has been shown in over two dozen major group and solo exhibitions as well as many commercial galleries including some of the most important in Canada.
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Self-Portrait by Shilling, Arthur |
Education
Self-taught
New School of Art
Ontario College of Art, Toronto
Self-taught
New School of Art
Ontario College of Art, Toronto
Collections
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
NOVA Corporation
Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA
DuPont Canada Inc., Toronto
Rideau Hall, Ottawa
St Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
Imperial Oil, Toronto
Manulife Financial, Toronto
Solo ExhibitionsArt Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
NOVA Corporation
Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA
DuPont Canada Inc., Toronto
Rideau Hall, Ottawa
St Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
Imperial Oil, Toronto
Manulife Financial, Toronto
2003, 1999 Beckett Fine Art Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
1990 Columbus Centre, Toronto
1997,94,92,90 Roberts Gallery, Toronto
1986 Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
1986,83,81,80,79 Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1981,80 Sundance Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1978 Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
1970 McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario
1967 Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1966 Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1963,63,67 Orillia Public Library, Orillia, Ontario
Work Cited
http://www.askart.com/askart/s/arthur_shilling/arthur_shilling.aspx
