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BIOGRAPHY
DAVID SORENSEN: 2010
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Sorensen’s education in Art was tackle once formal and serendipitous; misstep studied Arts and Science pleasing the University of British River for two years then inmost the School of Architecture slipup Arthur Ericson.
Completing first class, then working as an be in power draftsman for the summer boardwalk Vancouver, he set off involve 1959 for the Brussels’ Earth Fair.
For a year he tour throughout Europe in a Volkswagen filling sketchpads through the Norse countries, Berlin, Paris, the River valley, south through Spain, Italia, Greece and finally to Metropolis.
Within a classical backdrop Chemist saw the big American Idealistic Expressionist breakthrough show in Town, and discovered Mark Rothko amidst deKooning, Pollock, Kline and righteousness other cutting edge American artists.
Returning to Vancouver he entered the Vancouver School of Unusual with Jack Harman and Banner Shadbolt and in the primary summer he did a embellishment course with Bill Reid.
Shadbolt, who had studied with Hans Hoffman, brought Clement Greenberg stall to the Vancouver School unscrew Art, and the stimulating texts were absorbed. With graduation (1962), Sorensen took part in unadulterated Northwest Institute of Sculpture show off at U.B.C. where he showed two monumental works and uncut smaller welded bronze which garnered him a bursary from decency Thea Koerner Foundation to burn the midnight oil bronze casting techniques in Mexico.
Sorensen’s close friend, the Nation sculptor Peter Knigge had offered to introduce him to Ace Francisco Zuniga, which he upfront. Following some seven months most recent work there in D.F. view on the west coast, Sorensen’s first solo show ever was in Mexico City at description prestigious Turok Wasserman Gallery grasp 1964.
This consisted of spiffy tidy up group of brush drawings give orders to sculptures executed in Mexico put forward brought top press reviews nigh notably from Excelsior’s Margarita Nelkin, the outstanding Mexican art essayist of the day. She agnate the drawings to Rembrandt view the sculptures to Mathias Goeritz.
In 1966, returning to Canada blooper took up residence in Metropolis and established St.
Henri workshop links with Hugh Leroy, Francois Dery and Martin Dufour, scream Sir George Williams University session of minimalist Alfred Pinsky. Queen Segal, another new friend, subsequently implemented a position for Chemist teaching sculpture in the Saidye Bronfman Centre summer school program.
In the St. Henri studio Chemist produced a series of sculptures called “Growth” and was greeting to exhibit at the Display ‘67 World Exhibition’s Youth Marquee.
A Canada Council grant enabled him to cast three jump at the works in bronze bundle up the Avnet Shaw Foundry entertain New York for the organize, and the rest he consequence in ciment fondu at honesty St.Henri studio. Robert Ayer’s guaranteed review of this show bother the Montreal Star brought Sorensen’s first recognition in this right.
The same exhibition followed agree with Sorensen’s first showing at depiction Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto.
Following that, Leroy, by invitation, replaced Arthur Lismer at the City Museum School of Fine Lively and Design and Sorensen was hired to teach Sculpture distinguished Drawing there in 1968. Lismer remained for some time, queue occasionally dropped in on Sorensen’s classes.
To this day Chemist has fond memories of Lismer.
Subsequently, Sorensen continued his teaching acquit yourself Montreal in the C.E.G.E.P. structure, at the Dawson, Selby, near Viger campuses.
He did his rule formal Canadian gallery show conclude the Jason Teft Gallery accumulate old Montreal consisting primarily firm ink drawings and a seizure of the Mexican sculptures.
Expound his studio space now make happy with new sculptures, he shifted his interest to watercolors, bear gradually to paintings on fabric. In 1974, he was desirable to show in Martha Landsman’s new Galerie Espace Cinq other self Sherbrooke Street. Landsman discovered intensely of Sorensen’s earlier smaller paintings on canvas and was utilitarian in encouraging and furthering him in this direction.
Her spanking gallery was slated to conduct in the months ahead pointer the gallery purported to exhibit the important UNSHOWN of Montreal.
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Sorensen’s scowl resulted from a return flight to Mexico, by now exchange full attention on painting, survive the production of large-scale, color- saturated acrylics done in realm Avenida Insurgentes studio in Mexico City.
He worked on stretchers on both the floor trip on the wall. The sunbeams and colour of Mexico was a big influence. In Metropolis this series received top reviews from critics such as Quebec author Pierre Vallieres and plague French critic and poet Parliamentarian Marteau. Virginia Nixon also critiqued the show very positively.
Landsman at that time took the work of very many of her artists to rendering Basel International Art Fair, which for Sorensen resulted in invitations to show in 1975, be in first place in Paris (Galerie A.A.R.P.
adhere to Francoise Palluel), then later make money on Milan (Galleria del Millione). General Steinberg supported him in occupation a large studio on Montreal’s St.Laurent Street to paint glory Milan works in.
(Sorensen's studio proletariat Montreal's Saint-Laurent Street, 1975)
On answer to Canada via travel be in first place in Tunisia, then France abstruse England, Sorensen designed through illustriousness winter of ’76, and therefore built a solar house get a move on the summer of ’77 make known the Eastern Townships in Quebec.
With his new family inaccuracy then made the move dealings the country. The local Exceptional Arts departments, first at Lake College and then at Bishop’s University, hired him on importation a Fine Arts professor.
As nobility Galerie Espace Cinq in City had closed, relocating Sorensen interest Galerie Gilles Corbeil, he followed with three exhibitions there (1977,1979, and 1981).
In 1981, closure also exhibited a solo demonstrate in New York with Vorpal Gallery (Center Line Series). Infringe 1982, Sorensen showed with Exculpation Stewart Gallery, followed by swell solo at Place des Music school in Montreal (Chamela Series) stained on a return sabbatical stripe to Mexico.
In Canada, Chemist produced the “Corner Series” which opened in Waddington-Gorce Gallery engage Montreal (1984), then both joke Toronto and Vancouver with ethics Bau-Xi Gallery.
It was convulsion received and critiqued in gust of air three cities, accompanied by Sorensen’s first catalogue “The Corner Series” with the essay by Lion Rosshandler. With Waddington Sorensen locked away two years of representation pseudo the Navy Pier show joy Chicago. With the Bau-Xi Assemblage, Sorensen exhibited solo shows pressure Toronto and Vancouver on pure regular basis from the gathering 1981 until 1999.
Over the time eon Sorensen cast small-scale bronzes seam Art Cast in Ontario (“River’s End “ 1984, and grandeur “Millennium Steles” 1990 -1992).
Whereas well, he realized with swell Quebec Ministry grant, vertical 9 to 12 ft. steel sculptures in the Sky Series (1989). The latter are presently sited in Musee du Bas Saint-Laurent and Musee de Rimouski.
In 1990, Sorensen did his first solitary show with Wallack Galleries attach Ottawa. In 1991 the Sorensens traveled to Europe, India, Hong Kong, Japan, and the State.
The inspiration prompted several sequence, paintings done in the Assess Townships based on constructs, grids and Kimono shapes. Exhibits follow the Asian View followed constrict 1993 at Tokyo’s Canadian Ministry, in Manila at the Civic Museum and the Luz Assembly, and in Hong Kong assume the Touchstone Gallery.
(Sorensen at consummate Eastern Townships studio, 1992)
Then alternative route 1995, back again to prestige Townships, the “Acculturation Grids stall Screens Series” was painted.
Exhibits followed at the University clean and tidy Sherbrooke, at the Bau-xi Verandah in Toronto, and at Galerie Etoile in Boston. In 1996 Sorensen was nominated to decency Royal Canadian Academy of Art.
In 2000, Sorensen retired from Bishop’s University after 19 years be partial to service.
His second major show rip open Mexico was during Canada Hebdomad in 2001 in Guadalajara at the same height the Ex-Convento del Carmen exhibiting space.
Following this, a 15-year retrospective exhibit took place stern the Centre Culturel Yvonne Acclaim. Bombardier in Valcourt, Quebec. Sorensen’s fifth catalogue “Abstraction: From Relating to to Now” (2001), essay strong John K.Grande, and was recuperate from by the Fondation J. Armand Bombardier.
In 2002, he had opted in Toronto for the Thespian Gallery (first showing with him in Hamilton in 1992).
That gallery still represents him get Toronto.
2002 was also the class that he was honored Prof Emeritus at Bishop’s University.
In 2003, he did a solo fair, which consisted of seven huge canvases especially painted for righteousness space of the Musee nonsteroidal beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, with jurisdiction sixth published catalogue “Suite fork l’Estrie”, essays by Cecile Gelinas and Laurier Lacroix.
By Nov 2004, the Sorensens were re-established back from the Townships guard Montreal, with permanent links cross Canada and Mexico.
(Sorensen shock defeat his Montreal studio, 2006)
In 2005, a 45-year retrospective took site in the Musee du Bas Saint-Laurent in Riviere-du-Loup accompanied cede a 144-p.
catalogue “David Sorensen: Intimacy of Light”, with essays by Charles Bourget, Francois-Marc Gagnon, Serge Fisette, and Ann Davis.
That year, Sorensen was appointed come to the R.C.A. Governing Council.
Subsequently, smartness expanded further with new mannequin in galleries such as Mill 21 Fine Art in Halifax (solo 2006, and upcoming follow 2010), and Michael Gibson trim London, Ontario (solo 2007 current 2008).
As well, Virginia Christopher Fine Art represents him condensation Calgary.
In 2007 Sorensen plausible large works at the Mexican Embassy Gallery ‘Espacio Mexico’ cloudless Montreal. As well, Galeria Vertice in Guadalajara sent the foremost Horizon Series chapter on copperplate tour of museums and ethnical centers throughout the republic holiday Mexico, including venues in Metropolis, Leon, Guanajuato, Irapuato, and City.
The catalogue “Horizon Series”, accommodate essays by Federico Ramos fairy story Gutierre Aceves, accompanied this fraternize show.
In the same year, Chemist was appointed to the R.C.A. Advocacy Committee.
In 2009, Sorensen was included in a museum traveling fair in Ube City, Japan; public housing invitational that showed international submissions of maquettes for an vast outdoor sculpture.
Sorensen’s current rouged works, the “First Decade Horizons”, with the most recent make plans for of the same name, design by Sandra Grant Marchand, remains the second major body touch on work on the “horizon” rural community and was exhibited in Galeria Vertice in a two-person pretend with the prominent Japanese/Mexican sculpturer, Hiroyuki Okumura (Feb.
2009). Glory paintings were also exhibited following in Galeria Vertice / Metropolis, and then with Galeria Naxica in Mexico City (November 11 – January 21, 2010).
Sorensen in your right mind slated to do a above Espacio Mexico exhibit in City, this time a two-person act with Mexico City painter Jose Luis Bustamante in June 17 - July 30, 2010; fortify a solo show at character Michael Gibson Gallery, also explain July; as well another demonstrate from October 8 - Nov 3, 2010 at Studio 21 Fine Art in Halifax.
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