Member Profile

Maria Gabankova

Residence: Toronto, ON
Education: 1997 - Toronto School of Art, Sculpture.
1982 - Fraser Valley College, Abbotsford (studied sculpture with Heinze Klassen).
1979-80 - The Art Students League, New York, NY.
1975-80 - Apprenticeship with artists of the Prague Academy of Fine Arts.
1975-77 - Vancouver School of Art, Printmaking.

Elected to OSA:1997

Selected Exhibitions:

2003 - Con Fuoco, Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Hamilton, ON (solo exhibition).
2003 - New Heaven/New Earth, Vancouver, B.C.
2002 - Eyedentity, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo exhibition).
2001 - 6981 km from Toronto, Galerie Michalsky dvor, Bratislava, Slavakia (solo exhibition).
2001 - Incongruous Conjunctions: Report from a Leaking Boat, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo exhibition).
2000 - Into Body, Ontario Society of Artists, Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON.
2000 - Representations, Ontario Society of Artists, Lieutenant Governor's Suite, Queens Park, Toronto, ON.
1998 - Sogno La Specola, Villa Romana, Florence, Italy (solo exhibition).
1996 - Body of Dust, The Lookout Gallery, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C. (solo exhibition).
1995 - Figura grata, Gallery Bonaventura, Prague, Czech Republic (solo exhibition).

Selected Collections:

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
Humberside Collegiate, Toronto.
Recochem Inc, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Ontario.
Bombadier, Montreal, Quebec.
Presbyterian College, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Knox College University of Toronto.
Newman Centre, University of Toronto.
Prague Castle, President of Czech Republic, Office.
German Art Foundation,VIlla Romana, Florence, Italy.
Biblical Museum of Canada, Vancouver,B.C.