CV | MARLA PANKO

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

EDUCATION:
1982 M.F.A. University of Windsor, Windsor ON
1980 B.F.A. University of Guelph, Guelph ON

TEACHING:
1984 – 2017 Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON – Instructor (Colour, Painting, Composition, Collage)
2011, 12, 13 Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Education, Burlington ON – Guest Instructor
1988 – 1993 Brock University, Visual Arts Faculty, St. Catharines ON – Full-time and Sessional Instructor (Painting & Foundation)
1988 – 1990, 96 Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON – Part-time Instructor (Painting & Drawing)
1984 ‘Artists in the Schools’ Program, Ontario Arts Council – Instructor
1981 University of Windsor, School of Visual Arts, Windsor ON – Graduate Instructor
1985 – present Numerous Workshops & Guest Lectures throughout the region

PROFESSIONAL:
2015 – 2023 Curator, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2003 – 2015 Art Resource Consultant, ‘Artists at the Centre’ Program, HWDSB throughout Hamilton
2003 – 2011 Program Coordinator Children’s Summer Program, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
1984 – 1988 Dept. of Education & Extension Services, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON

EXHIBITIONS:
S O L O (and 2 person)
2025 – ‘State of Flux’ , Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2022 – ‘BRAVE NEW WORLD’ , Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2016 – ‘reAssembled’ – Waterford Town Hall Gallery, Waterford ON
2015 – ‘Shift: Peter Kirkland & Marla Panko’, YouMe Gallery, Hamilton ON
2014 – ‘Assembly’, DVSA Gallery, Dundas ON
2012 – ‘Meaning & Order’, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington ON
2011 – ‘detours & hybrids’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2009 – ‘Marla Panko’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2009 – ‘New Abstractions’, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford ON
2007 – ‘CONSTRUCTS’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2006 – Artist Member Solo Exhibit, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2005 – ‘MoDERNITY’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2003 – ‘poetica’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2001 – ‘Dialogue: Marla Panko & Jody Joseph’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2000 – ‘myth.o.logy’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
1998 – Artist Member Solo Exhibit, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
1996 – ‘short story: the life of small objects’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
1994 – ‘heaven/earth/passage’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
1994 – ‘always / never’ – Marla Panko & Jan Milito, Klemm Gallery, Sienna Heights College, Adrian, Michigan USA
1990 – ‘Earth and Heaven’, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON
1990 – ‘recent work’, McMaster Medical Centre Gallery, McMaster University, Hamilton ON
1989 – ‘Marla Panko’, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON
1987 – ‘Recent Work; Ancient Ideas’, Hamilton Artists‟ Inc., Hamilton ON
1985 – ‘Marla Panko’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
1984 – ‘Marla Panko: recent work’, Gallery 252, Hamilton ON
1982 – ‘M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition’, Centre Gallery, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
1981 – ‘Marla Panko; two aspects’, Womanspirit Gallery, London ON
1980 – ‘Certain Aspects’, Burnhamthorpe District Library Gallery, Mississauga ON
1980 – ‘Marla Panko’, Campus Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph ON

G R O U P
2025 – ‘The Abstract Idea’, Joshua Farm Gallery, Oakville ON (upcoming)
2025 – ‘Unexpected Outcomes’, Collage Artists of America, online juried exhibition
2024 – ‘What Lies Beneath’, Collage Artists of America, online juried exhibition
2023 – ‘World of Threads’, Queen Elizabeth Community & Cultural Centre, Oakville ON, juried exhibition
2022-24 – Select Work from the Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON
2019 – ‘Carnegie Craft RetroACTIVE’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2018 – ’34th Annual U.S. National Collage Society, online juried exhibition
2018 – ‘BOOKmarks’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2017 – ‘FIBREoptiks’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2016 – ‘Contemporary Textile Collection’, Cambridge Galleries/Idea Exchange, Cambridge ON
2016 – ‘Modern Art & Architecture’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2015 – ‘Select Works: From the Permanent Collection’, Design at Riverside, Cambridge ON
2014 – ‘Fibreworks 2014’, Cambridge Galleries/Idea Exchange, Cambridge ON (Juried)
2001 – ‘Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition’, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON
1999 – ‘Quadternity”, (M.Panko, M.Allgoewer, R.Mason, J.Adeney), Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
1998 – ‘Borderlines’, Art Gallery of Kariya, Kariya City, Japan. Organized by the Art Gallery of Mississauga (Juried.)
1996 – ‘Into the Garden’, Art Gallery of Kariya, Kariya City, Japan. Organized by the Art Gallery of Mississauga. (Juried.)
1996 – ‘Hammered Out: Big Hamilton Paintings’, Hamilton Eaton Centre.
1994 – ‘Black Suites’, (M.Panko, P.Kirkland, J.Kovar, P.Enright), Earl’s Court Gallery, Hamilton ON
1993 – ‘Afterimage: Paintings from a Foreign Land’, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto ON
1992 – ‘Afterimage: Concerning the Eclipse of the Spiritual’, Earl‟s Court Gallery, Hamilton ON
1991 – ‘Afterimage: Continuing Abstraction by Bay Area Painters’, Burlington Art Centre, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga ON
1990 – ‘Afterimage’, Art Source Gallery, Citizen’s Bank Building, Flint, Michigan US
1990 – ‘Afterimage’, Ad Axiom Gallery, Burlington ON
1990 – ‘HARAC Award Winners”’ Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton ON
1989 – ‘DVSA Silver Jubilee Faculty Show’, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON
1988 – Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON
1987 – La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City QC (Exchange with Hamilton Artists’ Inc.)
1986 – ‘Why Landscape?’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
1984 – ‘Fourfold’, (M.Panko, J.Milito, C.Reising, L.Stewart), Lebel Gallery, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
1983 – ‘Alumni & Faculty’, Campus Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph ON
1982 – ‘Artventure Award Winners’, Harbourfront Gallery & throughout ON (Touring)
1981 – ‘Six Artists from Ontario’, Beaux Arts Internationale (Evelyn Amis Fine Art), Toronto ON

MINOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025 – ‘If You’re Looking’, Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre, Ancaster ON
2024 – ‘Proof’, Artist Member Exhibition, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2023 – ‘CG23 Artist Member Exhibition’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2022 – ‘The Bigger Picture: ‘Art in Hamilton 1950-2000’, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON
2022 – ‘Art in Bloom’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2021 – ‘RECHARGE: Artist Members’ Show’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2020 – ‘Hamilton Artists of 1950-2000″, Building Cultural Legacies, YouMe Gallery, Hamilton ON
2020 – ‘My Corona’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2020 – ‘Carnegie Craft Biennial Juried Exhibition’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2019 – ‘RED HOT: Artist Members’ Show’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2019 – ‘Dundas Inspired’, Dundas Museum and Archives, Dundas ON
2017 – ‘NEXT2′, Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, Toronto ON (Juried)
2017 – ‘Carnegie Craft Biennial Juried Exhibition’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2015 – ‘At the Table’, DVSA Gallery, Dundas ON
2015 – ‘Carnegie Craft Biennial Juried Exhibition’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2014 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, DVSA Gallery, Dundas ON
2012,13,14 – ‘The Artist Connection’, Hamilton School Board (touring exhibition)
2013 – ‘Carnegie Craft Biennial Juried Exhibition’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas.
2011 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, DVSA Gallery, Dundas ON
2010 – ‘Beyond Words’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2009 – ‘Painters & Potters’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2008 – ‘Abstraction’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
2007 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas On
2007 – ‘Summer in the City’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2006 – ‘Impromptu’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2005 – ‘Hamilton’s Opening Doors’, Artistic Production Co. Ltd., Hamilton ON (Commission)
2005 – ’25th Anniversary Members Show’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2005 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2004 – ‘Summer in the City’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2003 – ‘Small Works’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2003 – ‘Summer in the City’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2001 – “DVSA Faculty Exhibition”, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
2001 – ‘Summer Show’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2000 – ‘Members Show’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
2000 – ’20 @ 2000′, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2000 – ‘Summer Show’, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton ON
1999 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
1999 – ‘Bookmarks’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
1998 – ‘The Paper Show’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
1997 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
1997 – ‘The Drawing Show’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
1996 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
1996 – ‘Into the Garden’, Gallery at Fairways, organized by the Art Gallery of Mississauga (Juried)
1995 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
1994 – ‘DVSA Faculty Exhibition’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
1994 – ‘Afterimage’, Broadway Cinema Gallery, Hamilton ON
1991 – ’91 Faculty Show’, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas ON
1991 – ‘GO Show’, CN/VIA Rail Building, Hamilton ON
1986 – ‘Hamilton NOW’, Old Public Library, Hamilton ON
1985 – Gallery 252, Hamilton.
1985 – ‘CKOC Arts Hamilton’, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON (Juried)
1985 – Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines ON (Juried)
1984 – ‘CKOC Arts Hamilton’, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON (Juried)
1984 – Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines ON (Juried)
1984 – ‘DVSA Faculty Show’, Petteplace Gallery, Hamilton ON
1984 – ‘ExhibitArt 84’, Hamilton & Region Arts Council, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton ON (Juried)
1983 – ‘CKOC Arts Hamilton’, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON (Juried)
1983 – ‘Members Show’, Hamilton Artists’ Inc., Hamilton ON
1982 – ‘Southwest 42’, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor ON (Juried)

AWARDS:
2025 Honourable Mention, Collage Artists of America, ‘Unexpected Outcomes’ Exhibition
2024 Carolann Watterson Award, Collage Artists of America, ‘What Lies Beneath’ Exhibition
2022 Creator Award, Hamilton Arts Council
2020 Award for Excellence in Textile, Carnegie Craft Biennial Juried Exhibition
2019 Emily Dutton Faculty Award, Dundas Valley School of Art
2018 Award Winner, 34th Annual U.S. National Collage Society Exhibition
2017 Award for Excellence in Design, Carnegie Craft Biennial Juried Exhibition
2017 Hamilton Arts Award Nominee for Established Visual Artist
2014 Purchase Award, Cambridge Gallery / Idea Exchange
2013 Twenty Year Volunteer Service Medal, Province of Ontario
2004 Hamilton Arts Award Nominee for Visual Arts
2001 Marion Farnan Volunteer Recognition Medal, DVSA
2002 Materials Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
1983, 4, 5 & 6 Materials Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
1984 First Prize, “ExhibitArt 84”, Hamilton & Region Arts Council
1981 Second Prize, “Artventure”, Royal Bank of Canada
1980 MFA Graduate Scholarship, University of Windsor

COLLECTIONS:
– The Daniels Corporation
– Art Gallery of Hamilton
– Cambridge Gallery / Idea Exchange
– Crown Life Inc., Toronto
– Faculty Association Club, University of Windsor
– Nieuwland Design Consultants, Hamilton
– Scarfone & Hawkins Collection, Hamilton
– The Old Mill Restaurant, Ancaster (commission)
– Women’s Athletic Centre, 21 McGill, Toronto
– numerous private collections

ONLINE LECTURES:
– ‘THE ARTIST’S TOOLBOX: Understanding Visual Language – Part 3’, available on YouTube, 01/2021
– ‘THE ARTIST’S TOOLBOX: Understanding Visual Language- Part 2′, available on YouTube, 11/2020
– “THE ARTIST’S TOOLBOX; Understanding Visual Language – Part 1’, available on YouTube, 10/2020

ACTING JUROR:
2022 Women’s Art Association of Hamilton
2018 Grimsby Public Art Gallery
2018 Art Gallery of Burlington, ‘Kaleidoscope’
2015 Oakville Art Society
2014 Women’s Art Association of Hamilton
2014 Burlington Fine Art Association
2013 Burlington Fine Art Association
2012 Niagara District Art Association, Niagara Falls
2010 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant Biannual Exhibition
2010 Sunrise Gallery, Members Show, Hamilton
2009 Women’s Art Association, St. Catharines
2008 Oakville Fine Arts Association
2006 Women’s Art Association, St. Catharines
2006 Cambridge Centre for the Arts
2006 Burlington Photographer’s Guild
2005 Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Mayor’s Celebration
2004 Burlington Fine Arts Association
1997 Allentown Outdoor Art Festival, Buffalo, N.Y.
1996 Burlington Fine Arts Association
1985 McMaster University, Department of Fine Art, Student Prints

ARTICLES / REVIEWS:
– Art Gallery of Hamilton, Beyond the Frame, 2024 – https://mobile.agh.yourcultureconnect.com/e/beyond-the-frame/anthem-fab
– “Moving the Needle”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, Sept. 7, 2024
– “Saluting Women’s Talents”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, Aug. 8, 2022
– “The Nature of Memory”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, June 12, 2021
– “Building Cultural Legacies: Marla Panko”, BCL website archive through Hamilton Arts Council and Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2020.
– “Marla Panko”, ArtWaves Radio Podcast, Bernadette Ryan, 101.5 Mohawk College Radio, Hamilton, ON, 2016.
– “The Golden Threads of Collage” (cover article), Ric Kasini Kadour, Kolaj Magazine, Issue #10, 2014.
– “Fabrications Are True To Form”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, Nov. 22, 2014.
– “From Funky to Functional”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, Nov. 16, 2013.
– “Meaning & Order”, Elaine Hujer, Burlington Art Centre Publication, 2012.
– “Artists offer up gifts . . .”, Jeff Mahoney, The Spectator, Dec. 16, 2009.
– “Two Artists, Two Messages”, Steve Menhinick, The Expositor, April 18, 2009.
– “Energy and Order Held In Perfect Balance”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, October 9, 2007.
– “Pure Form Prevails”, Elaine Hujer, The Spectator, Nov. 18, 2005.
– “Renewed Perspectives”, Laura Hollick, View Magazine, Nov. 10-16, 2005.
– “Cool Summer of Hot Art”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, July 24, 2003.
– “Listen to the Paintings”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, April 21, 2001.
– “Still Life / Mythology featured at Carnegie Gallery”, Allyson Wenzowski, Dundas Star, Sept. 20, 2000.
– “Arts Dundas”, Helen Beswick, Dundas Star, Sept. 13, 2000.
– “From Here to Quadternity”, Regina Haggo, The Spectator, July 3, 1999.
– “A Collage of Balance”, Sandee Ewasiuk, The Spectator, June 13, 1998.
– ”Studies of the Familiar”, Jeff Mahoney, The Spectator, Feb. 17, 1996.
– “Concerning the Eclipse of the Spiritual”, Critical Essay, Heather Fraser, Ham. & Reg. Arts Council. 1992.
– “Earth and Heaven: Marla Panko”, Critical Essay, Art Gallery of Hamilton 1990-91 Catalogue. 1992.
– “Painter in the Sky”, Paul Benedetti, The Spectator, Jan. 9, 1991.
– “Display by Four Artists”, Lois Crawford, The Burlington Post, Feb. 17, 1989.
– “Marla Panko‟s Floating World”, Grace Inglis, The Spectator, Feb. 23, 1985.
– “Fourfold”, The Windsor Star, Mar. 24, 1984.
– “Marla Panko Manipulates Time and Space in Images”, Grace Inglis, The Spectator, Mar. 10, 1984.
– “The Season in Review; Toronto/ Six Artists from Ontario”, Corinne Mandel, Artmagazine, Sept/Oct. 1981.
– “Name Game”, Artviews, Visual Arts Ontario Publication, Winter 1980.

VOLUNTEER:
2024 – present Board Member, Carnegie Gallery
1995 – 2015 Board of Governors, Dundas Valley School of Art
1996 – 2015 Director, DVSA Gallery (Programming and Installation)
2000 – 2004 Board Member, Carnegie Gallery
1994 – 2000 Selection Committee, Carnegie Gallery
1984 – 1988 Board Member, Hamilton Artists’ Inc.