Honor Kever
CV
Honor Kever’s Curriculum Vitae - PDF version
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Saskatchewan, 1977.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1989-91 Stations Along the Way
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge; Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK; Moose Jaw Art Museum, SK; Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon; Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s, Nfld.; St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON.
1986-8 The Brooding Rooms: Mother-and-childhood Reassembled
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; Plug-In, Winnipeg, MB; Off Centre Centre, Calgary, AB; Rosemont Gallery, Regina, SK; Vu, Quebec City, PQ.
(Note: entire exhibition also included in group exhibition Making Space)
1984-5 Who Knows Best (A Fine Line)
The Photographers Gallery (Workshop), Saskatoon, SK; Centre Eye, Calgary, AB; Photographers Union, Hamilton, ON.
1980 Honor Rogers: Prints and Drawings
Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2002-3 Bequest (with Laureen Marchand)
Art Gallery of Swift Current, SK; The Little Gallery, Prince Albert, SK; Rosemont Gallery, Regina, SK; Estevan Art Gallery, SK; Allie Griffin Art Gallery, Weyburn, SK; Moose Jaw Art Gallery, SK; Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Shedding: Susan Shantz and Lezli Rubin-Kunda, with Honor Kever, AKA Artist Run Centre, Saskatoon, SK
2014 – 2015 Modern Visions: The Mendel Art Gallery 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2011 Saskatchewan Arts Board Showcase, Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, SK
2010 Roads: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2008 Touring exhibition from the Saskatchewan Arts Board
2005 100 Years of Saskatchewan Art, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2004 Recent Acquisitions, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2001-2 Exploring the Collections: The Admittance of Photography, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK (toured)
1998 Saskatchewan Perspective: An Exhibition Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Arts Board, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1998 Work, Home and Heaven: Environment and Culture in the Work of Prairie Photographers 1918-1995, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1997 Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1994 Alternative Nature, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1994 Women And, Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1994 Thirty Years of Collecting, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1992 My City, Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1992 Laughing Matters, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1989-90 Between Time and Place: Contemporary Saskatchewan Photography, The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon; Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, ON
1988 Making Space, Presentation House, N. Vancouver, BC; Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
1988 Signs, Signals and Symbols, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1986 Out of Saskatchewan, Expo ’86, Vancouver, BC
1982 Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1981 Recent Acquisitions, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1981 Two Way Risk, Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1980 2nd National Exhibition of Works on or of Paper or Clay, Memphis St. Univ. Art Gallery, Tenn., USA
1980 Miami International Print Biennial, Coral Gables,Florida, USA
1979 Rockford International Print Exhibition, Rockford, Illinois, USA
1979 Prairie Suite, Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (toured)
1978 1st Canadian Biennale of Prints and Drawings, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Canada Council Art Bank, Mendel Art Gallery Collection at Remai Modern, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Saskatchewan Power, and the University of Saskatchewan
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Antigonish Review, Spring 2009, Vol. 39, No. 157, (painting on cover)
Bequest, catalogue, 2002 (illus.)
Borsa, Joan. Making Space, Gallerie: Women’s Art, 1989 Annual. (illus.)
Bradford, Michael. Personal Effects, Coteau Books, 2004 (painting on cover)
Buchheit, Mannie, Honor Kever’s Show Takes Photography in Bold New Directions, St. John’s Sunday Express, April 14, 1991 (illus.)
Burton, Randy and Hall, Don, ed. Between Time and Place: Contemporary Saskatchewan Photography, Fifth House Press, Saskatoon,1989 (illus.)
Crozier, Lorna and Grenville,Bruce. Honor Kever: Stations Along the Way, catalogue, Mendel Art Gallery, 1989 (illus.)
Day, Marsha. Mendel’s Party Guests Intrigue, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Dec. 10, 2014 (illus.)
Gard, Peter, “Stations” Questions Childhood Illusions, The Newfoundland Herald, April 27, 1991.
Gourlay, Sheena. Reviews: Honor Kever Rogers, The Photographers Gallery, Dec /Jan. 1986/87 (illus.)
Heller, Jules and Nancy G., ed. N. American Women Artists of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary, Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, vol. 1219. Garland Publishing, N.Y., 1995.
Laing, Carol. Making Space: Mercer Union, Parachute 54, March-June, 1989.
Making Space, catalogue, Presentation House, N. Vancouver, 1988. (illus.)
Nelson, Diane. Exhibit Reflects Fondness for Home, Brandon Sun, Nov. 12, 1990 (illus.)
Newman, Marketa. Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists, Fifth House Press, Saskatoon, 1990.
Robertson, Sheila. Compositions Piece Together Stations of Life, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Sept. 2, 1989 (illus.)
Rogers, Will. The Stonking Steps, a children’s fantasy novel, Trafford Books, 2004, illustrations by Honor Kever.
St. Pierre, Louis. Honor Kever Expose a la Galerie Mendel, L’Eau Vive, 14 Septembre 1989.(illus.)
Watson, Petra. Allegorical Intervention, Vanguard, Nov. 1989.
The Women’s Daybook 1990, Second Story Press,Toronto.(illus.)
Wright, Judith. Dog-Wise: What We Learn From Dogs (Photographic Edition), WordWise Press, 2017 (illus.)
GRANTS:
Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance Grants (“B”, Creative), 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2005
Saskatchewan Arts Board Travel Grant, 1988
Canada Council Travel Grant and Project Grant, 1988
Canada Council Short-term Grant, 1993