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DOROTHY GROSTERN (1940 - ), SLEEPING CAT, MIXED MEDIA; SIGNED AND DATED 86 LOWER RIGHT, 41.25" x 29.5" - 104.8 x 74.9 cm.

DOROTHY GROSTERN (1940 - )SLEEPING CATMIXED MEDIA; SIGNED AND DATED 86 LOWER RIGHT41.25" x 29.5" - 104.8 x 74.9 cm.Provenance:Purchased directly from the artistNote:DOROTHY GROSTERN (1940 - )Born in London, England, in 1940, Dorothy Grostern emigrated to Canada with her family in 1954. She attended Sir George Williams University, then studied painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture at the Saidye Bronfman Centre School of the Arts, where she eventually became an assistant in the printmaking department. For the next 16 years she taught advanced life drawing at the SBC.Grostern has had an active artistic career for more than 30 years, during which she has exhibited in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, as well as Brazil and Taiwan. She has had many solo shows in Montreal and Toronto and has participated in numerous group and juried exhibitions. Her most recent solo exhibition, My House Has Many Rooms, was held in 2014, at the E.K. Voland Art Center in Montreal, Quebec.Grostern's work is part of several public and private collections, includingf the Musée du Québec. She has received several awards and prizes, and her work has been reviewed a number of times in Vie des Arts, a leading arts publication in Quebec. In 2013, Grostern published a book, a type of visual narrative, which integrates handwritten words with many of her paintings, drawings, and sketches. The book is titled My House Has Many Rooms. She has been a member of the Society of Canadian Artists since 1999. Grostern lives and works in Montreal, Quebec.Selected Corporate, Private and Public CollectionsBurnaby Art Gallery, BCCabo Frio Museum, BrazilClaridge Collection, Montreal, QCEmmanuel College, Boston, MALa Ville de Verdun, QCMinistry of Cultural Communities & Immigration, QCMusée du Québec, Quebec City, ACSelected Solo Exhibits2014My House Has Many Rooms, Centre d'art E.K. Voland, Montreal, QC20123C Gallery, Montreal2007A Time of Innocence, Beaux Arts David Astrof, Thomson House, Montreal2004Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal2001Galerie d'art Jean-Claude-Bergeron, Ottawa2000Galerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-OrmeauxCentre Culturel, Ville de Verdun1997Gallery 89, CEGEP John Abbott College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec1996Glendon Gallery, Glendon College, York University, Toronto1995Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal1993Galerie S Space enSemble, Montreal1986Galerie Stilnovo, Montreal1984Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, MontrealSelected Group Exhibits20123C Gallery, Montreal, QC2010Intimate Treasures, Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, ON2009Art Gallery of Hamilton, SCA Members' Exhibition, ON2007Galerie V, Montreal, QC2006Society of Canadian Artists, 39th Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto, ON2005Society of Canadian Artists, 38th Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto, ON2004Society of Canadian Artists, 37th Open Juried Exhibition, Montreal, QC2003Hummingbird Centre, Toronto, ON2003John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ONLes Femmeuses, Montreal, QC2002Dorota's Choice II, Corpus, Montreal, QCPerspectives 2000", Mississauga, ONLes Femmeuses 2000, Montreal, QC1999Galerie d'Art David Astrof, Montreal, QCJohn B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ONLiving Arts Centre, Mississauga, ONGalerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC1998Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QCPastel Society of America, New York, NYThe Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON"Perspectives 98", Montreal, QC1995 Galerie S Space enSemble, Montreal, QCSaidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC1993Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, QCGallery Three, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QCGalerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, QC1992Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, QCArt Sales & Rental Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QCGalerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, QCMaison de la Culture, Côte des Neiges, Montreal, QCThe Art Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QCThe Brandstater Gallery, Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA1991Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD1990Vav Gallery, Concordia University Women's Centre & Faculty of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC1989Galerie Franklin Silverstone, Montreal, QC1988Galerie Trois, Montreal, QC1986Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC1986Place du Parc, Montreal, QCTaipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TaiwanSaidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QCGalerie Judith Jasmin, Montreal, QCOntario Society of Artists, Toronto, ONStewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, QCPratt Graphics Centre, New York, NYRose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA1984Clark Arts Centre Gallery, Rockford, ILInternational Art Competition, Los Angeles, CASelected Awards2009Award of Merit - SCA Members Exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON20052nd place - SCA Award of Excellence, Toronto, ON2004SCA Golden Artist Award - SCA National Juried Exhibition, Montreal, QC1998Edith Baron Family Award, The Pastel Society of America 26th Annual Exhibition1991Honorable Mention, Maryland Pastel Society's National Juried Exhibition1986Purchase Award, Clarkson-Gordon, Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby, BCPurchase Award, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby, BC1985Award of Merit for a work in Mixed Media, Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, ONSelected Linksdorothygrostern.com