john climenhage
curriculum vitae
 
 
 
 
 
 
Curriculum Vitae
John Climenhage
183 Antrim St., Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9H 3G5
(705) 750-0524, climenhage@nexicom.net
 
Born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada 1968
John Climenhage has been painting, teaching, and exhibiting throughout Canada and the U.S. since 1989. He apprenticed in Victoria with acclaimed oil painter Jim Gordaneer from 1994-1999. He has a broad knowledge of art history which he references in both his landscapes and abstract works. His paintings incorporate theories of quantum physics and existential philosophies in a two dimensional field upon which the painting occurs as an event. He currently lives and works in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
 
Exhibitions
2011    May               Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
2010    September     Norfolk County Art Gallery, Simcoe, Ontario
            July              Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
            April             Blue Tomato, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2009    December      Pentimento, Toronto, Ontario
                                Black Honey, Peterborough, Ontario
         July               Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
         March             Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2008    March            Clarington Visual Arts Center, Bowmanville, Ontario
 
2007    July                 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
                    
2006   September      Peterborough Arts Umbrella, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2005   July                Peterborough Arts Umbrella, Peterborough, Ontario
                                 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto Ontario
            May               Parkhill On Hunter, Peterborough, Ontario
            January         Akin Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2002 - 2004             Fivepin Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario  (an open studio/gallery)
 
2003                        Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2002    March            Lawrence House Visual Arts Center, Sarnia, Ontario
            January         Bowmanville Visual Arts Center, Bowmanville, Ontario
 
1999 - 2001             Chapmaneast Fine Arts, Orono, Ontario (an open studio/gallery)
 
2001    July               Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
 
2000    April              Zeitgeist Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
            March            St. Andrews Cathedral, Victoria, B.C.
 
1999    April              University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
            March            Emily Carr House, Victoria, B.C.
            February        Rogue Art Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
 
1998    November      Chan Center, Vancouver, B.C.
            October         Emily Carr House, Victoria, B.C.
            March            Fray Bartolome Human Rights Center, Chiapas, Mexico
 
1997    October         Franciscan Chapel, Victoria, B.C.
            June              Fray Bartolome Human Rights Center, Chiapas, Mexico
 
 
 
Teaching Experience
2010     Oil Painting courses, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2010-11       Artist in Residence, Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2010     Oil painting courses, Loyalist College, Belleville, Ontario
        Oil Painting courses, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2009-10       Artist in Residence, Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2009    Oil painting courses, Loyalist College, Belleville, Ontario
        Oil Painting courses, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2008    Oil painting courses, Loyalist College, Belleville, Ontario
        Oil Painting courses, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2007    En Plein Air Painting Course, Halibutron School of Fine Arts, Haliburton, Ontario
        Oil painting course, Loyalist College, Belleville, Ontario
 
2006    Oil painting courses, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
        Water colour courses, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2005    Oil painting courses, Class Connections, Peterborough, Ontario
        Artist in Education Workshops, throughout Ontario
 
2004    Oil painting courses, Class Connections, Peterborough, Ontario
        Artist in Education Workshops, throughout Ontario
        Lecture Series at Art School of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
        Children’s Art Camp, Class Connections, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2003    Workshops at Bethany Hills School, Bethany, Ontario
        Workshops at Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School, Peterborough, Ontario
 
2002    Art School of Peterborough, Peterborough Ontario
 
2001    Classes through Chapmaneast Fine Arts, Orono, Ontario
 
1998    Children’s Art Classes through Emily Carr House, VIctoria, B.C.
 
 
Grants
 
2005    Ontario Arts Council (Artist in Education)
2004    Ontario Arts Council (Artist in Education)
1998    British Columbia Arts Council
1991    Ontario Arts Council
 
Works in both private and public collections in Australia, Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Scotland, Spain, and United States.