Jon Hartley Claytor

Upcoming group show: Nov 27 - Jan 11
Characteristics at Galerie Push (5264 St. Laurent, Montreal)
Opening reception November 27, 7 pm.
with: Nancy Bourassa, Pascal Caputo, Kris Knight and Jon Claytor.

Upcoming solo show: April 2008
Naked at Ingram Gallery (49 Avenue Rd., Toronto)

Solo Exhibitions
"No Chance in Hell" New Video and Painting, 2019 Moreau, Montreal PQ. June 7th 2008.
"Until the break of day" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, Sept. 2007.
"Quagmire" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, June 2006.
"Life's Little Soldiers " Harvey Levine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, May 2006.
"There Is No Place" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, September 2005.
"Rescue. Rescue" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, March 2004.
"All Theses Shipwrecks" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, September 2002.
"Maybe, Just Maybe" The Belgo Building, Montreal PQ, March 2000.
"Maybe, Just Maybe" Wurm Gallery, Ottawa ON, 2000.
"Maybe, Just Maybe" The Jane Bond, Waterloo ON, 2000.
"I love You All..." Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton NB, 1998.
"Slings and Arrows" The Old Pool Hall, Sackville NB, 1998.
"Looking for Love" Gairdner Building, Sackville NB, 1997.

Group Exhibitions
"Sappy Records Festival Group Show" Struts Artist Run Centre, August 5-7 2006.
"Toy Box" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, December 2005.
"Claytor and Wiseman" Gallery Goldie, Montreal PQ, November 2005.
"Stumble Home (Jon Claytor and Rachel Berman)" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, December 2004.
"Grey Scale" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2004.
"Life of the Party" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2004.
"67%: Bodies of Water" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, July 2003.
"Angeles and Desperadoes" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, December 2002.
"Figure Out" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2002.
"Cinematic Situation" Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2001.
"Something In The Air" The jane Bond, Waterloo ON, 2001
"Portraits and Four Letter Words" Struts, Sackville NB, 2000.
"Captive Voyeur" Owens Art Gallery, Sackville NB, 1999.
"Mount Allison Graduation Show" Owens Art Gallery, 1998.
"Young Sculpture" Moncton Public Library, Moncton NB, 1997.
"Stop Me Before I Disintegrate" OO Gallery, Halifax NS, 1993.

Film Festivals
No More, 3 min, Atlantic Film Festival 2007.

Teaching Experience:
Mount Allison University, Painting and Drawing, 2005-06, 2007.

Education:
Moncton High School, Moncton NB. 1990.
NASCAD. Foundation program, 1991
Mount Allison University. Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, 1995 - 1998.
Algonquin Community College: Cabinet Making, 1993-94.

Awards:
Ted Pullford Entrance Scholarship, 1995.
Crake Fellowship, 1997.
Juno Nomination for "Best Album Design" 2004.

Other Projects:
Many CD Covers for artists such as Gord Downie, Julie Doiron and Snailhouse
Directed several music videos for Julie Doiron and Snailhouse.

Press:

"Jon Claytor: Until the Break of Day", By David Balzer, Eye Weekly, Sept. 30 2007. p. 54

“Gravity And Grace Define The Soulful Figure Paintings Of New Brunswick-based Artist Jon Claytor” By Betty Anne Jordan, Canadian House and Home, September 2006, p. 90-92.

“Stark Characters” By Kate Wright, Here Magazine, New Brunswick, Vol. 2 Issue 28, 2005.

”From surreal to too-real”, by Peter Goddard,
Toronto Star December 31, 2002.

“Hope Shines Through Painted Desolation (Jon Claytor reveals the art of transition at Ingram Gallery)” by Peter Goddard,
The Toronto Star September 19, 2002.

“At the Galleries” By Henry Lehmann, The Gazette,,
Montréal March 11 . 2000.