© Copyright 2011 John Climenhage
John Climenhage
183 Antrim St., Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9H 3G5
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.
