Sari Grove
C.V. Sari Grove May 2010
Bio
Sari Grove...is a Canadian icy cold Northern born blueish light
tending towards miserable,
knife 'n oils self-employed visual artist painter... Mostly things
related to the word “Grove”...Style is a stone arch bridge between
Impressionism & Expressionism which means, there is
subject but foggy...
Educated internationally & locally, though living
free range philosophically,
as if all that formal training was merely an appetizer to the main
course...
6 ideas that are important to the
artist ... 1)Charity work is worth it...2) Ex- gallerists are still
appreciated... 3)Social skills are part of being an artist ... 4)
Education is continuous ...5)Good family relations are
integral... 6)Survival skills belong to the daily regimen ...
Artist Statement
A lady’s flat wide (was once) white bowl of
steaming hot slow cook Cream of Wheat, cooled by a pour of
cold milk, burnished with granules of melting brown
sugar...Approach from the thickened edges with a well worn
metal spoon...Steam rises like vapour from a horse’s nostrils in
a winter morning barn, while crystalline diamonds in the rough
snow twinkles colours as the kaleidoscope melts into a hay of
textured sweetness ...Something about how good that is,
something like that is what Sari Grove is trying to paint in
her works of art...Tags on her life: Canadian, oil painter,
Expressionist, Nature’s child, optimist,educated, travelled,
friend, wife, butterfly...
Subject happens as it happens, Spirit of the Time , keeping
works of
art topical to happenings
around town ... Materials are classical, the finest oil paints
(though now made locally in Canada & selectively walnut oil
paints for their low low impact on the planet) on quality Belgian
linen canvas, though dammar varnish uses oranges rather than
turpentine(made in Canada too), knives to paint instead of
animal hair brushes, my stretcher bar wood from Canadian
basswood, which,
regrows quicker than pine (more sustainable) & no rabbits were
harmed for the size or ground...Method is rooted in automatism,
which allows
for a freedom of expression, though subconscious
seems so much more specific now than before... comfort with
abstraction allows works to be closer to reality, as, in many
ways, realism is actually very abstract...edges are thick &
painted, wire is copper, packaging is fabric bags not plastic...
Ethically, am bound by many rules, the mere hint of likeness often
scares this artist into dissolving an image with a gentle
opaque glaze to obscure recognition...Like a movie
star wears sunglasses, subjects hide , for privacy...
Full Gallery Representation & Gallerists
2010 New system: See a painting online, meet at National Mailbox in Toronto to see in viewing room,
by appointment with Sari Grove or 416-924-9725 (1/3 commission to National Mailbox for physicality
of viewing room)...
2009-2010 Water Lily solo show director/owner Usha Makan
2008 Kohl Gallery of Arts, Eglinton ave. , “ Tree Perspectives “
Director Gary Kohl
2007 Scollard Street Gallery, Scollard st. , Grand Opening , curator
Serge Chriqui
2006 Yorkville Gallery, Hazelton ave. , “ Toronto Film Festival “
curator Chun Chen
2004-2006 Lanes Gallery, Hazelton Lanes,solo, “ Chiaroscuro “
curator Bahman Fadaie-nia
2000-2003 Studio 99 Cafe & Gallery, Scollard street,solo, “ Cubism
“ curator Warsame Boch
2000 Art Canadiana Gallery & ArtistsDog Gallery , Montreal NY
curator Michael Cooper
2000 Original Papers Art Gallery, Prince Arthur st.,solo, “ Marsh
“ curator Tom Gottlieb
1998 Elaine Tennyson Gallery & Artfocus Gallery & The Red Head
Gallery,Darling Building curator Pat Fleisher
1996-1999 Yorkville Fine Frame , Bellair avenue,solo , “ Automatism
“ curator Huang Kun Lee(Jay & Meong Wan)
1995 Gebo Artworx, Queen st.west , “ Abstract Portraits “ cooperative
curatorial
1994 Artalog Art Gallery, Elte Carpets, North York , “ Star Formations
“ curator Mark Buck
1993 Studio 2007, Sherbourne st. , “ Pointillism “,solo, curator
Sari Grove
1984 Graduating year (grade 13) Art Exhibition, University of
Toronto
Schools, “Stripes & Spheres“ curator Mr. Boutros (art teacher)
Education...
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 1991
Humber College, Ontario, 1990
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A. 1990
Ryerson Polytechnical University, Toronto, Ontario 1989
Atkinson College Ward’s Island, Toronto, Ontario 1989
McGill University Montreal Quebec Bachelor of Arts 1986-1989
Sarah Lawrence College 1984 - 1985
University of Toronto Schools U.T.S. Diploma 1979-1984
The Toronto French School T.F.S. Ontario age 2-1/2 - 1979
Media & Books & more...
2009 episode 2 on camera
interview ‘Aesthetics’, (Ontario College of Art campus but by
University of Toronto students)
as GroveCanada on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace & more...
2003 Atlantisia gallery...asked to comment about art by chimpanzees
who had been rescued from medical research into
aids... (yes, it is art, was the short answer (Sari gave a long answer,
as per usual though), aired on local news television)
Published 2001 “ The Talking Vegetable Garden” children’s
book...(written by her Dad, edited by her brother & published
with help from sister-in-law, with tremendous input from hubby
Joseph)...
2003 ArtistsDog, Michael Cooper
2000 Art Canadiana, Sharon Norman & Ray Argyle,
1998 ArtFocus, Pat Fleisher
1996 Giclees Altron Colour Imaging New Brunswick (Fine Art
Photography Transparencies shot by “See Spot Run”)
1994 MediaTV on CITYTV interview about Computers & Art
1993 Osmosis 500 limited edition prints Mahon Graphics Markham
Family History:
Sari’s grandfather & great-uncle are Lou & Nat Turofsky , founding
collection of sports photographs (5,000) at Hockey Hall of
Fame , see ‘ Turofsky
Collection’
at
Memberships...
CARFAC Canadian Artist Representation Federation Artistes Canadiens...
CARCC Canadian Artist Copyright Collective ...
Artists’ Digital Online Gallery
(DOG)
Macintosh (Collectors met in
person)
Blogger (Art Blog Writings)
Magnify (Movies Peer group)
Fotopic (Photo Album British)
Weebly (Canadian & shop)
GoDaddy (International + Twitter)
Email the artists at
Significant...married 1996 to artist Joseph Grove, owned by
B’Elanna & Jadzia bengal cats...
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GroveCanada (the word you use when Googling online...)
Joseph & Sari Grove like to support
Tree Canada who plant trees...
Collections & Donations...
FAR Museum Phoenix Arizona...as of Friday March 5,
2010...(Yay! This is my first museum)...”Pigeon & Baker ”security
tag registered at > title registered
officially to Teri Franks, inventor of the FAR security
tag...(love Teri, love those tags, saved my life when I had to
prove ownership provenance in gallery distraining...)
Haiti benefit February 24th at Glendon College, 6-9pm, Teodora
Porumb organiser, “Pussywillows”24 x36 framed float oils
linen...(raspberries in bowl underneath top painting...)
“Wild Lilacs”went to a writer...(television producer/writer),
“I hear the trees speak in colour”went to a famous hair colourist
who changed a molecule & created a hair colour line that was
safer...
“One Little Tree”went to a Christian golf club owner who is also
making green meal replacements & garlic & orgeano oils & owns
an exotic healthy food deli adjoining an internet cafe...
Sunnybrook Hospital Brain centre Transcranial Doppler machine
charity silent auction: painting went to Bjorn who works for
Mercedes (Laird & Eglinton) “Salesgirl”oils linen oil sticks R&F
pigments, gold powder, icing decorator tool from Canadian
Tire, water taffetta laundry bag, copper back wire...thank you
Bjorn.
Hazelton Lanes (through Vince, attorney for Hazelton Lanes)
Earth,Wind, Fire & Water, 3 feet by 4 feet by 2 inches oils on
canvas from 2004-5
National Gallery of Canada (through ArtMarketing on Bay
St.)(Joseph &
Sari Grove’s
‘Space Ships’ 30x40inch framed under plexiglass, watercolours
gum arabic
watersoluble
crayon
doublethick illustration board)
Art Gallery of Ontario (through Art Gallery Store)(Osmosis)
Sunnybrook Hospital Heart Centre (Silent Auction)(Jane’s Tree)
Sunnybrook Hospital Oncology Centre(Figure Skater , Bald Eagles,
Skeleton, oils 2x3ft)
St. George’s Society (Indian Summer by Joseph Grove, 300lb
Arches paper
,D.L.Stevenson acrylics, brush)
Sacre Coeur School (purchase at Silent Auction through teacher
Hodo )
Rosedale Dental Clinic ( 2 22x30inch Canadian made acrylics on
French
paper)
Mailboxes Etc. (Skiier, oils)
U.P.S. store (through Chantal from Haiti , Birthday Cake oils)
Lanes Gallery (Sous le Pont oils, & View -Daniel Smith metallic
oils
on wood panel cradled)
Yorkville Fine Frame (Cow 30x40 inch framed plexi. watercolours
Schmincke gum arabic crayon, Fruit aquapasto 30x40inch unframed
on doublethick architect board Curry’s)
Hudson’s Bay Company (through Design Academy student- possibly
bronze
of blowfish,
Music 22x30inch acry. on paper framed plexi.)
Toronto Abilty School (Osmosis lim.ed.print Mahon Graphics
Markham)
Fraternal Order of Eagles (Osmosis 100 lim.ed.prints for charity
M.D.)
Adoption Council of Canada (works by Joseph Grove, extensive
collection)
Aji Sai (Tsunami, oils)
National Mailbox (fridge magnet design , Joseph & ‘Mary’ Grove)
Sony Animation Studio (through Austin Grant Dusseldorf Hollywood
Niger
Freelance Ani
mation Technician-Walkabout , Pangea 3x4 foot oil by Joseph
Grove)
Tilley Endurables (through Joshua Letterman , work on paper
framed
Marsh series)
M.O.C.C.A. (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art when it was
up in
North York) full
grove@sent.
com to
make an
appointment
to see a
work at
National
Mailbox 33
Hazelton
avenue with
Sari Grove
or call
416-924-9725
& leave a
voicemail to
arrange a
viewing in
person with
Sari Grove
or call
416-924-9725
& leave a
voicemail to
arrange a
viewing in
person with
Sari Grove
set of professional slides Marsh collection from 2000
Horwath Orenstein Chartered Accountants (completely abstract
portrait
of Joyce Rashid
at
garden party oils)
Bochner Eye Institute (through gift to portrait Dr. Bernard J.
Slatt
at dentist , paper)
Lorac Wine Inc. (through Carol Slatt , I won a ribbon oils 3x4
feet,
Marsh framed plexi
watercolours
paper crayon watersoluble &/or oil pastel)
Kerbel Communications (through gift Pointillism oils, Golden
Dragon
paper acr. )
Metro Canada Logistics (through gift Casa horse oils 2x3 ft.))
Information about artist Sari Grove...(& her husband, Joseph
Grove
too, who works with Sari on many
projects...)
LCBO (through employee purchase at discount Crow oils, experimental
w.
brush))
Gallery One (through Baycrest Rehabilitative centre silent auction
purchase Osmosis)
Under
the
Magnolia
branch...
36 x 48”
oils on
canvas by
Sari
Grove is
asking
price $6K
University of Toronto Schools (through design submission Maple
Leaf digital image)
Materials:
no animal hair brushes, no turpentine, no non-renewable
wood, no framing starting in 2009, no cotton canvas, no lead,
no plastic
paint, no rabbit skin glue,no chemical varnish, no camera tracing,
no quantity output, no multiple photomechanical reproductions
manufacturers 2008-9 lefranc bourgeois(gold base),sennelier(
oil pastel),schmincke(mussini oil paints & powders),
liquitex(clear size),phoenix(linen+wood),eco-house(
orange dammar)...Kama Pigments walnut oil paint, R&F oil
pigment
sticks, William Sandys Wright Vaux knife, motorcycle knife,
skull & crossbones knives,Italian painting knife, icing decorator,
syringe,
surgical gloves...
Note: Joseph Grove is saving digital paper by Not writing a really
long C.V. that nobody cares to read anyways...
Snail mail address...
Joseph & Sari Grove
306-15 McMurrich street
Toronto, Ontario
M5R 3M6
CANADA
studio phone...
416 924-9725 (In Toronto)
email...