Toni Onley Biography 

EDUCATION

• 1942-46 Douglas School of Fine Arts, England

• 1952 Doon School of Fine Art

AWARDS, COMMISSIONS, APPOINTMENTS

• Scholarship, Instituto Allende

• 1959 Canadian Biennial exhibitor

• 1960 Jessie Dow Award at Montreal Spring Show

• Canada Council Grant

• One of seven artists to show at the Paris Biennial

• Canadian Biennial exhibitor

• Canada Council Grant

• Spring Purchase Award (MMFA)

• Canadian Biennial exhibitor

• Sam & Ayola Zacks Award, RCA Annual

• 1964 Canada Council Senior Fellowship

• Canadian Biennial exhibitor

• Canadian Biennial exhibitor

• 1999 Officer of the Order of Canada

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Canadian Art, Mar./Apr. 1962

• A Silent Thunder. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

• Onley’s Arctic. Douglas McIntyre, 1991.

• The Walls of India. Onley/Woodcock, Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1985.

• Toni Onley’s British Columbia, A Tribute. Raincoast Books, 1999.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

• Vancouver Art Gallery, B.C.

• University of B.C., Brock Hall Collection

• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, B.C.

• Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba

• London Public Library & Art Museum, Ontario

• Willistead Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

• York University, Toronto, Ontario

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

• Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

• Musée d'Art Contemp., Montreal, Quebec

• Sir George Williams University, Montreal, Quebec

• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec

• C.I.L., Montreal, Quebec

• Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

• Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland

• Seattle Museum of Fine Arts, Washington, USA

• The Library of Congress, Washington, USA

• Museum of Modern Art, NYC USA

• Tate Gallery, London, England

• The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

• Numerous Private Collections in Canada and the United States

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