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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Boat of Eternal Return
Stephanie Rayner
Boat of Eternal Return
The Eden Contract
The Eden Contract
The Eden Contract
The Skin of God
The Skin of God
The Eden Contract
The Skin of God
Galileo’s Eyelid
Stephanie Rayner
Stephanie Rayner New Works
Stephanie Rayner
Uncommon Ground
Stephanie Rayner
Uncommon Ground
Stephanie Rayner
Stephanie Rayner Works on Paper
Cove Street Arts, Portland, Maine, Oct 2022- Jan 2023
Jackson Art Gallery, Jackson NH., October - November 2019
PAMA public art museum, Brampton, September 2015 - January 2016
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, February 1998
North Bay Arts Centre, North Bay, December 1997
Laurentian University Art Gallery, Sudbury, October 1997
Cambridge Public Art Gallery, Cambridge, March 1996
Latchem Public Art Gallery, Stouffville, January 1995
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, February 1994
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, January 1993
Galerie L’Imagier, Public Gallery, Ottawa, October 1992
Peel Heritage Public Gallery, Brampton, November 1990
Quan-Scheider Gallery, Toronto, October 1989
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, May 1988
St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, October 1987
Quan-Scheider Gallery, Toronto, May 1987
Brampton Public Art Gallery, Brampton, May 1986
Quan-Scheider Gallery, Toronto, May 1985
Brampton Public Art Gallery, Brampton, April 1983
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Strong Women (curated)
Great and North (curated)
Imago Mundi (curated)
Exchange (curated)
Converge (curated)
The Urban/Rural Divid (curated)
Altered Books (curated)
Floating Worlds
First Impressions MECA
The Paper Mill (juried)
Contemporary Prints (curated)
Works on Paper (curated)
Book Arts (curated)
Shadow Box
Raynerart
Re-Collection
Cono Sur
Recent Acquisitions
The Print Mill
Medicine Hat Print Show (juried)
Open Studio 20th
Raynerart
The Octagon Expedition
Innovation Technique
Contemporary Printmaking
Works on Paper
Works on Paper
Uncommon Ground
Fryeburg Cultural Center, Maine, 2020
Onsite Gallery, Toronto, 2018
Venice, Italy, 2017
PAMA Pubic Art Museum Brampton, 2015
Maine College of Art Portland Maine, September 2012
Art Gallery of Mississauga, September 2011
Portland Public Library, Portland , Maine, April 2011
Luxun University of Art, Shenyang China, 2009
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME., November 2009
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, 2008
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME., March 2008
The Chocolate Church Art Center, Bath, ME., September -December 2006
Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine, December - April 2006
Portland Film Festival, Portland, Maine, January 2002
Belleville Public Art Gallery, Belleville, April 1997
Art Gallery of Mississauga, curated from permanent collection, Mississauga, October 1996
Harbourfront, curated, Toronto, September 1995
Peel Heritage Public Gallery, curated, Brampton, August 1999
John B. Aird Gallery, juried, Toronto, August 1992
Medicine hat Museum of Art, Alberta, January 1991
20th Anniversary Touring Show, Liz Wylie, Curator, January 1991
Peel Heritage Public Gallery, Brampton, November 1991
Tony Urquart, Stephanie Rayner, Tony Onley, Gordon Rayner, Comox BC 1988
National Symposium, juried, U of Toronto, Toronto, November 1987
Harbourfront Gallery, juried, Toronto, September 1987
Art Gallery of Ontario, juried, Toronto, May 1985
Art Gallery of Hamilton, curated, Hamilton, April 1982
Brampton Public Art Gallery Snaige Sileka and Stephanie Rayner, 1982
AWARDS
The Ashley Fellowship Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, 2015 -2016
Public Choice Premiere Award Brampton Public Art Gallery, 1995
Juror’s Award, Latcham Gallery, 1992
People’s Choice Premier Award, Latcham Gallery, 1992
People’s Choice Premier Award, Peel Heritage Gallery Premiere Award, 1991
Colour and Form Show Premiere Award, 1988
Colour and Form Show Premier Award, 1985
COLLECTIONS
The Institute for Theoretical Physics, Switzerland
PAMA, Permanent Collection, Brampton Ontario
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Permanent Collection Mississauga Ontario
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Permanent Collection Oshawa Ontario
Peel Heritage Gallery, Permanent Collection Brampton Ontario
Canadian Federal Government, Toronto Ontario
Trent University, Peterborough Ontario
CN Corporate Collection, Toronto Ontario
City of Brampton, Permanent Collection, Ontario
Board of Education, City of York, Permanent Collection, Toronto Ontario
Etobicoke Board of Education, Permanent Collection, Toronto Ontario
Peel Board of Education, Permanent Collection, Ontario
Price Waterhouse Collection, Toronto Ontario
Imperial Oil Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Ernst and Young Permanent Collection, Toronto
Cavelti and Associates, Permanent Collection, Toronto Ontario
Nancy and Richard Self, Permanent Collection Toronto Ontario
COMMISSIONS
Institute for Religion in an Age of Science, New Hampshire, Video & Installation
Beginning with the End, God, Science and Wolfhart Pannenberge, Open Court Publishers, Chicago, Cover
Extension Magazine Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Cover & Back Cover
St. Lawrence Centre/Cavelti Capital Management, Poster
Guardian Trust Company/Federation Ontario Naturalists, Poster
Canadian National Railways, Poster
Toronto Heart Foundation, “Hearts for Art”, Poster
PUBLICATIONS
Exile Arts and Literary Magazine 42.3
The Child Book
Prose poem and artwork special section
2019
Printopolis
Memories of Open Studio
Stephanie Rayner
Page 258 -262 isbn 978-0-09690485-3-4
2018
Claire Wilks...What the Hand Sees
Essay: In France there is a line...
Page 123 isbn 978-155096-733-3
2018
ELQ Art and Literary Magazine 36.4
Boat of Eternal Return
Prose poem and art by Stephanie Rayner
Cover and special colour section of art work
2015
Medusa Art and Poetry Journal
Midsummer
Poem by S. Rayner
2015
I.R.A.S Red Book
The Wizard of Oz - Art, Science and Religion
Article by S. Rayner
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2004
New Canadian Encyclopedia
Article and art work
Printmaking by Stephanie Rayner
Canadian Travelers in Italy, Exile Editions
Art Work, Galieleo's Eyelid by Stephanie Rayner
1989
Exiles Exiles Volume 16 Number 2 & 3
Photograph of Stephanie Rayner by John Reeves
Page 134
1992
Exile Volume 14 Number 1
Cover River Carpet
Pictorial essay by S. Rayner
1989
CATALOGS
Boat of Eternal Return
Stephanie Rayner at PAMA
Brampton, Ontario
2015 - 2016
Imago Mundi - Out of the Bush Gardens
Toronto, Ontario, Venice, Italy
2015 - 2018
The Maine Print Project
Portland, Maine
2000
Cono Sur
Harbourfront
Toronto, Ontario
1996
The Eden Contract
Stephanie Rayner at The Mississauga Art Gallery
Mississauga, Ontario
1999
The Skin of God
Stephanie Rayner at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Oshawa, Ontario
1993
MEDIA COVERAGE
Books and Journals
Exile, Irving Layton 100 Years
Organizations, People and Strategies in Astronomy, Vol.1, Dr Andre Heck, Springer Co. New York
Organizations, People and Strategies in Astronomy, Vol.4, Dr Andre Heck, Springer Co. New York
The Zygon Center for Religion and Science, Vol.4, “Stephanie Rayner: Art, Religion and Science”, Carol Albright
Beginning with the End...God, Science, and Wolfhart Pannenberg
Galelieo's Eyelid by Stephanie Rayner cover art, essay on Stephanie Rayner by Carol Albright
Exile Volume 16 Number 4, Special Issue. “Exile’s Exiles”
Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy, Vol. 4 in Astrophysics and Space Sciences Library. Andre Heck, PhD,MEd
45 years of Heck in Professional Astronomy, J.Hube, Vedenngeist
The Eden Contract - A Synopsis of the Educational
Values of the Show and Lectures,
Stuart Reid
Newspaper and Magazine Articles
First Impressions Portland Press Herald, art critic Bob Keyes
The Maine Sunday Telegram, ”Celebrating The Print”
The Bath Brunswick Times Record, “Stephanie Rayner/ The Print Project”
Portland Press Herald, “Bridging Science and Religion”, Jen Fish
Orion, “Stephanie Rayner: Art and Astronomy”, A.L. Nath
Woman, “Creative Potential”, Amy Baskin
The Mississauga News, “Eden Contract Examines Beauty of Myth” Sandy MacLean
Mississauga Business Times, “The Eden Contract Renegotiated”
Extension (The Print & Drawing Council of Canada), Vol. 3, No.4,”The Skin of God”, Claudia Mandler-McKnight 3 – The Toronto Star, “Oshawa Gallery Exhibit Fascinates with Scientific Abyss”, Christopher Hume
The Ottawa Citizen, “Art Work Full of Meaningful Connections”, Visual Arts, Nancy Baele
Art Word, “Drapes, Vines and a Shaman”, Mark Critoph
Le Droit, Ottawa/Hull, “Heureuse Rencontre de la Technologie, de la Religionet de L’art”
Le Regional, Aylmer, Quebec, “Un Exposition des Montages Extraordinaires”, Carol Perry
Aylmer Bulletin, “Spiritual Art Born Out of Conflict Between Religion and Science”
The Globe and Mail, “An Inventive Show”, Kate Taylor
The Ottawa Citizen, “Mid-summer Day’s Dream”, Nancy Beale
The Sunday Sun, “Prints to Treasure”, Liza Balfour-Bowen
Winnipeg Free Press, “Technology Takes Curious Twist”, Randal McIlroy
The Art Post, “Stephanie Rayner”, Tom Gotlebe
The Burlington Post Artscape, “Impressive Show”, Lois Crawford
The Toronto Star, “Art World Tough for Woman”, David Steen
Brampton Times, “Rayner’s Art on Display”, Linda Reed
Brampton Times, “Colletchist Content”, Vaughn Cocke
Brampton Guardian, “Unusual Prints”, Peter Tyn
Brampton Guardian, “Artist Laments Death of Myth”, Julius Xavier
City & Country Home, “Prints Consort”, Sarah Yates
Canadian Art, “Special Pleasure of Canadian Prints”, Gwen Warner
Canadian Business, “Prints”
Brampton Guardian, “Show United by Sky Symbolism”, Peter Tyn
TELEVISION
Accolades, Channel 10, Interview
Belle Art, French CBC, Interview
Art, TVO, Interview
The Octagon Expedition, CBC, Documentary
Canada AM, TVO, Debate: Bateman & Stephanie Rayner. Prints vs Reproductions
March 2012
Oct. 2004
TEACHING
Jackson School of Art, 2020, Jackson, Mass.
Haliburton School of the Arts, 1995 -2019, Haliburton , Ontario.
Maine College of Art, 2000-2012, Portland, Maine
Ohio Watercolor Society,2010, Dayton, Ohio
Haystack School of the The Arts, 2002,2011 , Deer Isle, Maine
Sir Sanford Fleming College, Haliburton, Ontario 1995-2012
Haliburton School of the Arts, Haliburton, Ontario 1995-2012
Ohio Water Colour Society, Cleveland, Ohio 2010
The Chocolate Church Arts center, Bath, Maine 2006
Cawthra Park School for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario 2005
Nielson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke, Ontario
Luxun Academy of Art, 2009, Shen Yang, China
Portland School Board, Special Project – Visual Arts Teachers
Chocolate Church Art Center, 2006, Bath, Maine
Haystack Mountain School of the Arts, Deer Isle, Maine 2002 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario 2001-2005
Southampton Art School,1995-2007, Southampton, Ontario.
O.I.S.E. Visual Art Special Project,2001-2005, Toronto, Ontario
Special Project, Toronto 2000-2007 Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
Havergal Special Art Mentorship Program,1997, Toronto, Ontario
Havergal College, Special OAC Mentorship Program, Toronto 2000 Bishop Strachan College, OAC Program, Toronto 1999 Special Projects Grant
North Bay Arts Centre, North Bay, Ontario 1997-1998 Laurentian University Art Gallery, Sudbury, Ontario
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Havergal College, Toronto, Ontario 1997 Bishop Strachan College, Toronto 1996 Southampton Art School, Southampton, Ontario 1995-2007 Bloor Collegiate, Toronto 1995 Lakeshore Collegiate, Etobicoke, Ontario
Art at the Boyne, Toronto School Board Special Project, Toronto 1994-1997 Mississauga Art Gallery, Special Projects Grant - Lectures to 14 schools,
Peel Board of Education, Mississauga, Ontario
Cawthra Park School for the Arts, Toronto 1993 Loretto Abbey, C.A.I. S. Grant, Toronto, Ontario
Walden Art Camp, C.A.I.S. Grant, Scarborough School Board, Toronto, Ontario
Special Projects Grant: Robert McLaughlin Gallery: Lectures and workshops to 15 high schools, Oshawa, Ontario
Metro Toronto Secondary School Board, Lecture Series to O.A.C. students at 8 schools, Toronto
Cawthra Park School of the Arts,1993-2006, Mississauga, Ontario
Scarlet Heights Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario
Loretto College, C.A.I.S. Grant, Toronto, Ontario
Loretto Abbey, Toronto, Ontario
Art at the Boyne, Toronto School Board Special Project, Toronto, Ontario
Several school boards and camps throughout Ontario (names supplied on request)
MEDIA COVERAGE
MEMBERSHIPS
Open Studio, Vice-President
Open Studio, Head of Visiting Artist Program Visual Arts Ontario
1992 1991
1990 1980s
1989-92
1989-92 1990-2000