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Doug Guildford

Doug Guildford is a largely self-taught Canadian visual artist. He graduated from Dalhousie University with a BA in Political Science in 1969. He lived in Vancouver throughout the 1970’s. Since then his home base has been in downtown Toronto. For most of that time, however, he has migrated annually, back to coastal Nova Scotia for summers of from 3 to 6 months. He continues now to divide his time between his studios in downtown Toronto and on a coastal stretch of rural Nova Scotia, where he shares an old farmhouse with his partner, the playwright and novelist, Don Hannah. His practice is rooted in drawing, encompasses printmaking, collection, and the manipulation and fabrication of objects. It allows for obsessive sculptural crochet projects. It acts as a shorthand for his take on the universe; lab notes; a compulsive kind of journal entry, and perhaps, a distillation of accumulated knowledge. It wanders suggestively between male and female. As an active member of Open Studio (print media centre) in Toronto, he has produced many suites and series of etchings and screenprint work, some concise, some sprawling and on-going over several years. He is more interested in exploring and inhabiting an expansive metaphor through creating variations in process-driven series than in creating the single masterpiece moment. He has exhibited largely across Canada in group and solo exhibitions. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at the Burnaby Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery in Corner Brook, NL, Saint Francis Xavier University Art Gallery in Antigonish, NS, and Connexion Gallery, the artist-run centre in Fredericton NB. His work has also been well-represented in group exhibitions including at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax, Centre Materia in Quebec City, PQ, and at the McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, ON. He has benefited over the years from funding from Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Art Council and the Toronto Arts Council. Other awards include first place in the Great Canadian Print Competition, the Nick Novak Scholarship and the Hexagon Special Projects Fellowship, both from Open Studio in Toronto. His residencies include St. Michael’s Printshop in St. John’s Newfoundland, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the Atlantic Centre for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Creator Id: 248
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Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Nova Scotia
Year of Birth: 1948
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Male
Mediums: bookwork, drawing, printmaking, sculpture
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Work by Doug Guildford

Self Portrait at Thirty-One

Work ID: 54234

Measurements: each print /chaque épreuve 12.7 x 17.78 cm

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Sea Flowers: A Formal Garden

Work ID: 54235

Measurements: 63.5 x 91.44 cm

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2000 Shells: White Man

Work ID: 54237

Measurements: 30.48 x 19.05 cm

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2001 Shells: White Man [detail]

Work ID: 54238

Description: back page spread

Measurements: 33.02 x 18.415 cm

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Compost

Work ID: 54244

Description: 1 of 24

Measurements: 50.8 x 66.04 cm

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Compost, [detail]

Work ID: 54241

Description: 1 of 12

Measurements: 45.72 x 18.415 cm

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April, from Compost series

Work ID: 54240

Description: 1 of 12

Measurements: 45.72 x 18.415 cm

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Compost, [detail]

Work ID: 54243

Description: 1 of 12

Measurements: 45.72 x 18.415 cm

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Compost, [detail]

Work ID: 54242

Description: 1 of 12

Measurements: 45.72 x 18.415 cm

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Compost

Work ID: 54245

Description: 1 of 24

Measurements: 50.8 x 66.04 cm

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Stains (February)

Work ID: 54239

Description: 1 of 12

Measurements: 22.86 x 18.415 cm

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When I Was a Kid

Work ID: 54236

Measurements: 45.72 x 60.96 cm

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700 Shells

Work ID: 54246

Measurements: 86.36 x 55.88 cm

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untitled

Work ID: 54253

Description: matrix drawing for Blown Ashore

Measurements: 22.86 x 30.48 cm

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untitled

Work ID: 54254

Description: matrix drawing for Blown Ashore

Measurements: 22.86 x 30.48 cm

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Salt Marsh

Work ID: 54256

Measurements: 20.32 x 63.5 cm

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Salt Marsh

Work ID: 54255

Measurements: 20.32 x 63.5 cm

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Winter

Work ID: 54283

Measurements: 71.12 x 81.28 cm

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Blown Ashore

Work ID: 54249

Measurements: each/chacune 20.32 x 31.115 cm

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Blown Ashore

Work ID: 54250

Measurements: each/chacune 20.32 x 31.115 cm

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Quicksand

Work ID: 54276

Measurements: each table/chaque table 76.2 x 152.4 x 71.12 cm

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Quicksand

Work ID: 54259

Measurements: each/chacune 21.59 x 55.88 cm

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Quicksand

Work ID: 54257

Measurements: each/chacune 21.59 x 55.88 cm

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Quicksand

Work ID: 54258

Measurements: each/chacune 21.59 x 55.88 cm

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Quicksand

Work ID: 54277

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Blown Ashore

Work ID: 54252

Measurements: each/chacune 20.32 x 31.115 cm

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Quicksand

Work ID: 54261

Measurements: each/chacune 21.59 x 55.88 cm

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Blown Ashore

Work ID: 54251

Measurements: each/chacune 20.32 x 31.115 cm

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Blown Ashore

Work ID: 54247

Description: installation detail

Measurements: each 20.32 x 31.115 cm

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Blown Ashore

Work ID: 54248

Measurements: each/chacune 20.32 x 31.115 cm

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Quicksand

Work ID: 54260

Measurements: each/chacune 21.59 x 55.88 cm

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Glossary

Work ID: 54282

Measurements: 96.52 x 66.04 cm

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Amphibious Zone [installation detail]

Work ID: 54280

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Mat

Work ID: 54303

Description: in progress since 2001

Measurements: approx. 50 lb

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Amphibious Zone

Work ID: 54279

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Amphibious Zone

Work ID: 54278

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Glossary

Work ID: 54281

Measurements: 177.8 x 137.16 cm

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Mat, [4 views, Nova Scotia]

Work ID: 54302

Description: in progress since 2001

Measurements: approx. 50 lb

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Net [backshore, Nova Scotia]

Work ID: 54305

Description: in progress since 2001

Measurements: 10 x 12 ft

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Spring Glossary #7

Work ID: 54289

Measurements: 33.02 x 38.1 cm

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Spring Glossary #5

Work ID: 54288

Measurements: 33.02 x 38.1 cm

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Bag

Work ID: 54313

Description: in progress since 2001

Measurements: 8 ft

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Baby Blanket

Work ID: 54284

Measurements: 66.04 x 76.2 cm

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Net, [detail]

Work ID: 54304

Description: in progress since 2001

Measurements: 10 x 12 ft

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Summer Quilt

Work ID: 54262

Measurements: 91.44 x 121.92 cm

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Net [backshore, Nova Scotia]

Work ID: 54306

Description: in progress since 2001

Measurements: 10 x 12 ft

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Spring Glossary #9

Work ID: 54287

Measurements: 33.02 x 38.1 cm

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Spring Glossary #6

Work ID: 54286

Measurements: 33.02 x 38.1 cm

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June Glossary, St. John’s NFLD

Work ID: 54290

Measurements: 48.26 x 58.42 cm

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June Glossary #5, St. John’s NFLD

Work ID: 54293

Measurements: 17.78 x 24.13 cm

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Net [backshore, Nova Scotia]

Work ID: 54307

Description: in progress since 2001

Measurements: 10 x 12 ft

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June Glossary #2, St. John’s NFLD

Work ID: 54291

Measurements: 17.78 x 24.13 cm

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June Glossary #4, St. John’s NFLD

Work ID: 54292

Measurements: 17.78 x 24.13 cm

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Salvage

Work ID: 54273

Measurements: 25.4 x 25.4 cm

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Salvage

Work ID: 54272

Measurements: 25.4 x 25.4 cm

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Salvage

Work ID: 54270

Description: installation grouping

Measurements: 127 x 76.2 cm

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Low Tide

Work ID: 54265

Measurements: 68.58 x 93.98 cm

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Wasp [9 views, Nova Scotia]

Work ID: 54309

Description: in progress since 2002

Measurements: 6 ft

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Salvage

Work ID: 54271

Measurements: 25.4 x 25.4 cm

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Salvage

Work ID: 54275

Measurements: 25.4 x 25.4 cm

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Low Tide

Work ID: 54268

Measurements: 76.2 x 93.98 cm

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Spring Glossary: The Full Suite

Work ID: 54285

Description: one printing from 9 zinc plates

Measurements: 86.36 x 106.68 cm

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Low Tide

Work ID: 54266

Measurements: 71.12 x 93.98 cm

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Wasp

Work ID: 54308

Description: in progress since 2002

Measurements: 6 ft

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Low Tide

Work ID: 54269

Measurements: 78.74 x 93.98 cm

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Low Tide

Work ID: 54264

Measurements: 66.04 x 93.98 cm

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Salvage

Work ID: 54274

Measurements: 25.4 x 25.4 cm

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Low Tide

Work ID: 54267

Measurements: 73.66 x 93.98 cm

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Low Tide

Work ID: 54263

Measurements: 63.5 x 93.98 cm

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Doily [9 views, Florida]

Work ID: 54312

Description: in progress since 2003

Measurements: diameter 83.82 cm

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Table of Unidentified Contents #29

Work ID: 54301

Measurements: plate size/taille de la plaque : 3.25 x 4in.

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Table of Unidentified Contents Volume 1 [detail]

Work ID: 54295

Measurements: 21.59 x 24.13 cm

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Table of Unidentified Contents #21

Work ID: 54297

Measurements: plate size/taille de la plaque : 3.25 x 4in.

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Table of Unidentified Contents #23

Work ID: 54296

Measurements: plate size/taille de la plaque : 3.25 x 4in.

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Table of Unidentified Contents #30

Work ID: 54298

Measurements: plate size/taille de la plaque : 3.25 x 4in.

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Table of Unidentified Contents Volume 1

Work ID: 54294

Measurements: 16 x 1.5 ft

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Table of Unidentified Contents #37

Work ID: 54300

Measurements: plate size/taille de la plaque : 3.25 x 4in.

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Doily

Work ID: 54310

Description: in progress since 2003

Measurements: diameter/diamètre 83.82 cm

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Table of Unidentified Contents #29

Work ID: 54299

Measurements: plate size/taille de la plaque : 3.25 x 4in.

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Doily

Work ID: 54311

Description: in progress since 2003

Measurements: diameter 83.82 cm

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