2018-2020 I started these colour works by spontaneously drawing out horizontal and vertical lines in thin willow charcoal on bright white grounds. I could then erase and redraw the lines up or down, to the left or right, adding or subtracting until a free-flowing feeling was attained. I painted each shape in multiple layers, adjusting tone, contrast, saturation and hue using thin coats of oil colour. For me it expressed an inner vibration, as if I were an instrument playing out a natural rhythm.
Night Cities, oil on canvas paintings, 2005-2007
Colour Sensations, oil on linen paintings, 2018-2019
JOSEPH SIDDIQI
Born and living in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal QC
EDUCATION
2004 M.F.A. Painting, Boston University, Boston MA
1999 B.F.A. Studio Art with Distinction, Concordia University, Montréal QC
4e année, École nationale des beaux-arts de Bourges, France
EXHIBITIONS
2020 "Deck the Walls!", Newzones Gallery, Calgary AB
2018 "Art Toronto", with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2017 "Art Toronto", with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2016 "Art Toronto", with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2015 "Joseph Siddiqi: New Paintings", Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON (Solo)
2015 "Art Toronto", with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2015 "Landscape/Cityscape", Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2015 "Joe Fafard, Peter Harris, Andrew Hemingway, Stu Oxley, Christopher Pratt, Joseph Siddiqi, Michael Thompson", Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2014 "Hope", Art Gallery of Regina, curated by Holly Fay, Regina SK
2014 "Convocation Exhibit: Recent acquisitions from the collection of Lorraine Woollard", Athabasca University Main Building, Athabasca AB
2014 "Toronto International Art Fair", with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2013 "Joseph Siddiqi: New Work", Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON (Solo)
2013 "Toronto International Art Fair", with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2012 "Toronto International Art Fair", with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON
2011 "Joseph Siddiqi: Stories from the Inner-city", Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON (Solo)
2011 "Quebec Connections", Newzones Gallery, Calgary AB
2011 "Tom Hopkins Memorial Exhibition", Battat Contemporary, Montréal QC
2010 Consigned work, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal QC
2009 "Joseph Siddiqi: Night Paintings", Newzones Gallery, Calgary AB (Solo)
2008 "Grand Opening", Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON
2007 "Sunscreen", Newzones Gallery, Calgary AB
2005 "Night of 1,000 Drawings", Artists Space, New York NY
2005 Consigned work, Spike Gallery, New York NY
2004 "MFA Thesis Exhibition", Boston University 808 Gallery, Boston MA
2003 "Fresh Paint", Copley Society of Art, Boston MA
2003 "The Art of Drawing", Concord Art Association, Concord MA
2003 "Limited Edition Multiples", Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON
2002 "Joseph Siddiqi: Visage paysage", Maison de la Culture Mercier, Montréal QC (Solo)
2002 "Michèle Drouin, John Kissick, Sarah Nind, Joseph Siddiqi", Newzones Gallery, Calgary AB
2002 "Roberta McNaughton, Amy-Claire Huestis, Mona Shahid, Joseph Siddiqi", Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON
2002 "Landscape Painting: Christine Koch, Joseph Siddiqi, Lorraine Simms", Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax NS
2001 "RBC New Canadian Painting - Eastern Finalists", juried by Alex Colville, Gerald Ferguson, and Jan Peacock, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax NS
ART PRESENTATIONS
2020 Mindfulness with Fine Art, moderated by Dr. Sanath Mahawithanage, Centre for Mindfulness-Based Research and Practices, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (online)
2015 IdeaLab.03, moderated by jake moore, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Concordia University, Montréal QC
2014 Light and Landscape, CUPFA Microtalks, hosted by Lorraine Oades, Engineering and Visual Arts Building, Concordia University, Montréal QC
GRANTS & AWARDS
2021 Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association, Professional Development Grant
2019 Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association, Professional Development Grant
2015 Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association, Professional Development Grant
2012 Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association, Professional Development Grant
2010 Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association, Professional Development Grant
2009 Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts, Production Grant
2004 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Artist Grant - lived and worked for a year in New York NY
2003 Boston University, Dean's Scholar Award
2003 Boston University, Travel Grant to Madrid, Spain
2002. Boston University, Constantin Alajalov Graduate Scholarship
2002 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Visual Arts, Project Grant
2001 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Artist Grant
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2020 Chris Hutchinson, In the Vicinity of Riches, Goose Lane Editions / icehouse poetry, Fredericton NB. Cover of poetry book.
2015 Terence Corcoran, "Joseph Siddiqi: New Paintings", Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto ON. Exhibition text.
2015 Jason Franz, Ed., International Painting Annual 4, Manifest Press, Cincinnati OH, pp 166, 168-9.
2014 Hope, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina SK. Exhibition catalogue with essay by curator, Holly Fay.
2014 "2014 Convocation Exhibit", Athabasca University Thomas A. Edge Archives & Special Collections, Athabasca AB. Exhibition text.
2012 Chris Hutchinson, A Brief History of the Short-Lived, Nightwood Editions, Gibsons BC. Cover of poetry book.
2011 Peter Simpson, "Siddiqi Shines at Galerie St-Laurent + Hill", Ottawa Citizen - The Big Beat (blog), July 19.
2009 Richard Rhodes, Ed., "Preview: A Canada-wide guide to the season's best exhibitions", Canadian Art, Vol. 26, No. 1, p 35.
2009 Susan Blackman, Ed., "Collectors' Guide to Gallery Events", Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, Vol. 11, January/February, p 27.
2009 Chris Hutchinson, Other People’s Lives, Brick Books, London ON. Cover of poetry book.
2008 Laurel MacMillan, Ed., RBC Canadian Painting Competition: Ten Years, Friesens, Altona AB, p 75.
2008 Danielle Poisson, "Joseph Siddiqi", MV Biographies: Petits mots sur la vie et le travail de personnes de grand intérêt (blog), December 7.
2002 Pam Klicki, "In the Galleries: The Moderns", Where Calgary, September, p 37.
2002 Suzanne Dubuc, "Visage Paysage: Une exposition de Joseph Siddiqi", Les Maisons de la Culture de la Ville de Montréal, janvier-février. Exhibition text.
COLLECTIONS
Athabasca University Art Collection, Athabasca AB
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa ON
Colart Collection, Montréal QC
Hotel Arts, Calgary AB
Private collections across Canada