Fred Herscovitch
Fred Herscovitch
Fred Herscovitch
Series Statement
For many years I kept a highly magnified black and white photomicrograph of an atomic structure in my file folder that really intrigued me. I would take it out now and then, attempting to frame a composition within a square format, but nothing I tried seemed to work. I found this quite frustrating because I felt that it had the potential to make a dramatic painting. I fiddled with this design unsuccessfully for over 15 years, and was ready to give up and throw the photograph away, but I hung onto it anyway.
During these years I painted a number of circular paintings on some beautiful bevelled canvases that were made in Mexico. Finally, in July of 2004, I thought of placing the atomic structure within a circular format, and this immediately began to look more promising. However, the circular format didn’t quite work, and I still wasn’t completely happy with the composition. But then I remembered a curve I had formulated in 1973— the Golden Power Ellipse. If I could make the atomic structure relate to this curve, then the problem would be solved. Eventually I was able to crop the composition until it fitted the format perfectly. I named the resulting design Atomic Flower.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Works are held in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States, England, Australia, Germany, Greece, Guyana, St. Kitts, Spain, Holland, and Jamaica
AWARDS
1996 Honourable Mention: 11th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art,
Gallery 788, Toronto
1986 Vancouver Centennial Commission Award for Micro Art
2006 Certificate of Excellence: Miniature Art Society of New Jersey
PUBLICATIONS
Oct. /Nov. 1999 issue of International Artist: reproduction of work
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1966 Coins des Arts, Central Station, Montreal
1968 Gallery Mackay, Montreal
Fairview Shopping Centre, Pointe Claire, Quebec
1969 Place Ville Marie, Montreal
1970 Place Bonaventure, Montreal
1973-74 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Rental Gallery
1977-78 Gallery Rhadamanthus, Montreal
1981 University of British Columbia Art Gallery, Vancouver: International Arts Exhibition
1982 Presentation House, North Vancouver
Gallery Rembrandt, North Vancouver
Gallery Camfari, Vancouver
Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver
Vancouver Jewish Community Centre
The Artists Gallery, Vancouver
1983 Klite Gallery, Vancouver
Third Annual Exhibition of BC Artists, Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver
La Magie de l’Art Gallery, Montreal
1984 The Downstairs Gallery, West Vancouver
1984-87 Vancouver Art Gallery: Rental Gallery
1986 Vancouver Jewish Community Centre
1988 Metro Toronto Convention and Visitors Association
Del Bello Gallery, Toronto: 3rd Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1989 Gallery Lucas, Montreal
Gallery Le Rendez-Vous, Montreal
28th Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Galería El Marco, Seville, Spain
Del Bello Gallery, Toronto: 4th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1990 Carole Sterne and Associates, Toronto
Kyser-Goldberg Galleries, Toronto
Del Bello Gallery: 5th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1991 Del Bello Gallery: 6th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1992 The Alexander Gallery, Toronto
1993 Gallery 788, Toronto: 7th / 8th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1994 Gallery 48, St. Catharines, Ontario; Burlington, Ontario, and Toronto
Gallery 788, Toronto: 9th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1995 Gallery 788, Toronto: 10th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1996 Gallery 788, Toronto: 11th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1997 Gallery 788, Toronto: 12th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art
1998 Association of Jewish Artists: Stand Tall— Premiere Show, Montreal
1999 Association of Jewish Artists: Dialogue—traveling exhibition, Montreal and
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
Association of Jewish Artists: Compact Art, Gallery Alef, Montreal
1999 Woolfitt’s Gallery, Toronto: 1st Annual Miniature Art Exhibition
2000 World Fine Art Gallery, New York
Woolfitt’s Gallery: 2nd Annual Miniature Art Exhibition
Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario: 13th Annual Miniature Exhibition
2001 Arcturus Gallery, Toronto: Openings
Gallery 7, Toronto: group show and 10th anniversary show
Earth Art Gallery, Montreal: Le Commensol
Gordon Jewish Community Centre, Nashville, Tennessee, US: travelling show of Association of Jewish artists
The Jewish Education Alliance, Savannah, Georgia, US: Association of Jewish Artists
3rd Mini Graphic and Painting World Wide Show, Accademia d’arte di Pisa, Italy
Woolfitt’s Gallery: 3rd Annual Miniature Art Exhibition
2002 World Fine Art Gallery, New York
FLAC! Galerie 1637, Montreal
ITART 2002: 4th Mini Graphic and Painting World Wide show, Pisa, Italy
Illuminary Art Gallery, Toronto
2005 The First Vernal International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gallery 1, Nikšiae, Serbia
Second Annual International Fine Art in Miniature Winter Holiday Show: Miniature Art Society of New Jersey, World Fine Art Gallery, New York
- AWOL Gallery: Square Foot 2007, Toronto
2009 International Miniature Art Exhibit: Galerie Louise-Carrier, Levis, Québec
Presbytère Sainte-Nicolas, Saint-Nicolas, Québec
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1967 YM-YWCA, Sherbrooke, QC.
1971 Gallery Llewellyn and Picard, Montreal
1983 Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1986 Arts, Science and Technology Centre, Vancouver: Micro Art
1987 Gallery Rembrandt, Vancouver
1991 Annex Arts Centre, Toronto
1993 Annex Arts Centre, Toronto
1995 Annex Arts Centre, Toronto
1996 La Petite Russie, Montreal
The Music Gallery, Toronto
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