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Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2007
General Idea: Ediciones 1967-1995, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contempor·neo, Seville, Spain
General Idea Editions 1968-1995 (touring exhibition)
   Henry Art Gallery, Seattle

2006
General Idea Editions 1968-1995 (touring exhibition)
   Munich Kunstverein, Munich
   Kunstwerke, Berlin
   Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich (upcoming)
General Idea: Magic Bullet / Early Works, Esther Schipper, Berlin
General Idea, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London

2005
General Idea Editions 1968-1995 (touring exhibition)
   Luckman Art Gallery, Los Angeles
   Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria
   Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
General Idea: Computer Paintings, Galerie Frédéric Giroux, Paris
General Idea, Vienna Secession, Vienna

2004
General Idea Editions 1968-1995 (touring exhibition)
   Plug In ICA, Winnipeg
   Museum London, London
   Dunlop Art Gallery, Saskatoon
   Emily Carr College, Vancouver
General Idea: Multiples et series, Galerie Frédéric Giroux, Paris

2003
General Idea Editions 1968-1995 (touring exhibition)
   Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Missisauga, Mississauga
   Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston
   Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
   Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax
   McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
General Idea: Editions and Ephemera (1968-1995), 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco
General Idea Editions: A Selection, Printed Matter, New York

2002
General Idea, Galerie Frédéric Giroux, Paris
A Day without Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

2001
Negative Thoughts (with AA Bronson), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
General Idea, 1301PE, Los Angeles
Boutique Coeurs Volants, Florence Loewy, Paris
Black Floaters, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2000
Fin de Siecle, Plug In, Winnipeg

1998
General Idea, Camden Arts Centre, London
General Idea, Robert Prime, London

1997
Search for the Spirit: General Idea 1968-1975, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
General Idea, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, USA

1996
One Day of AZT / One Year of AZT, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Infe©tions, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver

1995
General Idea, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
General Idea, S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto
General Idea: Showcards, Presentation House, Vancouver

1994
General Idea: Drawings 1989-1994, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
One Year of AZT / One Day of AZT, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
General Idea: Infe©tions, World Wide Video Center, Den Haag
Magi© Bullet / Magi© Carpet, Amoco Tower, Artweek, Calgary
White AIDS, Galerie Tanit, Munich
INFE©TED, Galerie Mai 36, Zurich
Fin de siècle, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
General Idea: The Showcard Series from the 1984 Miss General Idea Pageant Pavillion, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa

1993
The Armoury of the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion and Related Works, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
General Idea: Multiples, S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto

1992-93
Fin de siècle (touring exhibition):
   Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
   Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona
   Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
   The Power Plant, Toronto
   Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus
   San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA

1992
Green (Permanent) PLA©EBO, Richard Foncke Gallery, Gent
El Dorado (Maracaibo), Galeria Fucares, Madrid
GENERI© (Helium), Taormina Arte, Taormina
Magi© Bullet, Stux Gallery, New York
Blue (Cobalt) PLA©EBO, Galerie Montenay, Paris

1991
BLAN© BLAN© BLAN©, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Green (Permanent) PLA©EBO, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Red (Cadmium) PLA©EBO, S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto
AIDS, Project for Seattle buses, Seattle
Black AIDS Paintings, Grey Art Gallery and Study Centre, New York University, New York
Maracaibo, Feature Gallery, New York
AIDS (Nauman), Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona
PLA©EBO / General Idea’s ¥en Boutique, Stampa Galerie, Basel

1990
AIDS, Project for Amsterdam trams, Amsterdam
General Idea, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
Fin de siècle, Koury Wingate Gallery, New York

1989
General Idea’s ¥en Boutique, Dörrie-Priess Galerie, Hamburg
AIDS, Project for the New York Subway System, New York
AIDS, Project for Spectacolor Board, Times Square, New York
Nightschool: The Academy of the Miss General Idea Pavillion, Mai 36 Galerie, Luzern
AIDS (project for Stampa Galerie), Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt
General Idea 1968-1988, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
General Idea’s ¥en Boutique, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne
General Idea, Hillman Holland Fine Arts, Atlanta
Test Pattern: TV Dinner Plates from the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion, Koury Wingate Gallery, New York

1988
Test Pattern: TV Dinner Plates from the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion, SPIRAL, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo
AIDS (window project), New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
AIDS (poster project), Berlin
Mondo Cane (Distressed), Galerie Meyer-Hohmeister, Karlsruhe
AIDS Paintings, Koury Wingate Gallery, New York
AIDS, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto
AIDS (poster project), Toronto
General Idea, Stampa Galerie, Basel
AIDS (billboard project), Billboard Café, San Francisco
The Public and Private Domains of the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion, Artspace, San Francisco
AIDS (poster project), San Francisco

1987
AIDS (serigraph edition), Koury Wingate Gallery
AIDS (poster project), New York

1986-87
The Armoury of the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion (touring exhibition):
   Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
   49th Parallel, New York
   University Art Gallery, California State University, Long Beach
   Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
   Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo

1986
P is for Poodle, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Cornucopia, Forest City Gallery, London
Ziggurat Paintings, Galerie Montenay-Delsol, Paris

1985
The Ruins of the Kroma Key Klub, de Vleeshal, Middleburg
Miss General Idea’s Achievement, International With Monument, New York

1984-85
The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion (touring exhibition):
   Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
   Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
   Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
   Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal

1984
General Idea's 1984, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Mondo Cane Kama Sutra, Centre d'art contemporain, Geneva
Baby Makes 3, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
Caniche à la Mode, Language Plus, Alma, Quebec
General Idea, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
General Idea Media Works 1968-1984, Stampa Galerie, Basel, SWITZERLAND

1983<
P is for Poodle: The Milky Way from the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion:
   Music Gallery, Toronto
   Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
General Idea's Jorge Zontal (curated by AA Bronson and Felix Partz), Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Mondo Cane, Stampa, Basel
General Idea's Mondo Cane Kama Sutra, Baronian Gallery, Brussels
Canile, Galerie Françoise Lambert, Milan

1982
Ziggurat Paintings (1968-69), Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
General Idea's Jorge Zontal (curated by AA Bronson and Felix Partz), A Space, Toronto
Colour Bar Lounge, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax

1981
The Miss General Idea Boutique, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
The Honeymoon is Over, Stampa Galerie, Basel
Représentation Confusés, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
General Idea, 49th Parallel, New York

1979
Consenting Adults, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
Playing the Triangle, Samangallery, Genoa
Colour Bar Lounge, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
General Idea, Krinzinger Gallery, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA; Modern Art Gallery, Vienna
Test Tube, de Appel, Amsterdam
Ménage à Trois, Centre d'art contemporain, Geneva

1978
Reconstructing Futures, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
Canada House, London
Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
Ménage à Trois, Galerie Lucio Amelio, Naples
Three Men, Zona Galerie, Florence, ITALY; Galerie Laboratorio, Milan

1977
Artists and Models, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
Going Thru the Motions, Galerie Optica, Montreal
The 1971 Miss General Idea Pageant Entries, Parachute Centre for Cultural Affairs, Calgary
The Frame of Reference, Western Front Gallery, Vancouver
S/HE, St. Lawrence College Gallery, Kingston
Sex and Responsibility, Nova Gallery, Vancouver

1976
Search for the Spirit, Galerie Gaetan, Geneva

1975
Going Thru the Notions, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto

1974
G.I. at the Western Front, Western Front Gallery, Vancouver

1973
Luxon V.B., Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
Manipulating the Self, Galerie B, Montreal

1972
Light On, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto
Evidence of Body Binding, Galerie B, Montreal

1971
The 1971 Miss General Idea Pageant Entries, Art Gallery of Ontario and A Space, Toronto

1970
Betty's (collaboration with Ken Coupland and Ron Terrill), 78 Gerrard Street West, Toronto
Off Hand (Felix Partz), 567 Gallery, Toronto
Good Enough to Eat (Jorge Zontal), Rochdale College Art Gallery, Toronto

1969
The Belly Store (collaboration with John Neon), 78 Gerrard Street West, Toronto
Waste Age, 78 Gerrard Street West, Toronto
Inside Today's Home, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto