Alec Dempster - Visual Artist - Resume
Visual Art Education
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (Visual Arts / Specialization in Printmaking) - York University
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 “Jarocho Impressions”
- Multicultural Education & Counselling Through the Arts (MECA) - Houston, Texas.
- Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion (CCATE) - Norristown, Pennsylvania
- “Jarocho Impressions” Redding Gallery - Wilmington, Delaware
Taller Trez - Bogotá, Colombia.
2016 Mandragora Gallery - Metepec, Estado de México.
2015 Bullet Space Gallery - Manhattan, New York.
2013 Centre 3 - Hamilton, Canada.
Meztli Gallery - Chicago. Illinois.
2012 “Poetic License” Index G Gallery - Toronto
2011 “Faces of Son Jarocho” Toronto Free Gallery Mayworks Festival - Toronto.
2010 “Hidden Symbols” Index G Gallery - Toronto
2008 “Nuevos Grabados de Alec Dempster” Café Teatro Tierra Luna - Xalapa
2007 Galerie La Rage - Lyon, France
“Rostros del Son Jarocho” Galería IMIP (Inst. Mexicano de Planeación e Investigación)
3er. Festival Internacional Chihuahua - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
“Rostros de Son de Veracruz” Meztli Galería - Chicago.
Galería La Iguana – Hervas, Spain.
2006 “Los Rostros del Son Jarocho” Mexic-arte Museum – Austin, Texas
“Los Rostros del Son Jarocho” El Agora de la Ciudad - Xalapa
2004 “Un inglés convencional: Jardín de las Esculturas – Xalapa, Mexico.
2003 Espace Latinos – Lyon, France.
2002 “Sonsacando” Galería Marie Louise Ferrari – Xalapa, Mexico.
2001 “Pan Caliente” Pinacoteca Diego Rivera – Xalapa, Mexico.
2000 “Para uso tropical” Galería Alva de la Canal – Xalapa, Mexico.
1999 Galería A.P. / Universidad Veracruzana – Xalapa, Mexico
1998 The Spanish Centre - Toronto
1997 Open Studio Gallery – Toronto
Casa de la Cultura Jesús Romero (organized by the Canadian Embassy) - México City
1996 Tableau Vivant Gallery - Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 “Proyecto Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera” Centro Cultural Zamek - Poznan, Poland
“Relatos Mexicanos” Casa Toroide, Medellín, Colombia
“Al Margen de la Ciudad” Institución Universitaria Antoncio José Camacho - Cali, Colombia
“Testimonios Gráficos” Villa Basílica and Tacubaya Subway Stations - Mexico City
“Stencil Mexico 2017” Galería Corazón Parlante - Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
“Oaxaca Miniprint Competition” Burro Press Gallery - Oaxaca City, Mexico.
“Migraciones” Galería Aguafuerte - Mexico City
“Discordancias" Galería Rafael Matos - Mexico City
“Bestiario” Galería Aguafuerte - Mexico City
“New work” Artscape Youngplace - Toronto
“Musiques Lumineuses” Colectivo Mezcal - Montreal
“Simikién” Galería Thomas Fléchel - Mexico City
2013 “La Xilografía: Mexican Woodcut Prints” Fullerton College Art Gallery - Fullerton, California
2011 The Folk Tree (with Daniel González) – Pasadena, California.
“Mexico Inside Out” Open Studio Gallery (With Daniel González and José Chan) – Toronto, Ontario
2009 “Secretos de Piedra y Sol” ( with artists from the MEXYLO collective) Banco de México, México D.F.
2008 “Grafica-ciones” (with MEXYLO collective) Bibilioteca del Ex Convento del Desierto de los Leones, Mexico.
2007 “Miniprint Finland” (work selected in exhibition) Lahti Art Museum - Finland.
2004 “Mexylo-Show” (with MEXYLO collective) - Bempflingen, Germany.
“Bienal Guadalupe Posada” (selected in competition) - Aguascalientes, Mexico.
2002 Espacio México del Consulado de México (with Marina Dempster) – Montreal
Galería Molino Gertreidemuhletrost (with MEXYLO collective) – Bempflingen, Germany
Galería GGG Wagner y Henss (with artists from the MEXYLO collective) – Kleinbettlingen, Germany.
1998 Talinn Print Triennial (print selected for competition) Talinn, Estonia
“Ernst and Young Printmaking Competition” Edward Day Gallery (print selected for competition) – Toronto
Awards and Achievements
2017 Artist in residence “Taller Corazón Parlante" - Guanajuato
2015 Travel grant for Lotería Huasteca book tour - Canada Council for the Arts
2014 Professional Music Grant “Study in Huasteca region of Mexico” - Canada Council for the Arts.
2014 Writers’ Reserve Grant for Lotería Huasteca- Ontario Arts Council.
2014 Travel grant for Lotería Jarocha book tour - Canada Council for the Arts.
2012 Popular Music Grant for composition project - Ontario Arts Council.
2010 Permanent installation for the Liberty Village Public Bench Art Program, Toronto.
2007 First prize, International ex-libris competition in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.
2006 Artist in residence - “Serie Project”, Coronado Studios in Austin, Texas.
2005 Emerging artist grant - FONCyA (National Fund for the Culture and Arts), Verarcuz, Mexico.
2003 Emerging artist grant - FONCyA (National Fund for the Culture and Arts), Veracruz, Mexico
1995 Artist in residence - St. Michael's Printshop, St. John's, NL.
Books
2017
Xtambaa - Poems by Hubert Malinaa, Illustrations by Alec Dempster - Pluralia
Aclarando Amanece - Texts by Heraclio Alvardo, illustration by Alec Dempster - Ediciones del Lirio & Pluralia
Rojo Deseo - Poema by Irma Pineda, Illustrations by Alec Dempster - Pluralia
(to be published November 2017)
2016 La Jarana de Mario - Editora del Estado de Veracruz - Xalapa, Mexico.
2015 Lotería Huasteca “Woodblock Prints” - The Porcupine’s Quill
2013 Lotería Jarocha ‘linoleum prints’ - The Porcupine´s Quiil
2012 Down in the Bottom of the Bottom of the Box (Poems by JonArno Lawson) - The Porcupine’s Quill
2011 Faces of Son Jarocho - self published
Other publications
2014 - Lotería Jarocha (educational board game with CD ) - self-published
2008 - Lotería Huasteca (educational board game) with poems by Arturo Castillo Tristán - self-published
Visual Art Education
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (Visual Arts / Specialization in Printmaking) - York University
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 “Jarocho Impressions”
- Multicultural Education & Counselling Through the Arts (MECA) - Houston, Texas.
- Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion (CCATE) - Norristown, Pennsylvania
- “Jarocho Impressions” Redding Gallery - Wilmington, Delaware
Taller Trez - Bogotá, Colombia.
2016 Mandragora Gallery - Metepec, Estado de México.
2015 Bullet Space Gallery - Manhattan, New York.
2013 Centre 3 - Hamilton, Canada.
Meztli Gallery - Chicago. Illinois.
2012 “Poetic License” Index G Gallery - Toronto
2011 “Faces of Son Jarocho” Toronto Free Gallery Mayworks Festival - Toronto.
2010 “Hidden Symbols” Index G Gallery - Toronto
2008 “Nuevos Grabados de Alec Dempster” Café Teatro Tierra Luna - Xalapa
2007 Galerie La Rage - Lyon, France
“Rostros del Son Jarocho” Galería IMIP (Inst. Mexicano de Planeación e Investigación)
3er. Festival Internacional Chihuahua - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
“Rostros de Son de Veracruz” Meztli Galería - Chicago.
Galería La Iguana – Hervas, Spain.
2006 “Los Rostros del Son Jarocho” Mexic-arte Museum – Austin, Texas
“Los Rostros del Son Jarocho” El Agora de la Ciudad - Xalapa
2004 “Un inglés convencional: Jardín de las Esculturas – Xalapa, Mexico.
2003 Espace Latinos – Lyon, France.
2002 “Sonsacando” Galería Marie Louise Ferrari – Xalapa, Mexico.
2001 “Pan Caliente” Pinacoteca Diego Rivera – Xalapa, Mexico.
2000 “Para uso tropical” Galería Alva de la Canal – Xalapa, Mexico.
1999 Galería A.P. / Universidad Veracruzana – Xalapa, Mexico
1998 The Spanish Centre - Toronto
1997 Open Studio Gallery – Toronto
Casa de la Cultura Jesús Romero (organized by the Canadian Embassy) - México City
1996 Tableau Vivant Gallery - Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 “Proyecto Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera” Centro Cultural Zamek - Poznan, Poland
“Relatos Mexicanos” Casa Toroide, Medellín, Colombia
“Al Margen de la Ciudad” Institución Universitaria Antoncio José Camacho - Cali, Colombia
“Testimonios Gráficos” Villa Basílica and Tacubaya Subway Stations - Mexico City
“Stencil Mexico 2017” Galería Corazón Parlante - Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
“Oaxaca Miniprint Competition” Burro Press Gallery - Oaxaca City, Mexico.
“Migraciones” Galería Aguafuerte - Mexico City
“Discordancias" Galería Rafael Matos - Mexico City
“Bestiario” Galería Aguafuerte - Mexico City
“New work” Artscape Youngplace - Toronto
“Musiques Lumineuses” Colectivo Mezcal - Montreal
“Simikién” Galería Thomas Fléchel - Mexico City
2013 “La Xilografía: Mexican Woodcut Prints” Fullerton College Art Gallery - Fullerton, California
2011 The Folk Tree (with Daniel González) – Pasadena, California.
“Mexico Inside Out” Open Studio Gallery (With Daniel González and José Chan) – Toronto, Ontario
2009 “Secretos de Piedra y Sol” ( with artists from the MEXYLO collective) Banco de México, México D.F.
2008 “Grafica-ciones” (with MEXYLO collective) Bibilioteca del Ex Convento del Desierto de los Leones, Mexico.
2007 “Miniprint Finland” (work selected in exhibition) Lahti Art Museum - Finland.
2004 “Mexylo-Show” (with MEXYLO collective) - Bempflingen, Germany.
“Bienal Guadalupe Posada” (selected in competition) - Aguascalientes, Mexico.
2002 Espacio México del Consulado de México (with Marina Dempster) – Montreal
Galería Molino Gertreidemuhletrost (with MEXYLO collective) – Bempflingen, Germany
Galería GGG Wagner y Henss (with artists from the MEXYLO collective) – Kleinbettlingen, Germany.
1998 Talinn Print Triennial (print selected for competition) Talinn, Estonia
“Ernst and Young Printmaking Competition” Edward Day Gallery (print selected for competition) – Toronto
Awards and Achievements
2017 Artist in residence “Taller Corazón Parlante" - Guanajuato
2015 Travel grant for Lotería Huasteca book tour - Canada Council for the Arts
2014 Professional Music Grant “Study in Huasteca region of Mexico” - Canada Council for the Arts.
2014 Writers’ Reserve Grant for Lotería Huasteca- Ontario Arts Council.
2014 Travel grant for Lotería Jarocha book tour - Canada Council for the Arts.
2012 Popular Music Grant for composition project - Ontario Arts Council.
2010 Permanent installation for the Liberty Village Public Bench Art Program, Toronto.
2007 First prize, International ex-libris competition in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.
2006 Artist in residence - “Serie Project”, Coronado Studios in Austin, Texas.
2005 Emerging artist grant - FONCyA (National Fund for the Culture and Arts), Verarcuz, Mexico.
2003 Emerging artist grant - FONCyA (National Fund for the Culture and Arts), Veracruz, Mexico
1995 Artist in residence - St. Michael's Printshop, St. John's, NL.
Books
2017
Xtambaa - Poems by Hubert Malinaa, Illustrations by Alec Dempster - Pluralia
Aclarando Amanece - Texts by Heraclio Alvardo, illustration by Alec Dempster - Ediciones del Lirio & Pluralia
Rojo Deseo - Poema by Irma Pineda, Illustrations by Alec Dempster - Pluralia
(to be published November 2017)
2016 La Jarana de Mario - Editora del Estado de Veracruz - Xalapa, Mexico.
2015 Lotería Huasteca “Woodblock Prints” - The Porcupine’s Quill
2013 Lotería Jarocha ‘linoleum prints’ - The Porcupine´s Quiil
2012 Down in the Bottom of the Bottom of the Box (Poems by JonArno Lawson) - The Porcupine’s Quill
2011 Faces of Son Jarocho - self published
Other publications
2014 - Lotería Jarocha (educational board game with CD ) - self-published
2008 - Lotería Huasteca (educational board game) with poems by Arturo Castillo Tristán - self-published