Biography
1972 BORN - RIVERHEAD, ST. MARY’S BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND
1990-94 MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY, SIR WILFRED GRENFELL COLLEGE, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS (VISUAL), CORNER BROOK, NL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 NEWFOUNDLAND REALISM, EMMA BUTLER GALLERY, ST. JOHNS, NFLD.
2021-2022 ME <- - > YOU, THE ROOMS PROVINCIAL ART GALLERY, ST.JOHN'S, NFLD.
2016 - 2019 TRUTH OR MYTH: FEAST AND FAMINE, THE ROOMS PROVINCIAL ART GALLERY, ST.JOHN'S, NFLD.
2015 NARRATIVE NL, SIR WINFRED GRENFELL ART GALLERY
2014 CHANGING TIDES, MCMICHAEL GALLERY, TORONTO
2011 ATLANTICUS, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2011 ART TORONTO, REPRESENTED BY CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2009 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2009
2009 FROM THE STUDIO III , CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2003 ART TORONTO, REPRESENTED BY CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2003 VISUAL ARTISTS OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: A CELEBRATION, SIR WILFRED COLLEGE ART GALLERY, CORNER BROOK, NL. CURATOR, GAIL TUTTLE
2002 SUBLIME, NED PRATT AND GRANT BOLAND, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2002 ART TORONTO 2002, REPRESENTED BY CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2001 ART TORONTO 2001, REPRESENTED BY CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2000 WET PAINT, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY, FOUR PERSON PAINTING SHOW WITH JENNIFER POHL, BRAD REID AND JOANNA STRONG
1999 EVERY DAY EROTICISM, TWO PERSON SHOW WITH JENNIFER POHL
1999 THRESHOLDS IV, ART GALLERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, CURATED BY CAROLINE STONE, CATALOGUE
1999 ALUMNI EXHIBITION, SIR WILFRED GRENFELL COLLEGE ART GALLERY, CORNER BROOK, NL, CURATOR, GAIL TUTTLE
1998 NEWFOUNDLANDIA, EASTERN EDGE GALLERY, ST. JOHN'S, NL
1997 THE BODY SHOW, RESOURCE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, ST. JOHN'S, NL
SMALL WORKS, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY, ST. JOHN'S, NL
1996 SMALL WORKS, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY, ST. JOHN'S, NL
RIPTIDE, RESOURCE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS. ST. JOHN'S, NF
WHAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE BUT HAVEN'T YET, EASTERN EDGE GALLERY, JOHN'S, NL
1995 MEMBERS SHOW, RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ST. JOHN'S, NL
1994 UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, FACULTY OF VISUAL ARTS, SIR WILFRED GRENFELL COLLEGE, CORNER BROOK, NL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES, ST. BONAVENTURE’S COLLEGE, ST. JOHN’S, NL
2012 SCUTTLED, WINCHESTER GALLERIES, BRITISH COLUMBIA
2008 GRANT BOLAND ~ NEW PAINTINGS
2007 THE NARROW MARGIN, WINCHESTER GALLERY, BRITISH COLUMBIA
2006 HAVANA, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2005 AGAINST THE LIGHT, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY
2004 WINCHESTER GALLERIES, VICTORIA , BRITISH COLUMBIA
2003 BLUR, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
2001 THE MAIDEN WITHOUT HANDS AND OTHER STORIES, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY, ST. JOHN’S, NL
1999 AND WHO SAID YOU WERE NAKED ANYWAY, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY, ST. JOHN’S, NL
1998 NEW WORK, EWING GALLERY, CORNER BROOK, NL
1997 DRINK, CHRISTINA PARKER GALLERY, ST. JOHN'S, NL
THREE MONTHS, EWING GALLERY, CORNER BROOK, NL
1994 IF DREAMS WERE OF SOME WORTH, ST. JOHN'S, NL
AWARDS
2000 ELIZABETH GREENSHEILDS AWARD FOR PAINTING
1998 EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ARTS COUNCIL
1997 ELIZABETH GREENSHEILDS AWARD FOR PAINTING
1993 POOLE, ALTHOUSE, CLARKE, THOMAS, AND THOMPSON PRINT SCHOLARSHIP, DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS, MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NFLD.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 SENCA+ MAGAZINE
2023 In Newfoundland, a tin of sardines in the premier’s office has something to say, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, FEB. 27
2020
2018 Artist Grant Boland continues painting after stroke, CBC NEWS, Heather Barrett
2017 "ART AND RELIGION IN NEWFOUNDLAND", Arts & Culture Centre, Hosted by the National Arts Centre in connection with the Newfoundland tour of Andy Jones’ Tartuffe.
2015 "PICTURES, WORDS AND STORIES" NEWFOUNDLAND QUARTERLY , WINTER 2015/2016
2014 “BACKSTAGE PASS” NTV , AMANDA MEWS
2011 "THE ADVENTURES OF GUS AND ISAAC", BREAKWATER BOOKS
2010 "RIDDLE FENCE" #6, CULTURAL MAGAZINE
2009 "ONE CHEF ONE CRITIC" ROGERS TELEVISION
2009 THE SCOPE, "THE 25 GREATEST WORKS OF ART EVER MADE.." THURS. AUGUST 13, 2009
2009 NEWFOUNDLAND QUARTERLY, FALL 2009, VOL. 102(2), P. 9
2003 TV FRAMES, PRODUCED BY CITY TV, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOCUSING ON THE ARTS IN NEWFOUNDLAND
2000 OLD ART , NEW PAINTING: ART HISTORY AND THE NEWFOUNDLAND BAROQUE", ST. JOHN'S PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES, LECTURE BY JENNIFER DYER FOR THE DARKROOM PHILOSOPHY SERIES, ST. JOHN'S, NF, NOVEMBER 28TH. WITH A SIMULTANEOUS SIEVED.COM GLOBAL LIVE WEBCAST.
1999 ANGELA ANTLE INTERVIEW FOR WET PAINT , "WEEKEND AM" CBC RADIO, OCTOBER
1998 SUZANNE WOOLRIDGE INTERVIEW FOR THE ARTS REPORT, CBC RADIO, NOVEMBER 1998 NEWFOUNDLANDIA, THE EXPRESS, ST. JOHN'S, NL, APRIL 1998
1997 GRANT BOLAND VIDEO FOR THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ARTS AWARDS, CBC TELEVISION, LEO WILLIAMS PRODUCER, (MAY)
WAYNE ROSTAD, ON THE ROAD AGAIN, CBC TELEVISION, DECEMBER 1997
CURTIS RUMBOLT, DRINK, THE EXPRESS, ST. JOHN'S, NF, NOVEMBER 1997
J.M. SULLIVAN, DRINK, THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD, ST. JOHN'S, NL, NOVEMBER
J.M. SULLIVAN, DRINK, THE EVENING TELEGRAM, ST. JOHN'S, NL, JANUARY 1997
SUZANNE WOOLRIDGE INTERVIEW, DRINK, FOR THE ARTS REPORT, CBC RADIO,
NOVEMBER 1997
INTERVIEW, RADIO NOON, ST. JOHN'S, CBC RADIO APRIL 1997
INTERVIEW, RADIO NOON, CORNER BROOK, CBC RADIO 1997
SEPTEMBER, COVER IMAGE TICKLEACE MAGAZINE, ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
1996 J.M. SULLIVAN, BACKSTAGE, THE EVENING TELEGRAM, ST.JOHN'S, NL, JANUARY 1996
1995 GLORIA HICKEY, RIPTIDE, THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD, ST. JOHN'S, NL 1995
1994 YEAR IN REVIEW: RISING STARS OF THE CANADIAN ARTS, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, JANUARY