Joe Fleming has exhibited internationally for over 18 years with solo exhibitions in Singapore, Toronto, Calgary and New York City. He has lectured at universities in Canada, the United States and South East Asia since 1993. His paintings are included in many public and private collections such as: BMO Financial Group, Trimark Mutual Funds, Honeywell Bull, Prince Waterhouse Coopers (Malaysia), HSBC Bank, A.T. Tolley Collection, Australian High Commission, Canadian High Commission (Kuala Lumpur), the Art Gallery of Edmonton, the Museum of Civilization (Hull, Quebec) and the Holocaust Museum (LA). Fleming has exhibited in several international art fairs: Art Stage (Singapore), FIAC (Paris), Arte Cologne (Germany), Scope (New York and Miami), Papier (Montreal) and TIAF (Toronto). He has received recognition for his work in Carte Blanche 2: Painting – a survey of new Canadian painting (The Magenta Foundation), 60 Painters in Canada, The Artist’s Studio (by Joseph Hartman), Imago Mundi, Design Lines Magazine, Azure Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Now Magazine, CBC, Chelsea Now and The Wall Street Journal Magazine. Joe Fleming lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

 

Education

1983-86 Sheridan University Canada

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 On the back of a cartoon coaster, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada

2021 Traffic Jam in the Forest, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

2019 Silver Harley, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

2017 The Escape Club, General Hardware,Toronto, ON, Canada

                Signs of the Times, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada

2016 Superior Customer Service, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada

2015 Stockyard Rumble, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada

2014 Suckerpunch, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York

                Art Stage Singapore, International Art Fair, Taksu Gallery, Singapore

2013 Thinking of Bush, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada

2012 Tales of Tomorrow, Joe Fleming and Celia Neubauer, TAKSU Singapore, Canada

                Supported by the Ontario Arts Council

2011 Extra Parts, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada

2009 Singapore Art Fair, courtesy of Gallery Taksu

                Solo Exhibition, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada

                Scratches and Dots, Gallery Taksu, Malaysia

2008 Chaotic Construction, Gallery Taksu, Singapore

2007 Beauty Queens and Cowboys, Gallery Taksu, Singapore

                COLD COMFORT, hard wood, DeLeon White Gallery, ON, Canada

2005 Shanty Town, offsite exhibition, courtesy Artcore Gallery

2004 Nobody’s Home, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2003 Frolic, Gallery Taksu KL, Malaysia, November

                Frolic, Gallery Taksu, Singapore

                Pleasures, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Sweet Tooth, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2002 Fondle, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2001 Mapping Time, Gallery Taksu KL, Malaysia

                Scenes from the Executive, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2000 Urban Dialogue, Gallery Taksu KL, Malaysia

1999 Affect, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

1998 New Paintings, James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, Canada

1997 Flow, Gallery Taksu KL, Malaysia

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 Art Toronto, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Summer Show, Herringer Kiss Gallery, AB, Canada

2021 Art Toronto, Virtual, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

2020 Art Toronto, Virtual, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Flatbed Pictures, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada

                Gallery TAKSU, Singapore

2019 Art Toronto, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

2018 Art Toronto, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

2017 Art Toronto, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Art Toronto, Herringer Kiss Galery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2016 Propellers to Palms, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada

2015 Herringer Kiss Gallery, Works on Paper, Calgary, AB, Canada

                TAKSU Gallery, Material Witnesses, Singapore

                Canadian Art Foundation, auction and exhibition, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Art Toronto, international art fair, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto,                  ON,  Canada

2014 Art Stage Singapore, international art fair, Taksu Gallery, Singapore

                Propellers to Palms, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Casey House, Art With Heart Auction, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Art Spin, Fifth Annual Exhibition, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Papier 14 Art Fair, Montreal, QC, Canada

2013 Skipping Stones, Summer Group Show, General Hardware, Toronto, ON, Canada

2012 Art Toronto, courtesy of General Hardware, ON, Canada

                Eight of Sixty, General Hardware, ON, Canada

                60 Painters Exhibition Toronto, ON, Canada

                Gallery Taksu, Singapore

2011 Summer Views, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

                Group Show, Gallery Taksu, Bali, Indonesia

2010 Taking Shape, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Inaugural Exhibition, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada

2008 Magenta Publishing, book launch/exhibition MOCCA Toronto, ON, Canada

                Singapore Art Fair, courtesy Gallery Taksu

                Wayne Gretzky Rocks, New Zones Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada

                Look Four, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2007 Canadian Painters, Gallery Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

                Nuite Blanche, Reality, Toronto, ON, Canada

2006 The Gladstone Hotel, courtesy of Kmart Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Gallery Artists, Gallery Taksu, Singapore

2005 4 Canadians, Gallery Taksu, Singapore/ KL

                Arte Cologne, courtesy Artcore Gallery, Germany

                Scope International Art Fair, courtesy Artcore Gallery, New York

                FIAC, courtesy Artcore Gallery, Paris

                AAFI (Toronto Alternative Art Fair), courtesy Artcore Gallery, Toronto, ON,                          Canada

                Group Show, Gallery Taksu, Singapore

                Microloft, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Blender 2, Mix Magazine, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Salon du Printemps, courtesy Artcore Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada

                Keep Expanding, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

                Southbeach International Art Fair, courtesy Artcore Gallery, Florida, USA

2003 FIAC, courtesy Artcore Gallery, Paris, France

                New Abstractions, James Baird Gallery, Newfoundland, Canada

                Artcore Gallery, Grand Opening, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Gallery Taksu, Jakarta Indonesia

                Gallery Taksu, Singapore

2002 Basel Miami Art Fair, courtesy Artcore Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

                Toronto International Art Fair, courtesy Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON,                               Canada

                Singapore International Art Fair, courtesy Gallery Taksu, Singapore

2001 Surprise, Archive Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

                The Toronto International Art Fair, courtesy Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON,                      Canada

                Plum Blossom Gallery, Singapore

2000 Gallery Taksu KL, Malaysia

                The Toronto International Art Fair, courtesy Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON,                      Canada

                Joe Fleming / Denise Carsen Wilde, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Gallery Artists, Gallery Taksu KL, Malaysia

                Miami International Art Fair, courtesy of Lonsdale Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

                Drawn to the Future, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, NM, USA

1999 Resistance is Futile, Joe Fleming, Brian Flynn, Yechel Gagnon, Sky Glabush,                              Bradley Harms and Jay Wilson, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

                Surplus, The Air Canada Center, Toronto, ON, Canada

1998 Art With Heart, Casey House Benefit Auction, Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON<                   Canada

                The Commonwealth Games, Gallery Taksu KL, Malaysia

                Stuff, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

                The Summer Collection, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

1997 Words That Break Your Heart, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

                A Great Gathering, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

                From Near and Far, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

1995 Frankfurt Ambiente Show, Frankfurt, Germany

                Art Expo, New York, USA

                New Trends, Hong Kong, China

                Miami International Art Fair, Miami, USA

                Art Expo, Las Vegas, USA

 

Professional Activities

2017 Speaker, Conversations with the Toronto Art World, Shari Orenstein, University of Toronto

2015 University of Western Carolina, Lecture and Critiques MFA graduates

2012 60 Painter’s Symposium 2: MATERIALIZE: “How the stuff of painting creates meaning”

2011 Symposium, Illustrationism, Sheridan College

2008 Speaker Series, Toronto School of Art

03-08    Instructor, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Canada

2003 Lecture, LaSalle University, Singapore

2002 Instructor, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Canada

2000 Participant in the ‘Pouch Cove Artist in Residency Program’

                Recipient of The James Baird Foundation, In the Presence of Absence

1998 Instructor Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada

                Participant in the ‘Pouch Cove Artist in Residency Program’

1998 Lecture Series, OCAD

1997 Instructor Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada

1996 nstructor, OCAD, Toronto, Canada

1993 Instructor, OCAD, Toronto, Canada

 

Selected Permanent Collections

Trimark Mutual Funds

BMO Financial Group

Richard Ivey Collection

Scotiaank

General Electric

Honeywell Bull

American Barrick

AT&T

Magna International

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Nordstrom

Elli Lilly

Midland Walwyn Financial

724 Solutions

Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Malaysia

Mckinsey, Malaysia

HSBC Bank, Malaysia

Choo Mei Lin Cathay Organization Singapore, Malaysia

Australian High Commission

Ireka / Westin Kuala Lumpur

Canadian High Commission

Canadian Postal Museum (Museum of Civilization), Canada

Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada

Carleton University Art Gallery, A.T. Tolley Collection

 

 

Grants

2012 Ontario Arts Council, June

 

Bibliography

2022 Gallery West, Cartoon Coaster, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Lisa Robinson, Oct.

                On the back of a cartoon coaster, essay by Jane Hope, Oct.

2019 Artoronto.ca, Silver Harley at General Hardware, Mikael Sandblom

                Fugitive Pigment, Silver Harley at General Hardware, Earl Miller

2017 Joseph Hartman, Artist Studio Project

                Artoronto.ca, The Escape Club, Steve Rockwell

                Imago Mundi, Canada / Venice, FrancescaValente, Curator and Peggy Gale text

2014 Joe Fleming’s SUCKERPUNCH at Mike Weiss Gallery, The Artblog, June 13

                Buhmann on Art, Joe Fleming: SUCKERPUNCH, Chelsea Now, June 4

                Joe Fleming, Suckerpunch, Wall Street International, Evan Paul Laudenslager, May 29

2013 Screen Play, Recent Works by Joe Fleming, Shannon Anderson

2012 The Globe and Mail, Richard Vaughan, “Eight of Sixty, a Summer Fling with Sexy Strangers”

2008 Swerve, “The Great Ones”, Calgary, July

                Visual Arts Calgary, “Wayne Gretsky Rocks at Newzones”, Travis Murphy, July

2007 Juice Magazine, Singapore, Spring issue

                Art Fair Catalogue - Art Singapore

                Radio interview - Singapore 93.8 LIVE Mediacorp station

                The New Straits Times, Singapore, June 20

                Eye Magazine, Nuite Blanche, cover and story, September 27

                Azure magazine online article, Nuite Blanche, January

                Design Lines Magazine, Nuite Blanche, fall issue

                Now Magazine, September 27

2005 Canadian Art Online review

                The Globe and Mail, Gary Michael Dault, December 31

                Now Magazine, Hajal De Sarkar, October 20

                Sun TV, Nov. 2

                The Globe and Mail, Gary Michael Dault, May 24

                Cubes Magazine, Singapore, September

                Canadian House and Home, March

2004 Mix Magazine, August

                Elle Magazine. Singapore. September

2001 After Hours. The Edge. Malaysia. November

2000 Dault, Gary Michael. The End of the Earth. Canadian Art.

                Fall Issue After Hours. The Edge. Malaysia. May 1-7

                KL Culture. May

1999 Smith, Craig. The Drawing Urge. Pasatiempo. The New Mexican. December 17-23

                Pull-out section. Canadian Art. Fall

                Fast Forward. Canadian Art. Summer

                Dault, Gary Michael. Gallery Walk About. The Globe and Mail.

                July 3 Where Magazine. April/May

                Dault, Gary Michael. Gallery Walk About. The Globe and Mail. March 27

                ones, Charlotte. Joe Fleming: New Paintings. Arts Atlantic. Winter

1998 MacKay, Gillian. Gallery Walk About. Globe and Mail. February 13

                Television Interview. City TV evening news. February 7

                Rosen, Taffe. Television Interview. Bravo. February

                Etcetera. The Evening Telegram. St. John’s Nfld. April 24

                Weekend in Toronto. The Toronto Star. August 28

1997 Ahmad, Zulkifli. Different People Similar Strokes. New Straits Times, Malaysia. April 18

1996 Fischer, Nathalie-Roze. ‘Top 10 Art Exhibits – 1996’.

                Now Magazine. January 1

                Works of Joe Fleming Showing at Gallery Taksu. The Malay Mail. April 7

                Northcott, John. CBC Television Interview.

                Fischer, Nathalie-Roze. Joe Fleming’s southwestern icons wax ironic.

                Now Magazine September 20

                Television Interview. City TV evening news. September 3

                CBC Evening News. September 3

                Television Interview. Rogers Cable. October 15

                Fauntleroy, Gussie. Fleming paints things we keep to ourselves.

                New Mexican SF September 28

1995 Tobin, Richard. Reviews. The Magazine. Sante Fe. November

                Hanna, Deirdre. Art Highlights. Now Magazine. June 22-28

                Northcott, John. Television Interview. CBC Evening News. September 21