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Acrylic on canvas, 1989,
15 x 16 in, 38.1 x 40.6 cm
Ink and watercolour on paper, 1965,
14 x 23 in, 35.56 x 58.42 cm
Watercolour on paper, 1980,
23 1/4 x 18 5/8 in, 59 x 47.4 cm
Thomas Sherlock Hodgson

Born in Toronto,  1924 – 2006

Raised on Toronto's Centre Island, Tom Hodgson took part in art classes that were organized by Group of Seven member Arthur Lismer at what was then known as the Art Gallery of Toronto, now the Art Gallery of Ontario.


He was a member of the renowned Painters Eleven (Toronto, 1953), a group of Canadian avant-garde abstract painters that helped to establish Modern art in Canada.

Education
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1995 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1989 Tom Hodgson A Survey. Lynwood Arts Center, Simcoe, Ontario. Exhibition traveled to the: Koffler Gallery, Toronto; Art Gallery of Peterborough; Oakville Galleries; Brampton Public Library; and, Art Grimsby Public Art Gallery
1985 Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1983 Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1980 Janos Lukas Atelier, Montreal, Quebec
Sir George Williams Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
A.C.T. Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1978 Lynnwood Arts Center, Simcoe, Ontario
1976 Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1975 Upper Street Gallery, London, England
1972 20 Year Retrospective, London & Toronto, Ontario. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1970 Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1969 Jerrold Morris Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1968 Bert Bell, Studio, Toronto, Ontario
1965 Albert White Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1964 Penthouse Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
1962 Dorothy Cameron Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Here and Now Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1952 Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario
Selected Group Exhibitions
1998 Summer Show. Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Works on Paper. Christopher Cutts Gallery,  Toronto, Ontario
1995 Chinese New Year Show. Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1993 The Gesture. Christoper Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1991 Hodgson & Bemrose, Sneak Preview. Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Group 91. Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990 Moore Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1989 Christmas Exhibition. Christopher Cutts, Fine Art Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
1988 Christmas Exhibition. Christopher J. Cutts, Fine Art Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
1983 Works on Paper. London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
1979- 81 Painters Eleven in Retrospective, McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Traveling Tour
1972 100 Years OSA. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Painting, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1964 Ontario Society of Artist. Pollack Gallery,Toronto, Ontario
Group Show. New York, New York
1963 Canadian Biennial, London, England
Riverside Museum, New York
International Seminar. Fairleigh Dickerson University, Madison, New Jersey
1962 Contemporary Canadian Art. Louisville, Kentucky
1961 4th Biennial. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1960 Two- Man Exhibition, Tom Hodgson and Graham Coughtry. Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal, Quebec
1959 3rd Biennial. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Hallmark Show, Toronto, Ontario
Ontario Society of Artist. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
1957 2nd Biennial. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
California and Canadian Watercolour Exhibition. Mexico City
1956- 57 Canadian Abstracts. Smithsonian Tour, USA
1956 Canadian Art. New Dehli International,  India
Painters Eleven and American Abstract Expressionism. Riverside Museum, New York
1955 1st Biennial. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1954 Painters Eleven. Roberts Gallery,  Toronto, Ontario
Collections
Art Gallery of Ontario
National Gallery of Canada
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Oakville Gallery
Lynwood Art Center, Simcoe, Ontario
Joliet Museum, Quebec
Rodman Hall Arts Center, St. Catharines, Ontario
McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario
Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Mount Allison University, New Brunswick
Victoria College, University of Toronto
Toronto City Hall
Toronto Board of Education
University of Toronto, Health Science Building
Fairley Dickerson University, New Jersey
Concordia University, Montreal
Sir George Williams University, Montreal
Imperial Oil, Toronto
Manufacturer's Life Insurance, Toronto
Simpsons Limited
MacLean Hunter Limited
Digital Equipment of Canada, Inc.
Coles The Book People
Peterson, Howell & Heather (Canada) Inc.
Goldman & Spring, Toronto
Torstar, Toronto
Canada Packer Inc., Toronto
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell, Toronto
Shoppers Drug Mart, Toronto
RNM Enterprises
Dye & Durham Co. Ltd.
Borenstein, S., Montreal
Leberge, C., Montreal
Swiss Bank Corp. (Canada)
Citibank (Canada)
Rostland Inc.
Elliott Communication, Toronto
J.P. Morgan Bank (Canada)
Needham Harper & Steers, Toronto





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Tom Hodgson, a Canadian artist born in Toronto, was a member of the renowned Painters Eleven. Thomas Hodgson, Thomas Sherlock Hodgson
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