Gerald Ferguson (b. 1937, Cincinnati, OH – d. 2009) was a conceptual artist and painter who lived and taught in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He received an MFA from Ohio University, studied at Wilmington College, Ohio, and held visiting professor appointments at Kansas City Art Institute and California Institute of the Arts. He taught at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) from 1968-2005. He presented solo exhibitions at Dalhousie Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, Vancouver Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto and Canada, New York. His work is included in numerous public collections such as MoMA, New York; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Museum Struzki, Lodz, Poland; Confederation Centre of the Arts, Prince Edward Island, among others. In 1989, he was awarded a Canada Council Senior Artist Grant and in 1996, he won the Molson Prize, Canada’s most prestigious award in the arts.
The estate of Gerald Ferguson is represented by Canada, NYC.
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