Tom Benner’s 2003 copper and wood sculpture Moon, was part of the Dar'a - Full Circle group exhibit in 2017.
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Curatorial Projects2017: Dar'a – Full Circle, guest curator of group exhibition of 15 artists, Artcite Inc. and the Windsor Public Library, Windsor, Ontario
2006: Outline in Black, A Drawing Exhibition, with Jens Thielsen, Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario 2006-9: Orientalism & Ephemera, Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario, touring to Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Centre A Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Art Gallery at University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2006: London/Port Stanley Exchange, with various locations in Port Stanley including Moore Water Gardens, Telegraph House, and at Thielsen Gallery and Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario 2005: Text/Counter Text, with Jens Thielsen, Thielsen Gallery, London, Ontario 2000: Dust on the Road, A Hoopoe Curatorial Project with Peter White in collaboration with SAHMAT, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1999: Calcutta Bookfair, Calcutta, India, Hoopoe Curatorial with Peter White in collaboration with Naveen Kishore and Anjum Katyal of Seagull Books, Calcutta, India, presentation of Canadian cultural publications. 1999: Launch of Here and There Between South Asias: New Writings from Canada and India, a special issue of West Coast Line, editors Ashok Mathur, Anjum Katyal and Naveen Kishore, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, # 26 & 27, Fall-Winter 1998-99 1992: Travelling Theory co-curator with Fern Bayer, National Gallery of Jordan, Amman, Jordan and McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. Catalogue, special issue of Harbour Magazine 1990: Indian Summer, an Embassy Cultural House project in various independent bookstore locations in London, Ontario and Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Six Nations, Ontario |
Collaborations
2014: The World is a Garden, with Ron Benner, box set of 12 prints based on watercolours from Jardin Ethnobotonical de Oaxaca, Mexico
2002: Caribbean Books, with Richard Bolai, Port of Spain, Trinidad
1995: Jamelie Hassan, with Stan Denniston, portrait series, photography and text
1993: jamelie.jamila bookwork, with poet Jamila Ismail, published by Presentation Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia
1985: The Oblivion Seekers, with text by Lillian Allen and music by Gerry Collins commissioned by the Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002: Caribbean Books, with Richard Bolai, Port of Spain, Trinidad
1995: Jamelie Hassan, with Stan Denniston, portrait series, photography and text
1993: jamelie.jamila bookwork, with poet Jamila Ismail, published by Presentation Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia
1985: The Oblivion Seekers, with text by Lillian Allen and music by Gerry Collins commissioned by the Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Community Activism
2018: 50th anniversary event of CARFAC in collaboration with Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
2018: 50 Years of Artist Working for Artists, CARFAC National AGM & Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
2017: Jusoor, co-ordinated and contributed to international art fund-raiser for scholarships for Syrian youth, Toronto, Ontario
2014-15 : Daughters for Life, contributing artist to fund-raiser, Toronto, Ontario
2013: UP with ART, donation of 40 works of art from the collection of Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner to the Unity Project's annual fund-raiser in aid of those experiencing homelessness in London, Ontario
2010- 2020: UP with ART, annual donation of artwork for Unity Project's art fund-raiser in partnership with Museum London, London, Ontario and public event held at Museum London in 2019; 2020 on-line due to COVID-19 pandemic
2001 and 2003: The Gathering of Good Minds, program committee member with activists Dan and Mary Lou Smoke and curator Peter Smith, held at various locations in London, Ontario including the N'Amerind Friendship Centre, Museum London and Museum of Archaeology, London, Ontario
1998: Established The Centre for Baalqisian Studies, London, Ontario, a non-profit, non-hierarchical initiative which hosted creative work and dialogue & co-sponsored a range of inter-disciplinary projects
1998: First International Grassroots Gathering on Biodevastation & Biodiversity in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., co-sponsor, a Centre for Baalqisian Studies project
1998: 4th Celebrating Survival, cultural program addressing sexual violence, racism and other forms of oppression including writing workshop with Lillian Allen for the Sexual Assult Centre, London, Ontario
1992: Travelling Theory with Jessie Amery, London Arab community heritage exhibitions throughout London, including locations at Western University and Fanshawe College
2018: 50 Years of Artist Working for Artists, CARFAC National AGM & Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
2017: Jusoor, co-ordinated and contributed to international art fund-raiser for scholarships for Syrian youth, Toronto, Ontario
2014-15 : Daughters for Life, contributing artist to fund-raiser, Toronto, Ontario
2013: UP with ART, donation of 40 works of art from the collection of Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner to the Unity Project's annual fund-raiser in aid of those experiencing homelessness in London, Ontario
2010- 2020: UP with ART, annual donation of artwork for Unity Project's art fund-raiser in partnership with Museum London, London, Ontario and public event held at Museum London in 2019; 2020 on-line due to COVID-19 pandemic
2001 and 2003: The Gathering of Good Minds, program committee member with activists Dan and Mary Lou Smoke and curator Peter Smith, held at various locations in London, Ontario including the N'Amerind Friendship Centre, Museum London and Museum of Archaeology, London, Ontario
1998: Established The Centre for Baalqisian Studies, London, Ontario, a non-profit, non-hierarchical initiative which hosted creative work and dialogue & co-sponsored a range of inter-disciplinary projects
1998: First International Grassroots Gathering on Biodevastation & Biodiversity in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., co-sponsor, a Centre for Baalqisian Studies project
1998: 4th Celebrating Survival, cultural program addressing sexual violence, racism and other forms of oppression including writing workshop with Lillian Allen for the Sexual Assult Centre, London, Ontario
1992: Travelling Theory with Jessie Amery, London Arab community heritage exhibitions throughout London, including locations at Western University and Fanshawe College
