Paul Sisetski was born in McCreary, MB, in 1954 and currently lives and works in Saskatoon, SK. In 1977, he received his Library Technician I Certificate from the Saskatchewan Institute of Applies Science and Technology, Saskatoon. He attended the University of Saskatchewan where he received his BFA (with distinction) in 1989, and his MFA in 1995. His work is in many private and public collections in Canada. Selected public collections include the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK; the University of Saskatchewan Collection, Saskatoon, SK; the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; and the Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection, Regina, SK.
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL
Born 1954, McCreary, MB.
Lives and works in Saskatoon, SK.
EDUCATION
1995 MFA, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
1989 BFA with Distinction, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
1977 Library Technician I Certificate, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Saskatoon SK.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (upcoming) Consider The Considering When All Things Have Been Considered, The Gallery/art placement inc., Saskatoon, SK.
2021 Realm of the Forlorn, The Gallery at Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK.
2006 Don’t Shoot The Messenger, curator: Dan Ring, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.
1996 Paul Sisetski, Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK.
1995 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
1993 Island of the Damned, curator: Ingrid Jenkner, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK. Publication essays by Ingrid Jenkner, Eddie Morose, and Chester Pelkey.
1990 Inside The Outside: Paintings 1985 - 1990, curator: Dan Ring, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. Circulated in Saskatchewan 1990-1991 to: Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina; The Chapel Gallery, North Battleford; Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre, Shaunavon; Grace Campbell Art Gallery, Prince Albert; Moose Jaw Art Museum; Swift Current National Exhibition Centre; Biggar Museum and Gallery.
1990 Paul Sisetski, St. Thomas More Gallery, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
1989 BFA Exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
1988 Paul Sisetski, Gallery on the Roof, Saskatchewan Power Building, Regina, SK.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Drop Spot Studio, Saskatoon, SK.
2022 UNREQUITED (juried), Spongleheim Gallery, London, UK.
2018 figureground, The Gallery/art placement inc., Saskatoon, SK.
2018 Spirit of Saskatchewan, St. Thomas More Gallery, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
2005 100 Years of Saskatchewan Art: Artwork from the Permanent Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. Toured provincially 2005-2006.
2005 The Art of Remembering, Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON.
2005 Recent Acquisitions, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.
2004 30 Years: Expressions of Human Spirit & Imagination, Art Gallery of Swift Current, Swift Current, SK.
1999 Informed Memories: Canadian Icons in Outsider Art, Estevan National Exhibition Centre, Estevan, SK. Toured to the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Saskatoon, SK, and The Little Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK, 2000.
1990 Saskatchewan Open ‘90, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.
1987 Odette Greabeiel, Mark Nicholson, and Paul Sisetski, Frances Morrison Library Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ring, Dan. Paul Sisetski: Don't Shoot the Messenger. Exhibition Catalogue. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 2006.
Barry Byrne, Brenda. Informed Memories: Canadian Icons in Outsider Art. Exhibition catalogue. Estevan National Exhibition Centre, 1999.
Robertson, Sheila. "Anger informs gospel according to Paul Sisetski", Saskatoon Star Phoenix, 1995.
Jenkner, Ingrid and Pelkey, Chester. Island of the Damned. Exhibition catalogue. Regina: Dunlop Art Gallery, 1993.
Ring, Dan. Inside the Outside: Paintings 1985-1990. Exhibition catalogue. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 1989.
Fancy, Penny. "Art is an integral part of life for Sisetski", Saskatoon Sun, 17 June, 1990.
The GALLERY / art placement inc.
238 - 3rd avenue south, saskatoon, SK, canada, S7K 1L9
