Biography

Date & Place of Birth:

Born December 20, 1937, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Education:

1959 *  Graduate of the Ontario College of Art,(A.O.C.A.) Toronto. 
1964 * Graduate of Carleton University, Ottawa. (B.A.).

Collections:

The University of Calgary        
River Edge Foundation, Calgary  
Glenbow Alberta Institute, Calgary
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton                              
University of Alberta, Edmonton                 
Peter Whyte Foundation, Banff, AB       
Canadian Art Bank, Ottawa       
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon   
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON     
Inco Ltd., Sudbury, ON  
Shaw Industries, Rexdale, ON  
Province of Ontario                
Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury,ON                                              
City of Sault Ste.Marie, ON        
Private Collections

Solo Exhibitions:

2000  * "The Fan Series" (Paintings) - Electrum Gallery, Edmonton                                  
1999    * "Tango" (Paintings) - Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON   - Temiskaming Art Gallery,Haileybury, ON        
1997      * "Tango" -WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON
1996    * "Tango" - Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON  
* "Studies and Reflections" (Drawings) - Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta       
1995    * "Studies and Reflections" - WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON  
1994    * "Studies and Reflections"- Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
- Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, ON                
1986    * "Robert-Ralph Carmichael" - Ontario Place, Toronto, ON  (Organized by the Art Gallery of Algoma)
1985 * "Paintings" - Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON        
1975    * "Paintings & Drawings" - Wells Gallery, Ottawa, ON
- Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto       
1974    * "Robert-Ralph Carmichael" - Art Gallery of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta    
1972    * "The Temptation of Aquarius"  - The winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta   - Glenbow Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta
                                       

Coin & Medal Designs: 
(Minted by the Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa)

2001 * "The Library of Parliament"  100 Dollars (Gold)    -  The 125 th Anniversary of it's opening      
1998 * "Insulin"  100 Dollars (Gold) - Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Nobel Prize awarded for the discovery of insulin. (Numismatic Coin)                                      
1994 * "Vicker's Vedette"  20 Dollars  (Gold / Silver) - Pioneers of Powered Flight in Canada - 1900-1949 series (Numismatic Coin)        
1993 * "Fairchild 71C"  20 Dollars  (Gold / Silver) - Pioneers of Powered Flight in Canada - 1900-1949 series (Numismatic Coin) * "Lockheed 14"  20 Dollars  (Gold / Silver) - Pioneers of Powered Flight in Canada - 1900-1949 series (Numismatic Coin)        
1991 * INCO, Sudbury   -  Medallion to commemorate the opening of new plant by the Prince of Wales                          
1990 * "Lancaster"  20 Dollars  (Gold / Silver)  - Pioneers of Flight in Canada - 1900-1949 series (Numismatic Coin)        
1988 * "Blacksmith " Silver  Dollar - Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the  Saint-Maurice Ironworks  (Numismatic Coin)  * "Bowhead Whale"  100 Dollars   (Gold) (Numismatic Coin)  
1987 * "Loon"  Dollar  (Circulating coin)  *  "Loon"  Dollar  (Numismatic Version)

Stamp Designs:
(Produced by Canada Post Corporation ltd.)                                         

1998  * "Loon Stamp" -  One Dollar  (High -value definitive stamp)   - Wildlife series  

Murals:

2001 * "Moves" - John Rhodes Community Centre, Sault Ste.Marie, ON 
1992 * "Canada" - Shaw Industries, Rexdale, ON  
1989 * "The History of Sault Ste. Marie" - Water Tower Inn, Sault Ste. Marie

Honors:

1994 * The degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) - Algoma / Laurentian University                                            

Inquiries

Robert-Ralph Carmichael
9631 Highway 638 Echo Bay  ON   P0S 1C0
Tel: 705-248-3019 E-mail: rrc-gk@sympatico.ca




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