Employment History
Education
Solo Exhibitions
Two Person Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Musical Events
Recordings
Curatorial Experience
Speaking Engagements
Selected Publications
Selected Media Involvement
Teaching, Volunteer
Experience
and other
1978 –
present Owner, operator family farm, Barrie,
Ontario.
Cash cropping 1992 to present.
Beef finishing feedlot and cash cropping 1978 to 1992.
1984 – 2004
Commissioned Seed Sales-Independent Dealer,
Pioneer Hi-bred Limited, Chatham, 1991 to 2004.
Funk Seeds (now Novartis), Arva, 1984 to 1991.
University
of Guelph, Bachelor of Science, Agriculture (Bsc.Agr.) degree with
honours, 1980, Guelph, Ontario
2011, "Roy
Hickling- Faces, Vision, Abstracts", Dr. Chris Schell, Optometrist
Office, Barrie, Ontario
2010, "Roy Hickling - Paint & Plasma', Mad & Noisy Gallery, Creemore,
Ontario
2007, "Symmetry: A Mixed Media Installation by Roy Hickling", Mad &
Noisy Gallery, Creemore, Ontario
2005,
“Canvas & Metal”, Mad & Noisy Gallery, Creemore, Ontario
2004,
“Changes”, Double Door Studios and Gallery, Anten Mills, Ontario
2003,
“Intuition’s Face”, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto,
Ontario
2002,
“Portraits”, Double Door Studios, Anten Mills, Ontario
2000,
“Resonance”, Presented as a MacLaren Parallel Project, Abbott’s of
Craighurst, Craighurst, Ontario
2006,
"Frameworks: Roy Hickling and Christianne Williams", Propeller
Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2003, “Head
Space: paintings by Roy Hickling and Christianne Williams”, MacLaren
Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
2002, “A
Clash with the Unconscious, Patrick Carson and Roy Hickling”,
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
2001,
“Undertones, an exhibition of figurative work by Roy Hickling and
Christianne Williams”, Double Door Studios, Anten Mills, Ontario
2012,
"Conveyed, Visual Interactions Between Art & Text", Andrea Bird,
Michael Coughlin, Roy Hickling, Ray Kundinger, Jill Price, Roz
St.Clair & Gavy Swan, Mad & Noisy Gallery, Creemore, Ontario
2012, "Spring
Show", Jennifer Woodburn, Sabine Liva, Rose Cook, Dori Anne Ross,
Roy Hickling & Derek Green. Ridge West, Oro Medonte Ontario
2011, "Lake
Effects - A Simcoe Watershed Art Project", City Hall, Barrie,
Ontario
2011, "Surround
yourself in beauty...", Cathy Boyd, Roy Hickling, Margaret Paradis
and Mark Hope, Ridge West, Oro Medonte, Ontario
2011, "Mad &
Noisy Heads South", Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
2010, "Luminous
Threads", Claudia McKnight, Lois Green and Roy Hicking, Bohemia,
Barrie, Ontario
2010, "Art Comes Downtown", The Flying Monkeys, Barrie, Ontario
2009, "Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition", The Alton Mill, Alton, Ontario
2008, "Mike’s Salvage III Roy Hickling, Bernice Vasey, Mark Hope,
Susan Benoit, John Jacquemain & Gita Karklins", Double
Door Studios and Gallery,
Anten Mills, Ontario
2007, "Urban Visions 07: Shorelines" (juried), MacLaren Art Centre,
Barrie, Ontario
2006, "Mike’s
Salvage: Mark Hope, John Jacquemain and Roy Hickling", Double Door
Studios and Gallery, Anten Mills, Ontario
2006, "Self
Portraits - Anniversary Show", Mad & Noisy Gallery, Creemore,
Ontario
2006,
“Portraits”, Leonard E. Shore Memorial Library, Thornbury, Ontario
2006, “The
Snow Show”, Mad & Noisy Gallery, Creemore, Ontario
2005, “Local
Colour” (juried), MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario.
2005, “100
Artists, 100 Works, 100 Dollars”, Sarah Beveridge Contemporary Art,
Barrie, Ontario
2005,
“Saving Face: An Exhibition of Portraits”, Georgian College Campus
Gallery, Barrie, Ontario
2005 to 2012, "Various Members
Group Shows" (approximately two per year), Mad & Noisy Gallery,
Creemore, Ontario
1999 to
2012, MacLaren Art Centre Benefactor Programme, Barrie, Ontario
1998, 1999,
2001, 2003, 2005 to 2011, “Catch the Spirit”, MacLaren Art Centre,
Barrie, Ontario
1996, “It’s
Not Brain Surgery”, Graydon & Co., Barrie, Ontario
2012, February 19, "Roy Hickling,
Featured Performer", Open Folk, Barrie Ontario
2011, December 2, "Lake Effects -
Water Concert", City Hall, Barrie Ontario
2011, October 22, "Water Songs -
An evening of original songs by Roy Hickling"’ Double Door Studios
and Gallery, Anten Mills, Ontario
2011, September 17, "Birthday
Party, private function", Barrie, Ontario
2011, September 15, "Angus Salmon
Festival", Utopia Hall, Utopia, Ontario
2011, September 10, "Opening
Celebration for the Mady Centre" Mady Centre for the Performing
Arts, Barrie, Ontario
2011, July 23, "CD Launch Party &
Concert, a little time", Roy Hickling, with Ray Dillard, Doug
Romanow, Max Dyer, Don Bray & Alyssa Wright", The MacLaren Art
Centre, Barrie, Ontario
2011, July 2, "Promotional performance for Mariposa ArtsU", Orillia
Farmers’ Market, Orillia, Ontario
2011, June 30, "Retirement Party for Jim Lindsay - Private
function", Alma, Ontario.
2011, June 11, "Songwriter’s Stage, Barrie Folk Society", Ecofest
Barrie, Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario
2011, May 20, "Songs, Stories & Coffeegrounds", Roy Hickling & Cam
Austin trade tales and tunes, Groundswell Coffeehouse, Alliston,
Ontario
2011, April 28, "Hope for Haiti, Benefit Concert, Free the Children,
Brick by Brick", Innisdale Secondary School, Barrie, Ontario
2011, March 26, "Roy Hickling & the Symplycity Trio at The Talk of
the Town Concert Series", Louise’s Lounge, Barrie Ontario.
2011, February 26, "Concert for Faces, Vision, Abstracts Opening",
Chris Schell Optometrist Office, Barrie Ontario
2011, January 30, "Utopia Café-Song Circle", Utopia Hall, Utopia,
Ontario
2010, October 17, "Fundraiser
Concert - Angioplasty for All, featuring Dave Bartwick & Roy
Hickling", Music Up Close, Innisfil, Ontario
2010, August 29, "Utopia Cafe-Song Circle", Utopia Hall, Utopia,
Ontario
2010, August 28, "Concert at the Mad & Noisy Gallery", Creemore,
Ontario
2010, August 11, "Lawn Chair Luminata", Heritage Park, Barrie,
Ontario
2010, June 17, "Concert at Bohemia", Bohemia, Barrie, Ontario
2010, May 8, "Tiny Rehearsal, a quasi-theatrical musical about death
", featuring Paul Court, Roy Hickling, Carol Teal, Susan
Braedley and Deb Gemmel, house concert, Orillia, Ontario
2010, March 28,"Utopia Cafe-Song Circle" , Utopia Hall, Utopia,
Ontario
2008, September 26, "Warm-up for Eve Goldberg", Swanmore Hall,
Orillia, Ontario
2008, September 13, "Novas Musicas e Sons Antigos (New Music and Old
Sounds)", Double Door Studios and Gallery, Anten Mills, Ontario
2008, April 13, "Warm-up for Gypsy Jive Band", Holly United Church,
Barrie, Ontario
2008, February 10, "Home Grown Folk", Holly United Church, Barrie,
Ontario
2007, August 25, "Concert at the Mad & Noisy Gallery", Creemore,
Ontario
2007, March 10, "Unplugged Fun-spiel", fund raiser for Minesing
Unplugged, Barrie Curling Club, Barrie Ontario2006, "Gallery Opening Performance" Life's Inspirations, Hanover,
Ontario
2006, "Workshop musical performances", Barrie Folk: Roots Music
Festival, Barrie, Ontario
2006, "Life Drawing and Live Music" - musical performance (drawings
by Lois Green), Café of Life, Barrie, Ontario
2006, "Pioneer Open House" - musical performance, Shanty Bay,
Ontario
2006, "Maple Syrup Festival", The
Palace, Elmvale, Ontario
2006, "House Concert for Claudia McKnight", Barrie, Ontario
Roy
Hickling - a little time (SOCAN), copyright and publishing, words
and music by Roy Hickling, 2010. Released 2011
1996 to
1997 “MacLaren Against the Grain; The Fafard Field Project”,
Artist Joe Fafard, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
MacLaren Art
Centre, "Panel Discussion in conjunction with Looking Back: Fafard
Field Project and Fafard Field Horse a film by Linda Corbett, with
Joe Fafard, Terrence Heath, Roy Hickling, Linda Corbett, moderated
by William Moore and hosted by Sandra Fraser", June 27, 2008
Glenhyrst
Art Gallery of Brant, slide presentation and discussion,
“Conversations with the Unconscious”, March 10, 2002
MacLaren Art
Centre, Benefactor Programme, “How a Farmer becomes an Artist”, June
15, 2000.
University
of Toronto, Co-op Arts Management Speakers Series, “Artists and
Communities”, March 2, 1999
Ontario
Association of Art Galleries, Vital Links, “Community
Participation”, Oct 2, 1997
Lucy Purdy,
"Pair Turns Garbage into Music", The Barrie Advance, Barrie,
Ontario, September 11, 2008 p.28
Brad Holden, "Artist/Farmer/Musician performs at the Mad & Noisy",
Creemore Echo, Creemore, Ontario, Friday August 24, 2007, vol.7, No.
34, p. 6
Lucy Purdy, "Urban Visions adds an artistic dimension to downtown",
The Barrie Advance, Barrie, Ontario, July 13, 2007 p. 31.
Lucy Purdy, "Urban Visions 07", Good Life In the City, July/August
2007, pp. 37-39
Susan Doolan, "Junk as Art, Local Artists Explore the Artistic
Values of Junk", Simcoe Life Magazine, Spring 2007, pp. 35-37
Sue Beckett,
"Farmer Without Limits", Focus 50+ News Magazine, Vol. 11, Issue 5,
January 2007, pp. 1 & 3
Suan Doolan,
“Going back to their Roots, Festival showcases the best of folk
music” feature article on Roy Hickling and Barrie Folk Festival, The
Barrie Examiner, Barrie, Ontario, Friday October 20, 2006, p C1.
Churchward,
Ian, “Portrait of an Artist: Roy Hickling”, Vortex Magazine,
Premier Issue, Summer 2004, p.03.
Kathryn
Hogg, A Clash with the Unconscious, Exhibition Essay for Glenhyrst
Art Gallery of Brant, 2002
Gary Burns,
“Expressions from within”, The Expositor, Brantford Ontario,
Saturday March 16, 2002, pp D1 and D4.
Moore,
William, “Anatomy of a Horse”, Muse, Vol. XVII No. 3, October 1999,
pp. 26-29 (English) and pp. 30-33 (French)
MacLaren Art
Centre, “MacLaren Against the Grain; Fafard Field Project”, Flip
Book, 1997
MacKay,
Gillian, “Joe Fafard, Field Notes”, Canadian Art, Volume 14, Number
4, Winter/December 1997, p. 68
Walsh, Meeka,
“Horse Against the Grain: The Fafard Field Project”, Border
Crossings, Volume 16 number 3, August 1997, pp. 39-43
Rogers TV
Simcoe County, "Daytime", Glenn Coulson interview regarding Art
Comes Downtown, April 6, 2010
A Channel Barrie A-Morning, "Sound Sculpture", KC Colby interviewing
Roy Hickling & Ray Dillard, September 22, 2008
Rogers TV-
MacLaren Studio Views, “Roy Hickling, Let It Go”, interview of the
artist at his studio, produced by Vickie Fagan, video by Peter
Olmstead, December 2000
CBC
Television- Country Canada “Ag Meets Art”, a feature segment on Roy
Hickling’s involvement with the Fafard Field Project, producer
Ingeborg Boyens, first broadcast January 18, 1998
CBC Radio-
This Morning, Avril Benoit interviewing Joe Fafard & Roy Hickling,
producer Paul Wilson, September 17, 1997
CBC Radio-
Morningside, Peter Gzowski interviewing Joe Fafard & Roy Hickling,
producer Linda Groen, October 21, 1996
Nominated and short listed for the
2011 Barrie Arts Awards in the category of Excellence in the Arts,
November 29, 2011
ArtsCan Circle - teaching art and
music to at risk youth in northern aboriginal communities. Volunteer
trips to Pikangikum Ontario November 2009, Sheshatshui Labrador
March 2010 & Pikangikum April 2010. Teaching art classes and
assisting with ukulele, mask making and jewellery making.
Song writing workshops - Mariposa July 2009 & 2010, Orillia Ontario.
Art Workshops- Barrie & District Assoc. of Singer/Songwriters, DIY
Getaway, January 2008 & 2009, Wyevale Ontario. Intuitive Expressive
Painting with Sue Miller & Roy Hickling, June 26, 2010, Mad & Noisy
Gallery, Creemore, Ontario. "Painting without your Inner Critic",
Mariposa ArtsU (Mariposa Folk Foundation & Lakehead University),
July 8, 2010, Orillia, Ontario. "Relax, It’s Just Paint", Mariposa
ArtsU, July 7, 2011.
Nominated and short listed for the
2011 Barrie Arts Awards in the category of Excellence in the Arts,
November 29, 2011
Placed three songs on the
shortlist of fifteen for the Colleen Peterson Songwriting award in
the 2011 Songs from the Heart Competition, Ontario Council of Folk
Festivals.
