Curriculum Vitae

Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August 26, 1944

He presently lives and maintains a studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Education

• Nova Scotia College of Art, Associate Diploma, Fine Art / Art Education Major, 1967

Solo Exhibitions

2018

• Banff Blue – Willock & Sax Gallery – Banff, Alberta

2015

• Back to Banff – Willock & Sax Gallery – Banff, Alberta
• Court Painter: Good to Go – Cube Gallery – Ottawa, Ontario
• Court Painter & The Political Elite – Whyte Museum – Banff, Alberta
• Gift of Conscience – Penticton Art Gallery – Penticton, B.C.

2014

• Selina & The Horse Rescue – Art Gallery of Grande Prairie – Grande Prairie, Alberta

2013

• Selina & The Horse Rescue – MOCA Calgary – Calgary, Alberta

2009

• Summer Skies Kitchener – Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
• Transitive Space: The Afghanistan Series – Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
• Countenances: Portrait Series – Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2008

• Observing the Observer: Survey: 25 Years – Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Prince Edward Island

2007

• Double Bind – Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario

2004

• Source Derivations IX (Vasily Fedosenko) – University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario

2002

• Somalia Yellow: Allan Harding MacKay – Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
• Source/Derivations VIII: The Golden Lotus and Alice Unbound – Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
• Source/Derivations VII (Smith & Hagen) – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax

2000

• New Figurative Works – Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Yellowhead Series – Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1999

• “work In progress” – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1998

• Somalia Yellow Vignettes – Stride Gallery, Calgary Alberta
• Operation Deliverance, Portrait of a Mission – Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Ontario

1997

• Source Derivations V (Holgate) – McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
• Works on paper – The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta

1996

• Mohammed Mountain Question: An Extended Drawing and Other Works – University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta

1995

• Portrait + Hodler Series Drawings – Genereux Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
• Source Derivations IV (Rodin) – Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• Mohammed Mountain Question: An Extended Drawing – Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta

1994

• Somalia Series: Department of National Defense Collection – Victoria University, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
• Source Derivations III (Benner) – Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

1993

• From Charlottetown to Mogadishu: Drawings and Works on Paper – Extension Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
• Question Proof: Artist Window Project – Lake Galleries, Toronto, Ontario

1992

• Allan Harding MacKay, Five Families and Other Works 1985-1992 – Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Prince Edward Island
• Source Derivations II (Harris) – Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

1989

• Recent Work – Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
• Some Critical Countenances – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Source Derivations I (Thomson) – Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario

1988

• Recent Work – Grunwald/Watterson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
• Recent Work – Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

1987

• The Mohammed Mountain Question: An Extended Drawing – The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

1986

• Five Families – Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Prince Edward I
• Variations on Hodler – Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
• Variations on Hodler – University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Selections from Variations on Hodler – Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• Recent Work – Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1985

• Beispiel/Example, Multi Media Installation – Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Mountain My Yes and other Densities – Multi Media Installation, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario

1984

• Aquarellen und Oel auf Papier – Galerie Kreutz, Nideau, Switzerland
• Aquarellen und Oel auf Papier – Galerie Engelhaus, Langnau, Switzerland

1982

• Book Works and Audio Tapes – Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta

Group Exhibitions

2015

• Bow Biennial – Whyte Museum – Banff, Alberta
• Looking Back at You: Masks By Artists – Confederation Centre Art Gallery – P.E.I.
• Masterworks Now:New Acquisitions – Beaverbrook Art Gallery – Fredericton,N.B.

2014

• Made in Calgary – Nickel Museum – Calgary, Alberta
• If it Weren’t for the War – Tom Thomson Gallery – Owen Sound, Ontario

2009

• Kingston Portrait Competition, Travelling Exhibition – Kingston, Toronto, Windsor, Calgary
• A Brush With War – Canadian War Museum National Traveling Exhibition

2008

• Drawing Conclusions – McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg,On.
• Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War – Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga On.

2007

• Hit or Miss, Drawing Show – Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Witness Series: Somalia Vignettes – Wall Drawing/Video, University of WaterlooArt Gallery, Ontario

2006

• Dark Matter – Confederation Centre Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, PEI

2005

• War: a contemporary look – Gallery Stratford, Stratford, On

2004

• Our River: Journey of the Bow – Glenbow Museum, Calgary
• Identities: Canadian Portraits – The McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, On

2003

• Gallery 2005 – Calgary Tower, Calgary, Alberta
• The Bigger Picture: Portraits from Ottawa – The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, On

2002

• Artists from Ontario – The Canada Council Art Bank, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario
• Western Panic! – Art Gallery of Calgary, Alberta

2001

• Conflicts of Interest: Recent and Historical Sites of War – The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
• Recent Portraits – Art Placement, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

• Magnetic North (Canadian Experimental Video) Touring
• Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis* Plug In, Winnipeg *Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon *University Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley *Art Gallery of Hamilton *Art Gallery of Calgary *Festival International du Film sur l’art, Montreal* Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge*The Power Plant,Toronto *Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge *Wexner Centre for the Arts, Columbus *Canadian Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ottawa

2000

• AIM for Arts, Federation of Canadian Artists – Vancouver, British Columbia
• Arts 2000 – Royal Academy of the Arts, Gallery Stratford, Ontario
• The Works Visual Arts Festival Exhibition – Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta
• The Single Tree (In Canadian Art) – Museum London, London, Ontario
• Poetic Narratives, Thoughts on Canadian Film and VideoArt – Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario

1999

• Siting Conflict (War Zones Part 1) – Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
• Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1998 – Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• The Trail to Skoki, artists expedition – Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

1998

• Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1998 – Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
• Fragile Electrons: Twenty years of collecting Video Art – National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
• Drawing the Line: Sherwood Village Branch Librar – Regina, Saskatchewan
• Regrouping a Living Legacy – McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario

1995

• Hidden Values: Canadian Corporations Collect – McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario

1994

• Group Show – Genereux Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1993

• Reflecting Paradise, Expo 93 – Taejon, South Korea

1992

• Renderings: Drawing Invitational – Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Prince Edward Island

1992

• Cold City Invitational – Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1990

• National Drawing Invitational – Extension Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1989

• Book Works – A Space, Toronto, Ontario

1988

• Anthropos II – Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland
• Scripta manent – Galeria des arts Lavalin, Montreal, Quebec
• Eighty/Twenty: 100 Years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1987

• Weihnachtsausstellung Bernischer Maler und Bildhauer – Kunsthalle, Berne, Switzerland

1986

• Group Drawing Exhibition, National Drawing Competition – Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia

1985

• Woman Laughing in a Pigment Storm (Audio Portrait) – Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia

1984

• Weihnachtsausstellung Bernischer Maler und Bildhauer – Kunsthalle, Berne, Switzerland
• Evidence of the Avant Grant Since 1957 – Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario

1978

• Drawing Exhibition – Extension Services of the Edmonton art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1977

• Reeder/MacKay: Works on Paper – University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta

1973

• Halifax/Vancouver Exchange – Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

1969

• Young Artists as Young Artists as – Centennial Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Collaborations/ Commissions

• Numerous private portrait commissions over the years

2011

• Pape Subway Modernization, Toronto, On.

2009

• Speakers Corner – Kitchener, Ontario

2008

• Speakers Corner – Kitchener, Ontario
• Activa Sports Complex – Kitchener, Ontario

2006

• Veterans Memorial Collaboration with Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Architects – Queens Park, Toronto, On.

2005

• Painting Commission for opening of Canadian War Museum

2002

• Somalia Yellow Theatre Performance with One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary Alberta

2001

• Miasma: Spectacles of Fantasy, 18 min video – Myra Davis/ Gudren Gut and The Banff Centre for the Arts
• Skoki Vignettes 17 min video – The Banff Centre for the Arts /The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

2000

• In the Spirit of Jon, 19 min video – Banff Centre for the Arts/The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
• Somalia Project cont… – Descant literary journal#108, photo/text project

1999

• “WATER” – Blackflash magazine, photo/text artist project Insert, April Issue
• Maya – CD ROM cover art for music by Donald Rubinstein
• Somalia Yellow Blood, video Allan Harding MacKay/Musics Donald Rubinstein

1998

• “Borrow a corpse for the Souls return” – Descant literary journal, photo/text project, Volume 29 #4
• Somalia Yellow – performance with One Yellow Rabbit Theatre ensemble as part of High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, Alberta
• Elsewhereless – opera by Atom Egoyan and Rodney Sharman, designer Philip Barker, selected Somalia Yellow Vignettes are integrated into opera set, performed in Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver
• The Somalia Series (Abattoir) 1997 – three 4-colour photos based lithographs commissioned by Velvet Antler Editions, The Banff Centre for the Arts

1994

• Somalia Series – etching/aquatint, Georgian College, Barrie Ontario

1993

• Artist cover project – Arts Atlantic, winter

Grants/ Awards

2009

• Kingston Portrait Competition – 1st Honorable Mention Award
• Shared Peoples Choice Award – Toronto

2008

• Kitchener Waterloo Visual Arts Award
• Royal Canadian Academy Inductee

2002

• Canada Council Established Artist Grant

2000

• Canada Council Travel Grant

1999

• Canada Council for the Arts Senior Grant
• Silver Apple Award – National Educational Media Network, Oakland California for video “Somalia Yellow Vignettes”

1998

• Canada Council for the Arts Senior Grant
• Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
• ROSIE – best experimental video “Somalia Yellow Vignettes”, Alberta Motion Pictures Industry Association

1997

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts Video Grant

1995

• Ontario Arts Council Artist Grant

1992

• Ontario Arts Council Artist Grant

1991

• Canada Council Travel Grant

1986

• Canada Council Arts Grant B

1985

• Canada Council Short Term Grant

1984

• Canada Council Arts Grant B

1983

• Canada Council Arts Grant B

1979

• Canada Council Project Grant

Collections

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts
• Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
• Art Gallery of Peterborough
• Art Gallery of Windsor
• Art Metropole (National Gallery of Canada)
• Banff Centre for the Arts
• Beaverbrook Art Gallery
• Canada Council Art Bank
• Canadian Embassy, Berne, Switzerland
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Canadian War Museum
• City of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
• City of Calgary Regional Arts Foundation
• Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum
• Department of National Defense
• Donald Sobey Collection
• Dunlop Art Gallery
• Edmonton Art Gallery
• Georgian College
• Glenbow Museum
• Government of Ontario Art Collection
• Guaranty Trust
• Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House
• Kanton Berne, Berne, Switzerland
• Kelowna Art Gallery
• Lantic Sugar
• MacKenzie Art Gallery
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection
• Mendel Art Gallery
• National Gallery of Canada
• Prudential Insurance of America
• Saskatchewan Arts Board
• The Royal Military College of Canada
• Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
• Toronto Dominion Bank
• University of Lethbridge
• University of Toronto
• Walter Phillips Gallery
• Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
• Private Collections in Canada and Switzerland

Visiting/ Resident Artist

2009/10

• Gibralter Point Residency – Toronto Island

2009

• Curating Difficult Knowledge – Concordia University, Montreal PQ

2008

• Symposium: Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War – Blackwood Gallery, On

2007

• Symposium: Memory and Monument – Grand Prairie Community College, Alberta
• Presentation: Double Bind – Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, On.
• Presentation: Render: Observer Series – University of Waterloo, On.

2001

• Banff Centre for the Arts – Resident Artist, Banff Alberta

2001

• Alberta College of Art&Design – Calgary, Alberta

1999

• Banff Centre for the Arts, Resident Artist – Banf, Alberta
• Art Gallery of Nova Scotia – Halifax, Nova Scotia

1998

• Banff Centre for the Arts, Resident Artis – Banff, Alberta

1997

• Banff Centre for the Arts, Resident Artist – Banff, Alberta
• Georgian College, Art Department – Barrie, Ontario
• University of Calgary, Art Department – Calgary, Alberta

1996

• University of Lethbridge – Lethbridge, Alberta

1995

• University of Toronto, Symposium “Combat Artists” – Hart House, Toronto, Ontario

1994

• University of Toronto, Peace Conference, “Pearson’s Unfinished Agenda” – Toronto, Ontario
• United Nations “Agenda for Peace Conference” – St. John, New Brunswick
• Georgian College, Art Department – Barrie, Ontario
• University of Lethbridge – Lethbridge, Alberta

1993

• Canadian War Artist, under contract with Department of National Defense, Operations Deliverance and Cordo – Somalia

1992

• Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum – Resident Artist

1991

• Queens University Art Department – Kingston, Ontario

1990

• Wells Mountain Arts – Wells, British Columbia

1986

• Alberta College of Art – Calgary, Alberta
• Leighton Artist Colony, Resident Artist – Banff, Alberta

1985

• Nova Scotia College of Art and Design – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Mendel Art Gallery – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Catalogue/ Essays

2008

• Andrew Hunter/John Will :Obseving the Observer – Confederation Centre Art Gallery

2007

• Camilla Gibb, Terry Copp: Double Bind – Wilfred Laurier University

2004

• Podedworny, Carol, Source Derivations IX (Fedosenko) – University of Waterloo

2002

• McCabe, Shauna, documentation>art::life::art – Confederation Centre Art Gallery
• Heath, Terrance, Allan Harding MacKay: Source Derivations VI – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Cronin, Ray Habit Filter: Allan Harding MacKay’s Source Derivation’s VII (Smith and Hagan) – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1999

• Stacey, Robert Source Derivations, Allan Harding MacKay
• Revisiting the Sources, Heath, Terrence. Sorrow, Testimony, Anger, Interrogation – Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

1998

• Evenden, Kirsten, Source/Derivations (Walter J. Phillips) – The Glenbow Museum, Calgary Alberta
• Will, John. Somalia Yellow Vignettes – Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

1997

• Gustavison, Sue and Hill, Lynn. Source Derivations V – McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario

1989

• Gault, Townsend Charlotte. Some Critical Countenances – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1986

• Brown, Elizabeth. Variations on Hodler: Recent Paintings by Allan MacKay – Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
• Ferguson, Bruce. Five Families – Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

1982

• Mays, John Bentley. A Book of Not Knowing When We Grow Up or Die and of Only Knowing a Little Bit – Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta

Bibliography

• Numerous radio and television media interviews are not listed

2009

• Star Portraits – Bravo TV Series
• Dalton, Melinda “Sleeker Speakers Corner still retains memories of old one” – The Record, Kitchener

2002

• Hunter, Colin “Local artist captures war on canvas” – The Record, Kitchener, Torstar News Services

2000

• Robertson, Patricia “Tied to the Mast” – Calgary Straight, Calgary
• Zickefoose, Sherri, “MacKay In line for top prize” – The Banff Craig and Canyon, Banff
• Westra, Monique, “Art Instigator: a strong curator, a sensitive artist” – FFWD (fast Forward), Calgary
• Dault, Gary Michael, “Size Matters: gallery going” – The Globe and Mail, national edition, Toronto

1999

• Gustafsen Paula “War Zones” – Artichoke, Vol 11 No. 2 Summer
• Smulders, Marilyn “Derivational Art” – Daily News, Halifax
• Laviolette, Mary Beth “Art exhibit presents new vision of the Rockies” – Calgary Herald, Calgary
• Laviolette, Mary Beth “The Trail to Skoki Expedition” – The Craig, Banff

1998

• Dafoe, Chris. Theatre review “Incisive look at war and art”, “Lassoing talent for High Performance Rodeo” – Globe and Mail, Toronto
• Murrow, Martin. “Somalia Yellow, Artist explores Canada’s role in war torn country” – Calgary Herald, Calgary
• Murrow Martin. “Rodeo show puts war artist on the spot” – Calgary Herald, Calgary
• Bachusky, Johnnie. “Somalia through an artist’s eyes” – Entertainment, The Toronto Star, Toronto
• Bachunsky, Johnnie. “War artist captures strong images in his sights” – Summit Up, The Crag and Canyon, Banff
• Bachusky, Johnnie. “Banff war artist honored with Rosie Award” – The Crag and Canyon, Banff
• Miles, Kirk. “High Performance Rodeo Reviews” – Vox magazine, Calgary
• Gesell, Paul. “Art exhibit remembers Somalia” – Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa

1997

• Hanna, Deirdre. “Contact 97 tops years bountiful visual harvest” – Top 10 Toronto exhibitions of 1997, Now Magazine, Toronto
• Mays, John Bentley. “McMichael shows miss the mark” – The Globe and Mail, Toronto

1995

• Hume, Christopher. “War Artist Sees Dark Side” – The Toronto Star, Toronto
• Girling, Oliver. “Tomorrow and the Day After That” – Eye Magazine, Toronto
• Vaughn, R.M. “Allan Harding MacKay: From Charlottetown to Mogadishu” – Arts Atlantic, 50, Charlottetown

1994

• Heath, Terrence. “Walking to Mogadishu” – Border Crossings, Winnipeg
• Cole, Sally. “City Cenotaph Inspires Artist in Unique Project” – The Guardian, Charlottetown
• Stacey, Robert. “Occasions and Frameworks for Finding: Allan Harding MacKay, From Charlottetown to Mogadishu” – Extension Gallery Journal, Toronto

1993

• Day, Jim. “Artist Painting Troops Pictures for Canadians” – Pembroke Observer, Pembroke
• Robertson, Captain Jamie. “Art is…Camels and APC’s” – Sentinal, Ottawa
• Taylor, Kate. “Portraits of the Peacemakers” – The Globe and Mail, Toronto
• Fletcher, Marla. “Canada War Art: Allan MacKay” – Legion Magazine, Ottawa
• Heath, Terrence. “Always There’s Returning” – Convergence, Newsletter of Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, vol. 2, no. 2, winter 1993

1992

• MacKay, Mary. “Allan Harding MacKay: New Artist in Residence” – The Guardian, Charlottetown
• Genereux, Linda. “Allan Harding MacKay, University of Toronto” – Review, Artforum, New York
• Convergence, Newsletter of Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, vol. 2, no. 1, fall
• Chee, Roxanne. “Familiar Land” – Varsity Review, University of Toronto
• Taylor, Kate. “Art About, ‘Taking a peep at a perfect icon’” – The Globe and Mail, Toronto
• Heath, Terrence. “Review: Allan Harding MacKay” – C Magazine, summer, Toronto

1991

• Taylor, Kate. “Art About, Cold City Invitational” – The Globe and Mail, Toronto
• Genereux, Linda. “Changing Perspectives in Art Making” – The Canadian House and Home, Toronto

1990

• Stacey, Robert. “Allan Harding MacKay, Grunwald Gallery” – Arts Atlantic, 37, 1989, Charlottetown
• Dahlin, Karina. “The Art of Collecting” – University of Toronto Magazine, Toronto
• Downton, Dawn Rae. “Allan Harding MacKay, Coming Back is in Accord with Keeping Still” – Arts Atlantic, 36, Charlottetown

1989

• Canadian Press. “MacKay finally finds gallery big enough” – The Journal Pioneer
• Carlson, Tim. “Rolling Out: Canadian Art Scene” – The Daily News, Halifax
• Downton, Down Rae. “Focus, Allan Harding MacKay” – Canadian Art, summer, Toronto
• Carlson, Tim. “Rolling Out: Canadian art scene” – The Daily News, Halifax
• Garvey, Susan Gibson. “Faces, names, words, some critical countenances” – Vanguard, summer, Vancouver
• Canadian Press. “Long on Art” – The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa
• Ellis, Shirley. “Exhibit Continues” – The Mail Star, Halifax
• Holubizky, Ihor. “Allan MacKay, Erika Rothenberg, Cathy Daley, Jenny Holzer” – Actualities/Expositions, Montreal
• Eyland, Cliff. “Some Critical Countenances, with MacKay and Townsend Gault” – Arts Atlantic, 35, Charlottetown
• “Extended Effort” – The Mail Star, Halifax
• Canadian Press. “May be work’s first and last showing” – Chronicle Journal, Thunder Bay
• Canadian Press. “Toronto artist finds home in king-sized drawing” – The Daily Mercury, Guelph
• Weder, Adele. “Shred it and don’t ask any questions” – Financial Times, Toronto
• “Gallery unrolls longest show yet” – The Chronicle Herald, Halifax
• Canadian Press. “Nova Scotia exhibit may be works first and last” – London Free Press, London

1988

• Grande, John K. “Writing on the Wall” – Montreal Mirror, Montreal
• Hickey, Gloria. “Allan Harding MacKay, Grunwald and Watterson” – Arts Atlantic, 32, Charlottetown
• Mays, John Bentley. “Sensual Paintings Recall Twilight of the Romantics” – The Globe and Mail, Toronto
• “Im Weissen Saal des Kunstmuseums Bern (Anthropos II)” – Der Bund, Berne, Switzerland
• Adeyemi, Ester. “Selbstbildnisse stellen sich selber in Frage” – Berner Zeitung, Berne, Switzerland
• La Salle, Luanne. “Allan Harding MacKay at Susan Whitney Gallery” – The Leader Post, Regina

1987

• Dault, Gary Michael. “Allan Harding MacKay and Julie Voyce” – Toronto Life, Toronto
• Laudert, Markus. “Nichts Herausragendes dafuer markante Schwerpunkte” – Berner Zeitung, Berne, Switzerland
• Tousley, Nancy. “Landscapes, nature seen as mirror of present and past” – The Calgary Herald, Calgary
• “Allan MacKay, Whitney Gallery” – Canadian Art, winter, Toronto
• Mays, John Bentley. “Allan Harding MacKay, Recent Paintings” – The Globe and Mail, Toronto

1986

• McNeil, Keith, “City native remembers youth, friends in special portraits” – The Guardian, Charlottetown
• Winfield, D.A. “He puts a good face on it…” – Banff Crag and Canyon, Banff
• Etter, Barbara. “Ode to C.P. wins first” – Kelowna Herald, Kelowna
• MacKeeman, Karl. “Five Families” – Arts Atlantic, summer, Charlottetown
• Mays, John Bentley. “Preview Art Galleries” – Toronto Life, Toronto
• “National Drawing Finalists Exhibit” – Kelowna Herald, Kelowna

1985

• Gault, Charlotte Townsend. “Allan Harding MacKay, Eye Level Gallery” – Vanguard, fall, Vancouver
• Mays, John Bentley. “Wisdom from an artist reborn” – The Globe and Mail, Toronto

1984