Ben Woolfitt

Ben Woolfitt, Modernist and Post-Modernist Painter born in Saskatchewan, Canada, 1946. Since 1965 Woolfitt has lived in Toronto when he enrolled at Founders College, York University. In 1972 founded Woolfitt’s School of Contemporary Painting, where he taught until 1979. He established Woolfitt’s Fine Art Supplies in 1978, an international distributor of artist materials which he managed until it was sold in 2014. The modern.toronto , a museum dedicated to the exhibition of non-objective painting was founded by Woolfitt in 2017. Since the 1960’s Woolfitt was influenced by Color Field painting, especially the works of Mark Rothko, Morris Louis, Hans Hofmann and Jules Olitski and later by Antonio Tapies. Woolfitt has had 25 solo exhibitions and 15 group exhibitions in Canada, Japan, Thailand and the USA. Most recently at major solo exhibition of abstract drawings at the Art Gallery of Ontario. His paintings are in numerous museums and corporate and private collections internationally, including Canadian collections at The MacLaren Art Centre, Hart House at the University of Toronto, The Remai Modern and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Ben Woolfitt is now represented by the David Richard Galleries in Chelsea, NYC.

SOLO EXHIBITS

2025    David Richard Galleries, NYC

2023    David Richard Galleries, NYC

2021    Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

2019    modern.toronto, Toronto

2018    Oeno Gallery, Toronto

2017    Richard Rhodes Gallery, Toronto

2014    DeLuca Fine Art Gallery, Toronto

2011 P rince Takamado Gallery, Japan (Canadian Embassy)

2009    Moore Gallery, Toronto

2009    Oeno Gallery, Toronto

2007    Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok

2005    Moore gallery, Toronto

2004    Gallery One, Toronto

2002    Carlo Alessi Unpublished, New York (October)

2002    Prince Arthur Gallery, Toronto (November 9-16)

2001    Prince Arthur Gallery, Toronto

1995 B aird Gallery, St. Johns

1987    Bowen Gallery, Toronto

1982    Private Exhibition, Toronto

1981    Vivaxis, Toronto

1980    Wingfield, Toronto

1978    Vivaxis,Toronto

1977    Gallery O (Olga Korper), Toronto

1976    Gallery O (Olga Korper), Toronto

1976    Phoenix Theatre, Toronto

1975    The New York Gallery, Rochester

1974    Gallery O (Olga Korper), Toronto

1973    Toronto Center of the Arts

1971    Hart House, University of Toronto.

1969    Founders College, York University, Toronto

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC

Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, On.

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Barrie, On.

Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan

MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, Ontario

BOOKS

Ben Woolfitt: Rhythms and Series (AGO & Goose Lane Editions, 2021)

Ben Woolfitt: Drawings by Donald Kuspit (modern.toronto, 2019)

Ben Woolfitt: Paintings by Donald Kuspit (Epiphany Editions, 2018)

Musings by Ben Woolfitt (Prince Takamado Gallery, 2011)

Ben Woolfitt as Intimist by Ken Carpenter (Gallery One Editions, 2003)