Solo & Group Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions/Events

2020 - Hamilton Arts Week, June 15th 'broadcast' of CANADADA: TAKE TWO
2019 - Guest Lecturer, WAAH 'Speaker Series', Art Gallery of Hamilton
          TRILLIUM Book Launch, Different Drummer Books, Burlington
2018 - MLH Open Studio, Lake Ontario Beachfront, Hamilton Arts Week
          'Alumni of Influence' Award, University of Toronto, Toronto
2017 - 'SUN SHADOWS' Photography by MLH, Sovereign House, Oakville
          'TIME WARP' Photography by MLH, Defacto Gallery, Mulberry House, Hamilton
          'Arts Person of the Year Award' Winner, City of Burlington, Canada
          Listed as 'Famous Burlingtonian' on City of Burlington's Tourism website 
         * Plus, a uniquely Canadian sesquicentennial project - a new 35 track 
           spoken-word & garageband ditties album -  CANADADA:TAKE TWO
2016 -'The FROZEN GOOSE' (Film by MLH) World Premiere at Art Gallery of Burlington 
2015 - CARPE DIEM! 'Pop Up' Art Show & Sale, Hamilton Beach Rescue Unit, Hamilton Beach

2014 - MLH:SOLO - 'Pop Up' Art Show & Sale, Hamilton Beach Rescue Unit, Hamilton Beach
2011 - Guest Lecturer, (1 hour: talk, slides, book signing) Women's Art Assoc. of Hamilton @AGH  
2010 - 'MEMORY'S SHADOW' F.R.Perry Gallery, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Ontario

2009 - 'SLOOOW Photography: Pinhole Photography by Margaret Lindsay Holton 
                Homer Watson Public Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2008 - 'The Pinhole Peeper!' Rosedale Diner, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2006 - ‘Holy Pinhole!’ JW Bush Photography Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

2005 - ‘From Sea to Shining Sea…’, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Canada

2003 - ‘Fading Farm Glory: Pinholes & Paintings’, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton

2000 - ‘My Canadada’, (MLH Canadian Fine Furniture & Paintings), Pink House, Toronto

1999 - ‘The Gilded Beaver’ Art Exhibit & Book Launch,  
              Charles Pachter’s Moose Factory, Toronto

1998 - ‘Fine Handmade Canadian Furniture’, Bloor Cinema Art Gallery,Toronto

1997 - ‘Gone Native’ New Paintings - Royal Ontario Museum Members Lounge, Toronto
1996 - ‘The Living Legacy: 1970-1995’ Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

1994 - ‘Furniture: Architects & Designers Originals’  
               The New Ballenford Bookstore, Toronto

1993 - ‘Eye-volution: Sketches, Drawings, Templates of a Furniture Designer’ 
               Royal Ontario Museum Members Lounge, Toronto

1992 - ‘Margaret Lindsay Holton Signature Series’ by Kaufman Ltd, IIDEX, Toronto
1991 - 'Tribal Love: Tribal Law' Artwork & Furniture, Heliconian Club, Yorkville
1990  - 'Round Up 90 Studio Tour', MLH Fine Furniture, Paintings & Pastels, Toronto

Group Shows/Auctions/Screenings/Jury/Other 
2018    Group Show (3 artists) with Pinhole Photos by MLH, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas
2017   '12th Hamilton Film Festival', The Frozen Goose - 'Ontario Shorts!', Hamilton
          150SOFF Screenings & Awards, (filmmaker), Factory Media Centre, Hamilton 
         'MLH Studio Visit', Art Bus Studio Tours, arranged by Hamilton Arts Council
          24th Art-in-the-Workplace Exhibit, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton
          'Bush Chord' performed by Vox Humana Chamber Choir, 'National Anthems', Victoria. B.C.
           (Composer Tobin Stokes re-interprets MLH poem, Canada-Publication Rights assigned in 2019)
          'Made in Canada' GALA - Art Gallery of Hamilton Fundraising Auction, Hamilton
          'Arts Person of the Year', Winner of K.W. Irmisch Arts Award, Best of Burlington
          Profiled in Portfolio II, Artists in the Studios by Jeff Tessier, HAL Spring Edition
          Ode to My Postal Code, Performance Dub Fest, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton
2016   'Winter's Palette', Painted Works, Cotton Factory, Hamilton
         '164th Rockton World's Fair' Rockton, Ontario (2nd prize, Open Art Class)
          'Fine Art Society of Milton' FASM Fall Studio Tour, Guest of Halton Hills Studio
          '21st Art-in-the-Workplace Exhibit, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton
         'Artworks Oakville - Juried', Queen Elizabeth Cultural Centre, Oakville
         'WAAH 120th Anniversary Juried Gala Exhibition', Art Gallery of Hamilton
          JUROR - 'Country Heritage Museum' - Inaugural Art-in-the-Park, Milton, Ontario
          JUROR - 'Burlington Public Art Programme' Sport Sculptures, Burlington
2015   'Celebrate the Season! FASM Members Show & Sale, Holcim Gallery, Milton 
         '10th Annual Hamilton Film Festival, Hamilton Ontario, (Documentary Shorts) 
          'Robert W. Service: The People's Poet', Review inc. video embed, for Brick Books of Canada
          '8th Annual Hamilton Music & Film Festival'  Hamilton
          'Exhibit 18' Art in the Workplace, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton 
          'OFFA Photo Fest' Oakville Festivals of Film & Arts, Oakville
          'CULTURE DAYS CANADA' 'Ping Pong & Poetry with MLH', Burlington Hive, Burlington
          'World's Smallest Film Festival @ Niagara Integrated Film Festival, St.Catharines, Ontario 
          'From Heart to Hand', FASM Members Show, Holcim Gallery, Milton 
          'PANAM MURAL for the Mattamy Velodrome' 80 panels by regional art contributors, Milton
          '34th Annual Orchid Show & Art Sale, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington/Hamilton
          'Artists of Halton & Peel Counties', Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, Halton County
2014 - 'Canadian Authors Association' Public Reading, Nathanial Hughson Art Gallery, Hamilton 
          'Deck the Wall', WAAH On-Line Xmas Auction, November - February, 2015
          'Spirit of Sport' Public Art Steering Committee, Pan Am Games Org, City of Burlington
          'Made by Hand' Fall Expo - International Centre, Mississauga, Oct 18th/19th
           'FASM Studio Tour' (Pinholes & Demo by MLH), Fine Art Society of Milton, Oct 4/5th 
          'Doors Open' Burlington, Author Signing, Different Drummer Books, Burlington, Sept 27th,10-12
          'Culture Days' Burlington, Filmmaker's Alliance of Burlington, Participant, Sept 27th.1-3pm
          'Exhibit 15' Art in the Workplace', McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, Aug-Nov

           Infinite Daydreams: Reflections on the Sublime Imaginary, Art Gallery of Burlington, Summer

           44th Annual Spring Auction, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas
           Grimsby Art Gallery, Spring Auction, Grimsby, Ontario
           Members Show, Fine Art Society of Milton, Holcim Gallery, Milton - April
           Black History Month Group Show, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington - February
           'Water, Water, Everywhere', B Town Sound Studios, Burlington - Feb 6th           
2013  - 'Smith's 75th Anniversary Celebration Photography Contest' - 3rd Prize, Burlington     
          'Womens Art Association of Hamilton On-Line Exhibit', Hamilton
          'Exhibit 12: Art in the Workplace', McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton
          'Rhythm & Colour',  Hamilton Conservation for the Arts, Hamilton

                 'Exhibit 10: Art in the Workplace', McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton          
          '35 ONLINE@ Burlington Art Centre', Auction Fundraiser for BAC, Burlington
2012 -  'Bay Area Restoration Council', Fundraiser (BARC) Royal Hamilton Yacht Club
           'Exhibit 7: Art in the Workplace', McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton
           'Fund-raising Spring Auction', Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario
          ‘Mayor’s Cabaret’, Burlington Performing Arts Centre, Burlington
          ‘SUPER AUCTION Fundraiser’, Sotheby’s of Canada & Art Gallery of Hamilton
          ‘Capture Oakville 2012', Oakville Camera Club, City Hall, Oakville, Ontario
2011 - 'Silent Auction', Fundraiser: Bay Area Restoration Council
                  - Royal Hamilton Yacht Club, Hamilton

          'Small is Beautiful', The Print Studio, Hamilton, Ontario

          '115th WAAH Annual Juried Exhibition',  Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario

          'Exhibit 5: Art in the Workplace', McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton

           'Fund-raising Spring Auction', Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario

          'Art Gallery of Hamilton' SPRING ART SALE', Hamilton  

          'Photo-Op 2011', John B.Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada

          'Women's Art Association of Hamilton' @ 'Women's Art Assoc. of Canada' Toronto

          'Vista & Views'  Members Show, Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton

2010 - 'Burst! Spring Art Sale', Hamilton Art Gallery, April 29th -May 2nd.

          'Lens Perspective', Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton Beach 

          'Silent Auction', Fundraiser: Bay Area Restoration Council 

2009 - 'Gala Fundraising Auction', Georgian Bay Land Trust, Toronto, Canada, (Nov).

          'Gala Fundraising Auction- Carnevale!', Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada, (May)

          'Contrasts: Hand Processed & Digital Photography by ..'  
           Rainer Wenzl and DIGITAL WORKS by mlh, Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton, Canada

          ‘113^th Annual Juried Women's Art Association of Hamilton (WAAH) Art Show’,
           Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

2008 - 'About Face: Pencil & Photo Portraits' with Ewout de Gelder, 
                Village Gallery, Waterdown, Ontario, Canada (Sept-Oct)

         ‘Afloat’, Group Show, Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario (May)

          OCAD Mystery WODUNIT Art Auction, Toronto, Ontario (November)

          Group Show, The Blue Angel Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario (December)

         ‘112^th Annual Juried WAAH Art Show’, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, 

         ‘Furniture Society Annual Fundraiser Auction’, North Carolina, U.S.A.

2007 - OCAD Mystery WHODUNIT Art Auction, Toronto, Ontario

         ‘CONTACT 2007’: Photography Showcase. 2-MLH pinhole works Oakville, Ontario

         ‘Oakville Arts Council & Artworks 8^th Annual Juried Art Show’, Oakville

         ‘Bruce Trail Association Fundraising Gala’, Hart House, Toronto, Ontario

         ‘Furniture Society Annual Fundraiser Auction, Victoria, B.C.

2006 - OCAD Mystery WHODUNIT Art Auction, November, Toronto, Ontario

         ‘In your Face: 10,000 Postcard Portraits’ Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, Canada

          Furniture Society Annual Fundraiser Auction, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

          Ojibway Club Group Art Show, Pointe au Baril, Ontario 

          University of Toronto Alumni Book Fair, Toronto, Ontario

2005 - OCAD Mystery WHODUNIT Art Auction, Toronto, Ontario

2004 - Flamborough ‘Open House’ Studio Tour, Flamborough Township, Ontario

         Ojibway Club Group Art Show, Pointe au Baril, Ontario

         Kaleidoscope 2004, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario

         CIBC Wood Gundy Art Auction, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario

2003 -‘Toronto-Artists Inspiration’ Praxis Gallery, Toronto

         Flamborough ‘Open House’ Studio Tour, Flamborough, Ontario

         Burlington Art Centre Foundation Gala Auction, Burlington Art Centre, Ontario

         CIBC Wood Gundy Art Auction, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario

         Women’s Art Association of Hamilton, Select Juried Show Royal Botanical Gardens

2002 - Burlington Fine Art Association, Juried Fall Show, Burlington Art Centre, Ontario

        ‘Salon des Refuses’, Juried Summer Show Woodstock Art Gallery, Ontario

         Women’s Art Association of Hamilton, Juried Spring Show, Hamilton Art Gallery

         CIBC Wood Gundy Art Auction, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario

2001- McMichael 11th Autumn Art Sale, McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, Ontario

         Hillfield-Strathallan 150th Anniversary Fundraiser, Liuna Station, Hamilton

         WAAH - Juried Summer Show, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

         Merrill Lynch Art Auction, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario

2000 - ‘Shades of Blue - 2000’ Upper Canada College, Toronto

         The Women’s Art Association of Canada - Group Show-Spring, Toronto

         ‘20@2000’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario - Summer

2000/1999 - ‘OCAD/Canadian Antique Dealers Association’ Auction Galas, Toronto

          The Women’s Art Association of Canada Group Show- Autumn, Toronto

1998/1997 - ‘Wild in the City I & II’ Evergreen Foundation, Toronto

1997 - ‘Spirits of Power’ A Space, Toronto 
          ‘Stools Paradise’ Women’s Art Association, Toronto

1996 - ‘Design the Perfect Chair for Barbie’ (Competition Finalist)
          International Contemporary Furniture Fair, N.Y, N.Y. USA- 
          then on to Vitra Design Museum, Germany

1995 - The Foundation for the Hospital for Sick Children, Sotheby’s of Canada

          Ojibway Club Group Art Show, Pointe au Baril, Ontario

1994 -‘Fund Raiser’ Street Kids International, CBC Building, Toronto

          Via licensed manufacturers MLH Furniture Designs were introduced at:

               - The Verona Furniture Show, Verona, ITALY 
               - The Milan Furniture Fair, Milan, ITALY
               - The Koln Furniture Exhibition, Cologne, GERMANY
               - The Chicago Casual Furniture Show, Chicago, U.S.A.

1992 - ‘Colmin Fine Art Auction’, Markham, Ontario

1990 - ‘Hamilton Art Gallery Fair’ Hamilton Art Gallery, Ontario

1988 - ‘Dundurn Castle Summer Craft Show’, Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Ontario 

---- Member of the Hamilton Arts Council, The Arts & Culture Council of Burlington, The Fine Art Society of Milton, Filmmaker's Alliance of Burlington, The Women's Art Association of Hamilton, SOCAN and Access Copyright.

ACORN PRESS CANADA & MLH Productions 

ISBN/CISS – Registered with National Library of Canada

Order via your favourite bookstore (with ISBN), or contact Margaret Lindsay Holton

TRILLIUM by MLHolton 

Finalist for the 26th Annual Hamilton Literary Awards

Spanning a period of 250 years, three distinct families evolve in Golden Horseshoe wine-making region of southern Ontario. Expect highs, lows, good, bad ... and everything in-between ... in this third novel from Canadian artist, Margaret Lindsay Holton,

ISBN 978-0-9921272-8-2 - 340 pgs, paperback or ebook
Now Available on Amazon! 

CD - CANADADA:TAKE TWO
65 minutes / 35 tracks
Spoken Word & Garageband Ditties
A Sound Celebration for Canada's Sesquicentennial
by Canadian Artist, M.L.Holton
ISBN: 978-0-9921272-5-1
Give a listen - HERE.

Buy the CD, $10 + S&H, for Posterity HERE.
Thanks for supporting Canadian Culture!

The Frozen Goose - DVD - (25 min)
(with Blooper & Behind-the-Scenes Reel!)
Celebrated Canadian Short Story of WW1 
Written & Directed by M.L.Holton 

Collector's Limited First Edition
Available SEPT, 2016. 
UPDATE: SOLD OUT.
Watch On-line: HERE.

Summer Haze

Piano Improv on century-old Bell Upright
Music CD, slim jewel case 4/4, 7 tracks -
Buy ON-LINE  - $20 (tax, S&H, extra)
Copyright protected with IRSC / UPC
Published by Acorn Press Canada
ISBN: 978-0-9921272-1-3 / UPC: 703610196735

First Release: September, 2014 - 100 copies
Performed by Margaret Lindsay Holton
Member of SOCAN / CARFAC

Josephine's Garden 

- The Great Lakes Garden Project - Book 1

by Margaret Lindsay Holton 

Publication Date: Fall, 2013 - Collector's First Edition of 25

AVAILABLE - (Only 17 left) Contact the artist
ISBN: 0-9921272-0-6  - Hardcover

MLH Productions/Acorn Press Canada 

Page Count: 44  - Trim Size: 9x11 - Price - $120

WHITE OUT: Photo Erasures

An Art Book by Margaret Lindsay Holton 
(NB: The cover is pure black. This is a sample of the work in the book)

AVAILABLE - Contact the artist
ISBN: 978-0-9691362-9-3  

Acorn Press Canada, Spring 2013- Hardcover

Page Count: 24  - Trim Size: 6x8 Price - $40  

CANADADA: A Painter’s Nature

by Margaret Lindsay Holton

ISBN: 978-0-9691362-7-9  

AVAILABLE - (Only 9 left) Contact the artist

Acorn Press Canada, 2011–Collector's First Edition of 25

Page Count: 70  - Trim Size: 9x11 - Hardcover

Price: $130 

MEMORY'S SHADOW: Pinhole & Photo Collage Photography 

by Margaret Lindsay Holton

ISBN 978-0-9691362-6-2  

AVAILABLE - (Only 27 left) Contact the artist

Acorn Press Canada, 2010 –Collector's First Edition of 50

Page Count: 84 - Trim Size: 9x11 - Hardcover

Price: $160

 
Bush Chord’ New Poems & Pinhole Photographs 
By Margaret Lindsay Holton 

SOLD OUT

ISBN:0-9691362-4-2 / CISS logbook: ISBN 978-0-9691362-4-8   
Acorn Press Canada, 2006

Page Count: 38 - Trim Size: 6x9 - Softcover

* RE-ISSUED in 2012 as an E-Book
  (ISBN: 978-0-9691362-8-6 ) via Amazon.ca  Price: $9.00
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The Gilded Beaver by Anonymous

 By Margaret Lindsay Holton

ISBN: 0-9691362-2-6 / CISS logbook: ISBN 978-0-9691362-2-4  

AVAILABLE - Contact the artist - or Order via Amazon

(Winner of The Hamilton Arts Council Best Fiction Award 1999)

Acorn Press Canada, 1999 - Collector's First Edition of 800

Page Count: 218 - Trim Size: 6x9 - Softcover
Price: $79.95

  

 


On Top of Mount Nemo

By Margaret Lindsay Holton

ISBN:0-9691362-3-4 / CISS logbook: ISBN 978-0-9691362-3-1  

SOLD OUT

Acorn Press Canada, 2002 . 
Page Count: 86 - Trim Size: 6x9 - Softcover

Economic Sex

by (pen name) Ali Janna Whyte'

Published by Coach House Press, Toronto (now defunct)

ISBN:0-88910-279-1 / 0889102791  

OUT OF PRINT

 (Available in the Rare book section at the National Library under

The Nicky Drumbolis Collection of Coach House Press)

Page Count:: 226  - Trim Size: 6x9  - Softcover

Spirit of Toronto: 1834-1984

Compiled & Edited by Margaret Lindsay Holton

ISBN:0-9691362-0-X  / CISS logbook: ISBN 978-0-9691362-0-0)  

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Published by Image Publishing, Toronto/Hamilton (now defunct)

Page Count: 220 Trim Size: 6x9 - Hardcover

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