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 otherEmployment History
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.Education
University of Guelph, Bachelor of Science, Agriculture (Bsc.Agr.) degree with honours, 1980, Guelph, Ontario
Solo Exhibitions
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, Ontario2005, “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
Two Person Exhibitions
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
Group Exhibitions
2012, "Gallery 111 Grand Opening, Gallery 111, Barrie, Ontario
2012, "North of 89 Studio Tour", Idlewild North, Creemore, Ontario
2012, "Creemore Festival of the Arts - Hilltop Elements at Idlewild North", Idlewild North, Creemore, Ontario
2012, "Summer Show", Ridge West, Oro Medonte, Ontario
2012, "Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) Foundation Charity Art Show and Sale", Edward Jones, Penetanguishene, 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, Ontario2006, "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
Musical Events
2013, February 10, "Songwriters’ Art, Original Tunes, Sunday Afternoons - Featuring Roy Hickling and Ed Moll", Gallery 111, Barrie, Ontario
2012, November 11, "Remembrance Day Concert" Open Folk, Barrie, Ontario
2012, October 13, "True Stories, True Songs - an Evening of Original Music by Roy Hickling", Double Door Studios and Gallery, Anten Mills, Ontario.
2012, July 6, "Summer Show", Ridge West, Oro Medonte, Ontario
2012, May 20, "Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) Foundation Charity Art Show and Sale", Edward Jones, Penetanguishene, Ontario
2012, April 28, "Country & Folk: Roy Hickling, Nancy Dutra and Chris Bennett", Double Door Studios and Gallery, Anten Mills, 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, Ontario2010, 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, Ontario2006, "Maple Syrup Festival", The Palace, Elmvale, Ontario
2006, "House Concert for Claudia McKnight", Barrie, OntarioRecordings
Roy Hickling - a little time (SOCAN), copyright and publishing, words and music by Roy Hickling, 2010. Released 2011
Curatorial Experience
1996 to 1997 “MacLaren Against the Grain; The Fafard Field Project”, Artist Joe Fafard, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
Speaking Engagements
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, 2002MacLaren 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
Selected Publications
Susan Doolan, "Hickling art a sight for sore eyes", The Barrie Examiner, Barrie, Ontario, February 17, 2011 p. C1.
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 & 3Suan 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
Selected Media Involvement
CIUT 89.5 FM - "Acoustic Workshop", Heather Fielding hosts Roy for a one hour feature interview, December 3, 2012.
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 2000CBC 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
Teaching, Volunteer Experience and other
Founder and host of “Songwriters’ Art, Original Tunes, Sunday Afternoons”, an ongoing concert series on the second Sunday afternoon of each month, featuring local musicians performing original material at Gallery 111, Barrie, Ontario
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.
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.
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.Song writing workshops - Mariposa July 2009 & 2010, Orillia Ontario.
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