
by Phunky London Art Gallery
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Phunky London Art Gallery presents the visual art of Miklos Legrady. The works shown combine today's art narratives and cultural currents. We focus on artwork that is contemporary with an edge and show artists working at the forefront of an aesthetic and visual language.
In media partnership with Hudson Coldblue

Miklos Legrady is a visual artist, anti-hero and protagonist who’s expecting trouble. He steps out of the art world’s blind spot, deconstructing myths and fictions. Emerging as a hybrid between scholar, ad buster, and poli-sci commentator, Legrady moves through a world of political, social, and cultural intrigues, trends, and events; like the Energizer Bunny, Legrady just keeps on going and going.
Legrady is represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada’s Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Canada Council Art Bank, along with private collections and the Rhizome Artbase. His work has been shown across Canada and internationally through exhibitions in the USA, England, France, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary, Spain and Japan.
solo exhibitions
2019 Art Theory for Facebook, Phunky London Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 Théorie de l’art sur Médias Sociaux, Phunky London Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 War! Installation, Roadside Attractions, Toronto, ON
2010 The Effect of Gamma Rays, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
2009 Adding Insult to Imagery, Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto, ON
2008 Fountain of Doom, Centennial College/Centre for Creative Communication, Toronto, ON
2008 Fountain of Doom, Centennial College/Wallace Studio, Toronto, ON
2008 Fountain of Doom, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON
2007 Fountain of Doom, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
2007 No Bad Art, OCAD street interventions, Toronto, ON
2007 No Bad Art, street interventions, Toronto, ON
2003 Chocolate Covered Fish, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 Chocolate Covered Fish, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001 Traumwelt, Cameron Public House, Toronto, ON
1997 Traumwelt, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
1996 Neither Marx nor Jesus, K.O.A.P., New York, N.Y.
1995 No Bad Art, street interventions, Collective Unconscious, New York, N.Y.
1995 Neither Marx nor Jesus, The Limelight, New York, N.Y.
1994 Neither Marx nor Jesus, The Collective Unconscious, New York, N.Y.
1994 Neither Marx nor Jesus, The Gas Station, New York, N.Y.
1993 Notes from the Lab, The Gargoyle Mechanique Laboratory, New York, N.Y.
1993 Visual Language, Educational Alliance, New York, N.Y.
1991 Surprised? It’s Art! Galerie Séquence, Chicoutimi, QC
1991 20th Century Images, Artspace, Peterborough, ON
1991 20th Century Images, Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1987 Mythical Creatures With Human Features, Focus Gallery, Montréal, QC
1987 Catastrophy Theory, Vu Gallery, Québec, QC
1986 Catastrophy Theory, Photographers’ Union, Hamilton, ON
1985 Catastrophy Theory, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1985 Catastrophy Theory, Garnet Press, Toronto, ON
1985 I Want To Bite The Hand That Feeds Me, Center Eye Gallery, Calgary, AB
1985 I Want To Bite The Hand That Feeds Me, The National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
1984 I Want To Bite The Hand That Feeds Me, Optica Gallery, Montréal, QC
1984 I Want To Bite The Hand That Feeds Me, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, ON
collections
National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Fringe Research Holographics, Toronto, ON
Nikon Canada Ltd., Montréal, QC
Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
Polaroid Corp., Boston, Massachusetts
University of Ottawa, ON
Myra Goddard Research Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
Rhizome Artbase, New York, N.Y.
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Private collections
bibliography
Rachel Greene, Internet Art, 2018, A book published by Thames and Hudson, London UK
Cardboard Paintings, Miklos Legrady, Hamilton Arts & Letters, Issue 9.1, 2016
Interview, Earth Magazine, Toronto, January 2017
Painting cover image, We Have to Watch, Geoff Nilson, Quilliad Press, February 2016
Lisa McMahon and the Death of Painting, Fjords Review · Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. Fall/Winter 2015/2016
Whipping the dead horse of painting, NuWork magazine, Spring. 2015.
Fountain of Doom, Agency Magazine, Vancouver, BC. 2007
Fountain of Doom, Grimm Magazine, Kitchener, ON. 2007
Beau. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 1992
Blackflash (Saskatoon) (1989)
Gosselin, Gaétan. “The question of politics in current Québec photography.”
Latitudes and Parallels. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1983
Miles, Geoff. “Miklos Legrady at Garnet Press.” Vanguard (Vancouver) (1985)
Mirabile Visu. Hull, Quebec: Musée de la Civilisation, 1990
“New Works: Artists’ Supplement.” C Magazine (Toronto), no. 7 (1985)
“Obsessive Love.” Cedar Tavern issue. Unbearables Magazine (New York), no. 2 (1995)
Power Plays. Edinburgh: Stills Gallery, 1989
Souvenir-Écran. Quebec: Vu Gallery, 1994
Chair Show. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975
Exposure. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975
published writing
2019 David Urban @ Corkin gallery, Tussle Magazine, (New York), March
2019 Bruno Billio / Tron 209, Tussle Magazine, (New York), March
2019 Decenter Redux II, YYZ artist outlet publications, Toronto, ON
2019 Duchamp and the science of art, Contemporary Aesthetics, RISD (New York), February
2018 Rae Jonhson in Toronto, Painting in Canada, New Art Examiner (Chicago), December
2018 Is MOMUS returning to art criticism? Is Canadian Art magazine neglecting it? New Art Examiner (Chicago), November
2018 Luis Jacob ten years later, New Art Examiner (Chicago), August
2018 Shocking behavior at the A.G.O., and other accusations by the professional justice warrior, Luxenburg Magazine, August, Berlin, Germany
2018 If you’re a recent graduate, you’re not an artist nor a curator, Arts and Opinion (Montreal), August
2018 Canadian Postmodern, a Cognitive Dissonance, Maple Tree Literary Supplement, Montreal QC. May
2018 So Lewitt Demystified, New Art Examiner (Chicago), April
2018 Geoffrey Farmer in Venice, New Art Examiner (Chicago), April
2018 Jerry Saltz and the devil in disguise, New Art Examiner (Chicago) March
2018 Duchamp, who proved that art isn’t anything you can get away with, Grimsby Art Gallery, Opening lecture for the Art Café Lecture Series, Jan. 19, Grismby, ON
2017 The Curious Case of Marcel Duchamp, part1, New Art Examiner (Chicago) Ill
2017 The Curious Case of Marcel Duchamp, part2, New Art Examiner (Chicago) Ill
2017 Destabilizing Marcel Duchamp, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2017, Arts and Opinion (Montreal)
2017 Ydessa Hendeles, The Milliner’s Daughter, Tussle Magazine, N.Y.
2017 The Corruption of Canadian art, Maple Tree Literary Supplement, Ottawa, ON
2017 Deconstructing Walter Benjamin, Journal of Contemporary Aesthetics (RISD), N.Y.
2016 Deconstructing Walter Benjamin, conversations.e.flux
2016 She paints it personal, Rae Johnson, Tussle Magazine, N.Y.
2015 Walter Benjamin & semiotic art in the age of digital comprehension, Hamliton Art & Letters, Hamilton, ON
2015 Adorno, Deleuze and Guattari, the Gods that failed. Maple Tree Literary Supplement. Ottawa, ON
2015 Martin Luther Paradigm, Kapsula Magazine, Toronto, ON
group exhibitions
2019 FACIO, with ARTIFACTS, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2018 The Listening Ground, with ARTIFACTS, Eco Art 2018, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2018 Re:animation, The Unrealized Projects, Ksenia Yurkova, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Among Questions Raised, with ARTIFACTS, Ontario Society of Artists, 145th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2016 Ted Hiebert – Imaginary Friend, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC
2015 Feminist FOMO NOMO, with ARTIFACTS, OCADU, Toronto, ON
2015 Feminist Architecture, with ARTIFACTS, Artscape/Youngplace, Toronto, ON
2015 Feminist Architecture, with ARTIFACTS, OCADU, Toronto, ON
2015 WIFF, Wardrobe International Film Festival, Roadside Attractions, Toronto, ON
2014 Agency of Unrealized Projects, Vidkole & Aranda, New York, NY
2014 The In-Tension2, Seiji Shimoda, Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts de Besançon (ISBA), France, and epitelesis Performance Art Foundation, Athens, Greece
2013 The In-Tension, Seiji Shimoda, epitelesis Performance Art Foundation, Athens, Greece
2013 Darkness at the Edge, curated by Thom Sokoloski, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 Narrow and Wide, Scotiabank CONTACT 2013, IX Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 ARTIFACTS performance group, Feminist Art Conference, Toronto, ON
2012 ARTIFACTS performance group, Pentimenti, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2012 ARTIFACTS performance group, Individual Points of Fiction, A Space, Toronto, ON
2012 Timeraiser, Framework Foundation, Ottawa, ON
2012 Timeraiser, Framework Foundation, Edmonton, AB
2012 ArtToronto.ca Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 Contacting Toronto, Scotiabank CONTACT 2012, TTC subway platform screens, Toronto, ON
2012 Dreamworld Color, Scotiabank CONTACT 2012, Junction Dundas West, Toronto, ON
2012 Artist’s Book of the Moment, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON
2012 An Artists’ Affair, Artists’ Health Centre Foundatio, Carlu, Toronto, ON
2012 Bank On Art, Artworks displayed on ATM machines, curated by Kelly McCray, Toronto, ON
2012 Big Art Book digital anthology, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, ON
2011 Timeless, curated by Moses Znaimer, Direct Energy Centre, CNE, and Twist Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 Spin 7, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2011 Renewal, Courvoisier Collective, Toronto, ON
2011 Passages, Art Gallery of Peel, Peel, ON
2011 Public bench Project, Liberty Village, Toronto, ON
2011 With Us At Every Age, CONTACT Photography Festival, I.M.A. Gallery, Ryerson U., Toronto, ON
2010 Gallery Artists, Moos Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Colliers, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2010 Nuit Blanche, Fountain of Doom, Moos Gallery/Milagio Rest., Toronto, ON
2010 (And) We All Fall Down: Cautionary Tales, 2-person show, Grimsby Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2010 Exposed: The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2010 SNAP – AIDS committee, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 The Kingston Prize 2009, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Waddington’s Auction House, Toronto, ON., Acadian University Art Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Grand Theatre, Kingston, ON
2009 Area Artist Show, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.
2008 Evil Ducky, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, ON
2008 Evil Ducky, Durham Gallery, Silent Auction, Durham, ON
2008 Timeraiser, Framework Fundation, Vancouver, BC
2008 Whodunit? Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, ON
2008 No Bad Art 2008, Nuit Blanche, 401 Richmond, Art In The Hall, Toronto, ON
2008 Blink, CONTACT Photography Festival, Evil Ducky, Centennial College/Wallace Studios, Toronto, ON
2007 The Anonymous Art Awards, New York, N.Y.
2007 The Artworld Eats Its Own, with Artcrime: Ulysses Castellanos, sheetalina, Aliyyah Fazil, Miklos Legrady. Alter Toronto, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2007 Public bench Project, Liberty Village, Toronto, ON
2007 No Bad Art 2007, Nuit Blanche, Dyan Marie Projects, Bloor Nightlight, Toronto, ON
2007 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Kingston Prize, Honourable Mention, Canadian Portraiture – Painting competition, Kingston, ON
2007 PROPAGANDA III, (touring) START SOMA gallery, San Fransisco, CA
2007 12 ON 12, CCCA benefit, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2006 Photorama, TPW / Toronto Photography Workshop, Toronto, ON
2006 Paint Jam, Dyan Marie Projects, Toronto, ON
2006 Public bench Project, Liberty Village, Toronto, ON
2006 Nike/OCAD Benefit, Joga Bonito, Queen st. west, Toronto, ON
2006 Toronto Art Expo, Toronto School of Art, Metro Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
2005 Ability, Steamwhistle Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 Dexteritas , The Cryptic Canvas, Distillery District, Toronto, ON
2005 Queen West Art Scum Garage Sale, MOCCA, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON
2005 5th Anniversary Group Show, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 Slowtime?…….. Cinematheque by Agricola de Cologne, Le-musée Divisioniste Cologne, Germany
2003 Fanny Larouche Artspace, Toronto, ON
2003 Artists Legal Advice Services (ALAS), Toronto, ON
2003 December Group show, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003 Works on Paper, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 L’academie Amiens, Amiens, France
2003 Le Médiathèque du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, QC
2001 A Kodak Moment. Publikation Uden Navn. København, Denmark
2001 Taking On Colour Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
2001 Cultural Resistance, Studio Cleo, London, UK
2001 Artcrimes, ARCO-EL MUNDO Net-Art, Madrid, Spain
2001 ArtCrimes, Wigged.net. April – May 2001, New York, N.Y.
2001 Holokaust, Art of / Art Against Torture and Execution, The Kaliningrad Branch of the National Center for Contemporary Art, Kaliningrad, Russia
2000 Holokaust, INFOS 2000 “net.art” Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000 Holokaust, Rhizome Artbase, an online documentation and preservation archive for Internet art, New York, N.Y.
2000 ArtCrimes, Art on the Net 2000, Machida, Japan
1999 Kosovo War, An Internet Project. Postmasters Gallery, New York, N. Y.
1998 Internet Kovek, Magyar Kulturahaz, Budapest, Hungary
1998 Internet Galaxy, Iparmuveszti Museum, Budapest, Hungary
1998 Fluxus, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
1997 Theatre of Objects, Yukon Arts Center, Whitehorse, Yukon
1997 Theatre of Objects Michigan State U., East Lansing. M.I.
1996 The Tunnel, curated by Michael Alig, New York, N.Y.
1996 KOAP Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1995 Pseudo Inc., Prodigy Internet. New York, N.Y.
1993 Artists in Residence, Interference Hologram Gallery, Toronto, ON
1992 Beau, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa ,ON
1991 Theatre of Objects, Exxon Cntr. Calgary, AB
1991 Theatre of Objects, Musée de la Civilisation, touring Québec
1991-1996 Le Réel et ces Simulacres, Centre nationale d’exposition, Jonquière, Centre d’exposition Plein Sud, Longueil, Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Centre culturel de l’Université de Sherbrooke, Palais Montcalm, Québec, Délégation générale du Québec, Paris, France, Halle au Blé, Normandie, France, Espace Contretype, Bruxelles, Belgique
1990 Optica Gallery, Montréal, QC
1989 Mirabile Visu (Faire Image), Musée de la Civilisation, Québec, QC
1989 Power Plays, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1989 Power Plays, Canada House, London and tour of England
1989 Foto Fest, Houston, Texas
1988 Foto Fest, Houston, Texas
1985 Garnet Press, Toronto, ON
1983 Latitudes & Parallels, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1978 Hansen Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1978 Optica Gallery, Montréal, QC
1978 Open Studio, Victoria, BC
1977 National Film Board, Stills Photography Gallery, Ottawa, ON
1976 George Legrady / Miklos Legrady, A Space, Toronto, ON
1975 Chair Show, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
1975 Exposure, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
1973 Photography and Cinema, Cinemathèque québecoise, Montréal, QC