EDUCATION
1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts York University, Toronto
1987 Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, York University, Toronto
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
a little a lot, The Cotton Factory, Hamilton On
2023
The Drey Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022
The Assembly Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
2020
Birch Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2019
The Assembly, Hamilton ON
The Fish Factory, Falmouth UK
2018
The Assembly, Hamilton ON
2017
Just Dandy, AKA artist-run, Saskatoon. Two person show with Thirza Cuthand
The Body Thieves. Art Gallery of Burlington. Two person show with Lisa J Irvine
2015
Gallery Gachet, Vancouver. Two person show with Quin Martins
Hundred Dollar Gallery, Hamilton ON. Two person show with Donna Akrey
2014
Untitled Art Society, Calgary, Alberta
2013
b contemporary, Hamilton, ON
Stunt Double, Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton, ON Two person show with Leslie Furness
2011
Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Artspace, Peterborough, Ont.
Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
2010
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Transit Gallery, Hamilton ON
2009
McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario,London, Ont.
Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto
2008
Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ont.
Transit Gallery, Hamilton, Ont.
The New Gallery, Calgary Alberta
The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasedena, California
2007
Transit Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2006
Gallery Deluxe Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2004
Robert Birch Gallery
Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford
Transit Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2001
Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
Gallery Stratford, ON
1999
Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
1996
Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Material Choices, Art Gallery of Hamilton
The 8th International Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition,Ukraine
NAX5, The Cotton Factory, Hamilton
Homecoming, 10 Years in Print, Smockestack Studio, Hamilton ON
Piecework, The Assembly, Hamilton ON
2023
Fairytales, Paul Elia Gallery, Hamilton ON
Cellophane Wrapper, Proteus Creation Space, Basingstoke, UK
2022
Vanishing Act, Sun Wah Centre, Vancouver, BC
Fibreworks 2022, Cambridge Art Galleries, Cambridge ON
Is this real life, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON
Funhouse, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga
2021
Vorsicht: Kunstler- Textbotschaften in der Kunst, Kunsttempl, Kassel Germany
The Post It Note Show, Makeshift Shows, UK
The World's Shittiest Exhibition, Uncovered Collective, London, UK
Pansies, Paul Elia Gallery, curated by The Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2020
Pricks. Men Who Sew, The Assembly, Hamilton, Canada
Presently, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON
YacYacTacTac, A Virtual Show of Artist Multiples, Vancouver, BC
Un Touchable, SomoS Art House, Berlin, Germany
Capacity 1, Assembly Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
Hamilton No Name Biennale, Paul Elia Gallery, Hamilton ON
2019
Shape Open, Nunnery Gallery, London UK
Body, Thought Foundation, Birtley, UK
Skin Soft Flesh, Ventolin Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
Queer Ways of Being, 35 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, UK
2018
Surfaces, LoosenArt, Millepiani Gallery, Rome
Wanderings, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, curated by Shannon Anderson
Colour My World, Socially Engaged Art Salon/BMECP, Brighton, UK
2017
Queer Landscapes, Queer Intersections, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
That's So Gay: Uprising, curated by Syrus Marcus Ware, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Ontario Ink 150, Centre 3, Hamilton ON
2016
Images In Our Heads, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
This Could be the Place, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo
2015
TH&B United, Hamilton
A Minimal Doubt, Videofag, Toronto
Hard Twist 10, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
2014
Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS, The Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Cirque, Burlington, Ontario
Life & Limb, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia Ontario
Supercrawl, Hamilton , Ontario
2013
Portes Ouverts, Cite International des Arts, Paris, France
Fibermen 3, Kherson, Ukraine
Flatlanders and Surface Dwellers, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Be Our Guest, Oriel Davies, Newtown, Wales
2012
Qualia, Centre 3, Hamilton, Ontario
TH&B, Hamilton, Ontario
2011
Veiled, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2009
Sucker Punch, Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton, Ontario
ReMix, Cienfuegos Art Center, Cuba
2008
Urban Jealousy, Tehran Biennial, Istanbul, Berlin
2007
Artfirm Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Le Petit Mort Gallery, Ottawa
2006
Transit Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
artpositive, Xspace, Toronto, Ontario
2005
Loose Canon Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
Critical Mass, Transit Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
OSA Annual Juried Drawing Show, Toronto, Ontario
2003
art @ suite500, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2001
Toronto International Art Fair
2000
Snapshot, Museum of Contemporary Art, Baltimore
Canadian Gay and Lesbian National Portrait Collection
Museologic, Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Mississauga
Art Box 1998, York University
25 Lives, Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archive, Toronto
1997 Kicking the Covers, Artists' Books and Multiples, Art Gallery of Ontario
GRANTS
2013 Canada Council International Residency, Paris
2013 Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career Grant
2008-9 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants
2006 Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career Grant
2006 Cadre San Francisco Artist’s Grant
1996 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
1992 Canada Council Short Term Grant
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Agnes Etherington Art Center
The Gallery, Stratford
The Art Gallery of Mississauga
University of Toronto Art Center
Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archive
Business Development Bank of Canada
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Trizec Hahn Corporation
Toronto Dominion Bank
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hampton, Chris. "These laborious handcrafts help Andrew McPhail process his feelings on illness, one sequin at a time" CBC, February 2, 2021
Haggo, Regina. “A Common Thread”, The Hamilton Spectator, December 26, 2020
Library X: Word Power, 2019
Sutherland, Caitlin, CRYBABY, Untitled Art Society, 2014
Bennett, Melissa, all my little failures: Andrew McPhail, AGH, 2010
Jurakic, Ivan, "it hurts less if you pull it off quickly", McIntosh Gallery, 2009
Lupypciw, Wednesday, all my little failures, The New Gallery 2008
Hollick, Laura, "Yummy", View Magazine, Vol 13 #45, 2007
Haggo, Regina, "Artists Start Your Engines", Hamilton Spectator, Sept. 18, 2004
Goddard, Peter, "Tails That Never End", The Toronto Star, July 24, 2004
Dault, Gary Micheal, Gallery Going, The Globe and Mail, March 27, 1999
Reid, Stuart, Decorology, The Art Gallery of Mississauga, 1996
Homogenius 4, 1995
Homogenius 3, 1993
