curriculum vitae
ALLAN HARDING MacKay
ahmackay@hotmail.com
Tel: 403-760-1804
www.allanhardingmackay.ca
Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August 26, 1944
EDUCATION
- Nova Scotia College of Art, Associate Diploma, Fine Art / Art Education Major, 1967
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
- Transitive Space: The Afghanistan Series: Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
- Countenances: Portrait Series: Moore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008
- Observing the Observer: Survey: 25 Years; Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Prince Edward Island
2007
- Double Bind, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
2004
- Source Derivations IX (Vasily Fedosenko), University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2002
- Somalia Yellow: Allan Harding MacKay, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Source/Derivations VIII: The Golden Lotus and Alice Unbound,Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
- Source/Derivations VII (Smith & Hagen) Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
2000
- New Figurative Works, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
- Yellowhead Series, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999
- "work In progress", Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1998
- Somalia Yellow Vignettes, Stride Gallery, Calgary Alberta
- Operation Deliverance, Portrait of a Mission, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Ontario
1997
- Source Derivations V (Holgate), McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
- Works on paper, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
1996
- Mohammed Mountain Question: An Extended Drawing and Other Works, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1995
- Portrait + Hodler Series Drawings, Genereux Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- Source Derivations IV (Rodin), Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
- Mohammed Mountain Question: An Extended Drawing, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
1994
- Somalia Series: Department of National Defense Collection, Victoria University, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
- Source Derivations III (Benner), Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1993
- From Charlottetown to Mogadishu: Drawings and Works on Paper, Extension Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- Question Proof: Artist Window Project, Lake Galleries, Toronto, Ontario
1992
- Allan Harding MacKay, Five Families and Other Works 1985-1992, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Prince Edward Island
- Source Derivations II (Harris), Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1989
- Recent Work, Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- Some Critical Countenances, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Source Derivations I(Thomson), Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario
1988
- Recent Work, Grunwald/Watterson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- Recent Work, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1987
- The Mohammed Mountain Question: An Extended Drawing, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1986
- Five Families, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Prince Edward I
- Variations on Hodler, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
- Variations on Hodler, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Selections from Variations on Hodler, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
- Recent Work, Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1985
- Beispiel/Example, Multi Media Installation, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Mountain My Yes and other Densities, Multi Media Installation, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
1984
- Aquarellen und Oel auf Papier, Galerie Kreutz, Nideau, Switzerland
- Aquarellen und Oel auf Papier, Galerie Engelhaus, Langnau, Switzerland
1982
- Book Works and Audio Tapes, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
- A Brush With War :Canadian War Museum National Traveling Exhibition
2008
- Drawing Conclusions, McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg,On.
- Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga On.
2007
- Hit or Miss, Drawing Show, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
- Witness Series: Somalia Vignettes: Wall Drawing/Video, University of WaterlooArt Gallery, Ontario
2006
- Dark Matter, Confederation Centre Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, PEI
2005
- War: a contemporary look, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, On
2004
- Our River: Journey of the Bow, Glenbow Museum, Calgary
- Identities; Canadian Portrait s, The McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, On
2003
- Gallery 2005,Calgary Tower, Calgary, Alberta
- The Bigger Picture: Portraits from Ottawa, The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, On
2002
- Artists from Ontario :The Canada Council Art Bank, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario
- Western Panic!Art Gallery of Calgary, Alberta
2001
- Conflicts of Interest; Recent and Historical Sites of War, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
- Recent Portraits, Art Placement, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Magnetic North (Canadian Experimental Video) Touring
- Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis* Plug In, Winnipeg *Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon *University Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley *Art Gallery of Hamilton *Art Gallery of Calgary *Festival International du Film sur l’art, Montreal* Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge*The Power Plant,Toronto *Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge *Wexner Centre for the Arts, Columbus *Canadian Centre for Contemporary Photography,Ottawa
2000
- AIM for Arts, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Arts 2000, Royal Academy of the Arts, Gallery Stratford, Ontario
- The Works Visual Arts Festival Exhibition, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta
- The Single Tree (In Canadian Art), Museum London, London, Ontario
- Poetic Narratives, Thoughts on Canadian Film and VideoArt, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario
1999
- Siting Conflict (War Zones Part 1), Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
- Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1998, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
- The Trail to Skoki, artists expedition, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
1998
- Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1998, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
- Fragile Electrons: Twenty years of collecting Video Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Drawing the Line: Sherwood Village Branch Library, Regina, Saskatchewan
- Regrouping a Living Legacy, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
1995
- Hidden Values: Canadian Corporations Collect, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
1994
- Group Show, Genereux Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1993
- Reflecting Paradise, Expo 93, Taejon, South Korea
1992
- Renderings: Drawing Invitational, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Prince Edward Island
1992
- Cold City Invitational, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990
- National Drawing Invitational, Extension Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1989
- Book Works, A Space, Toronto, Ontario
1988
- Anthropos II, Kunstmuseum, Berne, Switzerland
- Scripta manent, Galeria des arts Lavalin, Montreal, Quebec
- Eighty/Twenty: 100 Years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1987
- Weihnachtsausstellung Bernischer Maler und Bildhauer, Kunsthalle, Berne, Switzerland
1986
- Group Drawing Exhibition, National Drawing Competition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
1985
- Woman Laughing in a Pigment Storm (Audio Portrait), Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
1984
- Weihnachtsausstellung Bernischer Maler und Bildhauer, Kunsthalle, Berne, Switzerland
- Evidence of the Avant Grant Since 1957, Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario
1978
- Drawing Exhibition, Extension Services of the Edmonton art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1977
- Reeder/MacKay: Works on Paper, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1973
- Halifax/Vancouver Exchange, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1969
- Young Artists as Young Artists as, Centennial Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
COLLABORATIONS / COMMISSIONS
- Numerous private portrait commissions over the years
2008
- Speakers Corner, Kitchener, Ontario
2007
- Pape Subway Station, Toronto Ontario
- Activa Sports Complex, Kitchener Ontario
2005/6
- Veterans Memorial, Queens Park, Toronto Ontario collaboration with Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg landscape architects
2002
- Somalia Yellow Theatre Performance with One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary Alberta
2001
- Miasma: Spectacles of Fantasy,18 min video, Myra Davis/ Gudren Gut and The Banff Centre for the Arts
- Skoki Vignettes, 17 min video, The Banff Centre for the Arts /The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
2000
- In the Spirit of Jon, 19 min video, Banff Centre for the Arts/The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Somalia Project cont…Descant literary journal#108,photo/text project
1999
- "WATER", Blackflash magazine, photo/text artist project Insert, April Issue
- Maya, CD ROM cover art for music by Donald Rubinstein
- Somalia Yellow Blood, video Allan Harding MacKay/Musics Donald Rubinstein
1998
- "Borrow a corpse for the Souls return", Descant literary journal, photo/text project, Volume 29 #4
- Somalia Yellow performance with One Yellow Rabbit Theatre ensemble as part of High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, Alberta
- Elsewhereless, opera by Atom Egoyan and Rodney Sharman, designer Philip Barker, selected Somalia Yellow Vignettes are integrated into opera set, performed in Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver
- The Somalia Series (Abattoir) 1997, three 4-colour photos based lithographs commissioned by Velvet Antler Editions, The Banff Centre for the Arts
1994
- Somalia Series, etching/aquatint, Georgian College, Barrie Ontario
1993
- Artist cover project, Arts Atlantic, winter
GRANTS/AWARDS
2008
- Kitchener Waterloo Visual Arts Award
- Royal Canadian Academy Inductee
2002
- Canada Council Established Artist Grant
2000
- Canada Council Travel Grant
1999
- Canada Council for the Arts Senior Grant
- Silver Apple Award, National Educational Media Network, Oakland California for video "Somalia Yellow Vignettes"
1998
- Canada Council for the Arts Senior Grant
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
- ROSIE best experimental video "Somalia Yellow Vignettes", Alberta Motion Pictures Industry Association
1997
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts Video Grant
1995
- Ontario Arts Council Artist Grant
1992
- Ontario Arts Council Artist Grant
1991
- Canada Council Travel Grant
1986
- Canada Council Arts Grant B
1985
- Canada Council Short Term Grant
1984
- Canada Council Arts Grant B
1983
- Canada Council Arts Grant B
1979
- Canada Council Project Grant
COLLECTIONS
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
- Art Gallery of Peterborough
- Art Gallery of Windsor
- Art Metropole (National Gallery of Canada)
- Banff Centre for the Arts
- Beaverbrook Art Gallery
- Canada Council Art Bank
- Canadian Embassy, Berne, Switzerland
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Canadian War Museum
- City of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- City of Calgary Regional Arts Foundation
- Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum
- Department of National Defense
- Donald Sobey Collection
- Dunlop Art Gallery
- Edmonton Art Gallery
- Georgian College
- Glenbow Museum
- Guaranty Trust
- Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House
- Kanton Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- Kelowna Art Gallery
- Lantic Sugar
- MacKenzie Art Gallery
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection
- Mendel Art Gallery
- National Gallery of Canada
- Prudential Insurance of America
- Saskatchewan Arts Board
- The Royal Military College of Canada
- Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
- Toronto Dominion Bank
- University of Lethbridge
- University of Toronto
- Walter Phillips Gallery
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Private Collections in Canada and Switzerland
VISITING / RESIDENT ARTIST
2008
- Symposium: Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War, Blackwood Gallery, On
2007
- Symposium: Memory and Monument, Grand Prairie Community College, Alberta
- Presentation: Double Bind, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, On.
- Presentation: Render: Observer Series, University of Waterloo, On.
2001
- Banff Centre for the Arts, Resident Artist, Banff Alberta
2001
- Alberta College of Art&Design,Calgary, Alberta
1999
- Banff Centre for the Arts, Resident Artist,Banf, Alberta
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1998
- Banff Centre for the Arts, Resident Artist, Banff, Alberta
1997
- Banff Centre for the Arts, Resident Artist, Banff, Alberta
- Georgian College, Art Department, Barrie, Ontario
- University of Calgary, Art Department, Calgary, Alberta
1996
- University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
1995
- University of Toronto, Symposium "Combat Artists" Hart House, Toronto, Ontario
1994
- University of Toronto, Peace Conference, "Pearson’s Unfinished Agenda", Toronto, Ontario
- United Nations "Agenda for Peace Conference", St. John, New Brunswick
- Georgian College, Art Department, Barrie, Ontario
- University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
1993
- Canadian War Artist, under contract with Department of National Defense, Operations Deliverance and Cordon, Somalia
1992
- Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Resident Artist
1991
- Queens University Art Department, Kingston, Ontario
1990
- Wells Mountain Arts, Wells, British Columbia
1986
- Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
- Leighton Artist Colony, Resident Artist, Banff, Alberta
1985
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
CATALOGUE / ESSAYS
2008
- Andrew Hunter/John Will :Obseving the Observer,Confederation Centre Art Gallery
2007
- Camilla Gibb, Terry Copp: Double Bind, Wilfred Laurier University
2004
- Podedworny, Carol, Source Derivations IX (Fedosenko), University of Waterloo
2002
- McCabe,Shauna, documentation>art::life::art, Confederation Centre Art Gallery
- Heath,Terrance, Allan Harding MacKay: Source Derivations VII, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cronin, Ray Habit Filter: Allan Harding MacKay’s Source Derivation’s VII (Smith and Hagan), Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1999
- Stacey, Robert Source Derivations, Allan Harding MacKay
- Revisiting the Sources, Heath, Terrence. Sorrow, Testimony, Anger, Interrogation, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1998
- Evenden, Kirsten, Source/Derivations (Walter J. Phillips), The Glenbow
- Museum, Calgary Alberta
- Will, John. Somalia Yellow Vignettes, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1997
- Gustavison, Sue and Hill, Lynn. Source Derivations V, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
1989
- Gault, Townsend Charlotte. Some Critical Countenances, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1986
- Brown, Elizabeth. Variations on Hodler: Recent Paintings by Allan MacKay, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
- Ferguson, Bruce. Five Families, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1982
- Mays, John Bentley. A Book of Not Knowing When We Grow Up or Die and of Only Knowing a Little Bit, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Numerous radio and television media interviews are not listed
2002
- Hunter, Colin "Local artist captures war on canvas",The Record, Kitchener, Torstar News Services
2000
- Robertson, Patricia "Tied to the Mast", Calgary Straight, Calgary
- Zickefoose, Sherri,"MacKay In line for top prize", The Banff Craig and Canyon, Banff
- Westra, Monique,"Art Instigator: a strong curator, a sensitive artist" FFWD (fast Forward),Calgary
- Dault, Gary Michael, "Size Matters: gallery going", The Globe and Mail, national edition, Toronto
1999
- Gustafsen Paula "War Zones" Artichoke,Vol 11 No. 2 Summer
- Smulders,Marilyn "Derivational Art" Daily News, Halifax
- Laviolette,Mary Beth "Art exhibit presents new vision of the Rockies" Calgary Herald, Calgary
- Laviolette,Mary Beth "The Trail to Skoki Expedition" The Craig, Banff
1998
- Dafoe, Chris. Theatre review "Incisive look at war and art", "Lassoing talent for High Performance Rodeo", Globe and Mail, Toronto
- Murrow, Martin. "Somalia Yellow, Artist explores Canada’s role in war torn country", Calgary Herald, Calgary
- Murrow Martin. "Rodeo show puts war artist on the spot", Calgary Herald, Calgary
- Bachusky, Johnnie. "Somalia through an artist’s eyes", Entertainment, The Toronto Star, Toronto
- Bachunsky, Johnnie. "War artist captures strong images in his sights", Summit Up, The Crag and Canyon, Banff
- Bachusky, Johnnie. "Banff war artist honored with Rosie Award", The Crag and Canyon, Banff
- Miles, Kirk. "High Performance Rodeo Reviews", Vox magazine, Calgary
- Gesell, Paul. "Art exhibit remembers Somalia", Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa
1997
- Hanna, Deirdre. "Contact 97 tops years bountiful visual harvest", Top 10 Toronto exhibitions of 1997, Now Magazine, Toronto
- Mays, John Bentley. "McMichael shows miss the mark", The Globe and Mail, Toronto
1995
- Hume, Christopher. "War Artist Sees Dark Side", The Toronto Star, Toronto
- Girling, Oliver. "Tomorrow and the Day After That", Eye Magazine, Toronto
- Vaughn, R.M. "Allan Harding MacKay: From Charlottetown to Mogadishu", Arts Atlantic, 50, Charlottetown
1994
- Heath, Terrence. "Walking to Mogadishu", Border Crossings, Winnipeg
- Cole, Sally. "City Cenotaph Inspires Artist in Unique Project", The Guardian, Charlottetown
- Stacey, Robert. "Occasions and Frameworks for Finding: Allan Harding MacKay, From Charlottetown to Mogadishu", Extension Gallery Journal, Toronto
1993
- Day, Jim. "Artist Painting Troops Pictures for Canadians", Pembroke Observer, Pembroke
- Robertson, Captain Jamie. "Art is...Camels and APC’s", Sentinal, Ottawa
- Taylor, Kate. "Portraits of the Peacemakers", The Globe and Mail, Toronto
- Fletcher, Marla. "Canada War Art: Allan MacKay", Legion Magazine, Ottawa
- Heath, Terrence. "Always There's Returning", Convergence, Newsletter of Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, vol. 2, no. 2, winter 1993
1992
- MacKay, Mary. "Allan Harding MacKay: New Artist in Residence", The Guardian, Charlottetown
- Genereux, Linda. "Allan Harding MacKay, University of Toronto", Review, Artforum, New York
- Convergence, Newsletter of Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, vol. 2, no. 1, fall
- Chee, Roxanne. "Familiar Land", Varsity Review, University of Toronto
- Taylor, Kate. "Art About, ‘Taking a peep at a perfect icon’", The Globe and Mail, Toronto
- Heath, Terrence. "Review: Allan Harding MacKay", C Magazine, summer, Toronto
1991
- Taylor, Kate. "Art About, Cold City Invitational", The Globe and Mail, Toronto
- Genereux, Linda. "Changing Perspectives in Art Making", The Canadian House and Home, Toronto
1990
- Stacey, Robert. "Allan Harding MacKay, Grunwald Gallery", Arts Atlantic, 37, 1989, Charlottetown
- Dahlin, Karina. "The Art of Collecting", University of Toronto Magazine, Toronto
- Downton, Dawn Rae. "Allan Harding MacKay, Coming Back is in Accord with Keeping Still", Arts Atlantic, 36, Charlottetown
1989
- Canadian Press. "MacKay finally finds gallery big enough", The Journal Pioneer
- Carlson, Tim. "Rolling Out: Canadian Art Scene", The Daily News, Halifax
- Downton, Down Rae. "Focus, Allan Harding MacKay", Canadian Art, summer, Toronto
- Carlson, Tim. "Rolling Out: Canadian art scene", The Daily News, Halifax
- Garvey, Susan Gibson. "Faces, names, words, some critical countenances", Vanguard, summer, Vancouver
- Canadian Press. "Long on Art", The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa
- Ellis, Shirley. "Exhibit Continues", The Mail Star, Halifax
- Holubizky, Ihor. "Allan MacKay, Erika Rothenberg, Cathy Daley, Jenny Holzer", Actualities/Expositions, Montreal
- Eyland, Cliff. "Some Critical Countenances, with MacKay and Townsend Gault", Arts Atlantic, 35, Charlottetown
- "Extended Effort", The Mail Star, Halifax
- Canadian Press. "May be work's first and last showing", Chronicle Journal, Thunder Bay
- Canadian Press. "Toronto artist finds home in king-sized drawing", The Daily Mercury, Guelph
- Weder, Adele. "Shred it and don't ask any questions", Financial Times, Toronto
- "Gallery unrolls longest show yet", The Chronicle Herald, Halifax
- Canadian Press. "Nova Scotia exhibit may be works first and last, London Free Press, London
1988
- Grande, John K. "Writing on the Wall", Montreal Mirror, Montreal
- Hickey, Gloria. "Allan Harding MacKay, Grunwald and Watterson, Arts Atlantic, 32, Charlottetown
- Mays, John Bentley. "Sensual Paintings Recall Twilight of the Romantics", The Globe and Mail, Toronto
- "Im Weissen Saal des Kunstmuseums Bern (Anthropos II)", Der Bund, Berne, Switzerland
- Adeyemi, Ester. "Selbstbildnisse stellen sich selber in Frage", Berner Zeitung, Berne, Switzerland
- La Salle, Luanne. "Allan Harding MacKay at Susan Whitney Gallery, The Leader Post, Regina
1987
- Dault, Gary Michael. "Allan Harding MacKay and Julie Voyce", Toronto Life, Toronto
- Laudert, Markus. "Nichts Herausragendes dafuer markante Schwerpunkte", Berner Zeitung, Berne, Switzerland
- Tousley, Nancy. "Landscapes, nature seen as mirror of present and past", The Calgary Herald, Calgary
- "Allan MacKay, Whitney Gallery", Canadian Art, winter, Toronto
- Mays, John Bentley. "Allan Harding MacKay, Recent Paintings", The Globe and Mail, Toronto
1986
- McNeil, Keith, "City native remembers youth, friends in special portraits", The Guardian, Charlottetown
- Winfield, D.A. "He puts a good face on it...", Banff Crag and Canyon, Banff
- Etter, Barbara. "Ode to C.P. wins first", Kelowna Herald, Kelowna
- MacKeeman, Karl. "Five Families, Arts Atlantic, summer, Charlottetown
- Mays, John Bentley. "Preview Art Galleries", Toronto Life, Toronto
- "National Drawing Finalists Exhibit", Kelowna Herald, Kelowna
1985
- Gault, Charlotte Townsend. "Allan Harding MacKay, Eye Level Gallery", Vanguard, fall, Vancouver
- Mays, John Bentley. "Wisdom from an artist reborn", The Globe and Mail, Toronto
1984
- "Allan Harding MacKay im Kreuz in Nidau", Der Bund, Berne, Switzerland