Jim Maunder

Jim Maunder is a sculptor and art educator who recently moved to St. Catharines in the beautiful Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. Raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador – a small but culturally vibrant coastal city at the easternmost extremity of North America, he received his formal training at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. Jim is represented in Newfoundland and Labrador by Christina Parker Gallery and in Hamilton, Ontario by Gallery on the Bay.

Jim works in a variety of media including bronze, steel, ceramic, wood, fiberglass and concrete. Exhibiting since 1988, Jim has shown in nearly 30 solo or group shows in Newfoundland, a solo show in Toronto in 2006, and has been included in group shows in Toronto, other parts of Canada and in New York and Tokyo. He won Honorable Mention in the First Annual International Sculpture Competition sponsored by Sculptural Pursuit Magazine of Colorado, USA. In addition to his studio practice he is noted for his public commissions in outdoor spaces.

Jim Maunder’s life experiences have shaped his work. He has spent most of his life living by the sea, witnessing the toll on nature and humankind caused by the demise of once abundant fish stocks. His sculptures, whether figur...

Received an Associate of the Ontario College of Art (A.O.C.A.) in Interdisciplinary Studies in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1994.

Upcoming
• Gallery on the Bay – Hamilton, ON - Canada 150 – Group Show – June 2017
Public Sculpture
 Port au Choix National Historic Site – Stainless steel Dorset Doorway arches and 3 large linear steel depictions of Maritime Archaic Eskimo people – collaboration with Michael Massie - 2010
 Celebration - stainless steel public sculpture to commemorate St. John’s Memorial Stadium, Dominion-Memorial Stadium - 2007
 St. Patrick's Hall School Memorial Wall – bronze bas-relief permanent public sculpture - 2005
 My Four-Year-Old's Tree – two permanent public sculptures, Cabot Place, St John's - 2003
 Making Fish - permanent public sculpture, St. John's Convention Centre - 2001
Solo Shows
 Christina Parker Gallery – St. John’s – Equilibrium – Solo Show - 2016
Niagara Pumphouse Art Centre, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON Alchemy - 2014
Jordan Gallery, Jordon, ON – Modified – Solo Show - 2014
Christina Parker Gallery – St. John’s – Prevailing – Solo Show 2016
Christina Parker Gallery – St. John’s – Yield – Solo Show – 2006
 DeLeon White Gallery – Toronto – Yield – Solo Show – 2006
 Christina Parker Gallery - St. John's - Functional Fish - Solo show - 1997
 RCA Visual Gallery – St. John's - Body/Conscious - Solo Sh...