Artist's Biography

Born Malta, 1924; Canadian citizen 1968

COLLECTIONS

Maltese Embassy, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Canada
Hamilton Art Gallery
National Museum of Fine Arts - Malta
Canada Council Art Bank
Memorial University Newfoundland
Windsor Public Library (one of six artists in a cross Canada contest)
Ontario Hydro - Toronto
North York Hydro
North York Board of Education
Bank of Commerce - Toronto
Humber College
Cadillac Fairview Corporation
Various Private Collections

EXHIBITIONS (selected)

1951 One man show Palazzo de la Salle - Malta
1952 - 55 Modern Art Circle - Malta
1960 - 62 Western Ontario jury shows
1962 - 64 Hamilton jury shows
1964 Royal Canadian Academy jury shows
1964 Canadian water colours, drawings and prints - National Gallery of Canada
(work purchased by the National Gallery)
1965 Commonwealth Festival of the Arts - Great Britain
1968 One man show - Pollock Gallery, Toronto
1968 The Selective Eye - Art Gallery of Ontario
1971 Light and Movement - York University, Toronto
1971 Festival of Canada - Roberson Center, Binghampton, New York
1972 One man show - Pollock Gallery, Toronto
1973 Group show - Wells Gallery, Ottawa
1973 Six Canadian Sculptors - Rodman Hall, St. Catherines
1974 One man show, Pollock Gallery, Toronto
1976 Group show - The Electric Gallery, Toronto
1977 Hadassah Aviva Art Show (Second prize for sculpture)
1977 One man show - The Electric Gallery, Toronto
1978 Group show - New Orleans, U.S.A.
1980 Group show - Art Gallery at Harbourfront (Power Plant)
1981 L'Art Mis en Boite - Musée d'Art St. Laurent, Montréal
1982 Group show - Art Gallery at Harbourfront (Power Plant)
1991 Group show - Moos Gallery, Toronto
1994 Group show - Art Gallery of Hamilton
1996 Retrospective - National Museum of Fine Art, Valletta, Malta
1997 One man show - Victoria, Gozo, Malta
2000 Installation - Hamilton Art Gallery
2003 6 man show - John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2007-8 Carnival - Group show - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arts Canada - "Soto, Thepot, Calleja, Hayden," by Michael Greenwood, August 1972: 104 - 106
Sculpture Media - Ministry of Culture and Recreation, Strophe #2
Toronto Index of Sculpture
Index of Ontario Artists, 1978
Art in Architecture Index, 1982
Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada, 1988
Dictionary of Canadian Artists, 1986
Exhibitions and Collections, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1992

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Malta School Board
Tech-Voc H.S. Winnipeg, Manitoba
Central Tech, Hamilton, Ontario
Faculty of Fine Art, University of Toronto
Head of Art Department, Northview Heights H.S. Toronto

EDUCATION

1945 - 47 Malta School of Art (with Sir Edward Carnana Dingli)
1948 - 49 Scholarship to the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, England (with Rodrigo Moynihan and Sir Kenneth Clark)
1955 - 58 Scholarship to the Regent St. Polytechnic School of Art, London, England (with Norman Blamey and Henry Trivick)
1958 Graduated with British N.D.D.
  Central School of Arts & Crafts, London, England