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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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |