Exhibition History:
Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal (March 20 - April 7, 1967)
“John Chambers”, The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto (October 4-23, 1967)
20/20 Gallery, London (May 30 - June 19, 1967)
“Kingston Spring Exhibition”, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston (May 4-June 2, 1968)
“Heart of London”, organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada (1968-1969)
“Jack Chambers, A Retrospective”, Vancouver Art Gallery & Art Gallery of Ontario (1970)
“Jack Chambers: The light from the darkness, Silver paintings and flm work”, Museum London, London (2011)

During Chambers’ lifetime there was strong and steady interest from dealers and public gallery
curators in the Silver Paintings.
The Silver Paintings were frst exhibited in 1967 at both the Agnes Lefort Gallery, Montreal and
the Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. From the Isaacs Gallery exhibition the National Gallery of Canada
and the University of Western Ontario purchased Silver Paintings for their permanent collections.
(“Plus Nine” and “Middle I”, respectively)
The seminal nationally touring exhibition “Heart of London” in 1968-1969 was organized
by Pierre Theberge and brought national attention to the Regionalist movement occurring in
London. Included in the exhibit were the artists John Boyle, Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe,
Murray Favro, Bev Kelly, Ron Martin, David Rabinowitch, Royden Rabinowitch, Walter
Redinger, Tony Urquhart and Ed Zelenak. Each artist had three to four artworks in the exhibit.
Chambers’ “Cow” was one of the three Silver Paintings included in “Heart of London”. “Cow”
was also included in Chambers’ 1970 retrospective that was organized by the Vancouver Art
Gallery and toured to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Of the 9 Silver Paintings created, “Cow” is the only painting currently not in a public collection.

Chambers was born in London, Ontario in 1931. In his determined search for art training in early adulthood, he left Canada in 1953 travelling throughout Italy, Austria, France and Spain. Upon settling in Madrid, the artist studied and graduated 4 years later from the well-known classic Academy de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Moving to Chinchon, a smaller town in the hills south of Madrid, the artist continued to paint and exhibit while winning numerous awards both in Spain and Canada.

1961 proved to be a major turning point for Chambers when he returned temporarily to London upon learning of his mother's terminal cancer.  Here he discovered a new vibrant art scene, a supportive community and a desire to return.

Surrealist paintings of the early 60's reconnected Chambers after his long absence to his past personal world, his family members, history and local geography.  While absorbing the art world's dynamic burst of creativity in the 60's Chambers moved quickly through the silver period, film making to the extended period from 1968 to 1977 described by him as "perceptual realism".