Greg Hargarten
Visual artist, singer songwriter, musician, graphic designer, filmaker
Self taught as a painter

Workshops & Residencies

BlackSpruce Waskesiu Artist in Residence, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, June 2020

Artists in Missinipe Churchill River WETU Residency Program, Hickson Lake, Saskatchewan, July 2018

Plein Air Residency, Kunstmuseum, Schwaan, Germany, May 2018

Johnson Cultural Centre – Artists’ Retreat, Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan September 2017

Emma Lake Artist Workshop, Elizabeth McIntosh, U of S
Kenderdine Campus, August 2012

Emma Lake Artist Workshop, David Alexander, U of S Kenderdine Campus, August 2011

Art in the Park, Ivvavik National Park, Yukon, June 2011

Painting the Emma Lake Landscape in Oils and Acrylics, Degen Lindner, Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus, July 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

Selected Group & Solo Exhibitions

2023 From Away, Peter Lewis Gallery, St. John’s, NL

2023 Virtual Water Gallery Live Event, TCU Place, Saskatoon, AB

2022 Virtual Water Gallery Live Event, ArtsPlace, Canmore, AB

2022 Elora Landscapes, Elora Arts Centre, Elora, ON

2022 ARCTIC - Man Under the Ice, Canadian Tour (various locations)

2021 BIG, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK

2020 Painting the Canadian Landscape, Courthouse Gallery, Kerrobert

2020 Boreal Landscapes, BlackSpruce Gallery, Waskesiu, SK

2020 Painting the Canadian Landscape, Saskatoon Club, Saskatoon, SK

2019 53.9 ° North, Chapel Gallery North Battleford, SK

2019 Edge of the World, Willows Country Club, Saskatoon, SK

2019 Art Now, Sound Stage- Regina, SK

2019 Ancient Pathways, Gordon Snellgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2018 53.9° North, Kunstmuseum, Scwhaan Germany

2017 Painting the Landscape, Darrell Bell Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2017 Call of the Wild, Wascana Country Club, Regina, April

2017 Winter Festival Juried Art Show, Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK

2016 Breaking Ground, Willows Country Club, Saskatoon, SK

2016 Art Now, Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, SK

2015 Illuviation, Gordon Snellgrove Gallery, U of S, Saskatoon, SK

2015 In the Footsteps of Tom: Paintings from Algonquin Park, Frances Morrison Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2014 Northern Landscapes, Station Arts Gallery, Rosthern, SK

2014 Northern Landscapes, La Ronge Arts Council, La Ronge, SK

2013 Northern Landscapes, Venue de Francophne, Saskatoon, SK

2013 Pallettes & Places, Hague Gallery, Regina, SK

2012 Reel Rave Film Festival, Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK

2011 Mendel Members Show, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2011 Little Gems, The Mix Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2010 Men Who Paint, Frances Morrison Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2010 Little Gems, The Mix Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2010 Mendel Members Show, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2010 Men Who Paint, Black Spruce Gallery, Christopher Lake, July

2009 Landscapes by Men Who Paint, Station Arts Centre, Rosthern, SK

Juried Selection Pieces

‘Morning Glory’ 30 x 60” Acrylic on canvas 2017 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at The Mann Gallery of Prince Albert. Juror: Zachari Logan

‘Kingsmeree River Melt’ 30 x 40” Acrylic on canvas 2016 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at The Mann Gallery of Prince Albert. Juror: Darrell Bell.

‘Calm Purple Morning’ 36 x 36” Acrylic on canvas 2015 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at The Mann Gallery of Prince Albert.

‘Summer Breeze, Anglin Lake’ 8 x 10” Acrylic on watercolour paper. 2014 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at The Mann Gallery of Prince Albert. Jurors: Levi Nocholat and Donald Roach.

‘Shekinah Pond’ 24 x 24” Acrylic on canvas and ‘Spring in Cypress Hills’ 24 x 24” Acrylic on canvas 2012 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at The Mann Gallery of Prince Albert. Juror: Alison Norlen.

‘Winter Meadow, Anglin Lake’ 24 x 24” Acrylic on canvas. 2011 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at The Mann Gallery of Prince Albert. Juror: Sandra Fraser, Associate Curator, Mendel Art Gallery.

‘Fall Birch, St. Louis’ 24 x 36” Acrylic on canvas. 2011 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at The Mann Gallery of Prince Albert. Juror: Sandra Fraser, Associate Curator, Mendel Art Gallery.

‘Coal Mine Ravine, Herscel’ 36 x 48” Acrylic on canvas. 2010 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at the Art Gallery of Prince Albert. Juror: Laura Kinzel, Public Programs Coordinator, Mendel Art Gallery

‘Behind the Cabin at Lost Creek’ 24 x 24” Acrylic on canvas. 2010 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at the Art Gallery of Prince Albert. Juror: Laura Kinzel, Public Programs Coordinator, Mendel Art Gallery

‘Birch Hill’ 24 x 36” Acrylic on canvas. 2009 Winter Festival Juried Art Show at the Art Gallery of Prince Albert. Juror: Dean Bauche, Curator of the Allen Sapp Gallery, North Battleford, SK.

Collections

Kunstmuseum Permanent Collection, Schwaan, Germany

OstseeSparkasse Rostock Permanent Collection, Schwaan, Germany

Energoatom Collection, Kyiv, Ukraine

Parks Canada Permanent Collection, Gatineau, QC Canada

Mann Gallery Permanent Collection, Prince Albert, SK Canada

Concorde Group , Saskatoon, SK

Ronald McDonald House, Saskatoon, SK Canada

Saskatoon Club Permanent Collection, Saskatoon, SK Canada

Blue Cross, Saskatoon, SK Canada

Twigg and Company, Saskatoon, SK Canada

Linguard + Dreger Collection, Saskatoon, SK

Awards & Nominations

2023 Honourable Mention, Elora Plein Air Festival, Elora, ON (Drimmies Florist 14x18” )

2022 Best in Exhibition, Elora Plein Air Festival, Elora, ON (Last Call at the Handsome Devil 12x24”)

2020 Best Web Series, Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards (Adventures in Painting)

2017 Guy Rutter - Peoples Choice Award, Mann Art Gallery Prince Albert (Morning Glory 30x40”)

2016 Kyla Memorial Award - Winter Festival, Mann Art Gallery Prince Albert for (Kingsmere River Melt 24x30”)

2013 Honorable Mention - Winter Festival, Mann Art Gallery Prince Albert for (Spring In Cypress Hills 24x24”)

2012 Best Small Scale Film Production, Reel Rave Fim Festival, Mann Art Gallery (Dear Abbey Road)

2011 Guy Rutter - Peoples Choice Award, Mann Art Gallery Prince Albert (Winter Meadow, Anglin Lake” 24x24”)

2007 Album Design of the Year, Western Canadian Music Awards (Eileen Laverty - Ground Beneath My Feet)

2007 Album Design of the Year, Canadian Country Music Awards (Shane Yellowbird/Life is Calling My Name)

2006 Album Design of the Year, Canadian Country Music Awards (Brad Johner/Summertown Road)

2006 Regional Winner, Radio Star National Songwriting Contest at Canada Music Week (Suck It Up)

2005 Best Can Design of the Year, Canadian Brewerianists Society (Wild Life Ale)
2004 Best Label Design of the Year, Canadian Brewerianists Society (White Bison IPA)

2004 Regional Winner, Radio Star National Songwriting Contest at Canada Music Week (Bipolar - Sometimes)

2000 Outstanding Roots Recording, Prairie Music Awards (Eileen Laverty/Dancing with Angels - producer)

Publications & Video

‘A Decade in the Works: Men Who Paint, A 10 Year Retrospective’ University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon 2017, 120 pp. ISBN 978-0-9813624-2-7

‘Halfway To Heaven: Men Who Paint, Painting Ivvavik National Park’ BRC Entertainment 2014, Video 46 mins.

‘Halfway To Heaven: Men Who Paint, Works from Ivvavik National Park’ University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon 2012, 88 pp. ISBN 978-0-9813624-1-0

‘Northern Exposure: Works by Men Who Paint’ 2011, 85 pp.

‘Under Painted Sky: Works by Men Who Paint’. 2010. 117 pp. ISBN 978-0-9813624-0-3

‘Men Who Paint’ 2009 57 pp

Articles

''Sask Artists Put Travel on Hold to Paint PANP’, Jayda Taylor, Prince Albert Herald, July 16, 2020

‘'Greg Hargarten—Renaissance Man’, Joanne Paulson, Saskatoon Express, January 14, 2019

‘Picture Perfect—Men who Paint Bring Home Artwork Created While Visiting Germany’, Matt Olson, Saskatoon Star-Pheonix, October 25, 2018

Die Maler aus Saskatoon’, Lennart Stahlberg, Mecklenberg Scheriner Volkszeitung, May 18, 2018

‘Men Who Paint Release Retropective Book’, Cam Fuller, Ottawa Citizen, October 23, 2017

‘150 Gifts from Saskatchewan to Canada’, Tonya Lambert, Prairies North Magazine, Summer, 2017

‘Breaking Ground’, Irene Seiberling, Kingston Whig-Standard, April 6, 2016

'‘In the Footsteps of Tom’ Alex J. MacPherson, Verb Magazine, May, 2015

Natural Beauties - Plein air artists bring their passion for painting to Regina', Irene Seiberling, Regina Leader Post, April 10, 2015

‘Men Who Paint’, Tonya Lambert, Fine Lifestyles Magazine, December, 2014

‘Back from Nature and Doing What's Natural’, Marsha Day, Saskatoon Star-Pheonix, October 9, 2013

Men Who Paint - Journey of Landscape Artists Reflected in Upcoming Exhibit’, Irene Seiberling, Regina Leader Post, March 26, 2013

‘Men Who Paint Honored for Artwork from Yukon’, Cam Hutchinson, Saskatoon Express, October 22, 2012

‘Trip of a lifetime for the Men Who Paint’, Tara Campbell, Saskatoon Express, October 24, 2011.

‘Yukon great for Men Who Paint’, Marsha Day, Saskatoon Star Phoenix Arts & Life, October 12, 2011

‘Unlikely source of paintings furnishes beauty’, Marsha Day, Saskatoon Star Phoenix Arts & Life, September 7, 12, 2011

‘National Parks Arctic Splendour’, The Globe and Mail Travel Section, August 13, 2011

‘Men to Paint North’, Cam Fuller, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, June 2, 2011

‘The Men Who Paint Outdoors’ by Darlene Polachic, Sunday Sun December 5, 2010

‘Group of Painter Enjoy Working Out Doors’, Cam Fuller Saskatoon Star-Pheonix, August 2009

‘Men Who Paint at Speed of Sun’, Tessa Holloway, Prince Albert Herald, July 30, 2009