REVIEWS
<SOLO EXHIBITIONS and ARTIST'S BOOKS>
2016
Review of The Inkiest Black re Third International DFW Conference, on the Great Concavity podcast, Episode 17.1, August 15
Quintin Teszeri, review entitled “Considered Touch”, of Barbara Balfour’s artist’s book The Inkiest Black and exhibition “The slightly sad color of early winter P.M.”, in Senses & Society Journal
2015
Sara Boggio, essay entitled “David Foster Wallace: Thought in Full Colour”, on the work of Corrie Baldauf and Barbara Balfour, in Artribune, Bologna, Italy
2011
Review of Living & Dying by Eric Woodley, Art in America, January issue
Review of Living & Dying by Patrick Mahon, Canadian Art, Summer Issue
2008
Review of Living & Dying by Chris Lepage (Clone Gallery), Art In Toronto: http://artintoronto.wordpress.com/
Reviews of Ex Libris at Art Metropole in The Globe & Mail, February 28, and in Toronto Artpost, March 6, online. Both reviews by Gary Michael Dault
2007
Inclusion solo exhibition Selfish in “2007: The Year in Arts”, The Richmond Review, Richmond, BC
Review of to the nth degree by Terence Dick, Akimolog Toronto
2005
Review of Selfish by Caroline Seck Langill, Canadian Art, Fall Issue
Review of Selfish by Scott Paradis, North York Mirror, March 8
2002
Patrick Mahon, review of Offspring at Open Studio. C Magazine, Issue #73, Fall issue
Artist-Run Culture Portfolio: documentation of Speck at SNAP Gallery, MIX Magazine, Summer
2001
Gary Michael Dault, review of Offspring at Open Studio.The Globe & Mail, October 27
1999
Mary Ann Todkill. "M-words", feature article on m melanacholia & melanomata. The Canadian Medical Association Journal, May 18
Mary Ann Todkill. "Lacrimae", feature article on Watermarks: a comparative study of artificial tears. The Canadian Medical Association Journal, June 1
Marcus Miller. "Booby Trapped: busting out beyond family values". The Hour, January 21
Henry Lehmann. "Scissor-hands Szilasi is back in Circa exhibition". The Gazette, January 23
1997
Sujata Iyenjar. Review of "Barbara McGill Balfour/ Speculations: selected work from 1983-96". Postmodern Culture, electronic journal, Johns Hopkins University Press, January issue
1996
Jennifer Couëlle. "Déréglés, les corps! Découpé, étalé sur les lamelles, refondu et reconstruit, le corps est (encore) au centre de toutes les préoccupations". Le Devoir, May 12
1993
Susan Douglas. "Barbara McGill Balfour", Parachute #72
Henry Lehmann. Review of par abrasion. The Gazette, March 6
Marie-Michèle Cron. "Le corps, se zone-frontière…", Le Devoir, March 6
Stéphane Aquin. "Le malade imaginaire", Voir, February 25
2016
Review of The Inkiest Black re Third International DFW Conference, on the Great Concavity podcast, Episode 17.1, August 15
Quintin Teszeri, review entitled “Considered Touch”, of Barbara Balfour’s artist’s book The Inkiest Black and exhibition “The slightly sad color of early winter P.M.”, in Senses & Society Journal
2015
Sara Boggio, essay entitled “David Foster Wallace: Thought in Full Colour”, on the work of Corrie Baldauf and Barbara Balfour, in Artribune, Bologna, Italy
2011
Review of Living & Dying by Eric Woodley, Art in America, January issue
Review of Living & Dying by Patrick Mahon, Canadian Art, Summer Issue
2008
Review of Living & Dying by Chris Lepage (Clone Gallery), Art In Toronto: http://artintoronto.wordpress.com/
Reviews of Ex Libris at Art Metropole in The Globe & Mail, February 28, and in Toronto Artpost, March 6, online. Both reviews by Gary Michael Dault
2007
Inclusion solo exhibition Selfish in “2007: The Year in Arts”, The Richmond Review, Richmond, BC
Review of to the nth degree by Terence Dick, Akimolog Toronto
2005
Review of Selfish by Caroline Seck Langill, Canadian Art, Fall Issue
Review of Selfish by Scott Paradis, North York Mirror, March 8
2002
Patrick Mahon, review of Offspring at Open Studio. C Magazine, Issue #73, Fall issue
Artist-Run Culture Portfolio: documentation of Speck at SNAP Gallery, MIX Magazine, Summer
2001
Gary Michael Dault, review of Offspring at Open Studio.The Globe & Mail, October 27
1999
Mary Ann Todkill. "M-words", feature article on m melanacholia & melanomata. The Canadian Medical Association Journal, May 18
Mary Ann Todkill. "Lacrimae", feature article on Watermarks: a comparative study of artificial tears. The Canadian Medical Association Journal, June 1
Marcus Miller. "Booby Trapped: busting out beyond family values". The Hour, January 21
Henry Lehmann. "Scissor-hands Szilasi is back in Circa exhibition". The Gazette, January 23
1997
Sujata Iyenjar. Review of "Barbara McGill Balfour/ Speculations: selected work from 1983-96". Postmodern Culture, electronic journal, Johns Hopkins University Press, January issue
1996
Jennifer Couëlle. "Déréglés, les corps! Découpé, étalé sur les lamelles, refondu et reconstruit, le corps est (encore) au centre de toutes les préoccupations". Le Devoir, May 12
1993
Susan Douglas. "Barbara McGill Balfour", Parachute #72
Henry Lehmann. Review of par abrasion. The Gazette, March 6
Marie-Michèle Cron. "Le corps, se zone-frontière…", Le Devoir, March 6
Stéphane Aquin. "Le malade imaginaire", Voir, February 25
<COLLECTIVE and COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS>
2019
Video documentary on the Spontaneous Combustion Collective (with Balfour as member), part of the Collective City series, produced by Richard Mongiat and David Sylvestre
2009
Review of Ke Ren Yuan | Guest Garden by Michael Eddy, Our Vitamin, Vitamin Creative Space: http://vitamincreativespace.blogbus.com/logs/69142044.html#cmt
Review of Stubborn Object by Elaine W Ho, sticky rice, roast duck, brick; HomeShop: http://www.homeshopbeijing.org/blog/?p=1000
2001
Egon Von Bark. "Human Network Topology/ The Young and the Restless". Lola, Fall issue
1996
Marie-Josée Lafortune. "Venus Fly Trap". Parachute #84
Jennifer Couëlle. "Le monde infiltré. Quatres femmes artistes s'approprient un appartement rue Garnier" Le Devoir, June 1
Jennifer Rudder. "Spontaneous Combustion". Fuse, Spring issue
1994
Jerry McGrath. "Spontaneous Combustion". Parachute #74
Matthew Brace, "Artists Light Up Dingy Spaces". Independent London, October 5
2019
Video documentary on the Spontaneous Combustion Collective (with Balfour as member), part of the Collective City series, produced by Richard Mongiat and David Sylvestre
2009
Review of Ke Ren Yuan | Guest Garden by Michael Eddy, Our Vitamin, Vitamin Creative Space: http://vitamincreativespace.blogbus.com/logs/69142044.html#cmt
Review of Stubborn Object by Elaine W Ho, sticky rice, roast duck, brick; HomeShop: http://www.homeshopbeijing.org/blog/?p=1000
2001
Egon Von Bark. "Human Network Topology/ The Young and the Restless". Lola, Fall issue
1996
Marie-Josée Lafortune. "Venus Fly Trap". Parachute #84
Jennifer Couëlle. "Le monde infiltré. Quatres femmes artistes s'approprient un appartement rue Garnier" Le Devoir, June 1
Jennifer Rudder. "Spontaneous Combustion". Fuse, Spring issue
1994
Jerry McGrath. "Spontaneous Combustion". Parachute #74
Matthew Brace, "Artists Light Up Dingy Spaces". Independent London, October 5
<GROUP EXHIBITIONS>
2016
Review of À la recherche – in search of practice-based research, Open Studio, Toronto (curated by Barbara Balfour), by Terrance Dick in Akimblog, January 17
2010
Review of Caochangdi Dragon Bathhouse Project, curated by forget art (curator Ma Yongfeng) ARTINFO China 2010 Top 10 Exhibitions – Our Choices, December 31: http://cn.artinfo.com/2010/12/31/2010-top-10-exhibitions-%E2%80%93-our-choices
Review of Caochangdi Dragon Bathhouse Project | forget art by Cao Fei. The Artists’ Artists: Best of 2010, Artforum, with image Soap Stacks (Barbara Balfour), December issue
Review of Caochangdi Dragon Bathhouse Project | forget art by Shen Boliang ARTINFO China: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35854/a-steamy-contemporary-art-show-washes-up-in-a-beijing-bathhouse/ September 24
2007
Reviews of the Falun Triennial in Dala Demokratien and Falu Furiren, August 24
Nadja Sajej, Intelligence: Their Art is an Open Book”, The Globe & Mail, July 28
2006
Review of Where She’s At by Gary Michael Dault, The Globe & Mail, December 23
2016
Review of À la recherche – in search of practice-based research, Open Studio, Toronto (curated by Barbara Balfour), by Terrance Dick in Akimblog, January 17
2010
Review of Caochangdi Dragon Bathhouse Project, curated by forget art (curator Ma Yongfeng) ARTINFO China 2010 Top 10 Exhibitions – Our Choices, December 31: http://cn.artinfo.com/2010/12/31/2010-top-10-exhibitions-%E2%80%93-our-choices
Review of Caochangdi Dragon Bathhouse Project | forget art by Cao Fei. The Artists’ Artists: Best of 2010, Artforum, with image Soap Stacks (Barbara Balfour), December issue
Review of Caochangdi Dragon Bathhouse Project | forget art by Shen Boliang ARTINFO China: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35854/a-steamy-contemporary-art-show-washes-up-in-a-beijing-bathhouse/ September 24
2007
Reviews of the Falun Triennial in Dala Demokratien and Falu Furiren, August 24
Nadja Sajej, Intelligence: Their Art is an Open Book”, The Globe & Mail, July 28
2006
Review of Where She’s At by Gary Michael Dault, The Globe & Mail, December 23