Education
2004 MFA Concordia University
2001 BFA Queen’s University
2001 BAH Queen’s University
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Post, Structure, Sign, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2012 The Armory Fair, New York (solo presentation) with Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2011 Kingston Spring and Muffler, Mulherin/Pollard Gallery, New York
2011 Art Contemporary Los Angeles Fair (solo presentation) with Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2010 Oil Paintings By Robert Ayre, Mulherin/Pollard Gallery, New York and Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2009 Days Road, February 2008, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto/ Volta NY, solo presentation
2008 Roadsides, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
2006 Houses, Stripmalls, Fields and Factories, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2005 Untitled, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2004 Two Rooms, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
2013 The Painting Project, Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal
2013 Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
2013 Soundtrack, Volume 1, Division Gallery, Montreal
2012 Watch This Space: Contemporary Art from the AGO Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2012 Unspecified Urban Space, RH Gallery, New York, New York
2011 The Canadian Portrait Competition (The Kingston Prize), Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
2011 Small Works, Couture Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Observant, ISE Foundation Gallery, New York
2009 Conteneurs et Contenant, Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montreal
2009 Norman Rogers Winter, Harbourfront Centre Architecture Gallery, Toronto
2009 Upscale/Downsize, Bowling Green State University Art Gallery, Ohio
2008 Carte Blanche Painting Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
2007 A House Is Not a Home, Caren Golden Gallery, New York
2007 New Paintings by New Painters, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
2007 Wanted, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2005 Realism, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
2004 Breathing Room, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
Selected Writing and Reviews
Armour, Nicole. Mike Bayne. Square2 Magazine, 2011, Issue 5.
Enright, Robert. Detailesque. Border Crossings Magazine, Issue 110. June 2009.
White, Murray. The Tiny World of Mike Bayne. www.thestar.blogs.com March 13, 2009.
Balzer, David. Eye Weekly. April 1, 2009.
Rogerson, Stephanie. Painting Mimico. Now Magazine, October 19-26, 2006. Vol 26 No 7.
Dault, Gary Michael. Finding the Brushstrokes?. Gallery Going. Globe and Mail. May 2005.
Awards
2013 Acadia Foundation Residency (with Richard Estes)
2011 Winner of The Kingston Prize (Canadian Portrait Competition)
2011 Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Project Grant
2011 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Project Grant
2005 Toronto Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2004 McConnell Graduate Scholarship, Concordia University
2001 Best Painting Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
1998 Shotton Scholarship, Queen’s University