Background
Drum, Sydney Maria was born on November 20, 1952 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Daughter of Ian Mondelet and Dorothy Mary (Weaver) Drum.
Drum, Sydney Maria was born on November 20, 1952 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Daughter of Ian Mondelet and Dorothy Mary (Weaver) Drum.
Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction in art, University Calgary, 1974. Master of Fine Arts, York University, 1976.
Teacher University Illinois, 1978-1983, Governors State University, 1983-1984, Rutgers University, 1984-1987.
One-woman and 2 person exhibits include Art Gallery Ontario, 1978, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, 1981, Gallery Pascal, 1983, University Pittsburgh, 1984, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, 1987, 90, 92, 95, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, 1993, 96, 98, 2000, 02, 04, 06, Phoenix Gallery, New York, 2010, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany, 1994, Hart House-U. Toronto, 1995, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, 1999, 2002, 05, Gallery Surge, Tokyo, 1999, Kunstverein Alle Fuerwache, Dresden, 2002, Optisches Museum, Jena, Germany, 2004, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, 2005, Art Gallery of Peel, Ontario, 2005, Bautzener Kunstverein, Bautzen, Germany, 2008. Represented in public collections Canada Council Art Bank, Public Gallery, Güstrow, Germany, 2006, University Toronto, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Petro Canada, Museum Modern Art, New York, Philadelphia Museum Art, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Commissions include Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, Chicago, 1983, Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, 1990.
Reviewer art exhibits New Art Examiner, Chicago, 1983-1984.
Married Frank DeSalvo, November 7, 1987. 1 child, Christopher.