Robert Houle’s works can be found in numerous public and private collections across Canada. The most significant public collections of his work are at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Notable public installations are located in Toronto and Winnipeg. The works listed below may not always be on view and do not represent the complete collection of Houle’s work at each institution. For works produced in multiple editions, the following selection of institutions includes those that have at least one edition in their collection.
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen’s University
36 University Avenue
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
613-513-2190
agnes.queensu.ca
Robert Houle, Zero Hour, 1988
Mixed Media Installation: oil on canvas, text on a wall painted with opaque black latex, a red laser with mirror, and sand, two sand paintings, one rectangular and one circular, and four paintings, each: 168 x 168 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1-877-225-4246 or 416-979-6648
ago.ca
Robert Houle, In Memorium, 1987
Oil, feathers, leather, and ribbon on plywood
Overall: 137.2 x 151.9 x 9 cm
Robert Houle, Lost Tribes, 1990–91
Twelve computer printout collages, two with hand-tinting
Eleven components, each overall: 38.3 x 57.3 x 57.3 cm
Robert Houle, Working study for Kanata (painting based on Benjamin West’s painting The Death of General Wolfe, 1770), 1991–92
Screenprint ink on transparent plastic sheet
Overall: 21.8 x 28.1 cm, image: 41.9 x 47 cm
Robert Houle, Ojibwa, from Anishnabe Walker Court preliminary study #8, 1994
collage, electrographic prints on wove paper
43.5 x 35.5 cm
Robert Houle, Premises for Self-Rule: Constitution Act, 1982, 1994
Oil on canvas, photo emulsion on canvas, laser cut vinyl
152.4 x 304.8 cm
Robert Houle, Study #10 (for Anishnabe Walker Court), 1994
Gelatin silver print, photocopy, ink on coloured plastic sheet, vinyl self-adhesive letters, black porous point marker, graphite on paper, resin-coated photographic paper, and coloured transparent sheet
43.2 x 35.7 cm
Robert Houle, Seven Grandfathers, 2014
Oil on canvas, digital prints, Mylar, and watercolour on paper
Seven site-specific paintings, each 20.3 cm (diameter), Walker Court
Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
905-527-6610
artgalleryofhamilton.com
Robert Houle, Aboriginal Title, 1989–90
Oil on canvas
228 x 167.6 cm
Robert Houle, Kanehsatake, 1990–93
Oil on etched steel panels, treated wood
221 x 122 cm
Canadian Museum of History
100 Laurier Street
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
1-800-555-5621
historymuseum.ca
Robert Houle, Red Is Beautiful, 1970
Acrylic on canvas
45 x 61 cm
Robert Houle, Innu Parfleche, 1990
Oil, acrylic, iron, metal, owl feather, and mammal leather
66.2 x 68 x 8 cm
Carleton University Art Gallery
St. Patrick’s Building, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
613-520-2120
cuag.ca
Robert Houle, Ojibwa Motif, Purple Leaves, Series No. 2, 1972
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 61 cm
Robert Houle, Diamond Composition, 1980
Silkscreen on paper, edition number 11/75
87 x 87 cm
Confederation Centre Art Gallery
145 Richmond Street
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
902-628-6142
confederationcentre.com/venues/art-gallery/
Robert Houle, O-ween du muh waun (We Were Told), 2017
Oil on canvas
Triptych, 213.4 x 365.8 cm
The Forks
1 Forks Market Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1-800-942-6302
theforks.com
Robert Houle, Gambling Sticks, 1999
Bronze, twenty-one site-specific works
Each 8.3 x 40 cm
Indigenous Art Centre
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
10 Wellington Street
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
819-994-1262
aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/
Robert Houle, Epigram the Shortest Distance, 1972
Acrylic on canvas
125 x 128 cm
Robert Houle, Love Games, 1972
Acrylic on canvas
127.5 x 127.5 cm
Robert Houle, Wigwam, 1972
Acrylic on canvas
209 x 121 cm
Robert Houle, Morning Star, 1976
Acrylic on canvas
121 x 151 cm
Robert Houle, Rainbow Woman, 1982
Wood with alkyd paint
13.6 x 249 x 4.2 cm
Robert Houle, Warrior Lances for Temagami, 1989
Mixed media
Base: 5 x 76.2 cm diameter, overall: 152.5 x 76.2 cm diameter
Lakeshore
Young Street and Queens Quay West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert Houle, Untitled (Toronto Lakeshore Installation), c. 1994–96
Site specific work covering approximately 30 meters
MacKenzie Art Gallery
3475 Albert Street, University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
306-584-4250
mackenzieartgallery.ca
Robert Houle, Postscript, 1999
Lithographic print
121.9 x 163.2 cm
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
613-990-1985
gallery.ca
Robert Houle, Square No. 3, 1978
Acrylic on canvas, on painted wooden mount
85.2 x 85.2 cm
Robert Houle, Muhnedobe uhyahyuk (Where the gods are present) (Matthew, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas), 1989
Oil on canvas
Four paintings, each 244 x 182.4 x 5 cm
Robert Houle, Seven in Steel, 1989
Oil on steel and maple
130.9 x 644 x 9.5 cm
Robert Houle, Kanata, 1992
Acrylic and Conté crayon on canvas
228.7 x 732 cm
Robert Houle, Palisade II, 2007
Three-part painting installation
Twelve oil canvases, six 40 x 30 cm each, six 45 x 60 cm each, and one digital photographic print (Postscript) 121.9 x 163.2 cm
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
72 Queen Street
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
905-576-3000
rmg.on.ca
Robert Houle, New Sentinel, 1987
Oil on wood panel, ribbons and encaustic on cow skull, 244.3 x 45.5 x 3.5 cm
Robert Houle, Kekabishcoon Peenish Chipedahbung (I Will Stand in Your Path Till Dawn), 1997
Thirty-six third-generation advertisements on red latex background with vinyl lettering
63.8 x 550 cm
School of Art Gallery
255 ARTlab, 180 Dafoe Road, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
204-474-9322
umanitoba.ca/schools/art/gallery/
Robert Houle, Sandy Bay Residential School Series, 2009
Oilstick on paper
Twenty-four drawings, each either 58.4 x 76.2 cm or 76.2 x 54.4 cm
Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Boulevard
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
204-786-6641
wag.ca
Robert Houle, Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians from A to Z, 1985
Installation of twenty-six objects
Surface: 45.3 x 735 cm
Robert Houle, Parfleches for the Last Supper, 1983
Acrylic and porcupine quills on paper
Thirteen paintings, each 56 x 56 cm
Robert Houle, Premises for Self-Rule: Treaty No. 1, 1994
Oil canvas, photo emulsion on canvas, laser cut vinyl
152.4 x 304.8 cm
Robert Houle, Sandy Bay, 1998–99
Oil on canvas, black and white photograph, colour photograph on canvas, Masonite
300 x 548.4 cm