Air Compressor and Turbine (1996–97). Favro's work has been acquired for numerous public galleries and countless private collections across Canada, and has twice been the focus of comprehensive exhibitions, organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario (1983) and collaboratively by the former London Regional Art and Historical Museums and the McIntosh Gallery (1998). In 1977 he received the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award (1987). In 1997, he received the Gershon Iskowitz Award for career achievement. He is a 2007 recipient of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Favro is represented by the Christopher Cutts Gallery in Toronto. References External links Christopher Cutts Gallery The Nihilist Spasm Band Official site The Canada Council for the Arts Governor General Awards (2007) Chris Dewdney (AGO) on Murray Favro 1940 births Artists from Ontario Canadian sculptors Canadian male sculptors Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts winners Living people Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts People from Huntsville, Ontario