Throughout this body of remarkable, layered work...knowledge is linked always to relations of power, whether in the background or the foreground, as well as to Wainio’s attentiveness to her own experience, her love of the physicality and tactility of books, and her commitment to the value of painting as a means of furthering a dialectics of seeing...”
- Nancy Tousley, Persistent Images (York University Art Gallery, 1998)
2010
- Randy Innes, “The Book”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Carleton University Art Gallery
- Andrea Williamson, “Updating Mother Goose”, Fast Forward Weekly, May 27
- Nancy Tousley, “Artist prowls the world of Puss in Boots”, Calgary Herald, May 22
- Emily Falvey, “Unsettling Painting's Landscapes”, Canadian Art -- Online, April 22
2009
- “Black and White with Storylines”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Dalhousie Art Gallery
- Sue Carter Flinn, “Ron Shuebrook and Carol Wainio: Black and White with Storylines”, Canadian Art -- Online, October 1
- Elissa Barnard, “Shared Exhibit sheds light on art of mentoring”, The Chronicle Herald, Thu, September 24
- Holly Gordon, “Ron Shuebrook and Carol Wainio: Black and White with Storylines”, The Coast, August
2008
- Sarah Milroy, “Curatorial Celebrations”, Globe and Mail, November 22
- Clint Roenisch, “Carte Blanche V.2 Painting”, Magenta Foundation
- Leah Sandals, “Uncertain terms”, Now Magazine, Volume 28, Number 7, Fall
- Anthea Black, “Ron Moppett and Carol Wainio”, Border Crossings, Summer
2007
- Eric Woodley, “Carol Wainio, Wynick/Tuck Gallery”, Canadian Art, Winter
- Gary Michael Dault, “Carol Wainio at Wynick/Tuck”, Globe and Mail, June 9
- Matt Alexander, “Carol Wainio’s Ramshackle Paintings”, BlogTO, June 13
- Randall Anderson, “Carol Wainio”, Galerie René Blouin, Border Crossings, #102
2005
- “Projet Hiatus”, Université du Québec à Montréal
2004
- Gary Michael Dault, “Wainio’s Secret Paint Garden”, Globe and Mail, November 6
2003
- Paul Gessell, “Wainio Returns to Rave Reviews.” Ottawa Citizen, May 20
- Jean-Claude Rochefort, “Carol Wainio: Matrice picturale et expériences vécues”, Spirale, March-April
- “Portfolio”, Spirale, March-April
- Robert Enright, “The Very Rich Hours of Carol Wainio”, Border Crossings, February
2002
- Sarah Milroy, “Brushes With the Best”, Globe and Mail, May 11
- Sarah Milroy, “Critic’s Choice”, Globe and Mail, May 4
2000
- Michèle Thériault, “Carol Wainio: Les Registres du contemporain/Contemporary Registers”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Musée d’art de Joliette
- Gary Michael Dault, “Wainio’s eccentric wonderlands”, Globe and Mail, May 6
1999
- Mikko Canini, “Thinking Out Loud”, The Calgary Straight, March 11-18
- Bernard Lamarche, “De la lecture”, Le Devoir, Mars 7
1998
- Nancy Tousley, “Persistent Images”, (Exhibition Catalogue), York University
- Gillian MacKay, “Adult pain in childlike images”, Globe and Mail, November 28
1996
- Stéphane Aquin, “Carol Wainio: Théâtre intime”, Voir, November
1995
- Dorine Mignot, “Notion of Conflict: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Art”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1994
- Stéphane Aquin, “Hors cadre”, Voir, May 5
- Laurier Lacroix, “Peinture Ponctuation”, Trois, Volume 9, no. 3
1993
- Jeffrey Spalding, “Reflecting Paradise”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Expo ’93/Government of Canada
- Kate Taylor, “Wainio Show Raises Unsettling Questions”, Globe and Mail, April 16
1992
- Gaston St-Pierre, “Vues d’ensemble” (Exhibition Catalogue), Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal
1991
- Renato Barilli, “Anni Novanta” (Exhibition Catalogue), Galleria Communale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
- Jessica Bradley, “Working Truths/Powerful Fictions”, (Exhibition Catalogue), MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
- Christopher Hume, “Artist fills frames with speed, space and time”, The Toronto Star, Friday February 22
- Serge Bérard, Carol Wainio (Exhibition Catalogue) Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
1990
- Simonetta Rasponi, Editor, “La Biennale Di Venezia”
- Yvan Moreau, “Carol Wainio: Galerie Chantal Boulanger”, Parachute, October/November/December
- Lisa Rochon, “Every Picture Tells a Story”, Canadian Art, Summer
- Allan Pringle, Allan, “Carol Wainio: Blow-up”, Etc., No. 11 Spring
1988
- Josée Bélisle, France Gascon, Gilles Godmer, Pierre Landry, Réal Lussier, “Les Temps Chauds” (Exhibition Catalogue), Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
- Deirdre Hanna, “Carol Wainio’s Amorphous Art”, NOW Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 8
- Donna Lypchuk, “Modern Horrors on canvas”, Metropolis, Vol. 1, No. 27, November 27
- Claude Mongrain, “The Ninth Dalhousie Drawing Exhibition”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Dalhousie University
- Sandra Paikowsky, “Contemporary Canadian Works on Paper”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Concordia Art Gallery
1987
- Pierre Landry, “Le geste oublié” (Exhibition catalogue), Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
- Lesley Johnstone, “Carol Wainio: Galerie Chantal Boulanger”, Vanguard, November/December
- Noemi Smolik, “Focus: Canadian Art from 1960 to 1985”, Canadian Art, Spring
- Arthur Kroker, Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring
- Jean Tourangeau, “Sins of Experience”, Vanguard, December/January
1986
- Pascale Beaudet, “City Detour”, Vanguard, September
- Lesley Johnstone, “City Detour”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Optica, Montréal, Québec
- William Wood, “Skinjobs”, C Magazine, Fall
- Diana Nemiroff, & Jessica Bradley, , Songs of Experience, (Exhibition Catalogue), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- France Gascon, “Ecrans Politiques” (Exhibition Catalogue) Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
1985
- Gregory Salzman, “Allegorical Margins”, C Magazine, Fall
- Mason Riddle, Contemporary Canadian Painting, (Exhibition Catalogue), Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Christopher Hume, “AGO’s Been on a Youth Kick Lately”, The Toronto Star, May 10
- David Burnett, Perspective ’85, (Exhibition Catalogue), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- Gérald Godin, “Regards--sur 31 femms artists de la collection Tout l’Art du Monde”, (Exhibition Catalogue), Le ministre des Communautés culturelles et de l’Immigration, Montréal
- Gérald Godin, “Tout l’Art du Monde ’85”, (Collection Catalogue), Le ministre des Communautés culturelles et de l’Immigration, Montréal
1984
- Joan Murrary, “The Figure: A New Generation of Canadian Painters”, Canadian Art, Fall
- Ron Shuebrook, “Appearances, N.S.”, Vanguard, April
1983
- Bruce Ferguson, Appearing, (Exhibition Catalogue), Mount Saint Vincent Univeristy, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- David Burnett, & Schiff, Marilyn, Contemporary Canadian Art, Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta
- R. Bringhurst, G. James, ,R. Keziere, ,D. Shadbolt, , (eds.), Douglas & MacIntyre, Visions, Toronto, Vancouver
- Oliver Girling, “Carol Wainio”, Parachute 29, Dec/Jan/Feb
- Paul Miliken, “Carol Wainio at Yarlow/Salzman Gallery”, Artmagazine 61, Dec./Jan./Feb.
1982
- John Bentley Mays, “Hot Pink Pyramids: Antiques of the ’60’s”, Globe and Mail, September 18
1981
- Martha Fleming, “Six From the Styx”, Arts Atlantic 10, Spring
- John Bentley Mays, “Two Exhibits Marry Art to Life’s Public Issues”, Globe and Mail, February 28
- Ron Shuebrook, “Empathetic Witness: Halifax, N.S.”, Vanguard, February