Solo Exhibitions
| 2006 | Reflections, Pukka Gallery, Ottawa. |
| 2005 | Homing In, Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery. |
| 2005 | Sur la Route/On the Road, Centre d'exposition l'Imagier, Aylmer. |
| 2003-04 | Delivered, a painting installation, offthemapgallery, Toronto. |
| 2002 | Road Paintings, Artguise, Ottawa. |
| 1997 | Wish You Were Here (Paintings), Dunvegan Pub, Ottawa. |
| 1992 | Going (Paintings), Gallery Intersection, Ottawa. |
| 1992 | One From Vietnam, (Photo essay), Ottawa YMCA. |
Two-Person Exhibitions
| 1999 | Lightship II, with Channa Boon (The Netherlands). SAW Gallery, Ottawa, |
| 1999 | Lightship I, with Channa Boon (The Netherlands). Niagara Artists Company, St.Catherines. |
| 1994 | Intrusions in the View, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, with Michele White, curated by Caroline Langill. |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2007 | Oil Spill, New Painting in Ontario, Jeremy Bailey, Jaclyn Conley, Dave Cooper, Kim Dorland, Petra Halkes, Michael Harrington, Kent Monkman. SAW gallery, Ottawa, |
| 2007 | Dutch Courage, Images of Lineage, Galerie La Petite Mort, Ottawa. |
| 2004 | Local Scene, Acquisitions 2003, City of Ottawa Art Gallery, April |
| 2003 | Let There Be Flight National Aviation Museum, Ottawa. |
| 2002 | New Acquisitions, City of Ottawa Art Gallery. |
| 2000 | Arts 2000, produced by the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Gallery Stratford, Stratford, On. |
| 1999 | Acquisitions 1999, Region of Ottawa-Carleton, Heritage Building. |
| 1993 | Artflight 93, National Aviation Museum, Ottawa (Hon.Mention). |
| 1992 | Re-Mapping Territories, SAW Gallery. |
Public Collections
- National Aviation Museum Ottawa, 1993.
- Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, purchases 1992, 93, 99
- City of Ottawa, 2001, 2003
Reviews and Exhibition Essays
| 2007 | Valerie Doucette, "Oil Spill, New Painting in Ontario," BorderCrossings, Vol. 26, Nr. 4 Issue 104, Pp 88 - 90. |
| 2007 | Rhiannon Vogl, "Group of Seven, artists set out to prove that the death of painting is a myth". Ottawa Express, vol. 14 no 32 p 6 |
| 2007 | Katy Le Van, "Retour aux Sources, Déversement accidentel: La Nouvelle Peinture en Ontario." Voir vol. 7 no 34, Aug. 23 - 29, p.8 |
| 2006 | Susan Johnston, Radio CKCU, Ottawa, Interview on Reflections, Pukka Gallery |
| 2005 | Judith Parker, "Narratives of Highways and Homes: Paintings by Petra Halkes," Exhibition essay. |
| 2005 | Paul Gesell, "Vicarious twists and turns, unsettling images from the road by an artist who doesn't even drive." The Ottawa Citizen, April 14 |
| 2005 | Paul Gesell, "'On the Road' exhibit in Aylmer explores fear." The Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 6 2005 |
| 2005 | Marie Gérin "Sur la route...Une exposition de Petra Halkes à L'Imagier." Le Bulletin, Aylmer, 19 janvier 2005 p 14 |
| 2003 | Gary Michael Dault, "Petra Halkes at offthemap Gallery." The Globe and Mail, December 20 2003. |
| 1999 | Carol Podedworny, "Seeing Isn't Believing," BorderCrossings #71 1999 |
| 1999 | Anita Eutreneier, "Lively Lightship Enterprise." Capital City, April 8 1999, |
| 1997 | Virginia Howard, "Been There, Done That," The Ottawa Citizen, Sept.16 |
| 1997 | Donna Wawzonek, "A Tale of Two Pubs," The Ottawa Xpress, Sept. 18 |
| 1994 | Caroline Langill, "Intrusions in the View," Exhibition essay. |
| 1994 | "Michele White and Petra Halkes, Gallery SAW Video, Ottawa," Parallélogramme, vol. 20 no 1, 1994 |
| 1992 | Nancy Baele, exhibition review, March 1992 The Ottawa Citizen. |
Education
| 2001 | Ph.D. (Cultural Analysis) Cum Laude. Leiden University, Faculty of Arts. |
| 1995 | Master of Arts (Canadian Art History) Carleton University, Ottawa. |
| 1989 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (Studio, painting and sculpture), University of Ottawa, (Magna Cum Laude). |
Selected Scholarships, Grants.
| 2007 | A-Grant, Creation and Production, City of Ottawa's Funding Program, |
| 2005 | A-Grant, Creation and Production, City of Ottawa's Funding Program. |
| 2003 | Visual Arts Grant (emerging) Ontario Arts Council. |