2014
- Sarah Milroy, “Once Upon a Time Before The Art of Carol Wainio”, Bordercrossings, Volume 32 Number 4
- Jerome Delgado, “De jeunesse et d'experience”, Le Devoir, January 18, 2014
- John Pohl, “Wainio explores stories and images, The Montreal Gazette, January 18, 2014
2013
- Audrey Genois Editor et al, “The Painting Project, Galerie UQAM, 2013
- Gregory Beatty, “Unspun Fables”, Prairie Dog, April 18, 2013
- Fran Schechter, “Wainio's Twisted Folklore”, Now Magazine, March
- Leah Sandals, “Carol Wainio on Wentegate, Fairy Tales & Climate Change”, Canadian Art -- Online, Fabruary
- Terence Dickinson, “Carol Wainio at Paul Petro”, Akimbo, February
- Liz Wylie, “Wonderful technique on dark ruminations”, Kelowna Capital News, February 1
2011
- Sara Milroy, Review, Canadian Art, Fall
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