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GALLERY REPRESENTATION
- NEW YORK RARE GALLERY
- NASHVILLE RYMER GALLERY
- LOS ANGELES LACDA
ARTIST STATEMENT
I use the computer and Photoshop as my sole mediums to create images that are the basis for three ongoing series of works -- Planets, Islands, and Still Lifes.
Employing techniques that resemble collage and painting by "borrowing" pixels of color from images found on the Internet using search engines, I entirely absent the camera from the artistic process. My “photographs” honor Nature while celebrating Technology, an important concern for me in an age when humans are struggling to find a balance with the planet that sustains them.
I approach my work as a “regenerative” project in that it will change in a manner similar to how the Earth is diversifying in the face of global warming and other cataclysmic events. Through my art, I have found a way to showcase Nature's all-encompassing beauty while at the same time expressing my genuine concern for its preservation and safety.
CURRICULUM VITAE
B.A. in Visual Studies from the University of TorontoLives & works in Vancouver, Canada
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012
- Let There Be Light, Western Front, Vancouver
- Still Life 03 & 07, Vivio Flower Gallery, Vancouver
2011
- East Side Culture Crawl, Old Foundry Building, Vancouver
- "...all of you on the good Earth", RARE Gallery, New York
- Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, LA
- Sea Creatures, Vivarium Gallery, Vancouver
2010
- Still Land, False Projects, Vancouver
- Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, LA
- Snap, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville
- Botanica, Hunterdon Art Museum, New Jersey
- Immigration & Alienation, Vivarium Gallery, Vancouver
- Thinking about Green, Port Moodie Arts Centre, Vancouver
2009
- Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, LA
- Still Life, Vivarium Gallery, Vancouver
- Still Land, SCOPE NY, New York
- Planet 11, Vivarium Gallery, Vancouver
2008
- Paths of the Sea, Vivarium Gallery, Vancouver
- SJCS 140th Anniversary, DAR Constitution Hall, Washington DC
2007
- Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, LA
- Labyrinth Dedication, St John's Anglican Church, Ottawa
- Animals & Plants in Abstract & Urban Worlds, IPTAR WEST, New York
2006
- La Joie De Vivre, White Rabbit, New York
- Nurturing the Edge, CUE Art Foundation, New York
- Drawing the Line Against Domestic Violence, 26 + Helen Mills Theater, New York
2005
- Waiting for the Barbarians, RARE Gallery, New York
- Nurturing the New, Spike Gallery, New York
- Impermanence, OM Yoga, New York
- No BBQ, 1513 Pacific Street, Brooklyn
- Sweet Brazil, C. Eule Dance, New York
- Situation (Excerpt), Happy Ending Lounge, New York
- Collage, Drawing Show, Gallery 402, New York
- Situation (Excerpt), Antique Cafe, New York
- No BBQ, 1513 Pacific Street, Brooklyn
2004
- Relentless Proselytizers, Feigen Contemporary, New York
2002
- Circles, Crispo, New York
- spRING, Philipp Mohr Residence, New York
2001
- Up, up & away , The Chelsea Viewing Room, New York
- Morning, Art System, Toronto
2000
- Eyeball, University of Toronto, Toronto
- Performance Night, University of Toronto, Toronto
1999
- Social Work, Tropicana 88, Toronto
- Eyeball 1999, University of Toronto, Toronto
1997
- Art Party Sundays, Goulash Party House, Toronto
1995
- Flowers, Clair de Lune, Ottawa
- Tools, Clair de Lune, Ottawa
EXPERIENCE
2009-Present
- RARE Gallery, Artist, New York
2008-2011
- Vivarium Gallery, Co-founder, Vancouver
2005-2007
- M & W Graphics, Art Restoration, New York
2003-2005
- Ingo Günther, Artist Assistant, New York
2002-2003
- Guggenheim Museum, New Media Department, New York
2001-2002
- Guggenheim Museum, Education Department, New York
- Karl Mann, Artist Assistant, New York
EDUCATION
2011
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1999-2001
- University of Toronto, Toronto
1995-1996
- Ontario College of Art, Toronto
1994-1995
- University of Toronto, Toronto
1993
- West Island College,Class Afloat Program, South America & South Pacific
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Shaw Cable Television, Channel 4 Broadcast, The Express show, April 27-28, 2010
- Kanata Kourier, News & Community, St. John's opens Kanata's first labyrinth, Jun 29 2007
- The New York Times, Arts Listings, Ken Johnson, Jan 13 2006
- The New York Times, Arts, ART IN REVIEW; 'Relentless Proselytizers', Ken Johnson, Aug 6, 2004