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Colwyn Griffith

Born in Ottawa, Canada in 1971. Lives in New York City

Education

1994 –1996 Dawson College Institute of Photography. Montreal, QC

1992-1994 BA, Film Studies Carleton University, Ottawa Canada

Solo Exhibitions

2007

Dollar Store, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario Canada Curator: Emily Falvey

Colwyn Griffith: Empire Projects , Southern Alberta Art Gallery Lethbridge, Alberta Canada Curator: Joan Stebbins (Catalogue essay by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado of the Jersey City Museum, NJ)

2006

Eye Candy 3, Glendon Gallery York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2004

Eye Candy 3 , Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Eye Candy 3, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC, Canada

s2003

Eye Candy 3, Carleton University Gallery, Ottawa Ontario, Canada

2002

Eye Candy 1, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario Canada

2001

Eye Candy 1, Platform, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

Group Exhibitions

2007 99 cents, Jersey City Museum of Art, Jersey City, NJ. Curator: Rocío Aranda-Alvarado.

2007 Gallery 461 Inaugural Exhibition Chashama New York City

2005 Collaboration II, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists Philadelphia PA Curator: Bobbie Tilkens

2005 Image & Imagination , Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal. Curator: Martha Langford. (Cat)

2005 Hot Mush & Cold North, w/Edward Burtynsky, Ken Monkman, The Group of Seven, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON. Curator: Emily Falvey.

2004 Canadiana, w/Paul Butler, Simon Hughes, Don Mabie, Skew Gallery, Calgary, AB

Canadian Content, York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario Canada

2003 Proof 10, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON Canada

2002 D’inquietantes expeditions w/Isabelle Hayeur & Yves Arcand VU Gallery

2000 Show 2000. Embassy of Canada, Tokyo, Japan

1999 Invisible Exhibition, Mitaka Arts Centre, Tokyo, Japan  

Awards

2008 Research Production Grant Canada Council for the Arts

2007 Chashama (artist residency) New York City

2005 Chashama (artist residency) New York City

2004 The Canada Council for the Arts, Mid Career

2002 The Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Grant

2000 The Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Grant

Collections

Canada Council Art Bank 2006

City of Ottawa, 2004

Private

Artist Talks

Lethbridge University, Lethbridge Alberta, Canada 2007

Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada 2007

Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC, August 2004

Parks Canada, Hull, QC, January 2004

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, November 2003

Publications

2007

Sandals, Leah. “Bargain Hunter,” The National Post (January 25, 2007)

McQueen, Ann-Marie. “Discount items turned into to Art,” The Ottawa Sun (February 8, 2007)

Higginson, Murray. “Art Review,” Ottawa Citizen (January 24th, 2007)

Collins, Allison. “Dollarama!,” The Ottawa Express (January 18th, 2007)

2006

International Emerging Photographers Magenta Publishing for the Arts (Book) November 2006. pp.148

Violaine Charest-Sigouin, Enroute Magazine, (Artist Profile) November 2006

Carte Blanche, Magenta Publishing for the Arts, April 2006 (Book) pp. 62

Antle, Angela, Socket CBC Radio 1, (interview) July 2006

2005

Image & Imagination McGill-Queen’s University Press; Le Mois de la Photo Montreal (September 2005). (Book) pp.

Gessell, Paul. The Wilderness without its Romantic Image , The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, ON

2004

Coupland, Douglas, Souvenir of Canada 2 Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2004 (Book)

de Aguayo, Anna. Time and Identity in Colwyn Griffith’s Canadian Food-Scapes, Alternator Gallery, BC 2004

Naclia, Janet. A bit of (junk) food for your thought, The Calgary Herold, Calgary, AB, 2004

Tousley, Nancy. “Critic’s Pick” The Calgary Herold, 2004

PhotoEd Magazine. Toronto, Canada, Spring, 2004

Mizgala, Johanna. Consuming Nature: Colwyn Griffith’s Eye Candy 3. Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB 2004

2003

Evans, Robert. Junk Food Nation: Colwyn Griffith's Tourism Photographs. Carleton University, Ottawa, 2003

2002

Suzanne Paquet. D’inquietantes expeditions. VU Gallery 2002

Euteneier, Anita. Colwyn Griffith’s Sweet Discoveries, The Ottawa Express, 2002