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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
