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Exhibitions and Awards
2008

Group show -   Lisette Model and her Successors, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2007 Group show – Lisette Model and her Successors, Aperture Gallery, New York
2006

Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Grant
Group show -  Photo Exhibit, Lazienski Park, Warsaw, Poland 
100 Portfolios, Wright State University, Dayton, U.S.A.

2005

Group show – People in Place, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto Canada
Group show – Life of Water, Photo Sensitive, Toronto, Canada
Group show – Toronto the Good, University of Toronto, St. Regis College, Toronto, Canada
Houselink Double Exposure Art Auction

2004

Solo show - Bathers, Art Gallery of Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay, Canada
Solo show - Bathers, Quai de la Batterie, Arras, France
Cultural Property donation to Mira Godard Study Center from Bathers series

2003

Solo show - Bathers, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group show - Toronto Grid Works, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group show - Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
Amnesty International Photography Auction
Cork and Canvas Auction

2002

Curator - Quebec Summit of the Americas, 2001, Photo Eclipse, Toronto, Canada
Group show - Body of Water, Luft Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group show - Whereabouts, York Quai Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Cork and Canvas Auction

2001

Solo show - Bathers, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Canada
Group show - White, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group show - Toronto at the Millennium-Urban Sites, Market Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group show - Toronto 5, Havana, Cuba
Group show - Pool, York Quai Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada
Group show - Bathroom, Luft Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (January 2001)
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (August 2001)
Canada Council Travel Grant
Canada Council Mid-Career Grant                            
Houselink Double Exposure Art Auction
Art with Heart Casey House Auction
Cork and Canvas Auction

2000/1999

Participant in The Century of the Body:Photoworks 1900-2000 curated by Musee de          L’Elysee
Lausanne, Switzerland, Lisbon, Portugal
Casey House Art with Heart Auction

1999

Solo show - Water, Galerie Mistral, Montreal, Canada
Solo show - Contact 99, Kur, Area Gallery,Toronto, Canada
Millennium Arts Fund Grant for The Grid Project (Toronto at the Millennium) by 5 photographers
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
Acquisition by Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Xmas show-Galerie Mistral, Montreal, Canada

1998

Solo show - Social Milieu, Ryerson Gallery, Contact 98, Toronto, Canada
Purchase by Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
Casey House Art with Heart Auction

1997

Canada Council Type B Grant
Toronto Arts Council Grant
Group show - Vie Privee/Vie Publique, Mois de la Photo,
Galerie Entre Cadre, Montreal, Canada
Xmas show-Ryerson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Baycrest Art Auction

1996

Group show - Inheritance, Centre Interculturel Strathearn, Montreal, Canada
Baycrest Art Auction

1995

Group show - 5 Photographers, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Ontario Arts Council Project Grant
Purchase by Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
Baycrest Art Auction

1994

Canada Council Type B Grant
Group show-Toronto After Dark, Market Gallery,Toronto, Canada

1993

Solo show-Bathers and Black-Tie, TPW Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

1992 Purchase by Canada Council Art Bank
Ontario Arts Council Project Grant
1991

Travelling group show - Portraits of Women, CMCP sponsored
Purchase by Canada Council Art Bank

1988

Group show - Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Canada\Mexico Exchange,
Mexico City, Mexico

1987 Group show - Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
1986

Purchase by Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography

1985 Purchase by Canada Council Art Bank
1984

Solo show - Portraits, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

1983 Purchase by Canada Council Art Bank
1982

Group show - Galerie Optica, Montreal, Canada
Canada Council Grant
Ontario Arts Council Grant

1981

Solo show - Ryerson Gallery, Toronto


Professional Experience: Teaching
2008 Instructor Photo Production Ryerson (Day Program), Winter
Instructor, Approaches to Documentary Photography, Ryerson, Winter, Spring
Instructor, Intro to Black and White Photography, Toronto School of Art, Winter, Spring
Ontario Educators Forum Workshop (May)
Pikto Workshops (location lighting, March, portraiture, July, Contact galleries tour, May)
2007

Instructor Photo Production, Ryerson (Day Program), Fall
Instructor, Tech 1, Ryerson CE, Winter
Black and White Darkroom Workshops, Gallery 44 (March, October)
Ontario Educators Forum Workshop (May)
Instructor Black and White Photo 1 and 2, Haliburton School of the Arts, Fa

2006

Instructor, Illustrative Portraiture 2 (Day) Sheridan College, Winter
Instructor, Tech 1, Ryerson CE, Winter
Black and White Darkroom Workshop, Gallery 44 (February/March)
Ontario Educators Forum, Workshop May
Instructor, Black and White Photo 1 and 2, Haliburton School for the Arts, Fall

2005

Instructor, Illustrative Portraiture 2, (Day) Sheridan College, Winter, Fall
Instructor, Tech 1, Ryerson CE, Fall
Instructor, Darkroom Practice Workshop, Photo Educators Forum (May 8)
Instructor, Intro to Photography, The Photo Essay, NSCAD (Day), Advisor Independent Study, Summer
Ontario Educators Forum, Workshop, May

2004 Instructor, Tech 1, Ryerson CE, Fall
Instructor, Illustrative Portraiture 1 (Day), Sheridan College, Fall
Instructor, Foundation Photo, Basic Colour, The Situated Portrait, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Winter (Day)
2003

Instructor, Intro black and white, CE, Humber College, 3 semesters
Instructor, Tech 1, Intro black and white, CE, Ryerson University, Fall semester
Internship training 3rd year Ryerson student for credit (day program)
Advisor, Ryerson 4rth year student, responsible for grading (day program)
Cultural Property donation to Mira Godard Study Center, Ryerson University
Guest critique, Humber College, advanced photo class                        

2002

Instructor, black and white darkroom course, CE, Humber College, Fall
Internship training 3rd year Ryerson student for credit (Day)                   
Guest presentation, Humber College, advanced photo class

2001

Internship training 4rth year Ryerson student, responsible for grading (day program)
Guest presentation, York University photography class  

2000

Guest presentation, Humber College, photography class

1999

Guest presentation, Humber College, photography class
Humber College jury member for student show

1998

Advisor, Ryerson 4rth year student, responsible for grading (day program)

1997

Internship training 3rd year Ryerson student for credit (day program)
Guest presentation, Ryerson University photography class
Guest presentation, Ontario College of Art and Design
Guest critique, Ryerson University, 3rd year class

1996

Guest presentation, Ryerson University, photography day program

1995

Guest presentation, Ryerson University, photography day program
Guest presentation, Toronto Camera Club

1994

Guest presentation, Ontario College of Art and Design, photography class
Steichenlab Ryerson Student Award Grant Jury Member

1992

Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant Jury Member

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Professional Experience: Photographic Assignments and Awards
1981 - 2008

Editorial portraiture published in major Canadian publications
Annual report, advertising, documentary and educational assignments
Stills photography for films
Recipient of National Magazine Award (silver 04, gold 01, gold 92, nominee 93)
Recipient of Art Directors Club Awards (85, 86, 88, 92)

Education
1977-1981

Ryerson University
Major:  Photographic Arts, Bachelor Applied Art

1975-1977

Concordia University
Major:  Photography and Painting, Undergraduate

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Bibliography
2007

Ukula Magazine, Bathers, Summer 2007
Las Ranas, The Bathers, Spring 2007

2005

Photo Ed,  A Liberating Experience, Fall,  2005

2004

BorderCrossings, Bathing Beauties, Spring, 2004

2003

Geist ,Steam, p.44-59, Spring 2003
Go Nudity,, CBC radio, host Brent Bambury
National Post, Review, AL 5, 19/06/03
The Globe and Mail, Critic’s Choice, R 21, 21/06/03
The Globe and Mail, Gallery Going, R14, 21/06/03
Toronto Star, Review, G8, 26/06/03
Toronto Star,  Making Contact, Review, C2, 04/05/03

2001

Canadian Geographic, Cleansing Rituals, p.100-101, May/June, 2001
Saturday Night Magazine, Thunder Bay, Saturday Night Back Page, July 20

2000

The Globe and Mail, Taking the Waters, p.R12-13, July 22, 2000
Thunder Bay Saunas, CBC radio interview, Thunder Bay, September 2000

1999

Shift, Swimming Through Sound, p.28-29, June 1999

1996

CV Photo, cover and p.14-21, Spring 1996

1995 Matrix, Bathers and Black-Tie, p.44-51, Vol.45, 1994
1993

Photo Life, Private Moments, Public Places, p.26-30, October 1993