Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019               Havelock. Solo Exhibition, PhotoLA art fair, Santa Monica, California.

2015               The Dog and Pony Show. Solo Exhibition, Center for the Arts, University of Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas.

2011               The Farm Family Project. Solo Exhibition, Red Wall Gallery, at the School of the Photographic Arts, Ottawa, Ontario

2010               Prince Edward Island. Permanent installation. Animal Services Building, Edmonton, Alberta (Commissioned by the Edmonton Arts Council)

Prince Edward Island. Solo exhibition, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario

2008              Our Name In Lights. Solo exhibition, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario

Faux Show. Solo exhibition, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario

2007               The Farm Family Project. Solo exhibition, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario

Farm Families. Solo exhibition, Heritage Farm Museum, Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia (In conjunction with Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Farm Family Project, Solo exhibition, Harbourfront Centre Photo Passage, Toronto, Ontario

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 - 2022   Selected Works, Stonover Farm, Long Term Exhibition, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA

2020 - present Selected Works, Montage Big Sky, Long Term Exhibition, Big Sky, Montana, USA

2019               Selected Works, Danziger Gallery, Photo London, London, England

Purgatory Road. Outdoor sculpture installation show, Orange County, NY

2018               Festival Photo La Gacilly-Bade 2018. Baden, Austria

2017               Festival Photo La Gacilly 2017. Brittany, France

2016               G.A.L. Girls Art League Annual Fundraiser. Toronto, Ontario

2014               10:10 Selected Photographers from Ten Leading American Academies. Rishon LeZion, Israel

Proximity to Animals. OCAD University Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Critters. Honolulu Museum of Art. Hawaii, USA

2013               TV Party. Collaboration with What Cheer? Brigade. PS1, Long Island City, New York.

Rhode Island School of Design 2013 MFA Graduate Show. ClampArt, Chelsea, New York City.

Nature Talks Back. Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts.

2012               Return to Rattlesnake Mountain. Summer Exhibition. Wassaic Project, Wassaic, New York

                        Reka. Permanent public art installation. 2nd Street Park Medicine Hat, Alberta (Commissioned by the City of Medicine Hat)

                        Flux Capacity, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.

                        Come Here, I Need You, Gelman Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.

                        Atlantica Colectivas, FOTONOVIEMBRE 2011. XI Bienal Internacional de Fotografia de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

2011               RISD Photo Triennial, October 6-20, 2011, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.

Canadian Art Gallery Hop, September 21, 2011, Toronto, Ontario

2010               Singular.  Group Exhibition in Festival X Ottawa Photography Festival.

Beyond Imaginings.  Public Group Exhibition.  Curated by Patrick Macaulay.  Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

Bestiary.  Show and Fundraiser.  Curated by Sally Morgan Lehman, Liz Parks, and Sally Zunino.  Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY

2009               Farm.  Group exhibition at the Stonover Farm Gallery, Lenox, The Berkshires, Massachusettes

Pastoral Portraits.  Group exhibition with Geoff Fitzgerald for the 2009 Contact Photography Festival, Airspace Gallery, Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario.  Curated by Lee Petrie

2008               Collection hOlleben.  Group exhibition, Jan von Holleben Studio, Berlin, Germany

Photorama. Group fundraiser for Gallery TPW, Toronto, Ontario

                        Art With Heart. Group fundraiser for Casey House Hospice, Toronto, Ontario

SNAP!08. Group exhibition and media launch, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2007               Flash Forward 2007: Emerging Photographers from Canada, the U.K. & the U.S. Group exhibition and book launch, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, Chelsea, New York

NSCAD Emerging Artists. Group exhibition, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia

2006               Flash Forward 2006: Emerging Photographers from Canada, The U.K. & the U.S. Group exhibition and book launch, Lennox Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Education

2013 Master of Fine Arts in Photography

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, Rhode Island, USA

2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major: Photography)

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), Halifax, Nova Scotia 

Art Fairs

Photo London 2019

VoltaNY 2010

Art Basel Miami 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014

Next Art Fair Chicago 2009

Photo LA 2009, 2019

Scope New York 2008

Scope Basel Switzerland 2008

Scope Hamptons 2008

Toronto International Art Fair 2007 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014

Awards

2022               Finalist, Siena International Photo Awards, Siena, Italy 

2016               Selected Winner, Slideluck, Mad River Valley, Vermont

2014/15        Photography and Illustration Awards, Applied Arts Magazine

                        New York, NY, USA

2012               Student Award, Society of Photographic Educators

                        San Francisco, California, USA

2011               President’s Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design

                        Providence, Rhode Island, USA

2009               Selected Winner, Magenta Foundation, "Flash Forward”

                        Toronto, Canada

2008               HP Prize for Photography

                        Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Ontario

 

Grants

2017, 2014

2013, 2010

2008, 2007    Creation Grant, Arts New Brunswick (various locations)

2014               Artist in Residence Grant, Arts New Brunswick, Svalbard, Norway

2011, 2012    Professional Development Grant, RISD, Providence, RI, USA

2010               Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Providence, RI, USA

2007               Arts by Invitation Grant, Arts New Brunswick, Toronto, Canada

Residencies

Chateau D’Orquevaux, Champagne, France

Saltonstall, Ithaca, New York

The Arctic Circle Residency, Svalbard, Norway

SÍM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland

Kimmel-Haring-Nelson Residency, Nebraska City, NE

Medalta Residency, Medicine Hat, Alberta

Collections

Smithsonian Museum of American History

Museum of Fine Art, Houston Texas

NY Public Library

Spencer Collection

Leonard Nimoy Family Foundation

University College Art Collection, University of Toronto

Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art

Edmonton Arts Council, Edmonton Alberta

Citibank

Canadian Association of University Teachers

Centro de Fotografia Isla de Tenerife           

City of Medicine Hat, Alberta

Guest Lecturer/Critic

2021               Images Alberta Camera Club, Edmonton, Alberta

2015               Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas

2014               CUNY, New York, New York

                        School One, Providence, Rhode Island

2013               Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

2011               School of Photographic Arts, Ottawa, Canada

                       University of British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia

2009               Toronto Camera Club, Toronto, Canada

 

Publication Record

2022               The Farm Family Project, forthcoming 1st Edition Monograph, Brooklyn, NY

                        Vegan Art: A Book of Visual Protest by Tommy Kane, contributing artist, HENI Publishing, June 2022

2021               Le Banquet Annuel de la Confrérie des Fossoyeurs, cover art, Spanish and Greek Editions

2021               Caves, Amorphous Sculpture Salon, group exhibition in book form, Brooklyn, NY

2020               Cal, New York Artist & Creators House, artist feature, Good Press, Japan

2019               The Dictatorship of the Present: The Point Magazine, Chicago, USA

2018               Animaux de la ferme, Science Setavenir, France

Festival Photo La Gacilly-Baden (catalogue), Baden, Austria

2017               Photos de Famille à la Ferme, Slate, France

Festival Photo La Gacilly (catalogue), La Gacilly, France

2015               Pacific Dissent (cover), Los Angeles, California

Dreams: La Peste magazine, Mexico City, Mexico

The Walrus magazine, Toronto, Ontario

2014               Best of 2014: Juxtapoz Magazine, San Francisco, USA

Glamour Shots for Goats: Juxtapoz Magazine, San Francisco, USA

2013               Beyond Two Dimensions: Installing Photography: Hyperallergic, New York, USA

Farm Families: Shutr Magazine, Amsterdam, Holland

2011               A Day At A Farm: Huffington Post, Los Angeles, USA

View Magazine, Berlin, Germany

2010               Behind the Scenes: Looking Fabulous in Fur: New York Times (Newspaper).  New York, NY

2009               Reform Cool: House&Home (Magazine). Toronto, Ontario

2008               Rob MacInnis: Snapshot (Television Show). Featured Artist in half-hour episode of Bravo documentary series.

Allah Mode: Toronto Life (Magazine). Toronto, Ontario

2007               Flash Forward 2007: Emerging Photographers from Canada, the U.K. & the U.S. (Book). Magenta Publishing: Toronto, Ontario

Eye Candy: Eye Weekly (Magazine).  Toronto, Ontario

The Unreal World : Enroute (Magazine).  Montreal, Quebec

Featured Exhibitions: Contact (Magazine). Toronto, Ontario

Halifax Fresh Faces: The Gazette (Newspaper). Halifax, Nova Scotia

2006               Flash Forward 2006: Emerging Photographers from Canada, The U.K. & the U.S. (Book). Magenta Foundation: Toronto, Ontario

Podcasts

2022               Rob MacInnis, Who’s Flying The Plane podcast, London, England

2016               Forces of Nature, Episode 1: In-Residence podcast, Kimmel Harding Nelson Residency, Nebraska City, Nebraska

https://tinyurl.com/mtw2uwrp

Bibliography

Kristen Joy Watts, “Behind the Scenes: Looking Fabulous in Fur”,” New York Times ‘Lens’ Photoblog, January 1, 2010.

David Balzer, “Rob MacInnis “Farm Family Project”,” Eye Weekly, no. 219 (2007).

Arjun Basu, “The Unreal World”, Enroute Magazine, (May 2007)

Laura Trethewey, “Halifax’s Fresh Faces”, Gazette, Issue 139-27, (April 5, 2007).

Philis McGregor, Interview, CBC Radio, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 2, 2007

Jay MacNeil, Interview, CTV, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 2, 2007

Adrienne Reid, “In Fashion”, Fashion TV, Toronto, Ontario, October 15, 2007

Bob Barrett, “Snapshot”, Bravo Television, Toronto, Ontario, November 27, 2008