ARTIST BIO
John Graham is a multidisciplinary artist based in Saskatoon, Canada. John started his professional creative life by studying architecture and working as an architect. He later shifted his artistic focus to study and create visual art in multiple artistic media including print media, artist’s books, drawing, painting, and installation works. His broad visual art practice includes independent filmmaking. He teaches Printmaking + Digital Media at the University of Saskatchewan. He has taught studio art in colleges and universities in Canada, the United States and Australia. John has participated in artist residencies worldwide. He has been the recipient of many art and film awards, grants, fellowships and prizes. His visual art has been widely exhibited in North America, Asia and Europe. His award winning short experimental films have been screened in 18 countries at over 80 film festivals. His artwork in all media is included in the art collections of Loto-Quebec, the National Bank of Canada, the National Library of Canada, the National Library of Quebec, the New York Public Library, and the Canada Council Art Bank.
CURRICULUM VITAE
E D U C A T I O N
1999 Master of Fine Art University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
1986 Master of Architecture University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 1983 Bachelor of Environmental Studies University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
T E A C H I N G P R A C T I C E
2014- Assistant Professor University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
2013-2014 Art Instructor University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK 2013 Visiting Assistant Professor Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL
2011-2012 Visiting Assistant Professor McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
2010-2011 Visiting Assistant Professor Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL
2009-2010 Studio Art Instructor Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
2008-2009 Visiting Assistant Professor Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, USA
2007-2008 Visiting Assistant Professor Binghamton University, New York, USA
2002-2005 Assistant Professor University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
2002 Visiting Assistant Professor University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia
2001-2002 Studio Art Instructor Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
1999-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL
G R A N T S, A W A R D S, P R I Z E S + S C H O L A R S H I P S 2015 Best Film - Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards Regina, SK 2015 Filmmakers Assistance Program Grant National Film Board of Canada, Montreal, QC 2015 President's SSHRC Grant Office of Research, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK 2014 Independent Artists Media Grant Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, SK
2014 Members Production Grant PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK
2014 New Faculty Research Award University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
2014 Artist Residency Award Funen Workshop, Odense, Denmark
2013 Travel Grant for Media Artists Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
2013 Production Grant SAW Video Media Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
2013 Video/Film Production Grant City of Ottawa, ON
2012 Media Arts Grant (Mid-Career) Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2012 Best Experimental Film ‘Brooklyn Film Festival’ New York, USA
2012 Creative Research Grant McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
2011 Travel Grant for Media Artists Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
2011 Conference Grant McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
2011 SAW Video Media Arts Centre Production Grant, Ottawa, ON
2011 Video/Film Production Grant City of Ottawa, ON
2011 Filmmaker Assistance Program Award National Film Board of Canada, Montreal, QC
2011 Travel Grant for Media Artists Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
2010 Video/Film Production Grant City of Ottawa, ON
2010 Grand Prize ‘Short Sighted’ The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, NL
2010 Principal’s Research Award Memorial University, NL
2010 Fine Arts Research Award Memorial University, NL
2010 Production Grant SAW Video Media Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
2010 Corel Arts Endowment Award Ottawa, ON
2009 EMMEDIA Finishing Funds Grant Calgary, AB
2008 Professional Development Grant Red Deer College, AB
2008 Artist Grant Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
2007 Professional Development Grant Allegheny College, USA
2005 Artist Residency Award Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM
2005 Jurors Award ‘Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition’ University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, USA
2004 Artist Grant Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
2004 Exhibition Assistance Grant Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2003 Exhibition Assistance Grant Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2002 Artistic/Creative Research Grant University of Guelph, ON
2002 Artist-in-Residence Award University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia
2001 Visual Artist Travel Grant Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
2001 Artistic/Creative Grant Memorial University, St. John’s, NL
2001 Drawing & Printmaking Prize Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council, St. John's, NL
2000 Artist-in-Residence Fellowship Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, USA
2000 Visual Arts Grant Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council, St. John's, NL
2000 St. Michael’s Residency Award St. John’s, NL
1999 Principal’s Research Grant Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL
1999 Graduate Research Award University of Oregon, USA
1999 Art History Association Purchase Art Award University of Oregon, USA
1988 Graduate Teaching Fellowship University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
1998 Artist-in-Residence Award Cill Rialaig Project, Ireland
1998 Artist Travel Grant Quebec Council for the Arts, Quebec City, QC
1998 TOAE Ernst & Young Best Original Print Award Toronto, ON
1998 Travel Grant Quebec Council for the Arts, Quebec City, QC
1997 Full Fellowship Award Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, USA
1996 Artist-in-Residence Award Atelier Engramme, Québec City, QC
1996 Artist-in-Residence Award Lowick House, , Lake District, UK
1996 Artist Travel Grant Quebec Council for the Arts, Quebec City, QC
1995 1st Prize Graphics Award Allentown Festival of the Arts, NY, USA
1994 Artist-in-Residence Award L’Atelier de l’Ile, Val David, QC
1994 Artist-in-Residence Award Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium
1994 Printmaking Award Concordia University, Montréal, QC
1994 Academic Bursary Award Concordia University, Montréal, QC
1992 Prix d’excellence Biennale internationale, Ville-Marie, QC
1991 1st Prize Print Award Print Collection, Loto-Québec, Montreal, QC
S O L O A R T E X H I B I T I O N S
2016 'Museum of Dreams' Main Gallery, Harcourt House Artist Centre, Edmonton, AB 2009 ‘Serivisions’ Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2006 ‘Etcetera’ Perry Gallery, Binghamton, NY, USA
2006 ‘Otherworlds’ Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2005 ‘Nature Unbelieved’ Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM, USA
2004 ’20 Visions’ McClure Gallery, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC
2004 ‘Visions from the Tempest’ Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004 ‘Nature Unimagined’ Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, AB
2004 ‘Visions from the Tempest’ The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton, AB
2002 ‘The Heated Eye’ Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia
2001 ‘World Soul’ SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2000 ‘Reverent Pluralism’ James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, NL
1996 ‘John Graham - Serial Prints’ Julian Scott Gallery, Johnson State College, VT, USA
1995 ‘Réponse au mystère’ Galerie 303, Montréal, QC
1994 ‘Beauty is sincerity’ Other Gallery, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, AB
1993 ‘The Circus within Us’ Atrium Gallery, Nepean Civic Square, Ottawa, ON
D U O A R T E X H I B I T I O N S
2007 ‘Uninhabited Landscapes’ Spool Art Space, Johnson City, NY, USA
2005 ‘Synchronicities’ Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2004 ‘Interplay’ Profiles Public Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2003 ‘Interior Play’ Nanaimo Art Gallery, Malaspina University, Nanaimo, BC
1999 ‘Anima Mundi‘ Omni Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
1997 ‘Story Telling in Hope’ Galerie l’Imagier, Aylmer, QC
1993 ‘Images’ Salle Augustin-Chénier, Ville-Marie, QC
G R O U P A R T E X H I B I T I O N S 2017 'The Black School' Kastrupgårdsamlingen Art Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark 2016 'Fyns Grafiske Vaerksted 40th Anniversary Exhibition' Brandts Museum, Odense, Denmark 2016 '8th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro' Alijo, Portugal 2016 '5th Biennial FootPrint International Contemporary Printmaking Center, Norwalk, CT, USA 2016 'Shift' McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON 2016 'AB Project - Uncovering Artists' books Grimbsy Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON 2015 'Structure' VoixVisuelle Artist Centre, Ottawa, ON 2015 'This is Us Now' Karsh-Masson Gallery, City Hall, Ottawa, ON 2015 'Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial' Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan 2015 'Okanagan Print Triennial' Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC 2015 'New Members Exhibition' Funen Workshop Gallery, Odense, Denmark 2014 ‘OUTSIDEr’ Central Station, Strasbourg France 2014 'Kanadai Digitalis Muveszet' Met Galeria, Budapest, Hungary 2014 ‘9th Annual International Digital Art Exhibition' Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle, Ottawa, ON 2014 ‘Printed Matters Now’ Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
2014 ‘7th Douro Biennial’ Alijo, Portugal
2014 ‘The Way Things Are’ Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
2013 ‘Global Print 2013’ Alijo, Portugal
2013 ‘A Glimpse of the Future’ Voix Visuelle, Ottawa, ON
2013 ‘Recent Additions’ City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2013 ‘Art by Instruction’ Eastern Edge Galley, St John’s, NL
2013 ‘3rd Triennial Print & Drawing Exhibition’ Chang Mai University Center, Thailand
Sanamchnadra Art Gallery, Silpakkorn University, Chang Mai, Thailand
2012 ‘Okanagan Print Triennial Exhibition’ Kelowna Art Gallery, BC
2012 ‘Contemporary Print & Drawing Exhibition’ University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA
2012 ‘Bangkok Triennale Print & Drawing Exhibition’ Thailand
2012 ‘Close to Home’ Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2010 ‘KIWA Woodblock Exhibition’ Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan
2010 ‘Canadian Landscape Exhibition’ Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON
2010 ‘Penang Print Exhibition’ Universiti Sains, Penang, Malaysia
2009 ‘National Drawing Exhibition’ White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
2009 ‘Landscapes’ John David Macklin Gallery, Kingston, ON
2009 ‘Strange and Beautiful’ Tay River Gallery, Perth, ON
2009 ‘Prospectus: New Works’ SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2009 ‘International Print Exhibition’ Shenkman Centre, Ottawa, ON
2009 ‘Okanagan Print Triennial Exhibition’ Vernon Art Gallery, BC
2009 'Furthest’ Galeria Poliglota, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009 ‘Artists’ Books Bound in Art’ Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON
2008 ‘Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition’ Red Deer College Library, AB
2008 'Further: Printmaking on the Edge’ Malone Gallery, Troy University, USA
2008 'Eye of the Hurricane’ Centre culturel de Cote des Neiges, Montreal, QC
2008 'Further: Printmaking at the Edge’ Brevard College, Brevard, NC, USA
2008 ‘Painting on the Edge’ FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 'As We See It’ Heeschan Gallery, Meadville, PA, USA
2007 ‘Falun Triennial’ Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden
2007 'Impressions of Humanity’ Montreal Museum of Fine Art, QC
2007 ‘Further’ Galerie Wolleb, Vienna, Austria
2007 'Annual Art Faculty Show’ Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, USA
2007 'Shakespeare Made in Canada’ Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
2007 'Biannual Art Faculty Show’ Art Museum, Binghamton, NY, USA
2007 'Printmaking on the Edge’ Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
2007 'International Biennial of Engraving’ Acqui Terme, Italy
2007 'International Biennial of Douro’ Museum of Douro, Alijo, Portugal
2007 'Edge’ Hanmi Photography Museum, Seoul, Korea
2007 'Printmaking at the Edge’ Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2007 ‘At the Edge’ Grafikos Galerija, Kaunas, Lithuania
2007 ‘Edge’ RJ Reynolds Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
2006 ‘Printmaking at the Edge’ Hornan Gallery, Falun, Sweden
2006 ‘Further Artists’ Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland
2006 ‘Here & Away’ Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 'At the Edge’ Salem Fine Arts Center, Winston Salem, NC, USA
05/6 ‘Triple X’ Visual Arts Ontario Gallery, Toronto, ON
05/6 ‘Southern Graphics Traveling Exhibition’ Iowa State University, Ames, IO, USA
2005 ‘Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition’ University of Hawaii at Hilo, HI, USA
2005 ‘Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial’ Boston University, USA
2005 ‘Biennale d’estampe contemporaine’ Trois Rivieres, QC
2005 'Los Angeles Printmaking Society National Exhibition’ Pasadena, CA, USA
2005 'Imprinted’ El Museo Culturel de Sante Fe, NM, USA
2005 ‘Beyond the Frame’ MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
2004 'Drawing 2004’ John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 ‘BIMPE III’ Dundarave Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 ‘Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Biannual’ Kitchener, ON
2003 ‘Kyoto International Woodprint Exhibition’ Museum Annex, Kyoto, Japan
2003 ‘The Spines that Bind’ Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
2003 ‘SNAP Traveling Exhibition’ Print Artists Northwest, Portland, OR, USA
2003 ‘Egyptian International Print Biennale’ Center of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2003 ‘Interconnections’ San Chun Gallery, Calgary, AB
2002 ‘Working Drawings’ Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
2002 ‘London International Print Biennale’ Morley College, London, UK
2002 ‘Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition’ Art Gallery of Grenfell College, NF
2002 'Biennale of Drawing, Print & Paper’ Centre nationale, Jonquiére, QC
2002 ‘Arts & Letters Competition’ Arts & Culture Centre, St. John’s, NF
2000 ‘First Annual Members’ Show’ SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2000 ‘International Print Exhibition’ Off-Centre Gallery Bristol, UK
2000 'Printed Matters’ Other Gallery – Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2000 'Celebration’ Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2000 'Exhibition Omni’ Omni Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
1999 '100 livres d’artistes’ National Library of Quebec, Montreal, QC
1999 ‘Art from Pan America’ Site Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1999 ‘MFA’99 Exhibition’ Museum of Art, U of Oregon, Eugene, USA
1999 ‘National Printmaking Exhibition’ Arizona State U, Tempe, AZ, USA
1999 'With the Grain’ Blue Pony Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
1998 ‘Robert Horne Touring Exhibition’ Tullie House, Carlisle, UK
1998 ‘Exposition de la Releve’ Centre culturel de Val-David, QC
1998 ‘Sense and Sensuality’ Museum of Downtown Los Angeles, USA
1997 ‘Biennial of Drawing, Print & Paper’ Centre nationale, Jonquiére, QC
1997 ‘International Print Exhibition’ Portland Art Museum, OR, USA
1996 ‘Triennial of Printmaking of Biella’ Palazzo Regional, Biella, Italy
1996 ‘International Exhibition of Graphic Art’ Frechen, Germany
1995 ‘Juried Works Exhibition’ Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON
1994 ‘Triennale mondiale d'estampe' Galerie d'art contemporain de Chamalières, France 1993 Exposition internationale de papier' Musée de Couvin,Cul-des-Sarts, Belgium 1992 'Prints International' Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CN, USA 1992 '7th Print International Exhibition' Plaza Gallery, Binghamton, NY, USA 1992 'National Small Works' Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY, USA 1991 'Artistes du Conseil québecois de l'estampe' Victoria Art Gallery, Toronto, ON 1991 'Montreal Print Collector Society Exhibition' Dominion Gallery, Montreal, QC 1991 'Contes, Légendes et Poèmes du Québec' Galerie du Loto-Quebec, Montréal, QC
S H O R T F I L M
DREAMS AND SPACES IN BETWEEN (2015) 8min, 41 sec, HD video (writer, director, producer, art director, editor) 2016 *nominated Best Experimental Film Yorkton Film Festival Canada 2016 Esperanza International Film Festival Moscow, Russia 2016 Near Nazareth International Film Festival Afula, Israel 2016 TIF Video Challenge Nicosia, Cyprus 2016 Festival Parachute Light Zero Act III, Paris, France 2016 Shortfest International Zebbug, Malta 2016 Barcelona Erotic & Bizarre Art Film Culture Club Pindanguillo, Barcelona, Spain 2016 Official Selection of the Venice Film Week Venice, Italy 2016 Indiepossible International Film Festival Providence, Rhode Island, USA 2016 Athens Animfest Athens, Greece 2016 TMC London Film Festival London, UK 2016 Roma Cinema DOC, Rome, Italy 2016 Cinenergie International Francophone Film Festival Saskatoon, Canada 2016 SIFA Awards Access Communications Broadcasting, Regina, Canada 2015 Firestone International Experimental Film Festival Moscow, Russia 2015 Shortest Day of the Year PAVED Arts Media Centre, Saskatoon, Canada 2015 *won Best Film Saskatchewan Film Independent Film Awards Regina, Canada http://www.filmpool.ca/events/events-by-year/2015-events-3/sifa-2015/
A BLIND MAN SEES (2013) 1min, HD video (writer, director, producer, art director, editor) 2016 International Film Festival Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine 2015 BLOW-UP · Chicago International Arthouse FILM FEST, Chicago, USA 2015 300 Minutes International Film Festival Karlsruhe, Germany 2015 Festival of the Cinematics New York, USA 2015 Miniature Film Festival Vancouver, Canada 2015 Sarmat Independent International Festival Orenburg, Russia
2015 Top Shorts Online Film Festival Los Angeles, USA 2014 Aakruti International Film Festival Mumbai, India
2014 Córdoba International Film-Minute Festival Cordoba, Argentina
2014 TOFF Online Film Festival New York, USA
2014 Walthamston International Film Festival London, UK
2014 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival Chesteron, MD, USA
2013 Videominuto Parto, Italy
SINCERUS (2013) 8min 43sec, HD video(writer, director, producer, art director, editor)
http://sincerusthefilm.com/
2015 CologneOFF 2015 @ Fonlad - Digital Art Festival Santa Clara Gallery, Coimbra, Portugal 2014 Siliguri International Short Film & Documentary Festival Siliguri, India
2014 Valie D’ Itria Film Festival Puglia, Italy
2014 Naoussa International Film Festival Naoussa, Greece
2014 Serile Filmului International Film Festival Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2013 CologneOFF – International Videoart Festival Cologne, Germany
2013 Short Film Festival Edinburgh, UK
2013 Brooklyn Film Festival New York, USA
2013 Speechless Film Festival Mankato, MN, USA
2013 Resolution SAW Video Media Centre, Ottawa, Canada
MOVE (2011) 7min 48sec, HD video (writer/director/producer/art director/editor)
http://movethefilm.ca/ *Best Experimental Film 2012 Brooklyn Film Festival
http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=1291 2015 New Directors, New Films Festival Espinho, Portugal 2015 Metafest Minsk, Belarus 2015 Mosaic World Film Festival Rockford, IL, USA 2015 Cambridge Strawberry Shorts Cambridge, UK 2015 Montreal International Animation Film Festival Montreal, Canada 2015 Gstaad Film Festival for Short Art Films Dublin, Ireland + Selkirk, Cardiff, UK
2015 The Dream Film Showcase Vancouver, WA, USA
2014 Pune Short Film Festival Korthrud Pune, India 2014 Goa Short Film Festival Goa, India
2014 Mica Film Festival Sao Francisco, Brazil
2014 Oregon Underground Film Festival Portland, USA
2014 Fargo Fantastic Film Festival Fargo, ND, USA
2014 Valie D’ Itria Film Festival Puglia, Italy
2014 Viewster Online Film Fest 3 Zurich, Switzerland
2014 Muskoka Independent Film Festival Rosseau, ON, Canada
2014 Bolgatty International Film Festival Kochi, India
2014 Malta Animation Film Festival Luqa, Malta
2013 Golden Orchid International Animation Festival State College, PA, USA
2013 Orillia Film Festival Orillia, ON, Canada
2013 MashRome Film Fest Rome, Italy
2013 LAMPS Film Festival University of Lethbridge, AB, Canada
2012 Imagine Science Film Festival New York, USA
2012 National Screen Institute Short Film Festival Winnipeg, Canada
2012 Lucca Film Festival Lucca, Italy
2012 Ottawa International Film Festival Ottawa, Canada
2012 L’Etrange Festival Paris, France
2012 BuSho Short Film Festival Budapest, Hungary
2012 *Best Experimental Film - Brooklyn Film Festival New York, USA
2012 Byron Bay Film Festival Bryon Bay, Australia
2012 Resolution SAW Video Media Centre Ottawa, Canada
2012 Visiting Artist Program McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
2011 Interfilm 27th International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany
2011 International Film Festival ETIUDA & ANIMA Krakow, Poland
2011 Barrie Short Film Festival Showcase Barrie, Canada
2011 Hamilton Film Festival Hamilton, Canada
HIDDEN CITIES (2009) 2 min, HD video (writer/director/producer/art director/editor)
2011 Dawson City International Short Film Festival Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
2011 National Screen Institute Short Film Festival Winnipeg, Canada
2011 Mississauga Celebration Square (Honourable Mention Award) Mississauga, ON, Canada
2010 Mixer Grenfell Gallery, Corner Brook, NL, Canada
2010 *Grand Prize - Short Sighted The Rooms Art Gallery, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada 2010 Smoking Minds Video Art Nuvolepiatte, Pesaro, Italy
2010 Video Expressions White Water Gallery (North Bay) AKA Gallery (Saskatoon), Xpace (Toronto) Ed Video (Guelph) ARTSPACE (Peterborough) Spark Arts Space (Syracuse, NY)
2010 Resolution SAW Video Media Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
C O L L E C T I O N S (Print Media, Drawing, Painting, Video/Film)
Art Collection of the National Bank of Canada Montreal, QC, Canada Art Procurement Program Government of Newfoundland & Labrador, St.John's, NL, Canada
Atelier Engramme Québec City, QC, Canada
Canada Council Art Bank Ottawa, ON, Canada Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre Toronto, Ontario
Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimee La Louviere, Belgium
Engraving Museum of Douro Alijo, Portugal
Faculty of Allied Arts University of Oregon Eugene, OR, USA
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA
Frans Masereel Centrum Kasterlee, Belgium
Portland Art Museum Portland, OR, USA
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Taos, New Mexico, USA
University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Kyoto International Woodprint Association Kyoto, Japan
L’ Atelier de l’ile Val-David Val-David, QC, Canada
Malaspina Printmakers Society Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mediatheque – Saw Video Media Arts Centre Ottawa, ON, Canada
Musée d’art contemporain de Chamalières Chamalières, France
Musée Pierre Bayle Le Carla-Bayle, France
Museum of Engraving – Castello dei Paleologi Acqui Terme, Italy
National Library of France Paris, France
Nelson Atkins Museum Kansas City, USA
New York Public Library - Special Collections New York, NY, USA
Nun Ta Jah Lodge Bow Lake, AB, Canada PAVED Arts Media Centre Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Penang State Art Museum Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Print Collection of the Loto-Québec Corporation Montreal, QC, Canada
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium Saskatchewan FilmPool Cooperative Regina, SK, Canada
St. Michael’s Print Shop St. John’s, NL, Canada
Tama Art University Tokyo, Japan Winnipeg City Hall Municipal Art Collection Winnipeg, MN, Canada
Velvet Antler Print Studio - Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, AB, Canada Voix Visuelle Artist Centre Ottawa, Ontario
C O L L E C T I O N S (Artist’s Books + Print Suites) 'Imprint' (2015) Archives & Special Collections - University Library
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
‘The Business Suite’ (2003) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
‘Visions from the Tempest’ (2001) Archives & Special Collections - University Library
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario National Library of Québec, Montreal, Quebec
‘Enthusia’ (2000) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
‘Reverent Pluralism’ (1998) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
National Library of Québec, Montreal, Québec
‘Stable Grace’ (1997) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
National Library of Québec, Montreal, Québec ‘Thought Garden’ (1997) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
National Library of Québec, Montreal, Québec
‘Beauty is sincerity’ (1996) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
National Library of Québec, Montreal, Québec
‘Past Instincts’ (1996) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
National Library of Québec, Montreal, Québec
Bruce Peel Special Collections, University Library
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
‘Tone Spirits’ (1995) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
‘Les tons des esprits’ (1995) National Library of Québec, Montreal, Québec
‘A Letter to the Sky & the Moon’ (1994) National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Bruce Peel Special Collections, University Library University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
‘Une lettre au Ciel et à la Lune’ (1994) National Library of Québec, Montreal, Québec
P U B L I S H E D A R T I C L E S & C R I T I Q U E S
- Printmaking Residencies in vibrant, cosmopolitan Montreal, Newsletter 1, Fyns Graphic Workshop, Odense, Denmark, Feb. 2016 - Artists Helping Artists Printmaking Today, Spring 2015 vol.23, Issue 1, Oxford, UK
- Primal Encounter, CHOP, vol.18, #1, 2005, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, BC
- Composition in Harmony, Printmaking Today, vol.13, 3, Autumn 2004, London, UK
- Artists & Residencies, Printmaking Today, London, UK, vol.13, #2, Spring 2004
- Artists & Residencies, CHOP, vol.16, #1, 2003, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver,BC
- Artists & Residencies, Imprint, vol.37-4, Dec 2002, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Australia
- Archway in Edmonton, Ceramics Technical Magazine, #5, 1997, Sydney, Australia
- Gregory Ball - Journeyland, Extension Magazine, vol. 2, #4, Summer 1993, The Print & Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
- Contemporary Scottish Art, Extension Magazine vol.2, #2, Winter 1992, The Print & Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
A R T I S T R E S I D E N C Y & P R I N T M A K I N G E X P E R I E N C E S
2016 Oboro Media Arts Centre Montreal, Quebec (scuplture, video) 2015 Fyns Grafiske Vaerksted Odense, Denmark (etching) 2015 Atelier Circulaire Montreal, Quebec (etching) 2014 Fyns Grafiske Vaerksted Odense, Denmark (etching)
2014 Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, Alberta (film, installation)
2008 Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, Alberta (drawing, etching, video)
2006 Gushul Studio (U of Lethbridge) Blairmore, Alberta (drawing, painting)
2006 Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, Alberta (drawing, painting, etching)
2005 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Taos, New Mexico (drawing, painting)
2005 Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, Alberta(drawing, painting)
2004 Black Church Print Studio Dublin, Ireland (etching)
2004 Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, Alberta (drawing, etching) 2003 Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, Alberta (drawing, etching) 2002 University of Tasmania Launceston, Australia (drawing, installation) 01/02 Malaspina Printmakers Society Vancouver, British Columbia (etching)
00/01 Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, Alberta (etching)
2001 Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont (drawing, artist’s book)
2000 St. Michael's Printshop St. John's, Nfld (artist’s book)
1997 Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont (etching)
1997 La Guilde Graphique Montréal, Quebec (etching)
1996 Atelier Circulaire Montréal, Quebec (artist’s book)
1996 Atelier Engramme Québec City, Quebec (etching)
1995 Lowick House Print Residency Cumbria, England (lithography) 1995 Banff Centre for the Arts Banff, Alberta (artist’s book)
1995 Atelier de l'Ile Val David, Quebec (lithography)
1995 Frans Maseerel Centrum Kasterlee, Belgium(lithography)
1993 Atelier Circulaire Montréal, Quebec (etching)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y 2015 -Annouk Lebel 'Radio Canada Television Interview; Culture' CBC Saskatoon, SK, Dec. 1 2015 -Garth Materie 'The Afternoon Edition' (Saskatchewan) CBC Radio, Saskatoon, SK, Nov. 27 2015 -Chris Putnam 'Art and Sciences The Magazine - Arts and Culture News' University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK 2015 -Michael Robin 'New to US' On Campus News, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK 2015 -Tab Rahman, 'MIX flaunts the talents of printmaking students' The Sheaf, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK 2014 -'MOVE at Esbjerg, Kunstmuseum' TVGlad, Esberg, Denmark, August 6
2014 -'Canadisk film og musik' Esberg Ugeavis, Esberg, Denmark, August 6 2014 -Jeo 'Prisvindende film pa Esberg Kunstmuseum' Esberg, Denmark, August
2014 -Dee Gibson 'Printed Matters Now' News, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Saskatchewan http://library.usask.ca/archives/exhibitions-digital/exhibitions/printed-matters.php
2014 -Derrrick Kunz, Historic printmaking inspires artists, Alumni News, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, July 21 http://words.usask.ca/alumninews/2014/07/29/historic-printmaking- display-inspires-contemporary exhibit/ 2013 -Max Sync,‘Scenes Between Living & Dreaming’ Fulcrum, U of Ottawa, ON, Jan. 10 2012 -Maudrey Nikalow, ‘Contact: An Interview With The Director of the Short Film Sincerus’ AMI audio (Accessible Media Inc) Toronto, Ontario, Nov. 2
2012 -Remi Serge Gratton, ‘Les ecrans compacts’ CHUO, University of Ottawa, Sept. 25
2012 -Lois Lee & Derick Fage, ‘Daytime Ottawa’ RogersTV, Ottawa, ON, Sept. 21
2012 -Tony Martins, ‘Camera-ready café’ Kitchissippi Times, Ottawa, ON, July 12 2010 'Corel Arts Endowment Award’ Circulare, Council of the Arts, Ottawa, ON, vol. 18, Fall 2009 -'Art students across Canada collaborate’ Daily News, The Canadian Press, Prince Rupert, BC, Feb. 13, pg12
2009 -Danny Yoeman, ‘350 Project’ CityTV Evening News, Edmonton, Alberta, Jan.21
2009 -Lana Michelin, ‘International effort animates discussion on climate’ Advocate, Red Deer, Alberta, Jan. 16, pgA2
2009 -Emily Gertz ‘Animations for Solutions to Global Warming’ Change.org, NYC, USA, Jan.13
2009 -Kelly Green, ‘Canada to Colombia: a Cross-Continental Collaboration’ 350.org, San Francisco, California, USA, Jan. 7 2007 -Gary Essar, ‘Allegemeines Kunstlerlexikon’ K.G. Saur Vg, Leipzig, Germany
2007 -Daniel Fischlin, ‘On Shakespearen Adaption and Being Canadian' University of Guelph Press, University of Guelph, Ontario, pg12 2005 -Howard Bokster, ‘Class Acts’ Concordia U Magazine, Montreal, QC, March pg26
2005 -Lauren Hall, ‘Explorations into Myth & Water’ Echo, Kitchener, ON, Jan 27, pg10 2004 -Richard Noyce, ‘Printmaking on the Edge’ A & C Black, London, UK 2004 -Brock Harrison, ‘The eyes are watching you’ Saint City News, Edmonton, AB, June 30 pg37
2004 -Susan Jones,‘Galleries’ summer offerings sparkle’ St. Albert Gazette, Edmonton, AB, June 26, p2
2004 -Daniel Fischlin, ‘Shakespeare in Canadian Art’ www.shakespeares.ca, U of Guelph, ON
2004 -John Grande, ‘Reviews: 20 Visions’ La Vie des Arts, Montreal, QC, No197, pg91
2004 -Jessica Murphy, ‘Visions at McClure Gallery’ Westmount Examiner, Montreal, Nov.11 p20
2004 -Rachelle Cooper, ‘Guelph, Calgary students make an Art-to-Art Connection’ @Guelph, University of Guelph, Ontario, Oct. 13, pg9
2004 -Susan Jones, ‘Eyeing Role Play’ St. Albert Gazette, Edmonton, AB, July 6, pg29 2003 -Rachelle Cooper, ‘Visual Artists, Music students combine their Talents’ @Guelph, University of Guelph, Ontario, Nov.19
2003 -Jeremy Lloyd, ‘How to make an Experimental Canadian Quilt’ Ontarion, U of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Dec. 3
2003 -Gilbert Bouchard, ‘Artists appraising Artists’ Edmonton Journal, AB, June 28
2003 -Felicity Davies ‘Focus on Imaginary’ Nanaimo Daily News, BC, April 4
2003 -Gregory Ball, ‘Interior Play Catalogue’ Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC 2002 -Deborah Malor, ‘The Eye that Turns’ Imprint, Melbourne, Australia, vol. 37 #4 pg10 2002 -Jo McIntyre ‘A Visionary Installation’ The Examiner, Launceston, Australia, June 15
2002 -Lou Southwell, ’In-Residence Here, There and Everywhere’ Unitas, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, June 12, Vol. 226, pg2
2002 -Jude Greibel, ‘Interior Play: John Graham and Jude Grebiel at the Works’ CHOP, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC, Aug./Sept.
2002 -Michael Ross, ‘Words are not enough’ Edmonton Sun, Edmonton, AB, June 30
2002 -Michele Maculo,‘Printing with Passion’ Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canmore, Aug 15, p24
2002 -Jude Greibel, ‘John Graham: Artists Series’ CHOP, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC, February, pg5 2001 -Maureen Fenniak, ‘Just another manic Mundi’ View Weekly, Edmonton, AB, May 17, pg42
2001 -Gary Kean, ‘Grenfell staff, faculty show off their works’ The Western Star, Corner Brook, NL, Jan. 11, pg10
2001 -Contessa Small, ‘Turning the tables: Students judge faculty and staff’ The Humber Log, Corner Brook, NL, Jan. 17, 2001, pg11 2000 -Mark Vaughan.Jackson, ‘Artist lets instinct be his guide’ Telegram, St. John’s, Jan.30, p13
2000 -Ian Foster, ‘Making an imprint’ The Muse, St. John’s, NL, Feb. 11, pg19 1999 -Lois Wadsworth, ‘UO showcases eclectic art forms from eight talented newcomers’ Eugene Weekly, Eugene, Oregon, USA, May 27
1999 -David Ryan, ‘Mastering their craft’ Oregon Emerald, Eugene, USA, May 28 1997 -Frederique David, ‘Des Anges a l’histoire’ Le Regional, Hull, Quebec, Nov. 12 1996 -Jay Watamaniuk, ‘The spirit of printmaking’ See Magazine, Edmonton, July 17
1996 -Dany Quine, ‘Le Corps sublime’ Le Soleil, Quebec City, Quebec, Oct. 26
1996 -Joannne Legault, ‘Suspensions’ Le Droit, Ottawa/Hull, ON, June 24, pgA12 1995 -Lucinda Cathchlove, ‘Creative Creatures’ Hour, Montreal, QC, December, pg20
1995 -Nancy Baele, ‘Printmaker conveys sense of play’ Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, ON, Sept 16 1993 -Gregory Ball, ‘John David Graham: The Circus within Us’ Extension Magazine, Print & Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, ON, Vol3, 2, Winter pg17 1992 -Jean Dumont, ‘Quelle decouverte?’ Le Devoir, Montreal, Quebec, June 25, pgB3 1991-Claude Girard, ‘Les laureats de l’edition 1990-1991’ Le Reveil au Sageunay, Jonquiere, QC, May 7