Born: 1976, Vancouver, Canada
Education
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, curated by Catherine Bedard (forthcoming)
2007
Red, Blue and Yellow, Aperture Public Art Project, The Vancouver Public Library Downtown Branch, three images 10ft x 20ft displayed in library foyer, curated by Karen Henry and the City of Vancouver, Vancouver
Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
2006
Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2004
Ivy House, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
2003
Ivy House, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2002
Exterior Studies at Night, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2001
Leon’s Palace, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2000
The Photo Tolles, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
1999
Happy Friday Night, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social, Kelowna Art Gallery, curated by Emmy Lee and Daina Augaitis (forthcoming)
2009
Shift, Harbour Centre, Toronto, curated by Karen Henry (forthcoming)
The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social, Kamloops Art Gallery, curated by Emmy Lee and Daina Augaitis (forthcoming)
2008
Shift, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, curated by Karen Henry (forthcoming)
Moodyville, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social, Vancouver Art Gallery, curated by Emmy Lee and Daina Augaitis, February
Portraits, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007
Winter Salon Show, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Artist as Photographer, Artists for Kids Gallery, Vancouver, April-May
History, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, January-March
Strange Identity, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, February-March
Front and Back, Access Gallery Fundraiser, Vancouver, March
2006
Home Theatre, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Portrait of a Citizen, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Karin Bubas and Corri Tetz, Galerie Espace, Montreal, December
Karin Bubas and Helen Levitt, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, May 31
In Your Face, Ontario Art Gallery, Toronto, July
2005
Park, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
Decay: (n) (v), Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
Real Pictures: Photographs From The Collection of Claudia Beck and Andrew Gruft , Vancouver Art Gallery
2003
Rotation, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, July
About Time, Canadian Embassy, Washington DC, March-June
2002
A Proposal for an Exhibition, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Anna Hunt/Karin Bubas, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto
Details, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
2001
Vancouver Collects, Vancouver Art Gallery, October – January.
The Power of Reflection, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
Proof 8, Gallery 44, Toronto
2000
Image and Light – History and Influence, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver
SHOOT – A Covert Optimism in New Vancouver Art, Kenderdine Art Gallery,
The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Popular, Anodyne, Vancouver
La Couleur du Confort, Centre Culturel de Dorval, Dorval, QC
La Couleur du Confort, Musee de la Ville de Lachine, Lachine, QC
La Couleur du Confort, Hotel de Ville, Ville Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre, QC
La Couleur du Confort, Bibliotheque publique de Cote Saint-Luc, Cote Saint-Luc, QC
1999
Bitume/Bitemen 99, View Finder, Brusseles, Belgium
after photography, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver
La Couleur du Confort, (The Color of Comfort), La Galerie Vox, Montreal
Buenas Dias Mundial, De Vieashal Contemporary Art Centre, Middleburg, The Netherlands
1998
Monument Valley, Or Gallery, Vancouver
Sunken Livingroom, Access Gallery, Vancouver
1997
Speedball, Access and Or Gallery fund-raiser, Vancouver
Eye Contact, Art Space Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Eclectamania, Access Gallery, Vancouver
Choices, Angelus Gallery, Winchester, England
Selected Bibliography
Adbusters Magazine, p. 1, p. 6, Vol. 11, #11, Jan/Feb, 2003 (images)
Adbusters Magazine, p. 101, Vol. 11, #3 May/June, 2003 (images)
Adbusters Magazine, p. 9, Vol.10, #4, July/August, 2002 (images)
Arden, Roy. after photography, exhibition companion, Monte Clark Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada, May, 1999.
Arden, Roy. “After photography”, Canadian Art, Winter 2000, vol. 17, No. 4, pg 48-56.
Beck, Claudia. ‘’A Proposal For An Exhibition’’, exhibition companion, Monte Clark Gallery,
2002.
Beyond Magazine, cover, p. 28-29, issue no. 15: Where We Are, February 2007 (images)
Brayshaw, Christopher. ‘’Show Chock Full of Talent’’, The Georgia Straight, December 12-19, p. 72,
2002.
Burnham, Clint. “How Hitchcock interacted with his actress”, Westcoast Life,
November 16-22, 2006, pg. D26.
Burnham, Clint. “The banal lives side-by-side with the sublime”, The Vancouver Sun,
October 2006.
Cahier D’Activite, ‘’Exotic World’’, Spring/Summer, p. 12-17 (images), issue #1, 2003.
Coupland, Douglas. “Critical Mass,” The Globe and Mail, May 12, 2001, V1, V2.
Coupland, Doug. “Souvenir of Canada”, p. 64, 65, 92, 93, 100, 101, 121, 137, 144, published
by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 2002.
Dault, Michael Gary. “Proof 8 at Gallery 44”, The Globe and Mail, August 2001.
Dault, Michael Gary. “Monumental twins belie their vulnerability”, The Globe and Mail, March 2002.
Dault, Michael Gary. “ Monumental twins belie their vulnerability”, The Globe and
Mail, March 2002.
De Guzman, Paul. “Happy Friday Night”, Lola, p.78, Winter 1999-2000.
Desrochers, Christine. “Le Document Photographique: Logique De La Seduction”,
Etc Montreal, p.45-47, Issue #48.
Enright, Robert. “Alfred Hitchcock Paints a Photograph”, Border Crossings Magazine, p.16-17
and artist’s project centerfold, p. 105-107, fall, 2006.
Foeste, Lisa. “Home Theatre Explores Domestic Space”, The North Shore News, Friday
October 20th, 2006
Ghaznavi, Corinna. ‘’Ivy House’’, d’ART International Magazine, p. 40, Winter 2004/05
Gold, Kerry. “Inner Space Traveler”, Vancouver Sun, November 15, 2003.
Guhle, Shelly. “Popular”, exhibition companion, Anodyne Gallery, 2000.
Hastings, Sascha. “ Hunt a Hit”, Now Magazine, March 2002, Vol.21, No.29.
Henderson, Lee. “Karin Bubas”, Contemporary Magazine, Winter 2003.
Hill, Mary Francis. ”Leon’s Place Peeks Behind Walls of a Desperate World”, The
Westender, p.23, August 9-15, 2001.
"Ivy House", Beyond Magazine, Spring 2006
Jeffries, Bill. “Home Theatre”, exhibition companion, Simon Fraser University Gallery, 2006.
Johnson, Mia. “Karin Bubas: Ivy House”, Preview Gallery Guide, p. 6,
November/December/January 2003/2004
Lafortune, Wes. “Photography Now, Western Canadian Artists To Watch”, Galleries West
Magazine, p.46-48, Spring 2007.
Lamarche, Bernard. “Chroniques du banal”, Arts Visuels, les Samedi 25 et
Dimanche 26.
Langford, Martha. “Reflections on Reflection”, Paper, Scissors, Stone,
2007.
Langford, Martha. “The Power of Reflection”, BorderCrossings, Vol.20, No.2
(issue no.78), pgs.51-52.
Laurence, Robin. “Artists Eve Rooms With a View”, The Georgia Straight, p.72,
November 23-30, 2006
Laurence, Robin. “Karin Buba_”, The Georgia Straight, Nov. 27, 2003.
Lee, Emmy. “The Tree: From The Sublime To The Social”, exhibition companion,
The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2008.
Lehmann, Henry. “The World Turned Into A Picture”, The Gazette, J6, Saturday,
September 18, 1999.
Magenta Magazine, p. 20-21, Volume 1, Number 3, Winter 2006
Mahovsky, Trevor, “Radical, Bureautic, Melancholic, Schizophrenic, Texts as
Community”, Canadian Art, p.54, Summer 2001.
Piitz, Brian, “Proof 8”, exhibition companion, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada,
July 2001.
McManus, Kelly. “Moodyville”, North Shore Outlook, North Vancouver, May 22, 2008.
McPhee, Eric. “Picturing Moodyville as a State of Mind”, The North Shore News, North Vancouver, Friday
May 2, 2008.
Piitz, Brian, “Proof 8”, exhibition companion, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada, July 2001.
PREFIX PHOTO, Winter 2000, vol.1, no. 2 (images).
Ritchie, Christina. “Karin Bubas, Ivy House”, C Magazine, Issue #80, Winter 2004.
Roelstrate, Dieter. Intertidal: Vancouver Art and Artists, MuHKA/Belkin,
exhibition catalogue, 2006.
Rosenblum, Lauren. “Karin Bubas, In Review”, Canadian Art, p.144–146. Fall 2007.
Sandals, Leah. “Bricks and Motion”, The National Post, Toronto, p.28
Scott, Michael. ‘’Where We Are, What We’ve Seen’’, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, D5, December
19, 2002.
Scott, Michael. “After Photography comes what? Photorealism gets a reality check.” The
Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, May 8, 1999.
Scott, Michael, “After Photography Late Night”, Canadian Art, p.118-119, Fall 1999.
Scott, Michael. “Visual Arts 1999 (Year in Review)”, The Vancouver Sun, C7, Tuesday December
27,1999.
Sengara, Lorissa. Park, Monte Clark Gallery, Canadian Art, Winter 2005, Vol. 22,
No. 4 , page 95
Sengara, Lorissa. “A Proposal for an Exhibition”, Canadian Art Magazine,
p.105-106. Spring 2003.
Sheir, Reid. “After Images, Photography Stays Real At Monte Clark Gallery”,
Vancouver Magazine, p.28, May 1999.
Shier, Reid. “Monument Valley”, exhibition companion, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC,
November, 1998.
The Vancouver Review, cover and p.16 artist’s page, Spring 2006
“The Vancouver School”, CBC Radio 3 online magazine, February 21-27, 2003.
Tremblay, Elene. “La Couleur du Confort”, Mois de la Photo a Montreal, catalogue,
p.120- 131, Montreal, QC, 1999.
Catalogues
Langford, Martha. Scissors, Paper, Stone. Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art, p. 47-48,
published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007
Carte Blanche, Photography 1, published by The Magenta Foundation, p. 25, 2006
Real Pictures, The Vancouver Art gallery, Vancouver, 2005
The Power of Reflection, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Quebec, curated by Martha Langford
Shoot, Kenderdine Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, curated by Tim Nowlin, 2000
Mois De La Photo, Vox Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, curated by Elene Tremblay, 1999
Buenas Dias Time, P.A.R.K. 4DTV and De Vleeshal Gallery, Middleburg, The Netherlands, curated by Fiona Bowie and Cindy Spence at the Western Front, 1999
Coupland, Doug. ‘'Souvenir of Canada'', p. 64, 65, 92, 93, 100, 101, 121, 137, 144, published by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver
Collections
Glenbow Museum, Alberta
Osler Hoskins and Harcourt, Ottawa
The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Awards & Grants
2007
BC Arts Council Grant
Canada Council Grant
2005
Vancouver Arts Award
2003
Canada Council Grant
BC Cultural Grant
Gold Award in the category of Still Life Photography, National Magazine's Award
2001
Canada Council Grant
Honourable Mention Canada Council Future Generations Millenium Prize
2000
BC Cultural Grant
Canada Council Grant
1999
Canada Council Travel Grant
