Born: 1958, Hamilton, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Mark Lewis, Canadian Pavillion, Venice Biennale 2009, Venice, Italy
2008
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Ontario, curated by David Moos, catalogue (forthcoming)
Le Grand Café Centre for Contemporary Art, Saint Nazaire, France, curated by Sophie Legrand jacques
2007
BFI Southbank, London, curated by Michael Connor
Mark Lewis: Modern Time, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada, curated by Grant Arnold
Regarder: Jeff Wall/Mark Lewis, Galerie Aréna, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la photographie d’Arles, France, catalogue
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain, curated by Jose Lebrero Stals
PS1 international project, Long Island City, New York, USA, curated by
Klaus Biesenbach
Spike Island, Bristol, curated by Lucy Byatt and Karen Allen
Galerie Cent8, Paris, France
Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal Quebec, Canada
2006
BFI Southbank, London, curated by Eddie Berg and Ceri Hand
Fact, Liverpool, England, curated by Ceri Hand, catalogue
Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Centro Andaluz de Art Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain, curated by Helena Tatay and Jose Lebrero Stals
2005
Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg Germany, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, catalogue
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (featured film artist) curated by Pier-Luigi Tazzi and Lars Henrik Gass, catalogue
Casinio Luxemburg, Luxemburg, curated by Enrico Lunghi, catalogue
Cent8, Paris
Triple Candie, New York, USA
2004
Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden, curated by Lena Crone
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2003
Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden, curated by Charles Esche
Sale Rekalda, Bilbao, Spain, curated by Chus Martinez, catalogue
Arco, Madrid, curated by Baert de Baer, Barbara Steiner and Charles Esche
Video Cube, FIAC, Paris, curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Myriam Salomon, Gregor Muir and Benjamin Weil
2002
Galerie Cent 8, Paris France
The Salamanca Art Centre, Salamanca, Spain, curated by Christina Zelich and Steven Bode
Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, curated by Bernhard Fibicher, catalogue
Argos, Brussels, Belgium, curated by Paul Willemsen, catalogue
2001
Villa Arson, Nice France, curated by Laurence Gateau, catalogue
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford England, curated by Astrid Bowron, catalogue
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Galerie Cent8, Paris, France
Or Gallery, Vancouver Canada, curated by Reid Schrier and Damien Moppet
Marche Bonsecours, Montreal, Canada, organized by Vox Popli Mois de La Photo, curated by Marie Jose Jean, catalogue
2000
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Canada, curated by Janice Seline, catalogue
MAMCO (Musée d'art moderne et contemporain), Geneva, Switzerland, curated by Catherine Pavlovic
Fig-1, London, England, curated by Mark Francis, catalogue
Quartier Ephemere, Montreal, Canada, public projection, curated by Caroline Andrieux
Patrick Painter, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (Mark Lewis and Paul McCarthy)
Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England, curated by Steven Bode and Linda Morris, catalogue
Site Gallery, Sheffield, England, curated by Steven Bode and Carol Maund, catalogue
1999
Attitudes, Geneva, Switzerland, curated by Olivier Kaesser
Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, USA, curated by Jerome Sans
Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, USA
1997
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, USA
1996
Tramway Glasgow, Scotland, curated by Charles Esche
Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Metamorphosis, Akbank ve Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey. Curated by Louise Déry (catalogue forthcoming)
Western Motel, Edward Hopper and Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (catalogue forthcoming)
Printemps de Septembre a Toulouse, Toulouse, France. Curated by Christian Bernhard (catalogue forthcoming)
2007
Projections, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Curated by Barbara Fisher
Final Cut, Kunsthalle Osnabruek, Germany, curated by Hermann Noering
Paysages/visions paradoxales, Institut superieur pour l’etude du langage plastique, Brussels, Belgium
The Backlot, Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver Canada, curated by Sophie Brodovitch
Mapas, Cosmoginias e Puntos de Referencia, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea,
Santiago de Compestela, Spain
Critical Mass-Kritsche Masse 1, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
Filmische Wahrheiten, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany, curated by Johan Holten
2006
Landscapes in Time, The Nickle Art Museum, Calgary Canada and the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada, curated by Karen Love and Karen Henry, catalogue
Le mouvement des images, Musee national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris France, curated by Philippe-Alain Michaud, catalogue
Spooky, Het Gebouw, Utrecht, The Netherlands, curated by Hanne Hagenaars and Theo Tegelaars
Ores Litourgias, Athens Greece, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi
Designing Truth, Wilhelm Lembruck Museum, Duisburg Germany, curated by Sabine Maria Schmidt, catalogue
Sound and Vision, Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal. Curated by Stéphane Aquin, Kitty Scott and David Moos
Canada Dreaming, Kunstverein Wolfsberg. curated by Justin Hoffmann, catalogue
Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Whitstable Biennial, Whitstable Kent England
Art Video Lounge, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida
2005
Experience and Emotion, MuHKA, Antwerpen, curated by Bart de Baer et al,
Crosstown Traffic, Apeejay New Media Gallery in New Delhi, India, curated by Eddie Berg and British Council
Weathervane, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada, tours to Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa Canada, curated by Karen Love, catalogue
In-Corporeo In-Visibile, Man- Museo d'arte, Nuoro, Italy, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi
Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video, CCA, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, California, curated by Ralph Rugoff
Variations on the Pituresque, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada. Curated by Karen Love and Karen Henry, catalogue
The Space of Making, Neuer Berliner Kuntsverein, Berlin, Germany, curated by Marie J. Jean, catalogue and then touring to Städtisches Museum Zwickau, Germany, Kuntsmuseum Heideinheim, Germany and Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Germany
2004
3rd Berlin Biennale of Contemporary Art, Martin Gropius Building, Berlin, Germany, curated by Ute Meta Bauer, catalogue
Video Dreams: Between the Cinematic and the Theatrical, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz Austria, curated by Adam Budak, catalogue
Nuit Blanche, various locations, Paris, France, curated by Hou Hanru
Dwellan- an exhibition of contemporary video art, Charlottenborg Copenhagen, catalogue
Aus aktuellem Anlass,Gallerie Johann König, Berlin, Germany
The Cobweb: Collection CGAC and Collection Foundation ARCO, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, curated by Miguel Fernández-Cid.
L'Éveil, l'Espace VOX, Montreal Canada, curated by Marie Fraser
Candyland Zoo, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, England, curated by Martin Clark, catalogue
Re-Makes, Center of Contemporary Art of Salamanca, Salamanca Spain, curated by juan-Ramón Barbancho and Thierry Davilla
Institut fur Gleichstellung, Centre, Berlin, curated by Alexandra Hopf
Trou Art-Archi, La Galerie de Noisy-le-Sec, Paris France, curated by Hélène Chouteau
Spread in Prato 2004, Prato, Italy, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi
Critica in Opera, Castel S.Pietro, Bologna, Italy, curated by Lorenzo Bruni
Rear View Mirror, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, curated by Elizabeth Fisher
The Shadow of Production, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, curated by Grant Arnold
2003
The American Effect, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA, curated by Larry Rinder, catalogue
Sodium Dreams, CCS Museum, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, curated by Elizabeth Fisher, catalogue
Happiness: a Survival Guide for Art and Life, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, curated by David Elliot and Pierluigi Tazzi, catalogue
Art Now: Light Box, Tate Britain, London, England, curated by Lizzie Carey-Thomas and Katherine Stout, et al
Pour de vrai, Musee d’art contemporain, Tours, France, curated by Aline Pujo
Art and Cinema, Musee d’art Moderne, Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, curated by Julie Pellegrin
Turbulent Screen, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenberg, Germany, curated by Ralf Sausmikat and Rosanne Altstaff, catalogue
Fate of Alien Modes, Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria, curated by Constance Ruhm
Silver: Dreams, Screens and Theories, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada. Curated by Lisa Baldissera
The Group of Seven, Platform Gallery, London, curated by Sheila Lawson
Re-Makes, CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, France, curated by Thierry Davila, catalogue
Hidden in a Daylight, Cieszyn, Poland, curated by Foksal Gallery Foundation, catalogue
The Process, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, curated by Maretta Jaukkuri, catalogue
Arte al Centro: la Nouva Agora, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland, curated by Dagmar Reichert, catalogue
[based upon] TRUE STORIES, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, curated by Catherine David and J.P. Rhem
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver Canada, curated by Mark Peranson
2002
The Liverpool Biennial, International Exhibition, Tate Liverpool, England, curated by Lewis Biggs, Eddie Berg, catalogue
The Mind is a Horse, Bloomberg Space, London, England, curatd by Graham Gussen et al
Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea, curated by Hu Han Ru, Charles Esche, and catalogue
Non-places, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany, curated by Nicolas Schafhausen and Vanessa Muller, catalogue
Spectator Sport, CornerHouse, Manchester England, curated by Steven Bode and Paul Bailey
Not a Film, Galerie Tent, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Landscape, Maison de la Culture, Bruges, France, curated by Hubert Bescier
Unprincipled Desires, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, curated by Stephen Foster
Arte al Centro: la Nouva Agora, Citta dell Arte, Biella, Italy, curated by Dagmar Reichert
2001
Endtroducing, Villa Arson, Nice France, curated by Laurence Gateau, catalogue
2000
Intelligence: New British Art 2000, Tate Britain, London, curated by Charles Esche and Virginia Button, catalogue
Wouldn’t it be Nice, Gallerie Montevideo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, curated by Marieka Van Hal
Third Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Art, Taipei Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan, curated by Jerome Sans and Man Ray Hui, catalogue
Pictures, Positions and Places, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada
1999
Cinema! Cinema! The Cinematic Experience, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Curated by Jaap Guldemond, catalogue
Imago 99, Centro de Fotografia, Universidad de Salamanaca, Salamanca, Spain, curated by Christina Zelich, catalogue
Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than You Think, Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin, Germany, curated by Wolfram Aue
Filme -Reflexion in Der Kunst, Galerie fur Zietgenossische Kunst”, Leipzig Germany, curated by Jan Winkelmann, catal
Dis.location, Dortmond, Germany
Dots and Loops, MK Gallerie, Rotterdam, curated by Jason Coburn
1998
Artificials, Museu d’art contemporani Barcelona (MACBA), Spain, curated by Jose Labrero Stals, catalogue
Gallery Artists, Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles
Programme for Art on Film, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
1997
Tampering with the Reel, Artists Space, New York, USA, curated by Pit Bay
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
One Minute Scenario, Printemps de Cahors, France, curated by Jerome Sans, catalogue
Artists working with Film, Spot Gallery, New York, USA, curated by Warren Neidich
Festival International du Film sur l'art, Montreal, Canada (jury prize)
Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996
Les Contes de fees se terminent bien, Fonds regional d'art contemporain de haute Normandie Rouen, France, curated by Alexandra Midal, catalogue
Nomadia, De Vallserberg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, catalogue
Reading and Re-reading, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada, catalogue
1995
L'Effet cinema, Musee d'art contemporain, Montreal, Canada, curated by Real Lussier, catalogue
Irresistible Liaisons, Mecano, Amsterdam, curated by Nelly Voorhuis
Film and Arc Graz, Graz, Austria
Prizes and Awards
2007
Iskowitz at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian award for achievement in the visual arts
Brit Art Doc Foundation Award,
2005
Film London, Artists Film production Grant
Other
“documenta 12”, Kassel; Cinema trailer commission and text for Documenta book on modernity
Co founder and Co-editor of Afterall, A journal of art Context and Enquiry, (London and Los Angeles)
Series Editor of One Work, a series of books on single works of art, published by Afterall Books and distributed by MIT Press. Titles include:
Yvonne Rainer: The Mind is a Muscle (Catherine Wood); Fischli and Weiss: The Way Things Go (Jeremy Millar); Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Celebration? Realife (Tom Holert); Mary Heilmann: Save the Last Dance for Me (Terry R. Myers); Joan Jonas: I Want to Live in the Country (And Other Romances) (Susan Morgan); Richard Prince: Untitled (couple) (Michael Newman); Hollis Frampton: (nostalgia) (Rachel Moore); Ilya Kabakov: The Man Who Flew into Space from his Apartment (Boris Groys); Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous (Jan Verwoert); Andy Warhol: Blowjob (Peter Gidal); Boetti: Mappa (Lucca Cerizza)
Public Collections
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Arco Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Arts Council Collection, London, England
CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Centre Pompidou-Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain
FNAC Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Puteaux, France
Frac Bretagne, France
Hammer Museum, Los Angles, USA
Israel Museum, Jereusalem, Israel
Jumex Collection, Mexico City, Mexico
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Mamco – Musee d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
MUDAM – Musee d’art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg MuHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
MuHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Musee d’art contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Museion- Museo d’arte moderna et contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada Arco Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Arts Council Collection, London England
CAPC, Bordeaux France
Centre Pompidou-Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain
FNAC Fonds National d’art contemporain, Puteaux, France
Frac Bretagne, France
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Israel Museum, Jereusalem, Isreal
Jumex Collection, Mexico City, Mexico
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ontario Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Mamco –Musee d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
MUDAM –Musee d’art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
MuHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Musee d’art contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Musée des Arts Contemporains (MAC), Honru, Belgium
Musee de Beaux Arts, Montreal, Canada
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
