Arthur Renwick
Photo-based artist Arthur Renwick (Haisla) was born in Kitimat, British Columbia, in 1965, received fine arts degrees from both Vancouver Community College (1986) and Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1989) in Vancouver, and received his master of fine arts (1993) from Concordia University in Montréal. Renwick creates thoughtfully crafted works that combine photography with wood, aluminum and copper. In addition to having received numerous Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council awards, Renwick won the K. M. Hunter Artist Award in 2005.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 | Mask: Artists and Curators, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON |
2008 | Delegates: Chiefs of the Earth and Sky, aneco, Saskatoon, SK; National Museum of Brasilia, Brazil |
2007 | Arthur Renwick: First Nations Churches in British Columbia in conjunction with the AGO exhibition Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon; And the word was…, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto |
2006 | Mask, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON |
2005 | Delegates: Chiefs of the Earth and Sky, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Montréal, QC; Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON |
2004 | Totem Hysteria, The Photo Passage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON |
2002 | Stately Monuments, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON |
2001 | Overburden: askihk pehtakosiw = a voice is heard in the earth, Keyano College Art Gallery, Fort McMurray, AB |