Lisa Klapstock
 

Biography

EDUCATION
1975 Born in Kamloops, British Columbia
1994 BA Communications (Honours First Class), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC
1996 Diploma in Sight & Sound Film Production, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York
RESIDENCIES 
2007 DIVA (Danish International Visual Art Exchange Program)
2005 Banff Centre for the Arts, New Works Residency, Banff, Canada
2004 HIAP (Helsinki International Artist-In-Residence Programme), Cable Factory, Helsiniki, Finland
2002 Stichting Duende Aktiviteiten, Rotterdam, Holland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Cambridge Gallery, Canada (2-person)
  Lisa Klapstock: Depiction, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
  Lisa Klapstock: Depiction, Latcham Gallery, Stoufville, Canada
  Convenience, Toronto, Canada; in-situ installation
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, The News at Five: Survey, Solo, Set Piece, curated by Richard Rhodes, editor of Canadian Art
  York Quay Centre, Toronto; The Power of Place (in-situ installation)
  Liminal, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
  Liminal, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville NB
  Threshold, I Space, Chicago
  Liminal, Robert McLaughlin Gallery
  Ambiguous Landscapes, Jessica Bradley Art & Projects, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Threshold, Musée de la Photographie, Belgium
  Liminal, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
2004 Liminal, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
  Threshold, VU Centre de Diffusion et de Production de la Photographie, Quebec
  Threshold, Galleri Image, Denmark
  Public Installations, Contact 2004, Toronto, Ontario
  Recent Works, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  Struts Gallery, New Brunswick, Canada; Still Life (2-person)
2003 Living Room, Odense Foto Triennale, Faaborg Art Museum, Denmark
  Museum Van Nagsael, Rotterdam, Holland
  Threshold, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York
  Threshold, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2002 Peek-A-Boo, Peak Gallery Toronto, Ontario
  Glimpse, Gallery TPW Toronto, ON (2-person)
1999 Relics, A Laneway (Behind 401 Richmond St. West) Toronto, Ontario
  Excavations, Zsa Zsa, Toronto, Ontario
  Photography in the Subway, Union Station & King Station, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Some of those people are homeless, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
  Excavations, Zsa Zsa, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Recontres Internationales Paris-Berlin Video Festival, Centre Culturel Canadien (two-person), Curated by Catherine Bedard
  Passages, Cambridge Gallery, (two-person)
  Horizon, EFA Gallery (Elizabeth Foundation), New York, Curated by David Humphry
 

One Shot Each, Museet for Fotokunst, Curated by Finn Thrane

2006 Du côté de Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, Québec
  Summer Shorts, Diane Farris Gallery
2005 Vital Signs (touring), George Eastman House, New York
2004 Home Comforts, Toronto Alternative Art Fair International
  Contact, Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON
  Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
  Thinking City (9th Annual Gallery Hop & Fundraiser), Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
  Art for Heart, Casey House Annual Fundraiser, Toronto, ON
2003 Sphere, Presentation House Gallery. Vancouver
  Plagues and Angels, Alliance Francaise Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  Probing into the Distance, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener, Ontario
2002 Married by Powers, Rotterdam, Holland
  Sloop, Zacht Gedempte Gracht (abandoned housing block) The Hague, Holland
  Chroma, Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, Ontario (3-person)
  ON Trespassing: home base, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
  ON Trespassing: A Laneway (behind 10-24 Bartlett Ave.) Toronto, Ontario
2001 Instant Coffee, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
  Glo, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
  Argument, Spin Gallery Toronto, Ontario
  Surprise, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
2000 Instant Coffee, Toronto, Canada Present Tense contemporary project series NO. 17
  Fresh Work 3, Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida
  Glo, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
  Lamentable Expedients: Imagining the 4th Dimension, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Illegitimate, Corinna Ghaznavi Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
  Limericks, David Scott Gallery Toronto, Ontario
  Open Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
  Glo, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
  Double Exposure, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
PUBLICATIONS / MEDIA
2007

Maine, Stephen, “A Wild Horizon: Gallery-Going”, The New York Sun, July 5, 2007, NY
Museum Van Nagsael, Veenman Publishers/Gijs Stork, Netherlands
Reid, Robert, “Passages,” The Record, May 19, 2007

2006 Canadian Art, “In Print: Lisa Klapstock: Liminal”, Volume 23 (3), Fall, 2006, p. 66
  Canadian Art, “Special Projects: The News at 5:00: Survey, Solo, Set Piece”, Vol 23 (3)
  New Brunswick Reader, “Laneways to Discovery”, Karen Ruet, November 25, 2006
 

Carson, Andrea, “Portrait of T.O. as an Arts Scene,” Village Post, September 2006
Nordstrom, Alison & Scott McLeod, Lisa Klapstock: Liminal, (exhibition cat.), Canada:  SAAG
Artner, Alan G., “Folk art and a new boldness,” The Chicago Tribune, March 17, 2006
Workman, Michael, “Chance Encounter,”Newcity, March 9, 2006
Dault, Gary Michael, “Gallery Going: Lisa Klapstock at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,” The Globe and Mail, February 11, 2006
Youds, Mike, “Out of bounds: Toronto photographer opens first solo exhibition in hometown,” The Kamloops Daily News, April 7, 2006
“Socket,” Hosted by Angela Antle, CBC Radio International
“The Midday Show,” with Larry Read, CFJC-TV, Kamloops, BC

2005

Danicke, Sandra, “Durchblick,” Frankfurter Rundschau Magazin, NR 29, SA 23 July, 2005
Carte Blanche, Compendium of Canadian photographers, Canada: Magenta
Wynants, Jean-Marie, “Lisa Klapstock: Threshold,” Le Soir, September 28, 2005, Belgium
Dawn, Leslie, Review of Liminal Border Crossings, Volume 24, No. 3, Issue 95, (Autumn 2005)
"Threshold,” Photographie Ouverte, No. 136, Aug – Oct, 2005

2004

Wolthers, Louise, “Lisa Klapstock,” Canadian Art, (Fall 2004): 148-9
Tremblay, Elene, Threshold (exhibition publication), Centre VU, Quebec
Wolthers, Louise, Review of Threshold, Canadian Art Volume 21, No. 3, Issue 95 (Autumn 2005)
Noll, Ute, “Euroview,” Pluk (Photography in London, the UK & Europe) Issue 18, 2004
“In Light,” Photography Quarterly, No. 89, (May 2004), Center for Photography, New York
Poijarvi, Sari, “Lisa Klapstock: omassa ihmemaassaan,” Kamera, (August 2004), Finland
“Canadian Women Artists Pondering the Limitations of Vision and Self,” Coincidences (online magazine)
Samplesize (online art journal)
Wolthers, “On the Threshold of Vision,” Threshold, (exhibition catalogue), Galleri Image, DK
Fulford, Robert, “Where you Least Expect Them,” The National Post, Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Interview with Mads Johannes Nielsen, Kopenhagen (online art journal),
Osborne, Catherine, “The Girl Stays in the Picture,” The National Post­, Saturday April 17, 2004
Root, Deborah, “Archaeologies of the Modern,” Contact Photography Guide­
Black, Bob, “2004 Contact Photography Festival,” Fotopost (online zine), No. 2 (July 2004)
Ghaznavi, Corinna, “Probing into the Distance,” Contemporary Art Forum, (festival catalogue)
“Lisa Klapstock: Liminal,” Gallery (quarterly publication), Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Portis, Ben, “Klap-Stalking: Lisa Klapstock’s Threshold Series,” Sphere, (exhibition catalogue), Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Porter, Isabelle, “Par le Trou de la Cloture,” Le Devoir, Saturday, April 6, 2004
Cote, Nathalie, “Bloc-notes,” Voir, Thursday,March 11, 2004

2003 Prefix Photo 7, Volume 4, Number 2
 

“Canadian Jems,” Canadian Photo
“Threshold,” CBC Radio 3 (online magazine), October 17-23, 2003

  Alison Nordstršm, Living Room exhibition catalogue, Odense Foto Triennal Prefix Photo 8, Volume 4, No. 2, Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark   
  Odense Foto Triennale, Denmark
  Laurence, Robin, “Show Runs Circles Around the Sphere,” Georgia Straight, September 11-18, 2003
  Michael Harris, Peekaboo Photography Captures City Life to Brilliant Effect. Vancouver Sun, March 25
 

Gilbert, Andre, “Le Centre Vu,” Photo Selection Volume 23, No. 6,                   (November 2003):32-35

  Fotophile Publications, Issue #45, New York: 34-39
  Janet Bellotto, A Space of Transformation, Tandem Sunday, March 30, 2003
2002 Black Flash, Vol. 20.1 (Cover)
  Bik van der Pol, Married by Powers exhibition catalogue TENT. Rotterdam, Holland
  Jess Atwood Gibson, Glimpse, exhibition publication. Gallery TPW Toronto, Canada
  Robert Fulford, Art Around Every Corner, The National Post, Thursday, May 9
  Corinna Ghaznavi, Peek-A-Boo - Lisa Klapstock at Peak d'ART International, Spring
  Gary Michael Dault, Lisa Klapstock at Peak Gallery, The Globe and Mail, Sat., March 30
  Peter Goddard, Art by Numbers, The Toronto Star, Sat., February 9 2002
  Ivan Jurakic, Chroma , exhibition brochure, Hamilton Artists Inc
 

Liss, David, ON Trespassing, (exhibition brochure), Fresh Air artist collective
Deal, John, “Chroma,” View Magazine, May 16-22, 2002
Media Television, City TV
Les Arts et les Autres, TV5
Palmares, ARTV

2001 Behind the Lens, CHUM City TV
  P. Elaine Sharpe & Shirley Madill, Argument, exhibition catalogue, S.P.I.N. Gallery
  Instant Coffee & Art Gallery of Ontario, t-shirt show, event catalogue AGO
  Madill, Shirley and P. Elain Sharpe, Argument, (exhibition catalogue),  S.P.I.N. Gallery
2000 Alison Nordström, Fresh Work 3, exhibition catalogue Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida
  Donald Brackett, Lamentable Expedients: Imagining the 4th Dimension, exhibition brochure, Propeller Centre for the Arts
1999 Stuart Reid, Lola Number 4, Summer
  Gary Michael Dault, Illegitimate at Archive Inc., Globe and Mail, May 22
  Corinna Ghaznavi, Illegitimate, exhibition brochure, Archive Inc.
  Lisa Klapstock shares Clint Griffin's eye for garbage, The National Post, Vol. 1 NO. 166, May 8
FILM & VIDEO PROJECTS
2002 Crossover, Digital video projection, Site-specific laneway installation. ON Trespassing, Toronto, Ontario
1996 Blues, 16mm, 8min, Experimental Documentary, Director/Producer
1995
    Powerful Love, Super 16mm, 6:50 minutes, Promotional Film, Producer
ARTIST TALKS / PANELS
2007 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, Artist talk
  Mount Allison University, Dept. of Fine Arts, Sackville, Canada. Artist Talk
2006 York University, Dept. of Art History, North York, Canada. Key note speaker: Transgressions Symposium on Visual Culture
  I Space, Chicago, USA, Artist talk
  Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada. Artist Talk
2005 Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Canada. Artist Talk
2004 Art Now, The University of Lethbridge, Canada. Artist Talk
  Ontario College of Art & Design, Canada. Artist Talk
  Galleri Image & Aarhus Art Academy, Denmark. Artist Talk
2003 Panel Discussion, Odense Foto Triennale, Museet for FotoKunst, Denmark
  Threshold, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York. Artist Talk
  Sphere, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver. Artist Talk
  Faculty of Architecture, Toronto. Artist Talk.
2002 ON Trespassing, forum with David Liss, Blanca Casas Brullet, Martell Linsdell Gallery TPW
  Glimpse, Gallery TPW, panel
  Chroma, Hamilton Artists Inc. Artist Talk
2001 Toronto School of Art. Artist Talk
2000 Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida, Color, moderated by Julie Saul, Artist talk and panel
AWARDS
2005 Canada Council for the Arts - Travel Grant
  Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2004 Canada Council for the Arts Visual Arts - Creation/Production Grant
  NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art) - Sleipner Grant, Finland
  Canada Council for the Arts - Travel Grant
  Ontario Arts Council - Emerging Artists: Film & Video
  Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2003

Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Int. Cultural Relations Programme Grant

  Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
  Ontario Arts Council Exhibitions Assistance Grant
2002 ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts, 1st Projects: Film & Video
  ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts, Exhibition Assistance Grant
  ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts Project Grant (Fresh Air)
  ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2001 TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts, Project Grant (Fresh Air)
  QUEBEC ARTS COUNCIL Promotion et diffusion des arts visuels et des arts médiatiques, Project Grant (Fresh Air)
1999 Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Canada. Open Juried Exhibition. Jurors: Catherine Osborne, John Armstrong, Robert Reid
1996 Intercom International Communication Film & Video Festival, Chicago
  U.S. International Film & Video Awards, Chicago
  New York Festivals Global Awards, New York
  Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Saskatchewan
  CANADA COUNCIL Explorations Program Grant
MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS
2002-present Charles Street Video
2001 Fresh Air Artist Collective, founding member
  Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Member of the Board of Directors
PUBLIC/CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

National Portrait Gallery of Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark
Musee de la Photographie, Chaleroi, Belgium
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Gallery of Windsor
Kamloops Art Gallery
Astra Zeneca Canada Inc., Toronto, ON
Dufflet Pastries Inc., Toronto, ON
Femmarte, Toronto, ON
McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Toronto, ON
Torys LLP, Toronto, ON
Sankaty Advisors, London, United Kingdom
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Haver & Feld LLP, New York
Bibliotheque Nationale de France

 







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