| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 2005 | Danicke, Sandra, “Durchblick,” Frankfurter Rundschau Magazin, NR 29, SA 23 July, 2005 |
| 2004 | Wolthers, Louise, “Lisa Klapstock,” Canadian Art, (Fall 2004): 148-9 |
| 2003 | Prefix Photo 7, Volume 4, Number 2 |
“Canadian Jems,” Canadian Photo |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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