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D. Bradley Muir
Né / Born Vancouver, 1971
La pratique de Muir se concentre sur
la photographie contemporaine, la
sculpture
et
l’installation.
Ses
photographies cibachrome à grande
échelle ont défié les modèles
idéalisés et acceptés de l’espace
privé et domestique, relocalisant
littéralement le domaine privé vers le
public
et
retournant
l’espace
construit vers le naturel. Muir
questionne la valeur disproportionnée
que la culture occidentale accorde
à
la
consommation
et
brise
l’esthétisme
de
la
culture
préfabriquée. Récemment, Muir a
reçu une subvention de BC Arts
Council Production et il continue à
publier et à exposer sur une base
internationale, incluant Vancouver,
Montréal, Toronto et New York.
Muir enseigne au Collège Camosun à
Victoria, bc.
●
Muir’s
practice
focuses
on
contemporary
photography,
sculpture, and installation. His largescale
cibachrome
photographs
challenge accepted models of
idealized private and domestic
space - literally relocating the private
to the public realm and returning the
constructed space to the natural.
Muir questions the disproportionate
value that Western culture assigns
consumerism and breaks down the
aesthetic of ready made culture.
Muir has recently received a BC Arts
Council Production grant and he
continues to publish and exhibit on
an international basis, including
Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and
New York.
Muir currently teaches at Camosun
College in Victoria, BC.
FORMATION / EDUCATION
2001-03 Master of Fine Arts degree,
University of Victoria, Victoria BC
Major in Studio Arts, Specialty
photography, video and
sculpture
1998-01 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with
Distinction, Concordia University
Montreal, QC. Double Major in
photography and sculpture.
1996-98 Diploma of Fine Arts, Langara
College, Vancouver Studio Arts
Foundation
EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES / SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2010
2008
Dream Home, curated by Nicole
Stanbridge. Art Gallery of
Nanaimo, Nanaimo, BC
Room with a View, curated by
Wendy Welch. Slide Room Gallery,
Victoria, BC
2005
2004
At Odds with Emily (wish you were
here), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,
Victoria, BC
Pensive Sky, curated by Tommy
Lacroix, Ministry of Casual Living,
Victoria, BC
Dreams for Sale, curated by Katy
McCormick, Gallery 44, Toronto ON
Alone, curated by Penny
Cousineau-Levine, Gallery TPW (
Along with Gallery 44 ) Toronto, ON
Active Practice, Maltwood Art
Gallery, Victoria, BC
2005
Dreams for Sale, curated by
Christopher Davidson, Gallery 1.6,
Vancouver, BC
2003
Ideal Views from Tomorrow, curated
by Deborah de Boer, Rogue Art
Gallery, Victoria, BC
Killer, curated by Monica Reyes,
Gallery 1.6, Vancouver, BC
2004
Construction, curated by David
Gifford, Ministry of Casual Living,
Victoria, BC
2003
2008
Veracity - CAFKA.09. The
Contemporary Art Forum | Kitchener
and Area. Kitchener, ON
Petites choses / Small things, Beauxarts des Amériques, Fine Art of the
Americas, Montréal, QC
2002
2001
2006
Faking Death: Canadian
Photography, Jack Shainman Gallery,
New York City, Centre d’Expositions
de Larouche, QC
Dream Home, HollingerCollins,
Westmount, QC
Constantine’s Ear, Main Gallery,
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
VAV Gallery, Concordia University
XX5, Concordia University, Montreal,
QC
Push/Pull, curated by Sandra Doore,
Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA
Spectacle of Intimacy, curated by
Lora Carroll. Vernon Art Gallery,
Vernon, BC; Grant Gallery,
Vancouver, BC
J-Walk, Johnson Street Storefronts,
Victoria, BC
Brown Show, Brown House Gallery,
Victoria, BC
Setting the Stage, Beaux-arts des
Amériques, Fine Art of the Americas,
Montréal, QC
2007
Six, Observatoire 4, curated by
Penny Cousineau-Levine, Montreal,
QC
AAA, Temporary Gallery Site,
Victoria, BC
EXPOSITIONS DE GROUPE / GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2009
Hollinger Collins Contemporary Art,
Montréal.
Interface, curated by Linda
Sawchyn, Art Gallery of Greater
Victoria, Victoria, BC
Interruptions, curated by Christopher
Davidson, Gallery 1.6, Vancouver, BC
2002
Reclaiming Space, Space Gallery,
Portland, ME
Temporary Gallery Space, St.
Laurent, Qc
2000
VAV Gallery, Concordia University
Final Answer? Leonard and Bina
Ellen Gallery, Montreal, QC
Juried Sculpture, Concordia
University, Montreal, QC
PRIX ET BOURSES / GRANTS & AWARDS
2006
British Columbia Arts Council,
Creation Grant
British Columbia Arts Council,
Professional Development Grant
2003
du Maurier Arts Council Grant
2002
MFA Fellowship Grant, University of
Victoria
2001
Gabor Szilazi Prise in Studio Arts,
Concordia University
MFA Fellowship Grant, University of
Victoria, Faculty of Visual Arts
Kodak Prize, Best Overall
Achievement, Concordia University
2000
Dean of Fine Arts, Outstanding
Achievement Bursary, Concordia
British Columbia Arts Council Grant,
Senior Award
Agfa Prize, Best Overall Achievement
in Photography, Concordia
Millennium Merit Scholarship, British
Columbia Provincial Gov.
1999
Kodak Prize, Best 200 Portfolio,
Concordia
1998
British Columbia Arts Council Grant,
Junior Award
Bill Watson Memorial Award, Langara
College, Printmaking
BIBLIOGRAPHIE / SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Wish You were Here (At Odds with Emily)”,
Focus Magazine, Feb. 2006, Globe and Mail,
Jan 2006, Times Colonist, Jan 2006
“Portfolio (Dreams for Sale)” Prefix Photo 11,
May 2005, p. 14-17
“Artist as Worker”, PONY Magazine, Premier
Issue
Welch, Wendy. “Interface: The New Victoria
Open”, Canadian Art, winter 2004, pp.97-98