North Vancouver, BC, Canada b. 1976
Education
Emily Carr University of Art & Design
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 — Garden of Shadows, Audain Museum, Whistler BC
2017 — Hidden Valley, Monte Clark Gallery
2015 — Paper Forest, Monte Clark Gallery
2014 — Scenes from the Paper Forest, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam BC
2011 — Colour Field, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011 — Colour Field, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2009 — With Friends Like These… Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 — Karin Bubaš: Mystery and Melancholy in the Park, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2008 — Valley of the Heart’s Delight, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 — A Short History of Subjects and Objects, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
2007 — Red, Blue and Yellow, Aperture Public Art Project, Vancouver Public Library
2007 — Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2006 — Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 — Ivy House, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2003 — Ivy House, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2002 — Exterior Studies at Night, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2001 — Leon’s Palace, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2000 — The Photo Tolles, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
1999 — Happy Friday Night, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 — image/object: new approaches to three-dimensional photography, The Reach Gallery Museum, curated by Adrienne Fast, Abbotsford
2022 — The Concrete Art of Skateboarding, Audain Art Museum, curated by Patrik Andersson, Whistler
2022 — Untitled, The Reach Gallery Museum, curated by Adrienne Fast, Abbotsford
2021 — Teeth, Loan and Trust Company, Consolidated: The Trylowsky Collection, Griffin Art Projects, Vancouver BC
2020/21 — BIG Picture: Giant Photographs and Powerful Portfolios, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
2020 — Where We Have Been, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC
2020 — The Big Picture, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA
2020 – Lineages and Land Bases, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 — The Poetics of Space, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
2019 — Dog Days, Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2018 — Vestige, West Vancouver Art Museum, Mar 21 – May 5
2018 — The Poetics of Space, Nanaimo Museum, Oct. 4 – Dec. 20
2018 — The Poetics of Space, Kamloops Art Gallery, April 7 – June 23
2017 — Coquitlam, Canada, Chapter 2, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam BC
2017 — Pictures from Here, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 — Art School High, Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2016 — Stare, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2016 — Material Girls, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough ON
2015 — The Poetics of Space, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2015 — Material Girls, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina SK
2015 — Traces That Resemble Us, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2014 — Figure, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 — Capture Photo Festival, City Hall Skytrain Station, Vancouver BC
2012 — Emily Carr and the Theatre of Transcendence, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011 — Raised on a Diet of Broken Biscuits, Or Gallery project at The Fair
2011 — Capture, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2010 — Visions of B.C.: A Landscape Manual, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 — Reality Check, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2010 — The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social, Kelowna Art Gallery, curated by Emmy Lee and Daina Augaitis, Kelowna BC
2010 — Les Battements, La Fabrique, Quebec
2010 — 360 Degrees – Festival of Contemporary Landscape Photography, Joliette, Quebec
2010 — Everything Everyday, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 — The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social, Kamloops Art Gallery, curated by Emmy Lee and Daina Augaitis, Kamloops BC
2009 — The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social, Evergreen Cultural Centre, curated by Emmy Lee and Daina Augaitis, Coquitlam BC
2009 — New Artist Editions, Wanted, Paris
2009 — Collections, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2009 — Staff Picks, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 — Rapture and Ruin, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 — Everyday Iconic, The Drake Hotel, Toronto ON
2008 — Moodyville, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2008 — The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social, Vancouver Art Gallery, curated by Emmy Lee and Daina Augaitis, Vancouver BC
2008 — Portraits, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2007 — Artist’s Choice: Roy Arden Selects from the Collection, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 — Winter Salon, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 — Artist as Photographer, Artists for Kids Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 — History, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2007 — Strange Identity, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 — Front and Back, Access Gallery Fundraiser, Vancouver BC
2006 — Home Theatre, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby BC
2006 — Portrait of a Citizen, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 — Karin Bubas and Corri Tetz, Galerie Espace, Montreal QC
2006 — Karin Bubas and Helen Levitt, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 — In Your Face, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON
2005 — Park, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 — Decay: (n) (v), Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 — Real Pictures: Photographs From The Collection of Claudia Beck and Andrew Gruft , Vancouver Art Gallery BC
2003 — Rotation, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 — About Time, Canadian Embassy, Washington DC
2002 — A Proposal for an Exhibition, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2002 — Anna Hunt/Karin Bubas, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2002 — Details, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2001 — Vancouver Collects, Vancouver Art Gallery BC
2001 — The Power of Reflection, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal QC
2001 — Proof 8, Gallery 44, Toronto ON
2000 — Image and Light – History and Influence, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver BC
2000 — SHOOT – A Covert Optimism in New Vancouver Art, Kenderdine Art Gallery
2000 — The University of Saskatchewan SK
2000 — Popular, Anodyne, Vancouver BC
2000 — La Couleur du Confort, Centre Culturel de Dorval, Dorval QC
2000 — La Couleur du Confort, Musee de la Ville de Lachine, Lachine QC
2000 — La Couleur du Confort, Hotel de Ville, Ville Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre QC
2000 — La Couleur du Confort, Bibliotheque publique de Cote Saint-Luc, Cote Saint-Luc QC
1999 — Bitume/Bitemen 99, View Finder, Brusseles, Belgium
1999 — after photography, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC curated by Roy Arden
1999 — La Couleur du Confort, (The Color of Comfort), La Galerie Vox, Montreal QC
1999 — Buenas Dias Mundial, De Vieashal Contemporary Art Centre, Middleburg, The Netherlands
1998 — Monument Valley, Or Gallery, Vancouver BC
1998 — Sunken Livingroom, Access Gallery, Vancouver BC
1997 — Eye Contact, Art Space Gallery, Seattle WA
1997 — Eclectamania, Access Gallery, Vancouver BC
1997 — Choices, Angelus Gallery, Winchester, England
Selected Bibliography
2017 — Lederman, Marsha. “Emily Carr Sure, But Something New Too” Globe and Mail, June 1
2016 — Gold, Kerry. “The Highest Bidder” Walrus Magazine, May
2015 — Favero, Elizza. “Secluded Corner, Hirsute Bed, Doorless Entrance: Dwelling on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s ‘The Poetics of Space’” ARCADE, Issue 33.1 Spring
2015 — Mack, Adrien. “Film and art collide in amazing Traces That Resemble Us” Georgia Straight, November 16
2008 — Babin, Frederique. “Expo Nouvelles Photographiques dans la rubrique Photos”, Le Monde2, no. 241, September 27, p. 12
2008 — Baron, Armelle. “Maison d’artiste et parcours à la croisée du monde”, Magazine des Chirurgiens-Dentistes de France, October 9
2008 — Déborah-Jane Smadja. “Entre deux siècles”, DS féminin de société, November
2008 — Desrochers, Christine. “Le Document Photographique: Logique De La Seduction”, Etc Montreal, p.45-47, Issue #48
2008 — Dolfus, Ariane. “Centre culturels étrangers à Paris : Faites le tour du monde”, Paris Capitale, September
2008 — Fouchet, Jeanne. “Nature mélancolique de Karin Bubas”, Connaissance des Arts – Photo, November 2008 – February 2009, n° 18, p. 28
2008 — “Karin Bubas : A short history of subjects and objects” Photo Nouvelles, November/December p. 30-31
2008 — Lamarche, Bernard. “Chroniques du banal” Arts Visuels, les Samedi 25 et Dimanche 26
2008 — Lee, Emmy. “The Tree: From The Sublime To The Social”, exhibition companion, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
2008 — McManus, Kelly. “Moodyville” North Shore Outlook, North Vancouver, May 22
2008 — McPhee, Eric. “Picturing Moodyville as a State of Mind”, The North Shore News, North Vancouver, Friday May 2
2008 — Sandals, Leah. “Bricks and Motion”, The National Post, Toronto, p.28
2007 — Beyond Magazine, cover, p. 28-29, issue no. 15: Where We Are, February
2007 — Lafortune, Wes. “Photography Now, Western Canadian Artists To Watch” Galleries West Magazine, p.46-48, Spring
2007 — Langford, Martha. “Reflections on Reflection”, Paper, Scissors, Stone
2007 — Rosenblum, Lauren. “Karin Bubas, In Review” Canadian Art, p.144–146. Fall
2006 — Burnham, Clint. “How Hitchcock interacted with his actress” Westcoast Life, November 16-22, pg. D26
2006 — Burnham, Clint. “The banal lives side-by-side with the sublime” The Vancouver Sun, October
2006 — Enright, Robert. “Alfred Hitchcock Paints a Photograph”, Border Crossings Magazine, p.16-17 and artist’s project centerfold, p. 105-107, Fall
2006 — Foeste, Lisa. “Home Theatre Explores Domestic Space” The North Shore News, Friday October 20th
2006 — “Ivy House” Beyond Magazine, Spring
2006 — Magenta Magazine, p. 20-21, Volume 1, Number 3, Winter
2006 — Jeffries, Bill. “Home Theatre” exhibition companion, Simon Fraser University Gallery
2006 — Laurence, Robin. “Artists Eve Rooms With a View” The Georgia Straight, p.72, November 23-30
2006 — Roelstrate, Dieter. Intertidal: Vancouver Art and Artists, MuHKA/Belkin, exhibition catalogue
2006 — The Vancouver Review, cover and p.16 artist’s page, Spring
2005 — Sengara, Lorissa. Park, Monte Clark Gallery, Canadian Art, Winter, Vol. 22, No. 4 , page 95
2004 — Ghaznavi, Corinna. ‘’Ivy House” d’ART International Magazine, p. 40, Winter 2004/05
2004 — Ritchie, Christina. “Karin Bubas, Ivy House” C Magazine, Issue #80, Winter
2003 — Gold, Kerry “Inner Space Traveler” Vancouver Sun, November 15
2003 — Adbusters Magazine, p. 1, p. 6, Vol. 11, #11, Jan/Feb
2003 — Adbusters Magazine, p. 101, Vol. 11, #3 May/June
2003 — Adbusters Magazine, p. 9, Vol.10, #4, July/August
2003 — Cahier D’Activite, ‘’Exotic World’’, Spring/Summer, p. 12-17 (images), issue #1
2003 — Johnson, Mia. “Karin Bubas: Ivy House” Preview Gallery Guide, p. 6, November/December/January 2003/2004
2003 — Henderson, Lee. “Karin Bubas” Contemporary Magazine, Winter
2003 — Laurence, Robin. “Karin Bubaš” The Georgia Straight, Nov. 27
2003 — Sengara, Lorissa. “A Proposal for an Exhibition”, Canadian Art Magazine, p.105-106. Spring
2003 — “The Vancouver School” CBC Radio 3 online magazine, February 21-27
2002 — Beck, Claudia. “A Proposal For An Exhibition’’, exhibition companion, Monte Clark Gallery
2002 — Brayshaw, Christopher. ‘’Show Chock Full of Talent’’, The Georgia Straight, December 12-19, p. 72, 2002
2002 — Coupland, Doug. “Souvenir of Canada”, p. 64, 65, 92, 93, 100, 101, 121, 137, 144, published by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver
2002 — Dault, Michael Gary. “Monumental twins belie their vulnerability”, The Globe and Mail, March
2002 — Dault, Michael Gary. “ Monumental twins belie their vulnerability”, The Globe and Mail, March
2002 — Hastings, Sascha. “ Hunt a Hit” Now Magazine, March, Vol.21, No.29
2002 — Scott, Michael. “Where We Are, What We’ve Seen” The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, D5, December 19
2001 — Hill, Mary Francis. “Leon’s Place Peeks Behind Walls of a Desperate World”, The Westender, p.23, August 9-15
2001 — Coupland, Douglas. “Critical Mass,” The Globe and Mail, May 12, V1, V2
2001 — Dault, Michael Gary. “Proof 8 at Gallery 44”, The Globe and Mail, August
2001 — Mahovsky, Trevor, “Radical, Bureautic, Melancholic, Schizophrenic, Texts as Community” Canadian Art, p.54, Summer
2001 — Piitz, Brian, “Proof 8” exhibition companion, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada, July
2001 — Langford, Martha. “The Power of Reflection”, Border Crossings, Vol. 20, No.2 (issue no.78), pgs.51-52
2000 — PREFIX PHOTO, Winter, vol.1, no. 2 (images)
2000 — Arden, Roy. “After photography”, Canadian Art, Winter, vol. 17, No. 4, pg 48-56
2000 — De Guzman, Paul. “Happy Friday Night”, Lola, p.78, Winter
2000 — Guhle, Shelly. “Popular” exhibition companion, Anodyne Gallery
1999 — Arden, Roy. after photography, exhibition companion, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
1999 — Tremblay, Elene. “La Couleur du Confort”, Mois de la Photo a Montreal, catalogue, p.120- 131, Montreal, QC
1999 — Lehmann, Henry. “The World Turned Into A Picture”, The Gazette, J6, Saturday, September 18
1999 — Scott, Michael. “After Photography comes what? Photorealism gets a reality check.” The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, May 8
1999 — Scott, Michael, “After Photography Late Night” Canadian Art, p.118-119, Fall
1999 — Scott, Michael. “Visual Arts 1999 (Year in Review)” The Vancouver Sun, C7, Tuesday December 27
1999 — Sheir, Reid. “After Images, Photography Stays Real At Monte Clark Gallery” Vancouver Magazine, p.28, May
1998 — Shier, Reid. “Monument Valley”, exhibition companion, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC, November
Catalogues
2008 — Flash Forward, Emerging Photographers 2009, published by The Magenta Foundation, p. 24-25
2007 — Langford, Martha. Scissors, Paper, Stone. Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art, p. 47-48, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press
2006 — Carte Blanche, Photography 1, published by The Magenta Foundation, p. 25, 2006
2005 — Real Pictures, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
2001 — Coupland, Doug. ‘’Souvenir of Canada”, p. 64, 65, 92, 93, 100, 101, 121, 137, 144, published by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver
2000 — The Power of Reflection, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Quebec, curated by Martha Langford
2000 — Shoot, Kenderdine Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, curated by Tim Nowlin
1999 — Mois De La Photo, Vox Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, curated by Elene Tremblay
1999 — Buenas Dias Time, P.A.R.K. 4DTV and De Vleeshal Gallery, Middleburg, The Netherlands, curated by Fiona Bowie and Cindy Spence at the Western Front
Collections
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB
Osler Hoskins and Harcourt, Ottawa ON
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto ON
Bank of Montreal, Toronto ON
TELUS, Vancouver BC
Belkin Gallery, UBC, Vancouver
Audain Museum, Whistler BC