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Ana Black Page 1 \| Biography
Born: Vancouver, Canada Lives: Vancouver & New York, NY

Education 2004 The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, MFA, Visual Arts - Photography, Highest Honors 1996-97 Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-arts, Paris, France Certificat de Scolarité - Studio 1994-96 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Studies in Fine Arts - Studio 1990-93 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada B.A., Art History Additional Training 2004 The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA National Graduate Fellowship Brown University, Providence, USA Collegiate Teaching Certificate 1996-97 Apprenticed with multimedia-performance artist, Marina Abramovic, winner of the 1997 Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award for Best Artist.
Solo Exhibitions 2005 Exit, State Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2004 Audition, solo section of a larger exhibit on Photography, The Sol Koffler Gallery, The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA 2002 3X Removed, State Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2000 Weaving The Web, A Photo Based Show Exploring Issues Of Personal Identity, Love And Deception On The Internet, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 1998 EX, A Portrayal of Former Yugoslavia in War, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 1997 L'Etranger, Gauche Gallery, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-arts, Paris, France Existence Paralelle, Calouste Gaubenkian Art Gallery, Maison Andre Gouveia, Paris, France Mother's Letter, (Performance), La Cour Vitrée, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-arts, Paris, France 1996 Mass Mind, (Performance), Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre Nationale D'Art Contemporain, Bretagne, France Entropia, Ams Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Group Exhibitions 2007 Proof 14, Galery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Canada Visual Arts Faculty Show, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Visual Arts Faculty Show, The University College of The Fraser Valley, Canada 2006 The Drawing Show, The Artists Space, New York, USA Visual Arts Faculty Show, The University College of The Fraser Valley, Canada Video Works, Live Box Video Collection, Nova Art Fair, Chicago, USA 2005 The Drawing Show, The Artists Space, New York, USA The Photography Institute Retrospective, Equitable Building, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA 2004 Toronto International Art Fair, State Gallery, Toronto, Canada Mediated Images, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA RISD Museum Group Show, The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence,USA 2003 Paper, State Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Photography, Sol Koffler Gallery, R.I.S.D., Providence, USA A Show of Her Own, Sol Koffler Gallery, R.I.S.D., Providence, USA, Juried by: Deborah Balkin The Video Show, Auditorium, R.I.S.D., Providence USA On Memory and Artifact, Sol Koffler Gallery, R.I.S.D., Providence, USA 2002 Introduction, Red Eye Gallery, R.I.S.D., Providence, USA Smallworks, State Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Eye of Eros XII, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2001 Altered States, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2000 Super Natural British Columbia, Artropolis, Vancouver, Canada Unseen Light, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Eros X, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 1999 Auto Exposure, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada The Nude, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Altered States, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Eros, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 1998 The Salon Show, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Altered States, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Eros, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 1997 Plasticité, Maison Internationale, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France Fête Des Nations, Maison Internationale, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France 1996 Cleaning The House, (A week long collaboration with Marina Abramovic) Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre Nationale D'Art Contemporain, Bretagne, France Et Moi Aussi, (Collaborative Video installation with Marina Abramovic), ENSBA, Paris, France
Bibliography Selected Bibliography: 2007 Proof, Review, Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada Proof, The List, Toronto, Preview, A Cross-Canada Guide to the Season's Best Exhibitions, Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada Peter Goddard, At the Galleries, Proof 14, The Toronto Star, Toronto, Canada Stephanie Rogerson, Proof 14, Exhibition Catalogue, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Canada Jessica Werb, News from the Art World, Arts Notes, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, Canada Sarah Fawcett, Ana Black, Culture, The Cascade, Abbotsford, Canada Five Things this Week, Toronto Magazine, The National Post, Toronto, Canada 2005 What's On, Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada Mediated Images, Zing Magazine, New York, USA Elaine Corden, Artscetera, Art Review, The West Ender, Vancouver, Canada 2004 Mediated Images Catalogue, The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA 2003 Mary Francis Hill, Artscetera, Art Review, The West Ender, Vancouver, Canada 2002 Straight Choices - Arts, The Georgia Strait, Vancouver, Canada Mary Francis Hill, Artscetera, Art Review, The West Ender, Vancouver, Canada Queue, The Arts, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, Canada 2001 Artist Feature, Ana Black, Exhibit:a Magazine, Vol.. 8, United Kingdom Nick Stephens, Ana Black, Catch Her While You Can, Tamana Magazine, Canada Janet Smith, Visceral Response, The Georgia Strait, Vancouver, Canada Mary Francis Hill, Building On The Past, Looking To The Future, Artropolis 2001 Breaks New Ground, Westender. Vancouver, Canada 2000 Super Natural, Artropolis Exhibition Catalogue,Vancouver, Canada Kimberly Klas, Ana's World Wide Web, The Courier, Vancouver, Canada Mary Francis Hill, Artscetera, The West Ender, Vancouver, Canada Fine Arts, Queue Magazine, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, Canada Steve Burgess, Erotic Photography Survives Internet Porn, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, Canada Tom Barnes, Erotic Photography Turns Heads, The Voice, Vancouver Canada Strait Choices - The Arts, The Georgia Strait, Vancouver, Canada 1999 Strait Choices - Photography, The Georgia Strait, Vancouver, Canada Blair Hirdle, Blackout!, Ana Black's Gun Girls, Loop Magazine, Vancouver, Canada 1998 Michael Scott, Arts Review, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, Canada Calendar, Capsule Magazine, Vancouver, Canada Short List - Fine Arts, Queue Magazine, The Vancouver Sun War On Display, The Courier, Vancouver, Canada 1996 Christopher Brayshaw, The Art of Ana Gomes, The Ubessy, Vancouver, Canada Televion/Web: 2007 Ana Black, (Artist Feature) http://iheartphotograph.blogspot.com Ana Black, (Artist Feature) http://zbendny.wordpress.com/polecalnia/ 2006 Ana Black, (Web Artist Feature) http://manystuff.over-blog.com/article-5056714.html 2005 3X Removed Series featured on The Fabulous Life of Celebrity Couples, VH1, USA 2001 Artist Interview, Ce Soir, CBC-TV, Canada 2000 120seconds.com, Artist Feature, CBC (Web Site) Artropolis, CBC www.artropolis.cbcr.com/collection
Grants/Awards 2004 Fellowship, The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, USA 2003 TC Colley Award for Excellence, sole recipient of a merit-based award given to one photography graduate, Rhode Island School of Design, USA Senior Scholarship Award, BC Arts Council, Canada Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, USA Assistantship, Rhode Island School of Design, USA Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, USA 2002 Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, USA Assistantship, Rhode Island School of Design, USA 2001 Canada Council Professional Artist Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada 2000 Visual Arts Development Award, A grant from The Vancouver Foundation and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 1997 Granted a private studio for one year in Paris, at the Maison Andre Gouveia, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation French Government Foreign Cultural Subsidy, France 1996 Study Abroad Scholarship, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Projects LECTURES 2006 Guest Speaker, Arts and Culture, In the Spotlight and Behind the Scenes, Arts Career Expo, sponsored by the ACSA and UBC Alumni Affairs, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 2005 Artist Talk, Guest Speaker An event sponsored by the ACSA and the Golden Key Society, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Artist Talk, Mediated Images, The Rhode Island School of Design, Auditorium, Providence, USA 2004 Artist Talk, Mediated Images, The Photography Institute, National Seminar, Columbia University, New York, USA Artist Talk, The Rhode Island School of Design, Auditorium, Providence, USA 2002 Artist Talk, 3X Removed, State Gallery, Vancouver Canada 2000 Guest Speaker, Vancouver Cultural Alliance, Round Table Lecture, Vancouver, Canada SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2007 The University of British Columbia, Lecturer, Photography - Fall 07 Kwantlen University College, Instructor, Photography The University College of the Fraser Valley, Instructor, Digital Photography The University of British Columbia, Lecturer, Photography - Spring 07 The Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Continuing Studies Instructor, The Business of Art Practice The Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Continuing Studies Instructor, Advanced Digital Photography 2006 The University College of the Fraser Valley, Instructor, Digital Photography I The Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Continuing Studies Instructor, The Business of Art Practice The Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Continuing Studies Instructor, Advanced Digital Photography 2004 The Rhode Island School of Design, Instructor, Photography II 2003 The Rhode Island School of Design, Instructor, Photography I The Rhode Island School of Design, Instructor, Art History 101(2 Sections) The Rhode Island School of Design, Instructor, Art History 102(2 Sections) 2002 The Rhode Island School of Design, Instructor, Art History 101(2 Sections) COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES The Photography Institute Archive at The Getty Research Institute, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA The Opus Collection, Opus Hotel, Vancouver, Canada The Rhode Island School of Design Various private collections