Untitled 4, from the series There to Here

Photography; Inkjet Print, 2012

Artist Statement

"My practice has been predominately concerned with exploring the intricacies, dualities and the celebration of relationships. My approach to these common and universal themes is rooted in an intimate and personal narrative. I am interested in the subtle links and connections between people, experience, emotion, and personal reality. I aim to present a normalized, even mundane, portrayal of complex emotional ideas through representing and revealing the subtleties and layers of human experience. Recently, I’ve made a move towards exploring these ideas in minimal, and non-representational ways - shifting away from personal, intimate portraiture to representing people and ideas through shape, colour and form.

Untitled 4, from the series There to Here

Photography; Inkjet Print, 2012

 

Jim Verburg

b. 1977, Canada

Short Bio

Jim Verburg is a citizen of Canada and the Netherlands, he was born in 1977 in Belleville Ontario, and currently divides his time between Montreal and Toronto. His artistic practice is mainly concerned with the complexities of relationships. Working with photography, video, text, installation, and print to explore his love of modernist aesthetics, emotional matters, and the interpersonal. His second film For a Relationship won the 2008 Jury Prize for the Best Canadian Short Film at the Inside Out Film Festival in Toronto. The work was also nominated for the Iris Prize in the UK. He’s held residencies at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in Montreal, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography in Toronto and the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. In the spring of 2009 he had a solo exhibition/installation at Widmer and Theodoridis Contemporary in Zurich, and was featured by the gallery at the HOT ART Fair 2009 in Basel Switzerland. Recent exhibitions include Portrait Study at the New Stage of National Theatre in Prague, Domestic Queens at the FOFA Gallery in Montreal, So Many Letdowns Before We Get Up at Platform Gallery Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts in Winnipeg, and the C magazine group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) in Toronto. Verburg’s solo show One and Two opened this fall at Le Mois de la Photo in Montreal. The show was recently awarded the 2011 Dazibao prize.

Website

• www.jimverburg.com

Education

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Photography, Concordia University, Montreal QC, 2008

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• One and Two, curated by Anne-Marie Ninacs, Galerie B-312 as part of the Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2011, Montreal, 2011

Selected Group Exhibitions

• So Many Letdowns Before We Get Up, curated by JJ Kegan McFadden, Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, 2011
• Domestic Queens, curated by Evergon, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery (FOFA), Concordia University, Montreal, 2011
• Portrait Study, Video Installation, Nova Scena, Prague National Theatre, Mezipatra Festival, Prague, 2010
• That’s So Gay, Curated by Sholem Krishtalka, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, 2010
• Four Hikes, Curated by Silke Otto Knapp, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, 2010
• PROOF 16, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, 2009
• For a Relationship Installation, Widmer+Theodoridis Contemporary Art Gallery, Zurich, 2009

Selected Awards

• Research and Creation Grant for Media Artists, Canada Council for the Arts, 2010
• Best Short Film, Audience Award, 11th Annual FairyTales International Queer Diversity Film Festival, Calgary, 2009
• Artist in Residency, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, 2009
• Shorts Jury Member, Inside Out Film Festival, Toronto, 2009

Jim Verburg

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