Zalamea, Karen

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Associations

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Apprentissage et enseignement

Formation académique

MFA, Concordia University, Studio Arts, Photography
BFA, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Photography

Biographie et démarche

2024 - There is No Landscape There, Yani Kong, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art
2024 - Ensemble: An Interview with Karen Zalamea, Emmy Lee Wall, Capture Photography Festival catalogue
2023 - P.S.–3.1, Scott McLeod, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
2023 - Aesthetics of Contact: An Eco-Materialist Photography, Laurie White, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
2023 - Coursing, Katrina Goetjen, Or Gallery

2018 - Vancouver Insider Series with Resident Artist Karen Zalamea, Genevieve Michaels, Burrard Arts Foundation
2016 - Spectres of Desire, Kimberly Phillips, Franc Gallery
2012 - Picturing Drift, Mapping Disorientation, Pablo Rodriguez, TRUCK Contemporary Art
2010 - Sharing and Digital Photography, Matthew Williamson, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography

Expositions

Foires

2021 - Edition, Toronto International Art Book Fair with Art Metropole, Canada
2021 - abC Art Book Fair with Art Metropole, Beijing, China
2021 - Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair with Art Metropole, New York City, USA
2020 - Vancouver Art Book Fair with Access Gallery, Canada
2015 - Feature Contemporary Art Fair, Toronto, Canada

2009 - Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2017 - Art on Paper Fair, New York City, USA

Groupe

2025 - Asterism, Gallery 881, Vancouver
2024 - Prevailing Landscapes, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver
2023 - Surface, Sample, Site, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
2023 - Coursing, Or Gallery, Vancouver
2023 - Here and Now, Pendulum Gallery, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver

2023 - image/object: new approaches to three-dimensional photography, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford
2023 - The in-between, Flat File Project, Gallery 881, Vancouver
2021-2022 - Beyond the Horizon, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver
2021 - Tuloy, Tawid, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
2018 - Eitt andartak, Iceland Film Photography Association, Gallerí Fold, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 - In Plain Sight, Patron Art House, Vancouver
2015 - You Are New to the Mountain, SÍM House, Reykjavík, Iceland
2012 - Topographie, Galerie Les Territoires, Montréal
2011 - Nuit Blanche, curated by Nicholas Brown, Toronto
2011 - And No One Was Around, Société des arts technologiques, Montréal
2011 - The Art Marathon Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s
2011 - Art Souterrain, Nuit Blanche à Montréal, Montréal
2011 - Exposition Portative, Dazibao centre de photographies actuelles, Montréal
2010 - Proof 17, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
2010 - Exposition Portative, Dazibao centre de photographies actuelles, Montréal
2009 - Caustic Assets, Dalhousie Art Gallery, curated by the Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax
2009 - The Office for Archival Review, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal
2009 - Body Break, Khyber Institute of Contemporary Art, Halifax

Duo

2012 - Ground Truth (duo with Andreas Rutkauskas), TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary

Solo

2023 - The Prefix Prize, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto
2019 - Subarctic Phase, Access Gallery, Vancouver
2018 - When the sun rises, we keep the fire aflame, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver
2016 - Spectres of Desire, Franc Gallery, Vancouver
2013 - Form in Matter, Gallery 295, Vancouver

2011 - Working Order, Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture, Edmonton
2010 - WORK WORK WORK, Modern Fuel, Kingston
2009 - WORK WORK WORK, Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal
2009 - Lignes imaginaires, Galerie Les Territoires, Montréal
2008 - Exercises in Napery, FOFA Gallery, Montréal

Art public

2024-2025 - Ensemble, Anvil Centre, New Westminster
2017 - Vitrine, South Granville Business Improvement Association, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver

Actions, performances et événements

2024 - Collaborative Cyanotype Workshop, Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre, Kelowna, Canada
2023 - The Smith Foundation Brilliance Gala, North Vancouver, Canada
2022 - University of Victoria MFA oral defense external examiner, Canada
2021 - BOOKED: Art Book Pop-Ups with Art Metropole, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2024 - SNAP Photographic Art Auction, Toronto, Canada
2023 - SNAP Photographic Art Auction, Toronto, Canada
2010 - Art with Heart auction, Casey House Foundation, Toronto, Canada

Films

Projection

2021 - [RE] EJECT Revisión al Festival Internacional de Videoperformance, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
2010 - aluCine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival, Toronto
2010 - Asian Hot Shots Festival for Film & Video Art, Cinema Moviemento, Berlin, Germany
2010 - Eject 3 Festival Internacional de Videoperformance, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 - Diagonales 3, Festival International du Film sur l’Art, Montréal

2008 - 21 Instants Vidéo, Polygone Étoilé, Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques, Marseille, France
2008 - Eject 2 Festival Internacional de Videoperformance, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 - Monobandes, Galerie Les Territoires, Montréal
2008 - Vidéos de Femmes dans le Parc, Paraloeil Cinéma, Rimouski

Distinctions et prix

2009 - Prix Sylvie et Simon Blais pour la relève en arts visuels

Conférences, écrits, commissariats et jurys

Conférences

2025 - Barbara Spohr Memorial Award for Photography Artist Talk, Walter Phillips Gallery, Exposure Photography Festival, Banff
2024 - Art Education Unveiled: Perspectives from Prevailing Landscapes, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver
2024 - Ensemble Artist Talk, Anvil Centre, New Westminster
2024 - Artist Talk, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford
2023 - Artist Talk, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford

2023 - Here and Now Artist Talk, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver
2023 - image/object Artist Panel Discussion, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford
2022 - Live from the Studio, Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver
2022 - Saturday Session (on Mutable Materialism), Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2021 - Tuloy, Tawid Speaker Series, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
2020 - Sharing the Field, Load na Dito Projects, Quezon City, Philippines
2019 - In Conversation, Access Gallery, Vancouver
2018 - Artist Talk, Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
2018 - Artist Talk, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver
2017 - An Anatomical Trajectory (public art tour), Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver
2016 - Artist Talk, Franc Gallery, Vancouver
2015 - Artist Talk, SÍM House, Reykjavík, Iceland
2015 - Speaking Off It (panel), Capture Photography Festival, Field Contemporary, Vancouver
2014 - Artist Talk, Centre A, Vancouver
2013 - Artist Talk, OCAD University, Toronto
2013 - Artist Talk, Gallery 295, Vancouver
2011 - Artist Talk, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s
2010 - Artist Talk, Modern Fuel, Kingston

Textes et articles

2020 - They are lost as soon as they are made, artist book, edition of 500

Jurys

2018 - Capture Photography Festival Canada Line jury member, Vancouver, Canada

Résidences, bourses et subventions

Résidences

2025 - Feminist Photography Network Online Peer-to-Peer Residency
2025 - Barbara Spohr Memorial Award Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
2024 - Woodhaven Artist in Residence Program, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada
2022 - Photography Enrichment Mentor and Artist in Residence, Artists for Kids, North Vancouver, Canada
2022 - Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver, Canada

2020 - Load na Dito Projects, Quezon City, Philippines
2018 - Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, Canada
2015 - The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SÍM), Reykjavík, Iceland
2013-2014 - Residency for Artists on Hiatus, Vancouver, Canada
2011 - Espace Marie Chouinard, Montréal, Canada
2008 - Sagamie Centre for Contemporary Digital Art, Alma, Canada

Bibliographie

Revues et articles de journaux

2024 - Artist in Residence will share her passion for creating cyanotypes, UBC Okanagan News, July 25
2024 - Capture, Karen Henry, Ciel Variable, June 19
2024 - At the Gordon Smith Gallery, Prevailing Landscapes contrasts Canada's distinct wilderness with urban forces, Emily Lyth, Stir, Apr 24
2024 - Public Art Reflects Filipino-Canadian Culture in New Westminster, BC, OMNI Television Filipino, Apr 15
2024 - Artist Karen Zalamea celebrates Filipino culture with Ensemble at Capture Photography Festival, Charlie Smith, Pancouver, Apr 10

2023 - Six Asian Canadian Artists: Visionaries on Our Radar, Art Canada Institute, May 5
2023 - Here and Now, Michael Turner, Preview Art Magazine, Apr-May
2023 - New Three-Dimensional Photography Exhibition Opens in Abbotsford, Kristin Lim, Scout Vancouver, Jan 24
2021 - On Karen Zalamea’s They are lost as soon as they are made, The Capilano Review, Apr
2021 - They are lost as soon as they are made, Bernard Schütze, Espace art actuel, Issue 128
2018 - Language Matters, Ben Lerner, Canadian Art, Summer
2016 - Spectres of Desire at Franc Gallery, Sunshine Frere, Vancouver is Awesome, Apr 4
2013 - Portfolio d’artiste: Karen Zalamea, Punctum arts visuels, Oct 17
2011 - Optic Nerve, BlackFlash Magazine, No. 28.3 Summer
2010 - Proof: Fresh Frames, Canadian Art, Jul 15
2009-2010 - Belles Applications, Bernard Lévy, Vie des arts, No. 217 Hiver
2009 - Le geste contre la doctrine, Jérôme Delgado, Le Devoir, Aug 22-23
2009 - Tools of Production, Christopher Olson, Montréal Mirror, Aug 6-12

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