Née en 1976 à Vancouver, la photographe Karin Bubas compose à la manière d’une cinéaste inspirée des scènes de mystère, dans des intérieurs du quotidien ou des paysages foisonnants. Jouant sans cesse sur la capacité des images à raconter des histoires, elle évite délibérément de donner une fin à ses récits, pour mieux livrer ceux qui regardent aux divagations de leur imagination. Elle puise volontiers dans le monde des mythes et de la fable, retravaillés à la lumière des interrogations contemporaines. Présentée régulièrement dans les meilleures galeries canadiennes, Karen Bubas a déjà exposé aux Etats-Unis et en Europe (Bruxelles).
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 With Friends Like These…, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, July-September / Mystery and Melancholy in the Park, Clark and Faria, Toronto, April 2008 Valley of the Heart’s Delight, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, November - December / Karin Bubas: A Short History in Subjects and Objects, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, curated by Catherine Bedard, September - November 2007 Red, Blue, and Yellow, Aperture Public Art Project, The Vancouver Public Library / Downtown Branch, three images 10ftx20ft displayed in library foyer, curated by KarenHenry and the City of Vancouver, Mar. 1- Dec. 1 / Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, May 2006 Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, November 2004 Ivy House, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, March 2003 Ivy House, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, November 2002 Exterior Studies at Night, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, April 2001 Leon’s Palace, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, July - August 2000 The Photo Tolles, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, August 1-26 1999 Happy Friday Night, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, July 2-30
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007 Canada Council Grant 2007 BC Arts Council Grant 2005 Vancouver Arts Award 2003 Canada Council C Grant 2003 BC Cultural Grant 2003 Gold Award in the category of Still Life Photography, National Magazine Award Foundation 2001 Canada Council C Grant 2000 Honourable Mention Canada Council Future Generations Millennium Prize 2000 BC Cultural Grant 2000 Canada Council C Grant 1999 Canada Council Travel Grant
Editions
Inspiration: Little Cream Book, published by Wanlilu Play Ltd., 2009 (forthcoming) Flash Forward 2008, published by the Magenta Foundation, p.15, 2008 Langford, Martha. Scissors, Paper, Stone. Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art, p. 47-48, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007 Carte Blanche, Photography 1, published by The Magenta Foundation, p. 25, 2006 Real Pictures, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005 Coupland, Doug. ‘’Souvenir of Canada’’, p. 64, 65, 92, 93, 100, 101, 121, 137, 144, Published by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 2004 The Power of Reflection, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Quebec, curated by Martha Langford, 2002 Shoot, Kenderdine Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, curated by Tim Nowlin, 2000 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, 1999
