Edward Burtynsky

BORNSt. Catharines, Ontario, 1955EDUCATIONBAA Photographic Arts (Media Studies Program), Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, 1982Diploma, Graphic Arts, Niagara College, Welland, Ontario, 1976Photographic artist, entrepreneur, author, educator, lecturer.Established Toronto Image Works, a darkroom rental facility, custom lab, digital imaging centre and new media computer training centre, 1985 to present.   SOLO EXHIBITIONS   2011Australian Minescapes, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, January - AprilBurtynsky: Oil, Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany February - MarchBurtynsky: Oil, Ryerson Image Arts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April - SeptemberBurtynsky: Oil, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, January - MarchBurtynsky: Oil, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, April - JuneBurtynksy: Oil, Museum for Film & Photography, Bradford, U.K. July - SeptemberBurtynsky: Oil, National Media Museum, London, U.K., October - December 2010Photographs - Edward Burtynsky, Telus World of Science, Calgary, Alberta, January 16 - May 16Oil, Galeria Arnés y Roepke, Madrid, February 18 - May 15Australian Minescapes, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia, August 4 - September 25Burtynsky: Oil, The Rooms - Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, May 7 - August 15, 2010Australian Minescapes, Sovereign Hill Gold Museum, Ballarat, Australia, March 8 - June 20Edward Burtynsky: Min(d)ing the Landscape, Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, January 22 - April 112009Burtynsky: Oil, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 5, 2009 - January 9, 2010Australian Minescapes, Western Australian Museum, Geralton, Australia, December 4, 2009 - February 14, 2010Burtynsky: Oil, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 28, 2009 - February 28, 2010Burtynsky: Oil, Adamson Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA, October 15 - November 11Burtynsky: Oil, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA, October 3 - December 13 (exhibit tours through 2012)Burtynsky: Oil, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada October 8 - October 31Burtynsky: Oil, Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery, New York, USA, October 1 - November 28Australian Minescapes, Australian Centre for Photography, Melbourne, Australia, July 16 - August 22Manufactured Landscapes, Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts, USA April 18 - September 7Edward Burtynsky: Quarries, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Christ Church University, Canterbury, U.K. April 18 - May 9Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, Canada February 6 - June 9, 2009Australia - Edward Burtynsky, Art45, Montreal, Canada January 30 - February 28Burtynsky Australian Mines, Gallerie Stefan Roepke, Köln, Germany, January 30 - March 13, 2009Edward Burtynsky: Uneasy Beauty, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada January 17 - March 22Burtynsky Australian Mines, Flowers East Gallery, London, U.K., January 9 - February 72008Material World, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 28 - October 29New Quarries, Galeria Toni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain, May 29 - July 11Iberia Quarries, Galería Arnés y Röpke, Madrid, Spain, May 30 - July 31Australian Minescapes, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Australia, March 28, 2008 - April 27In Pursuit of Progress, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, January 26 - April 12New Quarries, Flowers East Gallery, London, U.K., January 8 - February 22007Selected Works, Galerie Stefan Röpke, BerlinNew Quarries, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California, USANew Quarries, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, CanadaNew Quarries, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York CityManufactured Landscapes, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands, October 9, 2007 - January 6,   2008China Works, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián, Spain, December 4, 2007 - Feb 9, 2008Burtynsky Photographs, (major survey exhibition) Gemeentemuseum Helmond, The Netherlands, October 9 – January 6, 2008Edward Burtynsky: Photographs, Canadian Cultural Institute, Paris, FranceEdward Burtynsky: The China Series, (touring exhibition) curated by David Brown, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art— Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 2006— Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2006— Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2006— Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, Massachusetts, USA, 2007— Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, 2007— The Art Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA, January 15 - April 30, 2008— Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, USA, October 23, 2008 - December 23, 2008   GROUP EXHIBITIONS   2010In Focus: Photography from the Permanent Collection, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, USA January 19 - March 14Water: National Geographic, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California, USA, March 26 - early June (Closing date TBA)Tilt - BredaPhoto, Breda, Netherlands, September - October (date TBA)Prix Pictet: Earth, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, March 9 - April 18The Empty Quarter, Dubai, February 9 - February 282009Uneasy Pieces, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, December 5, 2009 - February 28, 2010Vanishing Landscapes/Verschwindende Landschaften, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 14, 2009 - January 9, 2010In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA, Oct. 25 – Mar. 14, 2010Earth: Art of a Changing World, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K., December 3, 2009 - January 31, 2010Prix Pictet 2009: Earth, Passage de Retz, Paris, France, October 23 - November 24Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece, December 14, 2009 - February 28, 2010Moor House, London, U.K., October 12 - October 30Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, U.K., October 5 - October 10Les Visages de l'industrie, Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle, Switzerland, August 30 - November 29Connecting to Collections 2: Destinations, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, August 7 - October 24Substantial Resources, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, April 18 - August 30Una fábrica, Una Máqina Un Cuerpo, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, October 17 2009 - February 24 2010Why Work? Rurart, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rouille, France, April 16 - August 2Nature Nation, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel, May - DecemberUna fábrica, Una Máqina Un Cuerpo, Centre de Documentació Panera, Lleida, Spain, May 6 - August 30Chelsea visits Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, March 28 – May 17Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York City, January 13 - April 4Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord Between Nature and Society, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, February 28 – June 28Evolving Eden, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 6 - May 10Prix Pictet 2008 Shortlisted Artists Exhibition:Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, December 11, 2008 - March 30, 2009Royal Geographical Society, London, U.K., The Intelligence Squared Green Festival, January 24 - 25Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, April – May 31   PUBLICATIONS   2008BURTYNSKY - OIL, Published by Steible, Germany, October, 216 pages, hardcover   2007BURTYNSKY - QUARRIES, Published by Steidl, Germany, October, 192 pages, hardcover   2005 Burtynsky, Edward, "BURTYNSKY - CHINA," Published by Steidl, Germany, October, 148 Pages, 96 Colour Plates, 3 Essays, Hardcover