Acclaimed Photographer, Toni Hafkenscheid, was born in Rotterdam in 1959. He studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and now resides in Toronto. His photographs create the illusion that they are of the world of small scale models but this is the trick of the skilled photographer. Taken with a standard 2 1/4" Hasselblad with tilt/shift lens, these beautifully composed works have us questioning what is reality.
Press:
Globe and Mail
Chicago Reader
Atlanta Creative Loafing
Winnipeg Free Press
Essay by Julia Dault
Supermodels Catalogue
Colossal Landscape
Education:
1984-1989 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Solo/2-Person Exhibitions (selection):
2011 Exposure, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2010 Iconic America, Pearson Airport, Terminal 1
2010 Relics of the Future, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto
2010 Life Models, Hamilton Printmakers Association, Hamilton
2010 Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2009 RCA Visual, St. John’s, NFLD
2009 Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2008 Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC
2008 George Billis Gallery, LA
2008 Confabulation, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto (CONTACT 2008)
2008 Drake Hotel, Toronto
2008 Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, YU
2008 In The Mind’s Eye, Niagara Arts Centre, Niagara Falls, ON
2007 Handheld Landscape, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2007 HO, Hartcourt House, Edmonton, AB
2007 Not to scale, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 AXENEO7, Gatineau, QC
2006 Artspace, Peterborough, ON
2006 Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto (CONTACT 2006)
2006 Galerie VU, Quebec City
2006 Skew gallery, Calgary, AB
2005 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2005 Alternator Gallery, Kelowna , BC
2005 PLATFORM, Winnipeg, MB Eye Level, Halifax, NS
2005 Artcite, Windsor, ON
2004 Robert Birch gallery, Toronto (CONTACT 2004)
2002 VIA Rail station, Montreal Lee Ka-Sing Gallery, Toronto
2002 Dazibao Gallery, Montreal
2001 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
2000 2 from Canada, CEPA, Buffalo, N.Y.
1999 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
1997 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
1996 Art Cite, Windsor, Canada Birganart Gallery, Toronto
1995 Napier University, Edinburgh (Fotofeis ‘95)
1995 La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City
1994 Desmet, Amsterdam
Group Exhibitions (selection):
2010 9 establishing shots on TTC subway monitors in Toronto
2007 Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
2006 Super models, Open Space, Victoria, BC
2006 Art with Heart, Toronto
2006 Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2005 Focused, PCN, Seattle, WA
2005 Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL Beyond/in Western NY,
2005 CEPA, Buffalo, NY
2005 Neverlands, Montreal (Le Mois de la photo)
2005 Recent acquisitions, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Toronto
2005 Escaping: Fugitive Geography , Drake Hotel, Toronto
2005 Part/Object, St. Francis College, Chicago,IL
2005 Art with Heart, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2004 Drive, Skew Gallery, Calgary
2004 Connect the dots, CBC Radio
2004 3 tour, across Canada
2002 the Home Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
2001 Argument, Spin Gallery, Toronto
2000 Documenting Eye, Art Cite, Detroit Focus
2000 Intersections, Toronto, Montreal
1999 Persistent Documents, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo
1998 Persistent Documents, The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1998 Urban Spaces, Berlage Instituut, Amsterdam
1997 Plastic Fantastic, E3 Gallery, New York
1997 Contact ‘97, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
1997 CEPA, Buffalo, N.Y.
1996 Eastern Edge, St. Johns, NFLD
1996 Floating Gallery, Winnipeg
1995 Beauty #2, The Power Plant, Toronto
1995 Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal
1995 Beauty #2, The Power Plant, Toronto
1995 Feeding the Fire, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
1994 The Family, Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
1994 CEPA, Buffalo, NY Fifth Anniversary , Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
1994 Toronto after dark, Market
1994 Gallery of the City of Toronto
1994 Archives, Toronto
1994 Feeding the Fire, Floating Gallery, Winnipeg
1994 Feeding the Fire , Modern Fuel, Kingston, Ontario
1993 Birganart Gallery, Toronto
1992 Round-Up '92, Toronto
1991 Gallery 44, Latent Images, Toronto
1991 Round-Up '91, Toronto
1989 Amsterdam Foto '89: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
1989 Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
Grants/Awards (selection):
2010 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
2008 Canada Arts Council Project Grant Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2007 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2006 Ontario Arts Council, Project
2006 Grant Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2006 Grant Canada Arts Council Project Grant
2005 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2004 Toronto Arts council, Project Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
2002 The Netherlands Council for the Arts, Project Grant
1995 The Banff Centre for the Arts Photography program
1995 Canada Council B Grant
1995 Ontario Arts Council B Grant
1994 Canada Council Short Term Grant
1993 Ontario Arts Council B Grant
1992 Canada Council B Grant
1989 The Netherlands Council for the Arts, Early Career Award Kodak Award, Netherlands
Publications/Reviews (selection):
2010 National Post: Tiny Happy People by Leah Sandals
2010 Mass Art Guide: Future Past by Monika Burman
2010 Blackflash Magazine: Too Good to be True by David LaRiviere
2010 Toronto Star: Last Chances… by Murray Whyte
2010 Flight + Hotel: a Tiny View by Rhonda Olson
2009 Blackflash Magazine: Too Good to be True: Toni Hafkenscheid’s Confabulations
2008 Globe and Mail: An Epic view of our Everyday World
2008 Now Magazine: Is Analog Photography Dead?
2007 See Magazine, Edmonton: Keeping it unreal
2007 The Edmonton Journal: Photographer challenges reality in newest exhibit
2007 Time Out Chicago, Not to Scale
2007 Galleries West: Handheld Landscape
2007 Galleries West Magazine: First Impressions
2006 Ciel Variable Magazine, review by Sylvain Campeau
2006 Seesaw Magazine: ModelWorld
2006 PHOTOGRAPHY NOW 100 Portfolios on DVD, Wright University
2006
SuperModels, catalogue by Open Space
2006 Not To Scale: catalogue by AXENEO7
2006 Calgary Herald: Lilliput, Canada
2006 Globe and Mail: Real Life rendered make believe
2005 Image and Imagination: catalogue Mois de la Photo, Montreal
2005 Atlanta Review: Take me back
2005 Winnipeg Free Press: Mysterious photos….
2005 Chicago Reader: Ceci n’est pas un Truckstop
2005 Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2005 Beyond/in Western NY
2005 Beyond Magazine: Small Photo Pictorial: HO
2004 Canadian Art Magazine: National Capital
2004 Subject Matters: new photographic realism by Blake Fitzpatrick
2004 Macleans’s Magazine: Master of Illusion
2004 The Globe and Mail: Contact 2004
2003 Home Show (catalogue by James Patten, WAG)
2002 the Globe and Mail: Home is where the art is
2002 Prefix Photo Magazine
2002 Now Magazine, Toronto: Guns and Toys: Rineke Dijkstra and Toni Hafkenscheid
2001 Argument (catalogue by P. Elaine Sharpe)
2000 Canadian Art Magazine
1998 FOTO, Holland
1996 Border Crossings, Canada
1995 Beauty #2, Toronto (catalogue by Philip Monk)
1995 Le Mois de la Photographie a Montreal (catalogue)
1995 Fotofeis 95, Edinburgh
1994 Black flash: Burning Desires, Saskatoon
1994 Alliances: The family, CMCP, Ottawa
1994 Parallelogramme: La Fabrication des sexes.
Collections (selection):
Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography (CMCP), Ottawa
Canada Council
Art Bank, Ottawa Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
Art Rental Program, Toronto
Kodak France
Kodak Netherlands University of Toronto
CEPA, Buffalo, N.Y.
Foreign Affairs Canada
Royal Bank Canada.
Bank of Montreal
Representation in USA:
Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago
George Billis Gallery, LA, NY
Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Teaching Experience:
2005 - Teacher of Photography, Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto
2008 - Teacher of Photography, Ryerson University, Toronto
2007 -2008 Teacher of Photography, York University, Toronto
2007 - Teacher of Photography, Haliburton School of the Arts, Haliburton, ON
2005 - Teacher of Portraiture Workshops at Toronto Image Works (TIW) 1993- Teacher of various Photography Workshops at Gallery 44, Toronto
1996-2002 Teacher of Photography, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
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