Michael Love

#4 - 4266 St.Urbain.
Montreal QC
Canada, H2W 1V5
Home: 514.794.9339
Email: Michael.t.love@gmail.com

Education

2009- Master of Fine Arts Majoring in Photography at Concordia University.
2003- Bachelor of Fine Arts Majoring in Photography from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.
1998- Diploma of Fine Arts from the University College of the Fraser Valley.

Exhibitions 

Solo

2009- The Long Wait. Les Territoires. Montreal QC, Canada.
        - The Long Wait. FOFA Gallery. Montreal QC, Canada.
2006- I’m With Them. UCFV Gallery. Abbotsford BC, Canada.
2005- Limitations of Use: A Spatial Metaphor.  Lobby Project Gallery. Vancouver BC, Canada. 

 

Group

2009- The Cast of Shadows. Access Artist Run Centre. Vancouver BC. Canada.
2008- Proof. Gallery 44. Toronto Ont. Canada
        - Strata. Espace Artifacto. Montreal QC, Canada.
2007- Compression. Art Mûr. Montreal QC, Canada.
        - Friendly Fire. Art Mûr. Montreal QC, Canada.
2005- Cyclops Dreams: Artist’s Books, Comics & ‘Zines. Access Artist Run Centre. Vancouver BC, Canada.
        - Facing History: Portraits of Vancouver.  Centre d’art contemporian. Basse-Normandie, France.
        - Bookville. Waygood Gallery. Newcastle, UK.
2004- Facing History: Portraits of Vancouver. Canadian Cultural Museum. Paris, France.
2003- Emily Carr Graduation Exhibition.  Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Vancouver BC, Canada.
        - Herb Ritts is Dead.  Concourse Gallery. Vacouver BC, Canada.
        - A Short Stranger Will Enter Your Life. The Crying Room Gallery. Vancouver BC, Canada.
2002- Awkward. Concourse Gallery. Vancouver BC, Canada.
        - A Memorable Decline. Concourse Gallery. Vancouver BC, Canada.
2001- Facing History: Portraits of Vancouver. Presentation House Gallery. North Vancouver BC, Canada.

Publications

Prefix Photo, Issue 21, Toronto, 2010
Next Level Magazine, Glasgow UK, 2009
Azure Magazine, November, Toronto, 2007
Cyclops’ Dreams (catalogue). Vancouver: Perro Verlag, 2005
Visages de l’histoire: portraits de Vancouver, Paris, 2004
Facing History: Portraits of Vancouver, Vancouver, 2002
Ride Magazine, UK Edition, No.59, London, 2002

Collections

Waygood Gallery. Newcastle, UK.
University College of the Fraser Valley Gallery. Abbotsford, Canada.

Professional Experience & Service 

2008 – Present- Artist Assistant.
2006 – 2008- Teacher’s Assistant for Concordia University.
2004- Documentation photographer for Access Artist Run Centre.
2002—2006- Technical Camera Sales.  Lens and Shutter, Vancouver BC.
2001- 2003 Darkroom Technical Assistant. Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.

Awards

2010- Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant.
2007- Roloff Beny Fellowship.
2006- Tuition Remission award, Concordia University