CRAIG RICHARDS- Curriculum Vitae

           

EDUCATION

2002             Platinum workshop with Richard Sullivan of Bostick & Sullivan, Santa Fe, New Mexicio, U.S.A

1984             Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, Preservation of Black & White Photographic Images

1982             Owens Valley Photographic Workshop, Oregon Coast, directors: Bruce Barnbaum, Ray McSaveney and John Sexton

The last 35 years worked as photographer/darkroom technician

 

 

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007             "Viaggio All'Oro, Following The Gold Rush Trail", Italian Cultural Institute, Vancouver, B.C.

"Silver", Summit Gallery of Fine Art, Banff, Alberta

2006             "I Popoli Della Luna · The People of the Moon", Kinshasa, Congo

"I Popoli Della Luna · The People of the Moon", The National Museum, Kampala, Uganda

"I Popoli Della Luna · The People of the Moon", Museo Nazionale della Montagne, Torino, Italy

"Beyond Borders, Guatemala & Uganda", Avens Gallery, Canmore, Alberta

2005             "The Canadian Rockies", Avens Gallery, Canmore, Alberta

"Viaggio All'Oro, Following The Gold Rush Trail", Museo Nazionale della Montagne, Torino, Italy

2003             "Ritratti Dalle Vette", Museo Nazionale della Montagne, Torino, Italy

2000 - 2003 "Portaits from the Summit," toured to 11 countries in Europe

"Portaits from the Summit," Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta

The Centre for Photography, San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.A.

1999             "New Work,   Guatemala & Canadian Rockies, CAG, Calgary, Alberta

1998             "The Canadian Rockies,"Canadian Culture Centre, Paris, France

"The Canadian Rockies,"   Passey, France

"The Canadian Rockies," Tatar/Alexander Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1997             "Guatemalan Portrait," Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Missoula, Montana

"The Canadian Rockies," Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

"The Canadian Rockies,"   Photogroup, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

"The Canadian Rockies,"   The Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, toured byThe Centre for Mountain Culture, The Banff Centre, Banff

"The Canadian Rockies," The Canadian Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico, toured by The Centre for Mountain Culture, The Banff Centre, Banff

"The Canadian Rockies," Plaza Loreto, Mexico City, Mexico, toured by The Centre for Mountain Culture, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB

"The Canadian Rockies," Yellowhead Musem and Art Gallery, Jasper, Alberta, toured by the Whyte Musem of the Canadain Rockies, Banff

1994             "The Canadian Rockies," Museo Nazionale della Montagne, Torino, Italy. Toured by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta,

"The Canadian Rockies," Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff

"The Canadian Rockies," Folio Gallery, Calgary

1991             Auto Gallery, Bankers Hall, Calgary, Alberta

 

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005             "Summer Group Show", Summit Gallery of Fine Art, Banff, Alberta

2004             "Elemental Inspiration", Whyte Museum, Banff 2003             "Summer Landscape Exhibition", Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2001             "Wheeler Hut Expedition," Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD,   Calgary

2000             "Wheeler Hut Expedition," The Works, Edmonton

"Wheeler Hut Expedition," Whyte Museum, Banff

"100 Scatti per il 2000," Photography Museum, Tokyo, Japan

"100 Scatti per il 2000," Whyte Museum, Banff

"100 Scatti per il 2000," Museo Nazionale   Della Montagne, Torino, Italy

1999             "Impressioni Di Viaggio", Museo Nazionale   Della Montagne, Torino, Italy

1998             "Imaging Nature", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1997             "Selected Artists," Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

1996             Tatar/Alexander Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1995             The Center for Photography, San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.A.

1992             "Man, Land, Place," three Alberta photographers, touring show, organized   and circulated by the Edmonton Art Gallery

1991             "A Conscious Choice," six documentary photographers, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

1990             "Spirit of the Wilderness,"   Whyte Museum, Banff, Alberta

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

Since 1981             Working for the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, as the Photographic Technician/Photographer.

1986           Head/Curator of Photography

1987             Guest Instructor with Photographic Arts Workshops,Canada, Mexico, Europe & United States

1980             Photographer, Alberta Rockies Mountaineering Society

1978-79             Photographer/Technician for The Alberta Report magazine

Graphic Arts Cameraman for Spectrum Industrial Photographers, Edmonton

 

 

 

GRANTS

1997             Art Aquisition Photography Commission, Town of Canmore, Alberta

1996             Bank of Missions grant, "The Canadian Rockies", Mexico City

1990             Canada Council project grant, "Guatemala"

1985             Alberta Culture Visual Arts Project Cost Grant for the Exhibition, "Among the Mountains"

1984             Short Term Study Grant under the Canadian Museums Association Bursary Programme to attend conference on Preservation of Black and White Photographic images, Rochester, N.Y.

Grant Recipient, Alberta 75th Anniversary Project photographing in the mountains of  Alberta

 

 

 

PRESS

--   PhotoLife Magazine, "Guatemala: A Portrait, by Craig Richards", November 2006 pages 88-104

--   Alberta Views Magazine, "Alberta Photographers", January 2006

-- "I Popoli Della Luna · The People of the Moon, Ruwenzori 1906-2006", Nazionale Museo della  Montagna,   Duca Delgi Abruzzi, Club Alpino Italiano, 2006

-- "Viaggio All'Oro, L'Immaginaro Del Klondike", Nazionale Museo della Montagna, Duca Delgi Abruzzi, Club Alpino Italiano, 2005

--   "Portfolio," Altitudes Magazine, Libris, Seyssinet, France, 2003

-- "Ritratti Dalle Vette, Incontri Fotografici Con Craig Richards," Nazionale Museo della Montagna, Duca Delgi Abruzzi, Club Alpino Italiano, 2003

-- "Voices From The Summit," National Geographic Adventure Press, 2000

-- "100 Scatti per il 2000", Nazionale Museo della Montagna, Duca Delgi Abruzzi, Club Alpino Italiano, 2000

--   Avenue West Magazine, Calgary, "Profile", January 2000

-- "Impressioni di Viaggio, Quattro Fotografi Starnieri Nelle Valli Torinesi"Nazionale Museo della Montagna, Duca Delgi Abruzzi, Club Alpino Italiano, 1999

--   Avenue Magazine, Calgary, "Portrait of an Artist", June 1997, pages 8 & 9

-- CRAIG RICHARDS, 1997 Calendar, Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts publication

-- Profile,   ARTS ALIVE, CBC radio, October 1996

-- Profile, ARTS ALBERTA, CKUA radio, December 1995

-- CRAIG RICHARDS, Un Fotografo alla Riscoperta della Montagne Rocciose, Museo Nazionale   

Museo della Montagna, Duca Delgi Abruzzi, Club Alpino Italiano, 1994

-- 2nd Edition, CRAIG RICHARDS, THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, Book, Sawback Press, 1994

-- CRAIG RICHARDS, THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, Book, Sawback Press, 1994

-- Portfolio, CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL, pages 34-37, 1994

-- A Conscious Choice, Six Photographic Projects, Catalogue, March 1991,Muttart Gallery

-- Borealis Magazine, "Profile," Fall 1990, pages 38-43

COLLECTIONS

Alberta Art Foundation
Alberta Government Telephones, Calgary
Air Canada, Montreal
Amoco Petroleum, Calgary
Berzak Partners Architects, New York
Brewster Transport, Banff
Calgary Regional Arts Foundation
Carruthers, Marshall & Associates Architects, Calgary
City of Calgary
City of Edmonton
Diachem, Vancouver
Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y.
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Government of Alberta, Board of Industrial Relations and Labour
Honich Corporation, Toronto
Hamich International Corporation, Vancouver
Marquis Enterprises, Calgary
Museo Nazionale della Montagne, Torino, Italy
Norman Mackenzie Medical Research Hospital, Edmonton
Rex Petroleum, Calgary
Town of Canmore
Trimac Ltd., Calgary
Trizec Corporation, Calgary,
Waterous Securities Inc., Calgary
Western Securities, Calgary
Weyerhaeuser Canada Limited
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff
Wooliams, Korman, Moore & Wittman, legal firm, Calgary

Numerous private collections

 


 

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