Curriculum Vitae
Russel Kwan and Wendy Kwan
Selected Exhibitions
- 2017- 2019 - Installation: "give a little bit" Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary. Night Owl Bird Hospital, Vancouver
- 2017- Curators, Studio 49, Langara College Student Show, "Out of Darkness"
- 2016 - Solo Exhibit: "give a little bit", a benefit for Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary, Tsawwassen Arts Centre, Delta BC, click here for event pictures.
- 2015 - Solo Exhibit: "space+time", VISUALSPACE Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures. click here for opening day pictures.
- 2014 - Langara College Photography Instructor's Show, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures
- 2013 - Solo Exhibit: "give a little bit", a benefit for Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary, VISUALSPACE Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures
- 2013 - Group Exhibit: "Capture Photo Festival 2013 ", Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures
- 2013 - Installation: "New Mythographs II", Tapenade Bistro, Steveston Village, Curated by restaurant designer Davide Merino. - click here for installation pictures
- 2012 - Group Exhibit: Vernissage 2012
- 2012 - Installation: "New Mythographs", Tapenade Bistro, Steveston Village, click here for installation pictures. Curated by restaurant designer Davide Merino.
- 2011 - Group Exhibit: Vernissage 2011
- 2010 - Installation: "Just Another Day on the Beach", West Boulevard Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Clinic, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures.
- 2009 - Group Exhibit: "Luminatii", Main Artery Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures.
- 2009 - Group Exhibit: "Cheer", Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver
- 2008 - Group Exhibit: "Soleil", Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures.
- 2008 - Solo Exhibit: "Vanishing Silver", Main Artery Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures.
- 2007 - Solo Exhibit : "Vanishing Silver", Galleons Lap Photography Gallery, Salt Spring Island, Canada, click here for installation pictures.
- 2007 - Solo Exhibit: "Chasing Light Stranger and Beyond", Troy University Department of Art and Design, Malone Gallery, Troy Alabama, click here for installation pictures.
- 2007 - Solo Exhibit: "Chasing Light Stranger", Main Artery Gallery, Vancouver
- 2006 - Solo Exhibit: "Chasing Light Stranger", Vancouver Gallery of Photography, click here for installation pictures.
- 2006 - Solo Exhibit: "Chasing Light Stranger", Galleons Lap Photography Gallery, Salt Spring Island Canada
- 2004 - Group Exhibit: Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver
- 2004 - Solo Exhibit: "Points of Departure", The Creative Framing Company, Vancouver
- 2004 - Solo Exhibit: "Points of Departure", Gerry Thorne Exhibition Hall, Vancouver Roundhouse
- 2002 - Group Exhibit: "Summer Salon", Exposure Gallery, Vancouver
Academic Appointments
- 2013 to present - Photography Faculty, Langara College, Vancouver
- 2008 - Guest Lecture, Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
- 2008 - Instructors, Full Time Diploma Program, Focal Point, Vancouver
- 2007 - Guest Lectures, Troy University Department of Art and Design, Troy Alabama
- 2007 - Guest Lecture, Focal Point, Vancouver
Presentations, Workshops and Community Service
- 2019 - Jurists, Crescent Beach Photography Club, Black and White Invitational Print Challenge
- 2019 – Reviewers, Print Critique, Delta Photo Club
- 2019 - Workshop, 2 parts, Burnaby Photographic Society, "Black and White – A State of Mind"
- 2019 - Workshop, Crescent Beach Photography Club, "Black and White – A State of Mind"
- 2019 - Workshop, Langley Photo Club, "Black and White – A State of Mind"
- 2018 - Workshop, West End Photography Club, "Visual Tension"
- 2018 - Jurists, Crescent Beach Photography Club, Black and White Invitational Print Challenge
- 2018 - Jurist, North Shore Challenge, North Shore Photographic Society
- 2018 - Jurists, North Shore Photographic Society, Projection Night
- 2018 - Workshop, North Shore Photographic Society, "Impressionism"
- 2017 - Workshop, Chilliwack Camera Club, "Creativity and Black and White Photography"
- 2017 - Workshop and Location Shoot, North Shore Photographic Society, "Who's Talking? Taking Control of Media Transparency"
- 2017 - Jurist, North Shore Challenge, North Shore Photographic Society
- 2016 - Workshop: Delta Photo Club: "Visual Tension"
- 2016 - Workshop, Van City Free Capture Meetup, "Visual Tension"
- 2016 - Workshop & location shoot, North Shore Photographic Society, "Visual Tension"
- 2015 - Jurists,CAPA Photo Expo 2015, Individual Photo Competitions (print and digital)
- 2015 - Presenters, New Westminster Photo Club, "Putting Emotion into Your Pictures"
- 2015 - Presenters, Pacific Digital Photo Club
- 2015 - Jurist, Delta Photo Club, Print Night
- 2015 - Presenters, North Shore Photographic Society, "Thinking Abstract Photography Primer"
- 2014 - Jurist and Presenters, Vancouver International Photography Festival, "Return of the Darkside"
- 2014 - Presenters, Photo Club Vancouver, "Putting Yourself in Your Pictures"
- 2014 - Jurists, Langley Camera Club, "Odd Angles"
- 2014 - Jurist, Crescent Beach Photography Club Black and White Invitational Print Competition.
- 2014 - Jurist, North Shore Photographic Society, Print Night
- 2014 - Jurist: North Shore Challenge
- 2013 - Jurists, Langley Camera Club, "Collage"
- 2013 - Jurists, North Shore Photographic Society, Digital Night
- 2013 - Presenters: Delta Photo Inspirations, "Seeing in Black and White"
- 2013 - Reviewers: Burnaby Photographic Society: "Small Collections" Print Review
- 2013 - Jurist: North Shore Challenge
- 2012 - Workshop: Delta Photo Club: Visual Language of Black and White
- 2012 - Reviewers: Burnaby Photographic Society: Print Review
- 2012 - 2-part Workshop, Crescent Beach Photography Club, "Are Your Pictures Worth a Thousand Words?"
- 2012 - Jurists, Delta Photo Inspirations, B&W competition
- 2012 - 2-part Workshop, Langley Camera Club, "Bridging Genres"
- 2012 - Jurist, North Shore Photographic Society, Print Night
- 2011 - Jurists, Vernissage 2011
- 2011 - Presentation and Workshop, North Shore Photographic Society
- 2011 - Jurist, Langley Camera Club, "Multiple Exposures"
- 2011 - Evening workshop, Crescent Beach Photography Club, "Thinking Visually"
- 2011 - Full day workshop, Langley Camera Club, "Thinking Visually for Judges"
- 2011 - Jurists, Crescent Beach Photography Club Black and White Invitational Print Competition.
- 2011 - Jurists, Delta Photo Inspirations, B&W competition
- 2011 - Jurist, North Shore Photographic Society, Print Night
- 2010 - Presentation, Abbotsford Photo Arts Club, 33rd Annual Seminar
- 2010 - Presentation and Workshop, North Shore Photographic Society
- 2010 - Jurist, North Shore Photographic Society Print Night
- 2010 - Jurists, Langley Camera Club Fraser Valley Invitational Competition
- 2010 - Jurists, Crescent Beach Photography Club Black and White Invitational Print Competition.
- 2010 - Guest Lecture, Lions Gate Camera Club
- 2009 - Guest Lecture, Abbotsford Photo Arts Club
- 2009 - Jurist, North Shore Photographic Society Print Night
- 2009 - Jurists, Crescent Beach Photography Club Black and White Invitational Print Competition. click here for juror's report.
- 2009 - Jurists, Photography, Vancouver Alternate Schools' "Speaking From Our Art" Exhibition
- 2009 - Guest Lecture, Royal City Photography Club
- 2009 - Guest Lecture, New Westminster Photography Club
- 2009 - Guest Lecture, Crescent Beach Photography Club
- 2008 - Guest Lecture, Photo Club Vancouver
- 2008 - Jurists, Crescent Beach Photography Club Black and White Invitational Print Competition. click here for juror's report.
- 2007 - Workshop Leaders, Galleons Lap Photography Gallery, Salt Spring Island Canada
- 2007 - Jurists, Photography and Digital Art, Vancouver Alternate Schools' "Speaking From Our Art" Exhibition
Publications and Media
- 2019 - PhotoEd Magazine Digital Edition - Amazing Analogue, portfolio feature "We Are Small"
- 2016 - PhotoEd magazine, "Black & White" winter edition, feature article: "Re-imagine Darkroom Arts"
- 2016 - Delta Optimist, feature article: "Give a Little Bit"
- 2016 - Vancouver International Photography Festival magazine, feature article: "Trust Yourself"
- 2016 - Pacfic Zone News: all issues - regular columnists
- 2015 - Vancouver International Photography Festival magazine, feature article: "What is a Photograph?"
- 2015 - Pacfic Zone News: all issues - regular columnists
- 2014 - Pacfic Zone News: all issues - regular columnists
- 2013 - Pacfic Zone News: all issues - regular columnists
- 2012 - Pacfic Zone News: all issues - regular columnists
- 2011 - Spiritus, Vol 11 No 1, The Johns Hopkins University Press (cover and inside photographs)
- 2011 - Pacfic Zone News: all issues - regular columnists
- 2010 - Pacfic Zone News, Winter 2011, feature article: "Creativity Is Not Random"
- 2010 - Spiritus, Vol 10 No 2, The Johns Hopkins University Press (inside photograph)
- 2010 - Spiritus, Vol 10 No 1, The Johns Hopkins University Press (cover and inside photograph)
- 2009 - CBC Radio - North By Northwest... feature interview - listen to clip 27 Dec 2009
- 2009 - PhotoEd magazine, "Black & White" winter edition, feature article "Light Chasers"
- 2009 - Global TV Morning News feature interview.... see clip
- 2009 - Spiritus, Vol 9 No 1, The Johns Hopkins University Press (cover photograph)
- 2009 - Peace Arch News, interview - click here.
- 2008 - Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, an affiliate of the National Gallery of Canada, selects "Chasing Light Stranger" for its reference library
- 2007 - Press clippings for Vanishing Silver - click here.
- 2007 - Troy, Alabama TV - feature talk show interview
- 2007 - Troy, Alabama Radio - feature talk show interview
- 2007 - Global TV morning news, feature interview... see clip
- 2007 - Shaw TV evening news, feature interview... see clip
- 2007 -Camera Arts magazine Mar/Apr issue, feature article: "Chasing Light Stranger"
- 2006 - Press clippings about Chasing Light Stranger - click here.
- 2006 - "Chasing Light Stranger", brown sock books, Vancouver Canada
Awards
- 2009 - 3 Honorable Mentions, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Hard of Housing"
- 2008 - 2nd Place, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Vanishing Silver"
- 2008 - 2nd Place, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Ephemeron"
- 2008 - Honorable Mention, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Interwoven"
- 2008 - Honorable Mention, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Heartwood"
- 2008 - Honorable Mention, Prix de la Photographie Paris, "Vanishing Silver"
- 2007 - 3rd Place Fine Art Book , Prix de la Photographie Paris, "Chasing Light Stranger"
- 2007 - Honorable Mention Fine Art Book , Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Chasing Light Stranger"
Selected Reviews
- "Vanishing Silver ... combines a reverence for the past with a desire to hold on to the basis of fine photography. Their work is crisp and clear, capturing the details of light and shadow exquisitely."
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- Gulf Islands Driftwood, 2007
- "Russel and Wendy Kwan... photograph a world in which light is paramount. The light becomes the subject itself, just as much as the objects it illuminates and the contemplative moods it enlightens."
- Malone Gallery, Troy University, Alabama USA, 2007
- "In the hands of committed, sensitive and talented esoteric individuals such as Russ and Wendy Kwan, photography has the power to evoke emotions, take you to another time and place and create the desire to own such images."
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- Anthony Matthews, Salt Spring Arts Council Newsletter, 2007
- "The Kwan's visual reality is subtle, rich with texture and light, and filled with beauty."
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- Gulf Islands Driftwood, 2006