Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art  
Dianne Bos

BIOGRAPHY

Born Hamilton, Ontario, 1956

EDUCATION

1974-78    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours
Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004         Galactic Carousel, Truck: Contemporary Art In Calgary, Alberta
2003         Son et Lumière & Camere Illuminati, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003         It's About Time, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2002         Camere Illuminati, Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2002         Dianne Bos: Son et Lumiere, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia.
2001         Dianne Bos - A Survey, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario
2001         Brightness Falls, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001         Expedition, Jennifer Kostiuk Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1999         Galaxies and Other Bright Matters, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto
1999         The Depth of Field, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
1997         …Girl's Dreams of Castles, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997         Pin Spots, Solo Exhibition, The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
1996         Through a Pinhole/Darkly, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1996         Panoramic Views from the Valley Town, The Carnage Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
1995         Mrs Simcoe's Dream, permanent commissioned mural for Simcoe Place, Toronto, Ontario
1993         In the Province of Memory, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1992         Garden Photographs, The North Room, Riverdale Farm, Toronto, Ontario
1990         Pinhole Photographs, WW3, Toronto, Ontario

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004         Faculty Exhibition, Nickle Art Gallery, University of Calgary, Alberta
2004         Scene Through a Pinhole, Photospace Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2004         Grand Re-Opening Group Show, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003         Time and Again, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario
2003         In the Light of, 6 Contemporary Artists Explore the Legacy of William Fox Talbot, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
2003         Scene Through a Pinhole, Photospace Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2002         Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener, Waterloo
2002         1st International Pinhole Exhibition, Siena, Italy
2002         Photography Gathering, Aleppo, Syria
2001         The Wheeler Hut Expedition, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
2000         Time, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2000         Lux 2000, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamiltion Ontario
1999         '10 Countries', Pennings Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
1999         on movement, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1999         Passion for Wings, National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
1999         Pinhole International 2, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999         Stuff, Group show, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998         Speed: Visions of an Accelerated Age, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
1998         Pinhole International, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998         Camera Ready, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1998         Women with Cameras, curated by Dawn White Beatty, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario
1997         Deluxe Assortment, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997         "you can't say more than you can see…", The Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
1996         High Winds on the Skyway, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1994-95    Linda Genereux Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
1994         Up, Up and Away: Stairwell Project #8, curated by Andrew Hunter,
                Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1992         The Apartment Show part of seven artists collective 'The Bureau', Toronto, Ontario
1989         Atque Ars: Art from Mount Allison University 1854-1989, Owens Art Gallery,
                Curated by Charlotte-Townsend-Gault, Sackville, NB
1986-89    The Pinhole Camera, The Photographer's Gallery, Saskatchewan
1989         Ring House Gallery, Saskatoon
1989         Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1989         White Museum, Banff, Alberta
1989         Dunlop Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1989         Moose Jaw National Exhibition Centre, Estevan, Saskatchewan

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

National Aviation Museum
The Art Gallery of Hamilton
Lovas Stanley Paul Ray Berndston Inc.
MacDonald Stewart Art Centre
Simcoe Place Co-Owners, Cadillac Fairview, Toronto
St. Michael's College, University of Toronto
Wood Gundy Private Client Investments
Private and Corporate collections

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2001         "Signs of the Spirit: The Donovan Collection at St. Michael's College"
2001         Sandra Vida, "Go Tell it on the Mountain", Border Crossings, Issue No.79
2001         Kim Hume, Shotgun Reviews, LOLA 9 , Summer Issue
2001         Dobbie, Shauna. "Photographer's Garden", Ontario Gardener, Spring 2001
2000         Armstrong, John. vacation in black & white, Cover story, C Magazine, Spring 2000, 21-28.
2000         Wenzowski, Allyson. McMaster Museum of Art experiences winter light, Dundas Star News, Feb.2, 2000.
1999         Penaloza, Si Si, Pinhole Pusher Dianne Bos, The Bomb at Photo Blast, Cover Story,
                NOW Magazine, May 15, 1999.
1998         Adams, Susan. High art in low tech, Forbes Magazine. November 2, 1998.
1998         Beatty, Dawn White. Women with Cameras, Burlington Art Centre. March 1998.
1998         Bentley Mays, John. The art of the little black box The Globe and Mail. May 1998.
1998         Hanna, Deirdre. Bos's Boss Pinhole, NOW Magazine. May 1998.
1998         Hawthorne, Karen. Gallery Exhibits Art Photography Without a Lens, The Village Post. May 1998.
1997         Brackett, Donald. Dianne Bos and Rene Pierre Allain, Toronto Life. November 1997.
1997         London, Barbara and John Upton. Photography (sixth edition),
                Harper Collins College Publishers: New York, 1997.
1997         Nielsen, Ingrid. Pinhole photography requires pinpoint control and patience , The Record. Kitchener, June 1997.
1995         Pinhole City Scapes: Dianne Bos Photographs,
                The Box: The Official Peter Gabriel Newsletter. 3.2. April 1995.
1993         Holubizky, Ihor. Dianne Bos: In the Provence of Memory, Art Gallery of Hamilton. January - March 1993.
1986         Thorburn, Dan. The Pinhole Camera: Dianne Bos, Manfred Buchheit, Robert Burcher, Backflash.
                Vol. 4 No. 1, Spring 1986, 4-8.

RECENT PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK IN PRINT

2001         High Kitsch, Landscape Architecture Magazine, November, photo essay
2001         Ontario Gardener, Photographers Garden of Contrast, Spring/td
2000         Hamilton Magazine, profile on my work, November
2000         Azure, Avant Gardens, International Garden Festival, November, photo essay
2000         Bank One, Annual Report, Houston, Texas
1999         Cover photo, The Translator, Ward Just, Mariner Books.
1998         Swanstock, Fine Art Photography, First Edition, An Image Bank Company, Tucson, Arizona.
1998         Jamie Oakes, Shadows in Dreams, CD cover and liner images,
1998         Shitsunai, (Japanese Design Magazine), Spring 1997 to Winter 1998.
1997         Pappus, Royal Botanical Gardens Magazine. Photographs and article on Artists Gardens, spring 1997.
                Shitsunai (Japanese Design Magazine), Winter 1997,
                International Festival of Gardens "Chaumont sur Loire", France.
1996         Geffen Records, Counting Crows, recovering satellites, CD image
1994-95    Fringe Records and K.K. Records, Belgium. D.H.I., CD Band Photographs, Europe release.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Current     Independent photographer, Visual Arts consultant
                Lecturer, Photography, University of Toronto, Ontario
                Curator, Gimme Shelter, an exhibition of design and architecture by Japanese and Canadians
                for the Displaced, Toronto & Tokyo 2000/01.
1999         Co-ordinator/Curator: Pinhole International 2, exhibition and symposium, Contact 99, Toronto, Ontario.
1997-1999 Research Project - Earthworks: A Millennial Festival Celebrating Art and Environment,
                Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario.
                Environment, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario.
                Manga: The Art of Japanese Comic Books, curated and researched the travelling exhibition, in
                celebration of Canada's Year of Asia Pacific for Harbourfront Centre.
1990-1999 Artists' Gardens for Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
1997         Visitor Services Co-ordinator, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario.
1994-1995 Visual Arts Special Projects Manager "Today's Japan" festival, for Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
1991-1994 Visual Arts Manager, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
1989-1994 Co-ordinator and Curator, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

Dianne Bos is represented by Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto, Canada.