| Marco Bohr |
Born 1978 in Wiesbaden, Germany
German and Canadian Citizenship
Lives and works in London, UK |
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| Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
Floating Cities, Solo Show at Mummery+Schnelle – London, UK |
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European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today vol.10, Group Show at Novas Contemporary Art Centre curated by Kikuta Mikiko - Liverpool, England |
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Happiness in Everyday Life , Group Show at Art Tower Mito curated by Mori Tsukasa and Takehisa Yuu – Mito, Japan (Book) |
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Collectif, Group Show at arc en rêve centre d’architecture curated by Eric Troussicot – Bordeaux, France (Book) |
| 2007 |
Making, Marking, Mapping - approaches to the next generation, Group Show at Photo Gallery International curated by Takahashi Sayaka – Tokyo, Japan |
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Leisure, Three Artist Show at the Stephen Bulger Gallery – Toronto, Canada |
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Shot and go – A vision of today's international photography, Group Show on the Island of San Servolo curated by Raffaele Gavarro – Venice, Italy (Book) |
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The Summer Show, Graduating Show at the Royal College of Art curated by Nigel Rolfe – London, UK (Book) |
| 2006 |
Flash Forward 2006: Emerging Photographers, Group Show at Lennox Contemporary selected by Daniel Faria, Darren Ching and Simon Bainbridge – Toronto, Canada (Book) |
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reGeneration, Group Show at the Pingyao International Photography Festival curated by Nathalie Herschdoerfer - Pingyao, China |
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Here Today, Group Show at the Jersey Galleries, Osterley House curated by Anne Kathrin Greiner and Neil Shirreff – London, England |
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New Generation Park, Group Show at the Photo Imaging Expo at Tokyo Big Sight curated by Masato Terauchi - Tokyo, Japan |
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The Seven Deadly Sins, Group Show at the Bienale Internationale de l’Image de Nancy curated by Nathalie Herschdoerfer - Nancy, France |
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Event Cities, Three Artist Show with Scott Connaroe and Sheryl Sourkes at Gallery 44 - Centre for Contemporary Photography curated by Katy McCormick - Toronto, Canada (Cat.) |
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Fuke, Landscapes, Landschaften, Two Artist Show with Keiko Sato at Japan Foundation curated by Angela Ziegenbein - Cologne, Germany (Cat.) |
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Uniforms, Solo Show as part of CONTACT Festival of Photography at the Japan Foundation - Toronto, Canada (Cat.) |
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Observatories, Solo Show at the European Photocenter for Young Photography curated by Tanja Eickmeier - Viernheim, Germany |
| 2005 |
Enseigner/Produire and L’art de produire l’art, Two Parallel Group Shows at the Studio National des Arts ContemporainsLe Fresnoy, Tourcoing and the Centre Pompidou curated by Christophe Kihm - Paris, France |
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Observatories, Solo Show at the Folly Gallery - Lancaster, England |
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reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Travelling Group Show at the Musee de l’Elysee curated by William Ewing - Lausanne, Switzerland (also Galleria Corso Como - Milan, Italy and the Aperture Gallery - New York, USA) (Book) |
| 2004 |
Uniforms, Solo Show at the Days Photo Gallery - Tokyo, Japan |
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Photorama, Group Show at the TPW Gallery - Toronto, Canada |
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Connect the Dots, Multimedia Group Show travelling to ten cities across Canada curated and organized by CBC Radio 3 - various venues in Canada |
| 2003 |
No Ball Games, First Solo Show at the Ryerson Gallery - Toronto, Canada |
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Red, Group Show at the Bluffs Gallery as part of the Contact Photography Festival - Scarborough, Canada |
| 2002 |
Photo Neolea, Group Show at the Pittenweem Arts Festival - Fife, Scotland |
| 2001 |
Second Year Show, Group Show at the Ryerson Gallery - Toronto, Canada |
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| Education |
| 2007 |
Royal College of Art, MA Photography - London, UK |
| 2004 |
Nihon University, Intensive Japanese Language Program - Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 |
Ryerson University, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours - Toronto, Canada |
| 2002 |
Napier University, Exchange Semester Photographic Studies - Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Martin Niemoeller High School, German Abitur - Wiesbaden, Germany |
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| Achievements |
| 2006 |
Critique of the Alps Exchange - Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2005 |
Canada Council Travel Grant - Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2003 |
Recipient of the du Maurier Grant for Emerging Artists - Toronto, Canada |
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| Commissions |
| 2006 |
Photographs from Vietnam, commissioned by Make Poverty History - London, UK |
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Material Matters: Glass, commissioned by the Manser Practice - London, UK |
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| Artist Talks and Lectures |
| 2009 |
Early and late Modern Japanese Photography, Lecture at the University of Westminster – London, UK |
| 2008 |
A Contextual Approach to Japanese Photography, Lecture at the University of Westminster – London, UK |
| 2007 |
Artist Talk with Marie-France Kittler at the University of Derby - Derby, UK |
| 2006 |
Artist Talk in Dialogue with Keiko Sato at Japanisches Kulturinstitut – Cologne, Germany |
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Artist Talk at the Japan Foundation - Toronto, Canada |
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Artist Talk with Ryo Ohwada, Marla Rutherford, Shigeru Takato, Petur Thomsen and Pablo Zuleta Zahr hosted by Masato Terauchi - Tokyo, Japan |
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Guest Lecturer for Prof. Don Snyder's Contemporary Movements Class, Ryerson University - Toronto, Canada |
| 2005 |
Artist Talk at the Folly Gallery - Lancaster, UK |
| 2004 |
Guest Lecturer for Prof. Don Snyder’s 3rd Year Photography Production Class, Ryerson University - Toronto, Canada |
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Guest Lecturer for Prof. Suzuki Takafumi’s Master Class in Photographic Studies, Nihon University - Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 |
Guest Speaker for Prof. Don Snyder’s Theories of Representation, Ryerson University - Toronto, Canada |
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| Book Publications |
| 2008 |
European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today vol.10, published by EU Japan Fest, Tokyo, Japan |
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Happiness In Everyday Life, published by Art tower Mito, Mito, Japan |
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Transform, published by grafiche antiga, Treviso, Italy |
| 2007 |
Shot and go – A vision of today's international photography, published by Damiani Editore, Bologna, Italy |
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Reference Book, published by the Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| 2006 |
Flash Forward 2006, published by the Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada |
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Carte Blanche: Made in Canada, published by the Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada |
| 2005 |
reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, 2005-2025, published by Thames and Hudson(UK), Aperture (US), Akaaka (Japan) |
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| Collections |
Michael Wilson Photographic Collection – London, England
Europäisches Fotozentrum für junge Fotografie – Viernheim, Germany
Musee de l’Elysee – Lausanne, Switzerland
Japan Foundation – Toronto, Canada
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Corporate Archives - Toronto, Canada
The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University - Toronto, Canada
The City of Toronto Archives - Toronto, Canada
Folly Gallery - Lancaster, England
Days Photo Gallery - Tokyo, Japan
Private Collections |