Paris Photo with Christophe Guye Galerie
11|12|12
This weekend I’ll be showing a few works at Paris Photo with Christophe Guye Galerie…. Stand B37
11|12|12
This weekend I’ll be showing a few works at Paris Photo with Christophe Guye Galerie…. Stand B37
Toronto International Art Fair with Birch Libralato
10|25|12
This weekend Birch Libralato is featuring my work at the Toronto International Art Fair. I will be showing a selection of Trace Heavens works…. booth #812.
Trace Heavens Catalogue
10|23|12
I finally have Trace Heavens catalogues in hand. There are some great writing contributions from Trevor Mahovsky and Dion Kliner. Catalogues are available through Birch Libralato and Gallery Jones. Feel free to contact me if you would like a signed copy.
Trace Heavens Catalogue
28 X 20 cm // SoftCover in Hi-Tec Silver Gloss // 40 pages // Texts by Trevor Mahavosky & Dion Kliner // First Edition 2012 // 200 Copies // $25.00 CAD
New Works Commissioned by Louis Vuitton
09|24|12
Wild Flowers In Room (Anteroom Series), 2012
72 X 120 Inches
Tree In Room (Anteroom Series), 2012
72 X 120 Inches
This summer I was commissioned by Louis Vuitton to produce some new Anteroom works. Last week the works debuted at the opening launch of the new Louis Vuitton Maison in Toronto were they are featured as a permanent installation.
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Trace Heavens Reviewed in Canadian Art Magazine
09|23|12
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam
09|19|12
I’ll be in Amsterdam this week for Unseen Photo where my work will be represented by Christophe Guye Galerie. This Friday during the fair, Roger Eberhard and I will also be presenting our Tumulus project with a book signing from 2-4pm.
Artist Feature in Kalimat Magazine
07|20|12
Special Thanks to Mariam Nader for this contribution to Kalimat Magazine. Click on the images below to read an enlarged version of the text.
Feature Exhibition at PhotoIreland 2012
07|15|12
Tumulus Book Launch and Exhibition (Vancouver)
06|05|12
Tumulus
Roger Eberhard & James Nizam
Book Launch & Exhibition
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 31, 6–9pm
Exhibition Dates: May 31–June 16, 2012
Gallery Hours: Thurs–Sat, 12pm–5pm
In 2008, James Nizam collaborated with Swiss artist, Rober Eberhard, in photographing the ruins of summer cabins destroyed by their owners in the wake of a land dispute on the Katzie reserve in Pitt Lake, British Columbia. The photographs from their Tumulus series catalogue the mound-like remains of these structures scattered throughout the forest landscape. In 2011, a limited edition book of the same title was published by Peperoni Books, Berlin. The hardcover book contains 19 color images as well as texts by Dion Kliner and Ludwig Seyfarth in both German and English translations and will be presented with an accompanying exhibition of selected large scale photographs from the Tumulus series.
Trace Heavens Exhibition
05|21|12
Illuminations, 2011
Hand Solarized Gelatin Silver Prints
Illuminations (Detail)
Interminable Structure, 2011
Rebar Salvage from Building Wreck in Black Nickel Chrome
Disc, 2012
Copper Etching Plate
Door Slab, 2012
Cinefoil Imprint
Drill Holes through Film Canister, 2011
Cover and Portfolio Feature in TCR Magazine
05|16|12
TCR’s 40th Anniversary Issue celebrates artist portfolios by Pierre Coupey, Christos Dikeakos, Jin-Me Yoon, Charlene Vickers, Alex Morrison, Jasmine Reimer and myself. Special thanks to TCR’s founding editor Pierre Coupey for all his generosity and support!
Artist Feature in the British Journal of Photography
05|08|12
Click on image to read article
Trace Heavens | Selected Works
05|07|12
Shard of Light, 2011
Drill Holes Through Studio Wall, 2012
Thought Form (Tetrahedron), 2011
Thought Form (Dart), 2011
Thought Form (Cube), 2011
Thought Form (Fan), 2011
Thought Form (Fold), 2011
Trace Heavens | Opening May 4th
04|28|12
The works of Trace Heavens mark the results of James Nizam’s architectural interventions and studio-based explorations made to channel and record light. Where his earlier series Anteroom transformed abandoned rooms into straightforward pinhole camera obscuras, Nizam’s use of a perforated room is now less concerned with bringing the outside world in and recording it, than it is with using the light of that world to produce starkly beautiful visual effects that verge on the palpable. In Shard of Light, and the Thought Forms, Nizam harnesses the procession of the sun using jury-rigged setups that capture and manipulate sunlight into sculptural form. The resulting light sculptures establish a correspondence between room and camera as light capturing structures and extends it in time and space to the capture of solar phenomena within ancient astrological observatories such as those at Chaco Canyon or Xochicalco. The archaeological and pseudoscientific nature of Nizam’s solar recordings push the specific concerns of photography beyond the ordinary purview of the medium, working with light to establish poetic connections between the cosmos, photographic apparatuses, architecture, perception and the mind.
Tumulus Book Preview
01|06|12
240 x 300 mm /// Hardcover, clothbound, housed in an embossed slipcase/// 64 pages /// 19 color images /// English / German /// Text by Dion Kliner and Ludwig Seyfarth /// First Edition 2011/ 300 Copies + 20 Limited Edition Copies with Print
Tumulus Presented by Deichtorhallen @ OffPrint Paris
11|10|11
Tumulus Book Presentation at GFMF Salon, Berlin
10|21|11
Upcoming Book Project with Peperoni Books, Berlin
09|28|11
I’ve been working with my good friend Roger Eberhard on a collaborative book project entitled Tumulus. The book is being published and distributed by Peperoni Books, and today it hit the presses on schedule for a its premiere release in Berlin this upcoming November. More info to follow soon.
Selection Panel Member for the Orchard Project
09|19|11
I recently sat as a selection panel member for a public artwork associated with the Orchard Project — a new Esperanza Homes development complex located in Richmond. The panel, consisting of Bob Rennie of Rennie Marketing Systems, Aydin Kilic of Esperanze Homes, Paul Goodwin of Global Architects, Ilona Beiks, and myself, reviewed submissions to an invitational call put out to BC artists competing for the $100,000 commission prize. The reviews took place at the offices of Rennie Marketing Systems over the last couple months where this past Monday the panel decided on a final winner. Congratulations to the artist team of Ruth Beer and Charlotte Wall who were awarded the commission.
New Project Thanks to City of Delta
08|01|11
After several months of deliberations the City of Delta finally gave me the go ahead to realize a new project in this house on River Road prior to its demolition in September. I’ve proposed using the space to create and to photograph a light sculpture via a structural incision and the procession of the sun. Extra special thanks to Samien Safaei and Gregory Vanstone for making this project possible!
New Works Back from Chernof Framing
06|30|11
Illuminations, 2011
20″x20″
Hand Solarized Geltain Silver Print
Ruminations | Detail
Participating in Artist Residency at the University of Windsor
05|07|11
Long Listed for the Sobey Art Award
04|18|11
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Sobey Art Foundation are pleased to announce the long list for the 2011 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s pre-eminent prize for contemporary Canadian art. Following a three-month nomination process, the Curatorial Panel has announced the 25 artists vying for this year’s Award.
Anteroom Works in touring Group Show
09|02|10
Premiere Exhibition at Maison de la Culture Frontenac
Inaugural Exhibition at Christophe Guye Galerie
08|26|10
My work is now represented by Christophe Guye Galerie in Zurich. I’m very excited to be showing some Dwellings works in the inaugural exhibition which runs through the next couple of months.
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Participating in the Canadian Art Foundation Auction
08|10|10
Artist Feature in MonteCristo Magazine
05|01|10
Cover Art for BABERAINBOW EP out on Warp Records
02|18|10
Memorandoms Catalogue
02|04|10
Memorandoms Exhibition Premieres at Gallery Jones
02|04|10
