BACKGROUND
1975 Born in Kamloops, British Columbia
1994 BA Communications (Honours First Class), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC
1996 Diploma in Sight & Sound Film Production, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York
RESIDENCIES
2007 DIVA (Danish International Visual Art Exchange Program)
2005 Banff Centre for the Arts, New Works Residency, Banff, Canada
2004 HIAP (Helsinki International Artist-In-Residence Programme), Cable Factory, Helsiniki, Finland
2002 Stichting Duende Aktiviteiten, Rotterdam, Holland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Cambridge Gallery, Canada (2-person)
2007 Depiction, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2007 Lisa Klapstock: Depiction, Latcham Gallery, Stoufville, Canada
2007 Convenience, Toronto, Canada; in-situ installation
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, The News at Five: Survey, Solo, Set Piece, curated by Richard Rhodes, editor of Canadian Art
2006 York Quay Centre, Toronto; The Power of Place (in-situ installation)
2006 Liminal, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
2006 Liminal, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville NB
2006 Threshold, I Space, Chicago
2006 Liminal, Robert McLaughlin Gallery
2006 Ambiguous Landscapes, Jessica Bradley Art & Projects, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Threshold, Musée de la Photographie, Belgium
2005 Liminal, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
2004 Liminal, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
2004 Threshold, VU Centre de Diffusion et de Production de la Photographie, Quebec
2004 Threshold, Galleri Image, Denmark Public Installations, Contact 2004, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Recent Works, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Struts Gallery, New Brunswick, Canada; Still Life (2-person)
2003 Living Room, Odense Foto Triennale, Faaborg Art Museum, Denmark
2003 Museum Van Nagsael, Rotterdam, Holland
2003 Threshold, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York
2003 Threshold, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2002 Peek-A-Boo, Peak Gallery Toronto, Ontario
2002 Glimpse, Gallery TPW Toronto, ON (2-person)
1999 Relics, A Laneway (Behind 401 Richmond St. West) Toronto, Ontario
1999 Excavations, Zsa Zsa, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Photography in the Subway, Union Station & King Station, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Some of those people are homeless, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Excavations, Zsa Zsa, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Recontres Internationales Paris-Berlin Video Festival, Centre Culturel Canadien (two-person), Curated by Catherine Bedard
2007 Passages, Cambridge Gallery, (two-person)
2007 Horizon, EFA Gallery (Elizabeth Foundation), New York, Curated by David Humphry
2007 One Shot Each, Museet for Fotokunst, Curated by Finn Thrane
2006 Du côté de Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, Québec
2006 Summer Shorts, Diane Farris Gallery
2005 Vital Signs (touring), George Eastman House, New York
2004 Home Comforts, Toronto Alternative Art Fair International
2004 Contact, Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON
2004 Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
2004 Thinking City (9th Annual Gallery Hop & Fundraiser), Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Art for Heart, Casey House Annual Fundraiser, Toronto, ON
2003 Sphere, Presentation House Gallery. Vancouver
2003 Plagues and Angels, Alliance Francaise Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Probing into the Distance, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener, Ontario
2002 Married by Powers, Rotterdam, Holland
2002 Sloop, Zacht Gedempte Gracht (abandoned housing block) The Hague, Holland
2002 Chroma, Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, Ontario (3-person)
2002 ON Trespassing: home base, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
2002 ON Trespassing: A Laneway (behind 10-24 Bartlett Ave.) Toronto, Ontario
2001 Instant Coffee, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Glo, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
2001 Argument, Spin Gallery Toronto, Ontario
2001 Surprise, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
2000 Instant Coffee, Toronto, Canada Present Tense contemporary project series NO. 17
2000 Fresh Work 3, Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida
2000 Glo, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario Lamentable Expedients: Imagining the 4th
2000 Dimension, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Illegitimate, Corinna Ghaznavi Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
1999 Limericks, David Scott Gallery Toronto, Ontario
1999 Open Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
1999 Glo, Archive Inc. Toronto, Ontario
1999 Double Exposure, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
PUBLICATIONS / MEDIA
Artner, Alan G., “Folk art and a new boldness,” The Chicago Tribune, March 17, 2006
Workman, Michael, “Chance Encounter,”Newcity, March 9, 2006
Bellotto, Janet, A Space of Transformation, Tandem Sunday, March 30, 2003
Black, Bob, “2004 Contact Photography Festival,” Fotopost (online zine), No. 2 (July 2004)
Black Flash, Vol. 20.1 2001(Cover)
Canadian Art, “In Print: Lisa Klapstock: Liminal”, Volume 23 (3), Fall, 2006, p. 66
Canadian Art, “Special Projects: The News at 5:00: Survey, Solo, Set Piece”, Vol 23 (3)
Carson, Andrea, “Portrait of T.O. as an Arts Scene,” Village Post, September 2006
Carte Blanche, Compendium of Canadian photographers, Canada: Magenta
CBC Radio 3 (online magazine) “Threshold,”, October 17-23, 2003
Cote, Nathalie, “Bloc-notes,” Voir, Thursday,March 11, 2004
Danicke, Sandra, “Durchblick,” Frankfurter Rundschau Magazin, NR 29, SA 23 July, 2005
Dault, Gary Michael, “Gallery Going: Lisa Klapstock at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,” The Globe and Mail, February 11, 2006
Dault, Gary Michael, Lisa Klapstock at Peak Gallery, The Globe and Mail, Sat., March 30 2001
Dawn, Leslie, Review of Liminal Border Crossings, Volume 24, No. 3, Issue 95, (Autumn 2005)
Deal, John, “Chroma,” View Magazine, May 16-22, 2002
Fulford, Robert, “Where you Least Expect Them,” The National Post, Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Gilbert, Andre, “Le Centre Vu,” Photo Selection Volume 23, No. 6, (November 2003) :32-35
Ghaznavi, Corinna, “Probing into the Distance,” Contemporary Art Forum, (festival catalogue)
Ghaznavi, Corinna, Peek-A-Boo – Lisa Klapstock at Peak d’ART International, Spring 2001
Goddard, Peter, Art by Numbers, The Toronto Star, Sat., February 9 2002
Harris, Michael, Peekaboo Photography Captures City Life to Brilliant Effect. Vancouver Sun, March 25
Laurence, Robin, “Show Runs Circles Around the Sphere,” Georgia Straight, September 11-18, 2003
Maine, Stephen, “A Wild Horizon: Gallery-Going”, The New York Sun, July 5, 2007, NY
New Brunswick Reader, “Laneways to Discovery”, Karen Ruet, November 25, 2006
Nielsen, Mads Johannes, “Lisa Klapstock interview“, Kopenhagen/Jylland 30, April 2004.
Noll, Ute, “Euroview,” Pluk (Photography in London, the UK & Europe) Issue 18, 2004
Nordstrom, Alison & Scott McLeod, Lisa Klapstock: Liminal, (exhibition cat.), Canada: SAAG
Osborne, Catherine, “The Girl Stays in the Picture,” The National Post, Saturday April 17, 2004
Poijarvi, Sari, “Lisa Klapstock: omassa ihmemaassaan,” Kamera, (August 2004), Finland
Porter, Isabelle, “Par le Trou de la Cloture,” Le Devoir, Saturday, April 6, 2004
Portis, Ben, “Klap-Stalking: Lisa Klapstock’s Threshold Series,” Sphere, (exhibition catalogue), Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Tremblay, Elene, Threshold (exhibition publication), Centre VU, Quebec
Wolthers, Louise, “Lisa Klapstock,” Canadian Art, (Fall 2004): 148-9
Wolthers, Louise, Review of Threshold, Canadian Art Volume 21, No. 3, Issue 95 (Autumn 2005)
Wynants, Jean-Marie, “Lisa Klapstock: Threshold,” Le Soir, September 28, 2005, Belgium
Youds, Mike, “Out of bounds: Toronto photographer opens first solo exhibition in hometown,” The Kamloops Daily News, April 7, 2006
FILM & VIDEO PROJECTS
2002 Crossover, Digital video projection, Site-specific laneway installation. ON
2002 Trespassing, Toronto, Ontario
1996 Blues, 16mm, 8min, Experimental Documentary, Director/Producer
1995 Powerful Love, Super 16mm, 6:50 minutes, Promotional Film, Producer
AWARDS
2005 Canada Council for the Arts – Travel Grant
2005 Ontario Arts Council – Exhibition Assistance Grant
2004 Canada Council for the Arts Visual Arts – Creation/Production Grant
2004 NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art) – Sleipner Grant, Finland
2004 Canada Council for the Arts – Travel Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council – Emerging Artists: Film & Video
2004 Ontario Arts Council – Exhibition Assistance Grant
2003 Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Int. Cultural Relations Programme Grant
2003 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2003 Ontario Arts Council Exhibitions Assistance Grant
2002 ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts, 1st Projects: Film & Video
2002 ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2002 ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts Project Grant (Fresh Air)
2002 ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2001 TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL Visual & Media Arts, Project Grant (Fresh Air)
2001 QUEBEC ARTS COUNCIL Promotion et diffusion des arts visuels et des arts médiatiques, Project Grant (Fresh Air)
1999 Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Canada. Open Juried Exhibition. Jurors: Catherine Osborne, John Armstrong, Robert Reid
1996 Intercom International Communication Film & Video Festival, Chicago
1996 U.S. International Film & Video Awards, Chicago
1996 New York Festivals Global Awards, New York
1996 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Saskatchewan
1996 CANADA COUNCIL Explorations Program Grant
MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS
2002-present Charles Street Video
2001 Fresh Air Artist Collective, founding member
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Member of the Board of Directors
PUBLIC/CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
National Portrait Gallery of Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark
Musee de la Photographie, Chaleroi, Belgium
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Gallery of Windsor
Kamloops Art Gallery
Astra Zeneca Canada Inc., Toronto, ON
Dufflet Pastries Inc., Toronto, ON
Femmarte, Toronto, ON
McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Toronto, ON
Torys LLP, Toronto, ON
Sankaty Advisors, London, United Kingdom
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Haver & Feld LLP, New York
Bibliotheque Nationale de France
