Richard Holden – Curriculum Vitae ( Arts )
Born
Aldershot, Hampshire, England. Lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Education
B.A. with majors in Art History & English
University of Saskatchewan
Profile
An independent artist writer and professional cultural worker with experience in arts practice, strategic
planning, development, program research, analysis, design, budgeting, implementation and evaluation, for
thirteen years with the Canada Council for the Arts and for three and one half years with the Manitoba Arts
Council.
Languages
English and French – Spoken and Written
Work Related History
Positions Held:
Self-employed, professional artist & writer 2002 – 2013
Program Officer – Visual Arts 1999 – 2002
Manitoba Arts Council (Term Position)
Self-employed, professional artist 1997 – 1999
Development Coordinator 1995 – 1997
Strategic Initiatives Unit
Canada Council
Head, Transition Team 1995
Canada Council Explorations Program
Program Officer 1992 – 1995
Canada Council Explorations Program
B.C. and Northern Regions
Program Officer 1983 – 1992
Canada Council Explorations Program
Prairie and B.C. Regions
Director 1981 – 1983
Audio Visual Department
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
Writer, Educational Media Producer 1972 – 1981
Division of Audio Visual Services
University of Saskatchewan
Related Administrative Experience (Volunteer)
Board Member, Photographer’s Gallery, Saskatoon
President, Fort Garry Lions Football Club, Winnipeg
Selected Solo and 2-Person Exhibitions:
2018 – Uillinn Art Centre, Skibbereen, West Cork, Ireland. “Storied Landscapes”,
presentation & talk in association with the exhibition: “Coming Home – Art and The Great Hunger”
2016 – Uillinn Art Centre, Skibbereen, West Cork, Ireland. “Gardening the Planet”,
presentation & talk in association with the exhibition: “Et si s’était trompé – What If We Got It
Wrong?”
2013 – Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (10/20/20).
2009 – Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2007 – Platform: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, Winnipeg, Manitoba (2 person, with Maeghan Hill-Carroll,
curated by Petra Halkes)
2006 – Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004 – <SITE>Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999 – Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s Newfoundland (2 person, with Marlene Creates)
1999 – The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1997 – Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1988 – Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1987 – Biblioteque Municipale, Mont Joli, P.Q.
1986 – Saskatchewan Western Development Museum, Saskatoon
1985 – Gallery 101, Ottawa
1985 – Northern Life and Northern Exhibition Centre, Fort Smith, N.W.T.
1985 – Museum of Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert, B.C.
1984 – The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1984 – Niagara Artists Centre, Niagara
1982 – The Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
1982 – Open Space Gallery, Victoria
1982 – Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1980 – The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1978 – The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1977 – Prairie Light Gallery, Saskatoon
1976 – The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1974 – The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 – Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba ( “Subconscious City” )
2005 – Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ont.
2005 – Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ont.
2005 – Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
2001 – Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, England
1996 – Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ont.
1994 – The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1990 – McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ont.
1989 – The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1986 – Coburg Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1984 – Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
1984 – SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ont.
1982 – The Photography Gallery, La Jolla, Ca., U.S.A
1982 – Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, Ont.
1982 – Shell Canada Gallery, Calgary, Alta.
1980 – Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ont.
1978 – Neikrug Galleries, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
1976 – University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alta.
1976 – Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sk.
1975 – Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
Selected Publications And Papers:
2015 – William Eakin. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 133 Vol. 34, No. 1. Winnipeg Manitoba.
2013 – Imagining Winnipeg: History through the Photographs of L.B. Foote. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 127 Vol. 32, No. 3. Winnipeg Manitoba.
2012 – A Moon or a Button: Michael Dumontier. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 122 Vol. 31, No. 2. Winnipeg Manitoba.
2011 – after dusk – Anna von Gwinner & Markus Schädel. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 119 Vol. 30, No. 3.
Winnipeg Manitoba.
2010 – David Wityk. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 116 Vol. 29, No. 4. Winnipeg Manitoba.
2009 – Agrarian Worlds: Colette Balcaen and Tim Schouten. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 111, Vol. 28, No. 3. Winnipeg Manitoba.
2008 – I Am My Family: Photographic Memories and Fictions, by Rafael Goldchain. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 108, Vol. 27, No. 4. Winnipeg Manitoba.
2007 – Gardening the Planet – paper, presented at Global Photographies, a conference at Institute of Arts & Design Technology, Dublin, Ireland.
2007 – Lisa Stinner. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 103, Vol. 26, No. 3. Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2007 – Peter MacCallum. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 102, Vol. 26, No. 2. Winnipeg Manitoba
2006 – Saskatchewan: Uncommon Views. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts, Issue No. 99, Vol. 25, No. 3. Winnipeg Manitoba.
2001 – Local Histories – paper & exhibition presented at Between Nature, a conference at Lancaster University, England.
1994 – Pearyland, by Barry Lopez with photography by Richard Holden. Outside Outside Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A..
1989 – Landscape: 150 Years After. Blackflash Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring, 1989. P.G. Press Inc.. Saskatoon, Sask. Canada.
1984 – Tourist. Blackflash, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer, 1984. P.G. Press Inc., Saskatoon, Sask. Canada.
Commissions:
C.B.C., Radio Canada Building, Regina Saskatchewan.
The Canadian Development Bank, Montréal.
Public Collections:
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
The Canadian Museum Of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
The Department of External Affairs, Government of Canada, Ottawa
The National Archives of Canada, Ottawa
The Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton, Ottawa
Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
The Norman MacKenzie Gallery, Regina
The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
Air Canada Collection, Montreal
Collection of The Canadian Development Bank, Montreal
The Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Awards and Grants:
2008 – Winnipeg Arts Council – Individual Artist Grant
2006 – Winnipeg Arts Council – Individual Artist Grant
2004 – Manitoba Arts Council – Creation/Production
2003 – Canada Council for the Arts – Creation/Production
1998 – Canada Council for the Arts – Creation/Production
1998 – Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton
1989 – Ontario Arts Council Senior Artist Grant
1980 – Canada Council Grant, Project Cost
1976 – Canada Council Grant, Type ‘B’
Selected Bibliography:
2007 – Framing/Unframing: Landscapes by Maegan Hill-Carroll + Richard Holden by Petra Halkes. Curatorial essay. Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts
2007 – Richard Holden by Cristabel Wiebe. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts Issue No. 102, Vol. 26, No. 2. Winnipeg Manitoba.
2004 – Richard Holden by Cliff Eyland. Border Crossings – A magazine of the Arts Issue No. 90, Vol. 23, No. 1. Winnipeg Manitoba.
1999 – A Response to Continental Edge, by John Conway. Interplay, A Forum for Critical Dialogue, Vol. 2. No.1. The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.
1990 – The Landscape: Eight Canadian Photographers, by David Barbour. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by The McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada.
1982 – Richard Holden: Arctic Photographs, by Michael Parke-Taylor. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Memberships:
Platform: Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
Manitoba Printmakers Association
Education Facilitation:
2013 – Lecturer, School of Art, University of Manitoba
Related Activities:
Public Presentations:
1971- Founding member of The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon ( Now re-named PAVED )
1976 to 2006
– On television, radio and at public receptions, numerous presentations on the arts and arts-related issues.
– Guest lectures at the Universities of Saskatchewan, Ottawa, Manitoba and Lancaster, U.K.
International Experience:
Work exhibited in Spain, England, Sweden and the U.S.A.
Project work carried out in the U.S.A., Germany, France, Spain, the U. K. and the Republic of Eire.