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Biography

Drawn to both mythic and deserted places, Elaine Ling has photographed desert and rock scapes throughout the world, including sand filled houses of a diamond mining ghost town in Nambia, San rock drawings of South Africa and Zimbabwe, the Atacama Desert in Chile, ghost towns of abandoned silver mines in Mexico, paleolithic rock engravings in the high Atlas Mountains in Morocco, Anazasi pictograms and petroglyphs in the American Southwest, tombs of the emperors of four dynasties along the Spirit Roads of China, the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, Persepolis in Iran and temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Her recent work is in Cuba and Bhutan.

Ling has exhibited her work extensively in the United States as well as in Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia and Mexico.

Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, the Houston Center of Photography, Texas, the Henry Buhl Foundation in NYC, the Brooklyn Museum, NYC, the Musee de la Photographie in Charleroi, Belgium, the Museet for Fotokunst in Odense, Denmark. And in Canada, she is collected by the North York Gallery in Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa, and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa.

Ling has published in Aperture, View Camera, The Photo Review and Artweek in the US, fotoMAGAZIN, PHOTO Technik International, PHOTONEWS and PROFIFOTO in Germany, FOTO in the Netherlands and Katalog in Denmark, Photo Life and the Medical Post in Canada, and Reflex in Mexico.

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Solo Exhibitions

*2004  Nomadic Deserts, The Namib and The Gobi - Mirafoto Festival, Lima, Peru

*2004  Nomadic Deserts, The Namib and The Gobi - Encuentros Abiertos XIII, Buenos Aires, Argentina

*2003  Buddhist Film Society - Pasadena Museum of California Arts, USA

*2003  Abandoned, Namib desert - Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Colombia

*2003  Written In Stone - Hereford Photo Festival, England

*2003  One Hand Clapping - Arcturus Gallery, Toronto, Canada

*2003  Persia, Petra, Chile: Portraits Ancient Deserts - David Mirvish Books, Toronto, Canada

*2003  Cuba - G. de Arte Fotografico, San Miguel, Mexico

*2002  Abandoned, Namib Desert - Houston Center of Photography, Texas, USA

*2002  Havana Time - Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto, Canada

*2002  Bhutan Prayers - Fotobiennale, Moscow, Russia

*2001  Sand and Stone - Lichtblick Gallery, Cologne, Germany

*2001  Sand and Stone - Prague House of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic

*2001  Surrealism and Photography - Musee de la Photo. a Charleroi, Belgium

*2001  Written in Stone - Le Quai de la Batterie, Arras, France

*2000  Angkor Stones - Udevelop, Portland, Oregon, USA

*2000  Giant's Playground - Premier Dance Theatre, Toronto, Canada

*1999  Petra Stones - Premier Dance Theatre, Toronto, Canada

*1999  Portal Guardians - Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Canada

*1999  Written In Stone - Gallerie Mistral, Montreal, Canada

*1998  Hinter der grossen Mauer - Art Ntc, Koln, Germany

*1997  Memoires Gravees - Le Quai de la Batterie, Arras, France

*1997  Casa Roca - The Photo Passage, Toronto, Canada

*1995  Keepers of the Spirit Road - Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Canada

*1995  Stone to Stone - Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Canada

*1995  Stone to Stone, China - Art Kiosk, Brussels, Belgium

*1995  Stone to Stone - Espace Parallele, Brussels, Belgium

*1993  Casa Desierta - Toronto Image Works, Toronto, Canada

*1993  Sculpturally Yours, Toronto - CN Tower, Toronto, Canada

*1992  Tribute to Bohemian Stones - Leah Posluns Theatre, Toronto, Canada

(Holocaust Remembrance Committee)

*1991  Please Send Me A Postcard - Irving Posluns Gallery, Toronto, Canada

*1991  Pangaea - McGill Gallery, McGill Club, Toronto, Canada

*1990  Cryptic Vision - McGill Gallery, McGill Club, Toronto, Canada

*1989  Sandstone, Shale & Limestone - Idee Gallery, Toronto, Canada

*1989  Ancient Symmetry - Toronto Image Works, Toronto, Canada

*1988  Synthesis - Idee Gallery, Toronto, Canada

*1986  Terrestrial - Idee Gallery, Toronto, Canada

*1985  Sojourns - Idee Gallery, Toronto, Canada

 

Two-Person Exhibitions

*2002  Stone And Water - Lee Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Canada

*2002  The Sands to the Peaks Along The Silk Road - York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada

*2000  Photo America - Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, Oregon, USA

*1996  Stone to Stone - Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA

*1996  Keepers of the Spirit Road - Photographic Image Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA

 

Group Exhibitions

*2004  Cuba - Photo Arte 2004, Brazil

*2004  Gobi Interiors - Juried Membership Exhibition - Houston Center for Photography, Texas, USA

*2004  Discoveries of the Meeting Place: Cuba - FotoFest, Houston, Texas, USA

*2004  Discoveries of the Meeting Place: Cuba - FotoFest, Houston, Texas, USA

*2003  Havana, 5 Canadian Photographers in Cuba - You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Canada

*2003  Faces - Sepia International, NY

*2003  Cuba Now: Glimpses of Daily Life - Photo West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

*2003  Stone - Instit. Cultural de Mexico in Miami, Florida, USA

*2003  Celebrate Cuba - Benham Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA

*2002  Canadian Collection - Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

*2002  Centennial Retrospective - Alliance Francaise, Toronto, Canada

*2002  Canadian Photographers In Cuba - Rotunda, Old City Hall, Toronto, Canada

*2002  Fotofest Finds - G. de Arte Fotografico, San Miguel, Mexico

*2002  Whereabouts - Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada

*2002  The Photo Review @ 25 - Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

*2002  Bringing to Order - CMCP, Ottawa, Canada

*2001  There, Not Here - Fine Art Cernter, University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island, USA

*2001  Fantastic Landscape - Schneider Gallery, Chicago, USA

*2001  5 Canadians - Fototeca, Havana, Cuba

*2001  Millennium Project : Urban Sites - Market Gallery, Toronto, Canada

*2000  Abandoned, Namib Desert - Photokina, Cologne, Germany

*2000  Tidal Pulse - Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark

*2000  Self Portraits - Galeria A. Fotografico, San Miguel, Mexico

*1999  Beyond the Landscape - Martha Schneider, Chicago, USA

*1998  Women Travellers - Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, New York, USA

*1998  Still Life - Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy

*1998  Group Exhibition - Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canda

*1998  Offerings from the Dharmakaya - Alliance Fran?aise, Toronto, Canda

*1997  Stone to Stone, China - Fototage Herten, Germany

*1997  Landscapes - Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canda

*1997  Toronto Street Photography - Toronto Image Works, Toronto, Canda

*1996  Group Exhibition - Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canda

*1996  Juried, Harvey Stein - Inst. Bellas Artes, San Miguel, Mexico

*1995  Group Exhibition - Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canda

*1992  Travel with Camera - China Blues, Toronto, Canda

*1990  Juried, Duane Michaels - Abington Art Centre, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, USA

*1988  Visions of the Land - Davis Art Centre, Davis, California, USA

*1987  Integrity - Weller-Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada

 

Exhibitions Curated

*2003  Toronto Grid Project - York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada

 

Awards

*2002  Foreign Affairs Grant for Buenos Aires, Argentina

*2002  TAC Project Grant

*2002  OAC Project Grant

*2002  CAC Travel Grant

*2002  OAC Grant to Senior Visual Artist

*2001  Foreign Affairs Grant to Prague

*2001  CAC travel Grant to Prague, Czech Republic

*2001  Foreign Affairs Group Grant to Cuba

*2001  CAC Travel Grant to Belgium

*1999  Millennium Arts Fund, Canada Council for the Arts

*1997  Canada Arts Council

*1996  Canada Arts Council

*1995  Bank of Missions

*1994  Canada Arts Council

*1994  Ontario Arts Council

 

Collections

*2004  Ogden Museum of Southern Art - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

*2003  Art Gallery of Windsor - Windsor, Canada

*2001  Ryerson School of Image Arts - Toronto, Canada

*2001  Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY

*2001  Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Paris, France

*2001  Musée de la Photographie - Charleroi, Belgium

*2000  Henry Buhl - New York, New York, USA

*2000  Museet for Fotokunst - Odense, Denmark

*2000  CMCP, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography - Ottawa, Canada

*1999  Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto, Canada

*1998  Houston Center of Photography - Houston, Texas, USA

*1998  Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Houston, Texas, USA

*1998  Musee de la Photographie - Charleroi, Belgium

*1997  North York Gallery - North York, Canada

*1994  Art Bank, The Canada Council - Ottawa, Canada

 

Residencies

*2002  Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master - New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA

 

Publications

*2004  Deer Stones of Mongolia - Medical Post, Canada

*2002  Kubas Rhythmen - fotoMAGAZINE, Munich, Germany

*2001  Abandoned, Namib Desert - APERTURE #165, New York, USA

*2001  Polaroid International Photography #22 - POLAROID, England

*2001  Buhl Collection Calendar - Buhl Collection, New York, USA

*2001  Namib Desert & Angkor Stones - PROFIFOTO, Dusseldorf, Germany

*2001  Abandoned, Namib desert - REFLEX FOTO, Mexico D.F., Mexico

*2001  Written in Stone - ARRAZIN, Arras, France

*2000  Tidal Pulse - KATALOG, Odense, Denmark

*1999  Formen der Steine - PHOTO TECHNIK INT., München, Germany

*1999  At the Intersection of Nature & Culture - PHOTO REVIEW, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA

*1999  Cultural Formations in Distant Places - VIEW CAMERA, Sacramento, California, USA

*1999  Abandoned, Namib Desert - PHOTONEWS, Hamburg, Germany

*1998  Bouwvakfoto's: David Hockney & Elaine Ling - FOTO, Leusden, Netherlands

*1998  Capturing the Spirit in a Shutter - THE MEDICAL POST, Toronto, Canada

*1997  cover - ddo, Bruxelles, Belgium

*1993  February - THE WOMEN'S DAYBOOK

*1991  Focus On... - PHOTO LIFE, Toronto, Canada

 

Reviews

*2003  Spectator - Hamilton, Canada

*2002  Globe and Mail - Toronto, Canada

*2001  South County Independent - Rhode Island, USA

*2001  New City - Chicago, USA

*2001  DNES - Prague, Czech Republic

*2001  Lidove Noviny - Prague, Czech Republic

*2001  Kulturne - Prague, Czech Republic

*2001  Now Magazine - Toronto, Canada

*2001  Cuba-Foto - Havana, Cuba

*2001  Le Soir - Brussels, Belgium

*2001  La Derniere Heure - Brussels, Belgium

*2001  La Libre Belgique - Brussels, Belgium

*2001  La Voix du Nord - Arras, France

*2000  Artweek - San Jose, California, USA

*1999  Globe & Mail - Toronto, Canada

*1998  The New York Times - New York, New York, USA

*1995  La Libre Belgique - Brussels, Belgium

*1995  The Bulletin - Brussels, Belgium

 

Exhibition Catalogues

*2003  Gallery Arcturus - Toronto, Canada

*2002  LEE, Ka-Sing Gallery - Toronto, Canada

*2001  Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi - Charleroi, Belgium

*2001  Le Quai de la Batterie - Arras, France

*1997  International Fototage Herten - Herten, Germany

*1996  Blue Sky Gallery - Portland, Oregon, USA