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Edward Burtynsky

Démarche artistiqueREPÈRES BIOGRAPHIQUES

Démarche artistique

Très engagé sur les questions environnementales, Edward Burtynsky explore sans relâche, depuis plus de vingt ans, les paysages façonnés par l’activité industrielle humaine (mines, carrières, raffineries, chantiers navals, industries marines, usines de recyclage…).

Water est sans conteste son projet le plus vaste, réunissant des images à la beauté abstraite, admirablement composées, exemptes de toute manipulation. Barrages (Barrage de Xiaolangdi, Yellow River, Henan Province, China, 2011), système d’irrigation par pivot (Arizona, 2011), centrale géothermique (Baja, Mexico, 2012), marée noire du Golfe de Mexico (2010)… Le résultat de cette exploration est absolument saisissant. Il se dégage une puissance et une énergie étourdissante de ces images grand format… Pour documenter Oil, autre sujet fondamental, il entreprend plusieurs voyages en Inde, au Bangladesh, au Canada, aux États-Unis, en Chine, en Azerbaijan… Il observe, repère, compose et photographie ce qu’il appelle "l’épiphanie pétrolière" : les tours de forage, les sables pétrolifères de l’Alberta, les réseaux autoroutiers aux États-Unis (Los Angeles, Houston, Las Vegas), en Chine  (Shanghai), les champs pétrolifères abandonnés en Azerbaijan, le démantèlement de pétroliers de Chittagong au Bangladesh...

Les paysages "intentionnels d’Edward Burtynsky sont montrés sous le mode du "sublime". Plus exactement du "sublime technologique". Un mode essentiel qui sert au plus près son propos. Pour que l’expérience du spectateur soit véritablement "immersive".

REPÈRES BIOGRAPHIQUES

Edward BURTYNSKY
CANADA
 

© Birgit Kleber

D’origine ukrainienne, Edward Burtynsky est né en 1955 à Saint Catharines, ville du sud-ouest de l’Ontario, au Canada, dont le paysage industriel est fortement marqué par les sites de production de la compagnie General Motors. Il vit et travaille à Toronto. Il est diplômé de la Ryerson University (BAA Photography/Media Studies) à Toronto, en 1982.
 
En 1985, il fonde Toronto image Works, studio de photographie.
 
Ses œuvres sont présentées dans de nombreuses institutions et galeries privées à travers le monde (Canada, États-Unis, Europe, Asie...). 
D’imposantes monographies ont été éditées : Manufactured Landscapes : The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky (National Gallery of Canada / Yale University Press, 2003), Burtynsky Water (Steidl, 2013), Burtynsky Oil (Steidl, 2009), China : The photographs of Edward Burtynsky (Steidl, 2005), Edward Burtynsky : Quarries (Steidl, 2007).
Ses images sont publiées régulièrement dans la presse anglophone : National Geographic Society, Art in America, Art news, Flash Art, Art Forum, Canadian Art, The Smithsonian, Blind Spot, Playboy, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Glob and Mail, Harper’s Magazine…
 
Edward Burtynsky est représenté par : Nicholas Metivier Gallery à Toronto ; Paul Kuhn Gallery à Calgary ; Art 45 à Montréal ; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York ; Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York ; Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco ; Robert Koch Gallery à San Francisco ; Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong & Singapore ; Flowers Gallery à Londres ; Galerie Stefan Röpke à Cologne ; Galerie Springer, Berlin.
Exposition d'Edward Burtynsky pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2015 © Eric Sander
Exposition d'Edward Burtynsky pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2015 © Eric Sander

RÉCOMPENSES (SéLECTION)

2014
Prix « Rogers Best Canadian Film »
 
2011
Prix « MOCCA » (Musée d’Art Contemporain canadien, Toronto)
 
En 2006
Officier de l’Ordre du Canada
Flying Elephant Fellowship
 
2005
Prix « TED » (1ère édition) Monterrey, USA
 
2004
Prix « Dialogue de l’Humanité », Rencontres d’Arles
 
2003
Prix « Roloff Beny Book »

COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES (SÉLECTION)

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris,
Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Espagne
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, USA
National Gallery of Canada
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA

EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES (SÉLECTION)

2014
Edward Burtynsky: Water, Grinnell College, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, USA
Edward Burtynsky: Water, Scheublein + Bak, Zurich, Suisse
Water! Neue Fotografien von Edward Burtynsky, Altana Kultur Stiftung Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Allemagne
Edward Burtynsky: Water, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong
A Terrible Beauty: Edward Burtynsky, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Edward Burtynsky: Water, Galerie Springer, Berlin, Allemagne, (en collaboration avec la Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne)
Edward Burtynsky: Water, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapour
Edward Burtynsky: Water, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Edward Burtynsky, Canada House Gallery, Londres, Grande-Bretagne
 
2013
Burtynsky: Water, New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) / Contemporary Art Center (CAC), La Nouvelle-Orléans, USA
Burtynsky: Water, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Burtynsky: Water, Flowers, Cork Street, Londres, Grande-Bretagne
Burtynsky: Water, Arthur Roger Gallery, La Nouvelle-Orléans, USA
Burtynsky: Water, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, USA
Burtynsky: Water, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, USA
Burtynsky: Water, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Edward Burtynsky: The Landscape that we Change, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario, Canada
Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky’s Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context, Middlebury College Museum of Art, USA
Burtynsky: Oil, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Material Matters, UNB Art Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
 
2012
Edward Burtynsky, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, USA
Burtynsky: Oil, Taubman Museum, Roanoke, USA
Watermarks, Sundaram Tagore Galleries, Hong Kong
Burtynsky: Oil, c/o Berlin, Allemagne
Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky’s Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
Burtynsky: Oil, The Photographer’s Gallery, Londres, Grande-Bretagne
Burtynsky: Oil, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, USA
Edward Burtynsky: Two Homesteads, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, USA
Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, USA
Monegros - Dryland Farming, Flowers Cork Street, Londres, Grande-Bretagne
Edward Burtynsky: Shipbreaking, South Seaport Museum, New York, USA
Edward Burtynsky: Encounters, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
 
2011
Monegros - Dryland Farming, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, USA
Edward Burtynsky, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, USA
Burtynsky: Oil, McCord Museum, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Edward Burtynsky: L’home I La Terra, Llums I Ombres, Centre d’Art Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelone, Espagne
Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime, (touring exhibition) Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, USA
Edward Burtynsky: El hombre y la tierra. Luces y sombras, Sala Municipal de Exposiciones de San Benito, Valladolid, Espagne
Burtynsky: Oil, Ryerson University in association with the Institute for Contemporary Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Burtynsky: Oil, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Suède
Burtynsky: Oil, Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg, Allemagne
Edward Burtynsky: L’Uomo e la Terra. Luci e Ombre, Centro Culturale di Milano, Italie
Gulf Oil Spill and Pentimento, Flowers Cork Street, Londres, Grande-Bretagne
 
2010
Edward Burtynsky: Making and Breaking, Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Gulf Oil Spill, Art 45, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Burtynsky: Oil, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Edward Burtynsky, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Gulf Oil Spill and Pentimento, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Gulf Oil Spill and Pentimento, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, USA
Oil, Galeria Arnés y Röpke, Madrid, Espagne
Australian Minescapes, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australie
Burtynsky: Oil, The Rooms - Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Australian Minescapes, Sovereign Hill Gold Museum, Ballarat, Australie
Edward Burtynsky: Min(d)ing the Landscape, Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, USA
 
2009
Burtynsky: Oil, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Australian Minescapes, Western Australian Museum, Geralton, Australie
Burtynsky: Oil, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Burtynsky: Oil, Adamson Gallery, Washington, USA
Burtynsky: Oil, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA,
Burtynsky: Oil, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Burtynsky: Oil, Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery, New York, USA
Australian Minescapes, Australian Centre for Photography, Melbourne, Australie
Manufactured Landscapes, Museum of Science, Boston, USA
Edward Burtynsky: Quarries, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Christ Church University, Canterbury, Royaume-Uni
Edward Burtynsky: A Survey, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Australia - Edward Burtynsky, Art45, Montreal, Canada,
Burtynsky Australian Mines, Gallerie Stefan Röpke, Köln, Allemagne
Edward Burtynsky: Uneasy Beauty, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Burtynsky Australian Mines, Flowers East Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Uni
 
2008
Material World, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
New Quarries, Galeria Toni Tapies, Barcelone, Espagne
Iberia Quarries, Galería Arnés y Röpke, Madrid, Espagne
Australian Minescapes, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Australie
In Pursuit of Progress, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
New Quarries, Flowers East Gallery, London, Royaume-Uni
 
2007
Selected Works, Galerie Stephan Röpke, Berlin, Allemagne
New Quarries, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, USA
New Quarries, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
New Quarries, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
Manufactured Landscapes, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond, Pays-Bas
China Works, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sébastien, Espagne
Burtynsky Photographs, (major survey exhibition) Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Pays-Bas
Edward Burtynsky: Photographs, Canadian Cultural Institute, Paris
Edward Burtynsky: The China Series, (touring exhibition) curated by David Brown, Southeastern Center
for Contemporary Art
— Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, USA, 2006
— Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2006
— Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2006
— Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, USA, 2007
— Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, LewisburgUSA, 2007
— The Art Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA, 15 Janvier – 30 Avril 2008
— Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, USA, 23 Octobre – 23 Décembre 2008
 
2006
Edward Burtynsky: Eight China Works, The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA
Edward Burtynsky: China, FotoFo - Month of Photography, Palace of Art, Bratislava, Slovaquie
Fabryka Krajobrazu: Manufactured Landscapes, Yours Gallery, Varsovie, Pologne
Edward Burtynsky: Quarries, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Edward Burtynsky: The Edmonton Art Gallery Gift, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
New China Works, ART45, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Edward Burtynsky: China’s Industrial Revolution, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
PhotoEspana, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, Espagne
Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelone, Espagne
Shipyards, Building and Breaking, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Allemagne
 
2005
Manufactured Landscapes (includes 24 new China images), Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Manufactured Landscapes, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
Photowork, The Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Manufactured Landscapes, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Art, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Entropia, Fundacion Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Bilbao, Espagne
Burtynsky — China, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Burtynsky — China, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, USA
Burtynsky — China, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Burtynsky — China, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
Burtynsky — China, Flowers Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Uni
 
2004
Manufactured Landscapes, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Asian Quarries, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
2003
Landmarks, Oakville Galleries, Centennial Square, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Edward Burtynsky: Mid-Career Retrospective, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
— Finnish Museum of Photography at Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finlande
— The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
— The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, USA
— The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
— Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, USA
Before the Flood, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Before the Flood, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Before the Flood, Flowers Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Uni
 
2002
Burtynsky, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Burtynsky, The Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Burtynsky, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Burtynsky, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
Eight Large Photographs, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shipbreaking II, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Rajasthan New Work, Flowers Central, Londres, Royaume-Uni
Rock of Ages: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky, Elgin Community College, Elgin, USA
 
2001
Shipbreaking, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
New Work, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Survey Show, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Vues et points de vue: L’architecture de Borromini dans les photographies d’Edward Burtynsky, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Canada
 
2000
Oil Refineries, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Edward Burtynsky Photographs, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Vues et points de vue: L’architecture de Borromini dans les photographies d’Edward Burtynsky - Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Canada

EXPOSITIONS DE GROUPE (SÉLECTION)

2014
The Power of Water, Fotodok, Space for Documentary Photography, Utrecht, Pays-Bas
Nets: Weaving Webs in Art, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Allemagne
Blue: Matter, Mood, and Melancholy, 21c Museum, Cincinnati, USA
 
2013
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Londres, Royaume-Uni
Collection, Connection and the Making of Meaning, The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, Canada
The Juno Tour of Canadian Art, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
Landmark: The Fields of Photography, Somerset House, Londres, Royaume-Uni
Format, International Photography Festival, Derby, Royaume-Uni
Big Pictures, Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Fort Worth, USA
Made in Alberta, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary Alberta, Canada
Industry, Ostlicht, Galerie für Fotografie, Vienne, Autriche
Imaging Disaster, Museum London, Londres, Ontario, Canada,
Climate of Uncertainty, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, USA
Picturing the Sublime, The Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
 
2012
No Strangers: Ancient Wisdom in a Modern World, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, USA,
Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment, Library of Congress, Washington, USA
Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Intersections: Science in Contemporary Art, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israël
Newtopia, Van Busleyden Court, Mechelen, Belgique
Freedom Of/For/To, The Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA
Looking Back at Earth: Contemporary Environmental Photography, The Hood Museum, Hannover, USA
Portfolio: Artists Work in Series, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, USA
Subverted, Ivory Press, Madrid, Espagne
 
2011
Infinite Balance, Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA), San Diego, USA
Songs of the Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, 1858 to Today, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
To The Ends of the Earth, Adamson Gallery, Washington, USA
The Ocean Reglitterized, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York, USA
LOOK11, Liverpool International Photography Festival, Liverpool, Royaume-Uni
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Londres, Royaume-Uni
Depiction, Confederation Art Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, USA
The Eye is a Lonely Hunter: Images of Human Kind - Ecological Circuits, Wilhelm Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Allemagne
Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am, Museum Tinguely, Bâle, Suisse
Embarrassment of Riches: Picturing Global Wealth, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, USA
The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography, The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, USA
The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, USA
Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA
The Kasper Collection: Mannerism and Modernism, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA
 
2010
Weltbilder 4, Helmhaus, Zurich, Suisse
Embarrassment of Riches: Picturing Global Wealth, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, USA
Developed and Undeveloped: Photographic Landscapes, de Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, USA
Energy = Labour, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Allemagne
In Light: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
Bearing Witness: works from the collection, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
In Focus: Photography from the Permanent Collection, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, USA
Water: National Geographic, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, USA
The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography, The Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, USA
Prix Pictet: Earth, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas
Thanks for Being With Us: Contemporary Art from the Douglas Nielsen Collection, Tucson Museum of
Art, Tucson, USA
 
2009
Into The Wild, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Uneasy Pieces, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Vanishing Landscapes/Verschwindende Landschaften, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzbourg, Autriche
In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Earth: Art of a Changing World, Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, Royaume-Uni
Prix Pictet 2009: Earth,
– Passage de Retz, Paris
– Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessalonique, Grèce
– Moor House, Londres, Royaume-Uni
– Purdy Hicks Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Uni
Les Visages de l’industrie, Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle, Suisse
Connecting to Collections 2: Destinations, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Substantial Resources, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Una fábrica, Una Máqina Un Cuerpo, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexique
Why Work? Rurart, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rouille
Nature Nation, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israël
Una fábrica, Una Máqina Un Cuerpo, Centre de Documentació Panera, Lleida, Espagne
Chelsea visits Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Havane, Cuba
The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography, New Orleans Museum of Art, USA (exposition itinérante)
Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, USA
Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord Between Nature and Society, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, USA
Evolving Eden, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, USA
Prix Pictet 2008 Shortlisted Artists Exhibition:
– Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessalonique, Grèce
– Royal Geographical Society, Londres, Royaume-Uni, The Intelligence Squared Green Festival
– Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas
 
2008
La Grande Image: Histoire de la Photographie Panoramique de 1839 à nos jours, Pavillon Populaire, Montpellier
Prix Pictet, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Highlights from the Fotographfis Collection, Bank of Austria Kunstforum, Vienne, Autriche
Picture the Process: Landscape through Time and Space, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
Manufactured Landscapes, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, in Brunswick, USA
Scale Matters: Photographs from the Joseph and Charlotte Lichtenberg Collection, The Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
POV/21: Twenty-First Century Points of View, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA
Somewhen, Jarach Gallery, Venise, Italie
The Tropics, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Allemagne
Modern Photographs: The Machine, the Body and the City - Gifts from the Charles Cowles Collection, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, USA
Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate,
— National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
— Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
Moving Walls, Open Society Institute, Washington, USA
China in Motion, Phase 2, Arup, Londres, Royaume-Uni
1% - Water and Our Future, Hasselt, Belgique
Twice Removed, two-person exhibit with painter Brent McIntosh, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Sound the Alarm: Landscapes in Distress, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, The Bronx, New York, USA
Shifting Landscapes, Power House Arena, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, USA
Ingenuity, Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgique
Relics and Ruins, Instituto Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & SESC Paulista, São Paulo, Brésil
China Works, Center Koldo Mitxelena, San Sébastien, Espagne
International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liège, Belgique
 
2007
Utopian Mirage: Social Metaphors in Contemporary Photography and Film, Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, USA
Moving Walls, Open Society Institute, New York, USA
We are All Photographers Now!, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Suisse
A History of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres, Royaume-Uni
Imaging a Shattering Earth, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Enfants De Cartier, Photographie Canadienne Contemporaine, Théâtre de la Photographie et de l’Image, Nice
Ingenuity, Gulbekian Foundation, Lisbonne, Portugal
 
2006
C On Cities, Venice Biennial, Pavillion Padiglione Italia, Giardini della Biennale, Venise, Italie
Modern Photographs: The Machine, the Body and the City - Gifts from the Charles Cowles Collection, Miami Art Museum, USA
Arthur Ollman Tribute Collection, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
Imaging Asia in Documents, 1st Photo Biennale, Daegu, Corée du Sud
The photographic document: Aspects & Transformations, Photography Museum of Thessaloniki, Grèce
Made in China, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
Modern Times: Work, Machinery and Automation in the Arts of 1900, Palazzo Ducale, Gênes, Italie
Imaging a Shattering Earth, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Contact Photo Festival, Toronto, Canada
 
2005
Imaging a Shattering Earth, Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate, Oakland University, Rochester, USA
Disaster Topographics, Toronto Photographer’s Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Subjective Distance, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Hot Mush and Cold North, The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 
2003
Industry and Entropy, Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, USA
In Praise of Plenty, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
 
2002-2003
Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection, Norsk Museum for Fotografi – Preus Fotomuseum,
Horten, Norway & Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, USA
 
2002
New Acquisitions: New Work / New Directions3 / Contemporary Selections, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Altered States: Landscape Transformation in the Wake of Progress, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, USA
Curator’s Forum: Collecting Contemporary Art, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
The Eye of the Beholder: A History of Photography from the LaSalle Bank Photography Collection, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, USA
 
2001
Detourism, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Constructed Identities: Edward Burtynsky & Suzy Lake, Burlington Arts’Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Site/Seeing, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PRIX ET DISTINCTIONS

2014
Rogers Best Canadian Film Award
Watermark - Best Feature Length Documentary - Canadian Screen Awards
Toronto Film Critics Association, “TFCA Names ‘Watermark’ Best Canadian Film.”
 
2013
Honorary Degree - Doctor of Arts degree from Middlebury College, Vermont, USA
Honorary Doctoral Degree - University of British Columbia, Canada
 
2012
Tiffany Mark Award - honors men and women who, through their professional or philanthropic endeavours,
make a difference to their community. 
 
2011
National Magazine Awards, Gold Prize: Conceptual Photography, Toronto
MOCCA award, Toronto, Canada
Honorary Degree - Doctor of Laws, Mt. Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis - Silver Award, Burtynsky: Oil
 
2010
Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, UK for Burtynsky: Oil
 
2009
Prix Pictet, London, UK, Nomination & Short
 
2008
Planet in Focus Media/Industry Eco-Hero Award
Canadian Environment Awards: Ideas for Life
Prix Pictet, London, UK, Nomination & Short Listed
Deutscher Börse Prize, Nomination, London, UK
Ideas for Life Award, Canadian Environment Awards
Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts, Achievement Award
ICP Infinity Award, Art category, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis - for Burtynsky: Quarries
 
2007
Honorary Degree - Doctor of Laws, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Honorary Degree - Doctor of Fine Arts in Photography Study, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Honorary Degree - Doctor of Fine Arts, Montserrat College of Art, Boston, USA
 
2006
Officer of the Order of Canada
Flying Elephants Foundation Fellowship
 
2005
TED Prize - (inaugural) Monterrey, USA
 
2004
The Rencontres d’Arles Outreach Award, Arles, France
 
2003
Roloff Beny Book Award, Toronto
Applied Arts Magazine - Photographic Book Award
Governor General of Canada Delegate – Circumpolar State Visit to Finland and Iceland
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts – Academician’s Honours
National Magazine Awards Foundation – Photojournalism Silver Award

COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES (SÉLECTION)

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA
Bibliothèque National, Paris, France
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, USA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CincinNatti Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA
Fondation Arts et Culture, Jouxtens-Mezery, Switzerland
Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
Gemeentemuseum Helmonds, The Netherlands
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, USA
Haggerty Museum, Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Kaspar Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada
Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Library of Congress, Washington, USA
London Museum, London, Ontario, Canada
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, USA
Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, USA
National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, USA
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA
Presentation House, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain
Ryerson Polytechnic University/School of Image Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
San José Museum of Art, San José, USA
Scottsdale Museum of Contempoary Art, Linhart Collection, Scottsdale, USA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, USA
Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, USA
Thessaloniki Museum of Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, USA
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Wilson Centre for Photography, London, United Kingdom
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
 

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