Provenance:

Purchased directly from the artist

Note:

RICHARD KAPLAN (1948 - )

Richard Kaplan was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1948, and received his Bachelor of Commerce in the early 1970’s from Sir George Williams University. He taught ceramics at a local community workshop, having taught himself how to throw pottery. Kaplan moved to Ste Agathe des Monts, Quebec, in the mid 1970’s, where he set up his own ceramic studio, and taught ceramics and pottery at Maison Emmanuel in Val Morin, Quebec. After an injury which left him unable to continue in ceramics, Kaplan turned his focus to photography, his subject matter being primarily nature. He also taught photography at Laurentian International College in Ste Agathe des Monts, Quebec.

Kaplan’s works are found in major corporate and public collections throughout the world, including the French offices of Power Corporation, the Mead Museum in Andover, Massachusetts, and the National Gallery in Ottawa. He has participated in both solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States. Kaplan lives in Ste Agathe des Monts, Quebec.

Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

Art Gallery of North York, Toronto, ON
Bombardier
Canada Council Art Bank
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON
Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA
Musée du Québec, QC
Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
National Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Power Corporation

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1994 Dieux, bois et sous-bois, Maison de la culture Rosemont-petite Patrie, Montreal, QC
1992 Dieu des Forets, Séquence - la Galerie, Chicoutimi, QC
God of the Woods, Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art, Buffalo, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

1998 Exhibition of New Acquisitions, Art Gallery of North York, Ford Center for the Arts, Toronto, ON
Exhibition of New Acquisitions, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA
1996 Insight on Sight, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
Before the Land, Behind the Camera, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON; traveling exhibition
1992 La galerie des créateurs associés, Val David, QC

Selected Grants

1998 Council of Arts and Letters of the Province of Quebec; Art Practice Grant
1996 Council of Arts and Letters of the Province of Quebec; Art Practice Grant
1994 Council of Arts and Letters of the Province of Quebec; Art Practice Grant
1993 Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Province of Quebec; Art Practice Grant
1991 Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, AB; Artist Residency in photography