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Douglas Curran
Photographic Artist |
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Phone/Fax (604) 985-5621
doug@dougcurranphotos.com
dougcurran@shaw.ca
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Solo Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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"The Elephant Has Four Hearts"
Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland
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2005 |
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"The Elephant Has Four Hearts"
Presentation House, Vancouver, B.C. |
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2000 |
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"The Elephant Has Four Hearts:Nyau Masks and Ritual" Centre for African Studies, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany |
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"Above Human" Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
San Francisco, California |
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1996 |
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"Enigmatic Documents ", Rencontres Arles,
Arles, France |
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1993 |
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"Belief and Culture" University of Missouri,
St. Louis, Missouri |
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1990 |
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"Belief and Culture" Alberta College of Art,
Calgary, Alberta |
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1989 |
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"Photographing Culture: Photographs by Douglas Curran" SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
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1987 |
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"Folk Concepts of Outer Space", "METIS", Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California |
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1986 |
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"Photographs from the Metis Settlements of Alberta", Whyte Museum of the Rockies, Banff, Alberta |
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1985 |
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"Photographs from the Metis Settlements of Alberta", The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
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1984 |
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"Gallery In Transit", Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Vancouver |
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"In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space", Coburg Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia |
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1983 |
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"Doug Curran's Other Photographs", Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
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1981 |
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"In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space", The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
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1978 |
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"Folk Concepts of Outer Space", University of Ottawa,
Ottawa, Ontario |
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"TANGENT Series, Gum Bichromate Prints", Between Spaces, Ottawa, Ontario |
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1977 |
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"PICTON", The Photo Gallery, Ryerson Polytechnical Inst., Toronto, Ontario
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National Travelling Exhibitions
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2005-08 |
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"The Elephant Has Four Hearts: Nyau Masks and Ritual" Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C. |
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1985-90 |
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"Structured Paradise: The National Parks Experience",
Banff Centre & Whyte Muesum of the Rockies, Banff, Alberta |
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1986-89 |
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"Photographs from the Metis Settlements of Alberta", The Edmonton Art Gallery & Alberta Culture |
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1983-90 |
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"METIS", The National Film Board of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario |
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1981-86 |
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"In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space",
The Edmdonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2005 |
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"Folio Retrospective" Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta |
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2001 |
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"The AlienProject", Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
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1999 |
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"More Than Meets The Eye", Hamburg Triennale of Photography, Hamburg, Germany |
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1997 |
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"Are We Touched? Identities From Outer Space", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California |
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1993 |
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"On Site", Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario |
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1991 |
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"Conscious Choice: Six Photographic Projects", Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
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1989 |
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"Ten Canadian Photographers", The Photographers Union, Krakow, Poland |
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1987 |
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"Contemporary Canadian Photography", Film in the Cities,
St. Paul, Minnesota |
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1986 |
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"1985 Acquisitions", The Edmonton Art Gallery,
Edmonton, Alberta |
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1985 |
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"Structured Paradise: The National Parks Experience"
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta |
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1984 |
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"ENIGMA", The Nickle Arts Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
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"Canadian Contemporary Photography from the Collection of The National
Film Board", National Film Board of Cda, Ottawa, Ontario |
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1983 |
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"DOCUMENT", The National Film Board of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario |
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1982 |
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"Primary Colour", The Art Gallery at Harbourfront,
Toronto, Ontario |
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1981 |
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"A Photographic Project-Alberta 1980", Alberta 75th Commission,
Travelling Exhibition |
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"New Acquisitions", The National Film Board of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario |
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1980 |
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"7 - Weegee, Silazi, Arbus, Kertesz, Levinson, Curran, Max",
The Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta |
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1979 |
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"Alberta Selection", Alberta Culture, Travelling Exhibition |
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1978 |
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"Alberta-Saskatchewan-Manitoba", The National Film Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
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Awards and Artist Grants
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2001 |
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The Canada Council, Senior Artist, Creation Grant |
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1987 |
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Alberta Literary Awards, Project Grant |
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The Canada Council, Project Grant |
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1986 |
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Best Non-Fiction, Alberta Culture & Alberta Writer's Guild |
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1984 |
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The Canada Council, Arts Grant 'B' |
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1981 |
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The Canada Council, Short Term Grant |
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1978 |
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The Canada Council, Arts Grant 'B' |
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1977 |
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Purchases
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1990 |
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Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa |
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1989 |
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The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta |
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1986 |
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta Vocational Centre, Lac La Biche, Alberta |
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1985 |
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The Edmonton Art Gallery
Canada Council Art Bank
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Photographers' Gallery, Saskatoon
Alberta Art Foundation |
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1983 |
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Alberta Art Foundation |
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1982 |
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The Edmonton Art Gallery
The National Film Board of Canada |
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1980 |
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Alberta 75th Commission
National Film Board of Canada
The Banff Centre |
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1979 |
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Olden Camera Gallery, New York |
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1976 |
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Commissioned Documentary Projects
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2007 |
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"The Village isTilting:Dancing AIDS in Malawi", Guest Curator, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, B.C. |
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1985 |
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"Structured Paradise: The National Parks Experience", The Walter Phillips Gallery in conjunction with Parks Canada and The Whyte Museum of the Rockies |
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1981 |
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"The Metis Settlements of Alberta", The Alberta Federation of Metis Settlements & Alberta Heritage Foundation |
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1980 |
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"A Photographic Project - Alberta 1980", Alberta 75th Commission and Alberta Culture
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Selected Guest Lectures and Workshops
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2006 |
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Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
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2005 |
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Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C. |
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2000 |
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"Above Human" Yerba Buena Arts Center,
San Francisco, California |
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1999 |
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Friends of Ethnic Art, University of California,
Santa Barbara, California |
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1996 |
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Rencontres Arles, Arles, France |
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1993 |
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University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, lecture |
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1991 |
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Emily Carr College of Art & Design, lecture |
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1990 |
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Alberta Colege of Art, lecture Ottawa School of Art, workshop |
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1989 |
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SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, lecture |
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1988 |
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Talking Pictures, Toronto, Ontario, resource panelist |
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1987 |
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Film in the Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota., guest speaker
The F-Stops Here Photo Conference, Calgary, Alberta,
resource panelist |
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1986 |
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Toronto Photographer's Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, lecture |
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1983-84 |
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University of Alberta, Sessional Instructor
Alberta Culture, Non-silver processes workshop |
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1982 |
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Dazibao Gallery, Montreal, Guest speaker |
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1980 |
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American Culture Association, Detroit, Michigan, guest speaker |
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University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
Colour separations workshop |
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1979 |
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Weslyan University, Middleton, Connecticut, guest speaker |
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1977 |
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Selected Published Work and Photographs
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2006 |
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"Extreme Deviance" Sage Publications, Santa Clara, California |
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2001 |
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"In Advance of the Landing..." 2nd edition, Abbeville Press,
New York, hardcover |
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2000 |
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Harpers Magazine, New York, "The Elephant Has Four Hearts" Iwalewa House, Bayreuth, Germany, Exhibition Catalogue |
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1999 |
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African Arts Magazine, UCLA, Los Angeles |
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1998 |
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OWL Magazine, Toronto, Ontario |
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1997 |
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WHY Magazine, Toronto, Ontario |
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1992 |
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"In Advance of The Landing..." Feature Length Documentary
GEO Magazine, Germany, International edition
Time-Life Books |
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1990 |
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"Belief and Culture", exhibition catalogue, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta |
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1989 |
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"The Fringes of Reason", Whole Earth Publishers,
Sausalito, California |
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1988 |
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"In Advance of the Landing:..", Whole Earth Publishers |
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1986 |
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"Border Crossing", Manitoba Arts & Culture |
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1985 |
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"In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space",
Abbeville Press, New York, trade paperback |
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1984 |
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"Canadian Contemporary Photography from the National Film Board", Hurtig Publishers/NFB
"Metis Settlements of Alberta", Holmes Printing, calendar |
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1982 |
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"Keepsake; The Alberta 75th Commission", Artswest Publishers
"Metisism: A Cultural Identity", Statement on Aboriginal Rights, Alberta Federation of Metis Settlements
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Post Secondary Education
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1979 |
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Studio Scholarship, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta |
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1972-76 |
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Photographic Arts Dept., Ryerson Polytech Institute, Toronto |
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1971 |
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Communication Arts, Loyalist College, Belleville, Ontario
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Currently, Curran is documenting the "Nyau", a secret spirit/dance mask society of the Chewa peoples of Malawi and Zimbabwe, November 26, 2006
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