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Background
Deborah Samuel is a photo-based artist who has exhibited her work widely in the United States, Canada and internationally.
Her photographs are in several public, corporate and private collections. While she has worked extensively as a commercial artist, she now focuses
on her own fine art projects exclusively. Samuel has led photographic workshops throughout North America, and her work has earned numerous awards.
Samuel was born in Vancouver, Canada and raised between Toronto, Canada and Adare, Ireland. She completed Art Fundamentals at Limerick College of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland, 1974-75 and the Applied Photography Program at Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario in 1975-77.
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Selected solo exhibitions
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PASSING, 222 Shelby Street Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2008 |
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PASSING, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 2004 |
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DOG, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 2003 |
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THE DOGSHOW, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas (with Marty Walker) |
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DOG + PUP, Special Photographers Gallery, London |
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DOG & PONY SHOW, Staley Wise Gallery, NY, NY (with Steven Klein) |
| 1996
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Exhibit, Special Photographers Gallery, London
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| 1996
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Exhibit, Tatar Alexander Gallery, Toronto
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| 1993
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Venus Passage, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
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| 1991
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Circle Series, Galerie Reckerman, Cologne, Germany
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| 1990
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Circle Series, Special Photographers Gallery, London
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| 1989
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Circle Series, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
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| 1987
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Headshots, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
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| 1982
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Spring Collection, Past & Present Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
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| 1981
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Spring Collection, Gallery Quan, Toronto
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Selected group exhibitions
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The Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2002
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Dog Days of Summer, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia
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| 2002
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A Thousand Hounds, UBS PaineWebber Gallery, New York
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| 2001
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Dog & Pony Show, Staley Wise Gallery, New York
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| 2001
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Creatures, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas
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| 1999
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Dogs & Cats, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles
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| 1996
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Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Los Angeles, Ca.
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| 1996
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Gallerie Vrais Reves, France
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| 1996
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2x30, Tatar Alexander Gallery, Toronto
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| 1992
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The Idealizing Vision, traveling exhibition organized by Aperture
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| 1990
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Presence Of Portraits, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
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| 1990
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Lovers, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
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| 1989
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Lovers, Galerie Elca London, Montreal
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| 1989
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Contemporary Canadian Photography, Hotel La Citadelle, Montreal
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| 1988
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On The Border, Special Photographers Gallery, London
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| 1988
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Figurative Force, Stratford, Canada
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| 1986
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22 Wooster Gallery, New York
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| 1986
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Masterpieces From The Gallery Collection, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
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| 1986
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Canadian Contemporary Photography, The Watson Gallery, Houston, Texas
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| 1985
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Retrospective, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
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| 1985
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The Leading Edge–Fashion & Beauty Photographs In Canada, Festival of Canadian Fashion, Toronto
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| 1985
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IMITATION OF LIFE, Gallery Quan, Toronto
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| 1983
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ASPECTS OF PRINTMAKING, Gallery Quan, Toronto
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| 1983
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4 ARTISTS, Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| 1983
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4 ARTISTS, Lawndale Alternative, Houston, Texas
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| 1982
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Critics Choice, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
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| 1980
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Huys Gallery, Prince Rupert, Canada
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| 1979
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GROUP OF 6, Win Gallery, Toronto
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| 1978
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Canadians Exhibition, National Touring Exhibition, Toronto
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| 1978
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Silver Shadows, Toronto
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| 1977
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Ontario Student Print Show, Toronto and Paris, France
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| 1977
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Winter Artists, Dublin, Ireland
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Museum exhibitions
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| 1999
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ADCC 50-Year Retrospective, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
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| 1990-92 |
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Children In Photography: 150 Years, a traveling exhibition |
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Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada |
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Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal |
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Memorial University Art Gallery, St. Johns, Canada |
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Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada |
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Koffler Art Gallery, Toronto |
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Art Gallery Of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada |
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Vancouver Museum, Vancouver |
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Glenbow Museum, Calgary |
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Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada |
International exhibitions
Chicago Art Fair 1988,1989,1990,1991
Basel Art Fair 1989,1990,1991
Los Angeles Art Fair 1989,1990
Art Cologne 1989,1990,1991
Corporate and private collections
Barrick Gold Corporation
Capitol EMI-U.K
Fairweather-Dylex
Hong Kong Bank of Canada
Xerox of Canada
Museum collections
Royal Ontario Museum
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Museum of Fine Arts/Houston
Books
Samuel, Deborah, pup: The Photographs of Deborah Samuel. Chronicle Books, Spring 2002.
Samuel,Deborah, dog: The Photographs of Deborah Samuel. Chronicle Books, Fall 2001.
Ewing, William, editor, The Idealizing Vision: The Art of Fashion Photography. Aperture Foundation Incorporated, 1991.
A collection of photographs from leading fashion photographers.
Ghost Photography /L'illusione del Visible (“The Illusion of the Visible”). Italy:
Mystfest/ Idea Books, 1989. A series of photographs from various photographers exploring the relationship between photography and specters.
Bibliography selected articles
“Desolation, with a hint of the uncanny”, Globe and Mail, Sept. 20, 2008, Gary Michael Dault
“Look at that Face”, O Oprah Magazine, June 2004, Peter Smith
“Portrait of a Pooch”, Globe and Mail, August 30, 2003, Cecily Ross
“Dog Day Afternoon”, Miami Herald, June 9, 2003, Connie Ogle
“Dramatic Paws”, Studio Photography & Design, Feb 2003, Jeff Dorgay
“Camera’s eye captures animals, people, nature”, Miami Herald, Dec. 2 2002, Connie Ogle
“Dogs as Art”, Modern Dog, Winter 2002, Christine Atkins
“Call it Puppy Love”, British Journal of Photography (England) November 2002, Dawn Sumner
“The Power to Heel”, The Independent Sunday Review, (England) Nov. 17, 2002, Paul Bailey
“The Art of Deborah Samuel” Bark, Summer 2002, Lauren Carter
“Woof”, Popular Photography, June 2002, Herbert Keppler
“Canine Compulsion”, Applied Arts, May/June 2002
“Art By Numbers”, Toronto Star, April 13, 2002, Peter Goddard
“Dog”, Bark, Spring, 2002
“A Woman’s Best Friend”, Photo District News, February, 2002, Jane Gottlieb
“Paws in Print”, DogWorld, February, 2002, Jason Stipp
“Briefs”, Dogfancy, February 2002, Ellen Kanner
“Essence of Dog”, New Zealand Herald, January 2002, Barb Rogers
“Dog”, Dog and Kennel, December 2001
“Deborah Samuel”, United Airlines Hemispheres, October 2001, Margaret Moore
“A muzzle here, a paw there”, The Beacon Journal, October 13, 2001, Connie Bloom
“Photographic Polymath-Deborah Samuel defies Labels”, Professional Photographer, July 2001, Mark Edward Harris
“Deborah Samuel confronts the glitter and glam of LA with her own stark vision”, Black and White Magazine, (Australia) February, 1998, Karl-Peter Gottschalk
“Deborah Samuel: Venus Passage”, Zoom (Italy) 1994, Gianni Romano
“Deborah Samuel” Artnews, November 1992, Christopher Hume
“Deborah Samuel”, Kodak Studio Light, Issue 1, 1991
Symbol of Spring”, Amateur Photographer (England) March 1990, Cathy Joseph
“Deborah Samuel: A Restless Spirit Who Easily Crosses Creative Boundaries”, Applied Arts Quarterly, Vol.4, No.3, Fall 1989, Peter Giffin
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