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.

 

Selected solo exhibitions

2009 PASSING, 222 Shelby Street Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 PASSING, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2004 DOG, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 THE DOGSHOW, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas (with Marty Walker)
2002 DOG + PUP, Special Photographers Gallery, London
2001 DOG & PONY SHOW, Staley Wise Gallery, NY, NY (with Steven Klein)
1996 Exhibit, Special Photographers Gallery, London
1996 Exhibit, Tatar Alexander Gallery, Toronto
1993 Venus Passage, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
1991 Circle Series, Galerie Reckerman, Cologne, Germany
1990 Circle Series, Special Photographers Gallery, London
1989 Circle Series, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
1987 Headshots, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
1982 Spring Collection, Past & Present Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1981 Spring Collection, Gallery Quan, Toronto




Selected group exhibitions
 

2009 The Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Dog Days of Summer, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia
2002 A Thousand Hounds, UBS PaineWebber Gallery, New York
2001 Dog & Pony Show, Staley Wise Gallery, New York
2001 Creatures, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999 Dogs & Cats, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles
1996 Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Los Angeles, Ca.
1996 Gallerie Vrais Reves, France
1996 2x30, Tatar Alexander Gallery, Toronto
1992 The Idealizing Vision, traveling exhibition organized by Aperture
1990 Presence Of Portraits, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
1990 Lovers, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
1989 Lovers, Galerie Elca London, Montreal
1989 Contemporary Canadian Photography, Hotel La Citadelle, Montreal
1988 On The Border, Special Photographers Gallery, London
1988 Figurative Force, Stratford, Canada
1986

22 Wooster Gallery, New York

1986 Masterpieces From The Gallery Collection, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
1986 Canadian Contemporary Photography, The Watson Gallery, Houston, Texas
1985 Retrospective, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto
1985 The Leading Edge–Fashion & Beauty Photographs In Canada, Festival of Canadian Fashion, Toronto
1985 IMITATION OF LIFE, Gallery Quan, Toronto
1983 ASPECTS OF PRINTMAKING, Gallery Quan, Toronto
1983 4 ARTISTS, Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1983 4 ARTISTS, Lawndale Alternative, Houston, Texas
1982 Critics Choice, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1980 Huys Gallery, Prince Rupert, Canada
1979 GROUP OF 6, Win Gallery, Toronto
1978 Canadians Exhibition, National Touring Exhibition, Toronto
1978 Silver Shadows, Toronto
1977 Ontario Student Print Show, Toronto and Paris, France
1977 Winter Artists, Dublin, Ireland


Museum exhibitions
 

1999 ADCC 50-Year Retrospective, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
1990-92
Children In Photography: 150 Years, a traveling exhibition
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
Memorial University Art Gallery, St. Johns, Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Koffler Art Gallery, Toronto
Art Gallery Of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Vancouver Museum, Vancouver
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
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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