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G R E G S T A A T S
Skarù:ręˀ[tuscarora]maternal/ Kanien’keha:́ka [mohawk]– paternal /Hodinöhsö:ni’
1963 Born in Ohsweken, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, lives and works Toronto, ON,
1983 Applied Photography, Sheridan College, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Greg Staats: onkwehón:we monument-place making as reciprocal thinking, Jackman Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, ON
it dropped down their minds / for at least one day you should continue thinking calmly, CONTACT Photo Festival. Exterior building 7 adhesive photo installation, Historical Heritage Projects. Todmorden Mills Toronto, ON
2019
ONENH DWA’ DEN’ DYA - NOW LET US PROCEED, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
2016
on the edge of the woods; condolence towards renewal, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
it dropped down their minds / for at least one day, you should continue thinking calmly, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON
2015
Greg Staats, - reciprocal thought - intervention, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
it dropped down their minds / for at least one day, you should continue thinking calmly, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB
2013
New Video works Residency, it dropped down their minds / for at least one day, you should continue thinking calmly Images Festival, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2012
Greg Staats: a retrospective, 1990-2012, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
2011
liminal disturbance, McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster Univ. Hamilton, ON
condolence, articule, Montreal, QC
condolence/untitled liminal effort- video performance/photographic installation, OBORO, Montreal, QC
condolence/untitled liminal effort- video performance, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON
condolence/untitled liminal effort- video performance, Grenfell Art Gallery, Cornerbrook, NL
2010 body of shadow, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2009 condolence, Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg MB
2008 auto-mnemonic six nations, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver BC
auto-mnemonic six nations, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
disturbance: 8 vitrines - a narrative of video and photographs, York Quay Centre, Toronto, ON
reciprocity / new foto works, The Station Gallery Whitby, ON
errance, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
2007 reciprocity, Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2003 animose, Galerie Séquence, Chicoutimi, QC
2002 animose, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON
animose, Galerie 101, Ottawa, ON
2000 renewal, Indian Art Centre, Hull, QC
animose - project room, Mercer Union: A Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario
1998 12 large portraits, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
1997 relationship as a principle of organization, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
1996 acceptance, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
1995 memories of a collective reality: sour springs, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, ON
1993 Contemporary Camera, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
1991 new work, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, ON
1989 Four Directions: Photography of Greg Staats, Native Canadian Centre, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts, ICI / KWAG, Kitchener, ON, Curated by Candice Hopkins and Dylan Robinson, organized by Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Kamloops Art Gallery Kamloops, BC, Canada, Independent Curators International (ICI)
2019 Moving through darkness into the clearing, Greg Staats/Group of 7, Varley Art Gallery of Markham OAAG Award: Exhibition of the Year: Budget under $10,000, Anik Glaude
2018 Inaabiwin, curated by Danielle Printup; RMG, AGM, OAG, JNAAG
#nofilterneeded, Shining light on the Native Indian/Inuit Photographers’ Association, 1985-1992, McMaster Museum of Art, ON
2017 Capture, Photography Festival centrepiece exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016 CIA#3 artist residency/exhibition, AGYU Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON
Tributaries, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
ArtSpin, Toronto, ON
2014 Visual Traces, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 Sakahàn, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Thicker than Water, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Sante Fe, NM
2012 Passages, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, ON
2010 body of shadow, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2009 Presence through Absence, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, ON
Crossing Lines: an International Dialogue, SAVAC/Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ON
2008 Steeling the Gaze: Portraits by Aboriginal Artists, CMCP at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
75th anniversary exhibition, Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, AB
2007 disturbance, Gallery 120 Terminal 1, GTAA, Toronto, ON
Oh So Iroquois, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa ON
2006 A History Show, Scotiabank nuit blanche, Spin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 The Limestone Barrens Project, Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, IR,
2004 Remote Access, A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003 The Political is Personal: A First Nations Perspective, The Suite of the Lt. Gov., ON
2002 Gridlock, Case Studies, Habourfront Vitrines, Toronto, ON
2001 The New Spirit of Ontario, The Suite of the Lt. Gov. Queens Park, Toronto, ON
Overtime @ Workplace, organized by Instant Coffee, Toronto, ON
2000 Shifting Sites, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
1998 Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
1997 Sprawl, Mercer Union: A Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
Aperture: Strong Hearts, International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Wash. D.C.
1996 Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art & Historical Museums, London, ON
Alter/Native: Contemporary Photo Compositions, CMCP, Ottawa, ON
StorylLand: Narrative Vision & Social Space, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB
Alter/Native: Contemporary Photo Compositions, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
1994 From Icebergs to Iced Tea, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
1993 Multiplicity, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Le Mois de la photo à Montréal: The Notion of Belonging, Frontenac, Montreal, QC
1991 Perspectives from Iroquoia; Greg Staats & Jeff Thomas, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
1989 Four Directions: Photography of Greg Staats, Native Canadian Centre, Toronto, ON
RESIDENCIES/FACULTY
2017 Independant Residency BAIR, Banff Centre, AB
2016 CIA#3 artist residency/exhibition, AGYU Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON
2014 Global Positioning System or Hacking the Coordinates to Enable Shapeshifting and Shadow Networks,
Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2013 Images Festival/Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2010 New Work Residency, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
Faculty of 09 Thematic Residency, Towards Language, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2009 Self Directed Residency, Quebecor Production Fellowships, Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) Banff, AB
Liminal Screen, Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) Banff AB - untitled liminal effort- video performance
Faculty of 03 Thematic Residency Archive Restored, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2008 Fiction, Aboriginal Visual Arts Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abramson, Stacey. Greg Staats, condolence, Galleries West Art Reviews, Volume 10 Number 3 Fall/Winter 2011.
https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/greg-staats%2C-%22condolence%2C%22-august-20-to- september-26%2C-2009%2C-urban-shaman-gallery%2C-winnipeg/
“auto-mnemonic six nations, artist project,” in “Impossible Landscapes,” special issue Prefix Photo 12 Fall/Winter 2005): 76-81.
Barkhouse, Mary Anne and Dubé, Peter. Marie Claude Bouthillier; Greg Staats; Elizabeth Cohen, Derek Sullivan. Toronto: Mercer Union, 2000. https://www.mercerunion.org/exhibitions/animose/
Bassnett, Sarah. Archive and Affect in Contemporary Photography. London ON. University of Western ON. http://www.torontophotographyseminar.org/sites/default/files/uploads/BassnettArchiveAffectContempPhoto2009. pdf
Berens, Keith. Greg Staats: Portraiture of a Personal View. Winnipeg: Floating Gallery, 1997.
Berson, Amber. Unspoken Loss: Greg Staats, articule. 2011.
Belmore, Michael. Remote access: Frank Shebageget and Greg Staats. Toronto: A Space Gallery, 2004.
Clark, Janet E. Greg Staats: memories of a collective reality: Sour Springs: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1995.
Dion, François. Greg Staats: animose. Translated by Mark Heffernan; essay, Gallery TPW; Ottawa; Gallery 101; Chicoutimi: Galerie Séquence, 2002.
Hill, Richard William, Bev. Koski, et al. Sprawl. Toronto, ON: Mercer Union, 1998. An exhibition catalogue of Co- Curated Visual Arts and Symposium. https://www.mercerunion.org/exhibitions/sprawl/
Hill, Richard W. Sr. (Tuscarora), The Restorative Aesthetic of Greg Staats, McMaster Museum of Art. 2011. https://museum.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/staats_webbrochure.pdf
Hill Richard William, On the Art of Releasing a Shadow: the Work of Greg Staats in Prefix #42 p.30-41 Houle, Robert. Poetic Portals of Memory. In Greg Staats: Reciprocity. River Grand Chronicles #4.
Kitchener, Ontario: Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2007. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.734.2835&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Houle, Robert. "Sovereignty over Subjectivity." C Magazine, no. 30 (Summer 1991): 28-35.
Kelly, Jean Paul. “it dropped down their minds / for at least one day you should think calmly" Trinitity Square Video/Images Festival, https://www.trinitysquarevideo.com/wp-content/uploads/TSV_Staats.pdf
Kunard, Andrea. Shifting Sites. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 2000.
Langford, Martha. Scissors, Paper, Stone: Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art, 2007,McGill – Queen’s University Press, ISBN:9780773532113, Pages 114-117; plate 8.4
Mastai, Judith. “The post-colonial landscape.” BlackFlash 14, no. 2 (1996): 10-13.
Staats, Sheila. Cultural Remembrance in Greg Staats: Reciprocity. River Grand Chronicles #4. KWAG 2007. Margo, Deborah. Vestiges. Ottawa: Galerie 101, 2002.
Patten, James. London Life: Young Contemporaries 1996. London, ON London Regional Art and Historical Museums, 1996.
Podedworny, Carol. Greg Staats, Jeffrey Thomas: Perspectives from Iroquoia. Toronto: Gallery 44, 1992. Timmins, Leila. ONENH DWA’ DEN’ DYA - NOW LET US PROCEED, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON. https://akimbo.ca/listings/greg-staats-sharona-franklin/
The Urban Village in Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices 82-88. New York: Aperture 139, 1995
Walsh, Andrea N. “Visualizing histories: experiences of space and place in photographs by Greg Staats and Jeffrey Thomas. Visual Studies 17, no. 1 routledge, (2002): 37-51.
SELECTED LECTURES
Inaabiwin Ottawa Art Gallery; in conversation with curator, Danielle Printup
Gallery 44: in conversation with curator Leila Timmins, https://vimeo.com/333367922
Art Gallery of Ontario. https://ago.ca/events/constantly-thinking-about-haudenosaunee-worldview
Ryerson School of Image Arts, Class:"Analogue as Meaning” JP Kelly UTSC, Visual Studies
Art Gallery of York University, AGYU.
Proseminar in the Master of Visual Studies @ Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design U of T.
Thicker than Water Symposium, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Sante Fe, NM
Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
articule, Montreal QC, In Discussion: Greg Staats and Martha Langford
Open Studio, Toronto, ON
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario
O.A.A.G In Print Symposium, Toronto
ResArtis2010, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective, Montreal, QC
Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg MB
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON NIIPA Panel 2019
Galerie 101 Ottawa, Ontario
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Sprawl Symposium, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario.
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario.
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona.
Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver B.C.
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
AWARDS
2017 Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2014 Ontario Arts Council Grant
2012 Canada Council Grant, Ontario Arts Council Grant/OAC Grant/Exhibition Assistance Grant
2011 Toronto Arts Council Grant, Ontario Arts Council Grant
2010 Canada Council Grant, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2008 Toronto Arts Council Grant, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2006 Canada Council Grant
2005 Ontario Arts Council Grant, Toronto Arts Council Grant
2003 Canada Council Grant
2002 Canada Council Photography B Grant
2001 Canada Council Photography B Grant, Ontario Arts Council Aboriginal Projects Grant publication: animose
2000 Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
1999 Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
1999 The Duke & Duchess of York Prize in Photography, Canada Council Photography B Grant
1997 Ontario Arts Council Photography Grant
1994 Ontario Arts Council Photography Grant, Canada Council Photography B Grant
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Archives of Ontario, Government of Ontario Art Collection
Art Gallery of Ontario [committed 2021]
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, ON
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, ON
Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Indian Art Collection, Department of Indian & Northern Affairs, Hull, Québec
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre of the Arts, Banff, AB