HO TAM "A Portrait of the Photographer"

March 27 - April 25, 2015

Reception Friday, March 27, 7-10pm. Artist present.

Paul Petro Contemporary Art is pleased to present A Portrait of the Photographer, a concise survey of Vancouver-based multi-disciplinary artist Ho Tam's work, from his seminal video The Yellow Pages 1994 to his current publishing projects, and including photography, painting and printmaking.

Ho Tam was born in Hong Kong and received a BA from McMaster University and an MFA from Bard College NY. From 1996 to 1997, he was a participant at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Tam has exhibited in public galleries and alternative spaces across Canada, including the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography 2001. His experimental film/video works have been screened internationally, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Toronto International Film Festival, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival and the travelling exhibition "Magnetic North: Canadian Experimental Video" organized by the Walker Art Center, Minnesota. Tam is a recipient of various grants and awards, including the Grand Marnier Video Fellowship from the Film Society of Lincoln Center New York and the Best Documentary Feature at Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival. From 2004 to 2011, Tam taught in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Victoria. Ho Tam lives in Vancouver, BC.

"In the face of globalized pictures, and the globalized subjects and cities they are busy creating, Hos models for living, his small portraits and possible lives, are more necessary now than ever."

-- from "Practical Dreamers: Interviews with Movie Artists", Mike Hoolboom, Coach House Press, Toronto 2008. For complete interview see:

http://www.ho-tam.com/writings/MikeHoolboom.htm

For a complete exhibition history and videography, see:

http://www.paulpetro.com/artists/26-Ho-Tam/CV

and

http://www.paulpetro.com/exhibitions/436-A-Portrait-Of-The-Photographer