In 2011 Robert Canali (b.1988) graduated from York University in Toronto, Canada, where he received his BFA in photography. The Canadian born artist is currently based in San Francisco, California. Canali’s work explores the mystery and beauty of the photographic medium, a study in themes like permanence, fragility, and individual perception. His work inspires questions more than it reveals answers, as he pushes the bounds of this medium. Canali’s concepts are realized as photographs, sculptures, installations, and books. Often disparate in appearance, ranging from the cosmic, the psychedelic, and the nostalgic, his work offers a complex query about time, recollection, and the rapid advancement of modern life.
Canali has exhibited internationally, including: solo exhibition; Ghost Notes at Wallflower Photomedia Gallery in Mildura, Australia; Light/Colour/Object at Super Dakota in Brussels, Belgium; FIAC Art Fair with Gallery Dakota in Paris, France; Alternative Facts with Humble Arts Foundation, New York; Reciprocal Encounter at Bunker 2 in Toronto, Canada; and Young Collectors Club at R/SF Projects in San Francisco, California. Canali has published three artist books, most recently Visible Spectrum as part of a book series with the Spectre // Spectrum issue of Conveyor Magazine. He has been the recipient of a Regional Arts Award from the Brampton Council of Fine Arts and the Photography Honorarium Award from York University. His work resides internationally in both private and public collections.
Contact
contact@robertcanali.com
Education
BFA (Honours) Visual ArtsYork University Toronto, Canada
Works Available
Super Dakotacontact@superdakota.com+32 (0)2 649 17 7245 rue Washington | Washingtonstraat B - 1050 Brussels
Circuit GalleryCircuit Gallery @ Prefix ICA info@circuitgallery.com+1 (647) 477 2487401 Richmond Street West, Suite 124 Toronto, ON, M6R 2G5
Solo Exhibitions
(2017)Somewhere I Have Never Traveled,Hilde e.b., Oakland, CA (2012)Ghost Notes, Wallflower Photomedia Gallery,Mildura, AU (2010)In Dust, Gales Gallery,Toronto, CA
Artist Lectures and Talks
(2017)Visiting Artist, R/SF Projects‘YCC The Emerging Collector’ (2014)Visiting Artist, York University‘A New Geometry’ (2012)Visiting Artist, Ryerson University‘Cameraless Photography’ Visiting Artist, Ontario College of Art and Design‘Colour As Meaning’ (2011)Visiting Artist, Ontario College of Art and Design‘Light & Shadow’
Selected Group and Two-Person Exhibitions
(2017)Photorama 2017, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CAYoung Collector's Club, R/SF Projects, San Francisco, CA, USAAlternative Facts, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, USAReciprocal Encounter, Bunker 2, Toronto, CASNAP for ACT, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto, CA
(2014)Remembrance 41, Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, Mildura, AUI Like it, But What is it, Drake Hotel (Contact Photo Festival), Toronto, CALight/Colour/Object, Super Dakota, Brussels, BEPhotography in the Time of Digital Disenchantment, Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives, Brampton, CASNAP, Arta Gallery, Toronto, CA
(2013)Photorama 2013, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CAVOID", Super Dakota, Brussels, BEGallery Dakota at Slick Brussels, Wild Gallery, Brussels, BE
(2012)Dark Matter, Wild Project, New York, NY, USAPhotorama 2012, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CAYIA, Le Bastille Design Center, Paris, FRHORS SERIE - FIAC, Appartement, Paris, FR
(2011)Photorama 2011, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CAO'Born Contemporary at TIAF, Toronto, CAIntangibles, Circuit Gallery, Toronto, CAFor the Lack of a Smile, O'Born Contemporary, Toronto, CAGallery Auction, Butcher Gallery, Toronto, CAThe Optical Unconscious, Phantom Space Projects, Brampton, CA
(2010)Atmospheres & Illuminations, Gales Gallery, Toronto, CAPhotorama 2010, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CAWhere is Here, Flash Forward, Toronto, CA131, O'Born Contemporary, Toronto, CAFlat-Land, Gallery 1313, Toronto, CanadaArt School Dismissed, Decommissioned Shaw Street School, Toronto, CAiIsm yIsm, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CASynesthesia, York University, Toronto, CATo Whom it May Concern", Gallery 1313, Toronto, CALand E Scape, Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto, CA
(2009)Found In Translation, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto, CAFor the Love of Art, Labspace Studio, Toronto, CAGrounded, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CADirt, Cinecycle, Toronto, CA
Books and Catalogues
(2017)Limited Edition Poster SeriesPrinted Matter’s LA Art Book FairPublished by Conveyor Arts:Jersey City, USA
(2014)Visible Spectrum - Book SeriesPrinted Matter’s New York Art Book FairPublished by Conveyor Arts:Jersey City, USASpectre // SpectrumConveyor Arts, Issue 5Published by Conveyor Arts:Jersey City, USA
(2012)Black MirrorPublished by Conveyor Arts:Jersey City, USADark MatterConveyor Arts, Issue 4Published by Conveyor Arts:Jersey City, USASwimming in the Center of the EarthMossless Magazine, Issue 2Published by Mossless Magazine:New York, USA
(2010)Flash Forward Festival 2010Festival CataloguePublished by The Magenta Foundation:Toronto, CAThe Passive CollectiveProduced by |end|Organized by Wassenaar (W8)In DustExhibition CataloguePublished by Wassenaar (W2)
(2009)Sync ResistEdited by Alex Fischer, Issue 1Everything GoneRobert Canali, Self Published
Selected Bibliography
(2012)Wallflower Photomedia Gallery: Ghost Notes (Interview) Juxtapoz Magazine: Photography By Robert Canali (Feature)But Does it Float Blog: Only the Great Generalizations SurviveBOOOOOOOM Blog: (Feature)Nicotine Magazine: "Between Light and Dark" Issue 5Triangle Triangle Blog: In Dust (2011)Daylight Magazine: "Atmospheres & Illuminations" Issue 9, 2011 Blog TO: upArt Contemporary Art Fair (Review), 2011 Blog TO: Intangibles (Review), 2011 Magenta Magazine: "Five Notes: Favourites from the CONTACT Festival: For the Lack of a Smile" (Review), 2011 Hunter and Cook Magazine: For the Lack of a Smile (Feature), 2011 The ALP Blog: For the Lack of a Smile (Review), 2011 I Heart Photograph Blog: Canadian Artists, 2011 Blog TO: Radar - For the Lack of a Smile (Preview), 2011 MKOS: Weekly Picks - For the Lack of a Smile at O'Born Contemporary (Preview) (2010)Now Magazine: Vol 30 (Feature)Blog TO: "131" (Preview)Caledon Citizen (Interview)BlackFlash Magazine: Issue 27.3 (Feature - Cover Photograph)I Heart Photograph Blog: In Dust SeriesI Heart Photograph Blog: Atmospheres & Illuminations