Born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England 1946 Lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Gardening the Planet
Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004
Site Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999
Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland (2 person, with Marlene Creates) The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1997
Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1988
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1987
Biblioteque Municipale, Mont-Joli, Quebec
1986
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1985
Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario Museum of Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert, British Columbia Northern Life and Northern Exhibition Centre, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
1984
Niagara Artists Centre, Niagara, Ontario The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1982
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario The Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan Open Space Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1980
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1978
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1977
Prairie Light Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1976
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1974
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta
2001
Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, England
1996
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
1994
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1990
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
1989
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1986
Coburg Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1984
Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1982
Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, Ontario The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan The Photography Gallery, La Jolla, California, U.S.A. Shell Canada Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1980
Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario
1978
Neikrug Galleries, New York, New York, U.S.A.
1976
The Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1975
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
1973
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
COLLECTIONS
Organza Natural and Organic Market, Winnipeg, Manitoba Air Canada Collection, Montréal, Quebec The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario The Canadian Museum Of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario Collection of The Canadian Development Bank, Montréal, Quebec The Department of External Affairs, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan The Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden The National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario The Norman MacKenzie Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan The Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton, Ottawa, Ontario The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Saskatchewan
COMMISSIONS
C.B.C., Radio Canada Building, Regina, Saskatchewan The Canadian Development Bank, Montréal, Quebec
GRANTS & AWARDS
2004
Manitoba Arts Council - Creation/Production in the Visual Arts
2003
Canada Council for the Arts - Creation/Production
1998
Canada Council for the Arts - Creation/Production Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton
1989
Ontario Arts Council Senior Artist Grant
1980
Canada Council Grant - Project Cost
1976
Canada Council Grant - Type 'B'
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS
2004
Richard Holden by Cliff Eyland
Border Crossings - A magazine of the Arts, issue No. 90, vol. 23, no. 1. Winnipeg, Manitoba
2001
Local Histories - paper presented at Between Nature, a conference at Lancaster University, England
1999
A Response to Continental Edge by John Conway
Interplay, A Forum for Critical Dialogue, vol. 2, no.1. The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1994
Pearyland, by Barry Lopez with photography by Richard Holden. Outside magazine. Outside Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
1990
The Landscape: Eight Canadian Photographers, by David Barbour. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by The McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
1989
Landscape: 150 Years After, by Richard Holden. Blackflash, Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring, 1989. P.G. Press Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1984
Tourist, by Richard Holden. Blackflash, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer, 1984. P.G. Press Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1982
Richard Holden: Arctic Photographs, by Michael Parke-Taylor. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1974
They Shoot Photographs, Don't They? by Richard Holden. Document: A Newsletter About Photography. The Baldwin Street Gallery of Photography, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MEMBERSHIPS
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan Platform: Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts, Winnipeg, Manitoba Plug-In Institute for Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
RELATED ACTIVITIES
1999–02
Program Officer, Visual and Media Arts, Manitoba Arts Council
1983–96
Program Officer, Canada Council (for the Arts)
1971
Founding member of The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan