Robert Canali

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 Arts
York University
Toronto, Canada

Works Available

Super Dakota
contact@superdakota.com
+32 (0)2 649 17 72
45 rue Washington | Washingtonstraat
B - 1050 Brussels

Circuit Gallery
Circuit Gallery @ Prefix ICA
info@circuitgallery.com
+1 (647) 477 2487
401 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, CA
Young Collector's Club, R/SF Projects, San Francisco, CA, USA
Alternative Facts, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, USA
Reciprocal Encounter, Bunker 2, Toronto, CA
SNAP for ACT, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto, CA

(2014)
Remembrance 41, Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, Mildura, AU
I Like it, But What is it, Drake Hotel (Contact Photo Festival), Toronto, CA
Light/Colour/Object, Super Dakota, Brussels, BE
Photography in the Time of Digital Disenchantment, Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives, Brampton, CA
SNAP, Arta Gallery, Toronto, CA

(2013)
Photorama 2013, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CA
VOID", Super Dakota, Brussels, BE
Gallery Dakota at Slick Brussels, Wild Gallery, Brussels, BE

(2012)
Dark Matter, Wild Project, New York, NY, USA
Photorama 2012, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CA
YIA, Le Bastille Design Center, Paris, FR
HORS SERIE - FIAC, Appartement, Paris, FR

(2011)
Photorama 2011, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CA
O'Born Contemporary at TIAF, Toronto, CA
Intangibles, Circuit Gallery, Toronto, CA
For the Lack of a Smile, O'Born Contemporary, Toronto, CA
Gallery Auction, Butcher Gallery, Toronto, CA
The Optical Unconscious, Phantom Space Projects, Brampton, CA

(2010)
Atmospheres & Illuminations, Gales Gallery, Toronto, CA
Photorama 2010, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CA
Where is Here, Flash Forward, Toronto, CA
131, O'Born Contemporary, Toronto, CA
Flat-Land, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
Art School Dismissed, Decommissioned Shaw Street School, Toronto, CA
iIsm yIsm, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CA
Synesthesia, York University, Toronto, CA
To Whom it May Concern", Gallery 1313, Toronto, CA
Land E Scape, Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto, CA

(2009)
Found In Translation, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto, CA
For the Love of Art, Labspace Studio, Toronto, CA
Grounded, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CA
Dirt, Cinecycle, Toronto, CA

Books and Catalogues

(2017)
Limited Edition Poster Series
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair
Published by Conveyor Arts:
Jersey City, USA

(2014)
Visible Spectrum - Book Series
Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair
Published by Conveyor Arts:
Jersey City, USA

Spectre // Spectrum
Conveyor Arts, Issue 5
Published by Conveyor Arts:
Jersey City, USA

(2012)
Black Mirror
Published by Conveyor Arts:
Jersey City, USA

Dark Matter
Conveyor Arts, Issue 4
Published by Conveyor Arts:
Jersey City, USA

Swimming in the Center of the Earth
Mossless Magazine, Issue 2
Published by Mossless Magazine:
New York, USA

(2010)
Flash Forward Festival 2010
Festival Catalogue
Published by The Magenta Foundation:
Toronto, CA

The Passive Collective
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Organized by Wassenaar (W8)

In Dust
Exhibition Catalogue
Published by Wassenaar (W2)

(2009)
Sync Resist
Edited by Alex Fischer, Issue 1

Everything Gone
Robert 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 Survive
BOOOOOOOM Blog: (Feature)
Nicotine Magazine: "Between Light and Dark" Issue 5
Triangle 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 Series
I Heart Photograph Blog: Atmospheres & Illuminations

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.