Tony Fouhse Photograph ‘Murial, USER Women’ Series, 2008
Tony Fouhse, ‘Murial, USER Women’ Series, 2008, A/P Photograph, 22 x 27.5 inches, 2008, Initials on verso.
$900 Unframed.
Identical print donated to the City of Ottawa, 2017.
Tony is a photographer based in Ottawa, Canada. His work has attracted international attention and been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The British Journal of Photography, American Photography 26, CV Photo, Time magazine and Vie des Arts. His photographs have been exhibited internationally, most recently at the Noorderlicht International Fotofestival in Groningen, The Netherlands (2019); Cortona On The Move photo festival, Italy and, as part of the Beyond Addiction/Reframing Recovery exhibition, in NYC and Rochester, N.Y. (2020).
Images from his personal projects have been acquired by institutional collections including The National Photo Collection of Belgium (on permanent display); the Art Collection of Global Affairs, Canada; the Ottawa Art Gallery Collection; the National Photo Collection, Canada and the Archives of Ontario. Three of his projects have been published as photobooks: Live Through This (2012, ed. 400, sold out), Official Ottawa (2015, ed. 2000, sold out) and After the Fact (2018, ed. 200, sold out).
His awards include a National Magazine Award and the Karsh Award for Photography. He has received arts grants from the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council and City of Ottawa.
Tony Fouhse
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 – OFFICIAL OTTAWA, Ottawa Art Gallery Annex
2013 – LIVE THROUGH THIS, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
2013 – LIVE THROUGH THIS, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2012 – ANGELENOS, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa
2011 – USER 2010, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa
2010 – I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa
2010 – AMERICAN STATES, Exposure Gallery, Ottawa USER, Pikto Gallery, Toronto (featured CONTACT exhibition)
2010 – USER, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa
2009 – APRIL + ERIK , Gallery La Petite Mort, Ottawa – USER, IPS Gallery, Montreal
2008 – BESIDE THE PASSAIC, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa
2004 – CALIFORNIA, Galerie La Bouchon, Paris
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 – Photo Noir, Photo Place Gallery, Vermont
2015 – cARTe blanche, POSTER, REBEL ACTION PLAN. Billboard, Art in Public Places, Ottawa
2015 – THIS IS US NOW, Recent acquisitions, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa
2014 – RECENT ACQUISITIONS, Ottawa Art Gallery
2013 – CRITICAL MASS (touring) Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia and The Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
2013 – FACE TO FACE, feature exhibition, CONTACT Photography Festival, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
2013 – HEART of the MOMENT: works from the permanent collection, Ottawa Art Gallery
2013 – APPLIED, Exposure Gallery, Ottawa
2013 – STEPHEN HARPER, THE PORTRAIT GALLERY, Arts Court, Ottawa
2012 – THE PRESENT, Oz Studio, Toronto
2012 – CLOSE TO HOME, recent acquisitions, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa
2011 – HUMANKIND, Powerhouse Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2011 – PLACE AND CIRCUMSTANCE, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa
2010 – NUDES, Abnorma Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2010 – EVOCATIVE OBJECTS, The Bytown Museum, Ottawa
2009 – SNAP ’09, The Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
2008 – EVIDENCE, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa
2008 – HOLGAWORLD, PhotoMedia Center, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
2004 – THE WORLD, Angel City Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2004 – ROCK THE VOTE, SAW Gallery, Ottawa
COLLECTIONS
The National Photo Collection, Belgium Art
Collection of Global Affairs, Canada.
City of Ottawa Art Collection
The Ottawa Art Gallery Collection
Archives of Ontario
The National Photo Collection, Canada
Private Collections
PUBLISHED
TIME magazine, LightBox, April 3, 2015 (OFFICIAL OTTAWA feature)
American Photo magazine, Sept., 2013 (LIVE THROUGH THIS profile)
New York Times, June 11, 2013 (Official Ottawa profile, LENS blog)
Ottawa Magazine, September, 2012 (Official Ottawa, 8 page spread)
American Photography 28, 2012
British Journal of Photography, November, 2011 (article on collaborative portraits, LIVE THROUGH THIS)
Esquire Magazine, November, 2011 (15 USER photos)
CV PHOTO, SUMMER, 2011 (10 page spread on USER)
American Photography 27, 2011
American Photography 26, 2010
The New York Times, July 22, 2009 (USER profile)
Fade, The Netherlands (2009)
Vie des Arts, October, 2008 (review of USER at LPM Gallery)
Newsweek Japan, 2008 (6 page spread on USER)
LifeLounge, Australia, 2008 (6 page spread on USER)
Carte Blanche, Magenta Foundation for the Arts, 2006
Many newspaper articles and reviews
GRANTS
OAC Exhibition Grants (2010, 2009)
City of Ottawa Arts Grant (2010, 2012)
Recipient of THE KARSH AWARD for PHOTOGRAPHY, 2010