Gallery 44 - Centre for Contemporary Phtography

PROOF 14
July 12– August 11, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday July 12, 6 - 9 PM

Alynne Lavigne
Ana Black
Jaret Belliveau
Jacinthe Lessard-L
Olga Zotova
Scott Massey
Osheen Harruthoonyan

Gallery 44 presents our annual emerging artist showcase, Proof — now in its fourteenth year. Artists are
selected from a call for submissions that are culled from across Canada. The selected works are chosen on
the basis of artistic merit rather than a theme, creating a multiplicity of perspectives. Proof focuses on a broad
range of contemporary photo-based practices that concern a new generation of Canadian artists. This year’s
artists are Jaret Belliveau (Moncton), Ana Black (Vancouver), Osheen Harruthoonyan (Toronto), Alynne
Lavigne (Toronto), Jacinthe Lessard-L (Montréal), Scott Massey (Vancouver) and Olga Zotova (Toronto).
All seven emerging artists are engaged in the evolution of photographic practices while examining a larger
cultural whole. Whether they are investigating isolation, closure and new beginnings or the illusive nature of
memory, each artist in Proof 14 fearlessly delivers an exciting approach.

Stephanie Rogerson

ALYNNE LAVIGNE (Toronto, ON) Namedropping, 2006 Inkjet print and marker

Alynne Lavigne
Alynne Lavigne is a Toronto based artist with a BFA in Photography from Ontario College of Art and Design. She completed a Self-Directed Study in Florence, Italy in 2005. Alynne has shown in several group exhibits in Florence and Toronto, including Drift/Draft - A Partners in Art Fundraising Exhibition, and Art in the Fall at 401 Richmond.

ANA BLACK (Vancouver, B.C.) Petting, 2003 Video projection

Ana Black
Ana Black is a Vancouver based multidisciplinary artist. Black studied at the University of British Columbia, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris, France and graduated with an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Black was a 2004 fellow at the Photography Institute at Columbia University, New York. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally and has been archived at the Getty Research Institute at the The Getty Museum in Los Angeles. She has been the recipient of several national and international awards.

JACINTHE LESSARD-L (Montreal, QC) Two-minute sculptures (detail), 2005 Chromogenic print

Jacinthe Lessard-L
Jacinthe Lessard-L is an interdisciplinary artist based in Montréal. In 2006, she completed her MFA at Concordia University. Her work addresses issues of aesthetics in contemporary dwelling spaces, and notions of home and mediation in our everyday lives. Her projects span various media, including video, photography, installation, and performative actions. Her work has shown in several group exhibitions across Québec as well as in such recent solo shows as at Occurrence Galerie d'Art in Montréal with her collaborator, Eduardo Ralickas and PETIT GUIDE D'ASSEMBLAGE at La Centrale Galérie Powerhouse in Montréal.

JARET BELLIVEAU (Moncton, NB) from the series Expect Delays, 2005 Chromogenic print

Jaret Belliveau
Jaret Belliveau graduated from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in April 2006 with a BFA in photography. In 2005, Jaret was selected by the Musée de L’Elysee for a exhibition entitled reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. To accompany this traveling exhibition; a book of the same title was published by Thames & Hudson and Aperture. Most recently Jaret’s series, Familial Endurance was featured in two books published by the Magenta Foundation. Also in 2005, Jaret received a scholarship to produce Expect Delays. This body of work documents the journey Jaret and his brother David took across Canada in the wake of their mother’s death. His most recent documentary follows a group of teenagers over a period of three years. The Dirt Squad will be featured at the Stephen Bulger Gallery in an exhibition entitled Recent Discoveries.

OLGA ZOTOVA (Toronto, ON) The Pile Project, 2005 Video projection

Olga Zotova
Olga Zotova was born in Moscow and immigrated to Canada in 1996. Olga is a recent graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design. In 2006, Lisa Smith curated her work in a show entitled The Displace Show at the OCAD Student Gallery. In May 2006, she received the Mark McCain Tuition Scholarship - the highest award given out by the Faculty of Art at the Ontario College of Art and Design.

SCOTT MASSEY (Vancouver, B.C.) Pylon from the series Minor Incidents, 2006 Chromogenic print on acrylic

Scott Massey
Scott Massey is a Canadian artist living and working in Vancouver. His work explores the uneasy relationship between culture and nature, and the illusionary boundaries between man and the landscape. Primarily a photo-based artist, Massey also creates sculptural installations and temporary outdoor interventions. Scott graduated with a BFA from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2003.

OSHEEN HARRUTHOONYAN (Toronto, ON) The Capgrass Sisters, 2007 Selenium toned silver gelatin print

Osheen Harruthoonyan
Osheen Harruthoonyan currently lives and works in Toronto as a photographer and filmmaker. Drawing upon his rich experiences living in Tehran, Athens and Vancouver, he ad-dresses subjects of memory and the deconstructive process of time. His black and white prints are created and printed by alternative processes achieved in a traditional wet darkroom.