Dita Kubin

 

Born in Písek, Czechoslovakia, 1975.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

 

1995-98: Dawson College, Montreal, QC - Professional Photography Program

 

 

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

 

 

1998/present: Visual Artist/Photography, Montreal.

2004: École FACE (Fine Arts Core Education) Photography teacher, Montreal, Quebec.

2002-04: Northside College, Photography & multimedia teacher, Val-Morin, PQ.

1999-2002: Kamara Inc., Professional photography studio manager, Montreal, Quebec

1998: Maine Photographic Workshops, Teaching assistant/digital imaging, Rockport, Maine, USA.

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS

 

2008- Adbusters Magazine, Oct/Nov 2008. Canada.

2008- Zoom Magazine, Italy. Portfolio article. July/August 2008

2008- B&W Magazine, USA. June 2008 Special Issue

2007- Photographer's Forum, Best of Photography Annual 2007

2007- PhotoLife Magazine, March 2007 Cover

2006- Photography.ca, December 2006 on-line interview

2006- PhotoLife Magazine, 12/2006

2006- Montreal Gazette - Article, Take Five section, Saturday, December 16, 2006

2006- Maisonneuve Magazine, online - Featured Artist, October 2006

2006- Fugues Magazine, June issue - Featured artist

2006- PhotoLife Magazine, 12/2005

2006- PhotoSelection Magazine, March 2006 Cover

2006- Ukula Magazine, Featured Artist, March 2006

2000- Lux Canada

1999- PhotoSelection, Cover and double spread

1999- PhotoLife Magazine

1998- Photographer's Forum

 

 

 

DOCUMENTARY FILM credits

 

2009 - Beauty and the Beast: One Woman's Fight Against Breast Cancer. Directed by Liliana Komorowska.

 

2010 - The Body as an Offering: International photographic artists working with the body.

Produced by Claire Obscura Inc./ Directed by Bernar Hébert and Renée Claude Riendeau.

Featured artist from Canada.

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

May 2010 - Now Here No Where - Espace Ethecae, Montreal (duo show with artist March Hutchison)

Sept 2009 - Underneath Skin/Sous la peau - Galérie Kérozène, Montreal (solo show)

March 2008 -Images de Femmes - Bibliothèque, Mile-End, Montreal (group show)

Feb 2008 - Recollections and Tenerife Series - Galerie Wilder & Davis, Montreal (solo show)

Nov 2007 - Recollections - Bienal FOTONOVIEMBRE 2007 - Casa de la Cultura, Tacoronte. Tenerife, Spain.

Nov 2007 - TWILIGHT- Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto (group)

Oct 2007 - Memory Streams and a Lonely Day - The Lens Factory, Toronto (duo show)

June 2003 to 2007 - Annual "Festival International Montréal en Arts" (FIMA) Montreal (group show)

May 2007 - EUROFEST: Festival de l'Europe de l'Est à Montréal - Montreal Cultural Association ROCADE, Montréal (group show)

April 2007 - ECHO - Annual Group Thematic Show, The Long Hall, Montreal (group show)

March 2007 - Connexions - Espace Ars Longa, Montréal (group show)

Nov 2007 - RECOLLECTIONS: memory streams and the reconstructed portrait - Galerie Mondes/Merveilles, Montreal (solo show)

June 2006 - ARTEGONIA: Nocturnes des Galeries et des Métiers d'art / Galleries and Artists by Night -

Galerie Milk Images, Old Port, Montréal (group show)

April 2006 - Deluxe - Annual Group Thematic Show - The Long Haul, Montreal (group show)

Sept 2005 - Love & the Machine - La Société des arts technologiques (SAT), Montreal (group show)

Oct 2004 - Art Bizarre - POP Fest, Montreal (group show)

April 2004 - Burnt - Annual Group Thematic Show - The Long Hall, Montreal

2000/Travelling exhibit - INUKSUK: Canada Greets the Millenium - Canadian Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico.

 

 

 

AWARDS/PRIZES

 

BLACK & WHITE MAGAZINE (USA) International Portfolio Competition 2008,

Top 15 portfolios of 2008 - "Recollections", magazine for Fine Art BW photography.

 

PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM 27^th Annual International Spring Photography Competition 2007.

1^st Place Black & White - "Stephen". 20,000 entries received, over 19 countries participating.

 

PHOTOLIFE Image International 2006 Photography Competition

1^st Place, overall competition - "Soma". 10,000 entries received, over 120 countries participating.

 

Festival International Montréal en Arts (FIMA), 2006

*Artist - Honorable Mention by Jury.

 

PHOTOLIFE Image International 2005 Photography Competition

1^st Place in People Category - "Brianne". 10,000 entries received, over 120 countries participating.

 

 

 

GUEST LECTURES

 

2009 - Dawson College, Montreal

2005/06/07 - Concordia University, Art Education Department, Montreal

2003 - Dawson College, Montreal

2001 - Stewart Hall, Pointe Claire