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Karin Bubaš (born 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a contemporary Canadian artist known for her work in various media including photography, painting, and drawing.

Early life

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Bubaš grew up in North Vancouver and graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design.[1]

Artwork

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Karin Bubaš began exhibiting her photographic artwork in 1997. Her work was included in several group shows including after photography curated by Vancouver photographer Roy Arden. Bubaš' first solo exhibition, Happy Friday Night, was held at Vancouver's Artspeak Gallery in 1999.[1] Her next major series of work, Leon's Palace, was completed in 2001 and depicts images from a Vancouver crack house. Works from Leon's Palace are owned by the Vancouver Art Gallery as well as noted Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland, who included images from the series in his 2002 book Souvenir of Canada.[2]

From 2003 to the present, Bubaš' most widely recognized bodies of photographic work include Ivy House, featuring images from the interior of a Victorian English row house shortly after the owner had died;[3] Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, a long-running series featuring costumed and staged female figures in park-like settings;[4] and Colour Field, a series that includes both photographs and paintings and explores the relationship between the two mediums.[5]

Works from Ivy House and Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe were included in Bubaš major solo exhibition A short history of subjects and objects, curated by Catherine Bedard and held at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris in 2008.[6] In 2013, photographs by Bubaš were installed at a Vancouver SkyTrain station as part of Capture Photography Festival.[7]

The Hills

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In 2009 Bubaš created a series of pastel drawings entitled With Friends Like These... depicting characters from the MTV reality series The Hills including Lauren Conrad, Whitney Port, Heidi Montag, and others. The series was originally inspired by pastel works by Paul Cesar Helleu that depicted attractive and famous women in the high ranks of Paris society during the late 1800s.[8] Images from With Friends Like These... were widely published and appeared in The New York Times,[9] In Touch Weekly,[10] Magenta Magazine, The Vancouver Sun, and on numerous blogs and websites. The works from this series were presented in a solo exhibition at the Charles H. Scott Gallery at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2009.[11]

Collections

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Select exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Karin Bubaš CV". monteclarkgallery.com. Monte Clark Gallery. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Gold, Kerry (November 15, 2003). "Inner Space Traveller". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver BC Canada.
  3. ^ Laurence, Robin (December 2003). "Karin Bubas". The Georgia Straight.
  4. ^ Burnham, Clint (November 16, 2006). "How Hitchcock Interacted with his Actresses". The Vancouver Sun.
  5. ^ Rosenfeld Lafo, Rachel (Winter 2012). "Karin Bubaš". Canadian Art: 140.
  6. ^ "Expositions Paris". Conassaince des Arts Photo. 18: 27–28. November 2008.
  7. ^ Lee, Julie. "Broadway-City Hall Station". capturephotofest.com. Capture Photography Festival. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  8. ^ "The Hills are Alive: Karin Bubas captures the drama of soap operas and landscapes". Magenta Magazine. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  9. ^ Stein, Joshua David (5 August 2009). "'The Hills' Lauren Conrad's Pastel Pathos". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  10. ^ "An artistic statement inspired by The Hills". In Touch Weekly. August 2009.
  11. ^ "Karin Bubaš: Return of the Hills People". Canadian Art Magazine. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  12. ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery Acquires 27 New Works of Art" (PDF). vanartgallery.bc.ca. Vancouver Art Gallery. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  13. ^ "Exterior Study at Night #12". ww2.glenbow.org. Glenbow Museum. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  14. ^ "Two T.V.s and an Ashtray – Bubas, Karin". belkin.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  15. ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  16. ^ "Past – Gordon Smith Gallery". www3.gordonsmithgallery.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  17. ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  18. ^ "Karin Bubaš: Scenes from the Paper Forest". Evergreen. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  19. ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  20. ^ "With Friends Like These... -- Libby Leshgold Gallery". libby.ecuad.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  21. ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  22. ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  23. ^ "Home Theatre – SFU Galleries – Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  24. ^ "Happy Friday Night | Artspeak". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
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