CONTACT
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ABOUT & CV [PDF]
Seth Fluker is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker whose work explores human attachment to place, environmental degradation and resilience, the evolving water cycle, and portraits shaped by time, presence, and exchange. His work has been exhibited at the Barbican Centre (London), the Daniels Building (Toronto), the Vancouver International Film Festival, and on 32 billboards across Canada as part of the Contact Photography Festival. His books, published by Art Metropole, Hassla, and New Documents, as well as self-published titles, are held in the library collections of MoMA, Tate Britain, and the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Arena Homme +, Blue Moon, Dazed, i-D, Sneeze, The Globe & Mail, The Guardian Review, and The Wire have commissioned Fluker to shoot portraits.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Outer Circle Road, Daniels Building, Toronto CA
- Seth & Sheila Stayed Behind, Art Metropole, Toronto CA
- The Blues Are Still Blue, Claire de Rouen Books, London UK
- Strange Days Indeed, Antisocial Gallery, Vancouver CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Strange & Familiar (curated by Martin Parr), Barbican Centre, London UK
- Bookmakers, Le Bal, Paris FR
- Bookmakers, Galerie Le Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse FR
- Various Photographs (curated by Tim Barber), NYPF, New York US
- Tiny Vices, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
- Tiny Vices (curated by Tim Barber), Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
- Tiny Vices (curated by Tim Barber), Studio B, Tokyo JP
SITE SPECIFIC
- Blueberry Hill (curated by Heather Rigg), Pattison Billboards with Contact, Cross-Canada
FILM FESTIVALS
- Pools, Antimatter, Victoria, CA
- Pools, Vancouver International Film Festival, World Premiere
ARTIST BOOKS
- At Water, Hassla
- Broken Clouds, Self -published
- Local, Live and Breaking, Self -published
- Seth & Sheila Stayed Behind, collaboration with Sheila Heti, New Documents
- Dressed for Space, Art Metropole
- Earth People, Working Title
- Before Things Change, Self-published
PUBLICATIONS
- Strange & Familiar, Edited by Alona Pardo & Martin Parr, Prestel
- High Tails, Edited by Sophie Mörner, Capricious
- Bruit de Fond/Background Noise, JSBJ
- Smoke Bath, Edited by Peter Sutherland, Seems Books
- Various Photographs, Edited by Tim Barber, TV Books
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Schwabsky, Barry: Picture Library - Border Crossings, #161
- Wine, Rachel: Northern Exposure - The Globe & Mail
- Bell, Stephanie: Dressed for Space - Dazed Digital
- Isaac, Madelaine: Earth People - Dazed Digital
- Before Things Change portfolio, The Gourmand, Issue 3
- The Water Issue, Capricious, Num. 13
- The Photo Issue: Still Life’s, Vice Magazine, Vol.8 / Num.7
- In Conversation: Tim Barber & Seth Fluker – Bad Day – Issue 5
- Zines: The Journal - Issue 9
PORTRAITURE
- Jeff Wall, Arena Homme+
- Alanis Obomsawin, Blue Moon
- Sky Glabush, Blue Moon
- Wolfgang Tillmans, Blue Moon
- Graham Foy, The Globe & Mail
- Charlotte Day Wilson, i-D Magazine #360
- Bambii, Sneeze, Fulfil the Dream Issue
- Linda Catlin Smith, The Wire, #397
- Isaiah Ceccarelli, The Wire, #397
- Wolfgang Tillmans, The Globe & Mail, Nov. 17th
- Takashi Homma, Sneeze, The Truth is Out There
- Thundercat, The Wire, #381
- Kara-Lis Coverdale, The Wire, #376
- Antoine Olivier Pilon, Dazed, W
- David Cronenberg & Sarah Gadon, Dazed, A/W 2014
- Shary Boyle, Dazed, Vol.III / Num.23
- Grimes, i -D, Num. 32
- Sheila Heti, Dazed and Confused, Vol.III / Num.12
- Sarah Polley, Dazed and Confused, Vol.III / Num.12
- Redia Soltis, Vice
GRANTS
- Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts
RESIDENCY
- X Marks the Bökship, London UK
COLLECTIONS
Library: Museum of Modern Art, New York USA
Library: Tate Britain, London UK
Library: Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven USA
Library: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto CA
Library: The Banff Centre, Banff CA
