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G r e g     S t a a t s

b. 1963, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
First Nations Affiliation: Mohawk

Photographer Greg Staats graduated from Sheridan College, Ontario, in 1985. Working often in series of diptychs and triptychs and incorporating English and Aboriginal text, Staats's work seeks to reinscribe positive, yet non-romanticized images of First Nations People and their relationship with the land. In addition to the inclusion of his work in the 1992 film Medicine River, commissions include photos for the Ontario Women's Directorate and the Native Studies Curriculum Guideline by the Ontario Ministry of Education, both in 1991.

R E C E N T   E X H I B I T I O N S

1998 Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices.
Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

Photographic Works.
Art Gallery Of  North York, Toronto, Ontario

Memory: A Study in the Architecture of Emotion.
AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1996 AlterNative.
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario

London Life Young Contemporaries '96.
London Regional Art Gallery London, Ontario
1995-96 Storyland: Narrative Vision and Social Space.
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
1994 From Icebergs to Iced Tea.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario; Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1993-94 Multiplicity: A New Cultural Strategy.
University of BC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia
1993 Le Mois de la Photo.
Montréal, Québec

Maui oo me - A Gathering of People.
OO Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Contemporary Camera.
Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992 Submuloc Show, Extinct/Distinct (travelling)
1991 Visions of Power.
Harbourfront/Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

 

S E L E C T E D   C O L L E C T I O N S

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

S E L E C T E D   B I B L I O G R A P H Y

"Artist’s statement." Photography (April 1991): 24.

Avery, Roberta. "Artist shares the 'great love of peace'." Windspeaker 15, no. 6 (October 1997): 14.

"Don't mess with my Nation." Globe & Mail Metro Edition, 28 June 1991, p. C8. [Review: Jane Corkin Gallery]

Henry, Victoria,and Shelley Niro. From Icebergs to Iced Tea. Thunder Bay, Ontario: Thunder Bay Art Gallery; Ottawa, Ontario: Carleton University Art Gallery, 1994.

Kanbara, Bryce and Alfred Young Man. Visions of Power: Contemporary Art by First Nations, Inuit and Japanese Canadians. Toronto, Ontario: Earth Spirit Festival, 1991.

Mark, Lisa Gabrielle. "Summer reading '96." C Magazine, no. 50 (July - September 1996): 27.

Mastai, Judith. "The post-colonial landscape." Blackflash 14, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 10-13.

Richardson, Joan, Robin Metcalfe, and Charlotte Townsend-Gault. "Full houses." Canadian Art 14, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 62-71. [Reviews of: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art '96, London Life Young Contemporaries '96, and Topographies: Aspects of Recent B.C. Art]

Staats, Greg. "The urban village." Aboriginal Voices 1, no. 4 (Fall 1994): 32-35.

Woodford, Julian. "Positive image: The photographs of Greg Staats." Photo Life 16, no. 9 (November 1991): 32-38.

 
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