
Area(s) of Expertise
Contemporary Photography, Digital Imaging, Installation-Based ArtOverview
Barbara Astman Bio 2016
Barbara Astman belongs to a visionary group of artists who have continued to radicalize visual culture since the early 1970s by defining new ways of seeing. Over four decades, she has explored a wide range of photo-based media and produced work, which has received national and international recognition. She is represented in important public, corporate and private collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Deutche Bank, New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Her artist’s archives are held in the E.P. Taylor Research Library & Archives, AGO.
Astman has an extensive and prestigious solo exhibition history, most recently, Barbara Astman Looking: Then and Now, a two-part exhibition (Corkin Gallery, 2016) and Barbara Astman: I as artifact featuring a new series of works accompanied by a comprehensive publication (McIntosh Gallery, 2014). In May 2011, her installation, Dancing with Che: Enter through the Gift Shop, (Kelowna Art Gallery, 2013) toured across Canada. Her major touring retrospective exhibition, Barbara Astman - Personal/Persona - A 20 Year Survey was curated by Liz Wylie (Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1995). She has been included in major group exhibitions, such as: Toronto: Tributes + Tributaries, 1971-1989 (AGO, 2016), Living Building Thinking: Art and Expressionism (McMaster Museum of Art, 2016), Look Again: Colour Xerography Art Meets Technology (AGO, 2015), Herland, (60 Wall Gallery, New York 2014), Light My Fire Part I: Some Propositions about Portraits and Photography (AGO, 2013), and Beautiful Fictions (AGO, 2009), among many others. Astman was commissioned to create a photographic installation (The Fossil Book) for the inaugural exhibition at the new Koffler Gallery (Toronto, 2013). Canadian Art Magazine featured a profile of Astman’s career in the Spring 2014 issue.
Astman has completed several public art commissions, including the Murano on Bay in Toronto comprised of 217 windows with photo-based imagery (2010), a public art installation for the new Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany (2005) and a floor installation for the Calgary Winter Olympics (1987).
Active in the Toronto arts community, Astman has served on numerous boards and advisory committees, including the AGO Board of Trustees (2009-2013). Currently, she is the Chair of the Art Advisory Committee, Koffler Gallery, Toronto and Vice President, Board of Directors, Prefix (ICA) Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto. In addition, she has co-curated an installation titled The Emergence of Feminism: Changing the Course of Art, featuring work by Joyce Wieland, Suzy Lake and Lisa Steele (AGO, 2008).
Astman has degrees from the Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, and Ontario College of Art. She has been a professor at OCAD University since 2001
Astman is represented by Corkin Gallery, Toronto.
Education
1970: Associate Degree, Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, Rochester, New York 1973: Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON, AOCA
Professional Experience
2007 – 2010 The Emergence of Feminism: Changing the Course of Art, Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto, co-curated with assistant curator, Georgiana Uhlyarik for Transformation AGO,
featuring work from the 1960s and 1970s by Joyce Wieland, Suzy Lake, Lisa Steele, and
Barbara Astman. These artists’ use of performance, film, video, collage, textiles and
photography challenged issues of gender and identity and created new ways of seeing the
world. The installation was on view at the AGO from November 2008 to June 2010.
2016 Guest Curator, Come Together, Propeller Gallery, Toronto
Selected Exhibitions
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Dancing With Che: Enter Through the Library, Beaverbrook Art Gallery,
Satellite space, Yellow Box Gallery, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Barbara Astman Then and Now, Corkin Gallery Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Astman Then and Now Part II, Corkin Gallery Toronto, Ontario
2015 I as artifact, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2014 It’s All About Style, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
I as artifact, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, Ontario
2013 Dancing With Che: Enter Through the Gift Shop, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
Untitled, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Dancing With Che: Enter Through the Gift Shop, McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Dancing With Che: Enter Through the Gift Shop, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Calgary, Alberta
2011 Dancing With Che: Enter Through the Gift Shop, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna,
British Columbia
Daily Collage, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Wonderland, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2007 The Newspaper Series, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Clementine Part I, II, III, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Revisiting Red and The Clementine Suite, Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Clementine Part I, II & III, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
2004 Barbara Astman: Clementine Part I, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
2003 dancing with che, Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Paris Postcard, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Dreaming Impressionism, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
1997 Scenes from a Movie for One, Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1995 Barbara Astman: Personal/Persona: A 20-Year Survey Exhibition, Art Gallery of
Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, travelled to Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia, Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, and Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1994 The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario
1993 The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
1992 The Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Saint-Laurent Art Gallery, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario
1990 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
1988 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
1986 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Musée du Québec, Québec City
Vu, Centre d'animation et de diffusion de la photographie, Québec City, Québec
1984 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Concordia Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
1983 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
1982 Centre culturel canadien, Paris, France
The Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
1981 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
The Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
The SUB Art Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
The Student Union Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
1980 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Whitewater Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
McIntosh Art Gallery, London, Ontario
Bruce Art Gallery, Canton, New York
Optica, Montréal, Québec
1979 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Jean Marie Antoine Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
1977 Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
1976 S.A.W. Gallery Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
1975 National Film Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1974 Ryerson Photo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1973 Baldwin Street Gallery of Photography, Toronto, Ontario
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Photography in Canada 1960 – 2000, Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
JUNO HOUSE:R-Evolution, Canada Council Art Bank Exhibition Space, Ottawa, Ontario
Fictions-Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection,
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
JUNO HOUSE:R-Evolution, Canada Council Art Bank exhibition, Ottawa, Ontario
2016 Stare, Vancouver Art Gallery, curated by Grant Arnold, Vancouver, British Columbia
Toronto: Tributes + Tributaries, 1971-1989, curated by Wanda Nanibush,
Assistant Curator of Canadian and Indigenous Art. Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto, Ontario
Living Building Thinking, McMaster Museum of Art, curated by Ihor Holubiziky,
Senior Curator, McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Portraits, self and others (it’s complicated), McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario,
curated by Director/Chief Curator James Patten
Chronologies, Museum London curated by Cassandra Getty and Melanie Townsend,
London, Ontario
Mapping Toronto’s Public Art Landscape 1967 – 2015, Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto, Ontario
Staging Abstraction, Art Gallery of Hamilton, curated by Melissa Bennett,
Hamilton, Ontario
2015 Look Again: Colour Xerography Art Meets Technology at the AGO,
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
The Double Bind: Conversations Between Modernism and Postmodernism,
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2014 Herland, 60 Wall Gallery, Deutsche Bank, New York City, New York
Art for a Century, 100 for the 100th, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
2013 We’re in the Library, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Light My Fire: Some Propositions about Portraits and Photography, Part I, curated by Sophie Hackett, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Flowers & Photography, McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario
2012 ContainR Art Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Calgary, Alberta
Re-Story: Works from the Permanent Collection, Kamloops Art Gallery,
Kamloops, British Columbia
Some Things Last a Long Time: Seeing the Self in Autobiographical Art,
McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, Ontario
Freedom of Assembly, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario
Flowers & Photography, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
125 & 45: an interrogative spirit, McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario
2011 Becoming: Photographs from the Collection of John and Ginny Soule,
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
New Acquisitions, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2010 Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, Art Gallery of Mississauga,
Mississauga, Ontario
Natural. /Disaster./, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, Ontario
Art School (Dismissed), Shaw Street School, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Still Revolution: Suspended in Time, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art,
Toronto, Ontario
Beautiful Fictions, Photography at the AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Dancing While Driving, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008 CLICK, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Luminous Body, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
The Presence of Portraits, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Story Time: Narrative in Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
2007 Nexus: Histories and Communities, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
Out of Body, Deutsche Bank, New York, New York
Framed: the Art of the Portrait, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Flat, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Impulse Archaeology, WHITE BOX, New York, New York, travelled to Museum of
Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
Reading the Picture, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Prince Edward Island
2006 A Century of Art in Canada, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
Expressions, Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
On Paper 2: Ideas of Order, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Les Revenants, Le Mois de la Photo, MAI, (Montréal, arts interculturels),
Montréal, Québec
2004 Identities: Canadian Portraits, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
2003 Absolute Shape: Celebrating 50 Years of Collecting, Mackenzie Art Gallery,
Regina, Saskatchewan
The Found and the Familiar, Snapshots in Contemporary Canadian Art, TPW Gallery,
Toronto, Ontario, travelled to Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Art Gallery of Bishop’s
University, Sherbrooke, Québec
2002 Docu Lomo, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Ontario
Celebrating 60 Years, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, Ontario
Three Artists: Barbara Astman, John Massey, Reinhard Reitzenstein, Exceler@tor,
Toronto, Ontario
2001 Osmosis: the passage, Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Taking on Colour: Technique in Colour Photography, Canadian Museum of
Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
Woman of Substance: Images from the Collection, Art Gallery of Hamilton,
Hamilton, Ontario
The Art of Mentoring, Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario
2000 From the Collection: Flowerpieces, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography,
Ottawa, Ontario
Photos géniques, Maison des arts de Laval, Montréal, Québec
Reflections on the Artist: Portraits and Self Portraits, National Gallery of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
IMAGES, Photo Works From the Collection, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art,
Toronto, Ontario
Awards \ Grants
2007 National Magazine Award, Silver Award for the Newspaper Series as presented in Prefix
Magazine, Toronto, Ontario
Commissions
Public Art/Commissions, Awards and Related Activities 2007: National Magazine Award, Silver Award for the Newspaper Series as presented in Prefix Magazine, Toronto, Ontario 2006: The Murano on Bay, Toronto, Ontario. (I have been awarded a public art project that incorporates colour photographic imagery on 217 exterior windows on the building. Completed May 2010) Private Commission, Present Tense: Generational Projection Flashlight Commission for the Christian Keesee Collection, The Keesee Library, Oklahoma City, OK. (This is a series of electrified suspended projection flashlights that project faces of a variety of people on the floor in the site-specific custom-built room.) 2005: New Loblaws Headquarters, Brampton, Ontario. (I created a series of three site-specific photographic murals for the atrium space.) Scale: 6? x 15? each. Medium: Digital output on canvas. Completed: October 2005 2003-2005: The new Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. (I designed an image to be applied to the glass tower surrounding the Great Timber Hall.) 2000-2004: Centre For Jewish Campus Life, University of Toronto. (In collaboration with Susan Friedrich Architect Inc., I designed the etched glass windows which encompass the spiritual room and act as a signifier for the identity of the building.) Completed May, 2004. 1999: The Portal Project, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, site-specific photo murals for two series of six residence entrances. 1995: Simcoe Place Public Art Project, Cadillac Fairview Corporation, Toronto, Tribute, photographically etched glass interior sculpture.
Selected Publications
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (Reviews, Articles, and Books)
2017 Holubizky, Ihor, Living, Building, Thinking: Art and Expressionism, Belton, Robert,
Dietmar, Elger, Heller, Reinhold Heller and Holubizky, Ihor. McMaster Museum of Art, ABC Art
Books Canada, 2017, p. 5-6, p. 162-163.
2016 Knelman, Sara. “Barbara Astman, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Canada.” FRIEZE, https://www.frieze.com/article/barbara-astman, June 3.
Knelman, Sara. “Barbara Astman, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Canada.” FRIEZE,
No.181, 25th anniversary issue, September, pg. 176.
Whyte, Murray. “For Contact, Paul Butler at Division, Barbara Astman at Corkin.”
Toronto Star, Entertainment, Visual Arts, May 3
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2016/05/03/for-contact-...
Adams, James. “The Contact Photography Festival exhibits the experts can’t wait to see.” The Globe and Mail, Globe Arts, April 29, p. R3, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/the-contact-pho...
Fasche, Melanie. “The Artful City: Interview with Barbara Astman.” Spacing Magazine, http://spacing.ca/toronto/2016/02/18/the-artful-city-interview-with-barb...
Broda, Maggie. “Interview with Artist and OCAD U Professor: Barbara Astman.”
Fleck Contemporary Art Magazine. Vol. 8, Issue 1, Toronto, Ontario, Spring/Summer,
p. 20-21.
2015 Sackler, Elizabeth A. Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/barbaraastman
KhipuZ. Peru’s Contemporary Cultural Magazine, PARC: A Cultural Phenomenon. April, http://www.khipuz.com/parc-a-cultural-phenomenon/
Morsch, Mike. The Vinyl Dialogues Volume II: Dropping the Needle. Biblio Publishing, Columbus Ohio, p. 239-248.
Whyte, Murray. “On the Wall, I as Artifact.” Toronto Star, Section E, September 1,
p. E4.
Cooley, Alison. “Review: Modernism and Postmodernism Find
Camaraderie,” The Double Bind. Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canadian Art, Spring, http://canadianart.ca/reviews/the-double-bind-review-modernism-and-postm... camaraderie/
2014 Clarke, Bill. ARTnews, Reviews: International. Barbara Astman, Corkin Toronto, Volume 113, Number 4, New York, April, p. 110.
Israelson, David. “Modern art lovers make pilgrimage to Texas Desert Town.”
The Globe and Mail. December 16, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/modern-art-lover...
Errett, Benjamin. “It’s all about style.” The National Post, Arts & Life, January 27, p.1.
Islander, Martin (producer). Online video profile, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HBz7drlEYE
Lewington, Jennifer, “School’s out- and reinvented spaces are in.” The Globe and Mail,
November 13, p. B15.
Uhlyarik, Georgiana. “A Movie for One.” Canadian Art, Spring, p. 110-116.
2013 Aang, Ashley. “One-on-One with Barbara Astman.” Lomography International Magazine, Toronto, Ontario.
Anon. “Fit to Print.” Flare, Vol. 35 / NO 10, Localist, Toronto, October, p. 38.
Cooley, Alison. “Old School is New Again in Artscape’s Latest Revamp.”
Canadian Art Online.
Jager, David. “Che on the body.” NOW Magazine, Art Reviews, July 4-11, Volume 32,
Number 44, p. 48.
McNamara, Rea, Blouin, “Barbara Astman Collaborates with Jonathan+Olivia on
“Newspaper” Scarves.” ARTINFO, Monday, Silhouettes, http://blogs.artinfo.com/silhouettes/2013/10/17/barbara-astman-collabora..., October 21.
Schecter, Fran. “Library love, Koffler fetes its school connection.” NOW Magazine,
Issue 1655, Vol. 33, No. 16, December 19-25, p. 62.
Uhylarik, Georgiana. Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Art Gallery of Ontario, ed. Jim Shedden, p. 289.
Whyte, Murray, “Downtown, an uptown gallery finds a home.” Toronto Star, p E1+ E2, Monday November 18, Section E.
2012 Leong, Melissa, “SOLD, what three artists would buy at the important Canadian Art
Auction at Sothebys.” National Post, May 24, Visual Arts, p. AL 3.
Schecter, Fran. “Fresh mashups, Collage persists in the digital age,” NOW Magazine, Vol. 31 No. 52, August 23-30.
Van de Ven, Lisa. “Framing the evolution of Photography.” Globe and Mail,
January 7, p. 8.
Whyte, Murray. “Freedom of Assembly, Oakville Galleries.” Toronto Star,
online edition, July 7.
Wylie, Liz. “Barbara Astman.” Canadian Art, Spring, p. 120.
2011 Moser ,Gabrielle. “Barbara Astman, Corkin Gallery.” Artforum.com/critics’ pick, ARTFORUM, October.
Priegert, Portia. “Barbara Astman: Feature Preview,” Galleries West, Summer,
Volume 10, Number 2, p. 30.
Wylie, Liz. “Astman takes a dance with che,” Kelowna Capital News, Kelowna,
British Columbia, April 27, p. B7.
2010 Marr, Garry. “Art of the build,” National Post, June 5, p. 4.
2009 Blaikie, Fiona. CANADIAN ART/WORKS: A Resource for Primary, Junior,
Intermediate and Senior Teachers. Thunder Bay: Lakehead University,
Canadian Society for Education through Art, p. 73, 114, 195.
Dault, Gary Michael. “Barbara Astman and Sharon Switzer at the Corkin Gallery.”
The Globe and Mail, December 5, p. R17.
Kostoff, Larissa. “Astman Opens AGO, Completes Major Public Art Project,”
Sketch (newsletter of Ontario College of Art and Design University), January, p. 18-19.
Liss, David, and Bonnie Rubenstein. Still Revolution: Suspended in Time.
Toronto: Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Contact Catalogue, p. 16-33.
Saint-Jacques, Rosanne. “Process of Development,” National Post, April 30, p. AL8.
Uhylarik, Georgiana. Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Ed.
Jim Shedden, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, p. 289.
Van de Ven, Lisa. “Home is where the art is,” National Post, January 24.
Whyte, Murray. “Barbara Astman’s Wonderland at Jane Corkin.” Toronto Star,
online edition, November 16.
Whyte, Murray. “Contact 2009, Photographic free-for-all finally gets some respect,”
Toronto Star, April 30, p. E1; E6.
Whyte, Murray, “Beautiful Fictions,” Toronto Star, November, 5.
2008 Goddard, Peter. “The lost art of portraits,” The Toronto Star, February 9, p. E15.
Glick, Julie. Online Interview, MAG Publication, (Mass Art Guide), Toronto,
WWW.MASSARTGUIDE.COM, April.
Graham, David. “Instant History: Developing into a thing of the past … Fade to Black,”
Toronto Star, April 3, L1, 3.
2007 Cramp, Beverly. “Artworks in the law office: not just decoration,” The Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 27, No.13, August 10, p. 21.
Rhodes, Richard. “Toronto NOW.” Canadian Art, Volume 24, Number 4,
Winter/December, p. 67-68.
Sandals, Leah. “Questions &Artist, the better way to recycle newspaper.” National Post,
April 19, p. 5.
2006 Canadian Portraits. Ed. Sharona Adamowicz-Clements, McMichael Canadian
Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario.
Carte Blanche Photography 1. Toronto: The Magenta Foundation, p. 14-15.
Dault, Julia. “A light on survival, loss and the future.” National Post, January 12,
p. AL 10.
Holubizky, Ihor. The Clementine Suite. Toronto: Koffler Gallery, January.
Jordan, Betty Ann. “Barbara Astman,” Toronto Life, February, Vol. 40, No. 2, p. 100-1
Mays, John Bentley. “Canadian Embassy in Berlin.” Canadian Architect, February,
Volume 51, Number 2, p. 33-38.
Ramulkan, Camille. “The Art for Heart for Casey House,” Luxe Magazine, Vol. 1,
Issue 1, Nov. 2.
2005 Chalykoff, Leighann. “Photographer’s work creates a shadowy universe,”
The Whitehorse Star, May 6, p. 41.
De Georgio.Lorianna. “Finding Colour in Blackness,” North York Town Crier,
December, p. 9.
Garmet. Eldon. Impulse Archaeology. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 266-67.
Keevil, Genesee. “Celebrating the ordinary,” The Yukon News, May 2, p. 12.
Langford, Martha. “Image & Imagination.” Montréal: le Mois de la Photo à Montréal,
p. 185-190.
Papoff, Lawrence. “Susan Friedrich, Designs for Living,” Lifestyles, Vol.33, No. 195,
p. 38-40.
Vaughan, RM. “The Big Picture.” National Post, April 30, p. TO 11.
2004 Browne, Kelvin. “It isn’t a snap”, National Post, February 7, SP, 1, 9
Brunet, Carrie. “UJA Federation of Toronto host first annual artist awards”
Annex Guardian (Toronto), Oct. 15, p. 3
Enright, Robert. “Three Photographers: Barbara Astman, Ruth Kaplan, Lori Newdick.”
Border Crossings, Volume 23, Number 1, p. 44-50.
Grant, Vanessa. “The life and inspiration behind the photos of Barbara Astman.”
Centre of the City (Toronto), Volume 1, Number 5, November/December, p. 89-91.
Martin, E.Sandra, “Living the Dream”, MoneySense, February/March. Vol.6, No. 1,
p. 47.
Wright, David. “On Sabbatical,” Sketch (newsletter of the Ontario College of Art and
Design University), Spring, cover & p. 7-8.
2003 Wylie, Liz. “Barbara Astman.” Canadian Art, Fall, Volume 20, Number 3, p. 139.
2002 Walker, Susan. “Art by Numbers,” Toronto Star, June 1, p. K6.
2001 Black, Debra, Mentors help crack the glass ceiling, International Women's Week,
Toronto Star, Monday, March 5, p. C1 & C8.
Mays, John Bentley. “The secret life of picture postcards.” National Post, September 8,
p. F8.
2000 Coleman, A.D. “Letter from Toronto/New York, No. 86.” Photo Metro, Volume 18, Issue 157, San Francisco, California, p. 30-31.
Henighan, Tom. The Maclean’s Companion to Canadian Arts and Culture.
Vancouver: Raincoast Books, p. 84; 90.
Outstanding People of the 20th Century. Cambridge, England: International
Biographical Centre.
Penaloza, Si Si. “Toronto, An Art Scene Not to Be Missed.” Art News (New York),
Volume 99, Number 9, October, p. 113-120.
Sykes, Claire. “Barbara Astman, Insider Profile.” Photo Insider, New Jersey,
Volume 21, November /December, p. 36-39.
1999 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of The 20th Century. Cambridge, England:
International Biographical Centre.
2000 Outstanding Artists and Designers of the 20th Century. Cambridge, England:
International Biographical Centre.
Canadian Who’s Who. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Dictionary of International Biography, Twenty-Eighth Edition. Cambridge, England:
International Biographical Centre.
Murray, Joan. Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Toronto, Dundurn Press,
p. 167-170.
Penaloza, Si Si. “Beautiful Blasphemy,” NOW, (Toronto), Vol. 18, Number 37,
May 13-19, p. 40
1998 Holubizky, Ihor. “Barbara Astman-Jane Corkin Gallery.” art/text, Australia,
Number 60, February-April, p. 97.
Mastin, Catharine M. Changing Spirits: Canadian Art of the 1960s and 70s. Kamloops:
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, 1998, p. 8; 31-32.
1997 Bourduas, Céline. “LE MCPC, Une Vitrine Pur la Photographie Canadienne
Contemporaine,” Photo Selection Magazine, Dec 97/Jan 98. Volume 18, numero 1,
Québec, p. 43-45.
Jordan, Betty Ann. “Gallery Going: Barbara Astman and Eadweard Muybridge at
Jane Corkin,” Globe and Mail, October 4, p. C13.
Jordan, Betty Ann. “Gallery Going: Narrative at Archive,” Globe and Mail, March 22,
p. C11.
Saunders, Douglas. “Contemporary art’s corporate dividends,” Globe and Mail,
January 18.
1996 Liss, David. “Montréal, Copy Art: What Happened To The Pioneers?” artfocus, Winter,
Volume 4, Number 2, p. 20-23.
Lypchuk,Donna. “The Scene is Dead,” eye (Toronto), November 14, Vol. 6, Issue 5, p. 9.
Siebert, Sherrill. “Artist Astman gets personal with persona.” Sight lines,
Loops Magazine, February.
Soodeen, Jeanine. “Performance ties works together,” Kamloops This Week, January 24, p. 27.
1995 Anon., “Barbara Astman: Personal/Person”, Insights, Spring, Volume 7, No. 1.
Anon., “Barbara Astman: Personal/Persona” Kitchener -Waterloo Art Gallery Calendar,
Newsletter, Summer, Vol. X11, Number 2.
Bowen, Lisa Balfour. “Simply Red,” The Sunday Sun(Toronto), April 16,
Contemporary Photographers. Detroit: St. James Press.
Bowen, Lisa Balfour. “The Artful City,” The Sunday Sun (Toronto), August 27, p. 10.
Fulford, Robert. “Photography and its discontents.” Canadian Art, Spring, Volume 12,
Number 1, p. 56-65.
Gooderham, Mary. “Work in Progress (97),” Globe and Mail, April 14, p. A13.
Hlynsky, David. “Like Smoke through a Keyhole: Symbolism and Metaphor in
Contemporary Photography.” BLACKFLASH, Summer, Volume 13, Number 2.
Klages, Gregory “Explore Yourself.” id Magazine, May 25 – June 7, Volume 4,
Number 15, p. 32.
Kosowan, Gene and E. Susan Witwicki. “Turn Her Loose,” Vue Weekly (Montréal),
October 5-11, Issue # 3.
Mahoney, Jeff. “Barbara Astman,” The Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario), June 6,
Section B, p. 1.
1994 Anon., “Exhibitions reveal views on the nature of perception,” Western News,
November 3, p. 9.
Swain, Robert. Hidden Values, Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections.
Introduction by R. Fulford. Toronto/Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, p .84, 141.
1992 Tippet, Maria. By a Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women.
Toronto: Penguin Books Canada Limited, p. 171-172.
1990 Hanna, Deirdre. “Astman’s fruitful metaphor probes the beauty of aging,”
NOW Magazine (Toronto), September 6.
1989 Howell-Koehler, Nancy. The Creative Camera. Worcester, Mass.:
Davis Publications Inc., p. 8, and colour insert.
1988 Mays, John Bentley, “Barbara Astman at the Sable Castelli Gallery,” Globe and Mail, April 22.
Weiner, Gary. “Barbara Astman: an Olympian Artist,” Irondequoit Press, New York, February 9.
Wylie, Liz. “Astman’s slick photos unveil myths of romance,” NOW Magazine,
Toronto, Ontario, April 14, p. 49.
1986 Perdue, Jane. “Astman’s Travels,” NOW Magazine (Toronto), March 13.
1985 Canadian Encyclopedia, The. (entry by Karyn Elizabeth Allen) Edmonton:
Hurtig Publishers, Vol. I, p. 110.
Dowbiggin, Anna. “Instant Art,” Wardair World, January, p. 40-41.
1984 Bayer, Fern. The Ontario Collection. Toronto: Ontario Heritage Foundation and
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, p. 275, 297, 298.
Bennett, Bryan, and Constance P. Hall, Discovering Canadian Art, Learning the
Language. Toronto: Prentice Hall Canada Inc., p. 57.
Mays, John Bentley, “Astman gives plastic new meaning,” Globe and Mail, March 22,
p. E-7.
Murray, Joan. “Astman’s Stepping Out,” The Art Post (Toronto), Vol. 2, No. 1, June/July, p. 9.
National Film Board of Canada: Contemporary Canadian Photography from the
Collection of the National Film Board. (Foreward by Hugh MacLennan, Introduction by
Martha Langford) Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, p 110.
Turner, Ralph. “Art Exhibition from Ontario now at Canada House Gallery,”
Canada Today/D’aujourd’hui, No. 6. London, England (Canadian High Commission),
p. 15-16.
1983 Anon., “Art and Architecture,” Alberta Association of Architects’ Newsletter (Calgary), Vol. 2, No. 3, July, p. 11.
Burnett, David and Schiff, Marilyn. Contemporary Canadian Art. Edmonton:
Hurtig Publishers, p. 207-208.
Tousley, Nancy. “Linoleum resurfaces – in the form of art,” Calgary Herald, June 23.
White, Stephanie. “Michael Hayden, Barbara Astman. Calgary: Nickle Arts Museum,”
Vanguard, Vol. 12, No. 7, September, p. 53-54.
1982 Anon. “Camera art exposed at Center,” The Paris Free Voice (Paris, France), Vol.5,
No.4, April, p. 1.
Anon. Untitled short notice, Écoute Voir (Paris, France), No. 3, April, p. 12.
Mays, John Bentley, “Old linoleum gets new life,” Globe and Mail, June 12.
Parkin, Jeanne. Art in Architecture. Toronto: Visual Arts Ontario, p. 125.
1981 Anon. “Barbara Astman: experimenting with communication” Stages Magazine, Lethbridge, Alberta, Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall, p. 20-21.
Bowen, Lisa Balfour. “Artist is red, black and fine,” Toronto Star, April 5.
McDougall, Arthur. “Barbara Astman, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge,
September 5 to 27,” Vanguard, Vol. 10, No. 9, November, p. 40.
Saint-Jacques, Rosanne. “Barbara Astman: Peut-Être un “Body Art” Photographique,”
Parachute, Spring, No. 22, p. 40-41.
1980 Abbot, Louise. “Words and Images,” Afterimage (Rochester, N.Y.), November, p. 18.
Astman, Barbara. Untitled artist’s statement, Photo-Communiqué, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall,
p. 40-41.
Burf, Kay. “Art: The Summer Show at the Still Photo Gallery: pictures to open our
minds,” Ottawa Revue, July 6, p. 5.
Carroll, Nancy. “Barbara Astman, Sable-Castelli Gallery,Toronto, January 5 to 19,
Vanguard, Vol. 9. No. 2, March, p. 30.
Dault, Gary Michael. “Barbara’s blow-up ...,” Toronto Star, January 12, 1980, p. F-7.
Freedman, Adele . “Portrait: Toronto,” Portfolio Magazine, April/May Vol. II, No. 2,
p. 100-104.
Hazelgrove, Nancy. “Barbara Astman – Sable-Castelli Gallery,” Artists’ Review,
Toronto, Ontario, Vol. 3, No. 4.
Kieran, Michael. “Machine made for office allows copyart freedom,” Globe and Mail, December 1.
Langford, Martha. “The Wordworks of Barbara Astman,” Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3, p. 70-73.
Mays, John Bentley, “Xerography: the art of the stat,” Globe and Mail, May 31, p.11.
“Notices: Exhibits.” Afterimage (Rochester, NY), Vol. 7, No. 6, January, p. 19.
Pawlenko, Lydia. “Barbara Astman, Sable-Castelli Gallery Ltd., January 5-19,” artscanada, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, April/May, p. 39-40.
Purdie, James. “Gallery reviews,” Globe and Mail, January 12.
Purdie, James. “Through their Eyes,” City Woman, Fall, p. 55-61.
Reeves, John. “Art in a snap: SX-70 expressionism,” Toronto Life, June, p. 54-57.
Scholl, Jane D. “Press the button – and out comes art,” Smithsonian, Vol. II, No. 7, October.
1979 Canning, Barbel. “Survey shows being a woman no handicap in photography – it may even be a plus,” Canadian Photography Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 12, January, p. 21-23.
Dault, Gary Michael. “Artist gets bound up in her work,” Toronto Star, January 9.
Freedman, Adele. “Gallery reviews,” Globe and Mail, March 10, p. 38.
Freedman, Adele “Janus is the foder of the artworld”, Fanfare, August 4, p.9.
Freedman, Adele. “Creating with Xerox's 6500” Globe and Mail.
Kritzwiser, Kay. “Postcards return, thanks to xerography,” Globe and Mail, July 24.
1978 Dault, Gary Michael. “Photography: the impure narratives of Barbara Astman,”
Saturday Night Magazine, Vol. 93, No. 5, June, p. 56-7.
Firpo, Patrick, Lesler Alexander, Claudia Katayangi, and Steve Ditlea. Copy Art.
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, pp. 48-49.
Oxorn, Pearl. “NFB Exhibition: Photography – a “magic” medium,” Ottawa Journal,
July 8, p. 30.
Wade, Kent. Alternative Photographic Processes. New York: Morgan and Morgan Inc.,
colour insert.
1977 Haskell, Molly and Danielle B Hayes. Women Photograph Men. New York:
William Morrow and Co. Inc., p. 118.
McWillie, Judith. “Exploring electrostatic print media,” Print Review (New York,
Pratt Graphics Center), No. 7, p. 75-81.
Nations, Opal L. “The Man Who Entered Pictures, Barbara Astman at Sable-Castelli,”
Only Paper Today, Vol. 4, No. 7, October, p. 6.
Zemans, Joyce. “Colour Xerography, Art Gallery of Ontario, October 26 - November 2,
1976,” artscanada, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1, March/April, p. 62-63.
1976 Bodolai, Joe. “Six Exhibitions; Barbara Astman: Deja Vu Gallery of Photographic Art, January 6 - February 5” artscanada, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, April/May, p. 64.
Richardson, J.E. “Toronto: Colour Xerography Show at the AGO,” artmagazine, Vol. 8, No. 30, December 1976/January, 1977, p. 19-22.
Teres, Rosemary. “Three artists take modern look at the human figure,”
Rochester Times-Union, June 12-19.
1975 Art Gallery of Ontario (with Gage Publishing Ltd.), Toronto. Exposure: Canadian Contemporary Photographers, p. 114.
National Film Board of Canada. The National Film Board Salutes International
Women’s Year, 1975, reprinted as Monk, Lorraine, The Female Eye/Coup d’oeil
féminin, Ottawa: National Film Board of Canada.
Van Dusen, Ray. “Photos and other Media” (undated review clipping from 1975),
The Ottawa Citizen (on file at CMCP).
1974 Dault, Gary Michael. “Young Artist’s Sense of Humour comes through in Xerox
Prints,” Toronto Star, November 8.
1973 Martin, Robert. “Two Picasso shows cover wide range” (review), Globe and Mail, September 8, p 28.
1966 Canadian Encyclopedia Plus, The. (entry by Karyn Elizabeth Allen) Toronto,
McCelland and Stewart, CD ROM.
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2017 Kunard, Andrea, Photography in Canada 1960 -2000, Canadian Photography Institute of
the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, p. 31-32. , ABC Art
Books Canada
2106 Valente, Francesca, Out of the Bush Garden, Contemporary Artists from Central-Eastern
Canada, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, pg 56-57.
2014 McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, Ontario, Barbara Astman I as artifact, essays by Catherine Elliot Shaw and Georgiana Uhlyarik.
Deutsche ArtWorks, 60 Wall Gallery, Herland, Deutsch Bank, NYC, New York 2014 essay by Liz Christensen, Senior Curator/Director.
2013 Art Gallery of Peterborough/McMaster Museum of Art, Ontario. Flowers and Photography, curated by Carla Garnet, essays by Edward Colless, Sally McKay and Carla Garnet.
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario. Barbara Astman dancing with che: enter through the gift shop, essay by Liz Wylie.
2012 McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, Ontario. Some Things Last a Long Time, essay by Matthew Ryan Smith.
2011 Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario. Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, essay by Geraldine Davis.
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia. Barbara Astman dancing with che: enter through the gift shop, essay by Liz Wylie.
Nicol, Heather. Art School Dismissed. Toronto, Ontario: Lakeview Press.
2007 Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia. Nexus: Histories and Communities, essay by Liz Wylie.
2006 Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. The Clementine Suite, essay by Ihor Holubizky.
2005 Image & Imagination, Le Mois de la Photo a Montréal, Montréal, essay by Martha Langford.
2000 Maison des Arts de Laval, Québec. Photo Géniques, essay by Monique B.Weinmann.
Stacey, Robert. Into The Deep End, The Art of Mentoring at the Ontario College of Art & Design. Toronto: Lieutenant Governor's Suite, Queen’s Park.
1995 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario. Barbara Astman: Personal/Persona A 20-Year Survey Exhibition, essay by Liz Wylie.
1990 The Koffler Gallery, Toronto. Rock, is there something you’re not telling me?,, essay by Ihor Holubizky.
1989 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario. Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989).
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. Electroworks, essay by Marilyn McCray.
London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, Ontario. Selections from the John Labatt Limited Collection.
1988 Lavalin, Montréal. Scripta Manent, essays by Léo Rosshandler and Céline Mayrand
1985 Direction des affaires culturelles de la Ville de Paris, Paris Audiovisuel. Génération Polaroid.
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland: Visual Facts, essay by Michael Tooby.
1984 Canada House Cultural Centre Gallery, London, England. Art by Design.
1983 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario: Photographic Sequences, introduction by Jann Bailey.
Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta: Barbara Astman: Places, essay by Karyn E. Allen.
Stacey, Robert. The Hand Holding the Brush: Self Portraits by Canadian Artists. London: London Regional Art Gallery, p. 116-117.
1982 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario: Barbara Astman.
Centre culturel canadien, Paris. Barbara Astman: Rouge/Red, exhibition catalogue, essay by Karyn Allen.
Ontario House, Paris, France. Aperçu de l’art de l’Ontario (Ontario Art on View).
1981 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario. Viewpoint: Twenty-Nine by Nine, essay by Glen E. Cumming.
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario. Realism: Structure and Illusion, curated by Judith and David Nasby.
National Film Board of Canada, Ottawa. Portraits.
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta. Barbara Astman: Red, essay by Adele Freedman.
1980 Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, essay by Val Greenfield.
Art Gallery at Harbourfront. The Eye of the Beholder, essay by Anita Aarons.
McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario: Barbara Astman, essay by Joyann Saunders.
National Film Board of Canada, Ottawa. Words and Images.
Ontario College of Art, Toronto. Experimental Faculty, (includes an interview with Astman by Shelagh Alexander).
1979 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Translations: Photographic Images with New Forms.
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. Electroworks, essay by Marilyn McCray.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Translations: Photographic Images with New Forms.
Italia/Canada Committee for Cultural Exchange, Toronto. “20 x 20” Italia-Canada.
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Winnipeg Perspective, essay by Karyn Allen.
1978 Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary. First Canadian Bienniale of Prints and Drawings.
Edmonton Art Gallery. Sweet Immortality: A Selection of Photographic Portraits, curated by Doug Clark.
Edmonton Art Gallery. Sweet Immortality: A Selection of Photographic Portraits, 1978, curated by Doug Clark.
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario. Young Contemporaries.
1977 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. 100 Years: Evolution of the Ontario College of Art.
1976 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Colour Xerography, curated by Karyn Allen.
Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, Washington. New Photographics 76.
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Spectrum Canada.
1975 National Film Board of Canada, Ottawa: Photography 1975.
REPRODUCTIONS (No text, includes artist’s designed photo inserts)
2016 N+1 Literary publication, I as artifact# 12, p.108, Issue 25, Spring 2016, New York City, New York
2015 Keeping Reflections Fresh: Top Educators Share Their Innovations in Health Professional Education, Kent State University Press, Editors Allan Peterkin and Pamela Brett-MacLean
2008 Marche, Stephen. “Capitalism Taking Scalps,” Toronto Star, April 12, Ideas, ID4, image only.
2006 Prefix Photo, Volume 7, Number 2, November, p. 50-55.
2003 ShotBox (Toronto), Secrets, Postcard Set.
2002 Saturday Night, Volume 117, Number 2, May, p. 7.
2000 Toronto Life, Volume 34, Number 12, August, p. 92-93.
1999 Canada: A Portrait, Ministry of Industry, Statistics Canada, p. 40
1996 Desperate Act 3, (Rochester, New York), Winter, cover art.
1986 C Magazine, # 9, Spring, Toronto, p. 28-32.
1981 Impulse (Toronto), Vol. 9, No.1, Spring, p. 11-12.
1980 Fireweed, No. 5 & 6, Winter, 1979/80, Spring, Toronto, p. 43-45.
1975 Impulse (Toronto), Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring, p. 12-14.
OVO Photo, No. 19, Jan/Feb. p. 10.
1974 Impressions, (Ottawa: National Film Board of Canada) p. 92, 9, 1974.
Impulse (Toronto), Vol. 4, Nos. 4/5, Summer, p. 55.
OVO Photo, No. 17/18, Sept/Oct., p. 67.
Image Nation, Toronto: Coach House Press, (n.d. ca mid 1970's), No. 12, p. 10, 27-29
Image Nation 15, Toronto: Coach House Press, Hylnsky, David, Editor, (n.d. ca mid 1970's), No. 15, p. 4; 42.
Image Nation 16, Toronto: Coach House Press, Puckering, Shirley, Editor, (n.d. ca mid 1970's), No. 16, p. 6-12
Professional Affiliations / Boards / Juries
2016 – Present Vice President, Board of Directors, Prefix (ICA) Institute of Contemporary Art,
Toronto, Ontario
2014 – Present Chair, Koffler Gallery Art Advisory Committee, Toronto, Ontario
2011 – 2013 Canadian Curatorial Committee, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
2009 – 2013 Board of Trustees, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
2006 – 2011 Art Committee, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
2006 – 2010 Arts on Track Committee, Toronto Community Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
1999 – 2000 Educational Advisory Committee, Education Department, Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto, Ontario
1989 – 1992 Board of Directors, Arts Foundation of Greater Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1986 – 1989 Appointed Member, City of Toronto Public Art Commission, Toronto, Ontario
1988 Chair: Toronto Arts Awards, Visual Arts Jury, Toronto, Ontario
Member, Curatorial Team: WaterWorks Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
1983 – 1985 Board of Directors, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
1977 – 1983 Coordinator of Colour Xerox Artists’ Program, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, Ontario