Curtis Wehrfritz is an artist whose exhibitions have evolved from a career as a film maker. His music videos have garnished two Best Director awards at the Much Music awards along with eight other awards for best video in several categories. His work with Leonard Cohen garnished a Juno Award, the equivalent of a Grammy in Canada. The Feature film "Four Days" was debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and was featured at festivals throughout the world. His work on Campos Magneticos, a collaboration with Phillip Barker was featured at ARCO art fair in Madrid.
His visual art has evolved through live theatrical works and solely concentrates on creating tableau vivant on Daguerreotype and wet plate collodions.
Exhibitions of his work have been featured in shows in Europe, America and Canada. His first solo Museum exhibition was at the South Eastern Museum of Photography in 2012.
2015
AQUA art basel Miami - Wade gallery
Toronto Alison Milne Contact featured exhibition "lost canoe"
SNAP photography auction Toronto
2014
solo exhibition ExpoFoto Santiago de Chile, invitation for exhibiton
echo gallery Santiago de Chile
Art Basel Miami, featured at SCOPE - Wade gallery
2013
group show Photo Eye Sante Fe
Image Object, Penumbra Foundation, NYC
PH NeutrO, Verona Italy, The Collections Show
Solo show: Southeastern Museum of Photography , Florida, USA , Fluidrive, Jan-April 2012
Group Shows: Panopticon, Boston, USA, Processes and Dreams Jan 12 Feb 28
Rayko, SFO, USA, Not Kansas , July 19 -Aug 31
2011:
Solo show: Gallery 291 , San Francisco, USA , July-September
"Fluidrive"Pikto Art Gallery, Toronto Ontario Canada.September 9- November
Group shows; Fracisco Carpio, PHE Select exhibit PHOTOESPANA. BilbaoArte, Spain, January 18th- Feb 12
Electromagnetism V2: Resistor Gallery 284 College Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, Ontario
MA show, MOP, Denver, Image chosen for bilboard award Month of Photography Red Line Gallery Denver Colorado USA, March 4-April 26,
Atlanta Contemporary Daguerrian Society Show, Atlanta, November 18- January 9
Centro de las artes de Sevilla Torneo, Sevilla Spain Nov 11- Dec 16
El Punto Del Carmen Calle de Caballeros, 38, 46001 Valencia Spain
5 half-plate daguerreotypes presented as a travelling show from Fracisco Carpio, PHE Select exhibit PHOTOESPANA.July 28th
Cover of London Sunday Times "Moth Queen" official selection for publication from Photoespana
Collections Include recent aquisitions by:
Houston Museum of Fine Art - Anne Tucker
South Eastern Museum of Photography - Kevin Miller
PH Neutro Italy