Philippe Raphanel

BORN: 1956: in Paris, France
1986: Canadian Citizenship

EDUCATION:
1978: Graduated from Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Art Applique, Paris, France, received a diploma in Fine Arts and a BFA in sculpture

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2013:
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC (upcoming)

2009:
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2008
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB

2006:
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2004:
Equinox Galllery, Vancouver, BC

2002:
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, ON

2000:
Gallery Project, Britannia Library, Vancouver, BC

1999:
Pharmacon, Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

1998:
Particles, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1996-00:
Poisons/Phobia, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC (catalogue)
Confederation Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississuga, ON
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, QC

1993:
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1991:
Lip Sync, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC

1990:
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1989:
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1988:
Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC

1987:
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1986:
Obora Gallery, Montreal, QC

1984:
Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008:
Paint, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2007:South Beach Fair (Paul Kuhn Gallery), Miami, Florida

2004:
Toronto Art Fair (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, ON

2003:
Toronto Art Fair (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, ON

2002:
Subjects and Symbols, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George and Region Art Gallery, BC
Some New Paintings: Bernadette Phan, Philippe Raphanel, Ben Reeves, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Le Corps Gay, Centre d'exposition du Vieux Palais, St.-J?rome, QC

2001:
Vancouver Invitational, Pari Nadimi Galery, Toronto, ON

2000:
Download, C.H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1999:
The Trail to Skoki, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
Vancouver Vernacular, C.H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Out of This Century, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1998:
Burnaby Collects, Burnaby, BC

1997:
Witness, The Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver, BC

1996:
Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts, Vancouver, BC (with Lorna Brown)
wOrks, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The Culture of Nature, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
Rough Bush, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1995:
Wall to Wall, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994:
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

1993:
Reflective Paradise, Expo ?93, Seoul Korea (Catalogue)
The Coast is Queer, Community Arts Council, Vancouver, BC
Drawings from Artists and Architects, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Artropolis,Vancouver, BC (Catalogue)
Vancouver Drawing - Working documents, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC (collaboration with poet, Lisa Robertson)
Seattle Art Fair, Diane Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

1992:
Seattle Art Fair, Diane Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Big Picture, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1990:
Artropolis, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
Contemporary B.C. Drawings, Surrey Art Centre, Surrey, BC

1987:
Art Cologne, Cologne, West Germany
Artropolis, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
Fresh Air, Eight Vancouver Artists, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC (catalogue)

1986:
Canadian Land/Scape, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Making History: Recent Works of the Pacific West, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
1985: Five Young Artists, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Young Romantics, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
What is Landscape?, Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt, BC

1984:
The Last Picture Show, Unit Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The Warehouse Show, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
4 Vancouver Painters, Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt, BC
Rental Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
The Figure: A Selection of Canadian Paintings 1983-84, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, ON touring to Coburg, ON, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB, University of Saskatchewan, SK (catalogue)
Four Painters, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
October Show, Vancouver, BC

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Arden, Roy, "End Painting on the Edge", Vanguard Magazine, September, 1985
Bateman, Michelle, "The Secret Life of Plants", Bulb, Wollongong, March 18, 1999
Bedat, Claire, Le Soleil de Columbia, February 26, 1993
Bridger, Steve, Angles "Allegory of Pleasure, February, 1993
Budgen, Mark, "New Waves of West Coast Creativity", MacLean's Magazine, November 12, 1984
Burnham, Clint, "Fuck Nature", Boo #10, Summer, 1997
Culley, Peter, Particles Catalogue, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1998
Duchesne, Yannick, Le Soleil de Columbia, March 7, 1986
Gadoua, Bernard, Homosapiens, No. 34, Vol. 3, September 1996
Genereux, Linda, "About Art: The Lure of the Landscape", Canadian House and Home, April, 1990
Gilbert, Liz, Review in the West Ender, May 10, 1984
Godfrey, Stephen, Review of Young Romantics, The Globe and Mail, August, 1985
Grace, Sherill, "Painting on the Edge", The American Book Review, Summer, 1988
Grace, Sherill, Vanguard Magazine, February/March, 1988
Harris, Mark, Vanguard Magazine, Summer, 1986
Hurtig, Annette, Poisons/Phobia catalogue, Kamloops Art Gallery, 1997
Johnson, Eve, The Vancouver Sun, June 18, 1985
Kunkler, Amanda, "Plants inspire painting", Illawarra Mercury, February 27, 1999
Lassagne, Louise, Le Soleil de Columbie, November 20, 1987
Laviolette, Mary-Beth, "The Skoki Expedition", Artichoke, Fall/Winter 1999
Lehmann, Henry, The Gazette, Montreal, Les Cent Jours d'Art Contemporain, October 12, 1996
Shier, Reid, Rough Bush, essay, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC, July, August, 1996
Russell, Bruce Hugh, Poisons/Phobia catalogue, Kamloops Art Gallery, 1997
Scott, Michael, "Equinox tantalizes visitors with summer showcase", The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, June 15, 2002, p. H15
Burnham, Clint, "A sumptuous mix of indeterminate images", Arts and Life review, The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, March 25, 2006

COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
The Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
The Burnaby Art Gallery, BC
British Columbia Ministry of Tourism, Victoria, BC
BC Hydro, Vancouver, BC
The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON
University of Lethbridge, AB
Fulcrum North Inc., Peterborough, ON
Kanata Mills, Inc., Vancouver, BC
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
National Bank of the Netherlands, Ottawa, ON
Prince George Art Gallery, BC
Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC
Seymour Collection, Vancouver, BC
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Teleglobe Canada, Montreal, QC
Tourism Vancouver, Vancouver, BC

AWARDS:
2001: Project Assistance, British Columbia Arts Council
2001 :Canada Council B Grant
1999: Canada Council Travel Grant to Australia
1996: Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts (Doris & Jack Shadbolt Foundation)
1996: Canada Council B Grant
1994: Project Assistance, BC Ministry Responsible for Culture
1994: Canada Council Project Cost Grant
1993: Canada Council Project Cost Grant
1993: Project Assistance, BC Ministry Responsible for Culture
1990: Canada Council B Grant, with travel allowance to the Queen Charlotte Island, BC
1989: Canada Council B Grant, with travel allowance to Berlin, London, Paris
1988: Canada Council Project Cost Grant