Marten Berkman
Educational History
Diploma in Visual Arts – John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec
(1978-80)
Studies in Visual Arts – Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
(1981-85)
Books
1999 - Chasms of Silence
Folio Gallery/ Waterous:limited edition portfolio book of high arctic
landscape photography. With a foreword by Canadian poet and novelist Anne
Michaels.
Published by Folio Gallery and Waterous and Co., Calgary. (ISBN 0-9680175-4-1).
Solo Exhibits
2004 - “Remote Sensibility” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
2003 - “Fecundity” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
2002 - “Cascade of Light” – Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
2000 - “Silence in the Sea of Cortez” – Whitehorse,
Yukon (photography)1992 - “Islands” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
1999 - “Dancing Shadows” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
1999 - “Chasms of Silence” – Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
1992 - “Two Extremes” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
Group Exhibits
2004 - “Three Rivers: Wild Waters, Sacred Places” YAC Grotto
Gallery, Whitehorse (photography) with Fritz Mueller and Courtney Milne
2003 - “Realism and Reality” YAC Grotto Gallery, Whitehorse
(photography)
2002 - 10th Anniversary Exhibit, YAC Gallery, Whitehorse (photography,
painting)1992 - “This Time, This Place” Yukon Arts Center
Gallery, Whitehorse (photography)
2001 - “Yukon Print Exhibition” YAC Gallery, Whitehorse (lithography)
2000 - “Convergence” Yukon Arts Center Gallery, Whitehorse
(photography)
1999 - “Self” Studio Gallery, Whitehorse (painting/photography/sculpture)
Multimedia Performance
2002 - “Reality Check”; “Moon Time Line”, at
Brave New Works, Whitehorse (videography)
1999 - “Arctic Silence”, at Brave New Works, Whitehorse (photography,
drawing, painting, lithography, poetry, music)
Film Making
2004 - "Yukon Quest 2004" (camera, director) - selected for
the Banff International Mountain Film Festival World Tour
2004 - "Three Rivers: Wild waters, Sacred Places" (director)
- gallery film for the international tour of the Three Rivers art exhibit
Photographic and Film Collaborative Work
2003 - “Mother’s Day” film by Richard
Lawrence (director of photography) selected for NSI Film Festival 2005
2002 - “Santa Lucia” film by Richard Lawrence (director of
photography)
1995 - “Celebration of Swans” Jerry Alfred concert multimedia
(photography)
1993,1994,1995, 1996 - "Yukon Wild" Matthew Lien concert multimedia
(photography)
1994 - “Land[e]scapes” play by Leslie Hamson (photography,
Jessie Award nominee)
1993 - “Running on Frozen Air” play by Gord McCall (photography,
image design and sequencing)
for a CV of commercial work, please contact Marten Berkman