JONATHAN HOBIN

JONATHAN HOBIN

Jonathan Hobin is an award-winning and internationally noted photo-based artist and art director. His work draws on iconic literary, cinematic, and historical references and popular culture to explore the darker—or at the very least, the more troubling—aspects of childhood, imagination and storytelling.

Coverage of Hobin’s photographic work has been extensive and has inspired passionate responses from audiences, creating a dialogue on parenting, media, and the use of child models in art. Features on his work have appeared on the cover of the Toronto Star, in the Maclean’s innovation issue, in the Globe and Mail, on CNN Newsroom, and on the national television program George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, among others. The international response to Hobin’s work has been widespread, resulting in millions of people from dozens of countries being exposed to his work through print, radio, and digital media. Hobin’s art direction credits include films for Bravo!, CBC Television, and the Lifetime Channel. Hobin was also the Canadian production designer for the first Slovenian/Canadian film coproduction, The Maiden Danced to Death (2010), a collaboration with Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond.

EDUCATION
2003 BFA in Image Arts: Photography, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario

EXHIBITIONS
2012 Papier 12 Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal, Quebec
2012 PMG Editions Project, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2012 “Little Lady / Little Man” Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
2012 “Cry Babies” Ottawa School of Art Gallery / Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
2011 “15th Anniversary Exhibition: Please lie to me” Art Mûr, Montreal, Quebec
2011 “In The Playroom” White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
2010 “Changing the Picture” Propeller Art Gallery / Journalists for Human Rights, Toronto, Ontario
2010 “Drawn to Develop 2010” Fermenting Cellar, Historic Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario
2010 “In The Playroom” Festival X / Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2010 “Portraits of Bluesfest 2” Cube Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2010 “Here for There / Artists For Haiti” Galerie La Petite Mort, Ottawa, Ontario
2009 “Drawn to Develop 2009” Fermenting Cellar, Historic Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario
2009 “Festival Karsh: Likeness” SPAO, Ottawa, Ontario
2009 “Mother Goose” Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2009 “New Year, New Work” Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2004 “Close” Pikto, Toronto, Ontario
2003 “Fable” Ryerson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 “Inner Child” Luft Gallery and Method Space, Toronto, Ontario

GRANTS, AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2011 SNAP! Photo Competition, Jim P. Shea Memorial Award for best overall submission
2011 Council for the Arts in Ottawa: RBC Emerging Artist Award finalist (also 2010)
2011 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council (also 2008)
2011 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (also 2009, 2010)
2011 Emerging Artist Production Grant, City of Ottawa
2010 Nomination for Best Visual Art Exhibition of 2010 by (X)press
2010 Applied Arts Magazine: Photography and Illustration Annual winner
2004 Applied Arts Magazine: Photography and Illustration Annual winner

PRESS AND REVIEWS
Television
2011 CNN, Newsroom with Suzanne Malveaux (International)
2011 Rogers Television, Ottawa’s Art Seen with Lilly Koltun (Ottawa)
2011 SUN News, Byline with Brian Lilly (National)
2010 CBC Television, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (National)
2010 CBC/Radio-Canada, INFOMAN (National)
2010 CBC Television, News Now (National)
2010 Global Television, The National (National)
2010 Rogers Cable, Daytime Ottawa (Ottawa)

Selected Print
2011 RE:PUBLIC (Sweden)
2011 The National Post (Canada)
2011 The Art Newspaper (U.S.A)
2011 ARTZINE (Korea)
2011 Digital Artist (United Kingdom)
2011 Lamono Magazine (Spain)
2011 Beaux Arts Magazine (France)
2011 POLKA Magazine (France)
2011 hDL Magazine (Isreal)
2011 The Printed Blog (Russia)
2011 Art Magazine (Germany)
2011 Fotografisk Tidskrift (Sweden)
2011 VOIMA (ADBUSTERS): Cover Story (Finland)
2011 Maisonneuve (Canada)
2011 Montreal Gazette
2010 Globe and Mail (Canada)
2010 The Daily Star (Lebanon)
2010 The Straits Times (Singapore)
2010 20 Minutes (Switzerland)
2010 Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa)
2010 La Presse (Montreal)
2010 Maclean’s Magazine (Canada)
2010 Toronto Star: Cover Story (Canada)
2009 Capital Xtra: Cover Story (Ottawa)

Radio
2011 KFI-AM 640, The Bill Handel Show (Los Angeles)
2010 France Public Radio, Le Journal de la Culture (France)
2010 CJAD, Laxer Live (Montreal)
2010 CKNW, The World Today (Vancouver)
2010 CFRB, News Talk 1010 (Toronto)
2010 CBC, In Town and Out (Ottawa)
2010 CBC, All In A Day (Ottawa)

Selected Electronic Media
2011 il’POST (Italy)
2011 Nothing but Nobody (Australia)
2011 Mail Online -Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
2011 The Learning Channel Online: Parentables (U.S.A.)
2011 Design Boom (International)
2011 The Examiner (Canada)
2010 Le Point (France)
2010 Lateral Magazine (Peru)
2010 Impracabeza Magazine (Spain)
2010 Actuphoto (France)
2010 TOH! (Italy)
2010 Yahoo.ca: Home Page (Canada)
2010 TheChive.com (U.S.A)
2010 Canada.com (Canada)
2010 MSN.ca: Home Page (Canada)
2009 Independent Scene TV (Canada)

GUEST LECTURES
2011 Ryerson Student Lecture Series, Disaster Images
2011 White Water Gallery, In The Playroom artist talk
2010 South Grenville District High School, Social Issues in Art
2010 Heritage College, Politics and Art
2010 Festival X, In The Playroom artist talk
2010 School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, The Media and Art
2009 School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Set Design in Photography
2008 Canterbury Arts, Mother Goose artist talk
2004 Ryerson University, Professional experience following post-secondary education



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