CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Master of Arts - History of Art, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2017
Master of Fine Arts (Distinction), York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000
Bachelor of Applied Arts, Film & Photography, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1980
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014 Centre for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2012 MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
2011 O’Born Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2010 JCC Houston, Deutser Art Gallery, Houston, Texas
2009 O’Born Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
2008 Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, France
2008 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2007 Biblioteque Publique Cote St. Luc, Montreal, Quebec.
2006 Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2005 Rossella Junck Gallery, Venice, Italy
2005 Rossella Junck Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005 The McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
2002 Museum Synagoge Gröbzig, Gröbzig, Germany
2001 The Koffler Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2001 National Library of Chile / Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago
2001 Verein an der Synagoge Bonn, Germany
2000 Europa Haus, Arnstadt, Germany
2000 Begegnungsstätte Kleine Synagoge, Erfurt, Germany
1997 Gallery Mistral, Montreal, Quebec
1997 The Photo Eclipse Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1993 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1992 The Photography Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
1991 Le Mois de la Photo a Montréal, Maison de la Culture Notre Dáme de Grace, Montréal
1991 Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990 The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1990 Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1990 Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
1990 The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Quebec
1989 Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1989 Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1989 Gallery TPW, Toronto, Ontario
1988 The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1988 The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
1987 SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1987 Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
1983 Canadian Centre for Photography & Film, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Recuerdo: Latin American Photography at the AGO”. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (Opening May 4th)
2023 “journeys to the Imaginary”. James Rottman Gallery, Toronto
2022 “I Am My Family”. Weisbadener Fototage, Spiegelgasse Active Museum of German-Jewish History, Weisbaden, Germany
2020 “I Am My Family”. Raw 2020 Photo Triennale, Haus im Schluh, Worpswede, Germany
2019 “True to the Eyes: The Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Collection,” Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto
2019 “ Terremoto: México City 1985”. Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto
2019 “Beyond Boundaries”. Aperture Gallery, NYC, NY
2017 "Photography in Canada 1960-2000”. National Gallery of Canada
2014 "In Character: Self-Portrait of the Artist as Another”. Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
2013 “Other Electricities”. Works from the AGW Collection, Art Gallery of Windsor
2013 “Lead & Light”. Ryerson Image Centre
2013 “Clash: Conflict and Its Consequences”. National Gallery of Canada
2010 131, O’Born Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
2009 “Presence Through Absence,” Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
2008 Exhibition Prix Roger Pic, Societé Civile des Auteurs Multimedia, Paris, France
2008-11 “Revolutionizing Cultural Identity: Photography and the Changing Face of Immigration”
Oakland University Art Gallery. Rochester, Michigan, USA
Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia (June-October 2011)
2007 Social Works: Rafael Goldchain, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Larry Towell
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor Ontario
2007-09 “Persona”: From the Collection. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Touring exhibition: Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Markham, Ontario (2009),
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario (2009)
2006 “Family Album,” The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York
2005 “Past Meets Present,” The MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
2005 “Trading Places,” Le Mois de la Photo a Montréal, Saidye Bronfman Centre
2004-05 “Broken Ground,” Galerie Vaclav Spaly, Prague
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Burlington Art Center, Burlington, Ontario
Acadia University Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
2003 “Toronto Grid Works, “ York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2000 “Intercept,” Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston
1999 “tongues & ashes,” Kitchener - Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1998 Gallery Mistral, Montréal, Quebec – 3-person show
1997 "Here is Looking at Me Kid," Art Gallery of North York, Toronto, Ontario
1996 Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario – 3-person show
1995 Art Gallery of North York, Toronto, Ontario - Recent Acquisitions
1995 Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - 5 Photographers
1994-99 "Carnet de voyage," Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
Museé du Québec, Québec, Surrey Art, Gallery, Surrey Arts Centre, Surrey B.C.
Le Pont Gallery, Aleppo, Syria
1993 "Contemporary Latin America Art," O.K. Harris/David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI, USA
1992 "A Personal View,” The Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Collection
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery - Oshawa, Ontario,
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal,
Mount Saint Vicent University Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Rodham Hall, Ste. Catherines, Ontario
1990 "Paper-Chase," Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990 "From Here to Infinity: The Landscape in View," Marianne Friedland Gallery
1989 "Faire image: Penser la photographie" - From the collection of the
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
Museé de la civilisation, Québec, Musée Beaulne, Coaticook, Québec,
Galerie d'art du centre socio-culturel, Sherbrooke, Québec
Le Musée d'art, Joliette, Québec, Centre national d'exposition, Jonquiere, Québec
Galerie Restingouche, Campbellton, Québec
1988 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, Leopold Godowsky Awards Exhibition
1988 The Museum of Modern Art, New York - Recent Acquisitions
1988 Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario - Documentary Styles
1988 April - Month of Photography - Mérida, Yucatán, México
1985 Presentation House, Vancouver, B.C. - Photoperspectives ’85
1984 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario - Responding to Photography
1983 C.E.P.A. Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. - Three Person Show
1982 “New Canadian Photography,” Canadian Centre for Photography & Film, Toronto
1980 A Moment in Time, Toronto, Ontario- Three Person Show
MONOGRAPHS
I Am My Family: Photographic Memories and Fictions. With essays by Martha Langford and Rafael Goldchain
Princeton Architectural Press, 2008
Nostalgia for an Unknown Land. Introduction by Alberto Manguel and essay by Michael Torosian
Toronto: Lumiere Press, 1989.
BOOKS
Stepanova Maria. “In Memory of Memory.” Book*Hug Press, Toronto 2021
Roth, Paul and Morel, Gaëlle. “True to the Eyes: The Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Photography Collection,” Hirmer/Ryerson Image Centre 2019.
Thomas, Anne and McElhone, John, 2018. “The Extended Moment, “ Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada. 5 Continents Editions. pp. 197
Kunard, Andrea 2017. “Photography in Canada 1960-2000,” Canadian Photography Institute. National Gallery of Canada.
Hirsch, Robert. "Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age." Focal Press, UK 2012
Ewing, William. “Face: The New Photographic Portrait.” Thames & Hudson, UK
Museé de L’Eliseé, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Blue Sky 07/08. Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
Dessureault, Pierre. "Travel Journals." Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography
Ewing, William. "Love and Desire - Photo works." Chronicle Books 1999
Langford, Martha, Ed. “Image and Imagination.” McGill University Press 2005
Murray, Joan. "Canadian Art in the 20th Century." Dundurn 1999: pp. 225, 226
RECENT REVIEWS
Halper, Judith 2020. I Am My Family. Shirat Hamadah. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. pp. 36-41
Pardo, Rebeca 2012. El otro yo: de la autoficción al turismo identitario en el arte contemporáneo. Revista Sans Soleil -Estudios de la Imagen, Nº4, pp. 74-93
Cavell, Richard 2012. Jane Rule and the Memory of Canada, in Unruly Penelopes and the Ghosts: Narratives of English Canada., Eva Darias-Beautell Ed. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario
Boyarin, Jonathan 2017. Genealogies of the Future. Studies in Judaism, Humanities, and the Social Sciences. Academic Studies Press (Brighton, MA)
Boyarin, Jonathan 2015. Jewish Families. Rutgers University Press. 132-135
Ho, Tam.”Rafael Goldchain and Sara Angelucci.” Art Panorama (China) 155. April 2011
Alterman, Esteban. “A Portrait of Me.” Jerusalem Report. Dec 2008
Holden, Richard. Border Crossings No. 108, Dec. 2008, p.107-109
Tolchinsky, Karen. “A Labour of Love.” The Vancouver Sun Nov. 1 2008
Sher, Emil. “Portrait of the artist as…well, everybody.” Globe and Mail, Oct. 11, 2008
Bigge, Ryan. “A Picture and a Thousand Words.” The Toronto Star, Sept. 28, 2008
Medley, Mark. “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Family.” National Post, Oct. 2008
Streicker, Joel. “Family-A Self-Portrait.” Daily Forward, NY Oct. 16, 2008
Hodges, Michael H. “Braided Roots: Exhibition explores blended identities in a globalized world.”
The Detroit News, April 2, 2008
Passé recomposé. Liberation, Paris, France 10 July 2008
Langford, Martha. “The Varieties of Goldchain Experience.” Ciel Variable (C.V.) (March 2007): pp 4-11
Ruet, Karen. “Walking on Familial Ground.” Telegraph-Journal, Canadaeast.com Feb. 2006
Khositashvily, Lily. “A Comeback from the Past.” Georgia Today. Nov. 2005
Swinburn, Gema. “Review of exhibition of photographs by Rafael Goldchain at the National Library of Chile, Santiago.”
El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile, June 17, 2001
Mandujano, Victor M.. “Foto Ficción Narrativa.” El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile, May 10th, 2001
Mandujano, Victor M.. “Lo Real Maravilloso.” El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile, May 12th, 2001
Applied Arts (Spring 1989) :19
Baele, Nancy. "Portraiture of solemn stares captures power and poverty."
The Ottawa Citizen, November 11th, 1987
Bentley Mays, John. "Art Doubles as a Lesson in History." Globe and Mail, 13th August 1983
Hill, Sharon. "Photographer focuses on Latin America connection."
The Saturday Windsor Star, 19th of August 1989
Hlynsky, David. "Breathless Between Pages" VIEWS (Vol.6 No.4) : 9
Hume, Christopher. "Photographer's South America is captivating." The Toronto Star, 14/2/89
Kozinska, Dorota. "New Gallery in the Picture." The Gazette, Montreal (December 13, 1997)
Livingstone, David. "Art without a heartbeat." Maclean's (October 4th, 1982) :T6-T8
Taylor, Kate. "Interiors evoke absent owners." The Globe and Mail (July 31st, 1992)
von Hanffstengel, Renata. " Tribuna Crítica." Foto Zoom (Noviembre 1987): 16-18
SELECTED PERIODICALS
Canadian Art (Fall 1989)
Canadian Fiction Magazine (61/62), (69)
Dessureault, Pierre. "Quelques images de la collection du Museé Canadien de la Photographie Contemporaine." SuMUM (April-Mai 1989)
Destinations (Winter1987)
Guilt and Pleasure (Summer 2006)
Harper’s December 1989
Jewish Currents (Fall 2006)
Manguel, Alberto. "Focus on Rafael Goldchain." Canadian Art (Fall 1989)
Manguel, Alberto. "The Memory of Exile." Blackflash (Fall 1987)
Popular Photography (April 1989)
Sagaris, Lake. "Christmas In Tinquilco." Saturday Night (December 1991)
Snyder, Don. "Nostalgia for an Unknown Land." VIEWS (Winter 1989)
The Journal of Wild Culture(Fall 1987)
Toronto Life (April 1992)
CATALOGUES
Danson, Andrew. Broken Ground. “Broken Ground,” Galerie Vaclav Spaly, Prague
Baillargeon, Claude . Revolutionizing Cultural Identity: Photography and the Changing Face of Immigration.
Oakland University Art Gallery. Rochester, Michigan, 2008
A Personal View Exhibition Catalogue - Robert McLaughlin Gallery 1992, Oshawa, Ontario: 42,45
Baillargeon, Claude. "Rafael Goldchain: Recent Photographic Works." Art Gallery of Hamilton
SELECTED LECTURES
2019 The Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Lecture, Ryerson University, Toronto
2010 Society for Photographic Education
2009 Kodak Lecture, Ryerson University
2007 New York University, Bronfman Centre.
2005 Saidye Bronfman Centre, Le Mois de la Photo a Montréal
2003 Colloquium: 10 years from Analog to Digital. Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico DF
GRANTS / AWARDS / HONOURS
Juror’s Pick, LensCulture Portrait Awards 2019
Finalist - Scotiabank Photography Award 2015
Bank of Missions Grant , Department of External Affairs and International Trade, Canada 2003
Cultural Delegation, State Visit to Chile and Argentina - Governor General of Canada.
Established Artist Grant, Visual Arts Section, The Canada Council, July 2001
The University Master Thesis Prize, York University, 2001
The Joseph Sarick Purchase Award, York University, Faculty of Fine Arts, 2001
The Duke and Duchess of York Award in Photography. The Canada Council, 1989
Leopold Godowsky Jr. Photography Prize. Photographic Resource Centre at Boston University, 1988
Ontario Arts Council 2019, 2000, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980
The Canada Council 2008, 2005, 2000, 1989, 1986, 1985
COLLECTIONS
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
American Iron and Metal, Montreal, Québec
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
Citibank Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Clapp & Eisenberg, New Jersey
Consejo Nacional de la Cultural y las Artes, México City
Dominion Trust, Toronto, Ontario
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Fasken Campbell Godfrey, Toronto, Ontario
Firsurban Development Corporation, Montreal, Québec
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
Goodman Philips & Vineberg, Toronto, Ontario
Goodman & Carr, Toronto, Ontario
Labatt Brewing Company, Toronto, Ontario
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada
Nissan Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Noma Industries, Toronto, Ontario
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon.
Rose Corporation, Toronto, Ontario
Sunnybrook and Women’s Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Ryerson Image Centre (RIC), Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
The Toronto Stock Exchange
Vitran Corporation, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Xerox Canada, Toronto, Ontario
York University, Toronto. Ontario
RECENT TEACHING:
Professor
Honours Bachelor of Photography
Faculty of Animation Arts and Design
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, Ontario