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Location:
Kelowna, BC
Email: fmhelfand@shaw.ca
"The general growth... in creating hyper-real environments
for the consumer, like the West Edmonton Mall, and the common practice
of appropriating culture and design from other times and places,
have reinforced my interest in studying these fabrications..."
Education:
· Honours BA in Studio Art, York University, Toronto, ON 1974
· Koffler Centre for the Arts, Toronto ON 1976-78
· Master of Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida,
USA 1980
Selected Exhibitions:
· "Fabricated Communities", The McIntosh Gallery,
University of Western Ontario, London, ON 1999
· "Millennium Lament", Michael Gibson Gallery, London,
ON 1999
· "Another Time, Another Place", touring, shown in four
galleries, in ON and BC 1995-2000
· "Niagara!", group, Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, ON
2000
· "Sketching Social Hope For Women", group, Brecsia College,
The University of Western Ontario, London, ON 1997
Selected Grants, Awards:
· Canada Council Travel Grant, 1999
· Okanagan University College Professional Development Grant, 1999
· Silver Award, Advertising Awards of Excellence in the category
of Public Service Campaign, 1995
· First Prize, National Juried Photography Exhibition, "Malaysian
Faces", Balai Seni Lukis Negara (National Gallery of
Malaysia), Malaysia 1990
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