Eric Deis
Eric Deis (born 1979) is a Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale photographs. In particular, his work addresses the "narrative potential of an all-encompassing picture plane".
Eric Deis
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- 1979 · Haida Gwaii.
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- Canada
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- photographer
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Eric Deis (born 1979) is a Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale photographs. In particular, his work addresses the "narrative potential of an all-encompassing picture plane".
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Eric Deis (born 1979) is a photographer, of Canadian nationality. The photographer was born in Haida Gwaii. Eric Deis lived in Vancouver.
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Life
Life
Born in Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Eric Deis received a BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1999, and an MFA from the University of California, San Diego in 2004. Deis currently lives and works in Vancouver, B.C.
Projects
Projects
In 2006, his photographs of sunset over Burrard Bridge were exhibited at Vancouver's Western Front gallery. During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Deis unveiled a 43' x 32' photograph, "Last Chance", on the side of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation building in downtown Vancouver. In 2011, Deis collaborated with artist Sonny Assu on the project Artifacts of Authenticity. In 2013, Deis encouraged the public to pirate his 360 degree image of Vancouver, titled Skybridge, that he took from the Skytrain bridge that traverses Vancouver's Fraser River.
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1979
Eric Deis born at Haida Gwaii.
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Vancouver
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Haida Gwaii.
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Collections
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Deis' work is in the permanent collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery and Video Out in Vancouver.
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- “Eric Deis”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
In 2007, Deis won the VADA (Visual Art Development Award) from the Vancouver Foundation.
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- 1.Eric Deis: Vancity's New View Finder. Canadian Art.
- 2.Curcio, Seth. Eric Deis. Daily Serving.
- 3.Ayline, Keith. Gigapixel Takes Extreme Hi-Res Online, Voyeurs Rejoice. Wired.
- 4.Canadian Art -- Eric Deis: Vancity's New View Finder. www.canadianart.ca.
- 5.Eric Deis: Shadows Cast on Imagination's Past. Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
- 6.University of California San Diego - Visual Arts Department. ucsd.edu.
- 7.The hills are alive: How a nurturing artist residency in Banff helps playwrights move mountains - CBC Arts. www.cbc.ca.
- 8.Womg, Jackie. Vancouver photographer Eric Deis captures his city's vanishing streetscapes. This. 18 October 2010.
- 9.Griffin, Kevin. Sonny Assu: Finding Art in Surprising Places. Vancouver Sun.
- 10.Fryer, Melissa. Dual influences of culture shape artists' work. Nanaimo News Bulletin.
- 11.Eric Deis Panorama Shows Amazing View Of B.C.'s Lower Mainland (PHOTOS). Huffpost British Columbia. 27 October 2013.
- 12.Griffin, Kevin. Eric Deis: Please pirate this photo. The Vancouver Sun.
- 13.400 feet above the Fraser River: Vancouver's latest gigapixel panoramic photo. Vancity Buzz.
- 14.Eric Deis and Jeremy Isao Speier: Salvage. Preview the Gallery Guide.
- 15.Alumni Works Added to Vancouver Art Gallery Permanent Collection. Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
- 16.2010/2011 ACQUISITIONS. Vancouver Art Gallery.
- 17.Video Out Collection. Video Out.
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