Lorne Fromer B.Ed., M.F.A., is a photographer, educator, art publisher and curator. After studying Photography at Ryerson Politechnical Institute (now Toronto Meropolitan University) he received a Masters degree in Fine Arts from Concordia University. A participant in numerous Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festivals, he has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the USA. His work is represented in the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Canada, the City of Toronto Archives, Canada Council’s ART BANK and numerous private collectors. He was co-editor of IMPRESSIONS magazine and his critical writings have been published in arts and photo magazines including TPW Views, Impulse and Photo Communique.
Curriculum Vitae
EXHIBITS solo
2015 PAINT-O-graphica, CONTACT FESTIVAL, QSQ Gallery, Toronto
2009 Elders of the Anishinabek Nation Black River Coffee, Sutton ON.
2001 Elders of the Anishinabek Nation Native Canadian Centre, Toronto
2000 Bridge Place Display Case, 96 Spadina Ave., Red Head Gallery,
1996 Workin’ the Ave. Display Case, 96 Spadina Ave, Red Head, Toronto
1991 Monkey Business Studio Show 22 Croft Street, ROUNDUP, Toronto
1986 Everyday People Bourget Gallery, Montreal
1980 Post Cards from the Road Image Co-Op, Montpellier, Vermont
1977 Studio Show 372 Spadina Ave. A Space,. Toronto
1977 Muscle and Other Spectacles Yajima Gallery, Montreal
1976 Muscle and Other Spectacles Cinema Lumiere, Toronto
1975 Digging for Paleo Artifacts Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
1974 West of Williams Columneetza Secondary School, Williams Lake B.C.
EXHIBITS group
2017 Contact Exhibition Gallery 50, Toronto
2000 Naked SOF Art House, Toronto
1997 Dancing with the Leviathan Ashkenaz Festival, Toronto
1996 World Graffiti Fair, Toronto
1995 Art of Darkness Manic Depressive Association of Ontario
1991 Concrete Dreams Metro Toronto Archives
1990 Fax Art Centre for Contemporary Art, Montreal
1982 Bookworks and Sequences Gallery 44, Toronto
1981 Graduate Exhibit Concordia University, Montreal
1979 Station to Station, Subway Billboard, A Space, Toronto
1978 Canadians Mt. St. Vincent University, Halifax
1978 No Pictures Please A Space, Toronto
1978 Rolling Landscape, Subway car display, A Space, Toronto
ART PUBLISHING
1986-1990 Views, Editor, Toronto Photographers Workshop
1982-1983 596, Editor, Canadian Centre of Photography and Film
1977-1980 Impressions magazine, Co-editor
CRITICAL WRITING
1986-1990 Views, exhibition reviews
1884 Photo Communique, Christo: Artist at the Crossroads
1983 Fuse, Phillip Monk at the Rivoli
1983 596, exhibition reviews and promotional pieces
1983 Photo Communique, Sam Tata: Shanghai in the Throes of 1949
1981 Impulse An Interview with Russ Meyer
1979 Impressions, The China Tapes
PERFORMANCE
1979 Black & White, Flash Theatre, Toronto
1979 Confessions of an Image Junkie, Toronto, Halifax, Moncton, Montpellier Vt., Montreal
1977 The Martyrdom of Jean de Brebeuf , Projections in collaboration with Eldon Garnet, Music Gallery, Toronto
TEACHING
2008-2012 Peel District School School Board,
1988-1995 Humber College
1995-1996 Sheridan College
1987-1996 Toronto Image Works
1975-1995 Ontario Arts Council – Creative Artists in School
1987-1988 Metro Toronto School Board – Adult Education
1985-1985 Concordia University - Teaching Assistantship
1983-1984 Inner City Angels
1978-1978 Native Canadian Centre – Adult Ed
1973-1975 Fish Lake Cultural Education Centre
CURATORIAL
1980 Slides on Sit, A Space, Toronto
1979 Conceptual Frameworks/Flash Theatre Toronto
AWARDS
1981 Canada Council Short-Term grant
1978 Canada Council B grant
1976 Canada Council Short–Term grant
1975-1995 Ontario Arts Council Creative Artists in Schools
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Metro Toronto Archives
National Film Board of Canada
Canada Council Art Bank
Royal Ontario Museum
Fish Lake Cultural Education Centre