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Thaddeus Holownia RCA ONB FRSC (born July 2, 1949)[1] is a British-born Canadian artist and professor. He taught photography at Mount Allison University and served as the head of the Fine Arts Department, retiring in 2018.[2]

Thaddeus Holownia
Thaddeus Holownia in 2016
Born	(1949-07-02) July 2, 1949 (age 73) Bury St Edmunds, England
Nationality	English-born Canadian
Education	University of Windsor
Known for	Photographer
Awards	member in 2000, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Fulbright Fellowship (2001)

Career

Born in England, the family of Thaddeus Holownia immigrated to Canada when he was five.[3] He attended the University of Windsor, studying printmaking and communications and graduated in 1972. Initially, part of Toronto’s art scene, he began working at the National Film Board of Canada, and joined the faculty of the Mount Allison University Fine Arts Department in 1977.[2][4]

Art Work

In Holownia’s large-scale photographs, he uses the idea of heightened perception to explore the traces humankind leaves on the landscape.[5] About his work, he echoes Thoreau’s observation, “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see”.[6]

His photographs have been the subject of numerous exhibitions, including a forty-year retrospective, The Nature of Nature, The Photographs of Thaddeus Holownia 1976–2016, at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; The Terra Nova Suite, a 25 year survey of his work in Newfoundland & Labrador at the Provincial Gallery (The Rooms) in St. John's, Newfoundland; 24 Tree Studies for Henry David Thoreau at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York.[7] His 1998 retrospective exhibition, Extended Vision: Photographs by Thaddeus Holownia 1978–1997, organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, traveled across Canada and to the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City.[8] His photographs have been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Monet’s Legacy: Series, Order and Obsession at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, and Car Culture at the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York.

Holownia`s photographs are in public collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa[1] and many eastern Canadian galleries, such as the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax (27 works).[9]

Honours

In 2000, Holownia was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and in 2001, he received a Fulbright Fellowship.[10][5] Holownia has been the recipient of grants and awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.[4] In 2015, he was named to the Order of New Brunswick.[11] In 2018, he was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada.[12]

Thaddeus Holownia now lives in Jolicure, New Brunswick.[5]

References

Bibliography

• Leroux, John; Holownia, Thaddeus (2016). A Vision of Wood and Stone – The Architecture of Mount Allison University. Sackville. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
• Sanger, Peter (2018). Lightfield: The Photography of Thaddeus Holownia. Kentville, Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
• Thurston, Harry; Holownia, Thaddeus (2008). Silver Ghost Photographs. Jolicure, New Brunswick: The Anchorage Press. Retrieved 2021-02-14.

External links

• Official website

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