Artist

Tomczak, Kim

Title

Portrait of Eric Metcalfe

Technique

photographic print

Dimensions

50.5cm height x 40.5cm width

Type

photograph

Accession Number

2019.17.1

Owner

City of Burnaby

Collection

Permanent Collection

Gift of Karen Henry

Internationally renowned artist Kim Tomczak was born in Victoria, B.C., in 1952 and has created works in video, performance, installation and photo-text. Tomzcak graduated in 1974 from the Vancouver School of Art. He founded Vancouver's Pumps Centre for the Arts before moving to Toronto to explore its arts scene. While working in photography and video, he met Lisa Steele, his collaborator since 1983. In 1980, they launched V tape, the first video art distributor in the world. Tomczak teaches in the University of Toronto's Fine Art department; he sits on numerous boards of art galleries and arts organizations; and he collaborates on an international level in the restoration of electronic artwork. Tomczak and Steele are recipients of the Governor General's Award for Lifetime Achievement in Visual Arts, the Canada Council's Bell Canada Award for Excellence in Video Art and the Toronto Arts Award.