Joshua Radu CV

JOSHUA RADU

EDUCATION  

1998-1999      Fine Arts Program (Photography Major) Concordia University, Montreal, Qc                      

 1991-1994       D.E.C. (Photography)                        Dawson College, Westmount, Quebec

 1989-1991       D.E.C. (Social Science)                        John Abbott College. Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Qc

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

2006- 2007      Teacher at Vanier College in Continuing Education

 2001 - 2002        Teacher Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts                 

1995 -2004          Photography Lab Technician 

                        Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts   Montreal, QC    

 1995 - 1997     Volunteer (Photo Lab) Leave Out Violence (LOVE) Project 

                                           

 1994-1995       Lab Assistant, part-time Photography at dawson and a private lab

    AWARDS & GRANTS  

  • PhotoLife National Photography Contest (1998), Honorable Mention
  • Quebec Arts Council, Short-term Grant, August 1994 (Quebec Rodeo)
  • PhotoLife, 18th Annual Photography Contest (1994), Grand Prize Winner and Honorable Mention  in Travel category
  • YMCA 1992 Photography Contest, “Life in Montreal”, selected for exhibition in Ecuador, El Salvador Nicaragua, Honduras and Montreal
  • Faces of Canada Contest, Finalist, 1992
  • PhotoLife, 16th Annual Photography Contest (1992), Honorable Mention

   PUBLICATIONS

  • Montreal Mirror (1998,2006) 
  • Montreal Superpages phone book 2003 (Front cover)             
  • Montreal : The Unknown City  by  K and D Gravenor 2002
  • Regards du Québec  Un album de Famille
  • Saturday Night.  
  • Hour Magazine (Montreal)
  • Sept jours (Quebec’s #1 weekly magazine )
  • Photo Digest.   Magazine
  • Matrix. Magazine-Featured photographer.
  • The Reporter (Newspaper), McGill University.
  • McGill: the First Fifty Years (McGill-Queen’s University Press).
  • The Gazette  (Montreal newspaper)
  • Books in Canada  Magazine
  • Index   Magazine
  • Annuaire des cégeps   (college magazine)
  • John Abbott College, Documentation & Library Systems (publicity brochure)
  • Quill & Quire magazine

  AWARDS & GRANTS

Honourable Mention  The Globe & Mail photo contest 2005

  • PhotoLife National Photography Contest (1998), Honorable Mention
  • Quebec Arts Council, Short-term Grant, August 1994 (Quebec Rodeo)
  • PhotoLife, 18th Annual Photography Contest (1994), Grand Prize Winner and Honorable Mention in Travel category
  • YMCA 1992 Photography Contest, “Life in Montreal”, selected for exhibition in
  • Ecuador, El Salvador,  Nicaragua, Honduras and Montreal
  • Faces of Canada Contest, Finalist, 1992
  • PhotoLife, 16th Annual Photography Contest (1992), Honorable Mention

    EXHIBITIONS

 20 au 30  juin 2011, la Galerie d’art de Blainville recevra l’exposition Joshua Radu

  • Exposition des oeuvres en candidature pour les acquisitions 2009 de la Collection permanente de la Ville de Blainville
  • 13 photographes Vente d’oeuvres photographiques Blowup photogalerie 1 dec 03 -11 jan 04
  • Joshua Radu et Michelle Marsolais  Dorval Cultural Centre  10 au 24 septembre 2003
  • Joshua Radu “ Photos”    Galerie La Seigneurie , Chateauguay ,Que. 20 mars au 17 avril 2002
  • The Personal Lure of Photography Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts Sept 13 -  Oct 28 2001 ( group show )
  • 20/2000 Art Sutton, Sutton (Quebec) Sept & Oct.  2000
  • Pass Art 2000, Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec), 3 mai-3 sept 2000
  • Joshua Radu , Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre ,April 4 - 30 , 2000
  • “New Works”, Gallery 89, Cégep John Abbott College,  Nov 11 - Dec 13, 1999
  • “Le Rendez-vous des jeunes Créateurs en Art”, Marché Bonsecours (Montreal), November 4-7, 1999
  • “New Work”, Mois de la Photo, Montreal, September 1999
  • “Faculty Exhibit,” Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, June 1998
  • Claremont Restaurant (Westmount), 1998
  • Exhibition, Hour Magazine (Montreal), February 1995
  • "Safari: Work by Joshua Radu," Kirkland Library, Feb 1995
  • "Recent Work by Joshua Radu," Gallery 89, John Abbott College (Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC), August/September 1994
  • "Recent Photographs by Joshua Radu," Beaconsfield Public Library, January 1994
  • La Civilisation Grecque Macédoine exhibit, 1993

  MEDIA COVERAGE  

  • L’ HEBDO  Mekinac- Des Chenaux  LE RODEO SOUS TOUS SES ANGLES
  • Samedi 14 septembre 2002
  • Cowboy at Heart (Cow-boy dans l’âme)
  • Musee de la Civilisation  , Quebec City   April 10, 2002 to March 15, 2003 ( 4 photos)
    The Mountain Lake Arts Auction Montreal McCord Museum Preview Exhibition—March 22-24 2002 (PBS)
  • CBC radio- Montreal , All on a Weekend ,Sunday Morning September 17 2000
  • La fievre du rodeo...tout pres de chez-nous,” Septembre 2000, Photo Selection Magazine
  • par Joshua Radu , pages 40,41,42 and five photos.
  • Joshua Radu Exhibit,”  May 2000, PhotoLife
  • Radio-Canada.ca - Info-Culture, ARVIL 2000
  • Globe TV (Montreal)  What on in arts ,  April  5, 2000
  • Rodeo “speedeo-deo” Arts this week , Montreal Mirror , March 30, 2000
  • Art Talk,” CBC Radio, August 1999
  • Photographer shoots for the top,” The Chronicle
  • A Photographer going places,” The Gazette