Sean Raggett - C.V.

curriculum
vitae

studio@sociallandscapes.com
+44 (0) 795 141 1280

Born in Vancouver, Canada, 1972
Lives and works in London, England

education

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1995

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design (ECIAD)
Media Studies (photography major), Vancouver

International Exchange Program - AKI Academy of Visual Arts
Monumental Kunst, Enschede, The Netherlands

Bachelor of Arts - University of British Columbia
Psychology and Sociology (double major), Vancouver

awards & scholarships

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Fujifilm Distinctions Awards

Credit Union Foundation of British Columbia Bursary

Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Bursary

Credit Union Foundation of British Columbia Bursary

Fujifilm Professional Photography Challenge:Outstanding Achievement Award

BC Arts Council Tuition Scholarship Junior Award

Mary Catherine Gordon Memorial Scholarship

Marion V. Murray Memorial Scholarship

selected exhibitions

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Never Against the Sun
ARP Site II (Upper Clapton), 9 lightboxes with original E6 transparency film, each 6x5x4"
Abbot Street, Hackney  http://disstemma.org

Vision Thing
Church Arch I & Church Arch I (reprise), 2 lightboxes with duratrans, each 50x40"
Felsteade, Hackney Wicked Festival  http://disstemma.org

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
Queen's Woods, c-print, 30x40"
National Portrait Gallery, London

Watching Shadows Against A Wall
Defeatured Landscapes 2 & 5, lightboxes with duratrans, 88x72" & 60x48"
Firemaster, Hither Green  http://disstemma.org

Photographic Portrait Prize Fourth of July
(Wanting, Waiting) c-print, 30x40"
National Portrait Gallery, London

Photoconceptualism Is A Lifestlye
Twelve 15x15" framed t-shirts with felt lettering
Eugene Choo, Vancouver

What the Deity Sees: An Experiment in Buddhist Psychology
Eight 24x24" colour-prints mounted on aluminium, hanging from ceiling
of people in particular stages of meditation
Emily Carr Institute Graduation Exhibition, Vancouver

The Home Show
The Tools He Used, c-print, 40x58" mounted on aluminum
ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver

Waiver
Caught in the Act, c-print, 40x50" Kodak metallic print mounted on aluminum
ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver

Caught in the Act
c-print 30x40" unmounted
AKI Exhibition Hall, Enschede, the Netherlands

A Third Show of Books
Untitled (Symbology) Felt book hand-stitched while travelling on trains around the
Netherlands while wearing ‘responsibility suit’, 18 pages
Overview Gallery, Vancouver

Stairwell: An Indoor Study of Light
Series of 2 c-prints, 26x32" each, mounted & framed
Vancouver Shambhala Meditation Centre

Principles of Occupation (group exhibition with UBC MFA graduates)
Series of 6 c-prints, 26x32" each, unmounted www.inkvision.com/occupation
UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver

(Another) Show of Books
Pedestrians, Buildings, Vehicles. Each book approx. 4x5", 16 pages each; digital files converted, printed and bound. Shot on location in Romania and Amsterdam.
Overview Gallery, Vancouver

A Memorable Decline
The Hallway She Was Born 2 c-prints; 26x32" each
ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver

Photo-Hybrid
Bliss, USA Series of ten 3x4" c-prints on duratrans, mounted/illuminated
in vintage light box approx. 4x8x16"
ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver

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Woo Magazine
“The Magic of Durational Art: Shep Steiner on the Video work of Mark Lewis”
Critical essay, December issue

Woo Magazine
“The Politics of Tasting Bad Candy”
Critical essay, March issue

The Good Jacket Presents…Vancouver Special!
Curated this 24-song CD compilation of local pop music bands that played at the Good Jacket, from 1996-1999. CD went to #3 on Canadian college radio charts.
Mint Records, Vancouver

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Hale, Ruben, Vision Thing, Artycok Magazine, August 27th   http://artycok.tv/

Wielgos, Pippa, A New Identity: Decoding Portraiture, Aesthetica Magazine, June 1st
  http://aestheticamagazine.com/

Davies, Lucy, Pictures of the Year: The Photographers' Choice, The Telegraph, January 5th
  http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/

Front Magazine, Compromises, Volume XVII, No. 4, Vancouver, September issue
  http://front.bc.ca/

Burnham, Clint, Critic’s Picks, Westcoast Life, Visual Art:
Photoconceptualism Is A Lifestyle, Vancouver Sun, October 27th

Witt, Ryan, Portrait of an Artist, Georgia Straight, Vancouver, November 10th

Hill, Mary Frances, Artscetera, Westender, Vancouver, March 25th

Ripe Magazine, If They Only Knew, Issue 9, Vancouver, February