Greg GIRARD
Greg Girard is a Canadian photographer (b. 1955) who has spent much of his career in Asia. His work has examined the social and physical transformations in Asia, especially in its largest cities, for more than four decades.
The International Centre of Photography, New York, featured his series “Half the Surface of the World”, a survey of US military bases and their host communities in Asia, in 2012. His work is in the collection of National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Vancouver Art Gallery, M+ Museum Hong Kong, and other public and private collections.
His photographs have appeared in National Geographic Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Time, Fortune, the Sunday Times Magazine (UK) and others.
He is represented by Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver.
Publications
2019 — Tokyo-Yokosuka 1976-1983, The Magenta Foundation, Canada
2017 — HK:PM, AsiaOne Publishing
2017 — Under Vancouver 1972–1982, The Magenta Foundation, Canada
2014 — City of Darkness Revisited, Greg Girard and Ian Lambot, Watermark Publications, UK
2010 — In the Near Distance, Kominek Books, Berlin
2010 — Hanoi Calling, One Thousand Years Now, The Magenta Foundation, Canada
2007 — Phantom Shanghai, The Magenta Foundation, Canada
2000 — Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen: Cities of the 21st Century, Bauhaus, Dessau Germany (Various artists)
1993 — City of Darkness, Life in Kowloon Walled City, Watermark Publications, UK. Reprinted 1999, 2000, 2002
2017 — HK:PM, AsiaOne Publishing
2017 — Under Vancouver 1972–1982, The Magenta Foundation, Canada
2014 — City of Darkness Revisited, Greg Girard and Ian Lambot, Watermark Publications, UK
2010 — In the Near Distance, Kominek Books, Berlin
2010 — Hanoi Calling, One Thousand Years Now, The Magenta Foundation, Canada
2007 — Phantom Shanghai, The Magenta Foundation, Canada
2000 — Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen: Cities of the 21st Century, Bauhaus, Dessau Germany (Various artists)
1993 — City of Darkness, Life in Kowloon Walled City, Watermark Publications, UK. Reprinted 1999, 2000, 2002
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 — Snack Sakura, Monte Clark, Vancouver, BC
2022 — Led Zeppelin & Mission Raceway 1973, Monte Clark, Vancouver, BC
2022 — American Stopover, Monte Clark, Vancouver BC
2021 — City on the Edge: Art and Shanghai at the Turn of the Millenium, UCCA
2021 — Trip Pictures, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 — Tokyo-Yokosuka, 1976-1983, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 — HK:PM [Hong Kong Night Life 1974–1989], Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 — Under Vancouver 1972–1982, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2015 — Richmond/Kowloon, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC
2015 — Selects, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 — A Better Tomorrow, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011 — Hanoi Calling / In the Near Distance, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011 — Hanoi Calling / In the Near Distance, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2010 — Greg Girard (photos from Hanoi Calling: One Thousand Years Now), Hanoi Studio, Vietnam
2009 — Half the Surface of the World, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2008 — Greg Girard, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 — Greg Girard, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2007 — Sailors, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 — Downtown, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 — Phantom Shanghai, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 — Phantom Shanghai, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2022 — Led Zeppelin & Mission Raceway 1973, Monte Clark, Vancouver, BC
2022 — American Stopover, Monte Clark, Vancouver BC
2021 — City on the Edge: Art and Shanghai at the Turn of the Millenium, UCCA
2021 — Trip Pictures, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 — Tokyo-Yokosuka, 1976-1983, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 — HK:PM [Hong Kong Night Life 1974–1989], Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 — Under Vancouver 1972–1982, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2015 — Richmond/Kowloon, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC
2015 — Selects, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 — A Better Tomorrow, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011 — Hanoi Calling / In the Near Distance, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011 — Hanoi Calling / In the Near Distance, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2010 — Greg Girard (photos from Hanoi Calling: One Thousand Years Now), Hanoi Studio, Vietnam
2009 — Half the Surface of the World, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2008 — Greg Girard, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 — Greg Girard, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2007 — Sailors, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 — Downtown, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 — Phantom Shanghai, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 — Phantom Shanghai, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 — Hong Kong: Here and beyond, M+ Museum, Hong Kong
2021 — City on the Edge: Art and Shanghai at the Turn of the Millennium, UCCA, Shanghai
2020 — The Big Picture, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA
2017 — Pictures from Here, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2016 — An Agreeable State of Uncertainty, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2012 — Perspectives 2012, International Center of Photography, New York NY
2012 — Yixian International Photo Festival, Yixian, China
2011 — The Near and the Elsewhere, PM Gallery & House, London UK
2010 — It Is What It is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON
2009 — Clark & Faria Presents:, Clark & Faria, Toronto ON
2008 — Portraits, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2007 — History, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 — Decay, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2004 — Parallel Worlds, Lille 2004, European Cultural Capital
2003 — Kowloon Walled City, with Ian Lambot, Columbia University Grad School of Architecture Gallery, New York NY
2001 — Cities on the Move, Kiasma, Helsinki
2000 — Cities of the 21st Century, Bauhaus, Germany
1999 — Cities on the Move, Hayward Gallery, London
1997 — Kowloon Walled City, Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, South Korea
2021 — City on the Edge: Art and Shanghai at the Turn of the Millennium, UCCA, Shanghai
2020 — The Big Picture, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA
2017 — Pictures from Here, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2016 — An Agreeable State of Uncertainty, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
2012 — Perspectives 2012, International Center of Photography, New York NY
2012 — Yixian International Photo Festival, Yixian, China
2011 — The Near and the Elsewhere, PM Gallery & House, London UK
2010 — It Is What It is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON
2009 — Clark & Faria Presents:, Clark & Faria, Toronto ON
2008 — Portraits, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2007 — History, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 — Decay, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto ON
2004 — Parallel Worlds, Lille 2004, European Cultural Capital
2003 — Kowloon Walled City, with Ian Lambot, Columbia University Grad School of Architecture Gallery, New York NY
2001 — Cities on the Move, Kiasma, Helsinki
2000 — Cities of the 21st Century, Bauhaus, Germany
1999 — Cities on the Move, Hayward Gallery, London
1997 — Kowloon Walled City, Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, South Korea
Collections
Art Bank of the Canada Council / Art Gallery of Ontario / Conner, Clark and Lunn
McCarthy Tetrault / National Gallery of Canada / Royal Bank of Canada / Vancouver Art Gallery
McCarthy Tetrault / National Gallery of Canada / Royal Bank of Canada / Vancouver Art Gallery
