(b. 1946, Vancouver, British Columbia. Lives and works in Vancouver.)
Jeff Wall studied art history at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and at the Courtauld Institute, London. His work has been exhibited in numerous international exhibitions, including a touring solo retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, and the San Francisco Museum of Art, in 2007. He has been the recipient of numerous prizes, including The Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Art Photography (2001); Ontario Arts Council, Canada; Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography (2002); and the Roswitha Haftmann Prize for the Visual Arts (2003).
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
2007
Jeff Wall: Exposure, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
Jeff Wall, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York / The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois / San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
2005
Jeff Wall, Photographs 1978-2004," Schaulager, Münchenstein, Basel; Tate Modern, London, England
2004
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2009
Cézanne and Beyond, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Esposizione Universale – l'arte alla prova del tempo, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo (GAMeC), Bergamo, Italy
2007
On History, Fundacion Santander Central Hispano, Madrid, Spain
Edit! Photography and Film in the Ellipse Collection, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal
2006
Super Vision, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
The 1980's Topology, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
