A COMMENT ON ‘PHOTOGRAPHY” by VLADIMIR KABELIK
We are all storytellers. And the most important story we tell is the story of our own life.
We are all immigrants in this life. We may not have crossed the sea ice of the Bering
Strait or fled from persecution in another country but we are all born as strangers to
this world.
Some of our life story we make, some is made for us. The story we tell changes with time,
varies depending upon our audience.
For artists, their work is their most important life story – a record and reflection of
who they are. Vladimir Kabelik is a photographer. This book is his visual autobiography.
Kabelik’s images and words stir emotions, evoke memories, provoke associations.
While looking at his images we reflect on our own life story.
-- David Barlow --
Television Producer
Awards
VLADIMIR KABELIK
1359 White Oaks Blvd.
Suite #1509
Oakville, Ontario
L6H 2R8, Canada
Phone: 905-842-3967 (residence)
E-mail: vladimir.kabelik@gmail.com
Web: www.kabelik.com
Represented by:
MARCIA RAFELMAN FINE ARTS, Toronto
www.mrfinearts.com
2012 MARCIA RAFELMAN FINE ARTS
MRFA – art dealer annual showcase
2010 B&W MAGAZINE
Included in 2010 Portfolio Gallery
2008 TRAVERSE
MRFA – CONTACT photo exhibit
LUCIE AWARDS
Photo competition - Honorary Mention
2007 HERE & NOW
MRFA – CONTACT group photo exhibit
LUCIE AWARDS
Photo competition – 2x Honorary Mention
2005 LENSWORK #59
Photographic profile
LUMINOUS LANDSCAPE Website
Article analyzing the Piezography process
2004 VLADIMIR KABELIK: SELECTED WORKS
Solo exhibit, Solothurn, Switzerland
CANADIAN CAMERA Magazine
Photographic profile
2003 MEMORIES
Solo exhibit, Cannington House Gallery, Oakville
2002 PHOTO ED Magazine
Photographic profile
REFLECTIONS
Group exhibit, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville
2001 CANADIAN CAMERA COLLEGE
CAPA exhibit in Dartmouth, NS
2000 PICTURING CHANGE
Mixed media group exhibit, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville
1993 SUITE 204
Solo exhibit, Wallace Avenue Studios, Toronto
1987 BLACK & WHITE BLUES
Solo exhibit, Eight Elm Gallery, Toronto
1985 NICHES
Solo exhibit (Ontario Arts Council grant), Limelight Dinner Theatre, Toronto
1980 SEVERKA
Exhibit of the art movement RETEZ (The Chain), Prague
1977 JUNIOR PHOTO
Czech Photographers Guild exhibition in Teplice; awarded with Silver Pin distinction
1976 Introduced to JOSEF SUDEK
Filmed his last photo exhibit, Museum Of Applied Arts, Prague
1974 VLADIMIR KABELIK – PHOTOGRAFIE
Solo exhibit at the Czechoslovak Writers Gallery, Prague
1973 Published in magazines and dailies FOTOGRAFIE, KINO, MLADY SVET, KVETY, VLASTA,
SVET V OBRAZECH, LIDOVA DEMOKRACIE and VECERNI PRAHA
1972 SHAPES
First solo exhibit, Debut Gallery, Prague
1971 Mentored by MIROSLAV HAK (Group ’42) until his death in 1978
1970 PRAGUE AT NIGHT
Group exhibit, Vecerni Praha Gallery, Prague
WHY STILLS?
As a young man, I met several great photographers who enriched my life not only through their images but even more through their life philosophy – straightforward and honest…
Filmmaking has been a big part of my life - however, as I grow older, I catch myself thinking more and more about elements of purity and simple, unassuming beauty. I am finding plenty of it in the photographic field…
Photography reflects the peace and quiet in my soul which contrasts so greatly with the dynamic approach I take to my films…
As a filmmaker I have to make compromises; not so with my photographs…
I don’t alter my negatives but I like to scan, retouch and balance them digitally. Then, by using the Piezography process, I print these files on acid free mould made paper. The final product, carbon pigment image transfer, is a pure photography with a touch of hand-made graphic print…
