Black and White Fine Art Photography by Russel Kwan and Wendy Kwan: Exhibitions, Awards, Presentations, Publications and Reviews

2009 - Group Exhibit: "Luminatii", Main Artery Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures.
2009 - Group Exhibit: "Cheer", Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver
2008 - Group Exhibit: "Soleil", Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures.
2008 - Solo Exhibit: "Vanishing Silver", Main Artery Gallery, Vancouver, click here for installation pictures.
2007 - Solo Exhibit : "Vanishing Silver", Galleons Lap Photography Gallery, Salt Spring Island, Canada, click here for installation pictures.
2007 - Solo Exhibit: "Chasing Light Stranger and Beyond", Troy University Department of Art and Design, Troy Alabama, click here for installation pictures.
2007 - Solo Exhibit: "Chasing Light Stranger", Main Artery Gallery, Vancouver
2006 - Solo Exhibit: "Chasing Light Stranger", Vancouver Gallery of Photography, click here for installation pictures.
2006 - Solo Exhibit: "Chasing Light Stranger", Galleons Lap Photography Gallery, Salt Spring Island Canada
2004 - Group Exhibit: Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver
2004 - Solo Exhibit: "Points of Departure", The Creative Framing Company, Vancouver
2004 - Solo Exhibit: "Points of Departure", Gerry Thorne Exhibition Hall, Vancouver Roundhouse
2002 - Group Exhibit: Exposure Gallery, Vancouver

2009 - 3 honorable mentions, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Hard of Housing"
2008 - 2nd place, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Vanishing Silver"
2008 - 2nd place, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Ephemeron"
2008 - Honorable Mention, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Interwoven"
2008 - Honorable Mention, Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Heartwood"
2008 - Honorable Mention, Prix de la Photographie Paris, "Vanishing Silver"
2007 - 3rd place Fine Art Book , Prix de la Photographie Paris, "Chasing Light Stranger"
2007 - Honorable Mention Fine Art Book , Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, "Chasing Light Stranger"

2009 - Jurist, North Shore Photographic Society Print Night
2009 - Jurists, Crescent Beach Photography Club Black and White Invitational Print Competition. click here for juror's report.
2009 - Jurists, Photography, Vancouver Alternate Schools' "Speaking From Our Art" Exhibition
2009 - Guest Lecture, Royal City Photography Club
2009 - Guest Lecture, New Westminster Photography Club
2009 - Guest Lecture, Crescent Beach Photography Club
2008 - Guest Lecture, Photo Club Vancouver
2008 - Guest Lecture, Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
2008 - Instructors, Full Time Diploma Program, Focal Point, Vancouver
2008 - Jurists, Crescent Beach Photography Club Black and White Invitational Print Competition. click here for juror's report.
2008 - Guest Lecture, Focal Point, Vancouver
2007 - Guest Lectures, Troy University Department of Art and Design, Troy Alabama
2007 - Workshop Leaders, Galleons Lap Photography Gallery, Salt Spring Island Canada
2007 - Guest Lecture, Focal Point, Vancouver
2007 - Jurists, Photography and Digital Art, Vancouver Alternate Schools' "Speaking From Our Art" Exhibition

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2009 - Feature on Global TV morning News.... see clip
2009 - Spiritus, Journal Vol 9 No 1, The Johns Hopkins University Press (cover and interior photographs)
2009 - click here for an interview in the Peace Arch News.
2008 - "Chasing Light Stranger" enters the reference library of the Canadian Musem of Contemporary Photography, a branch of the National Gallery of Canada
2007 - click here for press clippings from Vanishing Silver.
2007 - Interview on Troy, Alabama TV
2007 - Interview on Troy, Alabama Radio
2007 - Feature on Global TV morning news... see clip
2007 - Feature on Shaw TV evening news... see clip
2007 - Feature article: "Chasing Light Stranger", Camera Arts magazine Mar/Apr issue
2006 - click here for press clippings from Chasing Light Stranger.
2006 - Book released: "Chasing Light Stranger", brown sock books, Vancouver Canada

"Vanishing Silver ... combines a reverence for the past with a desire to hold on to the basis of fine photography. Their work is crisp and clear, capturing the details of light and shadow exquisitely."
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- Gulf Islands Driftwood, 2007

"Russel and Wendy Kwan... photograph a world in which light is paramount. The light becomes the subject itself, just as much as the objects it illuminates and the contemplative moods it enlightens."
- Malone Gallery, Troy University, Alabama USA, 2007

"In the hands of committed, sensitive and talented esoteric individuals such as Russ and Wendy Kwan, photography has the power to evoke emotions, take you to another time and place and create the desire to own such images."
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- Anthony Matthews, Salt Spring Arts Council Newsletter, 2007

"The Kwan's visual reality is subtle, rich with texture and light, and filled with beauty."
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- Gulf Islands Driftwood, 2006