visual storyteller
chris@mediumlight.com
604-868-3630
Christopher
grabowski
BIOGRAPHY
Christopher Grabowski's photographs and articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail, The Washington Post, Financial Times, El Mundo, Utne Reader, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, MacLean's, Ottawa Citizen, Geist and Tyee. He has received several awards in photojournalism and journalism. Among them, the Michener-Deacon Fellowship, Canada's premier award encouraging the pursuit of investigative journalism that serves the public interest. His work has been exhibited in Canada, Poland, Holland and Germany.
AWARDS
Western Magazine Awards, Finalist, 2008, 2003
Summit Creative Awards (contributor), Gold, 2005,
Western Magazine Awards, Gold, 2004
Canadian Association of Journalists Awards, Finalist, 2004
Michener-Deacon Fellowship, 1999
Advertising and Design Club of Canada, Silver, 1996
GRANTS
Vancouver Foundation, City of Vancouver, Ontario Arts Council, British Columbia Arts Council, Hamber Foundation, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Willows Foundation, CIDA
EXHIBITIONS
From Snowy Mountain
Roundhouse, Vancouver, 2010
Guns, Kites and Dreams
Images of Afghanistan, Group Exhibition,
Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, 2004-2005
Documents and Dreams
Group Exhibition, Vancouver, Halifax, 2003-2004
The Gift
Gallery WM, Amsterdam, 2000
Facing The Eastside
Roundhouse, Vancouver, 1998
Licht Blicke
Group Exhibition, Hamelin, Germany, 1991
Photograffiti und Photographien
Amerika Haus, Hannover, Germany, 1989
Autumn in New York and Other Stories
Galerie fur Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany, 1988
TEACHING
• Teacher at LaSalle Vancouver College in the Professional Photography Diploma program, 2017
• Designer and instructor of master classes at Simon Fraser University and Thetyee.ca focused on photojournalism and documentary photography for nonprofit organizations
• Teacher at Focal Point: The Visual Arts Learning Center, 2006–2009