Joel Herman

Through processes of research, appropriation and transposition, Herman reconsiders historical forms and ideas in various media. He has made drawings, paintings, video, photographs and audio works that explore the complexities of our relationship to the past. In recent work, Herman has been considering examples of geometric abstraction in Modernist art and design. In appropriating past artistic works and ideas, Herman's aim is to consider this material not as part of a resolved historical moment, but as something more fluid. Joel Herman attended the University of Victoria, where he received his BFA in 2004, and the University of Guelph, where he completed his MFA in 2008. His work has been included in exhibitions at Artspeak (Vancouver), Gallery 44 (Toronto), Open Space (Victoria), and The Ministry of Casual Living (Victoria), among other venues. He lives and works in Toronto.