“Conocí primero a la obra de Rafael a través de un libro editado con su obra reciente. Contacté con él para adquirir una obra de sus geniales personaje familiares y hoy después de varias conversaciones a la distancia, puedo confirmar que Es un gran creativo y una persona entrañable con la que da gusto interactuar Gracias Rafael.”
About
Teacher/Photographer.
28 years of teaching at Sheridan College
42 years of experience as an artist-photographer with a variety of experience.
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 Beautifully Broken, O'Born Contemporarty Gallery, Toronto
2009 O’Born Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
2008 Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, France
2008 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2007 BJE Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, California
2007 Eleanor London Biblioteque Publique Cote St. Luc, Montreal
2006 Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2005 Rossella Junck Gallery, Venice, Italy
2005 Rossella Junck Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005 The McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London
2002 Museum Synagoge Gröbzig, Gröbzig, Germany
2001 The Koffler Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2001 National Library of Chile / Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago
2001 Verein an der Synagoge Bonn, Germany
2000 Europa Haus, Arnstadt, Germany
2000 Begegnungsstätte Kleine Synagoge, Erfurt, Germany
2000 The Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto
1997 Gallery Mistral, Montreal, Quebec
1997 The Photo Eclipse Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
1993 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1992 The Photography Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
1991 Le Mois de la Photo a Montréal
1991 Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990 The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1990 Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1990 Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
1990 The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Quebec
1989 Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1989 Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1989 Gallery TPW, Toronto, Ontario
1988 The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1988 The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
1987 SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1987 Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City
1983 Canadian Centre for Photography & Film, Toronto, Ontario
Specialties: Photography education
Portrait Photography
Fine Art
Activity
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Victoria Mancinelli Thank you for visiting the Toronto Holocaust Museum and for your steadfast support. We are grateful for your leadership and for…
Victoria Mancinelli Thank you for visiting the Toronto Holocaust Museum and for your steadfast support. We are grateful for your leadership and for…
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“Under Canadian Law, funding can only be advanced to organizations that respect Canadian values and international human rights standards…
“Under Canadian Law, funding can only be advanced to organizations that respect Canadian values and international human rights standards…
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Thrilled to perform at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 100th anniversary Open House on Saturday, September 24 at the Roy Thomson Hall alongside my…
Thrilled to perform at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 100th anniversary Open House on Saturday, September 24 at the Roy Thomson Hall alongside my…
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Experience
Education
Volunteer Experience
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Board Chair
LACAP: Latin American Canadian Art Projects
- Present 11 years 9 months
Arts and Culture
Publications
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I Am My Family
Princeton Architectural Press
Old family photo albums are fascinating. If you're lucky enough to own one, you've probably spent hours poring overhalf-faded black-and-white portraits of your ancestors, searching for similarities in their facial features and wondering whattheir lives might have been. Unfortunately, not every family has such easy access to their own history. Photographer Rafael Goldchain's Polish-Jewish ancestors emigrated to South America in the 1930s, and many others perished in Polandduring the Naziregime…
Old family photo albums are fascinating. If you're lucky enough to own one, you've probably spent hours poring overhalf-faded black-and-white portraits of your ancestors, searching for similarities in their facial features and wondering whattheir lives might have been. Unfortunately, not every family has such easy access to their own history. Photographer Rafael Goldchain's Polish-Jewish ancestors emigrated to South America in the 1930s, and many others perished in Polandduring the Naziregime. Also lost in the turmoil of war and emigration were most of the portraits of his extended family.When Goldchain became a parent himself, he decided to make up for this lack of evidence and recreate the lost generations of the past, in the present.
Rafael Goldchain's I Am My Family is a family album of traditional portrait photographs with an unconventional twist: the only subject is Goldchain himself. In an elaborate process involving genealogical research, the use of makeup, hair styling, costume, and props, Goldchain transforms himself into his ancestors and captures their personifications with the camera. Taking some liberties with historical accuracy, Goldchain has assembled a fascinating cast of characters: from his short-story-writing grandfather, to his great-aunts Pola and Fela, to the Rabbi Gur's nephew in wedding dress, Goldchain reinvents himself over and over again. These beautifully reproduced self-portraits trace the evolution of Jewish culture from tradition to modernity and invite us to engage the history of a family decimated and scattered by the traumatic events of the 20th century. Featuring an insightful essay by curator Martha Langford, the portraits are complemented by a selection of the archival images on which they are based as wellas selections from the artist's handwritten sketchbooks.
(From Amazon.ca)
Projects
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Beautifully Broken - The Life and Work of Rafael Goldchain
Producer.
This film documents the connection of celebrated photographer Rafael Goldchain to his body of work. Notable screenings include:
Yorkton Film Festival, Nominated for Golden Sheaf Award, 2014
Cornell University, Department of Cinema, 2014
Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 2013
Montreal World Film Festival, 2012
Other creatorsSee project
Honors & Awards
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Scotiabank Photography Award - Finalist 2015
Scotiabank
Languages
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Spanish
Native or bilingual proficiency
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English
Full professional proficiency
Organizations
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Society for Photographic Education
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