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Buffalo on the Range

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Richard W. Collens
me@richardcollens.com  
Born Tillsonburg Ontario, Canada 1963 
Lives and works in Calgary Alberta, Canada 

 

Solo Exhibitions 

  • 2020: “Long Days in the Desert” – Framed on Fifth Gallery, Calgary, Canada 
     

Group Exhibitions 

  • International 

  • 2020: “Through the Lens” – Jadite Gallery, New York, New York 

  • 2019: Re:Artiste “Show Your World” – MC Gallery, New York, New York 

  • Regional 

  • 2023: “American Hotel” – Galt Museum, Lethbridge Canada 

  • 2023: “Aeffect” – Christine Klassen Gallery – 500 Collective, Calgary, Canada 

  • 2022: “6ix Points of View” – Christine Klassen Gallery – 500 Collective, Calgary, Canada 

  • 2021: “Re-emergence” – Carbon Point Gallery, Calgary, Canada 

  • 2019: “UNSEEN” – ArtPoint Gallery, Calgary, Canada 

  • 2018: Spruce Meadows – Masters Tournament, Calgary, Canada 

  • 2018: Calgary Stampede – Western Showcase, Calgary, Canada 

  • 2017: Calgary Stampede – Western Showcase, Calgary, Canada 

  • 2016: Calgary Stampede – Western Showcase, Calgary, Canada 
     

Awards and Recognition 

  • International 

  • 2023: “Reserved in the Aftermath” - Honourable Mention – Monovision Awards 

  • 2022: “Pool View” - Honorable Mention – Chromatic Awards 

  • 2022: “Lonely Road to Monument Valley” – Nominee in Landscape, Fine Art Photo Awards 

  • 2021: “Reflections of the Past” – Juror Selected – New York Center for Photographic Arts 

  • 2020: “Long Day” – Honourable Mention, Fine Art – Black and White Spider Photo Awards 

  • 2020: “Ghost of Ian Mac” – Nominated, Fine Art – Black and White Spider Photo Awards 

  • 2019: “Aridity (Portfolio)” – Honourable Mention, Fine Art – ND Photo Awards 

  • 2019: “Long Day” – Honourable Mention – Architecture, Monochrome Awards 

  • 2019: “Long Day” – Honourable Mention - Architecture, International Photography Awards 

  • 2019: “Long Day” – Nominee in Architecture, Fine Art Photography Awards 

  • 2019: “Afterlife at Joshua Tree” – Honourable Mention, Monovisions Photo Awards 

  • 2019: “Ancient Overlook” – Honourable Mention, Monovisions Photo Awards 

  • 2018: “Afterlife at Joshua Tree” – Nominee, 4th Annual Fine Art Photography Awards 

  • 2017: “Huddled in the Wind” – Honourable Mention, Monovisions Photo Awards 

  • 2017: “Huddled in the Snow” – Honourable Mention, Monovision Photo Awards 

  • 2017: “Old School in Big Sky” – Honourable Mention, ND Photo Awards 
     

  • National 

  • 2021: “American Hotel” and “Land of the Free” – Juror Selection, SNAP Toronto 

  • 2018: “Long Day” – Award of Merit, SNAP Toronto 

  • 2016: “Idaho Bunkhouse” – SNAP Toronto  
     

  • Regional 

  • 2019: “Lonely Road to Monument Valley – First Place, PRPA “Hand of Man”  

  • 2018: “Standing in the Badlands” – Third Place, PRPA “Hand of Man”  

  • 2018: “Ancient Graffiti” – Third Place, PRPA “Hand of Man”  

  • 2018: “Lonely Road to Monument Valley – Second Place, Foothills Camera Club  

  • 2017: “Bachelors in the Badlands” – First Place, Cochrane Ecological Institute  
     

Publications 

  • 2022: “Ghost of Ian Mac” – Merit Award - Black and White Magazine 

  • 2022: “Gauzer and the Flagman” – Merit Award - Black and White Magazine 

  • 2016: “Last day in London” – Honorable Mention, Outpost Magazine Annual Photo  

  • 2016: “Huddled in the Wind” – Photolife Magazine, “Best of Clubs” 
     

Professional Affiliations

  • Past 

  • Alberta Society of Artists, Associate Member 

  • Current 

  • CARFAC 

  • Founding member of the Lumian Collective 

For me, the journey is the destination. It’s amazing what you find off the beaten path; pristine wilderness, forgotten bits of a previous settlement and a good cross section of life and natural history. I like to mix life and landscape, reclamation, regeneration, the defiance and the resilience of nature. The selections I make for my portfolio have a soul in them that speak to me. Everything has a spirit within it, and if you can capture that soul in an image, it’s magic.

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