LIAM COO
Liam Coo is a media artist, photographer, videographer, graphic and web designer, based in Toronto. He has worked in a variety of positions including: freelance designer, studio technician, commissioned artist, and chef. He recently assumed the role of Media Coordinator at Jumblies where he manages the design of graphic and web elements along with creating and managing of video and photographic documentation. His private practice includes doing all of these things and more for other creative individuals and enterprises. As an artist, his work has been exhibited in galleries and festivals in Toronto and Montreal in both group and solo shows.
Liam Coo makes art that combines analogue and digital photographic process creating hybrid methods that act as a creative processes for the plethora of themes he explores in his series. In addition to photography his artistic practice embraces animation, design, graphics, coding, video, and writing. Focusing on theories from media studies and the societal effects of technology, especially digital innovations and developments, his images attempt to expand on the existing conversations.
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ARTIST CV Education 2013 BFA Photography, Ryerson University Solo Exhibition 2013 Unexpected Space, IMA Gallery, Toronto Group Exhibitions 2014 Emerging Artist Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto 2014 Fantastic Fiction, VA Sub Gallery, MFA Portes Ouvertes 2013 Maximum Exposure 13, Burroughs Art Market, CONTACT Festival, Toronto 2012 Temporal Forms, IMA Gallery, Toronto 2012 Maximum Exposure 12, Gallery 1313, Toronto 2011 Puncture, IMA Gallery, Toronto 2011 NOMADS, Queen St West, Toronto 2010 Holiday Show, IMA Gallery, Toronto 2009 Smile, Hotshot Gallery, CONTACT Festival, Toronto 2008 Photography 11, CONTACT Festival, Jet Fuel Gallery, Toronto Publications 2015 MOULD #2, MOULD Press, Barcelona 2015 Photographer’s Playbook Zine, Photobook Club MTL, Montreal 2014 The Stained Glass of the Hosmer Collection, McGill University Press 2014 Concordia MFA Catalogue 2013 Function Magazine, Featured Portfolio 2012 Function Zine, Fall and Winter Issues 2011 Dandy Horse Magazine, Summer Issue Awards 2012 Max Ex. Best in Show, Runner Up, Toronto Image Works 2010 Award for Excellence in Photography, RHSA 2010 Award for Excellence in Photography, Aden Camera