Since the late 1980s, Stan Douglas has created films, photographs, installations and multimedia works that utilize both analog and digital technologies to present complex reimagined narratives that pertain to particular locations or past events. Over the past decade, Douglas’ work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at prominent institutions worldwide, including Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg; Wiels Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon; Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen and Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, among others. Douglas has been the recipient of notable awards, including the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography (2016); the third annual Scotiabank Photography Award (2013); and the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography, New York (2012). Major museum collections that hold works by the artist include the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Gallery, London; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Douglas was born in 1960 in Vancouver, where he continues to live and work.
