Zoe Jaremus - photos

2011-07-08T15:20:00.002-05:00

me at 4.

its summer. I'm in between things. Trying to get my life sorted in more ways then one. hopefully more posting in the near future. enjoy the summer.

2011-05-01T22:29:00.003-05:00

French Boyne-Boyne.

My friend Chris Boyne has work in Gallery 44 right now as one of CONTACT'S feature shows. It'll be up for the whole month of May, which means you gotta see it.

for more about it go here

2011-04-06T22:59:00.003-05:00

An image by Helen Levitt I stumbled on while putting together my defense presentation. There's something very strange about it, I think that's why I like it so much.

2011-04-03T18:34:00.002-05:00

spring is on its way in, so here's a shot from December to say goodbye to the snow for a while.

2011-04-02T09:59:00.002-05:00

Nightlife magazine did a little write up and interview with me. The questions are rather cheezy but yeah...enjoy. click here to read it!

News

2011-03-16T15:16:00.003-05:00

Hey all, I'm part of a group show at the AGO's Grange Members Lounge. Here's a link for more info

ps. Collision opens tomorrow. be there or be square.

Upcoming Show!

2011-03-11T13:56:00.004-06:00

sorry I haven't been posting too much these days, I've been preparing for a group show I'm part of at Parisian Laundry. So if you're in town come join me and the other 8 amazing artists for the vernissage on Thursday March 17, 2011.

yeah!

2011-03-02T20:32:00.002-06:00

Shooting guns in Poland. yeah, I did that.

2011-02-26T18:12:00.002-06:00

weirdo in the woods.

things have been a bit crazy for me lately. I have been working like bonkers to finish printing images for the Collision 7 show at Parisian Laundry which I am part of. Super tired, but I'm in good spirits.
more news soon.

2011-02-16T10:54:00.003-06:00

2011-02-08T17:34:00.002-06:00

At the end of the day after assisting me, Maryanne looking like one tough cookie.

2011-02-07T15:34:00.001-06:00

follow the leader

2011-02-05T15:54:00.002-06:00

My roll of film wasn't rolled tight enough, and I ended up with these weirdo light leaks on a couple of shots. sloppy

2011-02-04T21:07:00.004-06:00

I was in a crazy car accident the other day. We hit a patch of ice going East on the 401, lost control, rolled, and ended up tearing through the Kingston sign. I think this sign was what stopped us from possibly rolling a second time, but who knows. Anyway, we're all fine, with no injuries some how.
So if you're going to Kingston and you're looking for a sign for exit 615, you might not see it.

2011-01-27T14:50:00.003-06:00

I watched There will be Blood the other day, it reminded me of a lot the landscape that surround my mothers childhood home in Poland. this shot is from the small amount of film that survived that trip.

2011-01-23T22:14:00.003-06:00

under the highway, where the cool kids hang out.

2011-01-17T23:02:00.000-06:00

birch trees

2011-01-17T16:36:00.002-06:00

warmer times. Andrea and Sarah

2011-01-13T16:05:00.002-06:00

ice rocks, lake ontario

2011-01-13T16:04:00.001-06:00

sara in a tree - november

2011-01-10T17:37:00.004-06:00

another snowy one. This one's by the lake in the Laurentians. so pretty and quiet there.

2011-01-10T14:12:00.002-06:00

toronto island, sudden snow storm, and cold fingers

resolutions

2011-01-07T15:41:00.002-06:00

I've made some resolutions, here's hoping I keep them.
some goals are: work harder, finish thesis, graduate.

two butts

2011-01-07T08:45:00.001-06:00

swans doing some synchronized diving.

happy newyear

2011-01-06T20:23:00.000-06:00

ice cracking and spliting on Toronto Island

2010-12-17T10:03:00.001-06:00

kate's cabin in the Laurentians

Evergon

2010-12-07T21:42:00.001-06:00

Santa!

2010-11-30T20:42:00.001-06:00

uncle vladic and aunt wanda

2010-11-30T20:03:00.001-06:00

little Olivika.

2010-11-28T17:57:00.003-06:00

Rochester, New York

2010-11-24T16:18:00.001-06:00

a test. Toronto Island. an unseasonably warm day.

2010-11-24T16:17:00.000-06:00

Andrea being a good sport.

dead things

2010-11-15T15:39:00.001-06:00

some of my new dead things.
back to Montreal tomorrow...

2010-11-07T12:21:00.002-06:00

view from Lucy's window.
London, England

shooting guns...prepping for zombies

2010-11-05T14:52:00.002-05:00

this is the 'tower' did target practice from with my uncle.

shit happens

2010-11-03T12:17:00.002-05:00

I'm try to stay positive.

Maybe I'll just write this now, and get it out of the way. It look likes my something went wrong inside my camera while I was in Poland, I guess it was about the first week I got there, though I had no idea, shutter was working fine nothing seemed weird. Anyway, got my film back and only the first 5 rolls were exposed everything else came out blank.

I've had my cry. and now I'm trying to come up with a new plan. not sure what I'll do yet, but mostly just embarrassed and bummed that it happened. I'm going to take this as a sign...I don't know, its better then being angry. not much else to say but that I will try to make a better project. or maybe go back. ugh.

(mostly just mad that this is the first time my camera has ever broken...bad timing)

2010-11-03T09:09:00.001-05:00

things have taken a bad turn. time to rethink....if you need me I'll be panicking.

sigh

2010-11-02T16:56:00.002-05:00

post gun shooting portrait

back and away again

2010-10-29T19:08:00.005-05:00

just got back to Toronto yesterday, and hoping on another plane tomorrow for a group show I'm part of in Winnipeg! If you're around you should check it out.
here are the details:
Cabin Fever
PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts is pleased to present the group exhibition, Cabin Fever, featuring a mixture of emerging and established artists whose work in photography and video examine boredom, malaise, as well as social and mental isolation.

Zoë Jaremus [Montreal, Canada] >Terence Koh [New York City, USA] > Deirdre Logue [Toronto, Canada] > Elizabeth Milton [Vancouver, Canada] > Ryan Park [Guelph, Canada] > Jon Sasaki [Toronto, Canada] > Rebekka Unrau [Glasgow, United Kingdom / Dubai, United Arab Emirates]
curator: J.J. Kegan McFadden

2010-10-19T10:10:00.002-05:00

my uncle Janek's living room. shinny wallpaper.
sorry for the glare.

Uncle Vladic

2010-10-14T06:04:00.002-05:00

2010-10-14T06:03:00.001-05:00

Yola smoking in the kicthen, I'm on look out for her dad.

relatives.

2010-10-14T06:02:00.001-05:00

Gosha, Paulina, and Patrick

they posed like this on their on own.

more corn...

2010-10-14T06:01:00.000-05:00

from my family farm. I kind of miss it.

no more farm :(

2010-10-14T05:56:00.004-05:00

ideas, and tests - not thesis related (well maybe not)

Left the farm a few days ago and have been internetless in the city - I know, how strange. Leaving for Leighton Buzzard, England tomorrow to visit more cousins.

looking forward to being in an English speaking country.

sheep crossing

2010-10-07T16:02:00.002-05:00

long bike rides on windy days. not much traffic, just some sheep.

little terror

2010-10-07T15:51:00.003-05:00

my little cousin Olivia. she'd be cute, if she wasn't such a terror.

more Lviv

2010-10-07T15:47:00.002-05:00

some old homes in Lviv.

Lviv, Ukraine

2010-10-07T08:41:00.004-05:00

went to a couple of art galleries in Lviv, that were underwhelming to say the least. The most entertaining part of the whole thing was the little old ladies guarding each room. They would turn on the lights as I walked in a room, and then immediately turn them off. They also seemed very suspicious of me, to the point of following me through the gallery for a good 10 minutes.

Chernobyl, Ukraine

2010-09-30T15:57:00.005-05:00

went to Chernobyl a couple days ago. it was truly a surreal experience walking through those buildings. basically intense is the only way I can describe it.

ballet

2010-09-29T05:16:00.004-05:00

last night in Odessa, went the Ballet. The theatre was gorgeous, the dancers so-so
sorry for my crooked angles.

tank riding

2010-09-29T04:56:00.003-05:00

Battery 411, riding tanks, and posing on things. There was also this giant submarine, and soviet bus.

Odessa, Ukraine

2010-09-23T01:51:00.003-05:00

I arrived in Odessa a couple days ago. I took 20 hour train from Poland that was raided in the middle of the night, apparently some people were trying to smuggle goods in. I was mostly scared because I wasn't sure what was happening or if this was a normal thing. Police officer in full gear, search dogs, and bad attitudes. this was my introduction to Ukraine.

here are some images of the 'beach' in odessa. all concrete.

2010-09-18T16:50:00.003-05:00

this morning I went into the woods with my cousin to pick mushrooms. She gave me a quick lesson on which ones were poison, and then later checked my basket.

sidenote: I haven't eaten a single vegatable since I left.(i'm not counting the potatoes)

2010-09-18T16:47:00.001-05:00

my cousin Yola's room.

2010-09-18T16:41:00.003-05:00

More pictures of the inside of my uncles home. kind of in love with all of the dead animal skins, heads, and taxidermy.

I have landed

2010-09-17T17:31:00.004-05:00

I arrived in Poland yesterday after an exhausting 14 hours of travel. I'm staying in a small village called Dobrawica with my Uncle Janek, Aunt Krysia, cousin Yola and her 2 year old duaghter Olivia. They have a population of about 1200 people which is pretty insane.

Yesterday I was fed pierogi's at three seperate houses; two made them with cheese and potatoes, and the third was with cabbage(which is my favorite).

at lunch today I did three shots of vodka with my Uncle and his friend...it was pissing rain so I didn't really shoot, plus I needed to get a bunch of stuff in town.

I will post as much as I can, wherever I have internet access. In the mean time here is a shot of the bedroom I'll sleeping in for the next little bit. I told my uncle I will be stealing at least two of those sweet animal skulls on the wall.

more posts soon!

ps. on Sunday my uncle will show me how to shoot a shot gun!!! I promise documentation. (don't tell my mom)

Love hotel - Tokyo

2010-06-28T21:39:00.005-05:00

Hey long time no post - anyway, this is picture from a 'premium' love hotel we stayed at. We had a private pool in our room, which had about 6 different colours of lights to "set the mood" - hehe

Design Festa - Tokyo

2010-05-21T06:43:00.004-05:00

inspired by jamie c.

So its been a busy week and I haven't really had time to sit down and load photos. We've been go, go, go, since we arrived on Saturday.
Here are some shot from Design Festa, it's a big emerging arts and design fair. My favorite part was the outfits ppl wore to draw you to their booths. Here's a couple.

installation shots

2010-05-14T00:35:00.007-05:00

Some quick pics from my solo show At this Moment at Bau-Xi Photo. If you haven't seen it yet its up until May 15th.

---I'm off to Tokyo tomorrow. Hopefully I will be able to post some photos from there and keep you posted on my travels!
see you in a couple weeks.

2010-05-05T20:35:00.003-05:00

last week in Montreal there was a freak winter storm, it snowed all day. I was riding my bike in a t-shirt the day before and back in my winter coat and boots the next. ha!

Solo Show

2010-05-05T16:13:00.002-05:00

I'm having a Solo exhibition up at Bau-Xi Photo from May 1-15
if you're town I'd love to see you!

happy summer.

schools out

2010-04-25T12:27:00.003-05:00

finishing my last paper today, it's all thesis from here on out.
back in Toronto in one week!

More Ukrainian things

2010-04-24T08:37:00.004-05:00

my family

Detail of TATO - or Dad doll

white nesting doll with Ukrainian text

These are some of my initial tests for my hand painted nesting dolls

Pysanky

2010-04-19T22:55:00.004-05:00

some Ukrainian Easter eggs I have been working on lately. Been doing some Ukrainian craft art as research for my thesis.

2010-04-13T20:38:00.002-05:00

Mama in a traditional Ukrainian blouse.

2010-04-01T18:39:00.002-05:00

I've never seen my dad joke around, or be "funny" in my entire life...seriously.
this, I guess is the closest thing to him joking around.
He didn't know what to do in the photo, he joked a bit about what he should do and made a couple of different gestures. when he made this face I snapped the picture and he called me a little shit (lovingly?) in Ukrainian.

mama

2010-04-01T18:35:00.002-05:00

me and mama in between shots last weekend. she's such a good sport.

tato

2010-03-13T22:50:00.001-06:00

bad lighting, first time ever photographing my dad. second attempt to come shortly.

my latest obsession

2010-03-10T09:23:00.003-06:00

This is only 'sort of' art related, but I needed to share!
site where illustrations are made from celebrity tweets.

http://tweetmuseum.com/

enjoy

little inconveniences

2010-03-09T18:37:00.006-06:00

Just got back from New York on Sunday night after an amazing 4 days of Art, Food, and Friends. When I got back I returned to a less then functioning computer -- Hopefully back up and running by Friday and I will post some arts. In the mean time here are some of my favorite things I saw at the The various shows.

Storm Tharp - Whitney

Nathalia Edenmont - Armory

Aurel Schmidt - Whittney

Todd Hido - Armory

studio shoot

2010-03-01T17:58:00.002-06:00

janna in her studio.

snowing!

2010-02-27T10:40:00.003-06:00

winter is back, don't ever underestimate her.
been in Toronto for the past week reading, drinking and taking the occasional photograph. haven't been taking as many as I should but oh well.
Anyway, back to Montreal tomorrow, and then to New York on wednesday --- feeling a bit fancy right now.

2010-02-14T23:37:00.002-06:00

Christie Pits. November '09.
I just liked that way this looked.

don't be lazy

2010-02-11T15:28:00.004-06:00

I was thinking a lot about an old series of mine and decided to play around a bit. nothing will most likely come of this.

Jamie Campbell told me that my blog 'sucks'. So i need to stop being lazy and be more proactive in my posting.

new year, new energy

2010-01-14T12:09:00.002-06:00

2010 is shaping up to be an exciting year for. With some traveling happening for me later in the year, finishing up grad school and working towards my thesis, a solo show in May, I have a lot to look forward to and be grateful for.
Today Canadian Art did a little write on my new gallery Bau-xi Photo. It's very exciting and they put one of my images up with the interview.

here's the link
http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2010/01/14/bau-xi/

have a great day!

2009-12-01T11:33:00.000-06:00

Anxiety work
initial test
nervous skin

2009-11-25T21:35:00.000-06:00

my oldest sister. starting to practice photographing my family.

2009-11-25T21:33:00.000-06:00

mama's room.

2009-11-24T23:28:00.001-06:00

Detail from my image for the CHIN project.
I destroyed a cheese grater in the process.

ps. thanks for the help m

2009-11-19T20:44:00.005-06:00

some pieces from my new work about Anxiety.
Collected hair - over 2 months

so many glasses

2009-11-12T13:51:00.004-06:00

some stills from my first attempt at this performance. This is 70 glasses and it really didn't feel like enough. I now have double the amount.

little brother

2009-11-09T17:31:00.003-06:00

2009-10-25T22:20:00.003-05:00

some tests from a recent shoot. notice my lovely assistant!

it's been too long

2009-10-25T22:16:00.007-05:00

haven't posted anything in a while. I suppose it's been a combination of being busy, and having something of a creative block. Anywho, here are some of my fav shots from a wedding in Brockville I attended.
I will be better about posting more often. We can work through this together!

Brock-vegas

2009-09-21T20:10:00.003-05:00

hotel in Brockville.

Nuptials

2009-09-11T06:35:00.002-05:00

Heading out to Brockville this weekend for Jay and Alissa's Wedding. Congrats to you both! (ps. Twiggy couldn't resist sneaking in the shot)

xxx

Twiggy

2009-09-10T13:14:00.003-05:00

recently I did engagement photos for my friends Jay and Alissa, afterward Alissa thought it'd be hilarious to put Twiggy in Jay's shirt. needless to say I had to document this, which made me then wonder how difficult is it to actually photograph these beautiful dogs? I'm looking at you Wegman! hmmmmmmmm

Quebec Cottage

2009-08-31T20:45:00.002-05:00

kate and chris's cottage is a wonderful place. beautiful water, excellent view, and great company. who could ask for more.

for Iryna

2009-08-26T23:41:00.004-05:00

If I didn't post these pictures of my nephew Wilfred my sister would kill me. he is pretty cute though.

Toronto Zoo

2009-08-26T08:00:00.003-05:00

wonderful flamingos

Brendan cooling off at the zoo with an ice pack on his head. slightly out of focus.

two men and half

2009-08-26T07:58:00.001-05:00

my mama. acting like the fine lady that she is.

my sweet sasha

2009-08-23T10:18:00.001-05:00

this my little dog. She's been around since I was 9.

mom feet

2009-08-23T10:17:00.002-05:00

Iryna

2009-08-21T19:09:00.004-05:00

Iryna M. - trying to be natural

when I was over at my moms the other day I took a ton of pictures of siblings, mom, and of course my sweet dog. I will probably end up posting a bunch of them.

zombie siblings

2009-08-18T17:52:00.002-05:00

dmytro and zoe = smoking zombies

i'm back in Montreal and back to reality. well sort of. But what this mostly means is I will be posting more regurlarly.

2009-07-22T09:16:00.000-05:00

summer is almost over. sigh

2009-07-20T09:36:00.000-05:00

Judy.

2009-07-19T11:20:00.002-05:00

garage at Janina's house

various states of yawning

2009-07-17T10:20:00.007-05:00

Some tests of me taking pictures in the midst of yawning right after a nap.