VLADIMIR KABELIK

• 1951 (Zlin, Czechoslovakia)
• Master of Arts degree from FAMU (Academy of Film and Television Arts), Prague
• Published in Czech media and participated in numerous photographic activities
• First solo exhibit at the Czechoslovak Writers Gallery in downtown Prague
• Started his professional career as a writer and motion picture director for “Krátký Film” studio
• Freelance work for Czech Television and Radio Prague
• Produced mainly documentaries (some of them dealing with the subject of photography)
• Awarded the Silver Pin by the Guild of Czech Photographers
• Interrogated by the secret police because of his contacts with the anti-communist dissent
• 1981 escaped from the Iron Curtain with his wife and two young sons
• Lived briefly in Austria and Switzerland
• 1982 landed in Canada
• Worked for PFA Film Labs and Avatar multi-media agency in Toronto
• 1983 started producing documentaries again, mainly for CBC, TV Ontario and Vision TV
• 1984 employed by Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario
• Nominee and recipient of Canadian and international film and television awards including Yorkton Film Festival, Gemini  Awards and Special Jury Award at WorldFest in Huston, TX
• An early adopter of the Piezography process
• Canadian solo exhibits include “Niches” (Limelight Dinner Theatre), “Black & White Blues” (Eight Elm Gallery), “Memories” (Cannington House Gallery),  “Suite 204” (Wallace Avenue Studios) and “One Life - Two Cities” (Sheridan Gallery)
• Published in Luminous Landscape, Black & White, LensWork, Fotografie and PhotoEd magazines
• Past partner in Cutaway Productions and a principal owner of Artcore Productions Ltd.
• 2006 - present: Willing Mind Productions Inc. (www.willingmindproductions.com)
• 2006 - present: represented by Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto (www.mrfinearts.com)
• 2015 - present: on-line sales by Saatchi Art: (www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/813990)
• 2016 - present: on-line sales by Artfinder: (www.artfinder.com/vladimir-kabelik)