Lenka Holubec

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Biographical Note and CV

Born in the Czech Republic, Lenka Holubec studied at the Film and Video Department of York University in Toronto. She worked as an independent filmmaker developing feature and documentary projects. Since still photography always held a strong appeal to her as a tool of powerful visual expression, she has increasingly devoted herself to this field.

A strong bond with nature inspires and nourishes her photography work to a great extent. This relationship has become even stronger after her arrival to Canada, twenty-five years ago, when she traveled along the Great Lakes for the first time. The lakes’ powerful magic touched her deeply. It was a feeling of being at home at the place where she has never been before.

Photographing the various elements of nature remains a very intense and revealing experience to her as it involves a process of achieving a unity and harmony between the surrounding environment and oneself. The images then echo her pursuit to capture and preserve the meaning of what she sees and experiences. Perhaps traces of this meaning can be found embedded in the details of rocks, the world of reflections, water images, landscapes or still life.

She regards the photography work as a path enabling her to reach beyond our daily reality when seeking our connection to nature.

Photography Work Exhibit History

•  Signs in Stone, Solo exhibit, June 2006, Apollo art Gallery, Tobermory
• Signs in Stone, Radiations IV, Group exhibit, April 2006, Gallery de Boer,    Owen Sound
• Facing the Ineffable, a collaboration project by the artist Deborah Harris,    Group exhibit, April 2006, Gallery Acturus, Toronto
• Signs in Stone, Solo exhibit, May 2004, CONTACT04, Gallery Arcturus,    Toronto
• Lava Metamorphoses, Solo exhibit, May 2003, CONTACT03, The Civic    Garden Centre at Edwards Gardens, Toronto
• Through the Artists' Eyes, Group exhibit, December 2002, Gate Gallery,    Vysoke Myto, Czech Republic
• A Short Retrospective II, Group exhibit, September 2002, Gallery Katerina,    Vysoke Myto, Czech Republic
• Sharing Visions of a Great Passion, Solo exhibit, May 2002,CONTACT02,    Club Lucky Gallery, Toronto
• A Short Retrospective, Group exhibit, September 2001, Gallery Katerina,    Vysoke Myto, Czech Republic
• Intimate Portraits, Group exhibit, December 2001, Gate Gallery, Vysoke    Myto, Czech Republic
• The Gallery of Shared Visions, Solo exhibit, April 2001, Signatures Spring    Show, The Metro Convention Center, Toronto
• Journeys and Returns, Solo exhibit, September 2000, Gate Gallery, Vysoke    Myto, Czech Republic

Grants and Awards

1986 The Man Who Fell From Apple Tree won the first place prize at the CBC          Telefest

1986 The Man Who Fell From Apple Tree received Award of Excellence at the          Class Showcase sponsored by the National Film Board

1987 Received grant for Screenwriting from Canada Council – Explorations          Program

1988 Received grant for Screenwriting from Ministry of Citizenship and           Multiculturism
          Received financing for Script Development from Ontario Film           Development Corporation
          Received financing for Feature Film Development from Telefilm Canada

1989 Received financing for Feature Film Development from Telefilm Canada
         Received grant for Film Production from Ontario Arts Council

2004 Received Exhibition Assistance Grant from Ontario Arts Council for           photography work Signs in Stone

Collections

• Gallery Arcturus, Toronto, Canada
• Gallery Gates, Czech Republic
• Private collections in Canada and the Czech Republic

Bibliography

• Canadian and Czech Landscape in Heart, cultural events magazine TRS,    Czech Republic, 2000
•  Photos reveal beauty of Superior’s lava flows, Advisor, Great Lakes     Commision, Canada, May, 2003
• Lava formations showcased in exhibit, North York Mirror, Toronto May,    2003
• Creative Solitude, Satellite, Toronto, June 2004

Workshops

• Presentation of the work Lava Metamorphoses – slide show at Agawa     Bay, Lake Superior Park, Ontario, July, 2004
    Presentation of the work Lava Metamorphoses – slide show at Pukaskwa     National Park, Ontario, August, 2004

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