Photographer - Filmmaker - Educator
• 1951 (Zlin, Czechoslovakia)
• Graduated 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/director for “Krátký Film” studio
• Produced mainly documentaries, some of them dealing with the subject of photography
• Awarded the Silver Pin by the Guild of Czech Photographers
• 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-image agency in Toronto
• 1983 started producing documentaries again, mainly for CBC, TVO and Vision TV
• 1984 Professor of film production at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario
• Recipient of numerous Canadian and international film & television awards
• 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) and “Suite 204” (Wallace Studios)
• Published in The Luminous Landscape, Canadian Camera, LensWork and PhotoEd magazines
• Principal owner of Willing Mind Productions Inc.
• Represented by Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto
• On-line sales by Saatchi Art and Artfinder
• 2016 published “Vladimir Kabelik: PHOTOGRAPHY”
• Awarded the gold prize at the 2016 Prix De La Photographie in Paris, France
• 2016 Spotlight Award by Black & White magazine
• 2017 portfolio published in Black & White Magazine
• 2017 invited to join Lens Culture…
Vladimir Kabelik