Drawing and painting In 2003, Graham turned to drawing and painting for the first time. Adopting a persona in a host of related photographic, installation, and painted works, The Gifted Amateur, November 10, 1962, 2007, indicates both continuing performative and art historical directions in his work. Graham exhibited a series of film installations with Harun Farocki in 2009, titled "HF/RG," at the Jeu de Paume, Paris. Exhibitions Graham's solo exhibitions include the Vancouver Art Gallery (2012); a retrospective at MACBA, Barcelona (2010), travelling to Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2004); Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2005), Whitechapel Gallery, London (2002), and Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin (2001). The artist was included in documenta IX (1992), the Venice Biennale in 1997, the Whitney Biennial in 2006, and the Carnegie International in 2013. Recognition Graham represented Canada at the 47th Venice Biennale (1997) and among awards he has received the Gershon Iskowitz Prize, Toronto (2004), the Kurt Schwitters-Preis, Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung, Germany (2006), and the Audain Prize for lifetime achievement in visual arts, British Columbia (2011). In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to Canadian contemporary visual arts. Personal life Graham lived in Vancouver and was married to the artist Shannon Oksanen. Though they had not divorced, she lived separately with her two children and their father. Together they owned Liberty Bakery in Vancouver. Graham died on October 22, 2022, in Vancouver. He was 73, and suffered from cancer in the year prior to his death. See also Aerodynamic Forms in Space Spinning Chandelier References External Links Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 1949 births 2022 deaths Canadian photographers Canadian contemporary artists Artists from British Columbia People from Abbotsford, British Columbia University of British Columbia alumni Canadian conceptual artists Officers of the Order of Canada