Jimmy Limit

JIMMY LIMIT CV

Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1982
Lives and works in St. Catharines, Ontario

Education

2012
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Ontario College of Art & Design

Selected Group and Solo* Exhibitions

2013
Show Room, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto*
2012
Special Guests, curated by Shawn Kuruneru, Art Metropole, Toronto
2011
This Place in Time, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto
2010
I'm Not Forget, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto*
Search Prone, Butcher Gallery, Toronto
2009
50, Hunter and Cook Project Space, Toronto
Goodbye to Romance, curated by Elaine Gaito, Mercer Union, Toronto
CAM, Gallery USF, Bergen
The Playground, Puffin Room NYC
Deth to False Everything, POV Evolving Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
Young Jerks, Hamburger Eyes San Francisco
March Madness, Melanie Flood Projects NYC
upArt Fair, curated by Gregory Elgstrand Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Shangri Last, Emporium, Montreal
Hungry Ghost, Paul Petro, Toronto
2007
It's Good Enough Here, Le Gallery, Toronto
Shangri Lost, Le Gallery, Toronto
2005
Tiny Vices, Spencer Brownstone, NYC
Self Absorbtion and Theatricality in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,
The Drake Hotel, Toronto

Notable Published Commercial Photographic Work

2011
Frieze Issue 136 "The slowed-down tempos of screw and its influence on
contemporary bands"
2010
New York Times Sept. 10, 2010 "Casting a Spell of Rattle and Ether"
Hunter and Cook, Issue 1 “Corpusse”
Bad Day Issue 7 “El Perro Del Mar”
2009
Bad Day Issue 6 “Owen Pallett”
Bad Day Issue 5 “Ben Schumacher”
2008
Bad Day Issue 4 “Minnow Bathers” & “Jesse Harris”

Select Publications and Press*

2010
"Papir" Collaborative Art Book, TTC Books Denmark
"Taxis Pleins, Taxis Vides" Photography Book, JSBJ Books France
2009
"Zine Soup" Art Book, TTC Books Denmark
"4 Artist Pages", Hunter and Cook #04
"Interview: Jimmy Limit" Bad Day #3, by Dennis Chow*
"Tiny Vices" Photography Book, Aperture
2007
"Review: It's Good Enough Here" Border Crossings, Issue 105*
"Critic's Pick: Shangri-Lost." Artforum.com, by Jennifer Allen, February*

Residencies & Awards

2012
Colin Engel, Published by Young Healers, Shortlisted AGYU Book of the
Moment
Project 31 Photography Award, OCAD U
2006
Kentucky Vampire Klan Residency, Drake Hotel Toronto

Professional Experience

2012
Instructor, Zines & Self Publishing Workshop, Mercer Union, Toronto 2012
Photographer, James Limit Photography, St. Catharines/Toronto
Archivist, Ydessa Hendles Art Foundation, Toronto, since 2008
Technical Support, Toronto Image Works, Toronto, since 2010