2006
City of Vienna Westpassage Karlsplatz Public Art Competition, Vienna
2005
City of Vancouver National Works Yard Public Art Commission
2003
Distinguished University Professor Award, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Dorothy Someret Award for Distinction in Fine and Performing Arts, Vancouver
2002
Public Art Commission, Region of La Plaiv, Switzerland
2000
On Location: Art for the New Millenium, Public Art
Commission, Vancouver Art Gallery
Killam Award for Outstanding Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1999
Public Art Commission, State of Siena, Italy
The Garden of Eden, Public Art Commission, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands
1998
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, New York City
Outstanding Alumni Award, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
2009
Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin.
2008
Galeria Llucia Homs, Barcelona, June 12 - July 3
Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, June 6 to July 12
Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, March 8 - April 25
2007
Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, October 26 - December 31
Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, June 30 - August 30 (catalog)
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo De Huarte, Navarro, Spain, April 21 to June 10
2006
Pi, permanent public art installation, Vienna, opened December 1, West Passage, Karlsplatz, Vienna
Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Aug 08 - Sep 09, 2006
2005
City of Vancouver National Works Yard Commission, Vancouver, September 1 inauguration, permanent installation
2004
Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, December 16 - February 12,
2005
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Centre, Toronto, December 11 - March 6, 2005 (catalog)
Xpo September, Stockholm, September 10 - October 10
Schnitzel Company, Museum in Progress/ Arbeiterkammer Wien, Vienna, June 1 - August 1
LA Galerie (Lothar Albrecht), Frankfurt, January 24 - March 20
2003
Galerie Nelson, Paris, November - December 30
Art Gallery of Windsor, August 20 - October 26
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, Contact Photo/ Art Gallery of Ontario, May 1 - 31
Art Gallery of Calgary, April 18 - June 15 Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, February
2002
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, September 21 - January 12, 2003 (catalog)
LA Galerie (Lothar Albrecht), Frankfurt, June 1 - July 20
Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, March 7 to June 1 (catalog)
2001
Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, December 7 - January 26, 2002
Galeria Espacio Electico, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 7 - December 7 (brochure)
There is No Place Like Home, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, October 4 - December 23
The Agency Contemporary Art, London, September 8 - October 20
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, May 25 - June 30
Centre for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan, May 26 - June 15 (artist’s book)
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, May 4 - July 21 (catalog)
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria, March 1 - 31 (brochure)
2000
There is no place like home, Museum in Progress, Vienna, December 1 - February 28, 2001
LA Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, November 18 - January 27, 2001
The Gate Foundation, Amsterdam, May 12 - June 30
1999
Plug-In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, December 2 - January 8
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada, September 17 - November 5
Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada, January 16 - February 14
1998
XXIV Sao Paulo Bienal, Sao Paulo, October 4 - December 13 (catalog)
The Agency Contemporary Art, London, September 19 - October 31
Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, January 15 - March 5
1997
Camera Oscura, San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy, April 4 - May 30
FRAC de Haute-Normandie, Galerie Duchamp, Yvetot, France, March 26 - May 9 (catalog)
Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, February 6 - March 15
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, January 31 - March 8
1996
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, January 12 - February 17
1995
Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, November 9 - December 16
Camden Arts Centre, London, October 12 - November 26 (catalog)
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, July 20 - August 20
Galerie Nelson, Paris, April 29 - June 3
l ́Aquarium—Galerie de l ́Ecole des Beaux Arts, Valenciennes,
France, April 5 - May 13
Salle d ́Expositions, Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Nancy,
France, March 2 - March 24
1994
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, December 2 - January 14
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, November 28 - January 14
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada, September 17 - November 13 (catalog)
1993
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, November 5 - December 4
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, November 5 - December 4
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, January 20 - March 7 (catalog)
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, June 19 - July 25
Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany, May 9 - June 12
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, March 26 - April 25
1992
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, December 4 - January 16
Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan November 4 -December 31
1991
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris, October 22 - November 30
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, October 11 - November 9
Fine Arts Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, September 19 - October 12
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, April 16 - May 19
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland, February 2 - April 7 (catalog)
1990
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, December 15 - January 27 (catalog)
Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, December 5 - January 20
Galleri Nordanstad-Skarstedt, Stockholm, November 3 - 30
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, September 11 - October 13
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, August 15 - October 8
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, February 24 - April 29
Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, February 17 - March 17
1989
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, September 8 - October 7
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, September 8 - October 7
Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, January 11 - February 8
1988
Cold City Gallery, Toronto, October 8 - November 2
Galerie Ralph Wernicke, Stüttgart, September 9 - October 7
Musée d ́Art Contemporain, Montréal, February 28 - May 22 (catalog)
Galerie Nelson, Lyon, France, January 16 - February 27
Nature Morte Gallery, New York, January 3 - January 31
1987
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, November 13 - December 10
Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, May 7 - June 6
1986
The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto, March 29 - April 26
Convertible Showroom Gallery, Vancouver, January 22 - February 8
Nature Morte Gallery, New York, January 6 - January 31
1985
Youth Portraits, Plug-In Inc., Winnipeg, Canada, September 25 - October 13
Coburg Gallery, Vancouver, September 4 - 8
YYZ Gallery, Toronto, January 7 - 26
1984
Partially Buried Sofa, SFU Downtown Studio Gallery, Vancouver December 27 - January 3
Portrait/Logos, Coburg Gallery, Vancouver, April 18 - May 5
1983
World Portraits, OR Gallery, Vancouver, October 3 - 15
1982
Artists Space, New York, November 6 - December 6
SFU Downtown Studio Gallery, Vancouver, January 10 - 22
1980
Sculpture For Dream Home, 505 Hamilton Street Studio, Vancouver, July 23 - 30
1979
Two Floorplan Paintings, Vancouver
Architectural Digest Presents, Ian Wallace Studio, 303 Abbott Street, Vancouver
1978
Sculpture for Livingroom/Public Lounge, Ian Wallace Studio, 303 Abbott Street, Vancouver
Walk Piece, outdoor performance, Simon Fraser University campus, October
Entertainment for Surrey, B.C., outdoor performance in Surrey, B.C., July 5 - 10
Anonymous, outdoor project, downtown streets of Vancouver, April
2008
2nd Biennale of Canary Islands, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, November
7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea, September 5 to November 9 (catalog)
Let Me Be Your Mirror, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, February 9 - May 25 (catalog)
2007
10th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, September 8 - November 4 (catalog)
Beautiful People et la Blessure Secrète, June 13 - August 26, Crac Centre Rhenan d’Art Contemporain, Alsace, Altkirch, France; February 2 - April 13, 2008, Centre d’Art La Plenara, Lérida, Spain
The Shadow Cabinet, De Appel, Amsterdam, February 17 - April 15, curated by Petra Heck
Real Life 1979 - 1990, January 30 - May 12, Artists Space, New York
Anniversaire des 25 ans de la Galerie Nelson, Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, January 13 - February 23
2006
Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England, September 16 - November 26 (catalog)
Habiter: Evenement d’Art Public, Quebec City, August 25 - October 1, (catalog)
Sound and Vision, Photographic and Video Images in Contemporary Canadian Art - A Selection of Works from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Canada and Art Gallery of Ontario, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, July 11 to October 22, 2006 (catalog)
Projekt’80 + 25 = 2005 (#1), Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 18 - March 25 (catalog)
75 Years of Collecting, Vancouver Art Gallery, February 4 - May 14, Vancouver
An Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life, Redcat Gallery, Los Angeles, February 2 - April 2
2005
Monuments for the USA, White Columns Gallery, New York, December 13 - February 7, 2006 (catalog)
Word and Object, Fleisch, Berlin, September 17 - October 16
Private View 1980 2000, Collection Pierre Huber, Musee Cantonal des Beaux-arts, Lausanne, June 14 to September 11 (catalog)
Photographies, Galerie Nelson, Paris, May 28 - July 23
Arbeithaus: einatmen. ausatmen. (House of Work: inhale. exhale.), Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, May 1 - July 17 (catalog)
CCA Artist’s Book Show, Galerie Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, April 16 - May 21
Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, April 7 - May 14 (catalog)
Morir de Amor, Museo Nacional de Ciencias y Artes, Mexico City, March 3 - May 22 (catalog)
I don’t know what’s right or wrong, Blackwood Gallery (outdoor installation), University of Toronto at Mississauga, February 9 to September 30
Contemporary Visions: Photographs and videos from the Helga de Alvear Collection, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland, January 10 - February 1
2004
Aufruhr der Gefühle. Leidenschaften in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany, November 21 - January 23, 2005
Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, November 15 - February 15 (catalog)
¬¬¬¬Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, August 21 - October 10
Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, March 9 - April 11
Science + Fiction, Deutsches Museum, Munich, October 9 - January 9 (catalog)
Accrochage de groupe, Galerie Nelson, Paris, September 7 to October 2
Aufruhr der Gefuhle. Leidenschaften in der zeitgenossischen Fotografie, (Uproar of Emotions: Passions in Contemporary Photography and Video Art), Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany, August 15 - October 31
Not Done! Het Kunsttenaarsboek (The Artists’ Book), Muhka:Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, June 19 - August 29 (catalog)
Between Nano-World and Global Culture, science + fiction, Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden, June 18 - September 19
Out of Place, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, June 8 - July 24
Landscapes, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, June 4 - September 30
Flirts. Art e pubblicita, Museion: Museum fur moderne und zeitgenossische Kunst, Bolzano, Italy, May 28 - August 29
Art Nature Grandeur, Parc de La Courneuve, St. Denis, France, May 15 - October 17 (catalog)
Support, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, May 14 to August 29
Schriftbilder Bilderschrift, Galerie Von Bartha, Basel, May 13 - August 31 (catalog)
Walk Me: Die Kunstzeile an der Wienzelle, Architekturzentrum, Vienna, April 15 - May 10
Identities: Canadian Portraits, McMichael Gallery, Toronto, February 28 - June 13
2003
Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum, October 9 - January 4 (catalog)
Gegenlicht, Buwog-Kundenzentrum, Vienna, September 30 - December 31
Contact Photo, Toronto Festival of Photography, Toronto, May 1 - 31
Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany, April 5 - June 22 (catalog)
Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism, University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara, March (catalog)
Micropolitics: Everyday Life and Art, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castelló, Spain, January 31 - March 30 (catalog)
Sight.Seeing: 4th Austrian Triennale on Photography, Graz, Austria, January 10 - February 28 (catalog)
M_ARS. Kunst und Krieg, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, January 11 - March 26 (catalog)
Faiseurs d’Histoire, Galerie du Théâtre de Bretagne, Rennes, France, January 7 - February 23
2002
Science and Fiction, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, December 15 - March 9 (catalog)
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlruhe, April - June 2003
Kulturforum, Berlin, July - August 2003
Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, November - January 2004
Sans Commune Mesure, Centre National Photographie, Paris, September 11 - November 18 (catalog)
To Whom It May Concern, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, September 4 - October 26
This Place, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, June 29 - January 12, 2003
Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany, June 8 - September 15 (catalog)
26th Duisburger Akzente: Das Eigene und Das Fremde Globalisierung der Kulturen, Galeria Kaufhof, Duisburg, Germany, June 8 - July 7 (catalog)
Le Regard de l’Autre, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France, April 27-September 2
Mega: manifeste der amaßung—forum für experimentelle architektur, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, April 10 - June 2 (catalog)
Unpacking Europe, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, December - March 2002 (catalog)
House of World Cultures, Berlin, September 14 - November
2001
Kommunicative Röhren, OK Centrum für Gengenwartskunst, Linz, Austria, December 6, 2001 - February 10, 2002 (catalog)
Casino-Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg, March 8 - May 5, 2002
Mutations, TN Probe Gallery, Tokyo, November 10 - January 26, 2002, (catalog)
Raffinerie, Brussels, October 25 - January 6, 2002
Text Message, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, November 8 - January 4
There is No Place Like Home, Galerie Brotfabrik, Berlin, October 4 - December 16
Le Pouvoir de la Réflection, Galerie Liane et Danny Taran, Centre des Arts Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, September 13 - November 4 (catalog)
There Is No Place Like Home, Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, September 7 - October 21 (catalog)
Shoes or No Shoes, Museum Voor Schoene Kunsten, Gent, Belgium, July 13 - August 26
Affinités, Le Quartier, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Quimper, France, July 1 - October 7
Plateau of Humankind, 49th Biennale of Venice, (Arsenale), Venice, June 10 - November 4 (catalog)
Lofoten Island Summer Festival of the Arts, Lofoten Island, Norway, June 9 - July 15 (catalog)
Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, June 1 - September 23 (catalog)
Archives: Le Printemps, Le Centre Création de Bazouges la Pérouse, France, April 6 - June 4
Group Show with Trans Editions, Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, April 3 - 17
Talk the Talk, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, March 15 - April 3
2000
Contemporary Photography II: Anti-Memory, Yokohama Museum of Art,
Yokohama, Japan, November 23 - January 21, 2001 (catalog)
Bienal de Havane, November 16 - December 31 (catalog)
Shanghai Spirit: Shanghai Biennale 2000, Shanghai Art Museum Shanghai, November 6 - December 14 (catalog)
1999
Babel, Ikon Gallery, September 11 - November 7 (catalog)
Life Cycles, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, October 24 - December 5 (catalog)
Venus’s Window, Centro Civico per l’Arte Contemporanea La Grancia, Serre di Rapolano, Italy, July 31 - August 8
Laboratorium, Antwerpen Open, Provinciaal Museum voor Fotografie, June 27 - October 3 (catalog)
Face to Face: Four Centuries of Portraits, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, June 19 - September 26
In the City, FRAC de Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France, May 18 - July 31 (catalog)
Cities on the Move, Hayward Gallery, Royal Festival Hall, London, May 13 - June 27 (catalog)
Sweet & Sour, Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland, April 22 - May 22
Visions Urbaines, Galerie du Rnb, FRAC de Bretagne, Rennes, France, January 11 - 31
1998
Photography as Concept, 4th International Foto-Triennale Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany, June 28 - September 6 (catalog)
John Currin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Sean Landers, Ken Lum, Dan Peterman, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, June 23 - July 16
Between Earth and Sky, University of Hong Kong Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China (catalog), June 23 - August 1
Recent Acquisitions to the Photography Collection, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, June 29 - September 27
Cities On The Move, CAPC Musée d ́Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, June 4 - August 30 (catalog)
PS1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York
Travel and Leisure, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, May 2 - June 30
Ken Lum, Chen Zhen, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, March 19 - April 25
The Art of Memory: Ken Lum, Liisa Roberts, Bill Viola, Judi Werthein, The Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, March 8 - 22 (catalog)
Arrêt Sur Image, Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, March 5 - 31
1997
Cities On The Move, Vienna Secession, Vienna, November 25 - January 18 (catalog)
Repeated Gestures, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, November 22 - February 15, 1998
Heaven - Private View, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, October 26 - January 30, 1998 (catalog)
Browser: Artropolis ́97, Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver, October 25 - November 23 (catalog)
The Exquisite Corpse, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, October 15 - 19
2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 12 - January 18 (catalog)
inSITE 97: Artists ́ Concepts, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California, September 27 - November 29
inSITE 97, various public sites in San Diego/Tijuana, September 26- November 30 (catalog)
Hotel on Fire, Okanagan Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, August 16 - October 13 (catalog)
One Minute Scenario, Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France, June 6 - 21 (catalog)
Foto Text Text Foto, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, April - June (catalog)
In Visible Light: Photography & Classification in Art, Science and The Everyday, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, March 16 - June 22 (catalog)
Inverleith House, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, December 13, 1997 - February 15, 1998
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston,
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, October 10 - January 10,
1999
Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland, January 30 - March 31, 1999
The 20th: 1977 - 1997, The Bartlett Exhibition and Peformance Space, Vancouver, February 12 - 28
Synthese von Fotografie und Text in der Gengenwartskunst, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, January 27 - March 10 (catalog)
1996
a/drift, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, October 20 - January 5, 1997 (catalog)
Synthese von Fotografie und Text in der Gegenwartskunst, Museum of Modern Art, Bolzano, Italy, September 7 - November 17 (catalog)
Fact or fiction? Four Canadian artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, August 27 - December 1 (catalog)
Shopping: New York, project organized by Jerome Sans and Deitch Projects, New York (catalog)
Surfing Systems, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany, June 19 - August 4
Reading and Re-reading: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, April 20 to June 9 (brochure with essay)
The OH! Canada Project, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, February 16 - May 5
1995
Der zweite Blick, Haus der Kunst, Munich, November 4 - December 3 (catalog)
Infra-sound: a city project, various sites in Hamburg, sponsored by Woche die Bildenden Kunst, Hamburg, October 12 - November 30 (catalog)
Shopping, various sites in Bordeaux, sponsored by CAPC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, September 9 - October (catalog)
Album: The Photographic Collection of the Museum, Museum Boymans- van Beuningen, August 19 - November 19 (catalog)
Untitled (Reading Room), Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, July 15 - August 15
On Board, Riva San Biagio, Venice Biennale, Venice, June 6 - 13 (catalog)
Peinture, Photo et Compagnie, Espaces des Nouvelles Galeries, Arles, July 7 - August 15 (catalog)
Notion of Conflict: A selection of contemporary Canadian art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, May 11 - June 11 (catalog)
Pièces - Meublés, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, May 6 - July 31
Crash Pad, Postmasters Gallery, New York, April 29 - May 27
Works from the Permanent Collection, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada, April 8 - May 3
1994
GEWALT/Geschäfte, Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, December 8 - February 19 (catalog)
Collection Modern Art, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, December (catalog)
Prospect/Retrospect, Kunstmuseum Luzern, October 14 - November 27 (catalog)
Das Archiv/The Archive, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria, October 13 - November 2 (catalog)
Practice Ground, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, September 8 - October 23 (catalog)
Die Orte der Kunst: Der Kunstbetrieb als Kunstwerk, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, May 29 - September 11 (catalog)
don’t look now, Thread Waxing Space, New York, January 22 - February 26 (catalog)
1993
Collections, Musée Municipal de La Roche-sur-Yon, France, December 17 - January 31
Viennese Story, Vienna Secession, December 15 - January 23 (catalog)
Space of Time, Americas Society, New York, September (catalog)
Museo del Oeste, Caracas, Venezuela
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami
Konstruktion Zitat: Kollective Bilder in der Fotografie, Sprengel Museum Hannover, August 28 - October 31 (catalog)
Die Sprache Der Kunst: Die Beziehung von Bild und Text in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunsthalle Vienna, September 3 - October 17 (catalog)
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, December 4 - February 20
Before the sound of the beep, various galleries of the Marais, Paris, August 1 - 31 (catalog)
Guelph Spring Festival, MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph, Ontario, May 6 - J une 13
Canada, une nouvelle génération, FRAC des Pays de la Loire; Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon; Musée des Sables d’Olonne, April 3 - May 30 (catalog)
Drawing Ideas, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, March 27 - April 17
Working Documents: Vancouver Drawings, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, January 16 - February 6
Live in your head, Heilgenkreuzerhof, Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst & Galerie Metropol, Vienna, January 8 - February 12 (catalog)
1992
Sydney Biennale, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, December 15 - March 14, 1993 (catalog)
C. Eckart, G. Kuitca, J. Lasker, K. Lum, McDermot & McGough, D. Moylan, Galleria Galliani, Genoa, Italy, December - January
Proiezioni, Buchholz & Buchholz, Cologne, October 22 - November 18 (catalog)
1968, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, October 17 - December 31 (catalog)
One & One, La Galerie Du Mois, Paris, October 3 - 31
Avantgarde & Kampagne, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, September 18 - 27 (catalog)
Moltiplici culture: Arte Critica 1992, Casa Della Citta, Rome, May 19 - July 19 (catalog)
The Speaker Project, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, September - December
"30 11", Galerie des Archives, Paris, May 13 - July 11
C’est pas la fin du monde, Galerie Art & Essai, La Criée, Halle d’art contemporain, FRAC Bretagne - Galerie du TNB, Rennes, France, May 12 - June 27 (catalog)
Sporting Type, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, May 7 - June 2
Neuerwerbungen 1990/1991, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, April 7 - May 10
Rodney Graham, Ken Lum, Galerie Nelson, Lyon, France, March 17 - May 16
Cameres Indiscretas, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, March 12 - April 12; Circulo de Bellas Aries, Madrid, May 27 - June 28 (catalog)
Internationale Künstlerplakate Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany, March 5 - 22 (catalog)
J. S. Bernard, Ken Lum, Joan Wallace, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, February 15 - March 21
1991
The Wealth of Nations, Centre for Contemporary Art (Ujazdowski Castle), Warsaw, Poland, December 6 - January 12 (catalog)
Lieux communs - Figures singulières, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, October 24 - January 5 (catalog)
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, October 19 - February 16 (catalog)
As Yet Untitled, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 2-November1
Projections, Castello di Rivara (Torino), September 21 - November 3
Jessica Diamond, Jeanne Dunning, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Hirsch Perlman, Ken Lum, Michel Zumpf, The Archives, Art Information Center, Rotterdam, September
Just what is it that Makes Today’s Homes so Different, so Appealing?, The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York, September 7 - November 17 (catalog)
Van, Wilkie Fine Arts, Seattle, Washington, July 2 - August 18
Art Conceptuel des Années 70 A Aujourd’hui, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris, May 4 - June 15
Goya to Beijing, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, May 4 - June 17
Bildlicht: Malerei Zwischen Material Und Immaterialität, Museum Des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, May 3 - July 7 (catalog)
The Museum of Natural History, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, April 27 - June 15
Daniel Buren, Stephen Prina, Ken Lum, Rudolf Stingel, Home: for Contemporary Theatre and Art, New York, April 26 - May 19
La Revanche De L ́Image. Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, March 14 - April 13
Echoes After the Storm: Tiananmen Memorial Art Exhibition, Asian Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, January 12 - 26
Telekinesis, Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, January 10 - February 2
1990
(not so) Simple Pleasures, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, December 8 - February 3 (catalog)
No, Not That One, It ́s Not A Chair, Galerie 1900 - 2000, Paris, December 3 - January 12 (catalog)
Total Metal, Simon Watson , New York, November 3 -December 1 (catalog)
150 Ans de Photographie, Museé des Beaux Art, Nantes, November 16 - January 14, 1991
Art et Publicité, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, October 30 - February 25 (catalog)
Op-positions, Fotographie Biennale Rotterdam II, Rotterdam, September 1 - October 14 (catalog)
The Thing Itself, Feature Gallery, New York, July 10 - August 10
Red, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels June 27 - September 29 (catalog)
Goya To Beijing, Centre International d ́Art Contemporain, Montréal, June1-July 29
Ausstellungraum, Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, April 27 - June 2
Disconnections, Galleri Nordanstad-Skarstedt, Stockholm, March 26 - April 21
Information, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, January 4 - February 3
Gallery Artists, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, January
1989
Foto-Kunst, Stuttgarter Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, November 11 -January 14 (catal og)
Selections from the Ann and Marshall Webb Collection, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, November 1 - December 17 (catalog)
D & S Austellung, Kunstverein in Hamburg and Kunsthaus Hamburg, October 13- November 26 (catalog)
Prospect Photographie, Frankfurter Kunstverein and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, October 10- November 4 (catalog)
Jennifer Bolande, Tim Ebner, Mike Kelley, Ken Lum, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, October 6 - November 4
Fictions, Montréal International Airport and Galerie Aubes 3935, September 30 - December 31 (catalog)
Internationale Foto-Triennale 1989, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany, September 17 - November 5 (catalog)
The Play of the Unsayable: Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Art of the 20th Century, Vienna Secession, Vienna, September 13- October 29 (catalog)
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, December 15 - January 28
Oppningsutstallning, Galleri Nordanstad-Skarstedt, Stockholm, September 9 - 30
Vis a Vis Der Kamera: Aspekte Der Actuellen Portrait Fotografie, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, July 9 - September 9; Museum of Contemporary Art, s ́Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, September 22 - October 29 (catalog)
Problems with Reading/Rereading, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, March 24 - April 22
Prospect 89, Frankfurter Kunstverein and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, March 21 - May 21 (catalog)
Ken Lum, Jeff Wall, Galerie Rudiger Schöttle, Munich, February 8 - March 18
1988
John Hilliard, Barbara Kruger, Ken Lum, Richard Prince, Jeff Wall, Galleri Contur, Stockholm, November 19 - December 12
Democracy: Cultural Participation, an exhibition by Group Material, Dia Art Foundation, 77 Wooster Street, New York, November 19 - December 20
Selected Photo-Editions of the 80 ́s, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg
(W)orte, Galerie der Künstler, Munich, October 28 - November 24
Gallery Artists, Galerie Crousel-Robelin/Bama, Paris, October 15-November 26
Carl Andre, Daniel Buren, Ericson & Ziegler, Ronald Jones, Ken Lum, Julian Opie, Hirsch Perlman, Wolff Gallery, New York, September 15 - October 8
Yellow Peril:, Chisenhale Gallery, London, September 26 - October 16
New York Now, Esbo Museum of Art, Helsinki, Finland, August 28 - September 25 (catalog)
Norrköping Museum of Art, Norrköping, Sweden, October 9 Nov 11
Göteborg, Museum of Art, Göteborg, Sweden, November 26 - Jan. 29
Sundsvall Museum of Art, Sundsvall, Sweden, February 11 - March 27
Södertälje Museum of Art, Södertälje, Sweden, April 8 - May 28
Presi X Incantamento: L ́Immagine Fotografica nelle Nuove Tendenze Internationali, Museo Padiglione d ́Arte Contemporanea, Milan, June 7 - August 18 (catalog)
Art et Langage: Annees 80, œuvres choisies, Centres d ́Histoire de l ́Art Contemporain, Rennes, France (catalog)
Furniture as Art: Recent Tendencies in Sculpture, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, April 24 - June 6 (catalog)
The Discursive Field of Recent Photography, ARC, Toronto, April 2 - 23 (catalog)
Christoph Andres, Larry Johnson, Ken Lum, Hans-Jorg Mayer, Harald F.Muller, David Robbins, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, February 5 - March 12
Striving for Ideal Resolution, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, January 22 - March 13 (catalog)
1987
Nightfire, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, December 20 - January 31 (catalog)
Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Brugge, Belgium, December 6 - January 24
Logos, Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, December
Signes des Temps, Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, November 28 - January 1
For Collectors, Cleveland Centre for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
John M. Armleder, Klaus Vom Bruch, Ken Lum, Hans-Jorg Mayer, Otto Mecky, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, December
Jenny Holzer, Louise Lawler, Ken Lum, Galerie Crousel-Robelin/Bama, Paris, October 17 - November 17
Material Fictions, The 49th Parallel Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, September 12 - 16 (catalog)
State University of New York, Binghampton Gallery, October 9- November 8
Multiples, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, September 11 - October 17
Alan Belcher, Ken Lum, Coburg Gallery, Vancouver, April 8 - May 2
Kunst Mit Fotographie, Galerie Ralph Wernicke, Stüttgart, April 4 - May 7 (catalog)
Der Reine Alltag, Galerie Christophe Dürr, Munich, March 13 - April 25 (catalog)
1986
Foto Cliché, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, December 15 - January 27 (catalog)
The Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
James Casebere, Clegg & Guttmann, Ken Lum, Galerie Daniel Buchholz (Rudolf Zwirner) Cologne, November 13 - December 6
Au Coeur du Maelström, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, September 19 - October 19 (catalog)
Caravelles: General Idea, Sol LeWitt, Ken Lum, Centre National d ́Art Contemporain, Grenoble, June 22 - September 25 (catalog)
Damaged Goods: Desire and the Economy of the Object, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, June 21 - August 10 (catalog)
1985
Transitional Objects: An Exhibition Organized by Joseph Kosuth, Galerie Philip Nelson, Lyon, October 18 - December 21
Ex-Academe, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, November 1 - 30
The Public Art Show, Nexus Centre for Contemporary Art, Atlanta, November
C.W. Woods Gallery, University of Southern Mississippi,Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Carolina Program Union, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee; Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 16 - October 19, 1986
University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
Barbara Ess, Rodney Graham, Ken Lum, Galerie Rudiger Schottle, München, July 17 - August 31 (catalog)
Rodney Graham, Ken Lum, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, The 49th Parallel Center for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, February 9 - March 9
1984
Poco Rococo, Coquitlam Mall, Coquitlam, British Columbia, June 2 - 15
Miyagi Biennale, Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan, April 24 - May 6 (catalog)
Contact II, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, January 9 - 29
1982
Real Life Magazine Presents, White Columns Gallery, New York, May 11 - 26
1979
Living Art Performance Festival, Firehall Theatre, Vancouver, September 21 - October 21 (catalog)