Margit Koivisto is a Toronto based photographer with a northern soul. She makes photographs in places that move her, often returning many times to the same location to explore that connection. She is increasingly drawn to the shores of Lake Superior, where she spent her childhood. Her images explore the current realities of living on the Lake’s rugged shores. The project, tentatively entitled “Circle Tour, is ongoing.
She is a member of the Riverdale Artists’ Network, Gallery 44 for Contemporary Photography and f8 Photography Collective with whom she exhibits regularly. Her work has been juried into the distinguished fundraisers of the Robert McGlaughlin Gallery RMG Exposed Auction and the AIDS Committee of Toronto SNAP! Photography Auction.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Canadian Carmichael Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed. Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, Ontario
2019 365 Members’ Exhibition, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019 SNAP! For AIDS Photography Auction, Toronto
2019 Annual Chang School Photography Exhibition, Art Square Gallery, Toronto
2019 Black and White, Queen Gallery, Toronto
2018 RMG Exposed, Robert McGlaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
2018 Annual Chang School Photography Exhibition, Art Square Gallery, Toronto
2018 Forward: Low-Res Exhibition, Gallery 44, Toronto
2018 365 Members’ Exhibition, Gallery 44, Toronto
2018 Black and White, Dignam Gallery, Toronto
Awards:
2018 CONTACT Photography Festival Award, Chang School Annual Photography Exhibition
2018 Photojournalism/Documentary Award, RMG Exposed
2019 Downtown Camera Award, Chang School Annual Photography Exhibition
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