Education:
2009 MFA, Documentary Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
2006 B.A.(Hons), Visual Studies, University of Toronto
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 “Meeting Places”, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga
2017 “Tong Yan Gaai: A visual Record of Chinatowns across Canada” Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2016 Sep, “Morris Lum Re:Recording Chinese Histories”, Kamloops Museums and Archives, Kamloops
2016 May, “ Morris Lum | Within”, Anchorage, Mississauga Museums, Scotiabank CONTACT Feature exhibition
2012 Dec, “Surburban Identity”, Atti Gallery, Toronto.
2012 May, “New Cultural Topographics”, Xit-RM, Art Gallery of Mississauga
2011 Aug, “Counter Culture: The Space and Place of the Chinese Shop”,
Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
2006 Oct, “Transitory Places”, Toronto Image Works Gallery, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 “Canada Now” The Image Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto ON
2022 “The Centre Cannot Hold: Laborious Memories” Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto ON
2019 “Developing Historical Negatives: Photography and Belonging in Canadian Archives” Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
2019 “Public Volumes” Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, ON
2017 “Visitors Information”, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa ON
2015 Jun“Past Stories, Present Sense” Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2014 Aug“Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition” Orillia Museum of Art and History
2013 Nov“Allegory of the Cave” Art Gallery of Mississauga
2012 Feb, “Photography Group Show.” Atti Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Jan, “Ming Modern.” Workshop Inc, Toronto, ON
2009 Jul, “Intersections: Twenty-first Century Communities.” Toronto Image Works Gallery, Toronto
2007 May, “PHOTOFiction.” Contact Photography Festival, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Selected Screenings:
2011 San Francisco Green Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Flickerfest”, 20th International Short Film Festival. Sydney, Australia
2010 Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival. Toronto, ON
2010 National Screen Institute Online Short Film Festival. Winnipeg, MB
2010 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. Dawson City, YT
2010 National Screen Institute Online Short Film Festival. Winnipeg, MB.
2008 “Barcodes and Bees?” Resonating Bodies - Bumble Domicile. Dorkbot @ Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre. Toronto. ON
Artist In Residence
2014 University of Toronto Scarborough (Sept 1st – Dec 1st)
Public Collections:
2021 The Image Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2019 The Image Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2017 Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa Ontario
2016 Museums of Mississauga
2015 Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario
2015 Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario
Corporate Collections:
2018 TD Bank, Vancouver, British Columbia
2017 TD Bank, Toronto, Ontario
2015 National Public Relations, Toronto, Ontario.
2012 Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Ontario.
Awards and Grants:
2019 Explore And Create: Canada Council for the Arts
2019 Visual Arts Project Grant - Mid-Career, Ontario Arts Council
2018 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2017 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2016 Visual Arts Project Grant - Emerging, Ontario Arts Council
2016 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2014 Visual Arts Project Grant, Canada Arts Council
2014 Visual Artist Project Grant – Emerging, Ontario Arts Council
2014 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2012 Visual Arts Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2012 Visual Artist Project Grant– Emerging, Ontario Arts Council
2012 Exhibitions Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2010 A&E Short Filmmakers Award
2007 Ryerson Graduate Scholarship
2006 Exhibitions Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Press:
2019 Judith Pereira, “In Pictures: How Chinatown is on the decline” The Globe and Mail, February 2, 2019
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-once-upon-a-time-in-chinatown/
2019 Morris Lum, “Fakeness, Replication, Place and Space” Flash Forward Back. January 23, 2019
http://flashforwardflashback.com/fakeness-replication-place-and-space/
2019 Henry Heng Lu, “Whose Community is it” Interview: Canadian Art Magazine January 8, 2019
https://canadianart.ca/interviews/whose-community-is-it/
2012 Stuart Keeler, Expansive Terrain, Canadian Architect Magazine. July 1,2012
http://www.canadianarchitect.com/news/expansive-terrain/1001545716/
2012 Julie Le, Exhibit Looks at Cultural Topographics, Mississauga.com. April 23, 2012
https://www.mississauga.com/whatson-story/3125294-exhibit-looks-at-cultural-topographics/
2010 Medley, Mark. Bee Man wins A&E Short Filmmakers Award. The National Post June 28, 2010.
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/06/28/bee-man-wins-ae-short-filmmakers-award/
2009 Kerry Freek, Interview: Morris Lum, Mondo Magazine. June 19, 2009.
http://mondomagazine.net/2009/interview-morris-lum/
Videography:
2013 Golden Years, Documentary, HD NTSC video, 21min
2008 Bee Man, documentary, Mini-DV NTSC video, 10min 56sec
Conferences and Public Talks:
2013 Guest Artist/Speaker “The Chinese Canadian Railway”. University of Toronto November 7, 2013
2012 Interview “New Cultural Topographics, XIT-RM, Daytime Rogers TV
2011 Artist Talk “ A Photographer and Filmmaker’s View of the Chinese Restaurant” Fortune Cooking Festival Food Festival Harbourfront Centre
2010 Guest Artist/Speaker “New Cultural Topographic”. University of Toronto January 14, 2010