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TOBI ASMOUCHA
Toronto, ON
phone: (416) 421-5656
website: www.tobiphoto.com
e-mail: tobi@tobiphoto.com
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHPY:
• Non profit clients: Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, Trillium Health Partners, Toronto East General Hospital, Women’s College Hospital, Queen’s University, University of British Columbia, Lung Association, Havergal College, Branksome Hall, St. Clement’s School, The Creative Preschool, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Friends of the Greenbelt, GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, Toronto Botanical Garden, Laidlaw Foundation, Na’amat Canada, Safehaven, Ontario Federal Council, Olympic Aid, CNIB, United Way, Pickering College, Imagine Canada.
• Editorial client list: ON Nature 2022, The Globe and Mail 2017, Canadian Grocer 2019-2022, Canadian Geographic 1997-2013, Toronto Life 1997-2007, Cottage Life 2007, Our Kids 1999-2020, Comfort Life 2012-2020, The Torch 2008-2011, The Ark 2008-2011, The Jerusalem Report 2007, ON Nature/Seasons 2003-2013, Saturday Night 1997-1998, Canadian Aviator 2005, Fifty-Five Plus 2010, Golf Canada 2003-2004, Where Toronto 2002, National Post 2000, National Post Business 1999-2000, Elevate 2003-2005, Town & Country 2001, Elm Street 2000, Money Sense 1999, Vancouver Magazine 1995-1998, EnRoute 1998-1999, Cracker 2001-2002, Images 1998.
• Corporate clients: POi, Fish Out of Water Design, Liberty Insurance, Dealer-FX, HOOPP, Mayhew, Loblaws, Fortinos, MCI Canada, Dundee Securities, Market Connections, Kamada Birdseye, Inco, Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network, Community Lifecare Management Inc., Stonebrook Condominiums.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
• Jewish Museum Berlin
• Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
• Canadian War Museum
• Pearson Airport
AWARDS:
• 2022 15th International Color Awards, Nominee in Children of the World, Sports, and Silhouette categories.
• 2021 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention Children Category.
• 2021 16th Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee Children of the World and Sport.
• 2021 14th International Color Awards, Nominee Fine Art.
• 2020 15th Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee Children of the World.
• 2020 13th International Color Awards, Nominee People and Portrait categories.
• 2019 14th Black and White Spider Awards, Honorable Mention in People category, and Nominee in Architecture.
• 2019 Winner of #photoEDanalog IG contest.
• 2018 13th Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee Children of the World.
• 2019 12th International Color Awards, Nominee Nature category.
• 2018 11th International Color Awards, Honorable Mention in Americana, and Nominations in Nature and Architecture categories.
• 2017 12th Black and White Spider Awards, four Nominations in Children of the World, People, and Sports.
• 2017 Centennial College Clix Awards, Faculty/Staff 1st place.
• 2017 International Color Awards, Honorable Mention in Sports category.
• 2016 11th Black and White Spider Awards Nominee Silhouette category.
• 2015 10th Black and White Spider Awards Nominee Silhouette and People categories.
• 2016 Centennial College Clix Awards, Faculty/Staff 1st and 2nd place.
• 2014 9th Black and White Spider Awards Nominee People category.
• 2013 CCAE Prix d’Excellence Bronze Award for Best Institutional Annual Report for Branksome Hall.
• 2011 6th Black and White Spider Awards Nominee people category.
• 2009 Toronto Life Contact 2009: 50 Best Bets for “Legions” exhibition.
• 2008 Gold Award, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications in Annual Reports, for Friends of the Greenbelt.
• 2004 Gold Award – Words and Pictures, National Magazine Awards, “Arrivals”, Toronto Life.
• 2003 Finalist – Words and Pictures, National Magazine Awards, “Little Kabul”, Toronto Life.
• 2000 Winner in Applied Arts Magazine Photo/Illustration Contest, Toronto, ON.
• 1999 Winner in Applied Arts Magazine Photo/Illustration Contest, Toronto, ON.
• 1999 Honorable mention for photography, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
• 1998 Silver Photojournalism and Merit Award from the Advertising and Design Club of Canada, “Life on Parade” in Canadian Geographic, and “Saturday Nights” in Saturday Night.
• 1998 Finalist twice – Photojournalism, National Magazine Awards, “Life on Parade” in Canadian Geographic, and “Saturday Nights” in Saturday Night.
• 1997 Marion McKenzie Best Photography Award, Toronto Outdoor Exhibition.
• 1994 and 1991 Studio Magazine Photographic Award Winner.
EDUCATION:
• 1992 Bachelor of Applied Arts, Ryerson, still photography option.
GRANTS:
• 2017 Project Grant Mid-Career, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2010 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2008 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2005 Project Grant, Toronto Jewish Arts Council.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
• 2022 “After Refuge”, Gallery 44 Members’ Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 2022 “17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition”, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2021-2022 “Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed”, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON.
• 2019 permanent collection in the Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
• 2019 “Light Party” group pop up exhibition, Toronto, ON.
• 2019 “Salon 44”, group exhibition at Gallery 44, Toronto, ON.
• 2019 “InFocus” exhibition and awards of the best of Canadian-made photography, Edmonton, AB.
• 2018 “Salon 44”, group exhibition at Gallery 44, Toronto, ON.
• 2017 “Legion Halls” Borealis Gallery, Alberta Legislative Assembly, Edmonton, AB.
• 2015-2018 Pearson Terminal 3 Photography Exhibition “Rinks,” Mississauga, ON.
• 2014-2015 “Legion Halls,” Waterford Heritage & Agricultural Museum, Waterford, ON., Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK., Thunder Bay Museum, Thunder Bay, ON. This is a Canadian War Museum travelling exhibition.
• 2016 “Ellipsis”, Gallery 44 group show for Contact at Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON.
• 2015 “Natural Ice Rinks”, LEN, Toronto, ON
• 2014 “Aging”, PhotoSensitive group show at Royal Bank Terrace, Toronto, ON.
• 2014 “DNA”, Gallery 44 group show for Contact at Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON.
• 2013 “Canadian Geographic,” Zoom Photo Festival 2013, Saguenay, QC. 2013 “InSight”, group exhibition of Gallery 44 members at Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON.
• 2012 Haliburton School of the Arts Faculty show, Rails End Gallery, Haliburton, ON.
• 2012 Art on the Danforth, “Toronto Legion Halls”, Toronto ON.
• 2011- 2012 “Legion Halls”, solo exhibition, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON.
• 2011 “The Fuel of Life”, PhotoSensitive group show, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto, ON.
• 2011 “Parks Canada”, group exhibition, Canadian Embassy, London, UK.
• 2011 “PHOTO-OP”, juried group exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 2011 “100 years of Women’s College Hospital”, Toronto ON.
• 2010 PhotoSensitive 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto ON.
• 2009 “Legions”, Gallery 44 Members Gallery, Contact Festival, Toronto ON.
• 2009 “Inspiring Possibilities”, PhotoSensitive group show shown throughout Canada.
• 2008 “Rabbi Among The Lions”, solo show, Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
• 2008 “Cancer Connection”, group show with PhotoSensitive throughout Canada.
• 2007, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1995, and 1991 at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
• 2007 “Reconstructed”, group show, Gallery 1313, Contact Festival, Toronto, ON.
• 2007 “Vibrant Communities in Focus”, PhotoSensitive group show, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto, ON.
• 2006 “The Strength Within”, PhotoSensitive group show, Toronto, ON.
• 2006 “Istanbul and Havana”, Leo Burnett solo show, Toronto, ON.
• 2006 Praxis Gallery, miniature group show in Toronto, ON.
• 2005 “Life of Water”, PhotoSensitive group show exhibited throughout Canada.
• 2005 “Consequences”, group show, Gallery 1313, Contact Festival, Toronto, ON.
• 2005 “Road Signs”, solo show, Balzac’s Café, part of Contact, Toronto, ON.
• 2005 “The Tzedakah Box Project”, group show, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 2004 “Destination Toronto”, PhotoSensitive group show, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto, ON.
• 2002 “Pacific Tides”, solo show, Gallery 44 Members’ Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 2000 “Photo Works from the Collection”, group show, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON.
• 2000 “Café”, solo show, Boulevard Café, Toronto, ON.
• 1999 “TSA 30th anniversary Faculty Retrospective”, York Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 1999 “Odysseys”, group show, Elevator Photo Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 1998 “Travel Journal”, solo show, Gallery 44 Members’ Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 1996 “Parade”, solo show, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 1995 “Recent Work”, two person show, Italian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC.
• 1994 “Home and Homeland”, solo show, Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
• 1994 “Trinity Bellwoods”, solo show at Station Street Art Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
• 1994 “Trinity Bellwoods”, Ryerson Gallery, two person show Toronto, ON.
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION:
• 2013 to present, faculty in the Broadcasting and Photography programs at Centennial College, Toronto.
• 2016 and 2012 guest lecturer at Ryerson School of Journalism, Toronto.
• 2006 to 2019 photography and artist marketing/portfolio faculty, Haliburton School of The Arts, Fleming College.
• 1998 to 2019, photography faculty, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
• 2014 and 2007 workshops for the Photo Educators’ Forum at Ryerson, Toronto.
• 2010 Sheridan College, Instructor, Oakville.
• 2014 to 2022 tdsbCREATES residencies with 4th to 10th grade students.
• 2012 to 2020 photography workshops with grade 6 to 8 students, a joint initiative with the TDSB and Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary.
• 2005 to present, artist educator, youth and adult workshops, Gallery 44, Toronto.
• 2010 Luminato photography workshops for youth, Toronto.
• 2004 to 2008, Instructor, Humber College, Toronto.
• 2006, 2001 and 1997, artist in the school, TDSB, Toronto.
• 2002, 1999, 1997, 1996, and 1995, guest artist, Art at the Boyne – TDSB.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/REVIEWS:
• “SCMAD Blog Centennial College”, Photography instructor, Tobi Asmoucha, launches “After Refuge” exhibition, April 2022.
• “The Globe and Mail”, The Ice That Binds, January 2017.
• “PhotoEd Magazine” Canadian Ice, November 2016.
• “Photolife”, interview about work in PhotoSensitive, August 2013
• “Picture Change Interviews,” PhotoSensitive newsletter, May 2013.
• “Centretown News” review of Canadian War Museum exhibition, February 2011.
• “CBC Ottawa Morning” radio interview of CWM exhibition, January 2011.
• “Canadian Geographic Compass blog”, CWM exhibition review, January 2011.
• “Legion Magazine”, exhibition review, January 2011.
• “Photographer’s Focus”, PhotoSensitive newsletter June 2010.
• “Canadian Geographic”, field report interview for the photo club, 2010.
• “Canadian Jewish News”, artist review, Toronto January 2008.
• “Jewish Tribune”, artist review, Toronto January 2008.
• “Carte Blanche”, photography book by The Magenta Foundation, documentary section, Toronto, 2006.
• “Centre of City”, artist review feature article, Toronto March/April 2005.
• “Response A Contemporary Jewish Review”, New York spring/summer 1994.
• “The Canadian Jewish News”, artist review, Toronto, September 1994 and 1991.
PROFESSIONAL + NON PROFIT INVOLVEMENT:
• LOVE, Leave Out Violence, on the Ontario Board of Directors 2012-2016, and programming committee member 2012-2018. It is an organization helping youth leave violence through media arts programs.
• PhotoSensitive core member since 2007, a photographer’s group committed to social justice through photojournalism.
• Member of Gallery 44 Centre for contemporary photography since 1997. (Board of Directors 1998-9). Active on the education committee 2000-2018.
WORK SAMPLES & INTERVIEWS:
www.centennialcollege.ca/school-of-communications-media-arts-and-design-blog/2022/april/28/photography-instructor-tobi-asmoucha-launches-after-refuge-exhibition/
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/natural-rinks/article33597835/
www.warmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/legion-halls-e.pdf
www.jmberlin.de/en/thematic-space-torah#lightbox-56355
www.forteriecanada.com/news_events/pdf/1812%20Canadian%20Geographic%20Feature.pdf
TOBI ASMOUCHA
Toronto, ON
phone: (416) 421-5656
website: www.tobiphoto.com
e-mail: tobi@tobiphoto.com
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHPY:
• Non profit clients: Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, Trillium Health Partners, Toronto East General Hospital, Women’s College Hospital, Queen’s University, University of British Columbia, Lung Association, Havergal College, Branksome Hall, St. Clement’s School, The Creative Preschool, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Friends of the Greenbelt, GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, Toronto Botanical Garden, Laidlaw Foundation, Na’amat Canada, Safehaven, Ontario Federal Council, Olympic Aid, CNIB, United Way, Pickering College, Imagine Canada.
• Editorial client list: ON Nature 2022, The Globe and Mail 2017, Canadian Grocer 2019-2022, Canadian Geographic 1997-2013, Toronto Life 1997-2007, Cottage Life 2007, Our Kids 1999-2020, Comfort Life 2012-2020, The Torch 2008-2011, The Ark 2008-2011, The Jerusalem Report 2007, ON Nature/Seasons 2003-2013, Saturday Night 1997-1998, Canadian Aviator 2005, Fifty-Five Plus 2010, Golf Canada 2003-2004, Where Toronto 2002, National Post 2000, National Post Business 1999-2000, Elevate 2003-2005, Town & Country 2001, Elm Street 2000, Money Sense 1999, Vancouver Magazine 1995-1998, EnRoute 1998-1999, Cracker 2001-2002, Images 1998.
• Corporate clients: POi, Fish Out of Water Design, Liberty Insurance, Dealer-FX, HOOPP, Mayhew, Loblaws, Fortinos, MCI Canada, Dundee Securities, Market Connections, Kamada Birdseye, Inco, Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network, Community Lifecare Management Inc., Stonebrook Condominiums.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
• Jewish Museum Berlin
• Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
• Canadian War Museum
• Pearson Airport
AWARDS:
• 2022 15th International Color Awards, Nominee in Children of the World, Sports, and Silhouette categories.
• 2021 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention Children Category.
• 2021 16th Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee Children of the World and Sport.
• 2021 14th International Color Awards, Nominee Fine Art.
• 2020 15th Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee Children of the World.
• 2020 13th International Color Awards, Nominee People and Portrait categories.
• 2019 14th Black and White Spider Awards, Honorable Mention in People category, and Nominee in Architecture.
• 2019 Winner of #photoEDanalog IG contest.
• 2018 13th Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee Children of the World.
• 2019 12th International Color Awards, Nominee Nature category.
• 2018 11th International Color Awards, Honorable Mention in Americana, and Nominations in Nature and Architecture categories.
• 2017 12th Black and White Spider Awards, four Nominations in Children of the World, People, and Sports.
• 2017 Centennial College Clix Awards, Faculty/Staff 1st place.
• 2017 International Color Awards, Honorable Mention in Sports category.
• 2016 11th Black and White Spider Awards Nominee Silhouette category.
• 2015 10th Black and White Spider Awards Nominee Silhouette and People categories.
• 2016 Centennial College Clix Awards, Faculty/Staff 1st and 2nd place.
• 2014 9th Black and White Spider Awards Nominee People category.
• 2013 CCAE Prix d’Excellence Bronze Award for Best Institutional Annual Report for Branksome Hall.
• 2011 6th Black and White Spider Awards Nominee people category.
• 2009 Toronto Life Contact 2009: 50 Best Bets for “Legions” exhibition.
• 2008 Gold Award, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications in Annual Reports, for Friends of the Greenbelt.
• 2004 Gold Award – Words and Pictures, National Magazine Awards, “Arrivals”, Toronto Life.
• 2003 Finalist – Words and Pictures, National Magazine Awards, “Little Kabul”, Toronto Life.
• 2000 Winner in Applied Arts Magazine Photo/Illustration Contest, Toronto, ON.
• 1999 Winner in Applied Arts Magazine Photo/Illustration Contest, Toronto, ON.
• 1999 Honorable mention for photography, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
• 1998 Silver Photojournalism and Merit Award from the Advertising and Design Club of Canada, “Life on Parade” in Canadian Geographic, and “Saturday Nights” in Saturday Night.
• 1998 Finalist twice – Photojournalism, National Magazine Awards, “Life on Parade” in Canadian Geographic, and “Saturday Nights” in Saturday Night.
• 1997 Marion McKenzie Best Photography Award, Toronto Outdoor Exhibition.
• 1994 and 1991 Studio Magazine Photographic Award Winner.
EDUCATION:
• 1992 Bachelor of Applied Arts, Ryerson, still photography option.
GRANTS:
• 2017 Project Grant Mid-Career, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2010 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2008 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2005 Project Grant, Toronto Jewish Arts Council.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
• 2022 “After Refuge”, Gallery 44 Members’ Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 2022 “17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition”, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2021-2022 “Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed”, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON.
• 2019 permanent collection in the Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
• 2019 “Light Party” group pop up exhibition, Toronto, ON.
• 2019 “Salon 44”, group exhibition at Gallery 44, Toronto, ON.
• 2019 “InFocus” exhibition and awards of the best of Canadian-made photography, Edmonton, AB.
• 2018 “Salon 44”, group exhibition at Gallery 44, Toronto, ON.
• 2017 “Legion Halls” Borealis Gallery, Alberta Legislative Assembly, Edmonton, AB.
• 2015-2018 Pearson Terminal 3 Photography Exhibition “Rinks,” Mississauga, ON.
• 2014-2015 “Legion Halls,” Waterford Heritage & Agricultural Museum, Waterford, ON., Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK., Thunder Bay Museum, Thunder Bay, ON. This is a Canadian War Museum travelling exhibition.
• 2016 “Ellipsis”, Gallery 44 group show for Contact at Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON.
• 2015 “Natural Ice Rinks”, LEN, Toronto, ON
• 2014 “Aging”, PhotoSensitive group show at Royal Bank Terrace, Toronto, ON.
• 2014 “DNA”, Gallery 44 group show for Contact at Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON.
• 2013 “Canadian Geographic,” Zoom Photo Festival 2013, Saguenay, QC. 2013 “InSight”, group exhibition of Gallery 44 members at Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON.
• 2012 Haliburton School of the Arts Faculty show, Rails End Gallery, Haliburton, ON.
• 2012 Art on the Danforth, “Toronto Legion Halls”, Toronto ON.
• 2011- 2012 “Legion Halls”, solo exhibition, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON.
• 2011 “The Fuel of Life”, PhotoSensitive group show, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto, ON.
• 2011 “Parks Canada”, group exhibition, Canadian Embassy, London, UK.
• 2011 “PHOTO-OP”, juried group exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 2011 “100 years of Women’s College Hospital”, Toronto ON.
• 2010 PhotoSensitive 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto ON.
• 2009 “Legions”, Gallery 44 Members Gallery, Contact Festival, Toronto ON.
• 2009 “Inspiring Possibilities”, PhotoSensitive group show shown throughout Canada.
• 2008 “Rabbi Among The Lions”, solo show, Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
• 2008 “Cancer Connection”, group show with PhotoSensitive throughout Canada.
• 2007, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1995, and 1991 at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
• 2007 “Reconstructed”, group show, Gallery 1313, Contact Festival, Toronto, ON.
• 2007 “Vibrant Communities in Focus”, PhotoSensitive group show, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto, ON.
• 2006 “The Strength Within”, PhotoSensitive group show, Toronto, ON.
• 2006 “Istanbul and Havana”, Leo Burnett solo show, Toronto, ON.
• 2006 Praxis Gallery, miniature group show in Toronto, ON.
• 2005 “Life of Water”, PhotoSensitive group show exhibited throughout Canada.
• 2005 “Consequences”, group show, Gallery 1313, Contact Festival, Toronto, ON.
• 2005 “Road Signs”, solo show, Balzac’s Café, part of Contact, Toronto, ON.
• 2005 “The Tzedakah Box Project”, group show, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 2004 “Destination Toronto”, PhotoSensitive group show, Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto, ON.
• 2002 “Pacific Tides”, solo show, Gallery 44 Members’ Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 2000 “Photo Works from the Collection”, group show, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON.
• 2000 “Café”, solo show, Boulevard Café, Toronto, ON.
• 1999 “TSA 30th anniversary Faculty Retrospective”, York Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 1999 “Odysseys”, group show, Elevator Photo Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 1998 “Travel Journal”, solo show, Gallery 44 Members’ Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 1996 “Parade”, solo show, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON.
• 1995 “Recent Work”, two person show, Italian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC.
• 1994 “Home and Homeland”, solo show, Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
• 1994 “Trinity Bellwoods”, solo show at Station Street Art Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
• 1994 “Trinity Bellwoods”, Ryerson Gallery, two person show Toronto, ON.
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION:
• 2013 to present, faculty in the Broadcasting and Photography programs at Centennial College, Toronto.
• 2016 and 2012 guest lecturer at Ryerson School of Journalism, Toronto.
• 2006 to 2019 photography and artist marketing/portfolio faculty, Haliburton School of The Arts, Fleming College.
• 1998 to 2019, photography faculty, Toronto School of Art, Toronto.
• 2014 and 2007 workshops for the Photo Educators’ Forum at Ryerson, Toronto.
• 2010 Sheridan College, Instructor, Oakville.
• 2014 to 2022 tdsbCREATES residencies with 4th to 10th grade students.
• 2012 to 2020 photography workshops with grade 6 to 8 students, a joint initiative with the TDSB and Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary.
• 2005 to present, artist educator, youth and adult workshops, Gallery 44, Toronto.
• 2010 Luminato photography workshops for youth, Toronto.
• 2004 to 2008, Instructor, Humber College, Toronto.
• 2006, 2001 and 1997, artist in the school, TDSB, Toronto.
• 2002, 1999, 1997, 1996, and 1995, guest artist, Art at the Boyne – TDSB.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/REVIEWS:
• “SCMAD Blog Centennial College”, Photography instructor, Tobi Asmoucha, launches “After Refuge” exhibition, April 2022.
• “The Globe and Mail”, The Ice That Binds, January 2017.
• “PhotoEd Magazine” Canadian Ice, November 2016.
• “Photolife”, interview about work in PhotoSensitive, August 2013
• “Picture Change Interviews,” PhotoSensitive newsletter, May 2013.
• “Centretown News” review of Canadian War Museum exhibition, February 2011.
• “CBC Ottawa Morning” radio interview of CWM exhibition, January 2011.
• “Canadian Geographic Compass blog”, CWM exhibition review, January 2011.
• “Legion Magazine”, exhibition review, January 2011.
• “Photographer’s Focus”, PhotoSensitive newsletter June 2010.
• “Canadian Geographic”, field report interview for the photo club, 2010.
• “Canadian Jewish News”, artist review, Toronto January 2008.
• “Jewish Tribune”, artist review, Toronto January 2008.
• “Carte Blanche”, photography book by The Magenta Foundation, documentary section, Toronto, 2006.
• “Centre of City”, artist review feature article, Toronto March/April 2005.
• “Response A Contemporary Jewish Review”, New York spring/summer 1994.
• “The Canadian Jewish News”, artist review, Toronto, September 1994 and 1991.
PROFESSIONAL + NON PROFIT INVOLVEMENT:
• LOVE, Leave Out Violence, on the Ontario Board of Directors 2012-2016, and programming committee member 2012-2018. It is an organization helping youth leave violence through media arts programs.
• PhotoSensitive core member since 2007, a photographer’s group committed to social justice through photojournalism.
• Member of Gallery 44 Centre for contemporary photography since 1997. (Board of Directors 1998-9). Active on the education committee 2000-2018.
WORK SAMPLES & INTERVIEWS:
www.centennialcollege.ca/school-of-communications-media-arts-and-design-blog/2022/april/28/photography-instructor-tobi-asmoucha-launches-after-refuge-exhibition/
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/natural-rinks/article33597835/
www.warmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/legion-halls-e.pdf
www.jmberlin.de/en/thematic-space-torah#lightbox-56355
www.forteriecanada.com/news_events/pdf/1812%20Canadian%20Geographic%20Feature.pdf