Tim Rahrer
Ottawa, On | tim.rahrer@gmail.com
Ottawa, On | tim.rahrer@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Canadian photo-based artist who has balanced his art practice with a career in user-centred design which has influenced the observational and research elements of his practice. His works have been selected for several juried group exhibitions and in private collections. Currently attending the full-time diploma program at the School of the Photographic Arts Ottawa (SPAO) and lives and works on the traditional and unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation (known otherwise as Ottawa, Ontario).
EDUCATION
2023- Attending diploma program School of the Photographic Arts Ottawa (SPAO), expected
2025 graduation May 2025, Ottawa, Canada.
- First Year: Directors’ Award for Community Spirit and Volunteerism (2024)
- Final Year: Albino Pescatore Book Art Award In recognition of book design and thought-provoking content (2025)
2025 graduation May 2025, Ottawa, Canada.
- First Year: Directors’ Award for Community Spirit and Volunteerism (2024)
- Final Year: Albino Pescatore Book Art Award In recognition of book design and thought-provoking content (2025)
2008- Several courses at SPAO including Capture to Print Master Class, Master Class:
2023 Photographic Vision and Language, The Art of Digital Print Making, Wet plate
Collodion Workshop, Lighting I and II, Photo History, Photoshop – A Master’s Approach, etc.
2023 Photographic Vision and Language, The Art of Digital Print Making, Wet plate
Collodion Workshop, Lighting I and II, Photo History, Photoshop – A Master’s Approach, etc.
1992- Several courses at Ottawa School of Art including Monochrome Darkroom, Colour Darkroom
2000 and photographic history with Marion Bordier and Justin Wonnacott.
2000 and photographic history with Marion Bordier and Justin Wonnacott.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Exhibition No. XX, SPAO Centre Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2025 Figure Works, two works selected, Wallacks Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2024 Roadcut Delta, Wallis House, Ottawa, Canada
2024 Exhibition No. 19, SPAO Centre Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2022 APEX, work selected for digital display, SPAO Centre Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2021 APEX, cyanotype and wet-plate collodion works selected for gallery display, SPAO
Centre Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Centre Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2019 A+, silver gelatin work selected for gallery display, SPAO Centre Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Love Birds, image selected for PhotoED Magazine ‘Memory’ Print edition, Summer 2025.
2025 Impacted, self-published book, received SPAO graduation award, May 2025
2025 whiteout, image selected for Alternative Photography 2026 Journal, Spring 2025
2023 Pineapple Dream, image selected for PhotoED FOOD Digital edition, Spring 2023.
2025 Impacted, self-published book, received SPAO graduation award, May 2025
2025 whiteout, image selected for Alternative Photography 2026 Journal, Spring 2025
2023 Pineapple Dream, image selected for PhotoED FOOD Digital edition, Spring 2023.