Since 2000, John Armstrong, who lives in Toronto, and Paul Collins, who lives in Paris, have collaborated on painting, photography, video, performance and publishing.
Their photographs, videos and painted images record places, events and objects they come across in the course of their daily lives in Toronto and Paris. These elements are variously juxtaposed to suggest narratives that play with the porous nature of individual and collective memory.
They have had over twenty exhibitions in Canada and Europe. Exhibitions include Artothèque de Caen (France), Kunsthalle Erfurt (Germany), Faux Mouvement in Metz (France), Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art in Toronto, Le Mois de la photo à Montréal (Maison de la culture Côtes-des-Neiges), Truck in Calgary, Platform Centre for Photography and Media Arts in Winnipeg, La galerie ESCA in Nîmes, Oakville Galleries in Oakville ON, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery in Corner Brook, and the VAV Gallery, Concordia University in Montreal.
John Armstrong is a studio professor on the collaborative Art and Art History Program with Sheridan in Oakville and the University of Toronto Mississauga. Paul Collins is a studio professor in the Department of Communication and Intermedia at the École supérieure d’arts et médias de Caen.