Marten Berkman

Marten Berkman was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1961, studied visual arts and geography, and has explored landscapes around the world with his cameras. The north is his home and inspiration, where he lives and plays with his family upstream from Whitehorse, Yukon.

From an appreciation of the Earth and the life upon it, Marten focuses his eyes and lens on landscapes and their inhabitants. His still images appear regularly in solo and group exhibits, in magazines such as Canadian Geographic and Up Here, and in books including “Three Rivers” and the limited edition “Chasms of Silence”, a portfolio of his black and white high arctic work. As a film maker, his videography, artistic and photographic direction appear in Yukon dramas, documentaries, and multimedia presentations which have been shown across Canada and internationally. His film “Yukon Quest 2004”, following the 1600 kilometer/1000 mile subarctic sled dog race, joined the 2004/2005 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. His film “Three Rivers: wild waters, sacred places” from his journeys with other artists in the Peel Watershed joins the fine art exhibit of the same name on its international gallery tour. He is currently working on a project entitled “Remote Sensibility”. Incorporating new media art installations,  photo montage and film, “Remote Sensibility” explores industrial global culture’s immaterial relationship with wild and remote places.

Marten’s infatuation with light in the landscape has earned him the title “Photomanix” at druids conventions, and initiated far too many unnecessary search parties when he fails to show up in camp.

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