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| EDUCATION | |
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1992 |
M.F.A. Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS. |
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1987 |
B.F.A. Concordia University, Montréal, QC. |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
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2011 |
(upcoming) MKG127. |
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2011 |
(upcoming) Survey exhibition, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Curator Ivan Jurakic. |
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2010 |
Toronto Now, Art Gallery of Ontario. Curator Michelle Jacques. |
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2007 |
walkthrough site specific interventions in conjunction with the Images Festival, Toronto, ON. Curator by Pablo de Ocampo. |
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2006 |
walkthrough, site specific interventions while in a residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts. |
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SOMEONE SPECIAL, site specific intervention/performance while in a residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts. |
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unsolicited service, (performance) various sites throughout the buildings at The Banff Centre for the Arts and town of Banff. |
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2004 |
wish you were here 3, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto, ON. |
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Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, ON. |
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(play / pause / repeat) MacDonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, ON. |
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take me I’m yours (three DVD installations) Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC. |
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2003 |
take me I'm yours (three DVD installations) & extreme sport, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON. |
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2002 |
take me I'm yours (three DVD installations) Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS. |
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2001 |
game & operetta, Western Front, Vancouver, BC. |
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game, Optica, Montreal, QC. |
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take me I’m yours (three DVD installations) Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON. |
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1999 |
operetta, galerie Articule, Montreal, QC. |
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1997 |
stars down to earth, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS. |
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1996 |
bleuira & slip of the tongue, The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. |
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crossed wires, (three video installations) Artcite, Windsor, ON. |
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1995 |
pink noise, galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal,QC. |
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the stigma of words & slip of the tongue, La Chambre Blanche, Québec, QC. |
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1994 |
bleuira, galerie Articule, Montreal, QC. |
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the stigma of words, galerie B-312, Montreal, QC. |
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1993 |
bleuira, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC. |
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1992 |
bleuira, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS. |
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1991 |
interval, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC. |
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1989 |
Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC. |
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1988 |
Neutral Ground, Regina, SK. |
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Image, Reference, Context, A Space, Toronto, ON. |
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1987 |
galerie La Centrale, Montréal, QC. |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
2009 |
NO MELATONIN, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, 2009. Curator Dave Dyment. |
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2008 |
LOLA 2008: London Ontario Live Arts festival in London, Ontario. Curator Paul Walde |
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Calibration of Chance Susan Hobbs gallery. Curator Claire Christie. |
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Bureau de Change in celebration of The Banff Centre for the Arts 75th year. York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON. Curator Kitty Scott. |
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Conversation Pieces, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON. Curator Sarah Smith |
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2007 |
On Being an Exhibition, Artists Space, New York, NY. Curator Joseph del Pesco. |
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Nuit Blanche, At The Corner Of Time and Place curated by Michelle Jacques |
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2006 |
Concrete Language, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Co-curated by Jenifer Papararo and Christina Ritchie |
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Limited, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto, ON. |
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untitled: Thoughts about sound, music, silence and confusion, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON. Curated by Kelly Mark. |
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2005 |
Biennale Le Mois de la Photo ˆ Montréal, curated by Martha Langford |
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Waypoint, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON. Curated by Patrick MacCaulay |
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2004 |
Ziploc, Curated by Nancy Campbell and Verne Harrison, in a shopping mall in Guelph ON. |
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2000 |
Carnet d’Adresses, Musée de Louviers Paris, France. |
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1999 |
Corps et sonorité, Musée de Rimouski (with Janet Cardiff and Karilee Fuglem) Rimouski, QC. Curated by Carl Johnson. |
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1998 |
Close Encounters, The Ottawa Art Gallery, curated by Sylvie Fortin. |
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Unclassified, Humberside University Gallery, London, England. Curated by Alexa Wright. |
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1997 |
ISEA 97 International Symposium on Electronic Art, Chicago, IL. |
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ARCO 97 Madrid, Spain. |
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Corps et empreinte, Galerie Samuel Lallouz Montréal, QC. |
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1996 |
Whipped Cream, Percentages & Pink Noise, YYZ Toronto, ON. (with Anda Kubis) curated by Susan Kealey & Steve Reinke. |
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Liasons, The Powerplant, Toronto, ON. Curated by Louise Dompierre. |
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1995 |
Suffrance(s), galerie Optica, curated by Marie Fraser, Montréal, QC. |
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1993 |
Last to be Done, First to be Seen, Eye Level Gallery, Curated by Barbara Lounder, Halifax, NS. |
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Local Stories, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB. Curated by Kitty Scott. |
| SELECTED FESTIVAL SCREENINGS | |
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2008 |
Recontre Internationale, Paris/Berlin, Curated by V Tape, Discoverable Periphery |
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New Toronto Works Show Pleasuredome, Toronto, ON. |
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2007 |
Watch, there are people here, Edge – Canadian short film and media arts festival, Victoria, BC. Curator Deirdre Logue |
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2006 |
Making Room, Toronto, On. Curator Paulette Phillips |
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2005 |
Williamsburg Bridging, Galapagos Art Centre, Brooklyn, NY |
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Picton Cinefest, Picton, ON. Curated by Robert Wiens. |
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2004 |
Antimatter, Victoria, BC. Curated by Deborah de Boer. |
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future_feed_forward interdisciplinary festival of performance and media art, Museum London, ON. Curated by Jeremy Drummond & David Poolman |
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New Toronto Works Show, Pleasuredome, Toronto, ON. Curated by Sara MacLean & Michele Stanely. |
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2003 |
Cinema Naivete, Available Light Collective, Ottawa, ON. Curated by Daniel Cockburn. |
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Spark, International Festival of Film Art, Balchik, Bulgaria. Curated by Jeremey Drummond and David Poolman. |
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25HRS, TheVideoArtFoundation, Barcelona, Spain. Curated by Jorge Bravo, Louisa Ortinez, Manuel Saiz, |
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Do The Wrong Thing, Images Festival, Toronto, ON. Curated by Paulette Phillips |
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Signal and Noise, Vancouver, BC. |
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2002 |
Recent Canadian Video, Cairo, Egypt. Curated by Sarah R. Sheridan and Chris Kennedy. |
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Optical Nerve, EM Media, Calgary, AB. Curated by Anne M. Nakagawa. |
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2001 |
Magnetic North, Center for Art Tapes, Halifax, NS. Curated by Richard Fung. |
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8th Annual New Toronto Works Show, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, ON.Curated by Daniel Cockburn & Thomas Hirschman. |
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1999 |
Utopia, 4ime manifestation vidéo et art électronique internationale, Champs Libre, Montréal, QC. |
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Canadian Fall, Glasgow, Scotland. Curated by Holger Maupt. |
| PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGUES | |
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2008 |
Calibration of Chance on-line essay by curator Claire Christie, Susan Hobbs gallery |
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2007 |
On Being an Exhibition, Artists Space, New York, NY. Essay by curator Joseph del Pesco. |
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2006 |
Concrete Language, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Essays by Jenifer Papararo and Christina Ritchie |
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2005 |
“Little Histories of Modern Art’ Biennale Le Mois de la Photo ˆ Montréal, by Martha Langford, McGill-Queen’s University Press |
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2004 |
The Sight of One Hand Clapping, essay by Dave Dyment, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON. |
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(play / pause / repeat) essays by John Marriott and Katie Bethune-Leaman, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, ON. |
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2003 |
25HRS, Essays by Marko Daniel and Manuel Saiz. Interviews by Manuel Siaz and Jorge Bravo. Barcelona, Spain: TheVideoArtFoundation. |
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“Do The Wrong ThingÓ, Paulette Phillips, Toronto, ON.: Images Festival. |
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Cinema Naivete, Daniel Cockburn, Available Light Collective, Ottawa, ON. |
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2001 |
game & operetta, poster with essays by John Zeppettelli and Will Aitken, Vancouver, BC.: Western Front. |
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take me I’m yours, Essays by curator Jan Allen and Paul Kelley. Includes CD of visual and sound components of Lured I & Lured II, Kingston, ON.: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. |
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2000 |
“Musca Depicta de L’IntempestivitéÓ Sylvain Campeau, Carnet d’Adresses – une oeuvre, un critique, un artiste, (Visuel(s) #09) Musée de Louviers Paris, France. |
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1999 |
Close Encounters, texts by Constance Penley and Sylvie Fortin, Ottawa, ON.: The Ottawa Art Gallery. |
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Found Hurting: Laurel Woodcock’s operetta, John Zeppettelli, Montreal, QC.: galerie Articule |
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1996 |
Liasons, Louise Dompierre, Toronto, ON.: The Powerplant. |
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crossed wires, (three video installations) Annie Martin, Montreal, QC.: Bittersweet Editions. |
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Whipped Cream, Percentages and Pink Noise texts by Steve Reinke and Susan Kealey, Toronto, ON.: YYZ Gallery |
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1994 |
bleuira, Kitty Scott, Vancouver, BC.: Or Gallery. |
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1993 |
Last to be Done, First to be Seen, Barbara Lounder, Halifax, NS.: Eye Level Gallery. |
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BOOKS / AUDIO CDs / CD ROMs |
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2007 |
untitled (playlist for Bas Jan Ader), editioned multiple for Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON. |
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Pro Forma: Language/Text/Visual Art (volume 3) edited by Jessica Wyman, published by YYZ Books. |
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2005 |
Mercersound compilation – a compilation audio CD produced by Mercer Union and distributed free at the Venice Biennale 2005 |
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2001 |
take me I’m yours, Essays by curator Jan Allen and Paul Kelley. Includes CD of visual and sound components of Lured I & Lured II, Kingston, ON.: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. |
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2000 |
I’ve got to stop talking to myself É text and sound by artists, book/audio CD, ed. John Marriott, Toronto, ON.: John Marriott. |
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1999 |
48hours/48 rooms CD ROM of group exhibition organized by Ingrid Bachmann in Montreal QC. |
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1994 |
“Site-seeing Vancouver, Positioning Self“, Rosa Ho, Vancouver: Representing the Postmodern City, ed. Paul Delaney, Vancouver, BC.: Arsenal Pulp Press. |
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| FEATURES | |
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1995 |
Anna Carlevaris, “Oscillating Horizons” C Magazine #45. |
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| SELECTED REVIEWS | |
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2008 |
Marisa Jahn, C Magazine #97, Spring 2008 |
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Jaleh Mansoor, ArtForum, February 2008 |
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2007 |
John Marriott, Canadian Art, Summer 2007, vol. 24, no. 2 |
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2006 |
Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, January 14 |
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2004 |
Gary Michael Dault, Globe & Mail, November 6 |
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2003 |
Peter Goddard, “Lured by a Conceptual Fly Trap” The Toronto Star. |
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2001 |
Holly Ward, “Death and Exhaustion in an Utopic Vacuum: Laurel Woodcock’s game and operetta” Terminal City, November 2001. |
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Gerry Zielinski, review of “I’ve got to stop talking to myself É” Parachute Magazine #101 |
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Diedre Hanna, review of “I’ve got to stop talking to myself É” Now Magazine, May 25. |
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2000 |
Ann Vance, “Who’s Afraid of Film and Video in Scotland?” Varient, vol.2 no. 9, winter 2000. |
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1999 |
Bernard Lamarche “operetta” Le Devoir, 24 & 25 avril. |
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1998 |
Audrey Mandelbaum, “ISEA 97 - Paradodxes and Progress: Art at the Eigth International Symposium of Electronic Art” New Art Examiner. |
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1997 |
Patrice Lubier, “Sourdes Acuités” Bulletin #22 |
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Cheryl Simon, “Embodying the Subject: Laurel Woodcock’s Photographic Installations” Blackflash (winter). |
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1995 |
Sylvain Campeau, “Des énoncés contradictoiresÓ Etc (été). |
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1994 |
Gil McElroy,“The Book(work) as Art: A Status Report“, Arts Atlantic #49. |
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1990 |
Joanne Sloanne, “Métro D'Art” Parachute #58. |
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Johanne Chagnon, “Quand le Public Assiste Immobile dans le Noir” Esse (printemps/été). |
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Marie-Josée Therrien, “Métro D'Art: Entre Deux Pannes” Vice Versa #28. |
| CURATING | |
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2010 |
0 in tennis = love, screening of contemporary short film/video for the Ok.Quoi?! Arts Festival in New Brunswick with accompanying essay. |
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2007 |
Serious Slapstick, CAFKA Haptic International video screening, Kitchener ON. |
| COMMISSION | |
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2002 |
Selected to design award for les Odyssées du Livre |
| GRANTS | |
2010 |
Toronto Arts Council – established |
2009 |
Ontario Arts Council – established |
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2007 |
Canada Council Project Grant (Research) |
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2006 |
Canada Council Travel Grant |
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2004 |
Ontario Arts Council – Exhibition Assistance |
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2003 |
Ontario Arts Council – mid-career |
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2001 |
Canada Council B Grant |
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2000 |
Canada Council Travel Grant |
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1999 |
Canada Council B Grant |
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1998 |
Canada Council Travel Grant |
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Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Travel |
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1997 |
Canada Council Travel Grant |
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Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Travel |
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Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, B |
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1995 |
Canada Council B Grant |
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1994 |
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, B |
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Canada Council Project Grant |
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1992 |
Canada Council B Grant |
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1991 |
Ministre des Affaires culturelles |
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1990 |
Canada Council, Project Grant |
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1989 |
Canada Council, Project Grant |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| McCarthy Tetrault | |
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Agnes Etherington Art Centre |
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Canada Council, Art Bank |
| Private Collections | |
| PUBLISHED WRITING | |
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2007 |
Serious Slapstick, CAFKA Haptic essay to accompany International video screening, Kitchener ON. |
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1996 |
“nothing between” review of Karilee Fuglems&a#146; exhibition at galerie Optica, C Magazine. |
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1994 |
Essay for “Berlin Stories” an installation by Ingrid Bachmann, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC. |
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Catalogue essay for To Touch, Janet Cardiff, Southern Alberta art Gallery. (Republished in the retrospective catalogue, PS.1) published by the SAAG, exhibited at the SAAG and The Powerplant. |
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1992 |
Book Review of “Critical Fictions: The Politics of Imaginative Writing” ed. Philomena Mariani, Parachute # 68. |
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1991 |
Enigmatic Moments review of Su Friedrich's film, “Sink or Swim” 1991 Atlantic film festival, Print Positive. |
| ARTIST RESIDENCIES | |
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2006 |
The Future of Idea Art, Banff Centre for the Arts |
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1992 |
Instability of the Subject, Banff Centre for the Arts |
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1991 |
Art & Mass Culture, Banff Centre for the Arts |
| SELECTED ARTIST TALKS | |
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2009 |
University of Lethbridge |
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2007 |
Panel Discussion at The Power Plant in conjunction with the Fiona Banner Exhibition The Bastard Word |
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2007 |
York University, MFA Program |
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2006 |
The Banff Centre for the Arts, AB. |
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2003 |
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC. |
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2003 |
Sheridan College, Toronto, ON. |
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2001 |
Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS. |
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2001 |
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON. |
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2000 |
University of Guelph, ON. |
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1999 |
York University, Toronto, ON. |
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1999 |
Concordia University, Montréal, QC. |
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1996 |
The Power Plant, Toronto, ON. |
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1996 |
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. |
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1995 |
La Chambre Blanche, Québec, QC. |
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1995 |
Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC. |
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1993 |
University of Lethbridge, AB. |
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1992 |
The Banff Centre for the Arts, AB. |
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1991 |
The Banff Centre for the Arts, AB. |
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