curriculum vitae

b. 1971, La Broquerie, Manitoba, currently lives in Montréal, Québec CANADA

education

2000: MFA - Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
1994: BFA - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

solo exhibitions

2012: RE-DUO, La Fin du Vinyle / Death of Vinyl, Montréal, Québec
2011: Sound Ideas, Centre Clark, Montreal, QC
2011: The Longer I Wait, the Better it Feels, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, NL
2010: THE END, G Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009: Pétard, Galerie B-312, Montréal, QC
2008: Long Shot, La Centrale, Montréal, QC
2007: New Work, The Other Gallery, Banff, AB
2007: C’mon, C’mon, Truck Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2003: Machination, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, MB
2003: El Dorado, Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON (collaboration with Stephan Kurr)
2002: Machination, Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, QC
2000: The End, Galerie Bourget Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
1998: Oh…Nothing, Galerie Bourget Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
1996: Want You Too Much, Plug In Gallery Billboard Project, Winnipeg, MB (billboard at corner of River and Osborne Streets)
1995: Advice to the Lovelorn, Ace Art, Winnipeg, MB

selected group exhibitions & video screenings (juried & curated)

2012: Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Ontario
2012: Tidal Force / La Force des marées, articule, Montreal, QC
2011: PIN UP - Posters by Artists, Mercer Union - A Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
2011: Encan CLARK, Centre d'art et de diffusion CLARK, Montréal, QC
2011: So Many Letdowns Before We Get Up…, Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, Winnipeg, MB.
2011: Cascades et autres actes de bravoure, Centre Clark, Montreal, QC.
2010: Forecast, Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, Missouri; Festival du nouveau cinéma, Cinématheque québecoise, Montréal, QC. Curated by Daniel Olson and presented by Dazibao
2009: Scream, PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK curated by David LaRiviere (duo with Jillian McDonald)
2008: Skid, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC, curated by Alan Kollins; Tone Deaf, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON; Beatrice's Centre for Student Affairs, or, How I Learned That My Mother Was Right About Making Art in a Prairie Town During the Rise and Fall of Grunge Music, InterAccess, Toronto, ON. Curated by Jennifer Cherniack; Unclassifiable, Fonderie Darling, Montreal, QC. Curated by InsertNameHere
2007: TULCA 2007, Galway, Ireland. Curated by Aideen Barry & Louise Manifold; The Official Dinner Party, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, curated by Leisure Projects; Come On: Desire Under the Female Gaze, The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse, NY, curated by Astria Suparak
2006: Beyond Feminism, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, curated by Sarah McCutcheon Greiche; Teenage Kicks - Ça plane pour moi, Galerie Clark, Montréal, curated by Mathieu Beauséjour; Optic Nerve, Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario (screening)
2005: The End is in the Beginning, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario (screening); The End of N, curated by Group of N, Blizzarts, Montréal; Time Lag - Neue Videos Aus Canada, Basel, Switzerland (screening)
2004: The Store, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montréal; Used/Goods - a site-specific exhibition at the Salvation Army retail store, Montréal
Curated by Cut Rate Collective, co-presented by articule artist-run centre; Le F-word, curated by Group of N, Galerie 303, Montréal; Le Passé: Secrets of the élite, Orange Brown Collective, Montréal; Unfinished Work, Orange Brown Collective, Montréal; Mellow Drama, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2003: Ten Things At Once, Rad'a, Montréal, curated by Lance Blomgren
2001: Hôpital, a site-specific exhibition in an abandoned Montréal hospital. Presented by articule (exhibition catalogue); 25 Years, 25 Artists, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal; Blind Date, eyelevel gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia (duo with Craig Ferguson)
2000: Manifestation internationale d'art de Québec, presented by l'Oeil de poisson, in various sites throughout Québec city. (exhibition catalogue); En face / face it, Parc de la promenade Bellerive, Montréal (screening)
1999: Say Nothing, Be Silent, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland (exhibition catalogue); 48 Rooms/48 Hours, site-specific show in a derelict Montréal rooming house
1998: Inking Rumours, Ontario College of Art and Design Gallery, Toronto; Laughing, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Curated by Wayne Baerwaldt and Blair Martin; Da Bomb, Edifice Belgo, Montreal
1996: Immense/Ordered/Deranged, Cornish Library, Winnipeg, and Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax. Curated by Cliff Eyland

curatorial projects

2002: ART THROB : The Culture of Obsession. With Daniel Barrow, Cecilia Berkovic, Evergon, Shari Hatt, Keith Orkusz, Shelley Ouellet. Co-curated with Peter Hobbs, presented at articule, Montreal.

awards

2011: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec - Research and creation grant
2007: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec - Research and creation grant
2005: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec - Research and creation grant
2004: Canada Council Creation / Production Grant
2003: Canada Council Travel Grant
1999: Canada Council Travel Grant
1996: Manitoba Arts Council Student Bursary
1995: Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts "B" Grant

selected professional experience

2010: Artist-Teacher - Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
2007: Artist in residence - Banff Centre for the Arts, Self-Directed Creative Residency; Artist in residence - Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, ON
2005: Video production residency - Centre de production Daîmon, Gatineau, Québec
2005-11: Exhibition coordinator - Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal; Guest lecturer - ART NOW, University of Lethbridge Fine Arts Department
2004-05: Board member - articule artist-run centre, Montreal
2004: Sessional instructor, Women and the Fine Arts, Concordia University Studio Arts
2003: Visiting artist (studio visits) Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA), Winnipeg; Artist in residence - Banff Centre for the Arts Big Rock Candy Mountain thematic residency
2000-05: Yearly guest lecturer, Concordia University Studio Arts (various departments)
2001-03: Programming coordinator, articule artist-run centre, Montreal
2001: Project coordinator for Hôpital, a major site specific exhibition in an abandoned hospital
2000-01: Board member - articule artist-run centre, Montreal
1998: Sessional instructor, Fibres Structures, Concordia University Studio Arts, Montreal
1995: Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA) advisory program participant, Winnipeg

published writing

Exhibition brochure : Funland Arcade, Christopher Flower, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON, March 2008
Review : Randall Anderson, Canadian Art, Vol. 23, No. 2, summer 2006, p.92
Exhibition brochure : An Assembly - Randall Anderson, Centre d'exposition Circa, Montreal, QC, January 2004
Review : Hôpital, articule annual programming booklet, 2001
Reviews : Projet Mobilivre Bookmobile Project; Karen Spencer - Ramblin' Man; Janine Hopkinson; Stephan Kurr, articule annual programming booklet, 2002

selected media & press reviews

Mary Reid, Haven't We Been Here Before?, C Magazine, No. 112, Winter 2011/12
Jerome Delgado, Dans les bas-fonds du rock, Le Devoir, Montréal, January 24, 2009
Leah Sandals, Barrow, Tapper, Balcaen: Picture of a School Art Exhibition, Canadian Art Online, Dec. 11/08
Greg Pratt, Between a Hard Rock and an Artsy Place, Monday Magazine, Victoria, November 18, 2008
Lyne Crevier, Tout ca pour ca, ICI, June 12, 2008
Stacey Dewolfe, Fandemonium, Montreal Mirror, June 12, 2008
Katherine Rushworth, Lighting the Fires of Contemplation, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Sept. 9, 2007
Nancy Keefe Rhodes, Balcaen Shows at Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse City Eagle, Sept. 13, 2007
Nicole Burisch, Ohmygod, FFWD - Calgary's Weekly, April 26, 2007
Randall Anderson, Teenage Kicks, Canadian Art, Vol. 23, No. 4, winter 2006
Rene Viau, Au-delà du feminisme, Le Devoir, Montréal, Saturday November 12, 2006
Nicola Mavrikakis, Jamais satisfaites, VOIR, Montréal, Thursday November 2, 2006
Ric Kadour, Doing it Their Way, Seven Days, Vermont, October 14, 2006 (www.sevendaysvt.com)
Christine Redfern, Women do laundry, MIRROR, Montréal, October 26, 2006
Lyne Crevier, Make Trouble, ICI, Montréal, Thursday, September 14, 2006
Nicolas Mavrikakis, énergie Brute, VOIR, Montréal, Thursday, September 28, 2006
Jean-C Rochefort, Hors circuit? Le Devoir, Montréal, Saturday Nov. 20, 2004
Jerome Delgado, Salut au consommateur, La Presse, Montréal, Sunday Nov. 14, 2004
Roxanne Arsenault, Violette Vilaine, CISM Radio, Montréal, November 11, 2004
Annmarie Adams, Reviving the Dead: Art and the 20th c. Hospital Fuse Vol. 27, No.2, spring 2004
Amal El Masir, Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad F-Word?, McGill Daily, Montréal, March 22, 2004
Kelly Martino, Preview - Vision of Love, Uptown, Winnipeg, Thrusday, April 17, 2003
Amy Karlinsky, Art Review, Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday, April 17, 2003
Jean-Marc Ousset, Boulevard détente, CKSB Radio Canada, Winnipeg, Saturday, April 19, 2003
Mylene Crête, Des voix en fleur, La Liberté, St.Boniface, Thurs. April 17, 2003
Anita Euteneier, CeilingTakes on a Golden Hue, Ottawa Xpress, Thurs. Mar. 20, 2003
Anita Euteneier, New Directions for SAW, Ottawa Xpress, Thursday, April 17, 2003
Suzanne Richard, Chasse à l'œuvre d'or, VOIR Outaouais, Ottawa, Thursday, April 3, 2003
Vincent Tinguely, Victorious and Invinceable, CKUT Radio, Montreal, Aug. 2002
Lyne Crevier, Mythologie sérielle:Art-Throb Vie des arts, Montreal, July, 2002
Henry Lehmann, Obsession and destiny rule the roost at articule The Gazette, Montréal, Sat.May 25, 2002
Nicolas Mavrikakis, Absolument kitsch, VOIR, Montréal, Thursday, May 23, 2002
Lyne Crevier, Serial Family, ICI, Montreal, Thursday, May 16, 2002
Genevieve Paiement, Pulsating passions Montreal Mirror, Thursday, May 16, 2002
Katherine Gombay, Art Talks CBC Radio One, Montreal, Saturday, May 18, 2002
Annmarie Adams, Hôpital: the healing arts find a home The Gazette, Montréal Saturday, May 16, 2001
Jeanne Randolph, Some Truths Embellished MIX Magazine, Vol 26 No.4 spring '01
Dayna McLeod, Conversion Stories MIX Magazine, Vol. 26 No. 2, fall 2000
David Cantin, Manifestation international d'art de Québec Le Devoir, Montréal, Sat. Aug. 26, 2000
Pierre-P Noreau, L'Art insolent Le Soleil, Saturday, September 2, 2000
Benoit Arsenault, L'Ornementation hors d'elle-même Impact Campus Québec, Tue. September 12, 2000
Gilles Sutherland, Around the Galleries, The Times, Glasgow, Wednesday, October 6, 1999
Moira Simpson, Arts Review, The Brian Morton Show, BBC Radio Scotland, Tues., Oct. 5, 1999
Bernard Lamarche, Chambres en ville, Le Devoir, Montréal, Saturday, May 8, 1999
Garth Buchholz, Exhibit offers mix of art, books, Winnipeg Free Press Saturday, March 23, 1996
Garth Buchholz, Rewind - the year in review, Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995
Kevin Matthews, Arts Review The Manitoban, Winnipeg, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1995
Karine Beaudette, Un art de famille, La Liberté, St.Boniface, Thrus. Nov. 11, 1995