CURRICULUM VITAE

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES

2012    
Haunting, Noxious Sector, Eastern Edge, St. Johns, Nfld (Festival)
(RE)SHIFT, SHIFT Collective, Seattle, WA (Group)
Ectoplasmic Scream, Spark Festival, Belfry Theatre, Victoria, BC (Festival)

2011   
Ectoplasmic Scream,  G++ Interactive Media Gallery, Victoria, BC (Solo)
GHOST HOLE III, Noxious Sector, White House Studio Project, Toronto, ON (Festival)
PsycheDADA, Noxious Sector, PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK (Group)
Minding the Belly Brain, Noxious Sector Project Space, Seattle, WA (Project)
Of Brains and Magnets, Noxious Sector, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB (Solo)

2010   
Too Cool For School: Art & Science Exhibition, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON, curated by Patrick Macaulay and Sally McKay (Group)
Transcending Here, Noxious Sector, Truck Gallery, Calgary, AB (Group)
Perimeter Visions, Noxious Sector, Tangible Spiritualities, Digital Art Weeks, Xi’an Academy of Art, Xi’an, China (Group)
Too Cool For School: Art&Science Fair, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON (Fair)
Don’t mind the revelation, 29 Beaconsfield, Toronto, ON (Solo)

2009   
1:15, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON (Group)

2008
Sphereship, Collisions: Interarts Practices and Research publication, Cambridge Scholars Press
World Telekinesis Competition, Noxious Sector project, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC

2007
Magnetically Inclined, Noxious Sector project, 50/50 Gallery, Victoria, BC
Wrath of Kong , Second Front, Second Life, PERFORMA 07, New York, NY
Wow! Tran Spire visits World of Warcraft , LIVE Performance Art Biennial, Western Front, Vancouver, BC
Theatre of Absurd, Second Front, LIVE Biennial, Western Front, Vancouver, BC
The Gate, Second Front, Interactive Media Arts Lab (iMAL) , Brussels, Belgium
Hauntings: A Telekinesis Competition , Noxious Sector Project, p|m Gallery, Toronto, ON
It's all in my head , Perro Verlag Artist Book, Printed Matter, New York, NY
It's all in my head , Perro Verlag Artist Book, Art Metropole, Toronto, ON
Bamsey Franks Ride the green wave, with David Gifford, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
It's all in my head , Artist Book, Perro Verlag Books by Artists, Storage Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Spawn of the Surreal , Second Front, NMConnect, Second Life
It's all in my head , Project Room, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, BC
Art's Birthday , Second Front, Western Front, Vancouver, BC
Borders , Second Front, Ars Virtua, Second Life

2006
Breaking News, Second Front Performance, Second Life
x,y,z,t, with Kristy Trinier, Davide DiCaro, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre, AB

2005
Infinity Project, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2004
Solar Power, Blind Spots, Floaters & Black Holes, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
Greatest Bits, www.GreatestBits.org
(self) Publish or Perish, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC

2003
How-To, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
RPM, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC

2002
Digital Pocket Gallery, www.ikatun.com/digitalpocketgallery

2000   
ideapill, with Cynthia Korpan, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON

1992-1999
Repeat Offender, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
First Offence, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
Steam, 376 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON           
Spring Show, Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto, ON
Merge, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Performance Festival Artifacts Exhibit, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Spatial Interaction, Galleria Mall, London, ON
Palimpsest, McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London, ON
8th Annual Spring Performance Festival, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
7th Annual Spring Performance Festival, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

CURATORIAL, WRITING, PRESENTATIONS, RESIDENCIES

2007
Second Front Avatar performance art group in Second Life, Interactive Futures 07, Victoria, BC
Artist Talk, Visual Arts Department, UVic, Victoria, BC
Self help for Avatars - Workshop, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto, ON
Absurdist Trajectories, Round-table discussion with Ted Hiebert, Luanne Martineau,
Ashok Mathur and Daniel Olson, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Artist Talk, Visual Arts Department, UVic, Victoria, BC

2006
Dowsing for Failure, curatorial project with Ted Hiebert, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Future of Idea Art: Themed Residency at the Banff Centre, Banff AB
Artist Talk, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
Sphereship, Collisions Inter-arts conference, Presenter, UVic, Victoria, BC
Changing Channels, Panelist, Interactive Futures 06, Victoria, BC

2005
REFRESH, History of New Media Conference, Presentation of Sat-Tel-Comp with Todd Davis and Jeremy Turner , Banff, AB
Flora and fauna in the growing sea of engines, Writer, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Sat-Tel-Comp: A Network of Accessibility, Co-presenter, Interactive Futures 05, Victoria, BC

2004
Telecom History Project: OUTERSPACE, www.openspace.ca/web/outerspace/
Ministry of Casual Living Journal, Volume 1, Issue 2

2003
PROJECTS:Interpretation, Curator and Writer, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Camosun College Vertical Gallery Project, Curator, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Ministry of Casual Living Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1

2001
PVAC: Nature of a Collective, Department of Visual Arts, UWO, London, ON

1993
Practice and Pedagogy, Symposium panel participant, LRAHM, London, ON

EDUCATION AND AWARDS

2008
Canada Council Project Grant (Research)

2006
Thematic Residency Scholarship, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB

1993
Studio Arts Gold Medal Award of Excellence, UWO, London, ON

1989-1993
Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

2003-2008
Chair, Board of Directors, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC

2006
Founding member, Noxious Sector, Victoria, BC
Founding member, Second Front Performance Art Group, Second Life

2004
Board of Directors, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
Infest: International Artist-Run Centre Symposium, Delegate, Vancouver, BC

2003
Off Printing: Artist-Run Center Conference, Delegate, Quebec City, PQ

1997-2001
Chair, Board of Directors, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008
Got a Thing On My Mind: 2008 World Telekinesis Competition, http://www.beyondrobson.com

2007
Artists get a charge out of experiment, Rebecca Aldous, Victoria News, November 28, 2007
Remediations - Art in Second Life by Domenico Quaranta, Flash Art (Italian - print edition), November, 2007
A Leap Into the Void by Domenico Quaranta, Rhizome, Feb 15, 2007
Second Front: Online Performance Art, Realtime Magazine (Australia - print edition) -
written by Lythe Witte/Christy Dena, Jan 11 2007,
Border Art by Lythe Witte, www.slatenight.com, Jan 08, 2007

2006
Tangible Frequencies, by Dene Grigar, Leonardo Digital Reviews

2004
Ministering Art to the Masses, Times Colonist, Victoria, BC, July 5, 2004

2000
Art crosses digital divide, by Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star, November 27, 2000.

1998
The Fine Art of Business, by Louise Dearden, UWO Alumni Almanac, Summer 1998.

1997
Great Impressions, by Pamela Young, Style At Home Magazine Summer 1997.
Douglas Jarvis- artist profile CITYLINE, CityTV, Toronto, ON, September 1997.

1993
Noisy Urban Animal exhibit on display at Guildhouse by Nancy Sheppard, St. Thomas Times-Journal, Tuesday, March 9, 1993.

EMPLOYMENT

2004-2008
Faculty of Law, Website developer, UVic, BC

2004
PACTAC, Photo/Video Documentation, UVic, Victoria, BC
DEMCON, Web site development, Faculty of Law, UVic, Victoria, BC
ECSA-C, Web site development, European Studies, UVic, Victoria, BC

2003
Jo Cook, Web site design and documentation, Mayne Island, BC

2002
Open Space Arts Society, Web site re-design, Victoria, BC

2001
CIBC, 2000 on-line Interactive Annual Report, Toronto, ON
BARRICK GOLD, 2000 on-line Interactive Annual Report, Toronto, ON

1997-1999
CITYLINE, CityTV, Regular Guest, Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

1996-2000
Jarvis Studio, Toronto, ON