CURRICULUM VITAE

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES

2018
Thirty Standard Stoppages, Fête Accompli, 3648 Doncaster Drive, Victoria, BC (Group)

2017
Spirit Agency, Noxious Sector Arts Collective, g101, Ottawa, ON (Solo)
Open Actions, photography exhibition, fifty fifty arts collective, Victoria, BC (Group)

2016
In the Shadow of the Millennium, Noxious Sector. JNAAG, Sarnia, ON (Group)
Remote Viewing, Noxious Sector, Grunt Gallery. Vancouver, BC (solo)
Open Actions, monthly performance actions, various locations, Victoria, BC (Group)

2015
Integrate Arts Festival, performance action, Victoria, BC (Festival)
Almanac, performance action, Guild House, Victoria, BC (Group pop-up exhibition)
Open Actions, monthly performance actions, various locations, Victoria, BC (Group)

2014
Hybrid Highlights, Noxious Sector, MoMA, Seoul National University, Korea (Group)
Nightmare Inductions, Noxious Sector, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC (Festival)
Nightmare Inductions, Noxious Sector, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (Solo)

2013
Dreams of Teeth, Noxious Sector, Neutral Ground, Regina, SK (Solo)
Nightmare Inductions, Noxious Sector, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS (Solo)
Fictive Realities, curated by Paul Walde, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC (Group)
Nightmare Inductions, Noxious Sector, Alternator, Kelowna, BC (Solo)
Nightmare Inductions, Noxious Sector, Eastern Bloc and Articule, Montreal, PQ (Festival)
Nightmare Inductions, Noxious Sector, Digital Art Weeks, Singapore (Festival)
Gut Re-Actions, University of Washington - Bothell, Bothell, WA (Performance)
Gut Re-Actions, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (Performance)

2012
Haunting George Street, 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)
PsycheDADA, with 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 (Group)

2010
Too Cool For School: Art & Science Exhibition, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON, (Group)
Transcending Here, Noxious Sector, Truck Gallery, Calgary, AB (Group)
Perimeter Visions, Noxious Sector, DAW Xian, China (Group)
Too Cool For School: Art and 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)

SELECT CURATORIAL PRACTICE / WRITING

2019
David LaRiviere: Gathering Every Sordid Detail. Catalogue essay for the exhibition #everysordiddetail, David LaRiviere, Open Space, July 2018.
WordCloud: A listening portrait of the Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) Gathering. Online essay. https://www.primary-colours.ca/projects/77-wordcloud

2018
Distance Between Us: Archival Exhibition & Symposium, Open Space, Victoria, BC Artists: Peggy Cady, Bill Bartlett, Patrick Lichty, Kerri Flannigan. Co-curated with Megan Quigley

2017
(Un)Symposium: Akademy of human & Performance Art Aktions, Open Space, Victoria, BC Artists: Margaret Dragu, Jörn J. Burmester
Deconstructing Comfort, Co-curated with Michelle Jacques, France Trepanier, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Margaret Dragu, Jorn Burmester - (Un)Symposium, Curator, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Buddy System: Encounters with Deirdre Logue, Beyond Her Usual Limits: The Film and Video Work of Deirdre Logue, 1997 To 2017. Editors: Matthew Hyland. Oakville Galleries, Open Space, A Space Gallery, Gallery 44, Images Festival.

2016
Belly Brain - An Instrument of Ecological Perception. Book chapter. Plastic Blue Marble - Amanda Boetzkes. Catalyst Book Series. Ted Hiebert, David Chechetto editors.
Waterways, Curator, Ministry of Casual Living & Open Space, Victoria, BC
Ted Hiebert - Imaginary Friends, Curator, Open Space, Victoria, BC

2015
Peter Morin - Tahltan Song Cycle, Curator, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Todd Davis - Diamonds, Curator, Ministry of Casual Living & Open Space, Victoria, BC

2014
Unsettled, Co-curator, Venice International Performance Week, Venice, Italy
Off Label, Co-curator with Urich Lau, Digital Art Weeks, Seoul, Korea
Concrete Scores, Co-curator with Peter Morin, Open Space, Victoria, BC

2013
Jason Lim, Curator, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC
Urich Lau, Curator, Noxious Sector Project Space, Seattle, WA
Cedar Tavern Singers, Curator, Noxious Sector Project Space, Seattle, WA
LocoMOTION, Curator, Digital Art Weeks 2013, Singapore
Feminist Art Gallery, Curator, Noxious Sector Project Space, Seattle, WA

2012
Welcome Back Ye Annunaki, Co-curator with Ted Hiebert, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Out of this World, Susan MacWilliam, Curator, Noxious Sector Project Space, Seattle, WA
F-L-A-M-M-A-R-I-O-N by Susan MacWilliam, Curator, Open Space, Victoria, BC
HomeStay Circle Ceremony, Co-curator, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Deirdre Logue Production Residency & Exhibition, Curator, Open Space, Victoria, BC
World Telekinesis Competition, Noxious Sector Project Space, Seattle, WA
Haunting Harper, Collective Facebook Action, with Noxious Sector

2011
OFF LABEL Festival, Co-director with Art Clay, Victoria, BC
The Art of the Placebo, Co-curator with Art Clay, Open Space, Victoria, BC
World Telekinesis Competition, Noxious Sector Project Space, Seattle, WA

2010
More often than always, Less often than never, Co-curator with Ted Hiebert, Richmond Art Gallery
Tangible Spiritualities, Co-curator with Art Clay, Digital Art Weeks, Xian Academy of Fine Art, China
World Telekinesis Competition, Noxious Sector, Centre for Serious Play, UW-Bothell, Seattle, WA

2009
World Telekinesis Competition, Noxious Sector, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC

2008
World Telekinesis Competition, Noxious Sector, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC

2007
Sphereship, Book Chapter, Collision: Interarts Practice and Research. Editors: David Cecchetto, Nancy Cuthbert, Julie Lassonde and Dylan Robinson

ARTIST TALKS / CONFERENECE PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS

2020
Artist Talk, SoCA Visual Arts, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

2015
Artist Talk, Department of Art & Design, Vancouver Island University

2014
ReFrame Art, Presentation and Panelist, Thinklandia/Rifflandia, Victoria, BC

2013
Artist Talk, School of Fine Arts and Design, North Island College/ECUAD, Courtenay, BC
Artist Talk, Judith & Norman ALIX Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON
Technology Tantrum, Workshop, Judith & Norman ALIX Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON
Artist talk, University of Washington-Bothell, Bothell, WA
Artist talk, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USC, Los Angeles, CA

2011
Imaginary Friends, Public lecture, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, UVic, BC
Belly Brain Waves, Poster session, Subtle Technologies, Toronto, ON
Artist Talk, Visiting Artist Series, Department of Visual Arts, University of Victoria, BC

2010
Intangible Materialism and The Tangible Spirit, Co-chair with Yifan Wang, DAW Xian, China
Art as Negativity and Affirmation, Imagining America, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2009
MediaModes, Conference presentation, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2007
Self help for Avatars - Workshop, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto, ON
Sphereship, Presentation, Collisions Interarts Conference, UVic, Victoria, BC

AWARDS

2018
Project Assistance for Visual Artists, British Columbia Arts Council

2017
Project Grant (Research), Noxious Sector, Canada Council for the Arts

2013
Audience and Market Development Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (Singapore)
Project Grant (Research), Noxious Sector, Canada Council for the Arts

2010
Artist-in-residence Fellow, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, UVic, BC
Audience and Market Development Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (Xi'an, China) 2009 Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 2008 College of Arts Dean's Award, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Project Grant (Research), Canada Council for the Arts 2006 Visual Arts Thematic Residency scholarship, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB 1993 Studio Arts Gold Medal Award of Excellence, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

EDUCATION

2010 Master of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

2017 - 2018 Past-President, PAARC – Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres
2016 - Present Board of Directors, LIVE! Performance Art Biennial, Vancouver, BC
2016 - 2018 Arts and Culture Master Plan Advisory Group, City of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2015 - 2018 Chair, Art in Public Places Committee, City of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2014 - Present Chair, Board of Directors, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
2014 - 2018 President, VAPPS - Victoria Arts Promotion & Preservation Society
2014 Jury, Project Grants for Organizations in the Interarts, Canada Council for the Arts
2013 - Present Canadian Coordinator, Digital Art Weeks International
2012 - 2016 President, PAARC – Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres
2009 Artist Run Centre Advisory Committee, Canada Council for the Arts
2006 Founding member, Second Front Avatar Performance Art Group
2005 Founding member, Noxious Sector Arts Collective
2003-2008 Chair, Board of Directors, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012
Hiebert, Ted. In Praise Nonsense: Aesthetics, Uncertainty & Postmodern Identity. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012. 236 pages. Chapter 12.
Amy Smart, How to host a party for an alien. The Vancouver Sun, Nov 15, 2012.
Christine Clark, Welcome Back Ye Annunaki. Preview, November 2, 2012.
2011
Jervis, C. Between science and art: Latitude 53 examines brain activity. VUE Weekly (Edm., AB) May 4.
2010
Lyon, C. Exhibition merges art with quantum physics and ‘imaginary solutions. Richmond Review (Richmond, BC) December 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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