EDUCATION
2005 MFA Intermedia. University of Regina.
1998 BFA Painting. Graduated with distinction. Alberta College of Art & Design.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming:
2017 Solo exhibition. The New Gallery. Calgary, Alberta.
Solo Exhibitions/Performances/Projects
2012 Installation Voir Dire. Modern Fuel Gallery. Kingston, Ontario.
2009 Installation Voir Dire. Truck Gallery. Calgary, AB.
2005 Installation Solipsism, Library & Labyrinth: in the place of Auster, Borges and others...
University of Calgary Visual Art Department Gallery.
2005 Charlotte Barker web site (an ongoing performative project since 1997).
2004 Installation Tunnel: Portrait of Failure. Forest City Gallery. London, ON.
1996 Installation Language Runs Dry . STRIDE Gallery +15. Calgary, AB.
Group Exhibitions/Performances/Collaborations
2012 Video “Three” created during EMMEDIA Compression Camp. Screening at EMMEDIA and CPL.
2008 Sculpture “EMET” for IPAWS - group exibition curated by Jo Cook. Lucky’s
Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2004 Performance with One Night Only Collective. Home Repair. Curated by FADO. Toronto, Ontario.
2003 Performance with One Night Only Collective. 7 Degrees. Part of Live Festival. Vancouver, BC
Curated by Brenda Cluniuk.
2003 Performance with One Night Only collective. Off-site location, Regina, SK.
2002 Net based project collaboration savedAsaFriend for Networks, curated by Andrea Cooper. RCA
Visual, St. John’s Newfoundland. Collaborators: Jo Cook, Donato Mancini, Tammy McGrath, and
Jeremy Turner.
2001 Installation of Breathing Wall (part of Solipsism series) createdfor Out & Out in the Big City. Art
Gallery Gallery of Calgary, curated by Greg Elgstrand. Calgary, AB.
2001 Sound/performance collaboration with Mark Dicey during Dicey’s exhibition Drummmmings,
STRIDE Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2000 Painting installation Solipsism 99/999 (part of Solipsism series) for TRACE, curated by Diana
Sherlock for Art Week. CIMA, Calgary, AB.
2000 Performance with GROUP collective Secret Sequinned Sequence High Performance Rodeo and
EMMEDIA web performance project. Calgary, AB.
2000 Performance with GROUP collective Golden Frosted Flakes (Postmodern Alchemy). TRUCK
Gallery, Calgary AB.
2000 Performance Power Points . SQUIBB facilitated by Yuriko Iga. Calgary, AB.
1999 Performance with GROUP collective Buck 99 unauthorised performance. Banff Centre for the
Arts. Banff, AB.
1999 Installation/performance Conversations (part of Solipsism series). Warehouse Collective (Brett
Snyder, Wheeler Van Lare and Patricia Ashley). Calgary, AB.
1997 Performance Introducing CB. JACKSUE Gallery. Perth, Australia.
LECTURES/PANEL DISCUSSIONS/RESIDENCIES
2014 Three month artist residency with Calgary Allied Arts Foundation (CAAF).
2010 Banff Centre: Self-directed residency.
2010 AMAAS Symposium: New Reflections on the Silver Screen: pushing the boundaries of media art
presentation. Panelist.
2006 Artist Talk at the Nickle Arts Museum.
2005 Artist in Residence for the University of Calgary Visual Art Department.
2005 Community Collaborative Activity. Panel surrounding community involvement and
visual/performance art. The New Gallery. Calgary, AB.
2003 Mountain Standard Time Festival. Panel surrounding performance art. University of Calgary,
Nickle Arts Gallery. Calgary, AB.
2002 Net based project collaboration savedAsaFriend for Locating Asia curated by Sadira
Rodrigues. Centre A, Vancouver, British Columbia. Collaborators: Jo Cook, Donato Mancini,
Tammy McGrath, and Jeremy Turner. This was a paper presentation/lecture.
2001 Performance Symposium DOP (Development of Performance Art). Ottawa, Ontario. Delegate,
speaker.
2000 Performance Symposium DOP. Sackville, New Brunswick. Delegate, speaker.
2000 Lectures surrounding Artist-Run-Culture. University of Calgary and Alberta College of Art and
Design.
PUBLISHED WRITING
2012 “Travellings” essay for Bertrand R. Pitt’s exhibition at Truck Gallery.
2009 “Moving Forward Looking Back” a review of Transforming Motion. Fuse Magazine volume 32,
number 4.
2008 "Interpreting the Self" a critical essay published in the Postscript Post Scriptum anthology.
2007 Wrote and recorded a critical essay for Patricia Dawkins’ MFA work. Dawkins used this as part of
her MFA project (podcast component).
2005 Segment for “The Autobiographies of Bucky Fleur”. Chapbook to accompany Jo Cook’s exhibition
“Raise Hands All Those”. Gallery 101.
1999 December edition LOLA Magazine, Interview with Charlotte Barker.
1999 Winter edition Filling Station Magazine, Interview with Robin Arseneault.
1999 Summer edition Filling Station Magazine, Commentary on MIX Magazine.
ARTICLES
2009 “Book-Burning Bastards”. FFWD, Published November 26, 2009 by Drew Anderson.
2004 “Update”. Leader-Post Thursday, September 30, 2004.
2004 Low, James “Art that leaves a lasting impression in a disposable culture”. Scene Issue 474.
2001 Leonard, Christine “Space for Space takes art off the wall”. FFWD 2001.
2001 Jonsson, Tom “Artist’s Won’t Kowtow to City Conservatism”. FFWD 2001.
2000 McCartney, Leah “Silly Putty Alchemy”. Calgary Straight 2000.
1999 Walton, Mark “Gallery Returns to it’s Experimental Roots”. FFWD 1999.
1998 Jonsson, Tom “Bending Limbs”. Artichoke, spring 1999.
SELECTED AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS (PARTIAL LIST)
2010 ACTI Grant for individual artists.
2004 Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance Grant.
2004 University of Regina Graduate Scholarships (2).
2000 & 2002 Inter-Arts Canada Council Grant for Mountain Standard Time, a city wide performative art event.
1999 CRAFF IMPRESSARIO Special project grant for SILVER: TIME BASED ART.
1998 AFA Project grant for Tunnel Project.
1997 Charles S. Noble Award awarded by ACAD and the Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund.
AFFILIATIONS (PARTIAL LIST)
2009 - Present Volunteer for EAR: Elephant Artist Relief.
2006 – 2008 Programming Committee member for Calgary Society of Independent Films.
2005 – 2007 ArtCity. President of the Association. Chair and curator/facilitator for ArtTalk.
2005 & 2009 Jury member for CSIF $100 Film Festival.
2003 - 2004 One Nght Only performance art collective. Performance artist.
2003 - 2004 Neutral Ground Programming Committee.
1999 - 2000 Alberta Association of Art Galleries. Board Member
1998 - 2000 GROUP performance art collective. Performance artist.
1998 - 1999 Filling Station Magazine. Member of the collective/contributor.
1996 - 2003 STRIDE Gallery. Member/volunteer.
1997 - 2003 TRUCK Gallery. Member/volunteer.
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE (PARTIAL LIST)
2009/2014 Jury member for Calgary Arts Development Authority granting program.
2006 - present Extended Studies instructor for drawing and painting. Alberta College of Art + Design.
2007 - 2011 Sessional Instructor in 3D and 2D Fundamentals. University of Calgary.
2006 - 2014 Visual and Media Arts Programmer for the Centre for the Performing Arts.
2006 /2014 Jury member for the Canada Council for the Arts.
2005 - 2008 Office Manager for the Alberta College of Art & Design Faculty Association.
2003 – 2005 Student Curator for the University of Regina President’s Art Collection.
2003 – 2004 Research Assistant to Rachelle Viader Knowles, Maureen Bradley, Robert Craig and Neal
McLeaod for the Regina Streaming Video Portal (RSVP) project. University of Regina.
2003 Sessional instructor for intermedia - University of Regina.
2002 – 2003 Intermedia Teaching Assistant and computer/equipment technician at the University of Regina.
1998 - 2002 The NEW Gallery (TNG). Programming Coordinator, Curator and InstallationTechnician.
2002 Initiated/facilitator of “Spending Time” a time based durational performance art project. The New
Gallery.
1998 - 2002 Initiated/Facilitator of Space for Space performative art collective. (TNG)
2000 - 2002 Founder/Initiator/Facilitator/Curator of Mountain Standard Time a city wide performative art
festival.
2000 Co-Curator: SILVER: TIME BASED (25 years of performative art at The NEW Gallery.).
Illingworth Kerr Gallery and The NEW Gallery.
1999 Initiated/facilitated EX 120 Performative Art Festival. A 5 day for 24 hours a day for 120 hours of
NON STOP performative art. Over 60 artists involved. The New Gallery.
2005 MFA Intermedia. University of Regina.
1998 BFA Painting. Graduated with distinction. Alberta College of Art & Design.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming:
2017 Solo exhibition. The New Gallery. Calgary, Alberta.
Solo Exhibitions/Performances/Projects
2012 Installation Voir Dire. Modern Fuel Gallery. Kingston, Ontario.
2009 Installation Voir Dire. Truck Gallery. Calgary, AB.
2005 Installation Solipsism, Library & Labyrinth: in the place of Auster, Borges and others...
University of Calgary Visual Art Department Gallery.
2005 Charlotte Barker web site (an ongoing performative project since 1997).
2004 Installation Tunnel: Portrait of Failure. Forest City Gallery. London, ON.
1996 Installation Language Runs Dry . STRIDE Gallery +15. Calgary, AB.
Group Exhibitions/Performances/Collaborations
2012 Video “Three” created during EMMEDIA Compression Camp. Screening at EMMEDIA and CPL.
2008 Sculpture “EMET” for IPAWS - group exibition curated by Jo Cook. Lucky’s
Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2004 Performance with One Night Only Collective. Home Repair. Curated by FADO. Toronto, Ontario.
2003 Performance with One Night Only Collective. 7 Degrees. Part of Live Festival. Vancouver, BC
Curated by Brenda Cluniuk.
2003 Performance with One Night Only collective. Off-site location, Regina, SK.
2002 Net based project collaboration savedAsaFriend for Networks, curated by Andrea Cooper. RCA
Visual, St. John’s Newfoundland. Collaborators: Jo Cook, Donato Mancini, Tammy McGrath, and
Jeremy Turner.
2001 Installation of Breathing Wall (part of Solipsism series) createdfor Out & Out in the Big City. Art
Gallery Gallery of Calgary, curated by Greg Elgstrand. Calgary, AB.
2001 Sound/performance collaboration with Mark Dicey during Dicey’s exhibition Drummmmings,
STRIDE Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2000 Painting installation Solipsism 99/999 (part of Solipsism series) for TRACE, curated by Diana
Sherlock for Art Week. CIMA, Calgary, AB.
2000 Performance with GROUP collective Secret Sequinned Sequence High Performance Rodeo and
EMMEDIA web performance project. Calgary, AB.
2000 Performance with GROUP collective Golden Frosted Flakes (Postmodern Alchemy). TRUCK
Gallery, Calgary AB.
2000 Performance Power Points . SQUIBB facilitated by Yuriko Iga. Calgary, AB.
1999 Performance with GROUP collective Buck 99 unauthorised performance. Banff Centre for the
Arts. Banff, AB.
1999 Installation/performance Conversations (part of Solipsism series). Warehouse Collective (Brett
Snyder, Wheeler Van Lare and Patricia Ashley). Calgary, AB.
1997 Performance Introducing CB. JACKSUE Gallery. Perth, Australia.
LECTURES/PANEL DISCUSSIONS/RESIDENCIES
2014 Three month artist residency with Calgary Allied Arts Foundation (CAAF).
2010 Banff Centre: Self-directed residency.
2010 AMAAS Symposium: New Reflections on the Silver Screen: pushing the boundaries of media art
presentation. Panelist.
2006 Artist Talk at the Nickle Arts Museum.
2005 Artist in Residence for the University of Calgary Visual Art Department.
2005 Community Collaborative Activity. Panel surrounding community involvement and
visual/performance art. The New Gallery. Calgary, AB.
2003 Mountain Standard Time Festival. Panel surrounding performance art. University of Calgary,
Nickle Arts Gallery. Calgary, AB.
2002 Net based project collaboration savedAsaFriend for Locating Asia curated by Sadira
Rodrigues. Centre A, Vancouver, British Columbia. Collaborators: Jo Cook, Donato Mancini,
Tammy McGrath, and Jeremy Turner. This was a paper presentation/lecture.
2001 Performance Symposium DOP (Development of Performance Art). Ottawa, Ontario. Delegate,
speaker.
2000 Performance Symposium DOP. Sackville, New Brunswick. Delegate, speaker.
2000 Lectures surrounding Artist-Run-Culture. University of Calgary and Alberta College of Art and
Design.
PUBLISHED WRITING
2012 “Travellings” essay for Bertrand R. Pitt’s exhibition at Truck Gallery.
2009 “Moving Forward Looking Back” a review of Transforming Motion. Fuse Magazine volume 32,
number 4.
2008 "Interpreting the Self" a critical essay published in the Postscript Post Scriptum anthology.
2007 Wrote and recorded a critical essay for Patricia Dawkins’ MFA work. Dawkins used this as part of
her MFA project (podcast component).
2005 Segment for “The Autobiographies of Bucky Fleur”. Chapbook to accompany Jo Cook’s exhibition
“Raise Hands All Those”. Gallery 101.
1999 December edition LOLA Magazine, Interview with Charlotte Barker.
1999 Winter edition Filling Station Magazine, Interview with Robin Arseneault.
1999 Summer edition Filling Station Magazine, Commentary on MIX Magazine.
ARTICLES
2009 “Book-Burning Bastards”. FFWD, Published November 26, 2009 by Drew Anderson.
2004 “Update”. Leader-Post Thursday, September 30, 2004.
2004 Low, James “Art that leaves a lasting impression in a disposable culture”. Scene Issue 474.
2001 Leonard, Christine “Space for Space takes art off the wall”. FFWD 2001.
2001 Jonsson, Tom “Artist’s Won’t Kowtow to City Conservatism”. FFWD 2001.
2000 McCartney, Leah “Silly Putty Alchemy”. Calgary Straight 2000.
1999 Walton, Mark “Gallery Returns to it’s Experimental Roots”. FFWD 1999.
1998 Jonsson, Tom “Bending Limbs”. Artichoke, spring 1999.
SELECTED AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS (PARTIAL LIST)
2010 ACTI Grant for individual artists.
2004 Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance Grant.
2004 University of Regina Graduate Scholarships (2).
2000 & 2002 Inter-Arts Canada Council Grant for Mountain Standard Time, a city wide performative art event.
1999 CRAFF IMPRESSARIO Special project grant for SILVER: TIME BASED ART.
1998 AFA Project grant for Tunnel Project.
1997 Charles S. Noble Award awarded by ACAD and the Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund.
AFFILIATIONS (PARTIAL LIST)
2009 - Present Volunteer for EAR: Elephant Artist Relief.
2006 – 2008 Programming Committee member for Calgary Society of Independent Films.
2005 – 2007 ArtCity. President of the Association. Chair and curator/facilitator for ArtTalk.
2005 & 2009 Jury member for CSIF $100 Film Festival.
2003 - 2004 One Nght Only performance art collective. Performance artist.
2003 - 2004 Neutral Ground Programming Committee.
1999 - 2000 Alberta Association of Art Galleries. Board Member
1998 - 2000 GROUP performance art collective. Performance artist.
1998 - 1999 Filling Station Magazine. Member of the collective/contributor.
1996 - 2003 STRIDE Gallery. Member/volunteer.
1997 - 2003 TRUCK Gallery. Member/volunteer.
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE (PARTIAL LIST)
2009/2014 Jury member for Calgary Arts Development Authority granting program.
2006 - present Extended Studies instructor for drawing and painting. Alberta College of Art + Design.
2007 - 2011 Sessional Instructor in 3D and 2D Fundamentals. University of Calgary.
2006 - 2014 Visual and Media Arts Programmer for the Centre for the Performing Arts.
2006 /2014 Jury member for the Canada Council for the Arts.
2005 - 2008 Office Manager for the Alberta College of Art & Design Faculty Association.
2003 – 2005 Student Curator for the University of Regina President’s Art Collection.
2003 – 2004 Research Assistant to Rachelle Viader Knowles, Maureen Bradley, Robert Craig and Neal
McLeaod for the Regina Streaming Video Portal (RSVP) project. University of Regina.
2003 Sessional instructor for intermedia - University of Regina.
2002 – 2003 Intermedia Teaching Assistant and computer/equipment technician at the University of Regina.
1998 - 2002 The NEW Gallery (TNG). Programming Coordinator, Curator and InstallationTechnician.
2002 Initiated/facilitator of “Spending Time” a time based durational performance art project. The New
Gallery.
1998 - 2002 Initiated/Facilitator of Space for Space performative art collective. (TNG)
2000 - 2002 Founder/Initiator/Facilitator/Curator of Mountain Standard Time a city wide performative art
festival.
2000 Co-Curator: SILVER: TIME BASED (25 years of performative art at The NEW Gallery.).
Illingworth Kerr Gallery and The NEW Gallery.
1999 Initiated/facilitated EX 120 Performative Art Festival. A 5 day for 24 hours a day for 120 hours of
NON STOP performative art. Over 60 artists involved. The New Gallery.
