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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.

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