Author Archives: Cheryl Pagurek
Cheryl Pagurek: Winter Garden at Surrey Art Gallery, 2024-2025
The Winter Garden interactive digital collage and Winter Garden 9 photograph will be presented at Surrey Art Gallery from July 14, 2024 – April 27, 2025. In a reinterpretation of the still life genre, Winter Garden offers joy and solace in an age of anxiety. The viewer becomes a participant in the growth and regeneration […]
‘here and there, now and then’ at Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024
The video ‘here and there, now and then’ has been selected for the 5th Addis Video Art Festival, running from December 26 – December 30, 2024. The theme of this year’s festival is Re(Cover) Story. Screenings take place at multiple venues, including the Gebre Kristos Desta Center, Modern Art Museum. The video features dancers Rion […]
‘here and there, now and then’ at Intermediaciones, Medellín, Colombia, 2024
The video ‘here and there, now and then’ has been selected for the XI edition of Intermediaciones, International Video Art and Experimental Film Exhibition in Medellín, Colombia, running from October 8-11, 2024. It will be screened on Oct 9th, 2024 at 6 pm at Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín as part of the […]
‘here and there, now and then’ at Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Boulder, CO, 2024
The video here and there, now and then will be presented as a looping installation at the premiere evenings of the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema on August 30, August 31, and September 1, 2024 at the Museum of Boulder in Boulder, Colorado. For more information on the festival
‘here and there, now and then’ at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2024
The video here and there, now and then will be part of the group exhibit Connectivity at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, from July 13 – August 17, 2024, curated by designer, artist and educator, Anke Loh. From the gallery: CHICAGO––Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Connectivity, a group exhibition with work by […]
‘here and there, now and then’ purchased by the City of Ottawa, 2024
The City of Ottawa has purchased the video here and there, now and then for its Art Collection through the 2024 Direct Purchase Program. here and there, now and then, 2024, HD video with stereo sound, 7:11 While interacting with Cheryl Pagurek’s States of Being video and sound installation, dancers Rion Taylor and Wyeth Walker […]
‘here and there, now and then’ at West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, 2024
‘here and there, now and then’ will be presented as a looping projection on Saturday April 20th, 2024, at West Virginia University in Morgantown, as part of the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. For information on the festival’s full program of independent works in multiple genres, running from April 18-21, 2024 visit wvmsff.com Looping […]
States of Being interactive installation at Centre d’exposition Art-image, 2024
February 29 to April 14, 2024 Centre d’exposition Art-imageMaison de la culture de Gatineau855, boulevard de la GappeGatineau, Québec OPENING : Thursday, February 29 from 6 to 8 pm with dance performance by Marguerite Ingenito Art-image is pleased to welcome Ottawa artist Cheryl Pagurek with her exhibition States of Being. Starting February 29, discover how […]
States of Being short video screened in Le GIV presents, Montreal, 2024
On Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 7:30 pm, Le Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) presented a program of short videos focused on dance at la Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal. Thanks to GIV for including States of Being, a short video of mine featuring dancer Jocelyn Todd. More information about the program […]
Dualities and Pluralities in Multiplié Dance Film, Norway, 2024
Dualities and Pluralities, featuring dancers Shara Weaver and Elizabeth Winkelaar with music by Jesse Stewart, will be screened in the International Program of Multiplié Dance Film 2024 in Trondheim, Norway on January 27, 2024. This dance film program, produced by DansiT Choreographic Center in collaboration with the Minimalen Short Film Festival, is based on the […]
Being and Becoming at Digi6o Filmmakers’ Festival, 2023
Being and Becoming, featuring dance by Shara Weaver and music by Jesse Stewart, was screened on December 15, 2023 as part of the Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival Community Shorts program, at the Ottawa Art Gallery in Arts Court. More on the screening
Interact at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, December 2023
Dancers Rion Taylor and Wyeth Walker will be interacting with the States of Being installation during 2 evening events at Patrick Mikhail Gallery in Montreal, on Thursday December 7 from 6-8 pm and Friday December 8 from 6-8 pm. Rion and Wyeth are both with Montreal’s RUBBERBAND dance company. Visitors to the gallery will also […]
Winter Garden interactive collage, 2023
Winter Garden offers joy and solace in an age of anxiety. The viewer becomes a participant in the growth and regeneration of the interactive collage. Its concept developed out of still life photographs taken during the Winter 2021 lockdown, about a small oasis of indoor growth that evoked hope and resilience. The collage continually renews […]
Being and Becoming in HUFF: Hull Underground Film Festival, 2023
Being and Becoming will be screened for the first time as part of HUFF: Hull Underground Film Festival on October 28, 2023 at DAIMON in Gatineau. This short video features dancer Shara Weaver’s interactions with the States of Being installation, with music by Jesse Stewart. More information on the festival, in-person tickets and online viewing
Variations and Permutations in the 9th Dobra International Experimental Film Festival, Brazil, 2023
Variations and Permutations, featuring dance by Jocelyn Todd and music by Jesse Stewart, will be presented in the ninth edition of Brazil’s DOBRA International Experimental Film Festival, in both Rio de Janeiro and Saõ Paulo. On September 29, 2023 it will be screened at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de […]
Variations and Permutations in Mignolo International Screendance Festival, 2023
Variations and Permutations, featuring dance by Jocelyn Todd and music by Jesse Stewart, will be screened in Mignolo International Screendance Festival’s virtual lineup from September 24 to October 1, 2023. To purchase tickets More information about the festival
Variations and Permutations in Intermediations, Medellìn, Colombia, 2023
Variations and Permutations will be screened on September 14, 2023 in the Videodance Program of Intermediations, the 10th International Exhibition of Video Art and Experimental Cinema, in Medellìn, Colombia. This video features dancer Jocelyn Todd interacting with the States of Being installation, with music by Jesse Stewart. See the program More information on Intermediations
Green tea cup: collectivities in SEA Foundation’s Video Art and Experimental Film Event on Solidarity, The Netherlands, 2023
Green tea cup: collectivities will be shown in Tilburg, The Netherlands from June 30 – July 2nd, 2023, as part of SEA Foundation’s second edition of Video Art and Experimental Film Event (VAEFE 2023). The walk-in cinema presents a selection of looping films by international artists, exploring new approaches to the theme of Solidarity. More […]
Boundaries and Thresholds at the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival 2023
Boundaries and Thresholds, a short video from the States of Being series, will be presented on Saturday, April 15th, 2023 at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, as part of the Performance Videos program of the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. More information about the festival schedule See excerpts from Boundaries and Thresholds […]
Dualities and Pluralities video at the 2023 Performing Media Festival
Dualities and Pluralities, a short video from the States of Being series, will be shown at the South Bend Museum of Art in South Bend, Indiana, from January 14 – March 19, 2023, as part of the 2023 Performing Media Festival, an annual showcase of audio-visual performance works. More information about the festival See excerpts […]
Variations and Permutations video in Resolution 2023 screening
Variations and Permutations, a short video from the States of Being series, was selected for Digital Arts Resource Centre’s Resolution 2023 screening, an annual juried members’ showcase. The public screening will take place at Arts Court Theatre in Ottawa, on Thursday, January 26th 2023 at 7 pm. A word from the Jury about Variations and […]
States of Being Interactive video and audio installation, 2022 – 2023
See descriptive statement below, as well as more video documentation and photos. The States of Being interactive video and audio installation reimagines the possibilities for expressive self-representation in the internet age. Instead of the online identities that we perpetually craft and perform via social media platforms, avatars, and video calls, States of Being offers an […]
States of Being series of short videos, 2022-2024
A series of several short stand-alone videos explores specific themes based on the interactions that individual dancers developed during their time experimenting in the States of Being video and audio installation. For more information about the installation itself, click here. Composer Jesse Stewart contributed the musical tracks in the installation. Jean-Claude Batista developed the installation’s […]
Expanded Practice Residency at Digital Arts Resource Centre, March 2022
Building on Connect, my 2019 interactive new media work, I will continue my explorations on site at DARC, working with local dancers in States of Being, a new interactive video and audio installation. It was conceived to further expand the expressive potential of interactivity by inviting dancers to engage and interact with it, shifting Connect’s […]
Winter Garden 9 purchased by the City of Ottawa
September 2021: The City of Ottawa has purchased Winter Garden 9 for its Art Collection. The twelve photographs in the Winter Garden series were born of a very specific time and place: the Ontario pandemic winter of 2021. During those inward-turned, domestic-focused and housebound months, while the crystalline quality of outdoor light reflected a vast […]
Untitled Moments prints at Patrick Mikhail Gallery in Montreal, Feb 27-April 10, 2021
Several works from the Untitled Moments series will be part of a group exhibit also featuring work by Paul Bureau, Emilie Duval, Tim Kent, Michael A. Robinson, and Amy Schissel. From the Gallery website: PATRICK MIKHAIL in Montréal is pleased to present ABSTRAKSHN, an exhibition of new works by seven gallery artists rethinking the nature and language of abstraction. […]
White saucer: surveillant eye in Roman Susan’s Streetlight series of video projections, Chicago, March 2021
White saucer: surveillant eye will be shown as part of Roman Susan’s Streetlight series of video projections in their storefront space in Chicago, from March 8 – 28, 2021. Roman Susan Art Foundation is a nonprofit art organization based in the Rogers Park neighbourhood of Chicago. Their year-round programming includes exhibitions and events at their […]
Bodies of Water video at Corridor 45|75, Rideau LRT Station, Ottawa
Bodies of Water appears in Channeling Currents: Selections from the City of Ottawa Art Collection from October 16, 2020 to February 14, 2021. From the City of Ottawa: “Curated by Jonathan Browns and Sarah Patterson, this exhibition presents a selection of digital videos from the City of Ottawa Art Collection that use water as an allegory […]
Tea Cups photos and videos in Kingston’s Next Door exhibition, June 17-August 17, 2020
I’m excited to participate in Next Door, a great exhibition initiative in Kingston presented by the Union Gallery and Skeleton Park Arts Festival, to enable people to experience artwork while walking their neighbourhood from June 17- August 17, 2020. Thank you to Jan Allen for the invitation to collaborate, and to Garry Allen for allowing […]
Untitled Moments works on paper at Papier 2020 Montreal with Patrick Mikhail Gallery
Several prints from the Untitled Moments series are available at Papier 2020 from June 2-30, 2020, taking place online this year. See Patrick Mikhail gallery booth
Untitled Moments, works on paper, 2020
Untitled Moments are a contemporary take on the aesthetic of Matisse’s Cut-Outs. Drawing inspiration from his exuberantly composed areas of flat colour, I turned to my personal archive of cellphone photos to create abstractions from the untitled moments that make up our days. Each photograph’s positive and negative shapes are inverted, with what is normally […]
Recipient of the 2020 Corel Endowment for the Arts Award
A huge thank you to Ottawa Arts Council for their financial and moral support: I am thrilled to be the recipient of the 2020 Corel Endowment Fund for the Arts Award. The Ottawa Arts Council writes that it is “a future-oriented award that encourages evolution, innovation, creativity, and excellence of artists working on new initiatives […]
Bodies of Water video purchased by the City of Ottawa
August, 2019: The City of Ottawa has purchased the video Bodies of Water for its Art Collection. The Bodies of Water video combines the fluidity of life drawing with video footage of urban reflections in water. It intertwines narratives of human journeys with those of travelling waters in a vivid expression of colour, energy, and […]
Globe and Mail review of OAG exhibit
Kate Taylor, arts writer for the Globe and Mail, reviewed Connect and the summer exhibits at OAG: See Saturday June 15 2019 print version See PDF of online version (more images) The Globe and Mail also included the exhibit in its list of 12 must-see art shows to visit across Canada this summer: See […]
Connect at the Ottawa Art Gallery, April 12 to August 11, 2019
Connect/Connexion was presented as a solo exhibit at the Ottawa Art Gallery from April 12 to August 11, 2019. See images and video of the installation See Globe and Mail review See Exhibition brochure See review on Artsfile See Ottawa Art Gallery website The artist gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the City of Ottawa and Ontario […]
Connect interactive video and audio installation, 2019
Connect is an interactive video and four-channel audio installation that uses 3D depth sensing technology and computer programming to probe our daily experiences of connecting to a digitally networked world. Participants discover local and global video imagery and sound through the moving shapes of their own bodies as they enter the room. Our moving silhouettes, […]
White saucer: surveillant eye in Rencontres Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, March 13-31, 2019
The video White saucer: surveillant eye will be exhibited from March 13-31, 2019 in Toulouse, France, as part of the 22nd Rencontres Traverse Vidéo: L’Expérimental{recherche/art}. Catalogue text about White saucer: surveillant eye by Artistic Director Simone Dompeyre Programming at Prép’Art exhibition site Festival website
Shatter solo exhibit at Patrick Mikhail Gallery Montreal, March 2 – April 6, 2019
In SHATTER, Pagurek explores the tenuous state of current world affairs. Made by projecting contemporary global news imagery into delicate vintage teacups and saucers, these works evoke our own human fragility, the shattering of fragile notions of peace and social democracy, and the vulnerability of the earth itself to natural disaster. On view at Patrick Mikhail […]
White saucer: surveillant eye in Festival International du Film sur l’Art, Montreal
White saucer: surveillant eye will be screened during the 37th Festival International du Film sur l’Art in Montreal. It will be presented in a FIFA Expérimental program on Sunday March 24th, 2019, at 3 pm, at Concordia – J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell. See Festival website
Interview on CKCU FM 93.1, November 9, 2018
An interview with Barbara Gray for the Arts report on CKCU’s program, “Friday Special Blend”, on November 9, 2018. We discussed my exhibit Fragile at Ottawa’s City Hall Art Gallery.
Fragile, solo exhibit at Ottawa’s City Hall Art Gallery, Oct 11 to Nov 27, 2018
An expanded version of the Fragile exhibit is now showing at Ottawa’s City Hall Art Gallery, including new photographs from the Tea Cups series, and all three videos in the series, Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea, Green tea cup: collectivities, and White saucer: surveillant eye. Vernissage: Thursday, October 11, 2018, 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Q&A with […]
White saucer: surveillant eye exhibited in Marseilles as part of Festival les Instants Vidéo
The video White saucer: surveillant eye will be exhibited at Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseilles from November 9 – December 2, 2018, as part of the 31st Festival les Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques. Festival exhibition program Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseilles
Green tea cup: collectivities at The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, July 5-Aug 18, 2018
The video Green tea cup: collectivities will appear in the 4-person exhibit Performimg Action: Portraits of Protest, at The Latcham Gallery in Stouffville, ON, from July 5 to Aug 18, 2018. The works in the exhibit engage with activism and advocacy. Opening reception is on Thursday, July 5 from 7 pm to 9 pm. See […]
Green tea cup: collectivities exhibited during Art Souterrain, Montreal, March 3-25, 2018
The video Green tea cup: collectivities will be exhibited as part of Art Souterrain in Montreal at Centre de Commerce Mondial, opening the night of Saturday March 3rd for Nuit Blanche, and continuing until March 25, 2018. For information and maps see the Art Souterrain website or Art Souterrain brochure
Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea at the 2nd International Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dec 24, 2017 to Jan 3, 2018
The video Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea will be screened at the 2nd International Addis Video Art Festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 24th, 2017 to January 3rd 2018, in a curated program by Groupe Intervention Vidéo. See program See festival website
Tea Cups videos exhibited in Marseille, France, Nov 9 to Dec 1, 2017 for Les Instants Vidéo festival
Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea and Green tea cup: collectivities will both be exhibited from November 9 to December 1, 2017 at ADPEI in Marseille for the 30th Festival Les Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques: Nos désirs font désordre. From the exhibition description: “The news at the heart of the intimate life: Man considers the wear of his […]
Tea Cups videos at Bibliotecha Art Centre, Alexandria, Egypt, Aug 23 – Sept 23, 2017
Green tea cup: collectivities and Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea are part of Les Instants Vidéo’s programming for the 2nd Art Video Forum exhibition appearing at the Bibliotecha Art Centre in Alexandria, Egypt from August 23 to September 23, 2017. Exhibition statement by curator Marc Mercier: For the 2nd Video Art Exhibition of Alexandria, we state that Video […]
Navy Tea Cup/ Crimea purchased by the City of Ottawa
June, 2017: The City of Ottawa has purchased Navy Tea Cup: Crimea for its Art Collection.
Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea screened at FIAV in Casablanca, Morocco, April 2017
Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea was screened at the 23rd edition of the International Video Art Festival (FIAV) in Casablanca, Morocco, April 25-29, 2017, as part of the program ‘The eye at work’ presented by Les Instants Vidéo. See program Festival website
Fragile, solo exhibit at Patrick Mikhail Gallery Montreal, November 26, 2016 – January 13, 2017
Opening on Saturday November 26 from 2-5 pm, Fragile features photographs and video from the Tea Cups series. Patrick Mikhail Gallery Montreal 4445 Rue Saint-Antoine Ouest Montreal, Quebec T.: 514.439.2790 See gallery website See Montreal gallery website (French) See individual works in the exhibit See CBC Arts article on the Fragile exhibit by Leah Collins […]
Commissioned Second Stage Proposal, Public Art for the University of Ottawa’s New Learning Centre, 2016
Anima: LED video tiles, custom software, Mac mini computer, three PTZ network security cameras. See Animated Views in the video below. Proposal excerpts: Anima embodies the vitality of the University of Ottawa’s new Learning Center and the synergy between the Centre and the students and faculty who inhabit it. Dynamic compositions of colour-changing LED […]
Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea screened at international video festivals and programs in Colombia, France, Italy and Tunisia during 2016-17
Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea is part of Groupe Intervention Vidéo’s 40th anniversary programming, in their historical programme GIV le 40e for VIS-A-VIS, Muestra Internacional de Videoarte desde la Perspectiva de Género, screening in Cartagena and Cali, Colombia. September 15-17, 2016 in Cartagena at MUHCA Museo […]
Wave Patterns selected for Mirror Mountain Festival, Dec. 2-4 2016.
Wave Patterns will be screened in the Local Heroes program of the second annual Mirror Mountain Film Festival. The screening takes place at 2 pm on Sunday December 4th, 2016 at Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa. The festival brings the very best in independent and alternative cinema to Canada’s capital. See program […]
Bodies of Water appears in Présences, Daimon’s 30th anniversary outdoor exhibition in the streets of Vieux-Hull, Sept 1 -Dec 15, 2016
PRÉSENCES is a major outdoor exhibition presented in the streets of Vieux-Hull throughout the autumn. This project presents 30 influential photo, video and installation works created by 30 artists members of DAÏMÔN over the past 30 years. Bodies of Water is playing in the window at Le Temporaire, 75 rue St-Redempteur. Map of the works in […]
Tea Cups photographs and videos (2016-2018)
The Tea Cups series consists of short videos and photo-based digital prints made by projecting contemporary global news imagery into vintage tea cups, and recording the results. An immigrant to Canada, and typical of women of her era, my grandmother collected and displayed beautiful china cups and saucers which are now mine. Many feature uniquely rich colour […]
Bodies of Water in City Clips outdoor projections, Old Hull, Gatineau, Feb-March 2016
Watch for the Bodies of Water video projected onto building exteriors during the evenings this winter in the Old Hull sector of Gatineau. Presented by Daimon, in partnership with the City of Gatineau and Galerie UQO, the City Clips video program will show the works of several artists in loop from Wednesday to Saturday nights during […]
Bodies of Water selected for Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Dec. 4-6, 2015
Bodies of Water will be screened on Sunday December 6, 2015 at 3 pm at Club Saw, Ottawa. The inaugural Mirror Mountain Film Festival brings the very best in independent, underground, and alternative cinema to Canada’s capital. Bodies of Water is part of the Local Heroes program. See article about the festival in Centretown News […]
Commissioned Second Stage Proposal, Public Art for Lyon Light Rail Station, City of Ottawa, 2015
Proposal excerpts: Whether they enter the concourse level from the east or west entrance, or from the platform level below, transit users will encounter colourful imagery of reflections in water flowing through the central corridor of Lyon Station. Water and history coalesce, embodying the present and the past. Byways will draw commuters along through both […]
Shortlisted for the inaugural Ottawa Independent Video Awards
I am honoured to have been shortlisted for the inaugural Ottawa Independent Video Awards in the Category of Best Director – Experimental. The awards, an initiative by SAW Video, will be announced at the OIVA Gala on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Arts Court Theatre. Awards website with shortlisted directors: http://www.oiva.ca/awards-gala/
Connect in progress (2016-2018)
Earlier images of Connect in progress from 2016-2018: See 2019 images of Connect at the Ottawa Art Gallery The artist gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the City of Ottawa and Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance.
Bodies of Water was screened in Toulouse, France as part of Rencontres Traverse Vidéo, March 17 – 22, 2015
Bodies of Water was screened in Toulouse, France, on Friday March 20th, 2015, as part of Rencontres Traverse Vidéo. The theme of this year’s event was Sens du lieu, lieu de sens. Bodies of Water was part of the program Videos Nomades, and was projected onto the outside wall of a downtown building in Toulouse. To read the catalogue essay […]
Commissioned Public Art Proposals, 2013-2016
See Currents, a completed public art commission at Marketplace Transit Station, Ottawa See Commissioned Second Stage Proposal, Public Art for the University of Ottawa’s New Learning Centre See Commissioned Second Stage Proposal, Public Art for Lyon Light Rail Station, City of Ottawa See […]
Bodies of Water in Luminocity, Kamloops Art Gallery’s week-long public art project, 2014
Bodies of Water will appear in Luminocity from October 31st to November 8, 2014. The Kamloops Art Gallery’s week-long public art project features video projection, new media works and events in public spaces throughout the downtown core of Kamloops. This new off-site initiative is a forum for independent media arts regionally, nationally and internationally. Enlivening […]
Bodies of Water appears in Navigate, an installation for Nuit Blanche Ottawa Gatineau 2014
Navigate will be presented from dusk until dawn on September 20th, 2014 in the George Street Curated Program of Nuit Blanche Ottawa Gatineau, situated in the Byward pedestrian zone. This year’s theme for NBOG is Bypass! To bypass implies navigation. The Navigate installation features a projection of Bodies of Water to create an expansive environment of […]
Bodies of Water Video Installation, Photo-Drawings, Printed Video Stills (2014)
Excerpts from Bodies of Water video The Bodies of Water suite of works includes a video installation, a series of photo-drawings, and several printed video stills. These works combine the fluidity of gestural life drawing with urban reflections in water. The video intertwines narratives of human journeys with those of travelling waters in a […]
Wave Patterns video exhibited in Montreal’s Nuit Blanche during Art Souterrain Festival, March 1st, 2014, at Place Victoria. The exhibit continued until March 16, 2014.
See Artist’s Page on Festival Website
Bodies of Water video included in The Walking Encyclopaedia exhibition, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, February 7- March 15, 2014
Bodies of Water, a new video work, is included in the survey exhibition The Walking Encyclopaedia, which seeks to present and highlight the wide and eclectic variety of arts practices which use the walk as a cultural activity. AirSpace Gallery has timed the exhibit to coincide with the Richard Long Exhibition at the Potteries Museum and Art […]
Commissioned Second Stage Proposal, exterior glazing integrated public art for Cadillac Fairview’s Rideau Centre, Ottawa
Excerpt from the Concept for Watermarks: The Rideau Centre is located in close proximity to several waterways: the Ottawa River, the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal. These bodies of water ‘mark’ the history and present-day profile of Ottawa, having contributed to the city’s growth and development in industry, commerce, transportation, […]
Place and Circumstance: Recent Additions to the City of Ottawa’s Art Collection, group exhibit at Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery
The photograph High Value Target 1: Clear to Engage appeared in a group exhibit of recent purchases by the City of Ottawa.
STEM Cell 2010: Sub Terranean Edmonton Media Arts Festival, AB
The video Flow was screened in Phenomenology & Perception, STEM Cell 2010: Sub Terranean Edmonton Media Arts Festival, AB, 2010.
Square Pegs Two: Video Art in the Square, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON
The video Passage was screened in Square Pegs Two: Video Art in the Square, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON, Aug. 19, 2009.
The Collection’s Cabinet, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
The photograph Reflection 1 appeared in a group exhibit of recent purchases by the City of Ottawa.
Purchase by the City of Ottawa
In 2008 the City of Ottawa purchased Reflection 1 for its permanent public art collection.
Invisible Cities, video exhibit curated by Micaela Giovannotti, Toronto International Art Fair, 2008
The video Passage was exhibited in an international video project at the Toronto International Art Fair, with videos by Douglas Gordon, Mark Lewis, Stefano Cagol, Kelly Richardson, Corin Sworn, Mariana Vassileva, Rob Carter, Minouk Lim, Tadashi Moriyama, Jakub Nepras, and Julia Wilms. See program
Persistent Vision: Passages, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
The video Passage was screened in Persistent Vision: Passages, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, February 5, 2008.
Ephemera, solo exhibit, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON, January 2008.
The Reflection series photographic prints, the video Passage, and printed stills from Passage, were exhibited in a solo exhibit at Patrick Mikhail Gallery from Jan 9 – Feb 3, 2008.
Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON
The video Flow was screened at the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON, Aug.1, 2008.
Tales and Stories from the Interior, Centre de production Daimon, Gatineau, QC
The video Friday Morning was screened in Tales and Stories from the Interior, Centre de production Daimon, Gatineau, QC, June 2007.
First Anniversary Exhibit, group exhibit, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON, November
The Light series light boxes, Late Afternoon, Early Evening and Midday, were exhibited as part of the First Anniversary Exhibit, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON, November 2005.
Double Takes: Two Albums, solo exhibit, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Two Albums, a photo-installation, was exhibited at Patrick Mikhail Gallery from June 3 – July3, 2005
Contact Photography Festival, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON
The photographic diptych Late Morning 1 and 2 from the Light series was exhibited as part of Contact Photography Festival, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2005.
Impositions, solo exhibit, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
The Impositions photographic series was shown at Carleton University Art Gallery from Feb 9 – April 18, 2004.
Setts and Impositions, 2-person exhibit, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography,Toronto, ON
The Impositions photographic series was shown at Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography in 2004 with work by Barbara Lounder.
Recent Acquisitions to the City of Ottawa’s Collection, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Freezer Bags and Tissues, from the Cut-Outs series, appeared in a group exhibit of recent purchases by the City of Ottawa.
Unfoldings, solo exhibit, VU, Centre de diffusion et de production de la photographie, Québec, QC
The Cut-Outs photographic series and Balancing Act interactive multiples project were exhibited at VU, Centre de diffusion et de production de la photographie from Jan 18 – Feb 10, 2002.
Container, 2-person exhibit, SAW Gallery, curated by Vera Greenwood, Ottawa, ON
The Cut-Outs photographic series was exhibited at SAW Gallery in 2002 with work by Christine Shaw.
Purchase by the Library of the National Gallery of Canada
In 2002, the Library of the National Gallery of Canada purchased Balancing Act, an interactive multiples project, for its collection.
Purchase by the City of Ottawa
In 2002 the City of Ottawa purchased Freezer Bags and Tissues from the Cut-Outs series for its permanent public art collection.
Balancing Act, Gallery 101, Resource Room, Ottawa, ON
Balancing Act, an interactive multiples project, was exhibited at Gallery 101 from Jan 10 – Feb 23, 2002
Acquisitions 1999, Heritage Building, Region of Ottawa-Carleton, ON
The photograph Living Room 1 from Open-House: a series of installations appeared in a group exhibit of recent purchases by the City of Ottawa.
Purchase by the City of Ottawa
In 1999, the City of Ottawa purchased Living Room 1 from Open-House: a series of installations for its permanent public art collection.
PROOF 4, 4-person exhibit, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON
The large-scale photograph Kobe 2, from the Coverage series, appeared in a 4-person exhibit of emerging photographers at Gallery 44, Toronto, ON, 1997.
InterView, solo exhibit, Open Space, Victoria, BC
The Coverage photographic series, and the Send In the Clowns photographic series were exhibited at Open Space in 1996.
Send in the Clowns: Acts 1- 4, solo exhibit, Floating Gallery, Centre for Photography (now Platform), Winnipeg, MB
The Send in the Clowns photographic series was exhibited at Floating Gallery (now Platform) in 1995.
Projected, solo exhibit, TRUCK: an artist run centre, Calgary, AB
The Coverage photographic series, and the Send in the Clowns photographic series were exhibited at TRUCK in 1995.
Reconfiguring Cultural Identity, 5-person exhibit, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Several photographs from 5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2 appeared in a 5-person exhibit at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, 1995.
5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2, solo exhibit, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
The 5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2 installation and photographic series were exhibited at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in 1994.
Purchases by the Canada Council Art Bank
The Canada Council Art Bank purchased four photographs for their collection in 1994: 5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2/Garment Factory, 1993, 91.4 cm x 114 cm. 5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2/ Factory Roof, 1993, 48.3 x 61 cm Living Room 2 (from Open House: a series of installations), 1992, 101.5 cm x 68.5 cm. Living Room […]
5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2, solo exhibit, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON
The 5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2 installation and photographic series were exhibited at Hamilton Artists Inc. in 1994.
Artropolis 93: Public Art & Art About Public Issues, Vancouver, BC
The 5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2 installation and photographic series appeared in the group exhibit Artropolis 93, Vancouver, BC, 1993.
Maison d’être, solo exhibit, The Atrium Gallery, Nepean Civic Square, Nepean, ON
The Open-House photographic series and a living room installation were exhibited at the Atrium Gallery in 1993.
Open-House: A Series of Installations, solo exhibit, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
The Open-House photographic series and living room installation were exhibited at Xchanges gallery in 1992.