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2025

Cheryl Pagurek: Winter Garden at Surrey Art Gallery, 2024-2025 See Details
‘here and there, now and then’ at Rencontres Internationales Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, France, 2025 See Details
Being and Becoming at the Performing Media Festival, South Bend, IN, 2025 See Details
‘here and there, now and then’ at Third Coast Dance Film Festival, Reno, NV, 2025 See Details

2024

‘here and there, now and then’ at Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024 See Details
‘here and there, now and then’ at Intermediaciones, Medellín, Colombia, 2024 See Details
College Art Association News, Committee on Women in the Arts Picks: Fall 2024 View Link
West Coast Curated article on Winter Garden at Surrey Art Gallery View Link
‘here and there, now and then’ at Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Boulder, CO, 2024 See Details
‘here and there, now and then’ at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2024 See Details
‘here and there, now and then’ purchased by the City of Ottawa, 2024 See Details
‘here and there, now and then’ at West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, 2024 See Details
States of Being interactive installation at Centre d’exposition Art-image, 2024 See Details
States of Being short video screened in Le GIV presents, Montreal, 2024 See Details
Dualities and Pluralities in Multiplié Dance Film, Norway, 2024 See Details

2023

Being and Becoming at Digi6o Filmmakers’ Festival, 2023 See Details
Interact at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, December 2023 See Details
Being and Becoming in HUFF: Hull Underground Film Festival, 2023 See Details
Variations and Permutations in the 9th Dobra International Experimental Film Festival, Brazil, 2023 See Details
Variations and Permutations in Mignolo International Screendance Festival, 2023 See Details
Variations and Permutations in Intermediations, Medellìn, Colombia, 2023 See Details
Green tea cup: collectivities in SEA Foundation’s Video Art and Experimental Film Event on Solidarity, The Netherlands, 2023 See Details
Boundaries and Thresholds at the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival 2023 See Details
Dualities and Pluralities video at the 2023 Performing Media Festival See Details
Variations and Permutations video in Resolution 2023 screening See Details

2022

Expanded Practice Residency at Digital Arts Resource Centre, March 2022 See Details

2021

Winter Garden 9 purchased by the City of Ottawa See Details
Untitled Moments prints at Patrick Mikhail Gallery in Montreal, Feb 27-April 10, 2021 See Details
White saucer: surveillant eye in Roman Susan’s Streetlight series of video projections, Chicago, March 2021 See Details

2020

ONLINE PROJECT: Untitled Moments: Contemplate, Animate, Generate, Participate View Link
Ottawa Arts Council Spotlight on new and recent work View Link
Bodies of Water video at Corridor 45|75, Rideau LRT Station, Ottawa See Details
Tea Cups photos and videos in Kingston’s Next Door exhibition, June 17-August 17, 2020 See Details
Untitled Moments works on paper at Papier 2020 Montreal with Patrick Mikhail Gallery See Details
Recipient of the 2020 Corel Endowment for the Arts Award See Details

2019

Bodies of Water video purchased by the City of Ottawa See Details
Globe and Mail review of OAG exhibit See Details
Review of Shatter exhibit by Dominique Sirois-Rouleau in esse magazine’s Spring 2019 issue View Link
22èmes Rencontres Traverse Vidéo catalogue text by Artistic Director Simone Dompeyre View Link
Connect/Connexion exhibition brochure, Ottawa Art Gallery View Link
Connect exhibit at Ottawa Art Gallery reviewed by Artsfile View Link
Connect at the Ottawa Art Gallery, April 12 to August 11, 2019 See Details
Feature in Capital Magazine View Link
Connect interactive video and audio installation, 2019 See Details
White saucer: surveillant eye in Rencontres Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, March 13-31, 2019 See Details
Shatter solo exhibit at Patrick Mikhail Gallery Montreal, March 2 – April 6, 2019 See Details
White saucer: surveillant eye in Festival International du Film sur l’Art, Montreal See Details
White saucer: surveillant eye appears in Jean-Paul Fargier’s review of Les Instants Video in Turbulences Video #102, January, 2019 View Link

2018

Fragile exhibit reviewed on Artsfile. View Link
Interview on CKCU FM 93.1, November 9, 2018 See Details
Fragile: City Hall Art Gallery exhibition catalogue View Link
Fragile, solo exhibit at Ottawa’s City Hall Art Gallery, Oct 11 to Nov 27, 2018 See Details
White saucer: surveillant eye exhibited in Marseilles as part of Festival les Instants Vidéo See Details
Green tea cup: collectivities at The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, July 5-Aug 18, 2018 See Details
Green tea cup: collectivities exhibited during Art Souterrain, Montreal, March 3-25, 2018 See Details
Photograph included in the new Ottawa Art Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, 2018 See Details

2017

Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea at the 2nd International Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dec 24, 2017 to Jan 3, 2018 See Details
Catalogue for the 30th Festival Les Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques: Nos désirs font désordre (pages 26-27) View Link
Tea Cups videos exhibited in Marseille, France, Nov 9 to Dec 1, 2017 for Les Instants Vidéo festival See Details
Catalogue for the 2nd Art Video Forum exhibition, Bibliotecha Art Center, Alexandria, Egypt View Link
Tea Cups videos at Bibliotecha Art Centre, Alexandria, Egypt, Aug 23 – Sept 23, 2017 See Details
Navy Tea Cup/ Crimea purchased by the City of Ottawa See Details
Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea screened at FIAV in Casablanca, Morocco, April 2017 See Details

2016

CBC Arts article about Fragile exhibit by Leah Collins View Link
Fragile, solo exhibit at Patrick Mikhail Gallery Montreal, November 26, 2016 – January 13, 2017 See Details
Commissioned Second Stage Proposal, Public Art for the University of Ottawa’s New Learning Centre, 2016 See Details
Yellow tea cup: refugees at sea screened at international video festivals and programs in Colombia, France, Italy and Tunisia during 2016-17 See Details
Etat d’urgence poétique, festival catalogue from Les Instants vidéo, 2016, pages 22 and 25 View Link
Wave Patterns selected for Mirror Mountain Festival, Dec. 2-4 2016. See Details
Bodies of Water appears in Présences, Daimon’s 30th anniversary outdoor exhibition in the streets of Vieux-Hull, Sept 1 -Dec 15, 2016 See Details
Bodies of Water in The Triumph of the Therapeutic 2016, group exhibit, Patrick Mikhail Montreal, August 13 – September 17, 2016 View Link
Bodies of Water in City Clips outdoor projections, Old Hull, Gatineau, Feb-March 2016 See Details

2015

Bodies of Water selected for Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Dec. 4-6, 2015 See Details
Patrick Mikhail Montreal group exhibit, 2015 View Link
Commissioned Second Stage Proposal, Public Art for Lyon Light Rail Station, City of Ottawa, 2015 See Details
Rencontres Traverse Video catalogue essay about Bodies of Water by curator Simone Dompeyre, 2015. View Link
Shortlisted for the inaugural Ottawa Independent Video Awards See Details
Bodies of Water was screened in Toulouse, France as part of Rencontres Traverse Vidéo, March 17 – 22, 2015 See Details
Bodies of Water in Le GIV Présente ‘Lancements’, February 3, 2015, Montreal, QC View Link

2014

Bodies of Water in Luminocity, Kamloops Art Gallery’s week-long public art project, 2014 See Details
New printed works from Bodies of Water in Montreal Preview Group Exhibit at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, October 8-November 29, 2014 View Link
Simpson, Peter. “Nuit Blanche: 10 picks for Ottawa’s long night of art”, The Ottawa Citizen (Sept. 17, 2014) View Link
Bodies of Water appears in Navigate, an installation for Nuit Blanche Ottawa Gatineau 2014 See Details
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 Details
Bodies of Water video included in The Walking Encyclopaedia exhibition, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, February 7- March 15, 2014 See Details
Passage video in the Festival of (In)appropriation, Los Angeles, Seattle, Edmonton, Brooklyn, 2014 See Details

2013

Article on State of Flux and Wave Patterns in the Utne Reader: Williams, Christian, editor in chief. “Cheryl Pagurek: Capturing the State of Flux”, Dec. 6, 2013, Utne Reader Blogs: Abstract Notions. See Details
Review of State of Flux exhibit in BlackFlash Art magazine: Davidge, Michael. State of Flux: Cheryl Pagurek. BlackFlash: Vol 30, Issue 3, Sept-Dec 2013. View Link
Commissioned Second Stage Proposal, exterior glazing integrated public art for Cadillac Fairview’s Rideau Centre, Ottawa See Details
Purchases by Cenovus Energy Inc. See Details
Wave Patterns screened at Vidéos de Femmes dans le Parc, Groupe Intervention Vidéo, Montréal, QC, August 10, 2013. View Link
Wave Patterns screened at FEMINA – International Women’s Film Festival, in the Experimental Program, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 16-28, 2013, and Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Dec. 6-12, 2013. View Link
Simpson, Peter. “Pagurek’s photographs dance on water.” The Ottawa Citizen, January 2, 2013, online; January 5, 2013, print edition. View Link
Wright, Andrew. “Cheryl Pagurek at Patrick Mikhail Gallery.” Akimblog on Akimbo.ca, January 29, 2013. View Link
Shortlisted for Integrated Art Commissions, Confederation Line Art Program, Ottawa Light Rail Stations See Details
Purchases by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada See Details
State of Flux, solo exhibit at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON, January 9 – February 9, 2013 See Details
Wave Patterns was screened in Toulouse, France as part of Traverse Vidéo 2013. See Details
Wave Patterns at the 31st International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) in Montreal, 2013. See Details

2012

Flashcards at Nuit Blanche Ottawa (2012) See Details
Wave Patterns in Modern Fuel’s Square Pegs V video screening: August 15, 2012 in Kingston, Ontario and at AKA Gallery in Saskatoon, September 21, 2012. See Details
Local Flora, group exhibit at Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON, June 29-Aug 18, 2012. Opening reception: Friday June 29, 8 pm See Details
St-Laurent, Stefan. Local Flora. Ottawa: Galerie SAW Gallery, 2012. View Link
Patrick Mikhail Editions See Details

2011

Public Art commission: Currents video display at Marketplace transit station, Ottawa (2011) See Details
“Video art entertains Barrhaven commuters.” The Ottawa Citizen. May 29, 2011. View Link
City of Ottawa. Place and Circumstance: Recent Additions to the City of Ottawa’s Fine Art Collection, 2011. View Link
Place and Circumstance: Recent Additions to the City of Ottawa’s Art Collection, group exhibit at Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery See Details

2010

Growing Pains and High Value Targets at Patrick Mikhail Gallery See Details
Purchase by the City of Ottawa See Details
Landry, Mike. Growing Pains and High Value Targets. ThingsOfDesire.ca, issue 66, 2010. View Link
Parker, Judith. Surveillance in Suburbia: High Value Targets. Afterimage: Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, Vol. 37, No. 6, May-June 2010. View Link
Williems, Steph. “Winner named for Marketplace art contest”. Nepean/Barrhaven EMC. September 16, 2010. See Details
Simpson, Peter. “Work by Pagurek chosen for Transitway station.” The Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 2010. View Link
Simpson, Peter. “The Big Beat: Cheryl Pagurek wins $90,000 city competition for Transitway extension.” The Ottawa Citizen Online, September 2, 2010. View Link
Flinn, Sean. “On the periphery.” The Coast, Halifax, August 19, 2010. View Link
3-person exhibit at Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery See Details
“Losing It: Mental Notes.” Canadian Art Online, August 12, 2010. View Link
Simpson, Peter. “Unique proposals, uniform passion.” The Ottawa Citizen, August 10, 2010. View Link
STEM Cell 2010: Sub Terranean Edmonton Media Arts Festival, AB See Details

2009

Morel, Gaëlle, ed. The Spaces of the Image. (Excerpts) Montreal: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, 2009. View Link
Wombell, Paul. A Theater of Images: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal. Next Level (UK), edition 18, 2009. View Link
Bouchard, Marie Ginette. Déjouer l’image. Vie des Arts, issue no.216, Autumn 2009. View Link
Flow and Reflection at Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, 2009 See Details
Toronto International Art Fair 2009 See Details
Square Pegs Two: Video Art in the Square, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON See Details
The Collection’s Cabinet, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details

2008

Purchase by the City of Ottawa See Details
Purchases by Foreign Affairs Canada See Details
Invisible Cities, video exhibit curated by Micaela Giovannotti, Toronto International Art Fair, 2008 See Details
2008 Toronto International Art Fair with Patrick Mikhail Gallery View Link
City of Ottawa. Exhibitions 2008. View Link
Falvey, Emily. Tract 11. Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery, 2008. (Persistent Vision: Passages screening) View Link
Halkes, Petra. There, in the Flow of Time. Ottawa: Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, 2008 View Link
Modder, Sabine. A Day in the Life and a Passage Through Time, 2008. View Link
Halkes, Petra. Cheryl Pagurek: Ephemera. Ciel Variable, Issue no. 79, Summer 2008. View Link
Flow, Reflection, and Passage Installation at Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery (2008) See Details
Group exhibit at Women Made Gallery in Chicago See Details
Persistent Vision: Passages, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details
Ephemera, solo exhibit, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON, January 2008. See Details
Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON See Details

2007

Regenstreif, Michael. “Artist explores Jewish immigrant experience in poignant exhibition.” Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, December 3, 2007. View Link
Tales and Stories from the Interior, Centre de production Daimon, Gatineau, QC See Details

2006

Heteropias: Work from the Contemporary Collection, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details

2005

First Anniversary Exhibit, group exhibit, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON, November See Details
Double Takes: Two Albums, solo exhibit, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details
Racette, Bohdanna. “Domestic Space Invaders: Pagurek’s politics of space get personal.” Guerilla, Issue 5, June 2005. View Link
Simpson, Peter, ed. ” Images of Ottawa: Five photographers vie for the Karsh Prize.” The Ottawa Citizen, July 11, 2005. View Link
Gessell, Paul. “Critics’ Picks: Fine Arts.” The Ottawa Citizen, June 4, 2005. View Link
Contact Photography Festival, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details
Inside Look, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details

2004

Impositions, solo exhibit, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details
Setts and Impositions, 2-person exhibit, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography,Toronto, ON See Details
Irvin, Sherri. “The Image Becomes the Frame: Cheryl Pagurek’s Impositions”. Ottawa: Carleton University Art Gallery, 2004. View Link
Palmer, Alexandra. Setts & Impositions. Toronto: Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2004. View Link
Girl (Prefix Photo, 2004) See Details

2003

Recent Acquisitions to the City of Ottawa’s Collection, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details
Family Matters, 3-person exhibit, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON See Details
McElroy, Gil. “Review of ‘Family Matters’.” Art Papers, vol. 27, no. 5, Sept/Oct 2003. View Link

2002

Stelmackowich, Cindy. “Caught in the folds” in Unfoldings/Déploiements. Québec: VU Centre de diffusion et de production de la photographie, 2002. View Link
Unfoldings, solo exhibit, VU, Centre de diffusion et de production de la photographie, Québec, QC See Details
Greenwood, Vera. Container – A Dialogue Between Form and Function. Ottawa: Saw Gallery, 2002. View Link
Quine, Dany. “Expositions.” Le Soleil, [Quebec], February 2, 2002. View Link
Cantin, David. “Rôles et fictions.” Le Devoir, [Montreal], vol. XCII, no. 15, January 26, 2002. View Link
Container, 2-person exhibit, SAW Gallery, curated by Vera Greenwood, Ottawa, ON See Details
Purchase by the Library of the National Gallery of Canada See Details
Purchase by the City of Ottawa See Details
Baert, Renee. Collections in Context. Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery, 2002. View Link
Collections in Context, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details
Private Constructs, 2-person exhibit, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NF See Details
Balancing Act, Gallery 101, Resource Room, Ottawa, ON See Details
New Acquisitions, Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details

2001

White, Karen. At Home in “A Day in the Life” in Pink Link ou la proposition rose. Montreal: La Centrale, 2001. View Link
Purchase by the City of Ottawa See Details
Purchases by the Ottawa Art Gallery See Details

2000

A Day in the Life, solo exhibit, La Centrale, Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, QC See Details

1999

Acquisitions 1999, Heritage Building, Region of Ottawa-Carleton, ON See Details
A Day in the Life, solo exhibit, Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON See Details
Purchase by the City of Ottawa See Details
Marple, Chari. “I read the news today, oh boy.” Ottawa Xpress, February 11, 1999. View Link

1998

daily news, solo exhibit, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON See Details

1997

PROOF 4, 4-person exhibit, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON See Details
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography: Proof 4, 1997. View Link

1996

InterView, solo exhibit, Open Space, Victoria, BC See Details

1995

Send in the Clowns: Acts 1- 4, solo exhibit, Floating Gallery, Centre for Photography (now Platform), Winnipeg, MB See Details
Projected, solo exhibit, TRUCK: an artist run centre, Calgary, AB See Details
Jones, Donna. “Upcoming Show: Cheryl Pagurek: Send in the Clowns: Acts 1 – 4.” Photophile, Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, 1995. View Link
Reconfiguring Cultural Identity, 5-person exhibit, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria See Details

1994

5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2, solo exhibit, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON See Details
Allen, Jan. 5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1994. View Link
Purchases by the Canada Council Art Bank See Details
5 Fraserwood Ave., Apt. #2, solo exhibit, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON See Details

1993

Artropolis 93: Public Art & Art About Public Issues, Vancouver, BC See Details
Maison d’être, solo exhibit, The Atrium Gallery, Nepean Civic Square, Nepean, ON See Details

1992

Open-House: A Series of Installations, solo exhibit, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC See Details