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Selected Solo Installations:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 meeting the ground,<\/em> installation including video projections and participatory video, performance and sculptural elements. Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1999\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dwelling,<\/em> a site-specific installation including sculptural and video elements, room under the stairs<\/strong> Gallery, Montreal, Qu\u00e9bec<\/span><\/p>\n

1998\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Markmakers<\/em>, sculptural installation at the Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1996\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Woman Alive<\/em>, sculptural installation, Maltwood Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1993\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Famine in the Heart,<\/strong><\/em> a sculptural installation, Vortex Gallery, Fulford Harbour, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1989\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>New Work \u201989, <\/em>sculptural work, Arts Alliance Gallery, Courtenay, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1988\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trialogue<\/em>, a sculptural installation, The Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

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Selected Group Exhibitions<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 by a Thread,<\/em> Comox Valley Art Gallery. Inspired by The Thread Project (Michael Helwig 2001)<\/span><\/p>\n

1996\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pacific Northwest Women Sculptors Invitational<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anacortes, Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n

1995\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Graven Image \u2013 Collaborations,<\/em> an installation reflecting the connection between architecture and sculpture, curator Martin Segger, Maltwood Gallery, Univ. of Victoria<\/span><\/p>\n

1995\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blueprint, Hammer & Saw, <\/strong><\/em>Royal Victoria Museum, Victoria, B.C.<\/span><\/p>\n

1995\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Northwest Stone Sculptors, <\/em>Lake Cowichan, B.C<\/span><\/p>\n

1994\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contemporary Being<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arts Alliance Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.<\/span><\/p>\n

1994\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art in Unlikely Places,<\/em> an artist-initiated public art project, O.K. Tire, Courtenay, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1991\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Internationalen Hollzbildhauerwoche,<\/strong><\/em> juried commissioned public sculpture, Brienz, Switzerland<\/span><\/p>\n

1990\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We All Live Here, <\/em>curated, Arts Alliance Gallery, Courtenay, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1989\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carmanah –\u00a0 Inspirations of an Ancient Rainforest, <\/em>Vancouver, Victoria, Duncan, Qualicum, Courtenay<\/span><\/p>\n

1989\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fear of Others: In Search of Tolerance – Art Against Racism, <\/strong><\/em>curator Claudine Pommier, The Roundhouse, Vancouver BC, additionally selected for travelling exhibition: Canada and USA<\/span><\/p>\n

1989\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 conversation walls: <\/em>George Sawchuk, Sue Schaeffer, Will Julsing, Michael Dennis, Nita Wood, at the Julsing Orchard, Duncan BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1988\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fear of Others – Art Against Racism,<\/strong><\/em> curator Claudine Pommier, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1984\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14 Island Artists,<\/strong><\/em> curator Annette Hurtig, Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1984\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beyond the Malahat<\/em>, curators Annette Hurtig, Tutti Casano, Michael Harding, Open Space Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n

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Selected single channel video<\/u><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ancestral intersections<\/em>, <\/em><\/strong>2005. 01:20 DVD. Stop frame animation. One Minute Film Festival, Toronto.<\/span><\/p>\n

endangered species<\/em>, <\/em><\/strong>2002, 02:36 VHS. International Festival of Film on Art in Montreal, 2003. Play: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 muestra \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 internacional de videoarte at the Museo de Arte \u201cAngel Maria de Rosa\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/span><\/p>\n

thirst,<\/em> 2003, 01:30 VHS. animated drawings, video and original music. Awarded an Honourable Mention in Art \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and Design in Public Places Program, Edmonton, Alberta<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Documentary video:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Owning the Slave<\/em>, 2006.\u00a0 32:00 DVD. A black man from Arkansas moves to a white town in BC to escape \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 racism \u00a0 and find himself. Screened in festivals across Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

my father goes to sea<\/em>,<\/em><\/strong> 2001, 26:00 VHS. <\/em>While a daughter comes to terms with the family history, her father \u00a0 is \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 preparing for his death. Screened at the Prenelle Gallery Film Festival 2002, London, England. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Moving Images Distribution Society, Vancouver, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

out of place.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>2001.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12:00 VHS. Making of Dwelling, <\/strong><\/em>a site-specific installation at room under the stairs gallery in\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Montreal, responses of eight artists and writers to the meaning of \u2018dwelling\u2019. Distributed by Video Out \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Distribution, Vancouver, BC.<\/span><\/p>\n

I HATE HOUSEWORK<\/em>, 1999.\u00a0\u00a0 8:00 VHS. A comic self-portrait. Performed, filmed, edited by the artist.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Distributed by Video Out Distribution, Vancouver, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

badtime story<\/em>,<\/em><\/strong> 1993, 27:00 VHS. Eight women artists healing from childhood sexual abuse. Co-produced \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 co-directed with Arlene Mason. Moving Images Distribution Society, Vancouver, BC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sound <\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

we rise we fall<\/em>, <\/em><\/strong>2016, 06:42. meeting the ground<\/em> live performance<\/span><\/p>\n

deconstruction,<\/em> 2009, 3:00. presented at Canadian Institute of Sound Ecology, Gabriola Island, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BC, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

migration<\/em> – choreographer Helen Walkley, 2005, 15:00. Soundscape for dancer Robbyn Scott<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Residencies<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comox Valley Art Gallery preceding and during meeting the ground<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

1999\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a room under the stairs<\/strong> Gallery, Montreal<\/span><\/p>\n

1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Est-Nord-Est Sculpture Centre 3-month residency, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec.<\/span><\/p>\n

1991\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Internationalen Hollzbildhauerwoche,<\/em> sculptural project realized on site, Brienz, Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professional Activities<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Objets et Mati\u00e8res Marcelle Hudon, Montreal<\/span><\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New England Puppet Intensive, Massachusetts<\/span><\/p>\n

2016-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Board member of the Comox Valley Art Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n

2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Board member of the Islands Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

2005-06 \u00a0\u00a0Board member CARFAC BC<\/span><\/h6>\n

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Publications<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEETING THE GROUND <\/em>Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay BC. Angela Somerset curator, book design<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.comoxvalleyartgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mp\/files\/publications\/files\/meeting-the-ground-publication.v1.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mattoid 52\/53: a journal of literary and cultural studies,<\/em> Crossing Cultures<\/em> issue. <\/em><\/strong>Photographs of Fears of the Future, Dreams of the Past<\/em> installation. Edited by Jonathan Hart. Published by Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n

1989\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carmanah: Artistic Visions Of An Ancient Rain Forest<\/em>. <\/strong>Photo documentation of invitational sculpture accompanied by an artist statement and biographical text. Published by Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Vancouver, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1988\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gallerie<\/em> Women\u2019s Art Quarterly<\/em>. <\/em><\/strong>Photo documentation of sculpture and process, with autobiographical essay. Editor Kaffyn Kelley. Published by Gallerie Publications, North Vancouver, BC<\/span><\/p>\n

1971\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 artscanada<\/em>, west coast artists: life styles issue,<\/em> \u201cOur Beautiful West Coast Thing,\u201d<\/strong> Photo documentation of sculpture at Long Beach, Gary Lee-Nova.<\/span><\/p>\n

1971\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the sand catalogue<\/em>, an anthology of contemporary art from Ucluelet to Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island, book designer, editor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Awards:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Canada Council Media Arts Production Grant<\/span><\/p>\n

2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Canada Council Media Arts Production Grant<\/span><\/p>\n

1999\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B.C. Arts Council Visual Arts Project Grant<\/span><\/p>\n

1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B.C. Arts Council Visual Arts project Grant<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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