SOLO SHOWS & PUBLIC ARTWORKS

2006

Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB - Ambivalence Blvd
University Avenue, Toronto, ON - Ambivalence Blvd, public installation curated by Kym Pruesse
Lunenburg waterfront, NS - Utopia Pkwy, public installation

2005

Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa - Ambivalence Blvd, public performances for passing audience

2003

Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver - Seats of Power - The Armchair Terrorist, public performances
Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver - Illuminating Language, permanent public installation
Vancouver Live:Biennial of Performance Art - Seats of Power - The Armchair Terrorist, performances
Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver - Illuminating Language, permanent public installation

2001

Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC - Trading Time, curated by Michael Bjornson
Evergreen Cultural Ctr, Coquitlam, BC - Illuminating Language, public installation
Richmond Art Gallery - Exercising Desire curated by Corrine Corry
Gallery 83, Vancouver - Exercising Desire curated by Stacey Malysh

2000

911 Media Arts Ctr, Seattle - Illuminating Language, organised by Brad Thompson
Stride Gallery, Calgary - Co-ordinating Plots, joint project with Glenbow Museum
Gallery at Ceperley House, Burnaby, BC - Luxury Avenue, curated by Sarah Dobbs (catalogue)
Prince George Art Gallery, BC - Luxury Avenue (included public programs)
Parkside Ctr, 100 Mile House, BC - Pursue Potential For Unintended Events, permanent installation

1999

Peace Gallery North, Fort St John, BC - Luxury Avenue

1998

Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC - Critically Framed: Luxury Avenue
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC - Luxury Avenue

1997

CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY - The Passed is Your Presence, transit-mounted public art show

1994

Prema Arts Centre, UK - Open for Public Consumption, curated by Ken Lush

1993

Whitechapel High St, London, UK - Operation Indian, multi-site clandestine billboard installation

PERFORMANCES & SELECTED SCREENINGS

2006

Art Gallery of Calgary, AB - That Thing Between Us: An evening of screen based dance installations

2005

New Music New Haven, Yale School of Music, CT - Ambivalence Blvd DVD screening
Mountain Standard Time festival, Calgary, AB - Ambivalence Blvd DVD screening
The Banff Centre - Benchmarks and Bookends solo performance
Alberta Scene, Ottawa - Ambivalence Blvd solo performance
Alberta College of Art and Design - Live Action, armchairterrorist and tokyosexwhale
Critical Art Ensemble defence fund benefit, Calgary - Feel the Heat & President's Choice screening

2004

Scribes Club, Vancouver - President's Choice: The Armchair Terrorist interviews George Bush

2003

Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver - Seats of Power - the Armchair Terrorist
Vancouver Live:Biennial of Performance Art - Seats of Power - The Armchair Terrorist, performances

2002

New York City - Ambivalence Blvd public performances for passing audience
New York City - Waymarking, public promenading with street sign "Ambivalence Blvd"

1999

Banff, AB - Sketch of an Idea to Refocus Audience, public performance for passing audience

1996

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, UK - Concentric Motion Dance Co
Axiom Arts Centre, Cheltenham, UK - Concentric Motion Dance Co

1995

Prema Arts Centre, UK - It's Alright to Feel, performance installation as part of Time Being festival

1993

Waterloo Station, London, UK - Down The Drain; Never the Same, commissioned by British Rail
Northern Line Tube Trains, London, UK - The Great Train Robbery, clandestine performance

RESIDENCIES

2006

The Banff Centre - self-directed writing residency

2005

Banff Centre for the Arts - Canadian Art Colleges thematic residency

2004

Paul Schwartz Law Corporation - research and writing residency

1999

Banff Centre for the Arts - Landscape, thematic residency

1994

Guildhall Art Ctr & High School, Gloucester, UK - The Female Image Public Art Project - 6 month teaching residency with grade 12 fine art students. Included multi-venue show

1993-4

Old Vic Theatre, London, UK - The Health of the Nation?
Performance & one year peripatetic residency in high schools and colleges.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2006

YYZ, Toronto, ON, Art and Activism - group show curated by Kym Pruesse (publication)
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON - Neon, 2-person show curated by Virginia Eichorn
Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver, BC - Gallery artists

2005

Mountain Standard Time festival, Calgary, AB - Residual: Performance Art Relics and Ephemera
The Banff Centre, AB - Banff Festival of the Arts - Open Studios
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB - ACAD Faculty Show
Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courteny, BC - Invitational
The Other Gallery, Banff Centre, AB - Where I Lay my Heart, informal architecture competition

2004

Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver, BC - Gallery artists
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB - ACAD Faculty Show

2003

Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC - Belkin Invitational (catalogue)
Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC - Emergency Measures (catalogue)
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB - ACAD Faculty Show
Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC - Art Irritates Life, curated by Tony Martin
Artropolis, CBC studios, Vancouver, BC - The Armchair Terrorist, curated by Vjeko Sager (catalogue)

2002

Toronto International Art Fair, ON - Third Avenue Gallery
Fine Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, BC - Principles of Occupation
Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC - Draw, concept drawings

2001

Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC - Past Futures, with Byron Johnston's Sorting/Packing
Architectural Institute of BC, Vancouver, BC - Architectural Photography

2000

Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC - Gallery artists
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC - Exotic Erotic
Parkside Ctr, 100 Mile House, BC - Pursue Potential For Unintended Events

1999

Vancouver Museum - City Lights: Neon in Vancouver
Critical Mass Gallery, 100 Mile House, BC - Don't Just Draw - Shoot

1996

CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY - Chambers of Enchantment, curated by Bob Hirsch
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