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Education
2005 MFA in Visual Arts at the University of Regina, specializing in Intermedia
2003 Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, with Distinction at Alberta College of Art and Design (A.C.A.D.), Calgary
2001 Diploma of Fine Arts, with Distinction at A.C.A.D., Calgary
1999-2000 Full-time studies at the Hochschule der Künst (HdK), Berlin, Germany in departments of Film/Video, Experimental Media Design, and Electronic Music
1997-1999 Full-time studies at A.C.A.D., in department of Drawing
Selected Workshops (as participant):
2004 Teaching at the Post-Secondary Level, workshop with James McNinch, Teaching Development Center, University of Regina
2003 Mould-making and plaster casting, workshop with Pierre L'Héritier, University of Regina
2000 Space in the City, workshop with Brian Eno, HdK, Berlin
Teaching History
2005-current Sessional Faculty at the University of Regina, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Visual Arts, teaching Art280: Introduction to Intermedia (Fall 2005, 2008; Winter 2006, 2007, 2008)
2007-current Sessional Faculty at the University of Regina, Faculty of Science, teaching Computer Science 325: Introduction to Multimedia (Fall 2007, 2008)
2006-2007 Artist Mentor to Johanna Bundon, through CARFAC Saskatchewan, Regina
2006-2007 Theatre/Dance Ensemble Video Mentor for S.P.A.C.E. Camp 2006 at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Regina
2005 Artist Mentor for the National Artist Program, 2005 Canada Summer Games, Regina
2004 Graduate Teaching Fellow in Intermedia (ART 280) and Student Assistant in Intermedia at the University of Regina
2002-2005 Artist-Instructor with Learning Through the Arts at the Regina Public School Board
Selected Workshops (as instructor):
2008 Intermediate Photoshop, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton
2007 Managing your Digital Portfolio, CARFAC Saskatchewan, Regina
Urbanthology, series of workshops throughout Community of Riversdale, coordinated by AKA Gallery, Saskatoon
2005 Chromakeying in Final Cut Pro, Soil/Neutral Ground, Regina
Introduction to Final Cut Pro, Soil/Neutral Ground, Regina
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 (upcoming) When you have not been there, your heart is full of longing, Art Gallery of Regina, Saskatchewan
2008 (upcoming) When you have not been there, your heart is full of longing, Harcourt House, Edmonton, Alberta
- Blueprint for a New Gravity, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
- Lee Henderson: Recent Photography, Contrary Projects Gallery, Regina
2006 - The Apprehension, solo exhibition and open studio project (photography, sculpture and performance), curated by Timothy Dallett, PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- En Abyme, collaborative exhibition with Fazail Lutfi at the Art Projects Gallery, Regina
2005 - Blueprint for a New Gravity, MFA Graduating Exhibition, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
2002 - Guerrilla Video #1, public projection of video onto buildings, Canadian Tire, Safeway and the Plains Hotel, Regina
2001 - This is the Future, multimedia installation, A.C.A.D., Calgary
1999 - Der Feindgesicht, live audio/video performance, EMMEDIA Gallery and Production Society, Calgary
Selected Video Tapes/Works
2007 - The 7 Characteristics of Zen Arts (1, 2, and 3)
2006 - Big in NY - exhibited in "7 Chelsea Mornings," 5th Parallel Gallery, Regina
- Light/Dark [after Marina Abramovic and Ulay] - exhibited in "Co-nexus", curated by Adrian Stimson and Donna Wawzonek, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
2005 - Revelations - exhibited in "Burlesque," curated by Erica Ambrose, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon and “Kinda Sorta Yours But Actually Mostly Mine,” ArtCity at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, and “Project Plasma,” EPCOR Centre, Calgary
2004 - Mountains and Rivers
- Genre-bending - exhibited in "Making it Like a Young Man," curated by Rob Bos
- Ma [time/space] - exhibited in "The Apprehension," PAVED Arts, Saskatoon
2003 - Untitled Zenga #6
2002 - 8 Minutes of Packaged Beef - exhibited at Soil, Neutral Ground (online exhibition), Regina
2000 - "She tricked me into this."
1999 - Stadtmitte
- Mauerstücke - exhibited in "Rundgang," Hochschule der Kunst, Berlin
- "No, that's not it."
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 - “Flatlanders: Saskatchewan Artists on the Horizon” Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
- “Project Plasma” video screening, EPCOR Centre, Calgary
- “The Artist Project” Artropolis - Chicago Art Fair, Chicago
- “SNAP! 08” photography exhibition and fundraiser for ACT (AIDS Committee of Toronto)
- “Magmart | video under volcano” International video art festival, Naples, Italy
2007 - “Kinda Sorta Yours But Actually Mostly Mine,” ArtCity at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary
- “The Garage Show,” curated by Jeff Nye and Sheila Nourse, Lane Level Projects, Regina
- Untitled Zenga #6 in Water: Turning the Tap, co-ordinated by Marsha Kennedy, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina
- Light/Dark [after Marina Abramovic & Ulay] in “Co-nexus,” curated by Adrian Stimson and Donna Wawzonek, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
2006 - Revelations (1 and 5) digital stills and video in Burlesque, curated by Erica Ambrose, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon
- Soaked in Lightning sculpture in Art in Bloom, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
2005 - Blueprint for a New Gravity installation in Ephemeral Identities: Time-based Works in the - University of Regina's President's Collection, curated by Jeff Nye, 5th Parallel Gallery, Regina
- Challenging Bodies interdisciplinary performance and collaboration integrating the departments of Intermedia, Computer Science, and Kinesiology, Shu-box Theatre, University of Regina
- Collapse and Replication performative installation in Resisting Arrest: Seeking Sustainability, curated by Annette Hurtig and Felipe Diaz, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
- sometimes i dream of waking video in MFA: Recent Works, 5th Parallel Gallery, Regina
- Canada-side Project Manager and participant in BlurStreet, collaborative online video exhibition between artists in Regina, Canada and Helsinki, Finland
2004 - The V/A Alliance Show, collarobation with Jeremy Black and curated by Sean Whalley, Fifth- Parallel Gallery, Regina
- The Near and Far Project, Fifth-Parallel Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, and Hull Time- Based Arts, Hull, UK
2001 - A.C.A.D. Graduating Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary
2000 - Mauerstücke video work in Rundgang group video screening, HdK, Berlin, Germany
- Das Fährboot interactive video installation - Literärisches Kolloquium Berlin, Berlin, Germany (collaboration with Thomas Ladenburger, HdK Berlin)
- Zerstörung, experimental photography exhibition, HdK, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental Music and Beyond (Fluxus performance for the Michael Nyman Symposium), Der Konzertsaal, Berlin, Germany
1999 - Medienhaus annual video art event, HdK, Berlin, Germany
Selected Curatorial/Facilitative Work
2007 - Urbanthology workshop series and performative interventions, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon
2006 - With/Out Permission video screening programme, Art Projects Gallery, Regina (as curator)
2005 - Regina Festival of Cinematic Arts - Projection-based Artwork Category, Neutral Ground Artist- Run Centre in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina
2001 - ©: The Mark of the Beast international video screening, EMMEDIA Gallery and Production Society, Calgary (as curator)
Selected Research Presentations, Projects and Talks
2008 - “Under Photography: an object lesson”, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina (as presenter)
- Artist Talk, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton (as presenter)
2007 - "Mountains and Rivers (negotiating the crosscultural in Buddhism, contemporary art, and the West)", inSEA Research Congress, Seoul, South Korea (as conference panelist/presenter)
- Crossing Boundaries: Investigating the nexus of the arts, education and community, conference on education in the arts, Faculty of Education, University of Regina
(as Featured Guest)
- Davida Monk’s The Weathering Suite, New Dance Horizons, Regina (as guest speaker)
2006 - The Adventures of Ali and Ali and the Axes of Evil, Hectik Theatre, Regina (as guest speaker)
- Tedd Robinson’s REDD, New Dance Horizons, Regina (as guest speaker)
- Time Transit collaborative public interactive art installation with Kim Morgan, TRLabs and the Regina Transit Authority, Regina
- "What time is it on the sun?": Light and Spirituality in Contemporary Art, International Conference on the Arts in Society, in conjunction with the Edinburgh International Arts Festivals, Edinburgh, Scotland (as conference panelist/presenter)
- Lockerroom - North American Male Adolescence, Collaboration, and the Production of "Cockfight", Spanning the Distance: Regionalism and Reflections on Popular Music in Canada, conference by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music and the Department of Music, University of Regina (as conference panelist/presenter)
2005 - Zen and the Heart Sutra, Department of Religious Studies, University of Regina (as guest lecturer)
- Projection-Based Art Panel Discussion with David Rimmer, Kim Morgan and Felipe Diaz, Regina Festival of Cinematic Arts, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina (as moderator)
- Negotiating the Representational and the Real, Art For Lunch Artist's Talk series, Department of Visual Arts, University of Regina (as guest speaker)
2004 - Contemporary VJ Culture and Practice, Flatlands Scratch Series program on popular music and electronic culture, Department of Music, University of Regina (as lecturer)
Other Professional Involvement
2007-current Board Member, Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, Regina
2006-2007 Artist in Residence, 20th Street Area, City of Saskatoon (Saskatchewan Arts Board "Artists in the Community" program, Cultural Capitals of Canada 2006)
2006-current Digitization Technician, MacKenzie Art Gallery Liaison, and on-line
Exhibition Writer, ArtSASK Project (with support from Heritage Canada), Regina
2006-current Contributor and founder of booster, online art criticism blog (booster.blogspot.com)
2006-current Board Member, Friends of the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
2005-2006 Board Member, Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre, Regina; Chair of Soil
2003-2007 Communications Assistant; Installation Assistant, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
Writing and Publications
2008 - Imaging the Institution
-catalogue essay for The Insiders, curated by Jeff Nachtigall, Mendel Art Gallery, 2007
published by BlackBerry Press, Saskatoon
2007 - Appropriate Buddha
-feature article/dialogue with David Garneau, BlackFlash Magazine “Lens”, Fall 2007
- Mountains and Rivers (negotiating the crosscultural in Buddhism, contemporary art, and the West)
-paper originally published in Art Education as Critical Cultural Inquiry, edited by Jeong Ae Park, published by Mijinsa, Seoul, South Korea (pp. 288-295)
Selected Awards and Scholarships
2008 - Western Magazine Awards - Best Photographic Series (finalist; winner TBA)
2007 - Individual Artist Project Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
2006 - Individual Assistance Travel Grant: Media, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
- Governor General's Gold Medal Nomination, University of Regina
2005 - Graduate Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina
- Scholarly Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Regina
- Teaching Assistantship, Department of Visual Arts, University of Regina
- Teaching Assistantship, Department of Music, University of Regina
2004 - Asia Pacific Studies Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina
2003 - Entrance Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina
Software/Hardware Proficiencies (limited to equipment I currently use on a regular basis)
Video Editing Software Apple Final Cut Pro HD, Final Cut Express HD and iMovie;
Adobe Premiere and After Effects
Audio Editing Software Apple Soundtracks and Garageband
Graphics Software Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign; Apple Aperture
Other Software Apple DVD Studio Pro HD, Compressor, A.Pack and AppleWorks
Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash
Microsoft Office
Hardware Motion-triggered and Viewer-triggered video systems and circuit design/implementation;
Synchronization of multi-channel video systems design and implementation;
Projection system (LCD-based) design and installation |
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