Paulette Phillips |
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| Lives and works in Tronto |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
| History appears twice, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce, Diaz Contemporary Art, Toronto |
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| 2006 |
| Diaz Contemporary Art, Toronto |
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| 2005 |
| Dying To Make A Living, Sparwasser, Berlin, curated by Lise Nelleman |
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| 2004 |
| The Secret Life of Criminals, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London* |
| The Secret Life of Criminals, Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge, curated Gordon Hatt |
| Clues and Curiosities, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, curated by Marnie Fleming* |
| The Floating House, Art Gallery of Ottawa, Ottawa, curated by Renee Baert |
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| 2003 |
| Ecstasy, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto |
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| 2002 |
| "It's About How People Judge Appearance.", Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto |
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| 2001 |
| The Secret Life of Criminals, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto |
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| Selected group exhibtiions |
| 2007 |
| Le Centre Culturel Canadien Paris, Paris |
| Paulette Phillips + Marie-France & Patricia Martin + Ruth Claxton, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art |
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| 2006 |
| We Can Do This Now, The Power Plant, curatoed by Helena Reckitt, Gregory Burke |
| Repatriating the Ark, Museum of Garden History, London, curated by Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan and Philip Norman* |
| Protections Good for Nothing House, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria |
| 100 Days, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, curated by Katja Albers and Johan Holten |
| Electromagnetic Bodies, La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris |
| Electromagnetic Bodies, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, curated by Nina Czeglady and Louise Provencer* |
| Electromagnetic Bodies, Tent, Rotterdam |
| Electromagnetic Bodies, The Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid |
| Networked Cities, Bubbalova, Humanitas Festival, Toronto, kinetic sculpture commissioned by InterAccess* |
| Tame, MacLaren Art Centre, Ontario, curated by Lise Hosein, Barrie* |
| Homewrecker, Artcite, Windsor, Ontario |
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| 2005 |
| Guardami, Palazzo della Papesse, curated by Lorenzo Fusi and Marco Pierini, an historical overview of video installation* |
| Exhibit A, Prefix, Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, curated by Scott MacLeod |
| Electromagnetic Bodies, ZKM, Karlsruhe, curated by Sabine Himmelsbach, Nina Czeglady and Louise Provenncer |
| Staged, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London |
| Exhibit A, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, Nfld |
| Electromagnetic Bodies, Oboro, Montreal |
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| 2004 |
| Undertow, Generatorprojects, Dundee, Scotland |
| Exhibit A, Saint Mary’s Art Gallery, Halifax |
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| 2003 |
| Exhumed, The Museum of Garden History, London, curated by Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan, and Philip Norman* |
| Artists Space; New York, New York |
| Taikang Art Museum, Shanghai, China |
| BizArt Art Center, Shanghai |
| Vitamin Creative Space, Canton |
| London Art Fair, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art |
| Artcite; Media City Festival, Windsor |
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| 2002 |
| Artissima, Turin Film Festival special screening of artist works in film |
| Wandehalle, Arsenal Armory, Cologne |
| ECSTASY, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London |
| London Art Fair, Brussels Art Fair, Turin Art Fair, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, video/film installation |
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| * denotes catalogue |
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| Selected Broadcasts and Screenings |
| Kino Arsenal, Berlin, 2005 |
| Prefix, Toronto, screening curated by Karyn Sandlos, 2005 |
| ICA, Tank T.V London, England, 2004 |
| CBC |
| BRAVO! |
| Rehab; Parkdale, Toronto |
| Image & Nation Gaie et Lesbienne fesitval de cinema et de video de Montreal, WTN Network |
| Les cinq jours du cinema independent canadien, Montreal |
| The Gathering, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto |
| Sao Paulo Film Festival, Brazil |
| Rendevous with Madness, Toronto |
| Ann Arbour Film Festival; Images ‘93 |
| YYZ Artist’s Outlet, Toronto |
| MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph |
| Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax (HONOURABLE MENTION) |
| Art Metropole, Toronto |
| Videogrape, Montreal |
| Cite des Arts, Paris |
| Australian Video Festival, Sydney |
| Delicate Technology, 2nd video & Television Festival, Spiral Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Western Front |
| Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England |
| YYZ, Toronto |
| Toreano Meeting Club,London, England |
| Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu; Humbolt Film and Video Festival, California |
| Artists Space, New York |
| Video Culture ‘89, Toronto |
| The New Work Show, Toronto |
| The Kitchen, New York |
| Festival International de Noveau Cinema/Video, Montreal |
| The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| A Space, Toronto |
| The Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax |
| The Banff Centre; Plug-In, Winnipeg |
| EmMedia, Calgary; Art Resource Centre, Toronto |
| Babajaga Festival, Rome, Italy |
| Yugoslavian Video Festival |
| Hallwalls, Buffalo |
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| Publications and Catalogues |
| Repatriating the Ark, published by Parabola |
| Rezonancia-Resonance Electromagnetic Bodies, Ludwig Museum, Budapest |
| Guardami, percezione del video, Palazzo delle Papesse, 2005 |
| Caught in the Act, an anthology of performance art, edited by Tanya Mars and Johanna Householder, published by YYZ, 2004 |
| Paulette Phillips The Secret Life of Criminals; Janna Graham, The Unraveling Crime Scene; Maria Walsh, Effluvial Verges; catalogue published by Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, 2004 |
| Paulette Phillips, The Secret Life of Criminals, Clues and Curiosities; Kathleen Pirrie |
| Adams and Gordon Hatt; catalogue published by Cambridge and Oakville Galleries, 2004 |
| Exhumed; catalogue for the Museum of Garden History; pub. Parabola; 2003 |
| by the skin of their tongues; artist video scripts; LOCKJAW script, edited by Nelson Henricks and Steve Reinke; pub. YYZ Books, 1997 |
| Impulse Magazine, New City Ficiton, vol. 14, number 2-3, 1988 |
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| Published Monographs and Reviews |
| Mercer Union, Conor Kelly, Plainsong, exhibition text, January, 2006 |
| Writer, monograph, Jane Wright, The Mississippi Tapes, pub. Art Metropole, 1995 |
| C Magazine, Review of Elizabeth Chitty’s performance Lake, 1990 |
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| Public and Corporate Collections |
| The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| The National Gallery, Ottawa; Art Metropole, Toronto |
| The Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario |
| Trinity Square Video, Toronto |
| The Kitchen, New York |
| The Art Bank, Ottawa |
| Universidad Complutense, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid |
| The Ontario College of Art, Toronto; Concordia University, Montreal; NSCAD, Halifax, University of Regina; McGill University; Guelph University, Guelph |
| Private Collections |
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| Honours and Awards |
| Chalmers Award, 2005 |
| Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts - Finalist, 2005 |
| Marian McMahon Award For Curation - DO THE WRONG THING, international program of film and video, presented at Images Festival 2003 |
| Dora Mavor Moore Award, Toronto, THE LORCA PLAY, best performance |
| Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, LOCKJAW, best writing, honouravle mention |
| Humbolt Film Festival, California, WORK, best video |
| Recipient of art various awards from: Canada Council, Ontario and Toronto Arts Council |
| UNDER THE INFLUENCE; Nominated for: Best New Play, Best Director, 1992 |
| Nominated for The Bell Video Award |
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| Education |
| York University, MFA, 2006/08 pending |
| Canadian Film Centre, Graduate of the Advanced Film Training Program, 1992 |
| Dalhousie University non degree status |
| Acadia University non degree status |
| Nova Scotia College of Art and Design non degree status |
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| Academic Appointments |
| Ontario College Of Art And Design, Associate Professor 2001- |
| Ontario College Of Art And Design, instructor, 1985 - 2001 |
| Nova Scotia College Of Art And Design , Summer Session, 1997 |
| York University; Fine Arts, Akinson, 1997 |
| York University; Interdisciplinary Art, 1989 |
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| Professional Activities |
| Mercer Union, Board Member, President, 2001 - 2004 |
| The Power Plant, Board Member, 1988 - 90 |
| The Canada Council, The Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Arts Award Jury Member, 1985 - 2000 |
| The Dora Mavor Moore Awards, Juror, 1999 - 2000 |
| Images Festival, Selection Committee, 2001, Juror, 1997, Founding Director, 1988 |
| Charles Street Video, Board Member, 1993 |
| United Media Arts Studies (UMAS), publisher of Diderot, a collection of artists tapes distributed on VHS, Founding Director, 1984 |
| Trinity Square Video, Chairperson, 1982 |
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| Conferences, Workshops and Invited Lectures |
| NBK, Kunsthalle, Berlin, Guest lecturer, curator, It’s about how people judge appearance. 2006 |
| Maison Europeenne d la Photographie, panelist, Electromagnetic Bodies 2006 |
| Museum of Garden History, guest speaker, Repatriating the Ark 2006 |
| Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, 2006 |
| University of Windsor, guest lecturer, 2006 |
| Kino Arsenale, Berlin, presentation of Do The Wrong Thing, curator, 2005 |
| Third Wave Feminism Conference, Exeter, England, 2002 |
| York University, 1996 |
| Art Metropole, Activating the Archive; 1996 |
| Theatre Passe Muraille, 1996 |
| Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1985 - 2001) |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York 1989 |
| Sheffield Polytechnic; Hull Polytechnic; Brighton Polytechnic, England 1987 |
| Newport School of Art, Wales 1989 |
| The Banff School of Fine Art, Banff, Guest Artist with Mary Kelly and Geoffrey James 1987 |
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| Residencies |
| La Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2003 |
| Playwright in residence, Banff Centre for the Arts, 1996 - 97 |
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| Installations 2000 - 2006 |
| MONSTER TREE, 16mm DVD loop, 5 min. flat screen monitor, 2006 |
| BUBBALOVA, video documentation of a temporary sculpture 30 ft, replica of the Bulova Tower, 2006 |
| HOMEWRECKER, 16mm DVD loop, 1 min., with electromagnetic sculpture, dimensions variable, 2004/05 |
| SMUT, Nine digital backlit photographs, 1 dvd presented on flat screen monitor, 2004 |
| CROSSTALK, 35mm DVD loop, 7 min. projected with stereo sound, 2004 |
| DOGWOOD POND, Video loop, 7 min., built within a curiosity cabinet, 2003 |
| THE FLOATING HOUSE, 16mm film loop, 5 min., projected with 5.1 surround sound, 2002 |
| “IT’S ABOUT HOW PEOPLE JUDGE APPEARANCE…”, 16mm DVD loop, 1 min., presented on flatscreen, framed in padded pink leather frame, stereo sound, 2001 |
| THE SECRET LIFE 1 & 2, video, shelf, cone, two sculpture pieces viewed through cones, 2000 |
| ECSTASY, two channel video piece projected onto glass shelf, 2002 |
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| Filmography 1990 - 2005 |
| CROSSTALK, 35mm, 5 min. narrative, 2004 |
| WHO IS SKY GILBERT?, 60 min. documentary, work in progress, 2003 |
| TOUCH WOOD, Feature film, work in progress, Writer/Director, 2001 |
| SANDRA SHAMAS, 16mm, 3:15, Director, 1995 |
| WHEN I FALL IN LOVE, 16mm, 4min, Writer/Director, 1993 |
| OPERA ATELIER, 16mm, 3:15, Director, 1993 |
| LOCKJAW, 16mm, 22min, Writer/Director, 1992 |
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| Theatre 1991 - 1997 |
| CONTROLLING INTEREST, Writer/Director Theatre Passe Muraille, 1995 |
| MEMO: RE: JOYCE, Writer/Director Theatre Passe Muraille, 1997 |
| THE CHOCOLATE BATH, Director Theatre Passe Muraille, 1994 |
| UNDER THE INFLUENCE, Writer/Director, Factory Theatre Lab, 1991 |
| THE LORCA PLAY, Performer/Collaborator. Dora Award for performance, 1993 |
| FEAR OF LYING, Writer/Director/Performer, Performed at: The Tarragon Theatre, Groundswell, Toronto; The Western Front, Vancouver; Arstspace, Peterborough; The Grimsby Art Gallery, Grimsby, 1991 |
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| Video & Performance 1982 - 1989 |
| SALOME, video, 7:30 Min, 1989, commissioned and broadcast by Radio Canada (CBC) |
| WORK, video, 35 min., drama, Writer/Director, 1987, purchased by the Museum of Modern Art |
| YELL HELL & PAGES, video, 4:30 min. Writer/Performer, 1987, commissioned as a video wall by Public Access for Lunatic of One Idea for the Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England |
| CADENCE OF INSANITY (A Reaction) Part II ,film & performance, 25 min, 1986, performed at: duMaurier Theatre Toronto; The Western Front, Vancouver; Feminist Art Conference, The Rivoli, Toronto |
| CADENCE OF INSANITY, performance, 1985 Writer/Performer, 1985, performed at: Forest City Gallery; The Windsor Art Gallery |
| IT DEPENDS, video, 30min, Writer/Director, 1984 |
| FIND THE PERFORMER, performance, poster series, 1983, enacted at specific locations in Toronto; presented at Canada House, London, England |
| DAYS OF DISCOVERY, performance/film/video, Writer/Director/Performer,1982, performed at Mercer Union, Toronto; Women in Focus, Vancouver; Saw Gallery, Ottawa; Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax; Struts Gallery, Sackville, N.B.; Ed Video, Guelph |
| RECOGNITION/RECOLLECTION/RE-ENACTMENT, billboard, 1985 |
| HOW I AM ABUSED, S8mm, 10 min., 1985 |
| STILL HERE, STILL THERE, S8mm, 25 min., 1982 |
| K IS FOR CHICKEN, video, 7 min., 1983 |
| SINK OR SWIM, video, 7min, 1981 |
| RE-ENACTMENT FOR AN EVENT..., video 12 min., 1983 |
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