Publications, Presentations, and Exhibitions


WRITING - Scholarly

Submitted      "The Uncool Outsiders". Outsiders On The Inside: The Institutionalization Of Outsider Art. SFU Gallery, Burnaby.
Submitted        “A Castle of One’s Own: Interactive Visuality in The Chatelaine Magazine, 1928-1933,”
                                 Journal of Canadian Studies
.
2009             “Towards Illustration Theory: Harold Rosenberg, Robert Weaver, and the ‘Action Illustrator’?”
                                  Art Criticism
, Vol. 24, Issue 1 (Spring, 2009). Ed. Donald Kuspit.
2008             “Appreciating the Art of Duncan Weller, Illustrator”. (exhibition catalogue) Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
                     "Listening Eyes". Visual Communication Quarterly, Vol. 15, Issue 1 (Jan 2008): 121-8. Ed. Paul Martin Lester.
2006             Various writings, Visible City Project And Archive York U. www.visiblecity.ca
2005             Interactions Feminist Research Group Conference Proceedings (CD), “The Life and Work of Olive Allen Biller.”
                                  U. of Windsor.
                     Earth Rites: Imagination And Practice In Sci-Arts Eco-Cultures. "Artist in Residence Programme at UBC Farm".
                                  Conference  Proceedings. U of Washington, Seattle, WA.

WRITING - Other

2007            “The Catch.” (poem) Transverse: Journal of Comparative Literature. Vol. 7 (Spring 2007):104.
2004             VANCOUVER SUN "Featured Letter of the Week." to the Editor
2001             TALES OF SLACKER BONDING "Lisa Birke." website art show review
1999             ANTHOLOGY 1999 "Old World Roses." [short story] Southwest Regional Arts Council
1998             THE MODEL BOOK self produced etiquette guide for artists and models
1996             MONDAY MAGAZINE “Derivative Art is Valid.” Letter to Editor, Nov. 1.
1996             MONDAY MAGAZINE “No Such Thing as Original Art.” Letter to Editor, Oct. 15.
1994             LA ROSA "The Tragic Tale of an Artist." Gregory Hartnell, ed.
1992             ILLUSTRATOR "David Goatley." Island Illustrators Society. Marcia Semenoff, ed.
1992             ILLUSTRATOR "Malcolm Gatt." Island Illustrators Society. Marcia Semenoff, ed.


SELECTED PUBLISHED ART/ILLUSTRATION

2007             One Shot 2006 (Blind peer-juried art book). Visual Codec, Seattle.
1995             Walraven, Jack. We Are At Sidebar. Victoria. B&W illustrations.
                     Where Victoria. Image.
1994             Bayless, Maureen. Abra Kadabra. Richmond Hill: Scholastic Canada. B&W illustrations.
                     Hecate's Loom Magazine. B&W image.
1991             BC Agriculture Magazine. Various colour images.


CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

2010             April. Popular Culture Assoc.: “The “Girl Racket”: Realism and Idealism in Arthur William Brown’s Illustration.”
                                  St. Louis, MI. Paper.

2009             Oct 24. University Art Assoc. of Canada: “The Case of the Missing Chimera in Laurent de La Hyre’s
                                  Allegories of the Seven Liberal Arts.” Edmonton, AB. Paper.
                     April 11. Popular Culture Assoc.: “Artists and Models: Russell Patterson’s Girl and Her Consumers.”
                                  Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, LA. Paper.

2008             Nov. 8. University Art Assoc. of Canada: “Illustrative Fine Artists in Victoria, BC.” York U, Toronto. Paper.
                     Oct. 2. Canadian Women’s Art History Initiative: “On Doing It For Money: Recuperating Women’s
                                  Commercial Art Practices.” Concordia U. Montreal. Paper.
                     Apr. 10. Kern Conference on Visual Rhetoric: “Shedding Light on Art History, Visual Communication, and
                                  Visual Culture Studies.” Rochester Inst. Tech. Paper.

2007             Nov. 2: UAAC: "Illustration, Post-Illustration, and Those Who Draw". Paper.
                     June 14: VISCOM 21: "The Modern Art of Illustration". Estes Park, CO. Paper.
                     May 31: Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities: "The Impact of Illustrators'
                                 Online Communities on Recent Visual Communication". Saskatoon. Paper.

2006             Nov. 3: UAAC: "Illustration in Action." Panel Co-Chair; "Genteel Rebe:l Modern Girlhood and
                                  Womanhood in the Work of Olive Allen Biller." Halifax. Paper.

2006             Sept. 21: NEW FORMS FESTIVAL Artcamp Unconference, "Illustration Collaboration". Vancouver. Workshop.

2005             Nov 11: UAAC. "Twins Separated at Birth: Sister Arts Reunited at Last." UVic. Paper.
                     Oct. 25: PHILOSOPHY CAFÉ, "Art Intervention in the DTES" Ryerson U. Guest Speaker.
                     June 25: VISCOM 19. "The Work of Art in the Age of Apathy." Banff Centre. Paper.
                     May 20: EARTH RITES: IMAGINATION AND PRACTICE IN SCI-ARTS ECO-CULTURES;
                                 "Artistic Practice at UBC Farm." U. of Washington, Seattle. Poster presentation.
                     May 10: ENTANGLEMENTS, Carleton U, Ottawa, Ont.   "Artist or Social Worker? A Case Study in Moving
                                 From Theory to Praxis." Paper.
                     May 7: INTERACTIONS - (FEMINIST RESEARCH GROUP), U. of Windsor, Ont.;
                                 "The Life and Work of Olive Allen Biller." Poster presentation.
                     March 30: ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE AT YORK: A WORKSHOP. York U.
                                 "Mind the Gap." Panel/short presentation.

1997             March: ISLAND ILLUSTRATOR SOCIETY, Art Gallery of Victoria, BC. "Olive Allen Biller." Slide talk.

1996             CONNECTIONS - PRAXIS NEXUS, University of Victoria. Painting exhibition.


SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005               EVOLUTION                                               Emily Carr Institute Alumni Retrospective
                       CURRENT COLOUR                                    Arts and Letters Club, Toronto
                       ECO-ARTS MEDIA FESTIVAL                      York University

2004               HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PHOTO COMPETITION       Harbour Centre/Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC  (1st Prize winner)
                       NEW FORMS FESTIVAL                             Electra Building Basement Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                       DIGITALIS III                                            Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2003               LISTENING ROOM                                     Vancouver Planetarium
                       DIGITALIS II                                             Evergreen Cultural Centre, Port Coquitlam, BC

2002               CONDENSATION                                       Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
                       RUST                                                        Glass Onion, Vancouver, BC

2001               DIGITALIS I                                              Moonbase Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                       IMITATION AND EFFIGY                            Glass Onion, Vancouver, BC
                       EMERGING ARTISTS' AUCTION                 Hyperspace Studio, Vancouver, BC
                       IDES OF MARCH ART PARTY                     Hyperspace Studio, Vancouver, BC

2000               GROOPED (Swarm 1)                                Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
                       ART THROB II                                           Glass Onion, Vancouver, BC

1999               GRAD SHOW                                             Emily Carr Institute
                       MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL             Concourse, Emily Carr Institute

1998               FREE FROM THE ART WORLD                   Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver BC

1997               SHE                                                          XChanges Artist Run Gallery, Victoria, BC
                       CHRISTMAS SPIRITS                                Talisman Fine Arts, London, England
                       VICTORIA                                                 Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC

1996               KARNA BONWICK - JALEEN GROVE           Rogue Arts, Victoria, BC.
                       MOSS ST. PAINT-IN                                  Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

                       QUICKSILVER                                           Focus on Women Arts Festival, Rogue Arts, Victoria, BC                                                        ROYAL BC. MUSEUM ILLUSTRATORS SHOWCASE  Crystal Gardens, Victoria
                       13th EROTIC ART FOR APRIL FOOLS        Brand New Era Studio, Victoria, BC
                       ILLUSTRATORS STUDIO TOUR                  Victoria, BC

1994               12th EROTIC ART FOR APRIL FOOLS        Brand New Era Studio, Victoria, BC
                       LIFELINES                                                XChanges, Victoria, BC
                       DRAWING A FINE LINE                             Roving Eye, Victoria, BC
                       ILLUSTRATORS STUDIO TOUR                 Victoria, BC

 

 

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