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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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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