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Laurel Woodcock

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Associate Professor, Extended Practices

work tel: 519.824.4120. ext. 53659

email: laurelw@sympatico.ca

home tel: 416.536.4848

Education

• 1992 M.F.A. Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
• 1987 B.F.A . Concordia University, Montral, QC

Solo Exhibitions

• 2004 wish you were here YYZ Artist's Outlet, Toronto, ON
• 2004 TPW, Toronto, ON
• 2004 play/pause/repeat, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, ON
• 2004 take me I'm yours, (three video/DVD/audio CD installations) Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Victoria, BC
• 2003 take me I'm yours, (three video/DVD/audio CD installations) Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Toronto, ON
• 2002 take me I'm yours, (three video/DVD/audio CD installations) Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax, NS
• 2001 game & operetta, Western Front Vancouver, BC
• 2001 game, Optica Montreal, QC
• 2001 take me I'm yours, (three video/DVD/audio CD installations) Agnes Etherington Art Centre Kingston, ON
• 1999 operetta, galerie Articule Montreal, QC
• 1997 stars down to earth, Eye Level Gallery Halifax, NS
• 1996 bleuira & slip of the tongue, The Photographers Gallery Saskatoon, SK
• 1996 crossed wires, (three video installations) Artcite, Windsor, ON
• 1995 pink noise, galerie Samuel Lallouz Montreal, QC
• 1995 the stigma of words, & fissures de la langue. La Chambre Blanche, Qubec, QC
• 1994 bleuira. Galerie Articule, Montreal, QC
• 1994 the stigma of words, Galerie B-312, Montreal, QC
• 1993 bleuira, Or Gallery Vancouver, BC

Situational Integrations

• 2006 walk-through, various sites throughout the buildings at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
• 2006 SOMEONE SPECIAL, Cameron Hall dining lounge, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
• 2006 unsolicited service, (performance) various sites throughout the buildings at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2007On Being an Exhibition, Artists Space, NY, NY. Curator, Joseph del Pesco.
• 2007Nuit Blanche, At The Corner Of Time and Place curated by Michelle Jacques (upcoming Fall 2007)
• 2006 Concrete Language, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Co-curated by Jenifer Papararo and Christina Ritchie
• 2006 untitled: Thoughts about sound, music, silence and confusion, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON. Curated by Kelly Mark
• 2005 Biennale Le Mois de la Photo Montral, curated by Martha Langford
• 2005 Waypoint, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON. Curated by Patrick MacCaulay
• 2004 Ziploc, Curated by Nancy Campbell and Verne Harrison, in a shopping mall in Guelph ON
• 2000 "Carnet d'Adresses" Muse de Louviers Paris, France
• 1999 "Corps et sonorit" Muse de Rimouski (with Janet Cardiff and Karilee Fuglem) Rimouski, QC. Curated by Carl Johnson
• 1998 "Close Encounters" The Ottawa Art Gallery curated by Sylvie Fortin
• 1998 "Unclassified" Humberside University, London, England. Curated by Alexa Wright
• 1997 ISEA 97 International Symposium on Electronic Art, Chicago, IL
• 1997 ARCO 97 Madrid, Spain.
• 1996 "Whipped Cream, Percentages & Pink Noise" YYZ Toronto, ON. (with Anda Kubis) curated by Susan Kealey & Steve Reinke
• 1996 "Liasons" the stigma of words The Powerplant Toronto, ON. Curated by Louise Dompierre
• 1995 Suffrance(s) Optica curated by Marie Fraser, Montral, QC.
• 1995 pink noise, galerie Samuel Lalouz, Montreal, QC
• 1993 Local Stories Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB. Curated by Kitty Scott

Selected Festival Screenings

• 2006 Making Room, Toronto, On. Curator Paulette Phillips
  , Williamsburg Bridging.
• 2005 Galapagos Art Centre, Brooklyn, NY
• 2005 Picton Cinefest, Picton, ON. Curated by Robert Wiens
• 2004 Antimatter, Victoria, BC. Curated by Deborah de Boer
• 2004 future_feed_forward interdisciplinary festival of performance and media art, Museum London, ON. Curated by Jeremy Drummond & David Poolman
• 2004 New Toronto Works Show, Pleasuredome, Toronto, ON. Curated by Sara MacLean & Michele Stanely
• 2003 Cinema Naivete, Available Light Collective, Ottawa, ON. Curated by Daniel Cockburn
• 2003 "25HRS" Barcelona, Spain. Curated by Manuel Saiz
• 2003 Do The Wrong Thing "Images Festival" Toronto, ON. Curated by Paulette Phillips
• 2003 "Signal and Noise" Vancouver, BC
• 2002 "Recent Canadian Video" Cairo, Egypt. Curated by Sarah R. Sheridan and Chris Kennedy
• 2002 "Optical Nerve" EM Media, Calgary, AB. Curated by Anne M. Nakagawa
• 2002 "ReHab" Toronto, ON
• 2001 "Magnetic North" Center for Art Tapes, Halifax, NS. Curated by Richard Fung
• 2001 "ReHab" Toronto, ON
• 2001 "8th Annual New Toronto Works Show " Pleasure Dome, Toronto, ON
• 1999 "Utopia" 4ime manifestation vido et art lectronique internationale, Champs Libre, Montral, QC
• 1999 - "Canadian Fall " Glasgow, Scotland. Curated by Holger Moupt

Publications & Catalogues

• 2005 "Little Histories of Modern Art" Biennale Le Mois de la Photo Montral, by Martha Langford, McGill-Queen's University Press
• 2004 The Sight of One Hand Clapping, essay by Dave Dyment, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON
• 2004 play/pause/repeat, essays by John Marriott and Katie Bethune-Leaman, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, ON
• 2003 25HRS, Essays by Marko Daniel and Manuel Saiz. Interviews by Manuel Siaz and Jorge Bravo. Barcelona,
  Spain: TheVideoArtFoundation
• 2003 'Do The Wrong Thing', Paulette Phillips, Toronto, ON.: Images Festival
• 2003 Cinema Naivete, Daniel Cockburn, Available Light Collective, Ottawa, ON
• 2001 game, & operetta, poster with essays by John Zepettelli and Will Aitken, Western Front Vancouver, BC
• 2001 take me I'm yours, Agnes Etherington Art Centre Kingston, ON. Essays by curator Jan Allen, Sweet Surrender and Meaning Machines, and Paul Kelley, Bugaboo. Includes CD
  of visual and sound components of Lured I and Lured II
• 1999 Close Encounters texts by Constance Penley and Sylvie Fortin, published by The Ottawa Art Gallery
• 1999 Found Hurting: Laurel Woodcock's operetta by John Zeppettelli, published by galerie Articule
• 1996 Liasons text by Louise Dompierre, published by The Powerplant
• 1996 crossed wires (three video installations) text by Annie Martin, Bittersweet Editions
• 1996 Whipped Cream, Percentages and Pink Noise, texts by Steve Reinke and Susan Kealey, published by YYZ Gallery
• 1994 bleuira, text by Kitty Scott, published by Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
• 1993 Last to be Done, First to be Seen Eye Level Gallery curated with a catalogue essay by Barbara Lounder, Halifax, NS

Books, Audio CDs & CD-Roms

• 2007 Pro Forma: Language/Text/Visual Art (volume 3) edited by Jessica Wyman, published by YYZ Books
• 2005 Mercersound compilation a compilation audio CD produced by Mercer Union and distributed free at the Venice bienalle, 2005
• 2001 "take me I'm yours" Agnes Etherington Art Centre Kingston, ON. Essays by curator Jan Alan and Paul Kelley. Includes CD of visual and sound components of Lured I and Lured II
• 2000 Book/audio CD I've Got to Stop Talking to Myself compiled by John Marriott,
• 1994 "Site-seeing Vancouver, Positioning Self" by Rosa Ho, in Vancouver: Representing the Postmodern City edited by Paul Delaney, Arsenal Pulp Press, 1994
• 1990 "Women´s Art an Entrapped Difference?" by Catherine Bedard in Instabli: La Question du Sujet under the direction of Lesley Johnstone & Marie Fraser, published by Artexte & La Centrale, 1990

Features

• 1995 "Oscillating Horizons" C Magazine #45 by Anna Carlevaris

Selected Reviews

• 2007 John Marriott, Canadian Art, upcoming summer issue
• 2004 Gary Michael Dault, Globe & Mail, November 6, 2004
• 2003 'Lured by a Conceptual Fly Trap' by Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star
• 2001 "Laurel Woodcock´s game and operetta" by Holly Ward, Terminal City
• 2001 CBC Radio review of game at galerie Optica in Montreal, QC by Will Aitken
• 2000 "Who's Afraid of Film and Video in Scotland?" by Ann Vance, Varient, vol.2 no. 9, winter 2000
• 1999 "operetta" Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, 24 & 25 avril
• 1998 "ISEA 97 - Paradodxes and Progress: Art at the Eigth International Symposium of Electronic Art" by Audrey Mandelbaum, New Art Examiner
• 1997 "Sourdes Acuits" par Patrice Lubier, Bulletin#22
• 1996 "Embodying the Subject: Laurel Woodcock's Photographic Installations" by Cheryl Simon, Blackflash (winter)
• 1995 "Des noncs contradictoires" par Sylvain Campeau, Etc (t)
• 1994 "The Book(work) as Art: A Status Report" Gil McElroy, Arts Atlantic #49
• 1990 "Mtro D'Art" by Joanne Sloanne, Parachute #58
• 1990 "Quand le Public Assiste Immobile dans le Noir" par Johanne Chagnon, Esse (printemps/t)
• 1990 "Mtro D'Art: Entre Deux Pannes" par Marie-Jose Therrien, Vice Versa #28
• 1990 "Galerie Souterraine" par Marie-Michle Cron, Voir
• 1987 "L'Art au Feminin" par Nathalie Caron, Voir

Curating

• 2007Serious Slapstick, CAFKA Haptic video screening

Commission

• 2002 Selected to design award for les Odysses du Livre

Grants

• 2007 Canada Council Project Grant (Research)
• 2006 Canada Council Travel Grant
• 2004 Ontario Arts Council Grant - Exhibition Assistance
• 2003 Ontario Arts Council mid-career
• 2001 Canada Council Travel Grant
• 2001 Canada Council B Grant
• 2000 Canada Council Travel Grant
• 1999 Canada Council B Grant
• 1998 Canada Council Travel Grant
• 1998 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Travel
• 1997 Canada Council Travel Grant
• 1997 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qubec Travel
• 1997 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qubec
• 1995 Canada Council B Grant
• 1994 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qubec B
• 1994 Canada Council Project Grant 1992 Canada Council B Grant
• 1991 Ministre des Affaires culturelles
• 1990 Canada Council, Project Grant
• 1989 Canada Council, Project Grant

Collections

• Agnes Etherington Art Centre
• Canada Council, Art Bank
• Private Collections

Published Writing

• 1996 C Magazine "nothing between" review of Karilee Fuglems´ exhibition at galerie Optica
• 1994 Essay for "Berlin Stories" an installation by Ingrid Bachmann, published by the Or Gallery in Vancouver
• 1994 Catalogue essay for To Touch by Janet Cardiff, published by the SAAG, exhibited at the SAAG and The Powerplant
• 1992 Parachute # 68 Book Review of "Critical Fictions: The Politics of Imaginative Writing" edited by Philomena Mariani
• 1991 Print Positive Enigmatic Moments a review of Su Friedrich´s film, "Sink or Swim" which took part in the 1991 Atlantic film festival

Artist Residencies

• 2006 The Future of Idea Art, Banff Centre for the Arts
• 1992 Instability of the Feminist Subject, Banff Centre for the Arts
• 1991 Art & Mass Culture, Banff Centre for the Arts

Artist Talks

• 2007 Panel Discussion at The Power Plant in conjunction with the Fiona Banner Exhibition The Bastard Word
• 2007 York University, MFA Program
• 2006 The Banff Centre for the Arts, AB
• 2003 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC
• 2003 Sheridan College, Toronto, ON.
• 2002 Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS
• 2001 Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
• 2000 University of Guelph, ON
• 1999 York University, Toronto, ON
• 1999 Concordia University, Montral, QC
• 1996 The Powerplant, Toronto, ON
• 1996 Kent State University, Kent Ohio
• 1995 La Chambre Blanche, Qubec, QC
• 1995 Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC
• 1993 University of Lethbridge, AB
• 1992 The Banff Centre for the Arts, AB
• 1991 The Banff Centre for the Arts, AB
• 1991 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design