> QUICK FACTS
LIVES IN:
Toronto, Canada
WORKS IN:
Toronto, Los Angeles
SCHOOLS:
Art Center College of Design, 2002, MFA The Ontario College of Art and Design, 1994, AOCAD
TAGS:
drawing, installation, video, conceptual, sci-fi
> STATEMENT
project at studio museum
Philosophy of Time Travel
site-specific installation opening at
Studio Museum, Harlem, NY on April 11, 2007
in collaboration with:
Olga Koumoundouros, Vincent Johnson, Edgar Arceneaux, Rodney McMillian
Production shots taken March, 2007
Residency at Armory Center for the Arts Northwest, Pasadena, CA
biography
EDUCATION
2002
MFA , ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN , Graduate Studies in Fine Art Program
Studied with: Mike Kelley, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Steve Prina, Sylvere Lotringer, Michael Heim, Michael Dobry,
Norman Klein, Dietrich Dietrichsen
1994
AOCAD , THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN , Experimental Arts, Drawing and Painting,
Studied with: Ean Car-Haris, John Scott, Jim Tiley
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
[* = solo show]
Oct. 18, 2003 *
ROLLING CALF & SCAPEGOAT IN THE PUTREFYING STATE
ADAMSKI GALLERY FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Passstrasse 14, Aachen, Germany
Oct. 14, 2003 *
ROLLING CALF & SCAPEGOAT IN THE PUTREFYING STATE
SUSANNE VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES PROJECTS, 5363 Wilshire Boulevard, LA, California, USA
Aug. 30, 2003
THREADING TECHNOLOGY
THE BREWERY PROJECT, 2100 North Main Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Curated by: Christina Valentine
Aug. 16, 2003
WORKS ON PAPER BY GALLERY ARTISTS
ADAMSKI: GALLERY FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Passstrasse 14, Aachen, Germany
Group show with gallery artists.
May 10, 2003
LIFE BY DESIGN: EVERYDAY DIGITAL CULTURE
BEALL CENTER FOR ART AND TECHNOLOGY, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
Oct. 5, 2002
MFA THESIS SHOW: CRYSTAL/SLUR/CONSTELLATION
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, 10 E. Del Mar Blvd., Pasadena, California, USA
Online: http://www.matthew.sloly.net/thesis
Jan. 23, 2002
RAW DRAW
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY, 157 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, California, USA
In collaboration with: Edgar Arceneaux, Curt Forman, Hugo Hopping, Dr. Jeffrey Stuart, Vincent Johnson
Curated by: Geoffrey Allen
Apr. 11, 2001
TRANSITE: WORLD++
Los Angeles section, World++, ActiveWorlds Universe, ActiveWorlds, http://www.activeworlds.com
Presented by: ELECTRONIC ORPHANAGE, 975 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, California, USA, and
CYBERFORUM, http://cyberforum.artcenter.edu
Curated by: Miltos Manetas
Mar. 1, 2001
TRANSITE: VWD
VWD, Eduverse Universe, ActiveWorlds, http://www.activeworlds.com/
Presented by: CYBERFORUM, http://cyberforum.artcenter.edu
Oct. 26, 2000
EXQUISITELY WROUGHT
THE BREWERY PROJECT, 2100 North Main Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Curated by: John O’brien
Oct. 15, 1999
THE SLIDE SHOW
THE MONEY HOUSE FOUNDATION, 28 Tecomseth St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curated by: Jinhan Ko, and Jacson McDade
Sept. 30, 1999
THE ART FIRM FALL COLLECTION: AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING ART SHOW UNDER THE STARS
THE ART FIRM, 137 Tecumseth St., Unit 13, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curated by: Jason McIsack
Aug. 21, 1999
TRANSMUTE: VIRTUAL ARTIST COMPONENT
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Online: http://www.mcachicago.org/transmute
Curated by: Joshua Decter
ARTIFICE 98: CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART MONTREAL
Jun. 18, 1998 THE GALLERY OF THE SAIDYE BRONFMAN CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
209 Cote-Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
July 9, 1998 209 Ste. Catherine East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Curated by: Marie-Michele Cron, David Liss, John Massier, Katia Meir
May 28, 1998
FUNCT 98: FOTOFEIS AT THE ARCHES
THE ARCHES, 30 Midland St., Glasgow, Scotland
Curated by: Allice Angus
Presented by: FOTOFEIS
FRAGILE ELECTRONS: TWENTY YEARS OF COLLECTING CANADIAN VIDEO ART
Jan. 14, 1999 MENDEL ART GALLERY, 950 Spadina Cr. East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dec. 12, 1998 ART GALLERY OF NOVA SCOTIA, 1742 Hollis St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Apr. 17, 1998 NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, 380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Curated by: Nicole Gingras, Wayne Baerwaldt, Kim Tomczak, Lisa Steele
Mar. 11, 1998
DRAAW, STRAANGER, DRAAAW
http://www.plugin.mb.ca/index.htm
Curated by: Wayne Baerwaldt
Feb. 3, 1998
DRAW, STRANGER
PLUG IN, 286 McDermott Av., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Curated by: Wayne Baerwaldt
Nov. 2, 1997
SOUND SPHERE SUNDAY: GRAND OPPENNING
CLUB SHANGHAI, 247 Spadina Av., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Presented by: T.E.S.T. and IAO PRODUCTIONS
Aug. 17, 1997
SCARBERIA: ART AT 114 BUSHMILLS SQUARE
114 Bushmills Sq., Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Curated by: Luis Jacob, and Matthew Sloly
Presented by: THE SHADOWY COLLECTIVE and GALLERIE LARGENESS WORLD OF ART
DETERMINING SILENCE
Mar. 15, 1997 Main site: 19 Charlotte St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mar. 12, 1997 Satellite site: THE TREE HOUSE GALLERY, 24 Mercer St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Presented by: DEAD INDUSTRY ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE
Feb. 22, 1997
SYNTHESIS: A CROSSROADS IN SUBCULTURE: VIDEO PROPAGANDADA SECTION
330 Dundas St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curated by: Luis Jacob
Presented by: GALERIE LARGENESS WORLD OF ART in association with T.E.S.T. and IAO PRODUCTIONS
Dec. 5, 1996
M5V5T: VANCOUVER-TORONTO RETURN
VIDEO IN STUDIOS, 1965 Main St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Curated by: Andrew Power
Oct. 5, 1996
DIZZY
FREE PARKING, #605, 410 Adelaide St. W. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curated by: Luis Jacob
Presented by: THE INSTITUTE FOR OPTIMISTIC LIVING
Feb. 10, 1995
BETWEEN EYE AND HAND
96 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curated by: Hugh Alcock and Mikael Sandblom
Presented by: DEAD INDUSTRY ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE
AWARDS/HONORS
2003
NEW MEDIA RESEARCH & PRODUCTION GRANT
BEALL CENTER FOR ART AND TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, URIVINE
1996
CANADA COUNCIL VISUAL ARTISTS' C-GRANT
1992
AV ISAAC TUITION SCHOLARSHIP FOR PROFICIENCY IN CONTEMPORARY DRAWING
THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
1991
GEORGE A. REID AWARD FOR PROFICIENCY IN EXPERIMENTAL ARTS
THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
CONFERENCES/RESIDENCIES
2001 Invited participant,
9/11-N2N NETWORKS TO NANOSYSTEMS: ART, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN TIMES
OF CRISIS,
Organized by: Victoria Vesna (UCLA), Sharon Dniel (UCSC), Robert Nideffer (UCI)
2001 Invited to speak at
THE HUMAN GENEROSITY PROJECT CONFERENCE , on the subject of why artists
should assume an active role in the development of the technical infrastructure for cyberspace
THE BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1999 Invited to present work at
NAVIGATING INTELLIGENCE: A STRATEGIC SUMMIT
THE BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1998 Invited to present work and participated in panel discussion with Robert Ouellette, Gary Michael Dault on the
subject of architecture for a hypothetical New Media Centre,
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE
, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1997 Resident artist,
THE APOCALYPSO THEMATIC RESIDENCY , and FLESH EATING TECHNOLOGY
CONFERENCE
, THE BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, Banff, Alberta, Canada
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/AFFILIATIONS
2003 - Lead Singer,
SUBWOOFER
2001 - Steering Committee,
TEA-TIME ( Formerly CROQUET) OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE , an initiative to develop an
Object Oriented OS with a 3D Graphical User Interface, with the intent of supporting online multi-user virtual
worlds. The programming team is headed by Dr. Alan Kay.
2001 - 2002 Member
METAPHORICAL COMPUTING WORK GROUP , a multi-institutional interdisciplinary think-tank
concerned with the intersection of AI and alternative user interface paradigms, chaired by Michael Dobry, The
department of Industrial Design, ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
1995 - 1997 Member
DEAD INDUSTRY ARTIST'S COLLECTIVE , Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1991 - 2003 Lead Singer
MOC
Represented by:
TOMMY TONE RECORDS , http://www.interlog.com/~cryptik/
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Corey Jackson. “
IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: ARTISTS USE THE POWER OF THEIR MINDS TO
CREATE LANDSCAPES AND PASSAGEWAYS IN THE HUMAN BODY
”. DAILY TROJAN, Vol. 141, No. 48,
November 6, 2000, Los Angeles
“
ARTIFICE- THE SEQUEL ”. THE GAZETTE, Jul. 25, 1998, Montreal
“
COUP DOUBLE ”. VOIR, Jul. 16-22, 1998, Montreal
“
ARTS VISUELS ”. LE DEVOIR, Jul.10, 1998, Montreal
FRAGILE ELECTRONS: TWENTY YEARS OF COLLECTING VIDEO ART
(exhibition brochure). NATIONAL
GALERY OF CANADA, 1998, Ottawa
“
SCARBERIA ”. MIX: THE MAGAZINE OF ARTIST-RUN CULTURE, pg.24, vol. 23.2, fall 1997, Toronto
Andrew Zealley. “
CELEBRATE: FULL MOON MOTION ”. XTRA!, pg. 37, issue 327, May 8, 1997, Toronto
Rosie Levine. “
ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE: AIMLESS ATTENTION ”. NOW, pg. 58, Jan 30, 1997, Toronto
Michael Buckland, Jill Henderson, Anda Kubis, and Dai Skuse.
FREE PARKING . INSTITUTE FOR
OPTIMISTIC LIVING, 1997, Toronto
Hue Alcock.
BETWEEN EYE AND HAND (exhibition catalogue). DEAD INDUSTRY, 1995, Toronto
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