Val Nelson



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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

1988 Emily Carr College of Art and Design,
Four-year program, Honors

Solo Exhibitions

2012 (Forthcoming) Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal

2010 My Divided Attention, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver

2009 Voyage en Zigzag, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto

2008 A guided tour of happiness, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver

2007 Minding the gap, The Works Festival of Art and Design, Edmonton, and Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto (curator Gordon Snyder)

2006 Merci pour le flash, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver

2005 You are here, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto

2004 Shimmer, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver

2003 Tourist, Studio Blue Gallery, Vancouver

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Group Exhibitions

2011 White Columns Artist Registry, (Web exhibition, currently online)

2009 55º C, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal

2009 Drawn Festival, with David Alexander and Brent Boechler, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver

2004 Artropolis Road Show, 13 public galleries throughout BC (curator Ed Varney)

2004 RBC Investments New Canadian Painting 5 Year Retrospective, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver

2003 RBC Painting Competition, Pavillion Gallery, Winnipeg; Museum London, London; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax; Realtime Gallery, Toronto (jurors Robin Metcalfe, Sarah Milroy, Kim Moodie, Joanne Tod)

2003 Contemporary Drawing 2003, TW Wood Gallery and Art Centre, Montpelier, Vermont (juried)

2003 Discovery 2003 (juried), Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver

2003 Artists in Exile, Artropolis CBC Studios, Vancouver (curator Vjeko Sager)

2003 The Human Image in the Landscape, Artropolis, CBC Studios, Vancouver, (curator Ed Varney)

2003 Transience, with Gordon Wiens, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto

2002 Malaspina Printmakers Winter Exhibition, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver

2001 Self-Portrait Exhibition, Artropolis, CBC Studios, Vancouver (curator Ed Varney)

2001 BC Festival of the Arts, Fort St John (juried)

2002 artSpacific, Delta Art Gallery (juried)

2002 1 Foot x 1 Foot x 1 Inch, Comox Valley Art Gallery

1997 Emily Carr Alumni Show, Emily Carr College of Art & Design (juried)

1989 Helen Pitt Awards Exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery (juried)

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Collaborative Projects

2007 Horizons + Intersections, collaborative project with Derek von Essen,
Contact Toronto Photography Festival, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto

Filmogaphy/Videography

2011 Pattern Recognition (in progress), DVD, 6 mins

2007 Loss, DVD, 26-second video loop

1997 Punctuated Equilibrium, collaboration with choreographer Anthony Morgan, Betacam video, 3.5 mins

2001 Fire: Where There’s Smoke, 3-channel video installation for theatre performance, DanceArts Vancouver

1996 Poetry & Apocalypse (co-director/co-producer), collaboration with Holy Body Tattoo dance company, Betacam video, 22 mins

1995 Tea Party, collaboration with choreographer Katherine Labelle, produced by New Works for Knowledge Network, Betacam video,
5 mins

1991 In Search of Melissanthe, 16mm film projection for Kinesis Dance Company

1988 King, Queen, Knave, 16mm film, 8 mins

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Film/Video Screenings

2000 Florida Dance Festival

1999 Seventh Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology, Connecticut College; Dance and the Camera, International Dance and Technology, Arizona

1998 Transmediale Festival, Berlin; Mediawave International Festival of Visual Arts, Gyor, Hungary; Dance on Camera Festival, New York; American Dance Festival, Dancing for the Camera, Durham, N.C.; Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax; Third International Festival of New Film, Split, Croatia; Rhode Island International Film Festival, Newport; American Dance Festival, Dancing for the Camera, General Roca, Argentina; Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival; Canadian International Annual Film and Video Festival, Campbell River; WFSU Television, Florida

1997 BBC Short Film Festival; Mill Valley Film Festival; Davis Film Festival; Moving Pictures Best of the Festival cross-Canada tour; Barrie Film Festival

1996 Moving Pictures Dance Video Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Bravo! Arts Channel, Canada

1988 Vancouver Film Festival; Montreal Student Film Festival

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Grants and Honors

2011 Canada Council Travel Grant

2011 Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center

2009 Nominated for The Brink Award, The Henry Gallery, University of Washington

2003 Semi-Finalist, New Canadian Painting Competition, Canadian Art Foundation/RBC Investments

2003 Visual Arts Development Award, Contemporary Art Gallery/Vancouver Foundation

2003 Honorable Mention (painting), Discovery 2003, Seymour Art Gallery

2002 Award of Excellence (painting), artSpacific, Delta Art Gallery, Delta

1997 Barrie Film Festival, 1st and 2nd prize, Best Experimental Video Short

1997 Film/Video Production Grant, BC Arts Council

1996 Film/Video Production Grant, BC Arts Council

1991 Knowledge Network Media Award

1988 Helen Pitt Award, Emily Carr College of Art & Design

1986 Carter-Begg Scholarship, Emily Carr College of Art & Design

Residencies

2011 St. George’s Senior School, Vancouver

2011 Vermont Studio Center

2007 Georgian College

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Teaching

2012 (Forthcoming) Painting Instructor, South Delta Art Guild

2012 (forthcoming) Visiting Drawing and Painting Instructor, Studio Borgo, Italy

2012 (forthcoming) Substitute Painting Instructor, Continuing Studies, Emily Carr University

2012 Painting Instructor and Tutor, Val Nelson Studios

2011 Painting Instructor, Vancouver Art Guild

2011 Guest Critique, Senior Diploma Students, Vancouver Island School of Art

2011 Painting Instructor/Artist in Residence, Powell River Academy of Music

2009 Painting Instructor and Tutor, Val Nelson Studios

2009 Painting Instructor/Artist in Residence, Powell River Academy of Music

2008 Painting Tutor, Val Nelson Studios

1992-2000 Instructor, Video Equipment Orientations, The Dance Centre

1992 Instructor, Dance for the Camera, Simon Fraser University/The Dance Centre

Presentations and Panels

2011 Vancouver Island School of Art

2011 Powell River Academy of Music

2010 North Island College, Courtenay

2010 Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver

2009 Powell River Academy of Music

2009 B&R Racquet Club, Toronto

2009 Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto

2008 Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Vancouver

2007 The Works Festival of Art and Design, Edmonton

2007 Georgian College, Barrie

2006 Canadian Art Hop, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver

2003 Studio Blue Gallery, Vancouver

2000 Panel presentation on Dance Video, with Thecla Schiphorst and David Hauka; Main Dance, Vancouver

1999 Moderator, Intermedia Panel on Video Dance production, Vancouver East Culture Centre

1998 Moderator, Video Dance panel, Pacific Cinematheque/the Dance Centre, Vancouver

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Art Fairs

2003-2009 Toronto International Art Fair

Bibliography

2011 Tyrell, Chris. Making It! Case studies of Successful Canadian Visual Artists, p. 175-198

2010 Griffen, Kevin. Going for a ride in the age of auto, Vancouver Sun, Nov 25

2009 Dick, Terence. Val Nelson at Bau-Xi, Akimblog, Nov 12

2008 Carte Blanche Volume 2: Painting, Magenta Publishing for the Arts

2008 Royal Bank of Canada Painting Competition 10th Anniversary Publication

2008 Vancouver Review, Summer issue (artwork commissioned for centrefold)

2007 Bouchard, Gilbert. Artists explore fresh ideas in landscape work, Edmonton Journal, July 22

2006 Jordan, Betty Ann. Dynamic evocations…an artist going places, Canadian House and Home magazine, April, p. 92

2005 Six and Counting, Canadian Art magazine, Fall 2005, p.71

2003 Smulders, Marilyn. Strokes of Genius, Halifax Daily News, Oct 2003

2003 Hirschmann, Thomas. Vital Signs, Now Magazine, Nov 27

2003 Brayshaw, Christopher. Big Show Yields Big Favourites, The Georgia Straight, May 22

2003 Straight Choices, The Georgia Straight, March 6

2003 Hill, Mary Francis. Tourist Alert at Studio Blue, The Westender, Feb 27

1995 Pepper, Kaija. Vancouver Dances, Artichoke, 1995, p.38

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Catalogues

2007 Minding the gap, The Works Festival, Edmonton, and Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto

2007 Horizons + Intersections, Contact Toronto Photography Festival, essay by AronVinegar

2006 Merci pour le flash, Bau-Xi Gallery, essay by Gordon Snyder

2005 Toronto International Art Fair 2005

2003 New Canadian Painting Competition, Canadian Art Foundation/ RBC Investments

2003 Contemporary Drawing 2003, TW Wood Gallery, Vermont

2003 The Big Picture, Perspectives on Change, Artropolis 2003

2001 ArtWork, BC Festival of the Arts

1989 Helen Pitt Awards, Vancouver Art Gallery/ Emily Carr College of Art and Design

Media

2004 The Arts Report with Trevor Hughes, CBC Radio, April 29

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Collections

Agnes Etherington Art Centre

B&R Racquet Club

Canada Council Art Bank

Franklin Templeton Investments Corporation

Human Performance

RBC Investments

Vancouver General Hospital

Private collections in Canada, USA, the UK, and the United Arab Emirates

Representation

Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver and Toronto

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal

Affiliations

Carfac

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