Curriculum Vitae

  • EDUCATION

    2006 – 2010 

    B.A. (G) Visual Arts – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    SELECTED PERFORMANCES, SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS

    2013

    Windsor is Forever, Broken City Lab Collaborative Free Tattoo Project with Jason Sturgill – Civic Space, Windsor, Ontario

    Resolve & Regret, Broken City Lab T-Shirt Curation Project and Exhibition – Civic Space, Windsor, Ontario

    2012

    No Rights / No Wrongs, Broken City Lab Projection for Nuit Blanche 2012 – Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

    Cross-Border Communication, 13178 Moran Street: Grounds For Detroit, 13th International Architecture Biennale – Venice, Italy

    Public Space Gallery, Art Marathon Festival – Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland

    ON NOW Service Bureau, Directory Listing by Sean Martindale – Art Gallery of Ontario, Young Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Unrest Everywhere: Tools for Playing with Halifax, Broken City Lab Exhibition – Eye-Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

    2011

    ArtCite’s Doin’ the Louvre 2011, Group Show – Artcite, Windsor, Ontario

    All the Stories We’re Not Telling about Winnipeg, Broken City Lab Residency and Exhibition – Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Alive & Well, 350 Foot Message Painted on Parking Lot – Windsor, Ontario

    Listening + Learning: Visions of Ford City, Group Show – Atelier Virginianne, Windsor, Ontario

    Homework: Infrastructures & Collaboration in Social Practices, Broken City Lab Residency and Conference – Windsor, Ontario

    Visual Fringe, Windsor Fringe Fest 2011 – Windsor, Ontario

    Reflect On Here, Public Art Commission, Broken City Lab – CAFKA, Kitchener, Ontario

    …and then the city, Broken City Lab – TRUCK Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

    …and then the city, Broken City Lab – Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario

    How to Forget the Border Completely, Windsor-Detroit Tactical Research Project, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan

    2010

    ArtCite’s Doin’ the Louvre 2010, Group Show – Artcite, Windsor, Ontario

    Colours of South Asia, Group Show – Windsor Public Library, Windsor, Ontario

    School of Visual Arts’ 50th Anniversary 50/50 Sale and Exhibition – SoVA Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    Make This Better, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    Visual Fringe, Windsor Fringe Fest 2010 – Windsor, Ontario

    12 x 12, Group Show – Artspeak Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    Invention & Solution Hub, Broken City Lab: Storefront Residencies for Social Innovation – Vacant Storefront, 406 Pelissier, Windsor, Ontario

    Storefront Residencies for Social Innovation, Broken City Lab – Vacant Storefronts, Windsor, Ontario

    Not to Train in Vain, Storefront Display – 400 Block of Pelissier St., Windsor, Ontario

    How to Save a City, Broken City Lab – Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    Things Worth Saving, Community Mail-Art Project, Broken City Lab – Artpseak Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    Sing to the Streets, Folkloric Storytelling Parade and Community Walk, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    Sites of Apology / Sites of Hope, Collaborative Mapping and Demarcation project, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    Keep in Touch, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    Simulacra, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    2009

    Broken City Youth, Event with Youth Arts Network – Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, Hamilton, Ontario

    Cross-Border Communication, Public Projection Performance, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    Extended Field Trip #001, Broken City Lab – Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario

    100 Ways to Save Your City, Projection Performance at Harvesting the FAM Festival, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    Welcome to the Neighbourhood, Psychogeographic and Algorithmic Walk, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    Binary Refinery, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    Art for the Cure, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation & CIBC – Masonic Temple, Windsor, Ontario

    Visual Fringe, Windsor Fringe Fest 2009 – Windsor, Ontario

    Open Corridor, Group Show of Public Art Installed along Huron Church Road – Windsor, Ontario

    A Consultancy, Vacant Storefront Residency/Performance, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    World Environmental Education Summit, Broken City Lab – Dodo Lab, Montreal, Quebec

    Windsor Biennial, Group Show – Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    UWindsor Film Festival – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    Text-in-Transit, Organized and Curated Text-Based Exhibition on Windsor’s Public Transit Fleet, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    You Are Amazing, Orange Flagging Tape Installed on Pedestrian Overpass for EC Row, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario

    Generation Magazine Launch – Phog Lounge, Windsor, Ontario

    La Galleria: SODA Dramatic Arts Formal – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    Broken City Lab: Making Things Happen [For a Week Straight] – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    I’ve Got The Music in Me, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    Chimera, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    2008

    The 4th National Video Art Awards – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    Tetris Tournament, hijacked LCD TV in Hallway of the School of Visual Arts, Broken City Lab -  Windsor, Ontario

    Seed Bomb Demo, Broken City Lab – School of Visual Arts, Windsor, Ontario

    Speeding Shutters, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    2007

    12 x 12, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    CURATORIAL PROJECTS

    2013

    Windsor is Forever, Broken City Lab Collaborative Free Tattoo Project with Jason Sturgill – Civic Space, Windsor, Ontario

    Resolve & Regret, Broken City Lab T-Shirt Curation Project and Exhibition – Civic Space, Windsor, Ontario

    2011

    Homework: Infrastructures & Collaboration in Social Practices, Residency & Conference – Windsor, Ontario

    2010

    Invention & Solution Hub, Storefront Residencies for Social Innovation – Vacant Storefront, 406 Pelissier, Windsor, Ontario

    Storefront Residencies for Social Innovation – Vacant Storefronts, Windsor, Ontario

    Broken City Lab: Save the City, Five-month-long series of community projects – Windsor, Ontario

    Keep in Touch, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    Simulacra, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    2009

    Broken City Lab: Text-in-Transit, Organized and Curated Text-Based Exhibition on Windsor’s Public Transit Fleet – Windsor, Ontario

    Chimera, Group Show – Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario

    AWARDS

    2012

    Sobey Art Award, Ontario Long List

    Ontario Trillium Foundation,  24-month Project Grant

    2011

    Ontario Arts Council, Multidisciplinary Arts Grant, Community Partner

    2010

    Ontario Arts Council, Integrated Arts Grant, Community Partner

    Ontario Arts Council, Artists in the Community/Workplace Grant, Community Partner

    Recognition of Achievement Bursary – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    2009

    Rhizome 2010 Commissions, Member Vote Finalist

    Project Grant, Ontario Public Interest Research Group

    Project Grant, University of Windsor Arts Society

    Ontario Textbook & Technology Grant

    Canada Student Grant

    Recognition of Achievement Bursary – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    2008

    Golden Key International Honour Society Inductee

    Ontario Student Access Grant

    Artween Student Art Contest Finalist – www.artween.com

    The 4th National Video Art Awards, Winner David Blatherwick Award for Video Art – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    Recognition of Achievement Bursary – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    2007

    Golden Key International Honour Society Inductee

    VOLUNTEER & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

    Ongoing (2008-Present)

    Broken City Lab – Interdisciplinary Creative Research Group and Non-Profit Organization, Senior Research Fellow – Windsor, Ontario

    2012

    Windsor Cultural Affairs Office – Promotional Material Design

    Arts Council Windsor & Region – Host of Real Estate: WordPress-Based Website Workshop

    Michael Darroch – Website Creation and Maintenance (www.interminus.org)

    Lisa Baggio – Studio Assistance and Website Maintenance (www.lisabaggio.com)

    2011

    Michael Darroch – Website Creation and Maintenance (www.interminus.org)

    Lisa Baggio – Studio Assistance and Website Maintenance (www.lisabaggio.com)

    Jennifer Willet – Website Maintenance (www.jenniferwillet.com)

    Incubator Art Lab – Website Maintenance (www.incubatorartlab.com)

    MPGconvert – Android App Design & Development with Dan MacDonald

    Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital – General Volunteer – Windsor, Ontario

    2010

    Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital – General Volunteer – Windsor, Ontario

    Media City 16 – International Film Festival, Ticket Sales Volunteer – Windsor, Ontario

    2009

    Green Corridor – Public Art Installer – Windsor, Ontario

    Eric Boucher – Primary Boom / Sound Operator for the Short Film “Run Like Hell” – Windsor, Ontario

    Visual Arts Society, Treasurer – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    2008

    Visual Arts Society, Treasurer – University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    ARTIST TALKS, LECTURES, & PUBLICATIONS

    2012

    Hi, 5 Interview Series with Painter / Illustrator Kirsten McCrea, May 3, 2012

    Hi, 5 Interview Series with Designer / Programmer Sandy Noble, February 22, 2012

    Hi, 5 Interview Series with Installation Artist David Spriggs, February 19, 2012

    Hi, 5 Interview Series with Painter Alex Asher Daniel, February 1, 2012

    Hi, 5 Interview Series with Illustrator Phil McAndrew, January 31, 2012

    Hi, 5 Interview Series with Illustrator Dave Murray, January 13, 2012

    2011

    “How to Forget the Border Completely”, Windsor-Detroit Tactical Research Project and Publication, Broken City Lab – Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan

    “Shortcuts and Other Practices: Ten Days in a Western City“, Broken City Lab – TRUCK Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

    “Sites of Apology / Sites of Hope”, Fuse Magazine, Toronto, Ontario

    2010

    “The Removable Garden,” PUBLIC, Issue 41, Toronto, Ontario

    Generation Magazine (Spring 2010), pg. 29

    “Collectives / Collaboration,” CityShare – CreateHere, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    2009

    Broken City Youth, Event with Youth Arts Network – Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, Hamilton, Ontario

    Extended Field Trip #001 – Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario

    Generation Magazine (Spring 2009), pg. 21

    MUSICAL APPEARANCES

    2012

    Descending (Season 1) - Television Program Broadcasted on OLN (Outdoor Life Network)

    Olive Skin – Music Video for Oceanographer Song with Kevin Echlin, Produced by LadyMeta Productions (Daniella Bumbacco and Catrina Franzoi)

    2011

    A Couple Lines – Short Film by Daniella Bumbacco

    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Bill Simmalavong and Ana Ordonez, Interview, “Sugar for Your Ears,” CJAM 99.1FM, Windsor, Ontario, January 23, 2012

    Josh Kolm, “The Best Around: The Art Gallery of Windsor’s 2011 Biennial showcases the most groundbreaking work for miles,” The Lance, Vol. #84, Issue #14, Windsor, Ontario, November 30, 2011

    Taylor Goin, “Five Minutes with Josh Babcock,” St. Clair College Mediaplex, Windsor, Ontario, November 7, 2011

    Andrea Keelan, “Ford City a Model T(own),” The Lance, Vol. #84, Issue #10, Windsor, Ontario, November 2, 2011

    Josh Kolm, “Doing their Homework,” The Lance, Vol. #84, Issue #8, Windsor, Ontario, October 19, 2011

    Owen Wolter, “Downtown Windsor Parking Lot Sends a Message to the Sky,” Windsorite.ca, http://windsorite.ca/2011/10/downtown-windsor-parking-lot-sends-a-message-to-the-sky/, October 12, 2011

    Gregory Sholette, Dark Matter, Pluto Press, 2011

    Murray Whyte, “Art’s New Dawn in Detroit,” The Toronto Star, January 2, 2011

    Michael Lithgow, “9 amazing political art projects of 2010,” Art Threat, http://artthreat.net/2010/12/9-political-art-projects/, December 19, 2010

    Patrick James, “Image of the Day: Make This Better in Ripper’s Valley”, GOOD, http://www.good.is/post/image-of-the-day-make-this-better-in-ripper-s-valley/, December 17, 2010

    Marc D. Schiller, “Make This Better,” Wooster Collective, http://www.woostercollective.com/2010/12/make_this_better.html, December 14, 2010

    Brendan Cormier, “Detroit’s Broken City Sister,” Pop-Up City Magazine, http://popupcity.net/2010/10/detroits-broken-city-sister/, Amsterdam, NL, October 14, 2010

    Dalson Chen, “Windsor Collective Broken City Lab rethinks vacant space,” The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, June 17, 2010

    Kari Gignac, “Revitalizing Pelissier: More Than Just Construction,” Windsorite.ca, http://windsorite.ca/2010/06/16/revitalizing-pelissier-more-than-just-construction/, Windsor, Ontario, June 16, 2010

    Frances Willick, “Mailing Windsor into New Light,” The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, April 26, 2010

    Lia Grainger, “Work that Plays: Art to Keep Decay at Bay,” The National Post, Toronto, Ontario, March 20, 2010 (front page lead coverage of the Arts Quarterly section and article inside)

    Monessa Guilfoil, Interview, “Around and About,” WUTC 88.1fm, Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 9, 2010

    Josh Kolm, “Broken City Lab on a Mission to Save Windsor,” The Lance, Windsor, Ontario, February 24, 2010

    Marine Lefèvre, “Des étudiants au chevet de la ville de Windsor,” Le Rempart, Windsor, Ontario, February 10, 2010

    Karyan Cheung, “Cross Border Communication,” Bruce Mau Design, http://bmdesign.tumblr.com/post/352784819/cross-border-communication-from-windsor-to, January 25, 2010

    Kyla Fullenwider, “Art Therapy for a City on the Mend,” GOOD Magazine, http://www.good.is/post/look-art-therapy-for-a-city-on-the-mend, January 22, 2010

    Nate Berg, “Fixing a Broken City,” Metropolis Magazine, http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20091124/fixing-a-broken-city, November 24, 2009

    Murray Whyte, “Far Away, So Close: Talking to Detroit from Windsor’s Broken City Lab,” The Toronto Star, Untitled: Contemporary Art and Beyond Blog, http://thestar.blogs.com/untitled/2009/11/viewed-from-across-the-river-detroit-it-must-seem-like-a-cruel-taunt-caesars-casino-in-windsor-its-huge-bright-red-neon.html, November 16, 2009

    Trevor Wilhelm, “Going to the wall: Artistic do-gooders will project messages to unite with our border neighbours,” The Windsor Star, November 5, 2009

    Deborah Curran, “Wicked,” Alternatives Journal, Waterloo, Ontario, Volume 35, Number 5, 2009

    Amanda LeClaire, “Sister City Calls,” Metro Times, Detroit, Michigan, September 16, 2009

    Push the Future, http://blog.pushthefuture.org/2009/07/dear-detroit-from-your-neighbors/, July 29, 2009

    Barbara Peacock, “Crosstown,” CBC Radio One, Windsor, Ontario, July 27, 2009

    Ted Shaw, “Artist’s work a commentary on waste,” The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, July 25, 2009

    TreeHugger, http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/were-in-this-together.php, July 23, 2009

    Torontoist, http://torontoist.com/2009/07/a_natural_benefit_of_extended_municipal_strikes. php, July 16, 2009

    Wooster Collective, http://woostercollective.com/2009/07/naturalized_area_from_broken_ city_lab.html, July 15, 2009

    Le Téléjournal, Interview, Radio Canada Television, Windsor, Ontario, July 6, 2009

    Don McArthur, “Bus travellers riding wave of inspiration,” The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, June 24, 2009

    Bob Steel, “Crosstown,” CBC Radio One, Windsor, Ontario, May 29, 2009

    Susan Gold-Smith, “Save a City by Broken City Lab,” The Scoop, Issue #84, April 2009

    Kate Hargreaves, “Get on the Bus! Broken City Lab is Making Things Happen,” Windsor Arts & Music Monthly – Feature Article, April 2009

    Chris Holt and Andrew Foot, “Scaledown Radio,” CJAM 91.5fm, Windsor, Ontario, April 27, 2009

    Stephen Hargreaves, Adam Fox, and Tom Lucier, “Not in My Backyard,” CJAM 91.5fm, Windsor, Ontario, April 7, 2009

    Tony Doucette and Tom Lucier, “The Early Shift,” CBC Radio One, Windsor, Ontario, April 1, 2009

    Stephen Hargreaves, “Generation Next,” Windsor Arts & Music Monthly, Windsor, Ontario, March 2009, pg. 3

    Don McArthur, “City bus messages to accentuate the positive,” The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, March 13, 2009

    Burton Taylor, “Generation Celebrates 2009 Launch,” The Lance, Windsor, Ontario, March 11, 2009, pg. 17

    Mike Laverty, “Broken City Lab: Fixing a Broken City,” The Lance, Windsor, Ontario, March 4, 2009, pg. 12

    The Scene, “Check it Out,” The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, March 2, 2009

    Josh Kolm, “UWindsor’s Lebel Gallery has the music in it,” The Lance, Windsor, Ontario, February 25, 2009, pg. 12

    Don McArthur, “A Passion for the City,” The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, February 13, 2009

    Paul Breschuk, “[Chimera] Showcases a wide variety of media,” The Lance, Windsor, Ontario, February 11, 2009, pg.15

    SKILL SET

    Computer Software

    Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Propellerhead Reason, WordPress CMS, Apple Pages, Apple Numbers, Microsoft Powerpoint, Roxio Toast Titanium, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro.

Back to Top