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.
