[downloadable CV, PDF 144KB]  
  ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Associate Professor Intergrated Media, Ontario College Of Art And Design
 
   
  EDUCATION
York University , MFA 2008
Canadian Film Centre , Graduate of the Advanced Film Training, 1992
Dalhousie University , non degree status
Acadia University , non degree status
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, non degree status
 
   
  SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
2009 Expanded Forum, Berlin Film Festival, Curator: Stefanie Schulte Strathaus
2008 Diaz Contemporary, History appears twice, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce, Toronto, October-November
2007 Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris. Two person show with Lisa Klapstock
Curator: Catherine Bedard (catalogue)
Mois d’la Photo, La Centrale, Montreal (catalogue)
2006 Diaz Contemporary, Monster Tree, Toronto, October-November
2005 Sparwasser, Dying to Make a Living, Berlin, March-April
2004 Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, The Secret Life of Criminals, London
Cambridge Art Gallery, The Secret Life of Criminals, Cambridge, Ontario
Oakville Galleries, Clues and Curiousities, curator Marnie Fleming, Oakville [catalogue]
Art Gallery of Ottawa, The Floating House, curator Renee Baert, Ottawa
2003 Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Ecstacy, Video Installation, Toronto
2002 Paul Petro Contemporary Art, "Its about how people judge appearance", Toronto
2001 Paul Petro Contemporary Art, The Secret Life of Criminals, Toronto
   
  GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2008
Tatton Park Biennale, National Trust Site, Cheshire, England
Daniel Reich Gallery, curator Susanne Winterling, New York
Danielle Arnaud contemporary Art, Machinic Alliances, curators Danielle Arnaud, Maria Walsh and Mo Throp, London
Cambridge Galleries, Site Visits, Cambridge, Ontario
Galerie Michele Chomette, Cycle Le Temps Du Regard, Paris

2007
Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
Danielle Arnaud contemporary Art, London
Mois de la Photo, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal

2006
The Power Plant, We Can Do This Now, curators Helena Rickett and Gregory Burke, Toronto
Museum of Garden History, Repatriating the Ark, curators Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan, and Philip Norman, London, England [catalogue]
Kunsthaus Graz, Protections Good for Nothing House, Graz, Austria
Heidelberger Kunstverein, 100 Days, curators Katja Albers and Johan Holten, Heidelberg
Ludwig Museum, Electromagnetic Bodies, curators Nina Czeglady and Louise Provencer, Budapest [catalogue]
La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Electromagnetic Bodies, Paris
V2_Institute for the Unstable Media, Electromagnetic Bodies, Rotterdam
Humanities Festival, Bubbalova, commissioned by InterAccess, Toronto [catalogue]
The Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Resonance:Electromagnetic Bodies, Madrid
MacLaren Art Centre, Tame, curator Lise Hosein, Barrie, Ontario
Artcite, Homewrecker, Windsor, Ontario

2005 Palazzo della Papesse, Guardami, curators Lorenzo Fusi and Marco Pierini, w/Bruce
Naumann, Diana Thater, William Kentridge, and Mark Leckey, Siena, Italy [catalogue]
Prefix, Centre for Contemporary Art, Exhibit A, curator Scott MacLeod, w/Scott Walden, Thaddeus Holownia, Marlene Creates and Scott Conarroe, Toronto [catalogue]
ZKM, Electromagnetic Bodies, curators Sabine Himmelsbach, Nina Cseglady, and Louise Provencer, w/Nam Jun Paik, Gary Hill, and Wood and Steina Vasulka, Karlsruhe
Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, Staged, w/Sarah Woodfine and Sophie Lacelles, London
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Exhibit A, Corner Brook, Nfld.
Oboro, Electromagnetic Bodies, Montreal

2004 Generator projects, Undertow, Dundee, Scotland
Saint Mary’s Art Gallery, Exhibit A, Halifax

2003 The Museum of Garden History, Exhumed, curators Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan, and Philip Norman, London, England
Artists Space, New York, New York
Taikang Art Museum, Shanghai
BizArt Art Center, Shanghai
Vitamin Creative Space, Canton
Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London
Artcite, Media City Festival, Windsor

2002 Turin Film Festival, Artissima, special screening w/ Sam-Taylor Wood and Marcello Maloberti, Italy
Arsenal Armory, Wandehalle, Cologne
Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, Ecstasy, London, England
Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, video/film installation, London
Art Fair, Brussels
Art Fair, Turin
Art Fair, Italy
   
   
  BROADCASTS & SCREENINGS/selected

Ann Arbour Film Festival
Artists Space, New York
Art Metropole, Toronto
Art Resource Centre, Toronto
A Space, Toronto
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax [HONOURABLE MENTION]
Australian Video Festival, Sydney
Babajaga Festival, Rome, Italy
Bravo!
CAFKA, Haptic video screening curated by Laurel Woodcock, 2007
CBC
Cite des Arts Internationale, Paris
Delicate Technology, 2nd Video & Television Festival, Spiral Gallery,Tokyo, Japan
EmMedia, Calgary
Festival International de Nouveau Cinema/Video, Montreal
Gate Cinema, Nottingham, England, 2007
Hallwalls, Buffalo
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu
Humbolt Film and Video Festival, California
ICA, Tank T.V., London, England, 2004
Images Festival, Toronto
Image & Nation Gaie et Lesbienne fesitval de cinema et de video de Montreal
International de Noveau Cinema/Video, Montreal
Kino Arsenal, Berlin, 2007, 2005
Les cinq jours du cinema independent canadien, Montreal
MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph
Plug-In, Winnipeg
Prefix, Toronto, screening curated by Karyn Sandlos, 2005
Rehab, Parkdale, Toronto, 2004, 2005, 2007
Rendevous with Madness, Toronto
Sao Paulo Film Festival, Brazil
Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England
Tate Modern Gallery, commission for Fashion Week London, 2008
Theatre Passe Muraille, The Gathering, Toronto
The Banff Centre
The Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax
The Gathering, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
The Kitchen, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The New Work Show, Toronto
Toreano Meeting Club, London, England
Video Culture '89, Toronto
Videographe , Montreal
Western Front, Vancouver
WTN Network
Yugoslavian Video Festival
YYZ Artist's Outlet , Toronto

 
   
  BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adler, Dan. (2008 Summer). [Review] Art Forum
Goddard, Peter. (2008 April). [Review] The Toronto Star
Carson, Andrea. (2008 April). [Review] The Globe and Mail
Public 36, Emergency, 2008
Canadian Art, Volume 24, Number 4, 2007
Beaux Arts Magazine, no. 281, November, 2007
Adler, Dan. (2007 May). [Monster Tree Review] Art in America
Adler, Dan. (2007 March). We Can Do This Now Art Forum
Milroy, Sarah. (2007 January). [Review]The Globe and Mail
Lillington, David. (2006 April-May). [Review] Ghosts, Magic, Enchantment. [also Geesten, magie, betovering] Metropolis M, 2.
Furness, Rosalind. (2005). [Review] Modern Painters
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. (2005 mai). Voirmontreal.
Redfern, Christne. (2005, April 21-27). Montreal Mirror.
Crevier, Lyne. (2005, 28 avril - 4 mai). Ici.
Mcleod, Scott (2004 November). Prefix Photo Magazine,10.
Exley, Roy. (2004, July-August). [Review] Flash Art, 237.
Elwes, Catherine. (2004, Summer). [Review] Vertigo, 2(7).
Buckrell, Tania. (2004, Fall). [Review] Canadian Art, 21(3).
(2004, May). [Review] Kultureflash, 89.
Nind, Sarah. (2001, Fall). [Review] Lola, 9.
Mays, John Bentley. (2001, May 5). [Review] The National Post.
Osborne, Catherine. (2000-2001, Winter). [Review] Lola, 8.
Groneau, Anna & K. Lushington. (1996, Spring). [Cover photograph, Article] C Magazine.
Wagner, Vit. (1995, October 22). [Review] The Toronto Star.
Taylor, Kate. (1995, Octobr 31). [Review] The Globe and Mail.
Uhlyarik, Georgiana. (1995, October 26). [Review] Eye Magazine.
Kirchhoff, H.J. (1992, March 30). [Review] Globe and Mail.
Tenhaaf, Nell. (1991, July) [Review] Parachute, 63.
Adelman, S. & B. Gee. (1988). Despair. [Review] Fuse Magazine, 48.
Patterson, Andrew. (1988, January). [Review] Vanguard.
Tuer, Dot. (1987, July). Gestures in the Looking Glass. C Magazine.
Mays, J.B. (1987, October 10). On Show. [Review] Globe and Mail.s
Shea, Geoffrey. (1986, November). The New Work Show, Cinema Canada
Rans, Goldie. (1985, October). The Paradigmatic Phrase. [Review] Vanguard.
Oille, Jennifer. (1984, November). Public Address. [Review] C Magazine.
Oille, Jennifer. (1984, November). The New Work Show, C Magazine.
Town, Elke. (1983, November). Find the Performer. [Review] C Magazine.
 
   
  PUBLICATIONS

(2007). Explorations Narratives, Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal, edited by Marie Fraser.
(2007). Catalogue de l'exposition Lisa Klapstock Paulette Phillips; Centre Culturel Canadien.
(2006). Repatriating The Ark, published by Parabola, London.
(2006). Rezonancia-Resonance Electromagentic Bodies, Ludwig Museum, Budapest.
Phillips, Paulette. (January, 2006). Plainsong [Exhibition text for Conor Kelly], Mercer Union, Toronto.
(2005). Guardami, percezione del video. Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy.
Mars, Tanya & J. Householder (Eds.). (2004). Caught In The Act: An anthology of performance art. YYZ Press, Toronto.
(2004). Paulette Phillips: The Secret Life of Criminals; Janna Graham:The Unraveling Crime Scene, Maria Walsh: Effluvial Verges. [Catalogue] Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London.
Paulette Phillips: The Secret Life of Criminals, Clues and Curiosities, (Eds.). Kathleen Pirrie Adams and Gordon Hatt [Catalogue] published by Cambridge & Oakville Galleries, 2004.
(2003). Exhumed, [Catalogue for the Museum of Garden History] Parabola, London.
Phillips, P. (1997). [Chapter] By The Skin Of Their Tongues Hendricks (Eds.). Nelson Hendricks & Steve Reinke, YYZ Books, Toronto.
Phillips, P. (1995). The Mississippi Tapes, [monograph on artist Jane Wright] Art Metropole.
Phillips, P. (1990). Review of Elizabeth Chitty’s performance] Lake, C Magazine.
Phillips, P. (1988). [Short Story] Fear of Lying in New City Fiction. Impulse Magazine, 14(2-3).

 
   
 

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Art Metropole
, Toronto
Concordia University , Montreal
Guelph University, Guelph
Marian & Guy Naggar, London, England
McGill University , Montreal
NSCAD , Halifax
The Art Bank , Ottawa
The Kitchen, New York
The Museum of Modern Art , New York
The National Gallery , Ottawa
The Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario
The Ontario College Of Art And Design , Toronto
Trinity Square Video , Toronto
Universidad Complutense, Facultad De Bellas Artes, Madrid
University of Regina
Private Collections

 
   
     
   
  CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND INVITED LECTURES

UCLA, Los Angeles, California, Panelist, Tesla Symposium, 2007
NBK, [Lecturer] “It’s about how people judge appearance.”, Kunsthalle, Berlin, 2006
Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, [Panelist], Electromagnetic Bodies, Paris, 2006
Museum of Garden History, [Panelist] Repatriating the Ark, London, 2006
Owens Art Gallery, [Lecturer] Sackville, New Brunswick, 2006
University of Windsor, [Lecturer] Windsor, 2006
Kino Arsenale, [Curator Presentation] Do The Wrong Thing, Berlin, 2005
Third Wave Feminism Conference, [Contributer] Exeter, England, 2002
York University, [Lecturer] Atkinson College, 1996
Art Metropole, [Lecturer] Activating the Archive, 1996
Theatre Passe Muraille, [Panelist, Toronto 1996
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, [Lecturer], Halifax, 1985- 2001
Museum of Modern Art, [Public Lecture] New York, 1989
Newport School of Art, [Lecturer] Wales, 1989
The Banff School of Fine Art, [Guest Artist & Lecturer] w/Mary Kelly & Geoffrey James, 1987
Sheffield Polytechnic, Hull Polytechnic, & Brighton Polytechnic, [Lecturer] England, 1987

 
   
  RESIDENCIES

La Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2003
Playwright in residence, Banff Centre for the Arts, 1996-97
 
   
 

HONOURS and AWARDS

Chalmers Award, 2005
Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts – Finalist, 2005
Marian McMahon Award For Curation Do The Wrong Thing, international program of film and video, presented at Images Festival , 2003
Dora Mavor Moore Award , Toronto, The Lorca Play, best performance
Atlantic Film Festival , Halifax, Lockjaw, best writing, honourable mention
Humbolt Film Festival , California, Work, best video
Recipient of various art awards from: Canada Council , Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council
Dora Mavor Moore Award, nominated for Best New Play, Best Director, 1992
The Bell Video Award, finalist, 1991

 
   
 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Ontario College Of Art And Design , Associate Professor 2001-
Ontario College Of Art And Design , instructor, 1985-2001
Nova Scotia College Of Art And Design Summer Session, 1997
York University Fine Arts , Akinson, 1997
York University Interdisciplinary Art , 1989

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Mercer Union , Board Member, President, 2001-2004
The Power Plant , Board Member, 1988-90
The Canada Council , The Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Arts Award Jury Member, 1985-2000
The Dora Mavor Moore Award, Juror, 1999-2000
Images Festival , Selection Committee, 2001, Juror, 1997, Founding Director, 1988
Charles Street Video, Board Member, 1993
United Media Arts Studies (UMAS), publisher of Diderot, a collection of artists tapes distributed on VHS, Founding Director, 1984
Trinity Square Video , Chairperson, 1982

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Making Room; selection of contemporary video work by artists, 2006

Do the Wrong Thing; selection of international video works that explore illogical behaviour, 2003

 

 
   
  INSTALLATION

 
History appears twice, The first time as tragedy the second time as farce
An installation that includes: Shell, video, 32 min.
Touches, sculpture; Egoist Lover, sculpture; photo collage; The Rubber House, sculpture; Affect, sculpture, 2008
Marnie's handbag
Singe channel video, commissioned for Fashion Week London, 2008
The Open # 1-13, 2007
On-going series, digital animations on mobile screen
Monster Tree
16mm - DVD loop, 5 min., flat screen monitor, 2006
Bubbalova video documentation of a temporary sculpture 30ft. replica of the Bulova Tower, 2006

Homewrecker 16mm film loop, 1 min., with magnetic sugar and film projector, 2004

Smut Nine digital backlit photographs, 1 dvd presented on flat screen monitor, 2004

Crosstalk 35mm DVD loop, 7 min. projected with stereo sound, 2004

Dogwood Pond Video loop, 7 min., built within a curiosity cabinet, 2003

The Floating House 16mm film loop, 5 min., projected with 5.1 surround sound, 2002

 
"Its about how people judge appearance"


16mm DVD loop, 1 min., presented on flatscreen, framed in padded pink leather frame, stereo sound, 2001

 
The Secret Life 1 & 2 video, shelf, cone, two sculpture pieces viewed through cones, 2000. 2004

 
Ecstasy two channel video piece projected onto glass shelf, 2002

   
  FILMOGRAPHY

 
Crosstalk 35mm, 5 min. narrative, 2004
Who is Sky Gilbert? 60 min. documentary, work in progress 2003
Touch Wood Feature film, work in progress, Writer/Director, 2001
Sandra Shamus 16mm, 3:15, Director, 1995
When I Fall in Love 16mm, 4min, Writer/Director, 1993
Opera Atelier 16mm, 3:15, Director, 1993
Lockjaw 16mm, 22min, Writer/Director, 1992
   
  THEATRE

 
Controlling Interest Writer/Director Theatre Passe Muraille , 1995
Memo:Re:Joyce Writer/Director Theatre Passe Muraille , 1997
The Chocolate Bath Director Theatre Passe Muraille , 1994
Under The Influence Writer/Director, Factory Theatre Lab , 1991
The Lorca Play Performer/Collaborator. Dora Award for performance 1993
Fear of Lying Writer/Director/Performer, 1991
   
  VIDEO & PERFORMANCE 1982-1989

 
Salome video, 7:30 Min, 1989 Writer/Director
Commissioned and broadcast by Radio Canada (CBC)

Work video, 35 min., drama, 1987 Writer/Director
Purchased by The Museum of Modern Art.

Yell Hell & Pages video, 4:30 min. 1987 Writer/Performer
Commissioned as a video wall by Public Access for Lunatic of One Idea for the
Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England.

Cadence of Insanity (A Reaction) Part II film & performance, 25 min, 1986
Performed at: duMaurier Theatre Toronto; The The Western Front, Vancouver; Feminist Art
Conference, The Rivoli, Toronto

Cadence of Insanity performance, 1985 Writer/Performer
Performed at: Forest City Gallery; The Windsor Art Gallery

It Depends video, 30min, 1984 Writer/Director

Find The Performer performance, poster series, 1983
Enacted at specific locations in Toronto; presented at Canada House, London, England

Days of Discovery
performance/film/video 1982 Writer/Director/Performer
Performed at Mercer Union, Toronto; Women in Focus, Vancouver; Saw Gallery, Ottawa;
Centre for Art Tapes
, Halifax; Struts Gallery, Sackville, N.B.; Ed Video, Guelph

Recognition/Recollection/
Re-enactment



billboard, 1985

How I Am Abused S8mm, 10 min., 1985
Still Here, Still There S8mm, 25 min., 1982;
K is for Chicken video, 7 min., 1983;
Sink or Swim video, 7min, 1981;
Re-enactment for an Event... video 12 min., 1983