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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2022

You tell me that it's evolution, photographs and sculpture at Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON


2018

Push/Pull: an excitable sculpture, live demo with EEG sonification at LIVELab, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON


2013

Life Forms, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington /Bowmanville, ON


2012

WinWin, Paul Petro Contemporary Art /Toronto, ON


2008

Homeostatic, a version of Fit/Unfit: A Survey Exhibition, Tom Thomson Art Gallery /Owen Sound, ON


2007

Fit/Unfit: A Survey Exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton /Hamilton, ON


2005

Flo'nGlo, Paul Petro Contemporary Art (in Images Festival) /Toronto, ON


2004

Fit/Unfit: A Survey Exhibition, The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography /Ottawa, ON and Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University /Montréal, QC


2003

Fit/Unfit: A Survey Exhibition, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery /Oshawa, ON


2002

dDNA (d is for dancing, Paul Petro Contemporary Art (in flow, Images Festival of Independent Film & Video) /Toronto, ON


2000

The Empathy Sessions, photographs and lightboxes at Paul Petro Contemporary Art /Toronto, ON

UCBM (You could be me), Western Front, interactive installation in Zero Degree Monstrosities event /Vancouver, BC


1999

dDNA (d is for dancing), storefront video projection developed on-site, MediaArts /St. Louis, MO

UCBM (You could be me), interactive installation at Paul Petro Contemporary Art /Toronto, ON

Neonudism, sponsored by Technoboro at Galerie Oboro /Montréal, QC


1997

Neonudism, InterAccess Electronic Media Centre /Toronto, ON


1995

Recent works, Galerie Samuel Lallouz: lightboxes, c-prints /Montréal, QC


1993

Recent works, Galerie Lallouz + Watterson /Montréal, QC


1992

In Vitro (the perfect wound), Galerie Samuel Lallouz: lightboxes /Montréal, QC

Horror autotoxicus, Axe N o 7: videodisc installation /Hull, QC


1990

Horror autotoxicus, Western Front Gallery /Vancouver, BC


1988

Gramatica, Galerie Oboro: slide projection installation /Montréal, QC


1987

Believable if not always true..., A.R.C. Gallery: installation /Toronto, ON

Believable if not always true..., Galerie J. Yahouda-Meir /Montréal, QC


1985

Silence is a Monument, Galerie Powerhouse: constructions /Montréal, QC


1982

She was a perfect recluse, Eye Level Gallery: xerography /Halifax, NS


1980

Galerie Powerhouse, drawings /Montréal, QC


1979

Galerie Powerhouse: constructions /Montréal, QC


1977

Grandes illusions, Galerie Powerhouse: drawings /Montréal, QC



TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS

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2023

NSF (nous sommes fragiles), Tenhaaf with John Kamevaar  three collaborative video works in exhibition of local artists at AH! Arts and Heritage Centre, Warkworth, ON


2013

NSF (nous sommes fragiles), Tenhaaf with John Kamevaar  audio/video performance in The Box Salon at the Rivoli, Toronto, ON


2001

Quick Fix with Derrick Hodgson, Paul Petro Contemporary Art /Toronto, ON


1996

Myths From Cyberspace, with Sylvie Bélanger, Koffler Gallery /Toronto, ON


1995

50 ml. of Pittsburgh Air, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, CMU art faculty exhibit, collaboration with Steve Kurtz /Pittsburgh, PA


1994

Nell Tenhaaf/Blair Robins, Glendon Gallery /Toronto, ON


1990

There's a mirror/ear at the end of my bed, SAW Gallery "Touch That Dial", collaboration with Kim Sawchuk /Ottawa, ON


1985

Filiation, mother-daughter show at Galerie Powerhouse, collaboration with Kay Tenhaaf

/Montréal, QC


1983

Héros/Heroes, with Ian Ross, Galerie Articule /Montr al, QC



PUBLISHED ARTIST PROJECTS

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1996

Machines for Evolving in New Formations, Winter; Jody Berland, guest editor


1995

Interpenetrations in Cultronix e-journal, Issue two, http://eserver.org/cultronix/


1990

Dispersal of a Black Cloud, with K. Gramsci, Canadian Woman Studies/cahiers de la femme, Spring; Janice Andreae and Mare Burgess, guest editors

Project, C Magazine 24 Winter; Jeanne Randolph, guest editor



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2020

Gwangju Media Arts Festival: UNESCO Creative Cities of Media Arts International Exchange Exhibition, WinWin documentation video (2012), Gwangju, S. Korea


2020

First Look: Cyberfeminism Index, online-only exhibition by Mindy Seu at newmuseum.org, commissioned by Rhizome, ongoing


2013

WinWin in exhibition for launch of Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts and Technology, York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, Toronto, ON


2010

thelivingeffect, Ottawa Art Gallery: Push/Pull /Ottawa, ON


2007

Bios 4, CAAC (Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo) /Sevilla, ES


2005

This Must Be The Place, Interaccess Gallery with Vera Frenkel, David Rokeby, Nell Tenhaaf, Norman White /Toronto, ON


2003

The Bigger Picture, Ottawa Art Gallery /Ottawa, ON


2003

Complexity, Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY /New Paltz, NY and Federal Reserve Board /Washington, DC


2002

Digitized Bodies, Mestna Galerija /Ljubljana, SI


2001

Digitized Bodies, Ludwig Museum /Budapest, HU


2000

Intimate Perceptions, Interaccess and Zsa Zsa /Toronto, ON

Odd Bodies, Oakville Galleries /Oakville, ON

Dream Ecology, The Koffler Gallery /Toronto, ON and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery /Oshawa, ON


1999

Contemporary galleries, The solitary begets herself, keeping all eight cells, Art Gallery of Ontario /Toronto, ON

Choice, three Canadian artists at Enkehuset Gallery /Stockholm, SE and Gallery Astly, Skinnskatteberg: UCBM

The Body In Question, Salina Art Center /Salina, KS and KRATES Kansas touring art service circulating show


1998

Digital Documentary: The Need to Know and the Urge to Show, Walker Art Center /Minneapolis, MN

Art & Science: Selected Works, Foster Gallery /Baton Rouge, LA

Interface: Encounters with New Technology, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography /Ottawa, ON


1997

LikeLife, Brighton Media Centre /Brighton, UK

Promises of Monsters, Rockville Arts Place /Rockville, MD

Techno-seduction, The Cooper Union /New York, NY


1996-97

Odd Bodies/Corps étrangers, National Gallery of Canada /Ottawa, ON


1996

Dessins et maquettes de sculpteurs, Galerie Samuel Lallouz /Montréal, QC


1995

Que sont les pionnières devenues?: Centre Copie-Art - Galerie Arts Technologiques, with ISEA95 /Montréal, QC


1994

Le corps: Kunsthalle Bielefeld: The solitary begets herself... /Bielefeld, DE

and Haus am Waldsee /Berlin, DE

Le bénéfice du doute: Le Sous-sol/Paris, FR

Frankenstein: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre /Guelph, ON

Arte Virtual: 12 Protuestas de Arte Reactivo: Horror autotoxicus /Madrid, ES

De Causis et Tractatibus, Axe Néo 7 Art Contemporain /Hull, QC


1993

Le bénéfice du doute: Optica /Montréal, QC

Body-guard: London Regional Art Gallery /London, ON

Angles of Incidence: The Banff Centre for the Arts /Banff, AB


1992

Les Cent jours d'art contemporain, Vues d'ensemble /Montréal, QC


1991-92

Other Frontiers: Species Life, Third Eye Centre /Glasgow, UK; Canada House /London, UK; and Centre Culturel Canadien /Paris, FR


1989-91

Legitimation: Species Life, Galerie Powerhouse /Montréal, QC; Contemporary Art Gallery /Vancouver, BC; Nickle Arts Museum /Calgary, AB; London Regional Art Gallery /London, ON; and Vu /Québec, QC


1988

Le Dessin Errant, Dalhousie Art Gallery /Halifax; Concordia Art Gallery /Montréal, QC and Musée du Québec /Québec, QC


1987

Siting Technology: The Walter Phillips Gallery /Banff, NS and Mackenzie Art Gallery /Regina, SK


1986

Women in Adverticity (Eye Revue): Union Station /Toronto, ON


1985

Art is Communications: A Space /Toronto, ON and Centre for Art Tapes /Halifax, NS

Pictures of Democracy: Video Cabaret (videotex) /Toronto, ON

Digicon 85: Arts, Sciences and Technology Centre /Toronto, ON

Collection Prêt d'Oeuvres d'art: Musée du Québec /Québec, QC


1984

TVOntario broadcast: BETA videotex magazine /Toronto, ON

Anti-Nuke Show: Galerie Powerhouse (touring) /Montréal, QC

The Artist as a Young Machine: Ontario Science Centre /Toronto, ON

Artists talk about technology: ANNPAC Conference /Halifax, NS

Féministe toi-même, féministe quand même, La Chambre Blanche /Québec, QC



COLLECTIONS

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The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON

Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown PEI

The Glenbow Museum, Callgary, AB

The Surrey Art Gallery, B.C.

The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Canada Council Art Bank

Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Collection Prêt d’œuvres d’art)

Private Collections