Carte blanche à Alexandre Castonguay c.v.
Alexandre Castonguay
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 Éléments, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
2004 Oeuvres récentes, Galerie d’art de l’Université de Sherbrooke, Québec
2004 Digitale, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal
2003 Three, Galerie d’art d’Ottawa
2001 Générique, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico
1999 Les quatres saisons, Espace vidéographe, Montréal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 Repères, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
2004 Pure Data, Graz, Autriche
2004 Où, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
2004 Musée d’art urbain, Vieux-port de Montréal
1999 Ghost in the Shell: Photography and the Human Soul, 1850-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Selected collections
Banque d’oeuvres d’art du Conseil des Arts du Canada, Ottawa
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Musée canadien de la photographie contemporaine
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Ville d’Ottawa
Grants and Awards
2003 CIAM, project grant
2002 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, production grant, media arts
2002 Conseil régional de la culture de l’Outaouais, media artist of the year award
2001 J.W. McConnell Fellowship, Concordia University
2000 Canada Council for the Arts, travel grant
1999 Canada Council for the Arts, production grant, media arts
1998 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, production grant, media arts Artist Residencies and Commissions
2001 City of Ottawa Light Rail, public art commission
1997 Artiste invité par le Groupe de La Place Royale, collaboration avec les chorégraphes Michael Montanero et Yvonne Coutts, Ottawa
1997 Résidence d’artiste chez Daimon, centre de production en arts médiatiques, Hull Volunteer
Professional Experience
1999-2003 Sessional lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, University of Ottawa
2000-2001 Artistic Director, Artengine, an artist-run Internet site
1999-2000 Sessional lecturer, Petit-Séminaire de Québec, Hull
1997-1998 Researcher, Radio-Canada FM, for Expositions,a contemporary art series
1997 Co-producer, Multimedia Display at the National Postal Museum, Canadian Museum of Civilization
1990-2000 Contract Educator, Education Division, National Gallery of Canada
1995-1996 Interpreter, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
1988-90 Information Officer, Visitor Services, National Gallery of Canada Software
Ross Birdwise
Curriculum Vitae
Group Exhibitions
2005 My University, The Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston
2005 Graduating Students Art Show, University of Ottawa
2005 Movies With Live Soundtracks, Zibbibo, Ottawa
2004 Judges, Juries and Executioners 4, SAW Gallery, Ottawa
2004 Limited Means, The Mercury Lounge, Ottawa
2004 Pleasure Through Sound and the SAW Gallery Presents: intr_version versus Autoplate Label Showcase + new media works by University of Ottawa students, SAW Gallery, Ottawa
2004 Art's Birthday: An Annual Interactive Web Based Exhibition
Artengine, Ottawa
2004 Judges, Juries and Executioners 3, SAW Gallery, Ottawa
2003 A:D:A:P:T: RE:BUILD, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado
2003 A:D:A:P:T: Media for Ruins, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado
2003 Signal to Noise 03, Video In Studios, Vancouver
2003 Untitled show at Gallery 115, University of Ottawa
2002 Pleasure Through Sound 03, Gallery 101, Ottawa
2001 Générique - Sound and Video Installation
Produced sound components (with Nathan Medema) for an installation by Alexandre Castonguay (Montréal/Ottawa) and Mathieu Bouchard (Montréal).
Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporaine - Montréal, Québec
2001 101 Frames, Gallery 101, Ottawa
1997-1998 various performance art events as a member of The Kitten Ling Foundation, SAW Gallery, A Creative Outlet, The Shadow Lounge, and The Liquid
Monkey, Ottawa
Grants and Awards
2005 My University Award, Second Prize, Queen’s University, Kingston
2005 Suzanne Rivard Le Moyne Award, First Prize, Ex aequo, University of Ottawa
2003 Canada Council for the Arts, Music in Alternative Spaces grant, music
Professional Experience
2005 Curator of the Artengine New Music Series, Artengine, Ottawa
2004-present Collective member, Sul Pont, a collectively run experimental music label, Ottawa and Hull, Quebec
2003 Curator of the Pleasure Through Sound New Music Festival, Gallery 101, Ottawa
2003-2005 Volunteer Administrator, Gallery 115, University of Ottawa
2003-2004 Board Member, Gallery 101, Ottawa
2002-present Board Member, Artengine, an artist-run production center and Internet site, Ottawa
2001-present Concert organizer, curator and promoter, Pleasure Through Sound, an artist-run experimental music collective and online mailing list, Ottawa
2001-present Member of if then do, an experimental electronic music group, Ottawa