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Parallel (2009-10)

The Clothes Make the Man (2007-08)

Eric and Eric (2006)

Chicken Pox Scar (2004)

Self Portrait (2009)

Quality Time with the Family (2007)

Lost (2007)

Portrait of the Artist with his Family (2006)

Made Up (2008)
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Owen Eric Wood - artist c.v.
www.owenericwood.com
info @ owenericwood.com
Art Works
2009-10 Parallel (video/photography/drawing/performance)
2009 Holobomo (video)
2009 Self Portrait (sculpture)
2008 Made Up (video)
2007-08 The Clothes Make the Man (video/performance)
2007 Momentum: a video series in four movements (video)
2007 Quality Time with the Family (video/installation with performance)
2007 Lost (video)
2006 Eric and Eric (video projection on sculpture)
2006 Portrait of the Artist with his Family (drawing)
2005 Two (photography and drawing series)
2004 Self Portrait (video)
Prizes
2010 Vision Art Prize for Parallel, Visionaria International Video Festival,
Piombino, Italy
Best Video Award for Holobomo, Avanca International Meeting of Cinema, TV,
Video and Multimedia, Avanca, Portugal
Jury Mention for Parallel, Japan Media Arts Festival,
Tokyo, Japan
Jury Mention for Holobomo, Videoformes International Manifestation of
Video Art and Digital Cultures, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2009 Best Urban Diversity Award for The Clothes Make the Man, Toronto Urban
Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Grants
2010 Travel Grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
to attend the FILE Electronic Language International Festival (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
for the presentation of the videos Parallel and Holobomo
2009 Travel Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts
to attend the Visionaria International Video Festival (Piombino, Italy)
to perform and present the video installation Quality Time with the Family
Performances and Group Exhibitions
2010 FILE Electronic Language Int'l Festival, SESI Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Made in Emerging Planet, COMO, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea
Vitheque Launch, Society of Arts and Technology, Montreal, Canada
New Media, Sex and Culture in the 21st Century, Museum of New Art, Detroit, U.S.A.
Japan Media Arts Festival in Istanbul, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
One Place Leads to Another, Ateliers Jean-Brillant, Montreal, Canada
2009 Visionaria International Video Festival, Galleria La Marina, Piombino, Italy
Festival International Montreal en Arts, Montreal, Canada
ARTARTAR, Articule artist-run centre, Montreal, Canada
2008 Zig Zag, Gutleut 15 Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Actions in Action, VAV Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2006 SoukMachines, Centre de Creation Artistique Fractal, Montreal Canada
Circus, SUBV Gallery, Montreal, Canada
The Super Art Market, VAV Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2005 R/evolution Technopraxis, Studio Benim, Montreal, Canada
Exit/Excavation, Art Matters Festival, Montreal, Canada
L'Evenement Interuniversitaire de Creation Video, Bain Mathieu, Montreal, Canada
Film, Video and Media Art Festivals
2010 Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media, Kino Metropol, Stuttgart, Germany
Videoformes, Petit Velo, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Media Forum, Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia
Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Aster Plaza, Hiroshima, Japan
LOOP Festival - The Platform for VideoArt, Lounge Club MauMau, Barcelona, Spain
INVIDEO, Milan, Italy
Festival International du Film sur l'Art, J.A. De Seve Cinema, Montreal, Canada
Avanca Film Festival, Avanca, Portugal
Japan Media Arts Festival, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Videoholica International Video Art Festival, Varna, Bulgaria
Waterpieces International Contemporary and Video Art Festival, Riga, Latvia
fLEXiff - First and the Last Experimental International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
Osaka Media Arts Forum, CCA ACDC Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Festival Internacional Del Cine Pobre Humberto Solas, Havana, Cuba
International Videofestival Bochum, Kulturcafe, Bochum, Germany
Orebro International Videoart Festival, Orebro, Sweden
Montreal Underground Film Festival, Friperie Potetr, Montreal, Canada
Queer City Cinema, Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina, Canada
Vues d'en face, Cinematheque de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Inside Out GLBT Film and Video Festival, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Open Cinema Int'l Short & Animation Film Festival, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Portobello Film Festival, London, U.K.
Japan Media Arts Festival in Kyoto, Kyoto Art Center Auditorium, Kyoto, Japan
Festival International Montreal en Arts, Montreal, Canada
Basement Media Festival, Community Builders Co-op, Sommerville, MA, U.S.A.
Malmo Sommarscen, Slottstradgarden, Malmo, Sweden
Festival Mix di Cinema Gaylesbico & Queer Culture, Teatro Strehler, Milan, Italy
Int'l Day of Video Art, Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba
Art Go Round, Toyama Prefecture, Toyama, Japan
Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week, Studio City, Toronto, Canada
Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois, Cinematheque Quebecois, Montreal, Canada
Reelout Queer Film and Video Festival, Ellis Auditorium, Kingston, Canada
2009 Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany
Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Cinema Parallele, Montreal, Canada
European Media Art Festival, Lagerhalle Groίer Saal, Osnabrueck, Germany
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, Cumberland Cinemas, Toronto
International Video Art Festival Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba
Mix New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, New York City, U.S.A.
Cheries-Cheris GLT Film Festival of Paris, Forum des Halles, Paris, France
Festival International du Film sur l'Art, Goethe-Institute, Montreal, Canada
Torino International GLBT Film Festival, Ambrosio Cinecafι, Torino, Italy
Image+Nation, J.A. de Seve Cinema, Montreal, Canada
Toronto Urban Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
QueerFilmFest Rostock, Peter-Weiss-Haus, Rostock, Germany
Entzaubert Radical Non-Commercial Queer Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Montreal Underground Film Festival, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada
Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois, National Film Board, Montreal, Canada
2008 Canariasmediafest, Espacio Digital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany
Mix Brazil Cinema and Video Festival of Sexual Diversity, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Outsiders Liverpool LGBT Film Festival, FACT Cinema, Liverpool, U.K.
Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois, Cinematheque Quebecois, Montreal, Canada
Queer City Cinema, Royal Canadian Legion, Regina, Canada
Backup Festival, Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar, Germany
Inside Out GLBT Film and Video Festival, Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Nuit Blanche, Ex-Centris, Montreal, Canada
Montreal Underground Film Festival, Main Hall, Montreal, Canada
Distribution
2009 Parallel and Holobomo are accepted by Videographe
2008 Made Up and The Clothes Make the Man are accepted by Videographe
2007 Self Portrait, Quality Time with the Family and Lost are accepted by Videographe
Press Coverage
Canadian Trailblazers: Blurring the Lines, OUTLOOKS Magazine (06/2010)
Fat is fabulous, fab Magazine (14-27/04/2010)
Gender Bender interview, CFRC Radio (26/02/2010)
QueerCorps interview, CKUT Radio (16/02/2009)
Conferences and Artist Talks
2009 Back Off! Dissident Representations in Art and Social Movements
The CEDA, Montreal, Canada
2008 Hochschule fόr Gestaltung Offenbach
Offenbach am Main, Germany
2008 Soiree Videographe
Videographe Production, Montreal, Canada
2005 Artivistic: The Interplay Between Art, Information and Activism
Eva B., Montreal, Canada
2005 Humanities MFA Program of Concordia University
Studio Benim, Montreal, Canada
Catalogues
2008 Behind the Object: The role of action in contemporary sculptural practice
Artist Residencies
2010 One Place Leads to Another, Ateliers Jean-Brillant, Montreal, Canada
Education
2003-2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts Studio Arts Concordia University, Montreal
1996-2000 Bachelor of Applied Arts Journalism Ryerson University, Toronto
Additional Academic Experience
2009 Web site administrator for the Academy of Art Video Art, Concordia University
2008 Pre-selection jury member for Academy of Art Video Art, Concordia University
2007 Editor of thesis on drama therapy for Master's student Leslie Bronstein
2006-07 Teaching assistant, intermediate-level sculpture course, Concordia University
2006-07 Member of the Intermedia Cyber Arts Club, Concordia University
2004-05 Member of the Association of Student Sculptors, Concordia University
2004-05 Organizer of six group exhibitions for university students, Studio Benim
Additional Professional Experience
2010 Sculpture assistant for artist Jerome Havre
Consultant for video artist Shereen Soliman
2009 Member of artist-run centre Articule
Web site programmer for artist Eric Bond
Sculpture assistant for artist Marie-Chantal Scholl
Writing Assistant for artist Andreanne Abbondanza-Bergeron
2008 Web site designer and programmer for photographer Vincent Chine
Performer in Ali El-Darsa's video Channel
Producer of commissioned video for Videographe's online distribution platform Vitheque
Model for Trevor Gould's sculpture/installation I am an Ape-man
2007 Performer in Ali El-Darsa's video The Saturday of Every Weekend
Volunteer for Artivistic conference
2006 Camera Operator Trevor Wood's short film Terry and Berry
English copy editor for virtual art gallery Web site secteur54.com
Contributor to Karen D'Amico's contemporary art zine Tangent
Illustrator for Golf Magazine of Les Editions Gesca, La Presse
Technical support for David Karavechus' sculpture/installation Home Automation
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