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JULIANA ESPAÑA KELLER
Born 1958, lives and works in Montréal, Québec, Canada
STUDIO:
BLACK SPARROW STUDIOS,
LOCAL 904 - 5445 de Gaspé, Montreal, QC
EMAIL: info@julianaespanakeller.com
EDUCATION | ÉTUDES
2003 Dawson College, Web Design and HTML
2000 – 2003 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture
1997 – 2000 Concordia University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS/RESIDENCIES
2012
SIM [BERLIN, GERMANY] – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Residency
June/July
2011
CAVE Gallery, Russell Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI, USA
Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Slippery Terrain, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2010 - Atelier Punkt - WHITE OBJECTS
Dragone Gallery, Tallin, Estonia
SIM – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland, Residency
2009 SIM – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland, Residency
2009 "The Weird Girls Project - Episode 9", Reykjavik, Iceland, Production Assistant
2009 Eastern Edge Gallery, St. Johns, Newfoundland,
“slippery terrain”
EXPOSITIONS SOLO | SOLO INITIATIVES
2009 Galerie Art Mûr, Solo Exhibition, Montréal, Québec, “modern camouflage”
2006 300m3 Art Space, Göteburg, Sweden
“be careful what you wish for”
“SWIVEL”, a Radio Podcast on the Visual Arts with Co-host, Paul Litherland, Artist
2005 Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec,
“curio: curious moments”
2004 Galerie McClure, Visual Arts Centre, Montréal, Québec, “culebra”
2003 Heidi Hollinger Gallery, Montréal, Québec, “whereveryougothereyouare”
Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec, Canada, “a standard life”
2002 Ocatillo Gallery, London, England,” Fire and Ice”
VIDÉO – PERFORMANCE – NOUVEAUX MÉDIAS (SELECTION) | VIDEO – PERFORMANCE – NEW MEDIA (SELECTED GROUP PROJECTS)
Official member of the Sound and Performance Art Collective:
WWKA [Women with Kitchen Appliances]
Founding member of the Performance Art Collective: B.E., Benveniste and España
2011
Occupy Montreal, The Peoples Park
Mutek Electronic Arts Festival, Montreal, Canada
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Nuit Blanche, Montreal
2010
SBC Gallery, The Pleasure Principle
Centre Canadien d'Architecture [CCA], Montreal Nuit Blanche - Festival Montréal en Lumières.
Le Centre des textiles contemporains de Montréal, 20th Anniversary, Montreal
2009 27th International Symposium for Art - Baie St, Paul
Canadian Centre for Architecture - Workshop for the "Speed LImits" Exhibition
Queen Elizabeth Hotel - "Bargaining Equality"
Avenue Art, Montréal, Quebec, “B.E. Canada”,
Screening and Artist Talk on behalf of ELAN [The English Language Arts Network]
2008 Musee de Art Contemporain, WWKA ARMY, Performance, “The Triennale”
2007 Les Neufs Soeurs, “From the Vault and Beyond”
2006 Videolab Coimbra 2006, Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente,
Coimbra, Portugal, “culebra”
Ryllega Art Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2005 Ice Box Project Space, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, USA, “Operation Rapid American Withdrawal”
2004 Articule, Montréal, Québec, “BAMBI”
2003 Galeria Epicentro and Hotel Isabel, Mexico City, Mexico, “VITAE – the Sonnet Project”
Struts Gallery: Faucet Media Arts, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, “Video Salon”
Institute of Contemporary Art, Video Lounge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, “BAMBI”
BlackBox Theater: Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA,“INsideOUT”
EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES (SÉLECTION) – GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2007 Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, USA, “Gravity”
2006 The Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, USA, “Fresh Produce”
Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada, “Fiction”
The Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, Canada,
“Faculty Exhibition”
2005 Galerie Art Mûr, “Parameters of Fear”
2004 Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, “Parameters of Fear”
Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico,
“causa y efecto”
Studio XX, Montreal. Quebec, “La Fête de L’Art”
2002 Galerie VAV, Montreal, Quebec, “The Mills Purchase Prize Retrospective”
2000 The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec,
“Is this your final answer?
REVUES ET MÉDIAS - REVIEWS AND MEDIA [ABBREVIATED]
2009
Marsha Taichman, "Modern Camouflage"
Eloi Complexe Dejardins, “Modern Camouflage”
2005 Lyne Crevier, Ici, Curio (curious moments)
Nicolas Mavrikakis, Voir Montréal, À qui profites la peur?
Lyne Crevier, Ici, Frayeur au cube
Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, Peur d'été
Redfern, Christine, Terror Strikes, Montreal Mirror
Gayer, John, Helsinki, Parameters of Fear, Review. Art Papers (March/April edition)
2004 Gräsbeck, Bianca, Radslan som redskap och farsot, Parameters of Fear, Review
Yli—Lassila, Jukka, Helsinki Sanomat, Parameters of Fear, Review
Tousignant, Isa, Visual Arts, June Issue of Montreal Hour Magazine
Redfern, Christine. Island Art Trip, June Issue of Montreal Mirror
Concordia University Magazine, Class Acts, June 2004 issue
Pearce, Dianne. MIX, 29.4, “Eight rooms, eight artists, eight days in a Mexican Hotel”
Redfern, Christine, 2003 - The Year in Review, Montreal Mirror
2003 Vanguardia.com.mx, Exhibirán en México muestras del festival Voila Quebec en Mexico!
El Universal, Ciudad de Mexico, “Convierten habitación en espacio artístico”
Godlevskis, Rita, “PhotoEd”, Spring Issue – Issue 7
Crevier, Lyne, “Folie Ordinaire”, ICI Magazine
Redfern, Christine, “Guns, ammo and ink”, Montreal Mirror
Lamarche, Bernard, “A Standard Life”, Le Devoir
Lehmann, Henry, “Still Life with Limbs”, The Montreal Gazette/Visual Arts
BOURSES | GRANTS
2009 and 2010 SIM – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists – Residency in August 2009
Performance Art Workshop with Helge Meyer, Germany – Special Projects, Articule, Montreal
2007 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Travel Grant, Philadelphia, USA
2005 Sagamie, Alma, Québec “Digital Print Media Residency”
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Travel Grant, Philadelphia, USA
2004 Canada Council Travel Grant
Canadian Embassy of Finland in Helsinki
2003 Canada Council for the Arts, Creation and Production Grant
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Creation and Production Grant
Artist Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
2000 The Mills Purchase Prize, Concordia University
Graduation Award, “Most Outstanding Graduating Student” of the Painting and Drawing Program of Concordia University
ACTIVITÉS PROFESSIONELLES | CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE [ABBREVIATED]
2009 AGM ELAN - Emerging Artists Career Panel
"YES" Conference for Self-Employed Artists - Career Panel
2008 La Sala Rossa, Montreal, “ART STORM”
Galerie Art Mûr, “Plastered Burdens”, Ramona Benveniste
Mt. Royal Cemetery, Painting Competition
2006 Galerie de CEDX at UQAM, Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, Montréal, Québec
Curator – “DETOUR”, an interactive Painting and Drawing Exhibition
2005 Articule, “BAMBI”, Curator of Special Projects
Galerie Art Mûr, L’exposition « Les paramètres de la peur »
Coordinatrice du projet à Montréal
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec “Decalage”, M.F.A. Student Exhibition
Jury Selection Member and Curatorial Assistant
2003 Suite 316, Belgo Building, Montréal, Québec. “A New Exercise in Drawing” by The Transpecies Collective, Concordia Painting and Drawing Undergraduate Student Initiative
2000 Galerie de I'UQAM, Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, Montréal, Québec. Curatorial assistant to Visual Artist, Jana Sterbak for the exhibition: D'après Le Dépeupleur = After The Lost Ones
The Delta Hotel, Montréal, Québec, “Separate Rooms”. Co-Curator
1999 Performance Art Week/ Concordia University, Montréal, Québec. “Performatuation” featuring prominent American visiting artist: William Pope. L.
CONFÉRENCES | LECTURES [ABBREVIATED]
2011 Jury Member, YES Artist Grant
2009 YES, Self-Employed Artist Conference, Panelist
Avenue Art Gallery, Montreal, Artist Talk sponsored by ELAN
Eastern Edge Art Gallery, St. Johns, NFLD, Artist Talk for “Slippery Terrain”
Youth Program Workshop, Harbourfront Centre, St. Johns, NFLD
2007 Concordia University, Fibres Department, Artist Talk
2006 Valand University, Gothenburg, Sweden and Visiting Artist Studio Visits
2003 Black Box Theater. The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida. USA
ASSOCIATIONS
Member of RAIQ, CARFAC, Executive Board Member of ELAN (The English Language Arts Network), College Art Association [CAA] in USA
JEK/december2011