EDUCATION |
| Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts |
Double Major: Photography & Sculpture |
1991 |
| Bachelor of Science |
Engineering, Math, & Physics |
1989 |
| Engineering Certificate |
1987 |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
NAISA In Pictures
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New Adventures in Sound Art
Warbler's Roost Event Space, South River, Ontario
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Jun.29-Sept.27, 2015 |
Grand River: Grand Conversations
(photographs & poems) |
Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
http://grandconversations.wordpress.com |
Dec.2010 |
Sound Travels In Portraits
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New Adventures in Sound Art
Artscape Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Ontario
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Aug.2009 |
Townsend Retraced
(Folio No.2 - photographs & poems) |
Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
Nov. 2005 |
Sound Travels Documents
(ongoing/changing photography exhibition) |
New Adventures in Sound Art
Toronto Island, Ontario
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2003-2010 Aug.-Sept.
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Poetic Spaces
(photographs & poems) |
Princess Cinema, Waterloo, Ontario |
Dec. 2001 |
Two Open Ears, One Open Eye
(photographs) |
Walper Terrace Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
May 2001 |
Convocation Hall Stone Surfaces
(photographs) |
Studio Voila, Waterloo, Ontario |
May 1998 |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| Between Darkness and Light: Photographs by Members of the Foto:RE Collective |
Martin Luther University College, Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario |
Mar. - Apr. 2019 |
| f/1.4 The Changing Face of Contemporary Photography [Lift Series #2, curated by Suzanne Luke] |
Wilfrid Laurier University, Toronto Campus
Toronto, Ontario |
Sept. 2017 - Aug. 2018 |
| f/1.4 The Changing Face of Contemporary Photography [Lift Series #2, curated by Suzanne Luke] |
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario |
Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2017 |
Free Transmission
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New Adventures in Sound Art
Gallery 1313
Toronto, Ontario |
Jan. 2016 |
| Light Illuminated: Celebrating Light and Light-based Technologies |
THEMUSEUM
Kitchener, Ontario |
Oct. 2015 - Mar. 2016 |
| Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition |
Orillia Museum of Art & History
Orillia, Ontario |
July 2014 - Oct. 2014 |
The Dark Room 3.0
Contact Photo Festival
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Gallery 918 / 918 Bathurst
Toronto, Ontario |
May 2014 |
Art Builds
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Gallery 1313
Toronto, Ontario |
Jan. 2014 |
No Boundary Changes: 1813-2013
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Thames Art Gallery
Chatham, Ontario |
Aug. - Oct. 2013 |
The Encampment 2012
Luminato Festival
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Fort York National Historic Site
Toronto, Ontario |
June 2012 |
Vernacular Veracity Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener & Area (CAFKA)
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Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall
Kitchener, Ontario |
Sept. - Oct. '09 |
Insights Juried Exhibition
[won photography prize] |
Wellington County Museum & Archives
Elora, Ontario |
June - Sept. '08 |
Death By Chocolate
[photo project with Andrew Wright] |
Spotlight Festival, Waterloo, Ontario
Death By Chocolate - Andrew Wright's images |
June 2008 |
| Thames Art Gallery Juried Exhibition |
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario |
Dec. 2007- Jan.'08 |
Dubious Views
[online curated exhibition] |
Gallery TPW and Virtual Museums Canada
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Photos/dynamic/en/index-dynamic.html |
2007 - 2019 |
Townsend Retraced
[2-person exhibition with Hilary Martin] |
Spruce Row Museum, Waterford, Ontario |
Jan.-Mar. 2006 |
Rotunda Gallery 10th Anniversary
Salon Juried Exhibition |
Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall,
Kitchener, Ontario |
Nov.-Dec. 2004 |
Art & Letters Juried Exhibition
[won 1st & 2nd place prizes] |
Haldimand County Museum & Archives,
Cayuga, Ontario |
Oct.-Dec. 2004 |
Townsend Retraced
[3-person exhibition with Hilary Martin & Laura Cunningham] |
Eva Brook Donly Museum, Simcoe, Ont.
http://www.townsendretraced.ca |
Sept.-Oct. 2004 |
Altered Perceptions
[2-person exhibition with Ivonne Pietersen] |
Contact Photo Festival
Institute for Women's Studies & Gender Studies
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario |
May 2002 |
| Victoria Park Juried Exhibition |
Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, Ont. |
June 2001 |
| Word Pictures |
Photo Arts Collective, Rotunda Gallery,
Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ontario |
May 2001 |
Day Trip/Night Transit
[2-person exhibition with Karl Kessler] |
Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall,
Kitchener, Ontario |
Oct. 2000 |
| The Home Show Juried Exhibition |
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ont. |
March 1995 |
| Stone Surfaces |
Oakham House Gallery, Ryerson
Polytechnical University, Toronto, Ontario |
April 1992 |
| Viewpoints Juried Exhibition |
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ont. |
March 1992 |
| Marion McCain Juried Exhibition |
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Fredericton, New Brunswick |
Nov. 1991,
Nov. 1989 |
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WORK IN PERFORMANCE |
Seeing Sound
[video screening of No Time For
Silence, The Queen of Bees, &
Looking For Light] |
Collaborative video works with Victoria Fenner
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA)
South River, Ontario |
Jul.
2018
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Weather
(video projection - 21 min.) |
Penderecki String Quartet with CalArts students
Roy & Edna Disney/CalArts (REDCAT) Hall
Los Angeles, California |
Feb. 2009
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Weather
(video projection - 21 min.) |
NUMUS concerts/KW Symphony Strings
Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics
Waterloo, Ontario |
Feb. 2007
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City Life
[still images for live video mixing with
Ian Birse & Laura Kavanaugh (45 min.)] |
NUMUS / Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Waterloo, Ontario |
Nov. 2005 |
Prayer for Hydrogen
(video projection - 18 min.) |
Penderecki String Quartet
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Waterloo, Ontario |
Oct. 2005 |
Different Trains
(video projection - 27 min.) |
Penderecki String Quartet
Worcester, Massachusetts & Waterloo, Ont.
Los Angeles, California
Paris, France & Kauno, Lithuania |
Feb. 2007
Apr. 2004
Nov. 2003 |
The Equinox Awards
[video screening of Flying Sparks &
Heavy Machinery & others' works] |
The Staircase Cinema, Hamilton, Ontario
Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph, Ontario |
Nov. 2003
June 2003 |
Flying Sparks & Heavy Machinery
(video projection - 15 min.) |
Open Ears Festival of Music & Sound,
King Street Theatre, Kitchener, Ontario |
May 2003 |
Le Minotaur
(slides & video projections) |
NUMUS new music, dance & art
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ont. |
Sept. 2001 |
The Sinking of the Titanic
(photographer/performer) |
Open Ears Festival of Music & Sound
Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ont. |
April 1998 |
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ACTIVITIES |
| City of Kitchener Artist In Residence |
Kitchener, Ontario |
2010 |
Official Photographer
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Sound Travels
Toronto, Ontario |
2000 - present |
Documentary Photographer/
Videographer |
Radio Without Borders/Deep Wireless
Toronto, Ontario |
2008, 2006, 2005,
2004, 2003 |
Documentary Photographer/
Videographer |
NUMUS new music concerts
Waterloo, Ontario |
1999 - 2003 |
| Official Photographer/ Videographer |
Open Ears Festival of Music & Sound
Kitchener, Ontario |
1998 - 2012 |
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AWARDS |
| Exhibition Assistance |
Ontario Arts Council
Toronto, Ontario |
Sept. 2009 |
| 2008 Award for Excellence in Book Design in Canada: First Place, Poetry Category |
Alcuin Society, see pp.32 & 57
Vancouver, BC |
May 2009 |
| Project Grant: Spotlight Festival 2008 |
Ontario Arts Council
Toronto, Ontario |
June 2008 |
| Equinox Emerging Artist Video Award |
Ed Video Media Arts Centre
Guelph, Ontario |
April 2002 |
| New Brunswick Arts Award |
N.B. Dept.of Municipalities, Culture &
Heritage, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
Sept. 1990 |
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WORKS IN PUBLICATION |
| Holding The Fort: John Vincent Poems |
Photography and Poetry chapbook, 28pp |
2013 |
| Holding The Fort: Ralph Henry Bruyeres Poems |
Photography and Poetry chapbook, 28pp |
2013 |
| Grand River: Grand Conversations |
Photography and Poetry chapbook, 48pp |
2010 |
| The House That Stands |
Poetry chapbook, 32pp, Anchorage Press |
2008 |
| Sign Waves Companion |
Contributor (images) |
2002 |
| Musicworks, Nos. 74, 78, & 105 |
Contributor (images) |
2009, 2000, 1999 |
| Whale |
Co-creator, Artists' book (poems) |
1994 |
| White Wall Review, Vols. XVI & XVII |
Contributor (images) |
1993, 1992 |
| First Encounter, Vols. XVII & XVIII |
Editor & Contributor (images, poems) |
1990, 1987 |
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REVIEWS/PRESS |
| Copeland, Darren |
"World Listening Day: Interview with Victoria Fenner and Stefan Rose",
Making Waves, Wave Farm WGXC 90.7fm |
July 13, 2018 |
| D'Amato, Luisa |
"Images worth the wait",
Grand Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2018, pp.38 - 44 |
Jan. 4, 2018 |
| D'Amato, Luisa |
"A sense of place",
Waterloo Region Record, pp. A1, C1, & C3 |
Aug. 5, 2017 |
| Fung, Amy |
"Book Design in Canada, FAB Gallery, January 26 - Feb 20, 2010",
Prairie Artsters.com |
Feb. 3, 2010 |
| Prong Parkhill, Charlotte |
"Shutterbug",
Waterloo Chronicle, pp.18 & 19 |
Jan. 6, 2010 |
| Armstrong, John |
"CAFKA 2009: Truth and Consequences",
Canadian Art magazine online review |
Oct. 22, 2009 |
| Scowen, Peter |
"Gaspereau Press designer wins multiple awards",
The Globe and Mail Blog Post |
Apr. 9, 2009 |
| Fuller, Amy |
"A fun festival with blood (syrup)",
The Record, p. E4 |
June 5, 2008 |
| Garneau, David |
"Dubious Views",
Ciel Variable No. 77, p.52. |
Winter 2007 |
| Ariaratnam, Daniel |
"An atmospheric evening of music, art and mathematics",
The Record, p. B4 |
Feb. 26, 2007 |
| Sonnenberg, Monte |
"Townsend Retraced exhibit provokes mixed emotions",
Simcoe Times-Reformer, p.10 |
Jan. 10, 2006 |
| Ariaratnam, Daniel |
"Penderecki quartet melds past, present with style",
The Record, p. B4 |
Oct. 17, 2005 |
| Zronik, John Paul |
"And No One Came",
Brantford Expositor, pp. A10-A11 |
Oct. 13, 2004 |
| Thomas, Chris |
"Exhibit retraces Townsend's failed dream",
Simcoe Times-Reformer, p.10 |
Oct. 5, 2004 |
| Brandstetter, Robert |
"Indie Art Screening",
Echo Weekly, pp.11 & 16 |
July 17, 2003 |
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COLLECTIONS |
Alcuin Society, Vancouver, BC
City of Kitchener
City of Regina Civic Art Collection
Deutsches Buch-Schriftmuseum, Leipzig, Germany
E.H. Norman Library, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
National Library of Canada
W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
University of Regina Faculty of Fine Arts Collection
Various Canadian and German private collections
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