education

76-81 | Honors, University of Toronto, Faculty of Architecture, Canada.

74-76 | Honors, Ontario College of Art, Canada.

74 | University of Mackenzie, Architecture, São Paulo, Brazil.

selected solo exhibitions

10 | The Blind Architect Meets Rembrant, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton Canada| Catalog
I have decided to become a conceptual painter, Peak Gallery
06 | The Blind Architect:Visual Conflict Peak Gallery, Toronto, Canada. | review

05 | ADN GALERíA, Barcelona, Spain.
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil.

03 | Museum of Installation in collaboration with the Metropolitan University of London, fine art department, London UK.

99 | Box 23, Barcelona, Spain.

98 | Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen (I.F.A.), Stuttgart, Germany. link
The Gallery at Grange House, Guernsey College of Art and Design, Channel Islands, UK. link

96 | Akademie Schloss Solitude, Schloss Halle, Stuttgart, Germany. link

95 | Chopo Museum, Mexico DF, Mexico.

94 | Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada.

93 | YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Contemporary Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil.

92 | Western Front Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

90 | Museu de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo, Brazil.

88 | The Power Plant Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

selected group exhibitions

07 | Musée d'art de Joliette, Quebec Canada.

06 | Centro Cultural Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastian, Spain.
Centre d’Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain.

03 | Alucine, Toronto, Canada
Fundació Tapies, Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.liceus.com/cgi-bin/gui/03/1323.asp
http://www.indivisuals.org/htm/c5_7.htm

02 | The Mendel Public Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
http://www.indivisuals.org/htm/c5_7.htm
http://www.ubicarte.com/_ubicarte/site/news-detail.php/lang/es/id/10709/

01 | SESC Fabrica da Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil.
http://www.estadao.com.br/divirtaseonline/galeria/estadao/parallax.htm
University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

00 | Museum of Contemporary Art-USP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Videoscopia, Web - Spain.
Archive Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

99 | C3 + Budapest Contemporary Museum, Hungary. link

95 | Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada. link

94 | Fundação Athos Bulcão, Brasilia, Brazil.

93 | Sidney Mishkin Gallery, NY, USA. link

91 | Museum of Contemporary Art São Paulo, Brazil.
Splinter Video Festival, Toronto, Canada.
O’Keefe Center for The Performance Arts, Toronto, Canada.
The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.

90 | Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Toronto’s Gallery, Canada.

86 | SESC Fábrica da Pompéia Art Gallery São Paulo, Brazil.
YYZ Gallery Interpretations of Architecture, Toronto, Canada.
Gallery 76, Quick Draw, Toronto, Canada.

85 | Toronto Railways Lands, Obedience & Advice, Toronto, Canada.

83 | HarbourFront Public Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

guest artist / architect / curator in residence.

05 | The Banff Centre For The Arts, Banff, Canada.

04 | The Banff Centre For The Arts, Banff, Canada.

98 | Guernsey College of Art & Design, UK.

96-97 | Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.

94 | The Banff Centre For The Arts, Banff, Canada.

international biennials

02 | 25Th. International Art-Architecture Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
In collaboration with The University of São Paulo and University Alves Penteado, Communication and Film Departments.

87 | 19Th. International Art-Architecture Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil.

curatorial

07 | São Paulo Neuro Biological Transposition Public-Private Co-Curator wit Anan Paula Cohen. S.P.

03 | La Caixa Fundació Forum, Barcelona Spain.
“A Theoretical Cabaret to Entertain Academics : Architecture Parallax”.

96 | Co-curator with Ihor Holubizky, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany.
“Architecture Parallax : Crises of Abstraction” 96 St. Norbert Arts & Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.
“Architecture Parallax SnackLunch”

95 | Parallax Workshop, St. Norbert Arts & Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

89 | The Institute for Architects of Brazil, A 5th year architectural students thesis, traveling Brazil,
Co-Curator with Larry Richards. “University of Waterloo: Co-op Laboratory”

86 | Archimemoria, SESC Fabrica da Pompeia Art Gallery, São Paulo, Brasil.
“Between Here & There: The Memory of Disruption” link

organization – coperation - network.

Alexander Pilis is the founder & director of Archimemoria, from 1984-1995.
A Non-Profit Architecture - Art – Science organization to exhibit - publish – organize collided events.
www.architecture-parallax.net
www.theblindarchitect.com

architectural practice

04 | Parallax House Apparatus, Spain.

91-97 | Milliet House, São Paulo.

89 | Boigon & Armstrong Architects, Toronto. 89 Studio Villa Villa, Toronto.

83 | Michael H. Wong Architects & Planners, Toronto.

82 | Klein & Sears Architects Planners, Toronto.

79 | S.P.A.I. Architects & Developers, Barcelona Spain.

lectures

04 | The Banff Art Centre, Symposium Inform Architecture.
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=115&p=detail
University of Barcelona, Architecture School, Spain.

03 | University Metropolitan of London, Fine Art deprt. UK.

02 | Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, S.P. Brazil.
University of Toronto, Architecture School, Canada.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada.

01 | University of Guelph, Dept of Art, Ontario Canada.
University of Elisava, Barcelona.

97 | Museu de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo, Brazil.

95 | University of Manitoba, Architectural Dept., Winnipeg.
The Museo del Chopo, Mexico DF, Mexico.
University of Calgary, Sponsored by Stride & Truck Galleries, Calgary,, Canada.
A.C.A., Calgary, Sponsored by Stride & Truck Galleries, Calgary, Canada.

93 | University Art Association of Canada Conference, Windsor, Ontario.
Baruch College, N.Y., USA.
University of Guelph, Ont. Canada.

92 | Simon Fraser University, British Colombia, Canada.
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

91 | Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont., Canada.
Columbia University, N. Y. USA.
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Canada.

90 | U. I. A. XVII, Montreal, Canada.

89 | University of Waterloo, Dept.. of Architecture, Lecture Series, Ontario, Canada.
University of Toronto, Dept.. of Architecture, Lecture Series, Ontario, Canada.

88 | Carlton University, Dept.. of Architecture, Lecture Series, Ontario, Canada.
University of S†o Paulo, S†o Paulo, Brazil.
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada.

87 | University of Toronto, Dept.. of Architecture, Lecture Series, Canada.
Institute of Architects, Salvador, Brazil.

86 | Museu da Casa Brasileira, S†o Paulo, Brazil.

85 | University of Toronto, Dept.. of Architecture, Lecture Series, Canada.
Museu de Arte de S†o Paulo, S†o Paulo, Brazil.
Institute of Architects of Brazil, S†o Paulo, Brazil.
Syndicate of Architects of S†o Paulo, S†o Paulo, Brazil.

selected bibliography

Alexander Pilis is the founder & director of Archimemoria, from 1984-1995.
A Non-Profit Architecture - Art – Science organization to exhibit - publish – organize collided events.
www.architecture-parallax.net
www.theblindarchitect.com

01 | “Architecture Parallax : Blind Spot - Virtual Section”, Territorio Expandido III, Sesc da Pompeia/Estadao, Sao Paulo Brazil.

95 | “The Legacy of The Future is The Burden of The Present”, Border Crossings, Winter Issue, Winnipeg.

94 | “MatrixModa”, Public 9, Winter Issue, Toronto.
“Points of Interest, Points of View”, Kathryne Walter, The Banff Centre for The Arts, Canada.

93 “Architecture Body Parallax”, AlphabetCity, Fall Issue, Toronto.
Holubizky Ihor, “Lets Have Lunch”, Next, June Issue, Rome.

92 | “Decalog”, YYZ 1979-1989, Toronto.

90 | Agnaldo Farias, “Architecture Ultra Mundane”, Guia das Artes, Oct. São Paulo Brazil.
“Architecture Ultra Mundane”, Folha de São Paulo, Sept. São Paulo Brazil.

88 | Larry Richards, “The Revolver”, Canadian Art, VOL.5, NO.3 Toronto.
Jane Perdue, NOW, VOL. 8, NO. 4, SEPT. 29, Toronto.

87 | Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 19TH International Art & Architectural Biennial of São Paulo, Brazil.
Andrea Fornes, Cover , Folha de São Paulo, June 14.

86 | Joshua Bendah, “Codes of Location”,Vanguard Magazine, Vancouver, September Issue.
Carole Corbeil, Globe & Mail, May 15, Toronto.
Adele Freedman, Globe & Mail, May 22., Toronto.
Lindinha Saião, “Estadão São Paulo”, October 5.

85 | John Ferguson “Obedience & Advice”, Section A, VOL 3/4 Issue, Montreal.
Gonçalves Filho, Folha de São Paulo, April 13.

83 Adele Freedman, Globe & Mail, May 7, Toronto.
Jennifer Oille, Vanguard Magazine, Vancouver, September. & December Issues.

selected publications

04 | The Banff Art Centre, Inform Architectural Symposium, Banff, Canada.
"What you See is not What you are Thinking you are Seeing", Tàpies Fundació, Barcelona Spain
“Cultura # 54, La Vanguardia, Barcelona Spain.

03 | “Architecture Parallax : View - Bi - Oculus”, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo Brazil.

02 | “Architecture Parallax : Blind Spot” Fundação Bienal S.P., São Paulo Brazil.
“Architecture Parallax ”, The Mendel Art Gallery & Plug In, Winnipeg/Saskatoon Canada.

01 | “Architecture Parallax : Looking Series, Museu de Arte Contemporanea Rio de Janeiro.

98 | “Architektur - Parallaxe : Turm Tisch Ture, I.F.A., Stuttgart Germany.
“Architecture Parallax Snack Lunch: The White Book, St. Norbert Cultural & Art Centre Winnipeg.
“Architecture Parallax : Scopic Flash Guernsey Gallery G. Britain

96 | ‘Parallax History”, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart Germany.
“São Paulo: 21St Century Anarchy Architecture of Disruption”, Principal Editor/ Curator and with Associate Editor Ricardo Lobo Sternberg,Archimemoria, N.Y.

95 | ”Parallax”, St. Norbert Cultural & Art Centre Winnipeg.
”Parallax ”, Museo del Chopo Mexico DF, Mexico.
“View - Bi Occulus 0”, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart Germany.
“Natured”, Curated by Claire Christie & Sandra Gregson, Mercer Union, Toronto.

94 | “Architecture Body Parallax”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg.

93 | “Architecture Body Parallax”, YYZ, Toronto .
“Architecture Ultra Mundane”, Curated by Berta Sichel, N.Y.

92 | “Architecture Body Parallax”, Microfiche, Archimemoria, Text by Ihor Holubizky, Vancouver.
“L’esprit Nerveux”, Span 1, University of Toronto, Architecture, Toronto.

91 | “The Cannibals”, Newsline, Columbia University, Architecture, N.Y.

90 | “Architecture Ultra Mundane”, Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo, São Paulo.

89 | “G-7: Architecture Snack Lunch”, The Power Plant Art Gallery, Toronto.
“Architecture SnackLunch”, Impulse Magazine, VOL. 15, NO.2., Toronto.

88 | “Architecture X-ray”, New Observations, VOL. 55, N.Y..
“Theoretical Projections, Fifth Column, VOL. 7 NO. 1, Toronto.
“São Paulo: 21ST Century Anarchy”, AZ, April Issue, São Paulo

87 | “Codes of Disruption”, C Magazine, Fall Issue, Toronto.
“Architecture Ego”, Projeto magazine, VOL. 104, São Paulo.
“Between Here & There: The Memory of Disruption”, AZ, January Issue, São Paulo.
“Physical Memory of Death”, Arte em São Paulo, November Issue, São Paulo.
“Caos”, Folha de São Paulo, February, São Paulo.

86 | “Between Here & There: The Memory of Disruption”, Archimemoria, Toronto.
“Deadly Conversations”, C Magazine, VOL. 2. Toronto.
“The Tower of Babel: The First Architectonic Sin”, Arte em São Paulo Magazine, VOL. 34, São Paulo.
“Victory & Defeat”, C Magazine, VOL. 2, Toronto.
“Entre Espaço: A Memoria da Disruptura”, Projeto magazine Magazine VOL. 93, São Paulo.
“A House, My Memento of Death”, Projeto magazine Magazine, VOL. 85, São Paulo.
“The Castle of Remorse”, The Interpretation of Architecture, YYZ Gallery, Toronto.

85 | “Deadly Scenarious”, Images for J. Bently Mays, Descant, VOL. 50, Toronto.

83 | “A Report”, with Judith Doyle, Vanguard Magazine, September Issue, Vancouver.

81 | “Crematorium”, The Art of The Architect, HarbourFront Gallery, Toronto.

awards

04-05 | The Canada Council, Canada.

01-02 | The Canada Council, Canada.

87-98 | The Canada Council, Ministry of Culture of Ontario and External Affairs of Canada.

86 | The Canada Council, Critic & Curator, Canada.

84 | The Canada Council, Canada.

79 | Marani Prize, Toronto Canada.

net - links

apilis@yahoo.com
www.architecture-parallax.net
www.theblindarchitect.com
www.banffcentre.ca/Library/resources/visual_arts/residencies/informal_architecture/
www.mediatecaonline.net/wwwparallax/cas/
www.indivisuals.org/htm/c5_7.htm
www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=115&p=detail
www.yproductions.com/WebWalkAbout/archives/000594.html
www.mediatecaonline.net/wwwparallax/cas/
http://lists.becta.org.uk/pipermail/vi-forum/2003-October/003041.html
www.mendel.ca/indivisuals/
http://www.frugalfun.com/saopaulo.html
http://www.estadao.com.br/ext/premio/
http://www.ubicarte.com/_ubicarte/site/events-detail.php/lang/es/id/4684/
http://www.torontohispano.com/entretenimiento/festivales/alucinarte2003/main.shtml
http://www.imperios.com/monse/criticas_de_arte/joan_lluis_montane/individuals.htm
http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010208/cibersoc/portada.htm
http://www.bazarcultura.com.br/noticias/news.asp?page=16
http://hemeroteca.diaridebarcelona.com/DdB-030509/exposi.htm
http://www.e-barcelona.org/print.php?sid=433
http://www.interzona.org/transmisor/PP/privacidad.html
http://www.obraprima.net/index.php?controle=listaLinks&id_categoria=9
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/news/artnetnews/artnetnews3-5-02.asp http://gallery.guernsey.net/gallery/longartis.asp?id=2
http://www.akimbo.biz/exhibitions;041020083733
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/mercer/arch95.html
http://pphp.uol.com.br/tropico/html/textos/956,1.shl
http://www.c3.hu/perspektiva/kiallitok/kiallitok.html
http://www.cidade.usp.br/educar2002z/ modulo11/0010/upload_aula/bienal.ppt
http://www.soros.c3.hu/15ev/perspektiva.htm
http://national.gallery.ca/english/library/biblio/ngc025.html
http://www.pdome.org/91/summer/splinter.html
http://www.international.gc.ca/canadaeuropa/spain/infocmar03-es.asp
http://www.mac.usp.br/minc/antiga/toronto.htm
http://www.cidade.usp.br/educar2002/mod11arq/Meta+arte+na+Bienal.txt