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| Rachelle Viader Knowles is an artist working in a broad range of contemporary media including lens, time and text based installation. Born in 1969 in Bristol, UK, Rachelle grew up in Cardiff, Wales. She received a Foundation Certificate in Art and Design from Cardiff College of Art, Wales, UK (1988) and a BA Honours Fine Art (Interactive Arts) from the University of Wales College Newport, UK (1993) before moving to Canada in 1994 to pursue her MFA Visual Arts (Multi Media) at the University of Windsor in southern Ontario. She graduated in 1996. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including the 3rd Kwangju Biennale in South Korea (2000) and a solo exhibition of installations and public projects Home and Other Fictions held at Chapter Arts Centre in Wales GB and MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina, Canada (2003). Selected solo exhibitions include We Are Not Who We Were, Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina (2002); In Time, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto (1999) and Surface Tension, Art Gallery of Windsor (1998). Knowles mantains dual British and Canadian citizenship and is currently Assistant Professor, Visual Arts Intermedia, University of Regina. |
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| education
94 - 96 | MFA Visual Arts (Multi Media) The University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada 90 - 93 | BA(Hons) Fine Art (Interactive Arts) University of Wales College Newport, UK 87 - 88 | Foundation Certificate in Art and Design Cardiff College of Art, Wales, UK |
| solo exhibitions
04 | Lou's Eyes | Peak Gallery | review 03 | Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff, UK. 02 | Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina, Canada 99 | YYZ Artists Outlet Toronto, Canada 98 | The Art Gallery of Windsor Catalogue with essay by C.S. Matheson 96 | MFA Thesis Exhibition, Upper Floor, 192 Ouelette Ave., Windsor |
| selected group exhibitions
03 | Cluster (03) Peak Gallery, Toronto, Canada | review AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada. Collaborative project with Ellen Moffat and Linda Duval 02 | Toronto International Art Fair, represented by PEAK Gallery, Toronto. 01 | Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener, Canada. Exhibition of temporary site-specific works 00 | 3rd Kwangju Biennale, South Korea.
North American Commissioner, Tom Finkelpearl (P.S.1. New York). Catalogue. 99 | Cluster. Pekao Gallery, Toronto. Invited artist 98 | Faculty Exhibition. School of Visual Arts Lebel Gallery, University of Windsor 97 | Oh, Canada... Artcite Celebrates Fifteen Years Artcite Inc. Windsor. Juried by Dave Fine Staging Like S p a c e s ArtLab, University of Western Ontario. Curated by Jen Papararo and Kim Simon. Brochure with collaborative essay by the curators. 96 | Between Machine and Story Artcite Inc. Windsor. Curated by Rod Strickland and Vittorio Sbrocca |
| awards
03 | University of Regina, Presidents SSHRC fund Research Award 02 | University of Regina, Dean of Fine Arts Research Award 01 | Nominated artist - K.M. Hunter Artists Awards 00 | Banff Centre for the Arts Financial Assistance Award 99 | Ontario Arts Council Grant to Visual Artists 98 | Ontario Arts Council Grant to Visual Artists. 97 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant 96 | City of Windsor Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts 95 | Post Graduate Scholarship Award and Summer Scholarship Award, University of Windsor, Canada 94 | International Student Award and Graduate Assistantship, University of Windsor, Canada |
| residencies
02 | Trinity Square Video, Life During Wartime digital video for the web residency 00 | Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada - DISCOVERY thematic residency 99 | Braziers International Artists' Workshop, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, UK. Catalogue |
| selected professional activities
03 | Panelist: 'Grading Creativity: Art in Academia' Arts and Humanities conference, Hawaii, USA Artist Talk MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada 02 | Board Member Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina, Canada 99 | Volunteer Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto Canada 00 | Art Gallery of Ontario - Artists With Their Work programme. Selected artist 99 | ® 00 20th Anniversary Coordinator Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto 99 | Visual Arts Coordinator Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, Toronto 98 - 00 | Member of the Red Head Gallery collective 98 - 99 | Curator of Education (Acting) Art Gallery of Windsor, Canada 98 | Artist Talk/walk through tour Art Gallery of Windsor, Canada 97 - 98 | Gallery Educator - multi media exhibits Art Gallery of Windsor, Canada 95 - 97 | Producer / presenter CJAM campus community radio
ARTSFOCUS A spoken word and music show providing commentary on arts events in the Windsor area. Guests include Ian Wallace, David Clarke, and Colette Whiten 95 - 97 | Co-organizer MEDIA CITY Windsor's Independent Film and Video Festival, Canada 94 - 97 | Member of the board, ARTCITE INC, Artist-Run Centre and Gallery, Windsor, Canada |
| academic positions
02 - | Assistant Professor Visual Arts Intermedia, University of Regina, Canada 97 | Sessional Instructor Visual Arts Multimedia, University of Windsor, Canada 94 - 96 | Teaching Assistant Visual Arts Multimedia, University of Windsor, Canada |
| reviews | articles | essays
Jack Anderson, Regina Leader Post 'Faces exhibit range of emotions' March 7 2002 Ross Bowden, Lola Magazine Toronto 'Surface/Tension' Summer 2000 Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail 'Gallery Going' July 24 1999 Patricia Deadman, MacKenzie Art Gallery brochure essay 'Save Our Souls', Regina, Canada June 2003 Thomas Finkelpearl, 3rd Kwangju Biennale catalogue essay, 'North America' 2000 Corinna Ghaznavi, dART International, 'Redrospective at the Red Head Gallery'' Fall 2000 Frank Hoffman, Art In America 'Review - The Kwangju Biennale', November 2000 R. Levesque, Room Magazine 'Masters of Fine A ® Windsor's grads examine their own reality' June 1996 Jenifer Papararo, Red Head Gallery brochure 'A Particular We'' June 1999 John Massier, Lola Magazine 'Rachelle Viader Knowles at YYZ' Toronto. Spring 1999 Kyo Maclear, Toronto Life Magazine 'March at a glance- Art' March 1999 C.S.Matheson, AGW catalogue 'Seeking After That Sweet Golden Clime: Intimate Landscapes of Loss' 1998 Suzanne Ngui, Room Magazine 'Naked in the john with Rachelle Viader Knowles. Windsor. May 1998 Jenifer Papararo and Kim Simon, ArtLab brochure 'Staging like s p a c e s', University Western Ontario 1997 Craig Pearson, The Windsor Star 'If its creative, it qualifies, like it or not.' August 20 1998 Craig Pearson, The Windsor Star 'Try this on for size-art shows concentrate on scale, perspective' June 26 1998 Craig Pearson, The Windsor Star 'Artists remember, Day Without Art performance' November 30 1997 Craig Pearson, Express Magazine 'Human aspects of technology revealed and reviled', Windsor. July 20 1995 Si Si Penalosa, NOW Magazine 'In Time gives new meaning to intimacy.' Toronto. Feb 25 - March 1999 Louise Short, Artists Newsletter (UK) 'Ffresh 3, G39 and Chapter, Cardiff 23 Feb - 30 March', May 2002 R.M. Vaughan, EYE Magazine 'Facing the big questions - Rachelle V Knowles at the Red Head' July 22 1999 Andrew Wright Lola Magazine 'Flowers, showers and curtain calls - RVK at the Art Gallery of Windsor' 1998 |
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