CURRICULUM VITAE
Jo-Anne Balcaen

EDUCATION

2001 MFA – Concordia University, Montréal, QC
1995  BFA – University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 El Dorado, Galerie SAW Gallery (collaboration with Stephan Kurr)
2003 Machination, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, MB
2002 Machination, Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, QC
2000 The End, Bourget Gallery, Concordia University
1998 Oh…Nothing, Bourget Gallery, Concordia University
1995 Want You too Much, Plug In Gallery Billboard Project, Winnipeg, MB
1995 Advice to the Lovelorn, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, MB

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003 10 Things At Once, Rad’a, Montreal

2001 Hôpital,  a site-specific exhibition in an abandoned Montreal hospital.
         Presented by Articule (exhibition catalogue)

2001 25 Years, 25 Artists, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia
Univeristy. Faculty of Fine Arts 25th anniversary show.

2001 Blind Date, eyelevel gallery, Halifax  (duo show)

2000 X3  Ace Art Inc.'s annual fundraising auction and show.

2000 Manifestation internationale d'art de Québec, presented by l'Oeil de
Poisson, in various sites throughout Québec city.
Curator: Andrée Daigle (exhibition catalogue)

1999 Say Nothing, Be Silent, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
(exhibition catalogue)

1999 48 Rooms/48 Hours, site-specific show in a derelict Montreal rooming house.
(CD-Rom)

1998  Inking Rumours, Ontario College of Art and Design Gallery, Toronto

1998  Laughing, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg
         Curators: Blair Marten and Wayne Baerwaldt

1998 Da Bomb, Edifice Belgo, Montreal

1996 Immense/Ordered/Deranged, Cornish Library, Winnipeg, andAnna
Leonowens Gallery, Halifax. Curator:  Cliff Eyland

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2002 ART THROB : The Culture of Obsession. An exhibition based on the subculture
of fandom and obsessive collecting. With Daniel Barrow, Cecilia Berkovic,
Evergon, Shari Hatt, Keith Orkusz, Shelley Ouellet. Co-curated with Peter Hobbs,
presented at Articule, Montréal.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 Banff Centre for the Arts – Big Rock Candy Mountain thematic residency.

2000-present   Guest lecturer, Concorcia University Faculty of Fine Arts

2001-present Programming coordinator, Centre d’artistes Articule artist-run
centre, Montreal.

2001 Project coordinator – Hôpital, a site specific exhibition in an abandoned
Montreal hospital. Presented by Articule.

2001   Board member – Articule
1998   Instructor, Fibres structures, Concordia University Studio Arts program
1996    Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA). Mentored by Reva Stone, Wpg.

AWARDS

2003               Canada Council Travel Grant
1999              Canada Council Travel Grant
1996               Manitoba Arts Council Student Bursary
1995               Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts "B" Grant

SELECTED MEDIA AND PRESS REVIEWS

V. Tinguely, V. Stanton Victorious and Invinceable, CKUT Radio, Montreal, Aug. 2002

Crevier, Lyne, Mythologie sérielle:Art-Throb Vie des arts, July,2002

Lehmann, Henry, Obsession and destiy rule the roost at articule The Gazette, Saturday, May 25, 2002

Mavrikakis, Nicolas, Absolument kitsch, VOIR, Montreal, Thursday, May 23, 2002

Crevier, Lyne Serial Family, Ici, Montreal, Thursday, May 16, 2002

Paiement, Geneviève Pulsating passions Montreal Mirror, Thursday, May 16, 2002

Gombay, Katherine Art Talks  CBC Radio One, Saturday, May 18, 2002

Adams, Annmarie Hôpital: the healing arts find a home The Gazette Saturday, May 16, 2001

Randolph, Jeanne Some Truths Embellished MIX Magazine, Vol 26 No.4 spring ‘01

McLeod, Dayna Conversion Stories: A Silo/A Boarding House/A Foundry MIX Magazine, Vol. 26 No. 2, fall 2000

Cantin, David Manifestation international d'art de Québec – ornementer pour mieux comprendre Le Devoir Saturday, August 26, 2000

Noreau, Pierre-P. L'Art insolent  Le Soleil, Saturday, September 2, 2000

Arsenault, Benoît L'Ornementation hors d'elle-même Impact Campus Tuesday, September 12, 2000

Sutherland, Gilles Around the Galleries, The Times (Glasgow) Wednesday, October 6, 1999

Simpson, Moira Arts Review, The Brian Morton Show, BBC Radio Scotland, Tuesday, October 5, 1999

Lamarche, Bernard Chambres en ville, Le Devoir, Saturday, May 8, 1999

Buchholz, Garth Exhibit offers mix of art, books, Winnipeg Free Press Saturday, March 23, 1996

Buchholz, Garth Critic has last kick at visual arts cat: Rewind – the year in review  Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995

Matthews, Kevin Arts Review The Manitoban, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1995

Beaudette, Karine Un art de famille, La Liberté, St.Boniface, Nov. 10, 1995