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EDUCATION 2013 Concordia University; MFA Studio Arts, Open Media concentration 2006 York University; Honours BA, Anthropology, Creative Writing Minor 2003 York University; BA, Anthropology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2000-now Freelance Graphic Designer, Montreal, QC — Design and layout for specialty poetry collections, trade books, publicity materials (posters, handbills, online ads), CD and vinyl packaging. 2024 Co-producer, Long Distance: poems for your ears only, StAnza Poetry Festival, St Andrews, Scotland — Selection and solicitation of Canadian poets to perform readings over the phone. 2013-21 Managing Editor / Education and Community Outreach Program Manager, Vallum Society for Arts & Letters Education, Montreal, QC — Managing Vallum's publishing projects: Vallum: Contemporary Poetry magazine and Vallum Chapbook Series; including soliciting writers, copyediting, printing, distribution, publicity and marketing, organizing launches and related events, budgeting. — Overseeing the coordination and execution of poetry workshops in underserved communities throughout Montreal; including evaluating and establishing new community partners, determining workshop methodologies, scheduling processing and assessing feedback, reporting, budgeting, fundraising. — Responsible for all grant writing and fundraising for operational and project expenses. — Managing staff and interns; includes scheduling, delegating tasks, evaluating performance. 2013 Guest Poetry and Art Editor, Riddle Fence: A Journal of Arts & Culture, St. John’s, NFLD — Selection and solicitation of poets and artist for issue #16. 2010-11 Teaching Assistant, Integrated Studio in Contemporary Art Practices, Concordia University, Montreal, QC — Support of the professor with delivering curriculum through lectures, demonstrations, and discussions; student evaluations. 2009-10 Teaching Assistant, Video History and Theory, Concordia University, Montreal, QC — Support of the professor with delivering curriculum through lectures, and discussions; student evaluations. 2010 Intern (Summer), Véhicule Press, Montreal, QC — Database management, proofreading, publicity and marketing. 2003-09 Co-Publisher, littlefishcartpress, Orono, ON — Managing all aspects of publishing full-length poetry collections and chapbooks, including solicitations, design and layout, printing, distribution, publicity, launches, budgeting. 2008 Guest Poetry Editor for Advanced seminar in creative writing (fourth year), Trent University, Peterborough, ON — Working one on one editing students’ poems. 2005-06 Editorial Assistant / Co-designer, LICHEN Arts & Letters Preview, Whitby, ON — Selection of poets for 2 issues per year; design and layout of publication. 2002-06 Co-Editor-in-Chief / Art Editor / Designer, Existere (York University’s Literature and Arts Journal), Toronto, ON — Selection and solicitation of poets and artists for 2 issues per year; design and layout of publication. COMMUNITY-BUILDING INITIATIVES 2013-now Artistic Director, Rocket Science Room, Montreal, QC — Curates and programs niche events, such as music shows, readings, workshops, screenings, theatre, and art performances. 2016-18 Managing/Artistic Co-Director, General Audience, Montreal, QC — Programming of a monthly, community-based, informal lecture series to provide opportunities for people to share knowledge, experience, research, creative projects, information, and ideas in a comfortable and open environment. 2010-15 Managing/Artistic Co-Director, Fish Quill Poetry Boat Tour, The Grand River, ON — Organization and execution of a ten-day poetry and music tour by canoe PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2016-18 Board Member / Treasurer, Quebec Writers’ Federation, Montreal, QC — Committees: Hire A Writer; Digital Development; Gala; Youth Prize; Finance. 2018 Jury Member, Poetry in Voice, Montreal, QC — Selecting winning poems for the 2018 poetry in schools competition. 2013 Jury Member, Irving Layton Awards for Creative Writing, Concordia University, Montreal, QC — Selecting winning poems for the 2013 poetry competition. 2012 Jury Member, ART342, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA — Selecting incoming poets to attend the 2013 writing residency. 2003-05 Board Member, Artspace Artist-run Centre, Peterborough, ON — Committees: Fundraising; Programming. 2003-05 Jury Member / Programming Committee, Artspace Artist-run Centre, Peterborough, ON — Selecting artworks to be exhibited for the 2004, 2005 programming years. PARTICIPATORY & PERFORMANCE WORKS Scientists for Love 2014-17 Speed-dating for the Senses (and the sensitive), Montreal, QC & Toronto, ON (SummerWorks, 2015) — A social experiment with the senses, attraction, and 30 singles. 2016 Intermission, Canadian Stage, Toronto, ON — An evening of experiments exploring parallel universes and agency. 2015 Field Study: Data Pool, SummerWorks Opening, Toronto, ON — A public intervention: Participants were asked how they connect with people (touch, smell, taste, hearing, sight) and were assigned a colour based on their response. These colours were then a way to strike up conversation with strangers. 2015 Field Study: Saliva Swap, SummerWorks Mixer, Toronto, ON — A public intervention: In exchange for a swab of saliva, participants received someone else’s DNA and their phone number. 2015 Field Study: Complimentary Connections, Montreal Metro, Montreal, QC — A public intervention: 100 Montreal metro riders received a card for people to write down and pass along a compliment to stranger. 2014 Sweet Nothings: Readings for one, Blue Metropolis Literary Festival, Montreal, QC — An experiment in form and experience: personalised literary readings from Blue Met poets by phone, alone in a hotel room. 2014 Field Study: I hear you and I love you, Casa del Popolo, Montreal, QC — A public intervention survey. Additional works 2022 Thermal Vision (performance in collaboration with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer) HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste), Basel, Switzerland 2013 Lady Into Fox Redpath Museum, Montreal, QC 2012 Rare Birds Mouse Print Gallery, Montreal, QC 2008 Snowfort (Stop-animation component in DVD format) Love Letter to a Dinosaur, Peterborough Arts Umbrella Gallery, Peterborough, ON 2007 Be the Perfect Valentine Bitten, Peterborough Arts Umbrella Gallery, Peterborough, ON 2006 Because We Must A Destination:Gutter Collaborative Event, The Spill Café, Peterborough, ON 2002 Choose or Choose (video component in VHS format) York University, Toronto, ON 2002 Real Time (videocomponent in VHS format) York University, Toronto, ON 2001 The Red Show (video component in VHS format, sound component in 16-bit stereo) Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON STOP-MOTION ANIMATION SCREENINGS 13, un ludodrame sur Walter Benjamin (includes 6 stop-motion animation shorts) 2019 — InScience International Science Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands 2019 — Giornate degli Autori at the Venise film festival, Venice, Italy 2019 — Festival de Cinema Jueu de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 2019 — Casa del Cinema, Rome, Italy 2018 — Journées Internationales du Film sur l'art 12e edition, Louvre, Paris, France 2018 — Mediafilm, Montreal, QC 2018 — Cinéma Le Clap, Quebec City, QC 2018 — Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montreal, QC 2018 — Doc Fortnight du MoMA, New York City, USA 2018 — CPH : DOX, Copenhague, Denmark 2018 — Festival de Cine de Lima intitulée, Lima, Peru 2017 — Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montreal, QC 2017 — RIDM (Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal), Montreal, QC Dinosaurs 2008 — The Doll Show #1: Poppet, Artspace: Mudroom, Peterborough, ON Dinosaurs, Japanese Garden, My Brother's Wedding 2008 — Cow Palace Arts Festival, Cow Palace, Orono, ON 2008 — Thomson House Art Show Thomson House, Montreal, QC My Brother's Wedding 2008 — The Millbrook International 3 Minute Film Festival Gala, The King Street Centre for the Arts, Millbrook, ON 2007 — Matrix Magazine #78, “The Narrative ‘I’” Launch, Blizzart’s, Montreal, QC 2007 — The Festival of Darkness, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough,ON 2007 — Shoot and Score, Sadlier House, Peterborough, ON 7 shorts 2006 — Artsweek, The Underdog, Peterborough, ON Six Short Stop-Animations: 2006 — Artsweek, The Underdog, Peterborough, ON 2006 — Artsweek, Trent Film Society Chambers' St. Parking Lot, Peterborough, ON 2006 — The Festival of Darkness, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough,ON 2005 Four Very Short Stop-Animations — Sound and Vision, Cinema 379, Peterborough, ON SCULPTURE EXHIBITIONS EXCUSE YOU! (neon sign in collaboration with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer) 2023 — Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA 2022 — Bitforms Gallery, Art Basel, Miami 2022 — Wilde Gallery, Basel, Switzerland Timepiece 2022 — produit rien, Montreal, QC 2011 — Concordia University, Montreal, QC 2004 Prototype (sound component in 16-bit stereo): Surface, Cossar's Art Centre, Peterborough, ON 2003 Narrative Odds 50/50 Art Extravaganza, Peterborough Public Library, Peterborough, ON 2003 People Product Catwalk, Market Hall, Peterborough, ON 2002 Glut Why Stop at the Lollipop, The Mocking Bird, Toronto, ON 2000 Urban Psyche Series Dis=connect, SOF Art House, Toronto, ON 2000 Urban Psyche Series Utopia Café and Grill, Toronto, ON PUBLICATIONS (JOURNALS & SMALL PRESS) 2014 “For Christ’s Sake”, Hazlitt online, Random House of Canada, weekly poem. 2013 Rare Birds (installation excerpts), Apogee Magazine, Spring 2013. 2012 The Best Canadian Poetry In English 2011 (An Anthology featuring selected poets who published poems during 2011), Tightrope Books. (1 poem) 2012 Flukes of Nature (excerpts), Event Magazine No. 41.2 2011 “By Any Name,” “Before Meteorologists,” “The Tin Woodsman Turns Partisan,” “Rodeo Romance”, The Winnipeg Review, Issue 5, Fall. 2011 Hypotheticals, Coach House Books. 2009 “what are we driving ourselves into,” “Supposition No.1, ” “Supposition No.2”, Prairie Fire No. 30:3. 2009 “Ambitious Birds”, Fevered Spring Almost Instant Anthology, Toronto Small Press Fair Group. 2008 I.V. Lounge Nights (An Anthology featuring selected poets from the I.V. Lounge Reading Series), Tightrope Books. (3 poems) 2008 “Diagnoses”, Prism international. No. 47:1 Fall. 2007 The Hoodoo You Do So Well (An Anthology of poetry from the Banff Centre for the Arts Writing Studio 2007), Littlefishcartpress. (10 poems) 2007 This Grace (An Anthology featuring four poets), Littlefishcartpress. (10 poems) 2005 “Artificial Reef”, The Fiddlehead No. 226 Winter. 2005 Hypotheticals (A small chapbook), Littlefishcartpress. (6 poems) READINGS 2017 Blanc de Blanc (Backyard Sessions), Montreal, QC 2016 Port Credit Library, Mississauga, ON 2016 The Garnet, Peterborough, ON 2015 Café L’Insouciant (Lapalabrava Reading Series), Montreal, QC 2015 Chez Boris (Lawn chair soiree Reading Series), Montreal, QC 2015 Atwater Library (Quebec Writers’ Federation, Rapid-Fire Reading Series), Montreal, QC 2015 Molly’s Coffee House (odd sundays Reading Series), Fredericton, New Brunswick. 2014 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. 2014 High Park (The High Park Reading Festival, Toronto, ON 2014 Café Résonance (Résonance Reading Series), Montreal, QC 2014 The Elora Poetry Centre (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Elora, ON 2014 Atwater Library (The Atwater Poetry Project), Montreal, QC 2013 The Sparrow (LitPop Reading Series #2), Montreal, QC 2013 The Common (The Common Reading Series), Toronto, ON 2013 Tranzac (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Toronto, ON 2013 Beaver House (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Elora, ON 2013 Historic Kissing Bridge (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), West Montrose, ON 2013 Words Worth Books (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Kitchener, ON 2013 Wired Up Pugs Café-Bistro (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Cambridge, ON 2013 Cedar House (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Paris, ON 2013 The Station Coffee House & Gallery (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Brantford, ON 2013 Chiefswood National Historic Site (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, ON 2012 York University, Toronto, ON 2012 Niagara Artists Centre (Grey Borders Reading Series), St. Catharines, Ontario. 2012 Brock University, St. Catharines, ON 2012 Tranzac (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Toronto, ON 2012 Elora Farmers Market, Bissell Park (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Elora, ON 2012 Historic Kissing Bridge (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), West Montrose, ON 2012 Gallery on the Grand (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Kitchener, ON 2012 Wired Up Pugs Café-Bistro (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Cambridge, ON 2012 Brown Dog Cafe (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Paris, ON 2012 The Station Coffee House & Gallery (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Brantford, ON 2012 Chiefswood National Historic Site (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, ON 2012 Casa del Popolo (The Golden Hour), Montreal, QC 2012 Placebo Space (The Golden Hour), Toronto, ON 2012 New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, Minnesota. 2012 Lawnya Vawnya Festival, St. Johns, NL 2012 Robson Reading Series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2012 Art Bar Poetry Series, Paupers Pub, 539 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ON 2012 Cobourg Poetry Workshop, 66 King East, Cobourg, ON 2012 Barnhill's Books, 811 Burke Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA 2012 High Point University (Phillips 120), High Point, North Carolina. 2011 The Dance Cave (Hypotheticals book launch), Toronto, ON 2011 The Artel (Hypotheticals book launch), Kingston, ON 2011 The Sparrow (Hypotheticals book launch), Montreal, QC 2011 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB 2011 Bissel Park Pavllion (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Elora, ON 2010 Historic Kissing Bridge (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), West Montrose, ON 2011 Waterloo Region Museum (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Kitchener, ON 2011 O’Keefe’s Cottage Cafe (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Cambridge, ON 2011 Brown Dog Cafe (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Paris, ON 2011 Brantford Arts Block (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Brantford, ON 2011 Chiefswood National Historic Site (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, ON 2011 Historic Kissing Bridge (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), West Montrose, ON 2010 Historic Kissing Bridge (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), West Montrose, ON 2010 Gallery on the Grand (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), West Bridgeport, ON 2010 O’Keefe’s Cottage Cafe (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Cambridge, ON 2010 Brown Dog Cafe (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Paris, ON 2010 Brantford Arts Block (Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour), Brantford, ON 2010 Kubo Lounge (Cooked and Eaten Reading Series), Peterborough, ON 2009 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB 2008 The Gordon Best Theatre (Cooked and Eaten Reading Series), Peterborough, ON 2008 The Green Room (“The Hoodoo You Do So Well” Book Launch), Montreal, QC 2008 I.V. Lounge (“The Hoodoo You Do So Well” Book Launch), Toronto, ON 2008 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB 2008 Seahorse Tavern (Shoestring Reading Series), Halifax, NS 2008 University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI 2008 Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB 2008 Moncton Public Library, Moncton, NB 2007 Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB 2006 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB 2006 Free Times Café, Toronto, ON 2005 Free Times Café, Toronto, ON 2005 IV Lounge, Toronto, ON AWARDS 2021 Research and Creation (Poetry) (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec) 2015 Travel Grant Literature (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec) 2014 Grants for Professional Writers: Creative Writing (Poetry) (Canada Council for the Arts) 2013 Travel Grant Literature (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec) 2013 Travel Grant Literature (Canada Council for the Arts) 2012 Travel Grant Literature (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec) 2011 Travel Grant Literature (Canada Council for the Arts) 2011 Travel Grant Literature (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec) 2010 CBC Literary Awards (Finalist) 2009 CBC Literary Awards (Finalist) 2009 Research and Creation (Poetry) (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec) 2008 Writers’ Reserve (Arc Magazine in conjunction with Ontario Arts Council) 2008 Best Animation (The Millbrook International 3 Minute Film Festival), Millbrook, Ontario. 2007 Writers’ Reserve (Coach House Books in conjunction with Ontario Arts Council) 2005 P.K. Page Irwin Prize (Honourable Mention), Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario. RESIDENCIES 2024 International Literary Seminars, Kenya (2 weeks, forthcoming) 2012 NY Mills Cultural Center, NY Mills, Minnesota, USA (4 weeks) 2011 ART342, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (14 weeks) 2011 The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada (5 weeks) 2007 The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada (5 weeks) SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE Scientists for Love (Relational art project): August 7, 2015; The Toronto Star, “Find your soulmate – by sniffing their dirty T-shirt”, Katrina Clarke March 16, 2015; CBC’s Wire Tap, “The Dating Game”, Jonathan Goldstein February 14, 2015; CBC’s Radio Noon, “Interview with Mira Burt-Wintonick” February 14, 2015; La Presse, “Amour et Science: Speed Dating Scientifique”, Philippe Mercure February 14, 2015; La Presse, “Amour et Science: Les Dessous de L’Expérience”, Interview with Philippe Mercure March 23, 2014; Maclean’s, “Can we sniff out true love?”, Lev Bratishenko Hypotheticals (Full-length poetry collection, published by Coach House Books, 2011): Spring 2014; The Bull Calf, Review, Graham Jensen September 12, 2012; Lemon Hound, The Limbless and Resolute in Kotsilidis’ Hypotheticals, Jesse MacEachern July 2102; Literatured.com, Review, Jay Millar May 2012; American Scientist, Querying Science, Rick Mullin February 1, 2012; NewPages Book Reviews, Review, Alyse Bensel Fall 2011; Rover: Montreal Arts Uncovered, Matthias Lalisse Fall 2011; Montreal Review of Books, Review, Bert Almon DOWNLOADABLE CV |
