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Kerri Flannigan // 1224 Hillside, Victoria, BC// V8T 2B2

kerriflannigan@gmail.com // 587-986-2308// www.kerriflannigan.com

 

EDUCATION

 

2016                MFA, Visual Arts, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2011                BFA with distinction, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS/PERFORMANCES

 

2019                Screening: The After Party, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Vancouver, BC

                        Group Exhibition: Camosun Faculty Exhibition, Camosun College, Victoria, BC

                        Blue Crush Zine Launch with Rae Spoon, Victoria, BC

                        Concrete Canvas, Victoria, BC

                        Group Exhibition: New Extreme, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC

2018                Group Exhibition, Stories That Tell Stories, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON

                        Performance, ‘Open Bulrush’ Poetry Reading, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC       

                        Group Exhibition, Commute, Bus-shelter, Victoria, BC

                        Group Exhibition, 90x60, Réunion, San José, Costa Rica

                        Group Exhibition, Distance Between Us, Open Space, Victoria, BC

                        Solo Exhibition, Feeling Measurements, Open Space, Victoria, BC

                        Group Performance, Feeling Measurements – Live Slow Scan Action, Open Space, Victoria, BC

                        Solo Exhibition, Blue Crush, The Fifty-Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC

2017                Solo Performance: Blue Crush, Skampede, Theatre Skam, Victoria, BC

                        Solo Performance: She Came From a Wave, Nuit Rose, Toronto, ON

                        Solo Performance: The Secrets of Naming Clouds, Uno Fest, Intrepid Theatre, Victoria, BC

                        Group Exhibition: Kids these Days, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC (curated by Zoë Chan)

2016                Group Exhibition: The After Party, Fifty-Fifty gallery, Victoria, BC (exhibition in collaboration with the Youth of Island Sexual Health)

                        Group Exhibition: The Lind Prize, Roundhouse Community Art Centre, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, BC (jurors Stephen Waddell, Helga Pakasaar and Reid                          Shier)        

                        Solo performance: Project M45, Bain St Mathieu, Montreal, QC (curated by Sarah Elkashef, dramaturge)

                        Solo Performance: The Secrets of Naming Clouds, Intrepid Theatre and the Darling Foundry, Victoria, BC and Montreal, QC

                        Group Exhibition: Kids these Days, MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (curated by Zoë Chan)

2015                Group Exhibition: Confectionary, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria. Victoria, BC

                        Performance: Enter : Vodka, Intrepid Theatre (collaboration with Leah Callen for MFA defence)

2014                Group Exhibition: Bande à part / Kids these days, Foreman Art Gallery, Sherbrooke, QC (curated by Zoë Chan)

                        Two-person Exhibition: DATA: SALON, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, QC

                        Group Exhibition: Paperwork, FOFA Gallery, Montreal, QC

                        Two-Person Performance: An Anthology of Belonging, The Rhubarb Festival, Toronto, ON

                        Two-person Exhibition: Northern Onterrible: Double Dip Road and Other Tales, ARTSPACE, Peterborough, ON

                        Solo Performance: Double Dip Road, Artspace Peterborough, ON

2013                Group Exhibition:  Tandem Créatif, articule and LʼÉcomusée du Fier Monde, Montreal, QC

                        Solo Performance: Fist Press, La Centrale, Montreal, QC

2012                Group Exhibition:  Heiress, articule, Montreal, QC (curated by Daniel Barrow)

                        Solo Performance: Heiress, articule, Montreal, QC (curated by Daniel Barrow)

                        Group Exhibition:  Le Mot J, The Long Haul, Montreal, QC (curated by Vanessa Yanow)

                        Group Exhibition: What Keeps You Awake at Night, Studio 427, Montreal, QC

                        Screening: Songs to Ward off Bears, CineCycle, Toronto, ON

                        Solo Performance: Come Up to My Room Design Talks, Toronto, ON

                        Performative Lecture, Montreal, QC (In collaboration with Queer Reading Night)

                        Solo Performance: CO-LAB, Montreal, QC

                        Solo Performance: Finissage: Stop/Motion, VAV Gallery, Montreal, QC

2011                Group Exhibition and performance: The Afterparty, Webster Library, Montreal, QC (curated by Jenny Lin)

                        Two-person Exhibition: Stop/Motion, VAV Gallery, Montreal, QC

                        Group Exhibition:  Invisible, The Long Haul, Montreal, QC

2010                Screening: Entzaubert Queer Film and Video Festival, Berlin, Germany (video screening)

 

 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

 2018               Interview: C mag, Queering Intimacy Through Acts of Care: A Conversation with Kerri Flannigan and Megan K. Quigley, Greta Hamilton, issue 139 Trust, Toronto, ON.

2017                Essay Writer: One Way or Another, Open Space, Victoria, BC.

                        Essay Writer: Pocket Money – A social history of Babysitters’ Unions - Guts Magazine

2016                Editor: The Artifact Institute and articule Perspectives of the Status of Electronic Equipment in Montreal, Montreal, QC.

2015                Artist Interview: Common Weal “Connect: Towards a Socially Engaged Aesthetic” Regina, SK

                        Coming of Age Stories: Hooking Up. Risograph Print. Victoria, BC.

 

ARTIST TALKS & WORKSHOPS

 

2019                “Zine-Mobile”, Artcity, Winnipeg, MB

                        “Zine Workshop”, Girls Group, Courtenay, BC

2018                “Stop-Motion Animation”, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC                       

                        “Fathoming/Unfathoming”, Casa Anima, Guadalajara, Mexico            

                         Artist talk, The Distance Between Us – Symposium, Open Space, Victoria, BC

                        “Queer Storytelling and Stop-Motion Animation”, Kamloops Art Gallery, Victoria, BC

2017                “Fathoming/Unfathoming”, Open Space Victoria, BC

                        “Feeling Measurements”, City Studios, Victoria, BC

                        “Bird Walk”, Open Space, Victoria, BC

                        “Risograph zine-making workshop”, Open Space, Victoria, BC

                        “Zine-making: A discussion and Workshop,” Itegrate Arts Festival, GVPL, Victoria, BC

                         Artist Talk, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

                         Artist Talk, Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon

                         Facilitator: Megan Dickie Artist talk, Open Space, Victoria, BC

2016                 Artist Talk, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2015                 Artist Talk, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

                         Artist Talk, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

                        “Frame by Frame: Stop-Motion Animation”, Artspace, Peterborough, ON

2013                 The Zine Culture of the Finnish Diaspora, No Fear of Zine Failure: Perspectives on Self- Publishing and Zine Culture, Expozine, Montreal, QC (Moderated by Jeff Miller)

                         Live Readings: Grandparents Zine, Le Pickup Dépanneur, Montreal QC (Moderated by Jeff Miller)                          

2012                 “DIY Animation”, Ste. Emilie Skillshare, Montreal, QC

2010                 “Silkscreening 101”, Ste Emilie Skillshare, Montreal, QC

2009                 “Introduction to Zine Making”, 2110 centre, Montreal, QC

 

RESIDENCIES

 

2018                Queer Geographies, Curator: Anthea Black and Mikiki, Casa Anima Rural, Guadalajara, Mexico

2017                Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon

                        Hub14, Toronto, ON

                        Vermont Studio Centre, Vermont, USA

2013                Kolin Ryynanen, Finland.

                        Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, QC.

2012                Hammock Residency, Vancouver, BC.

                        Remembering Helen Hill: A Mentorship Residency with Amy Lockhart, Toronto, Animated Imagine Society, Toronto, Ontario.  

2010                Roberts Street Social Centre/ Anchor Archive Zine Library, Halifax, NS

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SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2019                Instructor, Camosun College, Victoria, BC (course taught Art 102)

2018-2019       Educator, Oak and Orca Bioregional School, Victoria BC

2015-17           Instructor, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC (courses taught: Video Art, Foundation Drawing and Painting)

2014-6             Teaching Assistant, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC (courses taught: Studies in Drawing, Photo, Media and Interdisciplinary actions, Drawing from the Model,                                        Contemporary Art Photography)

2014                Video Editor, Alumni Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

2012                Documentation Assistant, articule artist-run-centre, Montreal, QC

2011                Volunteer Coordinator, Sidetracks Silkscreen Collective, Montreal, QC

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SELECTED PROFESSIONAL MENTORING EXPERIENCE

 

2019                New Extreme, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Esquimalt High           

2015-2016       Vancouver Island Sexual Health Youth Committee

2012-13           Tandem créatif, a collaborative art project between an emerging artists with an intellectual disability and professional artists, Montreal, QC.

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

 

2019                School Garden Grant –Whole Foods Foundation

2017                Canada Council - Media Arts

                        BC Arts Council – Professional Development Grant      

                        BC Arts Council - Project Assistance Grant

2016                Shortlist - Philip Lind Award

                        University of Victoria Graduate Student Society - Travel Grant

2015                Audrey St. Denys & M. E. Johnson Scholarship

                        SSHRC Grant

                        University of Victoria Graduate Student Society - Travel Grant

2014                Expozine Best English Zine

2013                LOQIJ Travel Grant to attend an international residency

                        Runner-Up - Expozine Best English Zine

2012                Runner-Up - Expozine Best English Zine

2011                 Expozine Best English Zine

                        Conseil des Arts et des Lettres Quebec - Emerging Artist Grant

                        Concordia Fine Arts Student Association - Special Projects Grant

 

SELECTED COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

 

2016-19           Member, Open Space, Victoria, BC

2016-17           Artist Member, West Coast League of Lady Wrestlers, Victoria, BC

2014-16           Artist member, Experimental Playwrights Unit, Playwrights Montreal, Montreal, QC

2014-15           Artist member, Eastern Bloc

2012/13           Professional Artist team member, Tandem Creatif, Exeko and articule, Montreal, QC

2012/14           Programming and outreach committee member, articule, Montreal, QC

2011/14           Member, articule, Montreal, QC

2011                Collective member, Queer Between the Covers Bookfair, Montreal, QC

2009/12           Sidetracks Silkscreen Team, Fine Arts Student Association Concordia, Montreal, QC

2006/11           Collective Member, Ste. Emilie Skillshare, Montreal, QC

 

PRESS

 

2019                Queering Intimacy Through Acts of Care: A Conversation with Kerri Flannigan and Megan k. Quigley, Greta Hamilton, cmag, issue 139 Trust, Toronto, ON.

2016                “News in Brief”, Canadian Art

2015                “Atlantic Report” Canadian Art, Fall edition.

2014                “D’où venons-nous, que sommes-nous, où allons-nous ?”, Le Devoir, 23 août 2014

2012                “Writer Interview: Kerri Flannigan”, Papirmasse, Toronto, ON