Curriculum Vitae Janice Rahn
Curriculum Vitae
Janice Rahn
Education
1995- 1998M Ed/PhD, Concordia University, Montreal
PhD thesis:Evolution and change: hip hop graffiti subculture in Montreal
Video documentary: Paintingunderpressure
Fellowships:McConnell Fellowship for doctorate
1992 –1995MFA, Concordia University, Montreal
MFA exhibition and paper:She Cast Herself Adrift. A man and babies anchored her there. Exhibited at Bourget Gallery, Montreal, and at Dare Dare Gallery, Montreal.
1981-1982B Ed, University of Toronto
1976-1980BFA, Queens’ University, Kingston, Ontario
Reviewed Publications
Books
2010Co-Editor:Viewfinding: Perspectives on teaching new media in the arts.
New York: Peter Lang
2002 Single Author: Painting without permission. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey
Chapters in Books
2010 Introduction Viewfinding: Perspectives on teaching new media in the arts,
New York: Peter Lang.
2010 New Media taught as art material: Tableau as inquiry, Viewfinding:
Perspectives on teaching new media in the arts,New York: Peter Lang.
2010Video sketchbook.In Viewfinding: Perspectives on teaching new media in
the arts, New York:Peter Lang.
2009 Digital content: video as research. Handbook of quantitative image-based
research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA:SAGE Press.
2003Crossing over: negotiating specialization in an interdisciplinary culture. Keynote Address presented at Interdisciplinary Conference, 20 pages. Regina, SK: Canadian Plains Research Centre.
Published Juried and Invited Articles
2005Painting under pressure. Calgary, AB: Art Gallery of Calgary catalogue.
2003 White, B. (Ed.). New media, curriculum and audience. National Symposium for Art Education catalogue, 10 pages. Montreal: McGill Press.
2003Emme, M. (Ed.) Technology, contemporary art, and education. Canadian Art Teacher. Canadian Studies Education through Art.
2002White, B. (Ed.). Community, collaboration, and dialogue: New media curriculum and change. Canadian Review of Art Education, 28 pages. Montreal: McGill Press.
2001White, B. (Ed.). Video as ethnography and teaching resource. CSEA Journal. Montreal: McGill Press.
1999Art without permission. Material Culture Review. Ottawa: Museum of Science and Technology.
1998Zimmerman, E., & Sacca, E. (Eds.). Autobiography as a tool in artmaking and teaching practice. Herstories, Ourstories, Future Stories. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
1997Outside art, hip-hop graffiti subculture. Halifax, NS: Catalogue of Folk Art symposium.
Exhibitions
Juried Solo Exhibitions
2000& Garden (Audio/Video installation), Stride, Calgary.
1997She Cast Herself Adrift, A Man and Babies Anchored Her There, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NF.
1996Compulse, Galerie Glace, Storefront window gallery, Montreal.
1996She Cast Herself Adrift, Dare Dare, Parallel Gallery, Montreal.
1995She Cast Herself, Bourget Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal.
1994Transforming Narratives, Bourget Art Gallery, Montreal.
1991Paper Marriage, Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto.
1991Paper Marriage, Malaspina Print Society Gallery, Vancouver.
1991Paper Marriage, Yukon Territorial Gallery, Whitehorse, YK.
1990From my sketchbook, Cultural Centre, Sienna, Italy.
Group Exhibitions (Recent)
2011 Sauna, Video installation, Penny building, Lethbridge, Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition.
2011 Chateau D’Eau audio/video installation, Galerie de la Vidourle Prix. Sauve, France
2010 Monoprints, Galerie de la Vidourle Prix. Sauve, France
2008 In collaboration with Michael Campbell, Elephant’s Graveyard, 30 degrees Portside List, at Groundwater Institute for Contemporary Art and Culture, Courtney, B.C.
2006 Elephant’s Graveyard, 30 degrees Portside List in Current,
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB.
2005Elephant’s Graveyard, 30 degrees Portside List in the Alberta Biennial, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff;Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton;
National Art Gallery in Ottawa.
2005-2006A Look at Graffiti,Calgary Art Gallery, Calgary. As Assistant Curator, selected graffiti writers from across Canada and screened my four videos on hip-hop culture as part of the exhibition, December – May.
2001Pause, Assistant Curator of 5 storefront window exhibits in collaboration with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB.
2001I couldn’t put it into words in Pause, storefront window exhibits in collaboration with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB,
1999The End of the World (as we know it), audio installation, ARTWEEK, Calgary, curated by David Garneau.
1998- 2009Exhibited new work each year at Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, in the annual U of L Fine Arts Faculty Show. For example: The Garden Show (audio video installation), Stumble, From my Sketchbook, Best in Show, Painting – 24 panels, etc.
1998Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal
1996Made, Quartier Ephemere, Montreal.
1996Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal.
1996The Delinquent Print, 372 Belgor Bldg., Montreal.
1996Finalistes du prix Albert-Dumouchel. La Bibliotheque Mille-End de la Ville de Montreal, Montreal.
1995Conseil Quebecois de l'estamp, Montreal.
1995ENVOYS(a web site of my work accompanied this exhibition), Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
1995Mobiliers d'artistes, GalerieOptica, Montreal.
1993False River, in collaboration with Michael Campbell, Bourget Gallery, Montreal.
1993International Papermaking Conference, Montreal.
1992The 2nd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan. Won award for best print, was published in catalogue.
Awards and Grants
2009Canada Council Initiative Grant
2005Alberta Fine Arts Council Media Grant
2001Alberta Fine Arts Council Media Grant
2000Canada Council Quest Grant
2000REE (Research Excellence) Grant, University of Lethbridge
1999AACES Grant
(to make a series of videos on artist-in-the-school projects)
1999University of Lethbridge Teaching Development Grant
(for videos)
1999University of Lethbridge Research Grant
(to make documentary video)
1998Artist Development Grant Dickinson State University, ND.
1996-1997McConnell Fellowship, Concordia University.
1995Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education
1992Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education
1992The 2nd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan. Won award for best print, was published in catalogue.
1990Yukon Advanced Artist Grant for Studies Abroad (Italy).
1988-1989Explorations, Canada Council Grant, Northwest Territories Arts Advisory Council Grant
1986-1987Northwest Territories Art Advisory Council Grant
Juried and Invited Paper and Video Presentations
2006 Keynote speaker, studio visits, one-week artist residency: MFA program at Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax. They invite two presenters a year, pay all expenses, per diem and $1,500 honorarium.
2005 Art Now, dinner and honorarium, University of Lethbridge
2003 Keynote speaker: Crossing Over: Negotiating Specialization in an Interdisciplinary Culture, Canadian Plains Research Center: University of Regina,Interdisciplinary Conference, all expenses paid and $450 honorarium.
2001Lecture in scholar series at the University of British Columbia, and again at theVancouver East Side Community Centre. All expenses paid and $1,500 honorarium
2001 Vancouver Mayor and City Council invited me to present my video Underpressure and to organize a meeting with local graffiti “writers” and the city engineer to discuss legal walls
2001Where the Sidewalk Ends, video screening of Under Pressure at EM media, Calgary
Conference Presentations
2009 NAEA, Advertising and art, Concordia University, Montreal
2008 CSEA, Digital Content, McGill University, Montreal
2006Critical Thinking and Interpretation of the Visual in Everyday Life, Alberta Fine Arts Conference
2005 Mass-Produced One of a Kind Pop Sculpture, Canadian Studies in Education through Art, Edmonton
2004 Video Sketchbook, Alberta Fine Arts Conference
2003 Visual Literacy, CSEA
2002 Semiotics and Silk Screening T-shirts, Alberta Fine Arts Conference
2001Teaching Through Online and Face-to-Face, Canadian Society for Education through Art Conference, Toronto
2001 Media Literacy, National Art Education Association conference
2000 Hip-hop Cultureand Ways of Learning, Canadian Society for the Study of Education conference, Edmonton
1999 Artist in the School Projects, University of Victoria, B. C. Fine Arts Conference
1999 Hip-Hop and Artist in the School Projects, University of Lethbridge, Alberta Fine Arts Conference
1999 Hip-hop Culture and Ways of Learning, Canadian Studies in Education through Art conference, Nova Scotia School of Art and Design Video Screenings and Presentations (Recent)
2001Toronto CSEA conference, online teaching using video
2001Seattle American Education Research Association conference video screening of Women and Hip-Hop
2001Documentary Under Pressure broadcast on ACCESS Networking and Canadian Learning Channel.
2000New Orleans American Education Research Association conference video screening of Under Pressure
2000New York NAEA conference video screening of Women and Hip-Hop
1999Victoria, B.C., Renaissance conference video screening of LOST
1999Antimatter Film Festival, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC. Screened: REST STOP (collaboration with Michael Campbell)
1999 University of Lethbridge screening of Under Pressure
1998 Video screening, LOST, shown at Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Curated Shows and Artist Residencies(Recent)
2005 - 2006Curated exhibition of graffiti writers from across Canada at the Art Gallery of Calgary: A look at Graffiti. December – May.
2001Curated artist residency with audio video artist Ken Dorin at Catholic Central High School, exhibited at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery; created educational video of process
2000Curated Under/over Exposure of artist-in-the-school projects with PSIII students
1999Curated student show from artist in the school project, University of Lethbridge Gallery to coincide with workshops for the AFAC
1999Curated artist residency with David Hoffos, U of L education students, and students at Catholic Central High School, Lethbirdge, AB, exhibited at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB; created video of process
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