Exhibitions – Curator
2015
Total Recall. Bury Art Museum, Bury, UK. (co-curated with Philip Davenport). August 1 – October 3, 2015.
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Exhibitions — Solo
2017
housepress / no press at 20. W.A.C. Bennett Library Special Collections, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
2015
Every Word. Calgary City Hall, Calgary , AB.
2013
How to Read. Niagara Arts Centre. St.Catharines, ON.
2012
Prose of the Trans Canada. Thunder and Lightning. Sackville, NB.
2011
Selections from The Alphabet. Wordfest 2011 / Wordfeast. Calgary, AB.
Prose of the Trans Canada. Wordfest 2011 / Calgary Tower. Calgary, AB.
Brodsky Gallery @ KWH. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA, USA.
2010
Chains. Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary, AB.
2009
Chains. Calgary International Spoken Word Festival, Calgary, AB.
2008
Chains. Uppercase Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2007
Section E: Entertainment. Litteraturhuset. Oslo poesifestival. Oslo, Norway.
2006
Poetics as objects. TRUCK Gallery, Calgary, AB.
Section E: Entertainment. The Nýhil International Poetry Festival. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2005
The Newspaper. The Little Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2004
Section F: Sports. TRUCK Gallery, Calgary, AB.
1999
Anat(w)omy. The New Gallery, Calgary, AB.
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Exhibitions — Group
2022
Un Coup de Dés Jamais N’Abolira l’Appropriation. UWE Bristol Library, Bristol, UK.
Catalogue Saisonee. Paper View Books, Leiria, Portugal.
2021
Visual Poetry. MainSite Contemporary Art. Norman, OK, USA.
Timglaset Editions. Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden.
2020
Praxis. House Wien. Vienna, Austria.
Planetary. Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB.
Post-Hoc, An online Art show. Web.
Trånslatiøns: A Visual Poetry Exhibition. Web.
2019
Concrete is Porous. Ottawa Verse Fest, Ottawa, ON.
Concrete is Porous. Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catherines, ON.
Concrete is Porous. Common Ground, Windsor, ON.
Poetry by Design. Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds. Leeds, UK.
verbi-voco-visual: an exhibition of concrete and visual poetry. Barristers Gallery. New Orleans, LA, USA.
The Life of an Artist’s Book. Nan Home Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Publizieren als künstlerische Praxis: Konzeptuelle Literaturen und Verlage in der Universitätsbibliothek Bern. Universitätsbibliothek, Bern, Switzerland.
2018
Concrete is Porous act 1: visual. Secret Handshake Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Platz 71. Künstlerbücher. Bund Offenbacher Künstler. Offenbach am Main, Germany.
Seasons & Directions. Eye level Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination. University of Alberta Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, Edmonton, AB.
2017
Making Treaty 7: Finding Common Ground. Esker Foundation, Calgary.
“Keeping the Circle Strong” Sharing our Culture: Celebrating National Aboriginal Day. Aboriginal Awareness Week Calgary (AAWC). Family Day Festival & Powwow. Calgary, AB.
Poetry International. Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Concrete & Constraint. bookartbookshop. London, UK.
Oslo poesifilm – festival for digital og visuell poesi. Oslo, Norway.
Research Field Station, no. 1: Copying. Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Text + Image. Bleeding Heart Art Space. Edmonton, AB.
Travel Exhibition: Seasons & Directions. Massey College, Toronto, ON.
Poems without Words: A Little Exhibition. Cinema Foyer, University of London, Birkbeck. London, UK.
Foreigners. Bury Art Museum, Bury, UK.
Uncovering Artists Books. School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
2016
KOAC Gala & Fundraiser, Calgary, AB.
Paint her to your own mind. Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold, Yorkshire, UK.
21st-Century Visual Poetics. English Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
Reading Matters: Information as Material & Co. Printed Matter, New York, NY, USA.
Paint her to your own mind. &Model Gallery, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
Paint her to your own mind. Constantine Gallery, Teeside University, Teeside, UK.
Uncovering Artists Books. Grimsby Public Art Gallery. Gimsby, ON.
2015
Casheesh Fifteen. Geoffrey Young Gallery. Gt. Barrington, MA, USA.
Twenty by Sixteen. Morgan Lehman Gallery. New York, NY, USA.
Visuelle Poesie. Theater am Saumarkt. Vienna, Austria.
Total Recall. Bury Art Museum, Bury, UK.
Fest I Nova – G Force; 7th International Festival of Contemporary Art in Honor of The Zdanevich Brothers. American Pavilion Library; Art-Villa Garikula, Akhalkalaki Village, Georgia.
2015 Faculty Show. Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB.
The Future is Here Again: Visual Language. AC Institute. New York, NY, USA.
A Generative Library. Büro BDP. Berlin, Germany.
From Line to Constellation. Cohen Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
2014
Letters. Northern-Southern. Austin, TX, USA.
Textfestival 2014. Bury Art Museum, Bury, UK.
See The Sound. Verses Festival of Words. Vancouver, BC.
Postscript: Writing after Conceptual Art. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
T E X T ual A R T ivity: a month-long display of visual poetry. The Human Bean, Cobourg, ON.
Räume für Notizen. galerie wechselstrom, Vienna, Austria.
Close to Home: An Artists’ Book Showcase. Paul D. Fleck Library, Banff Centre. Banff, AB.
Kunstenaarsboeken / Artist’s Books 2003-2014. Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
ZimZalla. Hardy Tree Gallery, London, UK.
Nuit Blanche Calgary. Olympic Plaza, Calgary, AB.
2013
The Reading Unroomed. Aarhus LittearturCenter. Aarhus, Denmark.
Printing Out the Internet. Labor. Mexico City, Mexico.
Faculty Mini-Exhibition. Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB.
The Nabokov Paper: an experiment in novel reading. Shandy Hall, York, UK.
Postscript: Writing after Conceptual Art. The Powerplant, Toronto, ON.
Pluss pluss / ++. Black Box Theatre. Olso, Norway.
A Death Greatly Exaggerated: Canada’s Small and Thriving Small Press. Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library. Toronto, ON.
Audiatur Print [The Boring as Safari]. publication studio malmö. Malmö, Sweden.
2012
Postscript: Writing after Conceptual Art. Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, USA.
2011–2012 All Faculty Exhibition. Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2012–2013 All Faculty Exhibition. Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB.
Text Art—Poetry for the Eye. Tampereen taidemuseo, Tampere, Finland.
Audiatur Print Exhibit. Bergen Kjøtt Kulturhus. Bergen, Norway.
Møllebyfestivalen. Momentum art festival, Moss, Norway.
Z-shelves. Foyle Archive Room, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK.
A print. Gallery anx, Grünerløkka, Oslo, Norway.
A Kind of Huh? Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France.
The Concrete and Sound: A Collection of Victoria Concrete and Sound poetry from the 80s to 00s. Talk is Cheap, Victoria, BC.
2011
Language to Cover a Wall: Visual Poetry through its Changing Media. Center for the Arts. SUNY Buffalo. Buffalo, New York, USA.
The Emblem of my Work. Shandy Hall, Coxwold, Yorkshire, UK.
Møllebyfestivalen. Momentum art festival, Moss, Norway.
Selection Upstart. The Dock Ireland Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim, Ireland.
synesthesia: unframed, unbound(ed). Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB.
Manifestos Now! SFU Teck Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
The Bird is the Word. Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON.
Textfestival 3. Bury Art Gallery, Manchester, UK.
2010
Tea pARTy. Resolution Gallery, Calgary, AB.
Hear This / See Me. Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB.
The Perverse Library. Shandy Hall, Coxwold, Yorkshire, UK.
Miss Read Artist Book Festival, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany.
Atomino Festival, Crimmitschau, Germany.
2009
Private Circulation. Capricious Space, New York, NY, USA.
2008
Writing Encounters. York St John University, York, UK.
Perro Verlag’s Hell Passport Series. Boekie Woekie Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland.
Less is More: the Poetics of Erasure. Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC.
CRSL 23+. INDEXG Gallery, Toronto, ON.
The inarticulate mark. The Scream Literary Festival. Type Books and Gallery, Toronto, ON.
handmade book exhibit. Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC.
Visions – part one – information as material. Johan Deumens Editions & Artists’ Books, Haarlem, Netherlands.
TypeBlock: Photography + Typography. Uppercase Gallery, Calgary, AB. [Exposure 2008 Calgary / Banff Photography Festival]
Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection. Rare books and manuscripts library, Ohio State University.
2004
UNREADABILITY: language harm. Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Eye Scream II: The Visual Life of Words. The Scream Literary Festival. Gallery 401, Toronto, ON.
2003
Eye Scream: A Night of Visual Poetry. The Scream Literary Festival. Virus Arts Gallery and Objectorium, Toronto, ON.
2002
An American Avant Garde: Second Wave. An exhibit featuring work from the avant writing collection. Rare books and manuscripts library, Ohio State University.
2001
An American Avant Garde: First Wave. An exhibit featuring the william s burroughs collection and work by other avant garde artists. Rare books and manuscripts library, Ohio State University.
2000
Ex Libris: an exhibition of regional artists’ books. Medicine Hat Municipal Art Gallery / Medicine Hat Public Library, Medicine Hat, AB.
1999
NETWORK CABINET: Contemporary International Visual Poetry, Geelong, Australia
Summer for Members: Artist Books, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB.
VOID/X: an exhibition of recent international visual poetry, Melbourne, Australia
1998
Alternative Bookworks, Muttart Public Art Gallery Calgary, AB.
Celebrating Summer Solstice, The Center Gallery, Calgary, AB.
Mother/Maman: Mail Art Project / Projet d’art Postal, Montreal, PQ.
1997
mail art. Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, AB.
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