CV
Valerie LeBlanc
EDUCATION
2008 Robert McKee - Story Seminar, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Radio Writing Workshop, The Banff Centre, Banff,
AB
1993 Master of Fine Arts Degree, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
IL
1986-87 Fine Arts Studies, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
1985-86 General Arts, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
1984-85 General Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
1981-84 Diploma in the Visual Arts (GLASS), Alberta College of Art, Calgary,
AB
RESIDENCIES
2006 Vallauris, France (MediaPackBoard) - May, June
1995 Radio Script Writing, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
1994 Radio Residency .Limit(e) Productions, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
1989-90 Associate in the Media Arts (work/research), The Banff Centre, Banff,
AB
WEB PROJECTS
2005 www.mediapackboard.org
2005 www.basicbruegel.com
2003 www.timetravelinthismoment.com
2002 www.wearegettingcloser.com
2001 www.purplefireworks.com
2001 www.trunk75.freeservers.com
1999 www.umoncton.ca/gaum/trunk
1996 http://www.umoncton.ca/gaum/imago-1.html
MediaPackBoard
(MPB) PERFORMANCES
2007 MPB Curates, Calgary, Drumheller, Edmonton, AB
2006 France: Cannes (opening night of Film Festival), Vallauris,Antibes, screening:
Downtown
2005 Faculty Exhibition, IKG, ACAD, Calgary, screening of A Mystery, featuring
The Ghost Squid, inkjet print: The Ghost Squid
2005 FICFA, French International Film Festival, FICFA Gala, Acadie Underground,
The Dieppe Market, + screening: Downtown, Moncton.NB
2005 Art City Gala, live performance + screening: Downtown and Daniel Dugas’
MUDSC excerpts, Calgary, AB
2005 24th Annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, live performance
+ screening: Downtown, Edmonton, AB
2005 Live performance, MPB on the streets in Fredericton, NB
2005 MPB accompany Daniel Dugas’ presentation of FMK, The Board Room,
NSCAD, Halifax, NS+ the Faucet Media Centre, Sackville, NB
VIDEO
SCREENINGS
2007 Subterfuge - 30es anniversaire, DOWNTOWN,
Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, NB
2007 20es Instants Vidéo, The Renovation, Marseilles, FR
2007 La Dauphine + other shorts, EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB
2006 EXPLORER’,A.I.R, La Dauphine(collaborative
production) Vallauris, France
2006 Vallauris, exterior projection town square, La Dauphine, Vallauris, France
2006 Weird Geographies’ tour -New Brunswick Filmakers’ Co-operative,
The Dahmer Tapes (1991 - collaboration), Frederiction, NB
2005 Alberta Scene Albertaine, Bye Bye Three-Quarter Inch, National Archives
Theatre, Ottawa, ON
2005 Prairie Tales 7th Annual Tour of Alberta Film & Video, Bye Bye Three-Quarter
Inch, touring
2004 EMMEDIA, Time Travel in This Moment & Downtown – launch,
Calgary, AB
2004 Weird Geographies, The Window, ED Video, Guelph, ON
2004 Artcity, Passing Moments, EMMEDIA Celebrates 25 Years, immediacy dominoes:
be like me or be gone, Calgary, AB
2004 New Media Research Networks Conference, Time Travel in This Moment,
Charlottetown, PEI
2004 Faculty Exhibition, ACAD, Bye Bye Three-Quarter Inch, Calgary,
AB
2003 Summerquote, Interior Exteriors, Saw Video, Ottawa, ON
2003 Faculty show, ACAD, Downtown, Calgary, AB
2003 Fugitive Images: The Global Visions Video Lounge, Art Gallery of Edmonton,
Summerquote, Edmonton, AB
2003 Herland
Festival, Summerquote, Calgary, AB
2002 EMMEDIA, Activist Menu Screening, Summerquote,
Calgary, AB
2002 Video Cite, La Galerie Sans Nom, The Window, Moncton, NB
2002 Transe Atlantique, The Window, Halifax, NS
1996 Fundy Cable, Produit Brut / Produit Net, Moncton, NB
1994 University of Calgary - Introduction to Sociology, In
Transit, Calgary, AB,
1993 Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, (mediatheque),Slices
of Life, Mtl, Qc
1993 EMMEDIA,
In Transit, Calgary, AB
1993 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA Show, In Transit, Chicago,
IL
1992 Inspiration Café, Inspiration Café, Chicago, IL
1992 SAIC, Gulf War Anniversary, Salman's
Head, Chicago, IL
1992 SAIC, Field Frame, Salman's Head, Chicago, IL
1992 Champlain Bldg, In Transit, Chicago, IL
1991 National Film Board Theatre, Alchemy, End of a Phase, Toronto, ON
1991 EMMEDIA,
Slices of Life, Calgary, AB
1991 W.O.W., Montreal a Dream, New-York, NY
1991 Galerie Sans Nom, Montreal a Dream, Moncton, NB
1990 National Gallery of Canada, Homecoming, Rewind, Ottawa, ON
1990 SAW Gallery, Homecoming, Ottawa, ON
1990 The Banff Centre, Montréal a Dream, Banff, AB
1989 The New Gallery, Media Blitz, Homecoming, Calgary, AB
1988 National Gallery of Canada, Recent Acquisitions - New Works by Canadian
Artists, Homecoming, Ottawa,ON
1988 Taqramiut Nipingat Inc / CBC, Studying in the South, and Changing the
Electoral Boundaries, Dorval, QC
1988 SAW Gallery, Identifying Tracks, Homecoming, Ottawa, ON
1988 Gallery A Space, The Working Artist, Homecoming, Toronto, ON (cross Canada
touring exhibition)
1987 Atlantic Film Festival, Homecoming, Halifax, NS
1987 National Film Board Theatre, Homecoming, Halifax, NS
1987 Cable 10, Eye Level Gallery Re-Opens on Gottigen Street, Halifax, NS
1987 Atlantic Film & Video Producers' Conference, Homecoming, Charlottetown,
PEI
1987 Alliance Conference, Homecoming, Montréal, QC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS - visual arts
1998-99 Galerie Moncton , Moods, painting, Moncton City Hall,
Moncton, NB
1998 Galerie Moncton, Courage
and Hope, commemorative sculpture, Moncton City Hall
1998 Galerie George Goguen, Atlas,
installation, Radio Canada, Moncton, NB
1998 Galerie d'Art Université Moncton, Peripheral Progress, installation,
Moncton, NB
1996 Galerie Virtuelle IMAGO Virtual Gallery, Perpetual
Motion Machine
1996 TRUNK© Gallery, The
Time of the Day, installation, Moncton, Sackville, NB
1987 Centre for Art Tapes, Love VS Technology, installation, Halifax, NS
1987 Other Art, Love VS Technology #2, installation, Halifax, NS
1985 Muttart Gallery, Life After / Side Effects, installation, Calgary, AB
1983 Alberta College of Art, Lawn Ornaments, installation, Calgary, AB
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS - visual arts
2002 Location
Location Location : We are getting closer, wireless webcam project across
Canada Emmedia-Calgary,
Videopool-Winnipeg, Sawvideo-Ottawa, Atlantic Cultural Space Moncton.
2001 Omega
Pax, Installation during TRUNK75, ACAD Parkade, Calgary,
AB
1999 Eastern Edge, Gold
/ Rush,
(TRUNK©), Contemporary Visual Festival, St-John's, NF
1999 Hamilton Artist Inc.,Gold
/ Rush,
(TRUNK©) Hamilton, ON
1998 Galerie de l'Université de Moncton, AUDIO / VIDEO, Moncton, NB
1992 Champlain Building, The Bottom Line, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 MPB.docs, Use, LINK Gallery - Royal Edinburgh Hospital, UK
2006 Atelier d’estampe Imago Inc : 20 ans de production en estampe actuelle,
GAUM, Moncton, NB
2005 EMMAX, Arts Birthday, Global audio-streaming events (North America, Japan
and Europe)
2004 EMMAX, Not White Christmas / White NOISE, Bubonic Tourist & Birds
and Stone, Calgary, AB
2002 Faculty Exhibition, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Wearegettingcloser
People Poster, printed banner, Calgary, AB
2001 Faculty Exhibition, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery,
ACAD, A) Optimism, B) The Web of Time and Memory, Inkjet, essay, Calgary,
AB
2001 NB art Bank Acquisitions Touring Exhibition - 1999 - 2000, Trophy, Lighted
sculpture
2001 The Beverbrook Art Gallery, Atlas,
installation, Marion McCain Exhibition: Artist in a Floating World, Fredericton,
NB
2000 New Brunswick Museum New-Brunswick Art Bank Acquistions, Trophy, Saint
John, NB
2000 Galerie d'Art l'Université de Moncton, Ce
n'est pas une pipe, Moncton, NB
1998 Struts Gallery, Member's Show, Sackville, NB
1997 Imperial Theatre, Imago : The First Ten Years, Saint John, NB
1997 Galerie Moncton, MAGMA, (Multicultural Association, Greater Moncton Area)
Moncton, NB
1996 Confederation Centre, Lobstermania, Charlottetown, PEI
1996 Galerie Sans Nom / Imago, Graveurs & Poètes, Moncton, NB
1995 Muttart Public Art Gallery, Influence of Technology / Acadia Woods #2,
Calgary, AB
1995 Imago Inc. Graveurs & Poètes, Moncton, NB
1994 Retrospective d'arts Visuels, CMA, Acadia Wood #1, Bouctouche, NB
1993 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA Show, Transitory, Chicago,
IL
1992 Galerie d'Art l'Université Moncton, New Acquisitions 1992, Moncton, NB
1989 Les Foufounes Électrique, Peintures en Direct, Montréal, Qc
1987 The Bryant Building, Ecphore, Halifax, NS
1986 City Club, Ecphore, Halifax, NS
1986 Eye Level Gallery, Convergence, Halifax, NS
1985 Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Whirligigs: Commissioned & Collected, Calgary,
AB
1985 Muttart Gallery, Melting Point, Calgary, AB
1984 Folio Gallery, Blown Glass Sculpture, Calgary, AB
1984 Illingsworth Kerr Gallery , Alberta College of Art, Graduation Students
Exhibitions, Calgary, AB
PUBLIC WORKS / COMMISSIONS
2000 In
the Palm of the Hands, Barnhill Memorial School, St. John, NB
1998 Courage
& Hope / Courage et Espoir, Moncton City Hall, Moncton, NB
1997 The Bridge, LaFarge Inc, Moncton, NB
1997 Le trophé de Association des anciens de l'Université de Moncton,
Moncton, NB
CURATOR
/ ORGANIZER
2007 MPB Curates 2007, Calgary,
Drumheller, Edmonton, AB
2005 MediaPackBoard 05, Calgary, AB
2001 TRUNK75, ACAD Parkade, Calgary, AB
2000 The Port Elgin Tea Party, Drawings by teenage students at the Port Elgin
Community Association, exhibited at the Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, NB
1996 - 97 TRUNK, Moncton, Sackville, Dieppe, NB
RADIO BROADCASTS
1996 CKDU/fm .Centre for Art Tapes, Broadcasting for Reels:
Acadia Woods, Halifax, NS
1995 CKUA, This Week From Banff: Acadia Woods, Edmonton, AB
1994 CJSW/fm - University of Calgary, Music of the Clerks, Calgary, AB
1989 CKUT/fm Radio McGill, Slices of Life, Montréal, QC
WRITING / PUBLICATIONS
2007 MPB Curates 2007, Basic Bruegel Editions
2006 Into the Future [chapter], EMMEDIA 25th anniversary publication
2005 The Evening Visitor, Birds and Stones, audio compilation,
4'32
2004 Purplefireworks,
Facts
and Artifacts in the Collective Matrix, online
2000 Mix Magazine, Opening
the Trunk on the 9-5, Toronto based national arts magazine
99-00 The Telegraph Journal, company profiles, St. John, NB
1999 Heritage Canada, various contract writing, Halifax, NS Media Ticks: This
is the Time, This is the Place, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
1998 BHP Chapbooks:
In Transit, Shemogue, NB
1996-99 Arts Atlantic Magazine, art reviews, Charlottetown, PEI
1995-2M Times Transcript, Arts & Culture reviews, advertorials for business
features - Moncton, NB
1998 ACOA, Young Entrepreneurs Who Dared to Try, Moncton, NB
1998 Eloize, Trace et Territoire #26, Like a Game That You Can't Win, Moncton,
NB (graphic) Eloize, Entrecroissements #24, Stop!, Moncton, NB
1997 Satellite, Tippy, The Pure Wool Mongrel by Danny Deveau, Moncton, NB
(cartoon)
1996 The Telegraph Journal, Arts & Entertainment Features, St. John, NB Cybersmith,
company profile for internet site, internet research, Sackville, NB
PRESENTATIONS
/ CONFERENCES
2006 Prairie Tales 7, Trap\door Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2005 Media Artist presentation: Becoming Alchemy, AMAAS Conference: Moving
Mountains, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB,
2005 Presentation on the subject of Archiving citing my essay (2004): Facts
and Artifacts in the Collective Memory Matrix ACIFA (Alberta Colleges &
Institutes Faculties Association),Canmore, AB
2005 Prairie Tales 7, Bell Auditorium, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design,
Halifax, NS
2005 Prairie Tales 7, Faucet Media Centre, Sackville, NB
2005 Prairie Tales 7, The New Brunswick Film Coop, Fredericton, NB
2004 New Media Research Networks Conference, Charlottetown PEI
2002 Atlantic Cultural Space E-Lounge, Moncton, NB
COLLECTIONS
The National Gallery of Canada / Alberta Foundation for the
Arts / The Alberta College of Art / City of Moncton / L'Université de Moncton
/
LaFarge Inc / Various private collections
in Canada, the United States and in Europe
AWARDS
2007
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Multidisciplinary Grant
2006 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Multidisciplinary Grant
2006 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2005 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Multidisciplinary Grant
2004 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2004 Alberta College of Art and Design Faculty Research Award
2003 Alberta College of Art and Design, Faculty Research Award
2002 Canada Council Creation Grant, Spoken and Electronic Words Program
2002 Alberta College of Art and Design, Faculty Research Award
2000 Creation Grant, New Brunswick Arts Board
2000 Artists-in-Schools Residency Program, Arts Development Branch
1999 New Brunswick Arts Direction, Arts-by-Invitation
1999 Canada Council, Inter-Arts, Travel Grant
1999 Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Grant
1994 The Banff Centre / Chameleon Arts Society, Radio project grant
1992 International Students Scholarship, SAIC
1990 Alberta Culture Film & Literary, Arts Production Grant- video
1987 Atlantic Film Festival, Merit Award for Concept
1984 Alberta Culture, Art Study Grant
1983 Province of Alberta, Scholastic Achievement Award
1981 Heinz Jordan Memorial Scholarship
VIDEO
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