JULIANA ESPAA KELLER

5662 Ave. du Parc, Montral, Qubec  H2V 4H1

 


EMAIL:  

julie.keller@sympatico.ca

URL:

www.julianaespanakeller.com


EDUCATION | TUDES

 

2003                             Dawson College, Introduction to Web Design and HTML

2000 - 2003                Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture

1997 - 2000                Concordia University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, concentration: Painting and Drawing

 

LANGUAGES | LANGUES:   


 

Mother Tongue – English, Fluent Swiss-German, Spanish and French

 

NATIONALITIES | NATIONALITS:        

 

Swiss – Brgerin von Winterthur, British and Canadian Passports


 

APPOINTMENTS

 

2006                            Instructor, Digital Photography. Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, Qubec

Fall 2003 -                  Instructor. The Visual Arts Centre, Westmount, Qubec

                                     Courses: Introduction to Video as Art, Introduction to Drawing,

                                     Advanced Drawing II, Introduction to Digital Photography and Independent Student  Workshops

 

EXPOSITIONS (SLECTION) | SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

UPCOMING 2007

 

Gravity, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, USA

The Complaints Choir, Montral, Quebec

                                                                       

EXPOSITIONS SOLO | SOLO INITIATIVES

 

2006      Be careful what you wish for, 300m3 Art Space, Gteburg, Sweden

               SWIVEL, a Radio Podcast on the Visual Arts in Montreal with Co-host, Paul Litherland

2005      Galerie Art Mr, Montral, Qubec,  curio: curious moments

2004      Galerie McClure, Visual Arts Centre, Montral, Qubec, culebra

2003      Heidi Hollinger Gallery, Montral, Qubec, whereveryougothereyouare

               Galerie Art Mr, Montral, Qubec, Canada,  a standard life

2002     Ocatillo Gallery, London, England, Fire and Ice

 

VIDO – PERFORMANCE – NOUVEAUX MDIAS (SELECTION) | VIDEO – PERFORMANCE – NEW MEDIA (SELECTED GROUP PROJECTS)

 

2006       culebra, Videolab Coimbra 2006, Teatro Acadmico de Gil Vicente, Coimbra, Portugal

Ryllega Art Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam

2005       Ice Box Project Space, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, USA, Operation Rapid American Withdrawal

2004       Articule, Montral, Qubec, BAMBI

2003       Galeria Epicentro and Hotel Isabel, Mexico City, Mexico, VITAE – the Sonnet Project

                 Struts Gallery: Faucet Media Arts, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, Video Salon

Institute of Contemporary Art, Video Lounge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, BAMBI

                BlackBox Theater: Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA, INsideOUT

2002       OpenStudios, Montral, Qubec, OPENHOUSE999

                 Piscine St. Michel, Montreal, Quebec, Shout at Eternity

Concordia University Graduate Show, Montreal, Quebec, 300 minutes only, Montreal, Qubec, IMPORTED

2001       Concordia University D.B. Seve Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, BRAVO!!

 

 

EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES (SLECTION) – GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

 

2006       Fresh Produce, The Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, USA

Fiction, Galerie Art Mr, Montreal, Canada

Faculty Exhibition, The Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, Canada

2005       Galerie Art Mr, Parameters of Fear

2004       Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, Parameters of Fear

                 Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico, causa y efecto

                 Studio XX, Montreal. Quebec, La Fte de LArt

2002       Galerie VAV, Montreal, Quebec, The Mills Purchase Prize Retrospective

2000       The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montral, Qubec,

                 Is this your final answer?

                 The Delta Hotel, Montral, Qubec, Separate Rooms

1999        Caf X, Concordia University, Montral, Qubec, Sincerely Yours

                  Suite 328: Belgo Building, Montreal, Quebec,  The Intimate Distance

Galerie VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montral, Qubec

 Kirbygrip - a women and painting exhibition

                 Galerie Art Mr, Concordia University, Montral, Qubec, Encyclopedia Practica

Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montral, Qubec. Random

1998      Galerie VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montral, Qubec SOY II

                The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montral, Qubec,

                 The Concordia Undergraduate Show

1997        Saidye Bronfman Center for the Arts, Montreal, Quebec.

                  The Saidye Bronfman Center for the Arts

1996         Victoria Hall, Westmount, Qubec. Creative Arts Festival

 

 

REVUES ET MDIAS  - REVIEWS AND MEDIA

 

2005      Lyne Crevier, Ici, Curio (curious moments)

               Nicolas Mavrikakis, Voir Montral, qui profites la peur?

               Lyne Crevier, Ici, Frayeur au cube

               Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, Peur d't

               Redfern, Christine, Terror Strikes, Montreal Mirror

               Gayer, John, Helsinki, Parameters of Fear, Review.  Art Papers (March/April edition)

2004      Grsbeck, Bianca, Radslan som redskap och farsot, Parameters of Fear, Review

               Yli—Lassila, Jukka, Helsinki Sanomat, Parameters of Fear, Review

                Tousignant, Isa, Visual Arts, June Issue of Montreal Hour Magazine

                Redfern, Christine.  Island Art Trip, June Issue of Montreal Mirror

                Concordia University Magazine, Class Acts, June 2004 issue

                Pearce, Dianne.  MIX, 29.4, Eight rooms, eight artists, eight days in a Mexican Hotel

                Redfern, Christine, 2003 - The Year in Review, Montreal Mirror

2003         Vanguardia.com.mx, Exhibirn en Mxico muestras del festival Voila Quebec en Mexico

               El Universal, Ciudad de Mexico, Convierten habitacin en espacio artstico

               Godlevskis, Rita, PhotoEd, Spring Issue – Issue 7

               Crevier, Lyne, Folie Ordinaire, ICI Magazine

               Redfern, Christine, Guns, ammo and ink, Montreal Mirror

               Lamarche, Bernard, A Standard Life, Le Devoir

               Lehmann, Henry, Still Life with Limbs, The Montreal Gazette/Visual Arts

                Sanchez, Pascal, Dessine-moi, un interview dans un documentaire sur le

               Tatouage, TV Radio-Canada, montreal, quebec, Canada

2002      Barbara Blackford, The Thursday Report, 300 minutes only

2000      CBC Radio, Separate Rooms, Radio Interview

               Black, Barbara, Fingerhood, The Thursday Report

1999     Montanchez, Marc, Painting outside the parameters, The Link

1996     Emond, Ariane, Mon bel amour: ma difference, Elle Magazine               

              CBC Television, City Beat/Tattooed Lifestyles

 

CATALOGUES ET PUBLICATIONS | CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS

 

2000    Espana Keller, Juliana. Separate Rooms, Catalogue

             Delta Hotel, Montral, Qubec

 

BOURSES | GRANTS

 

2005       Sagamie, Alma, Qubec Digital Print Media Residency

                Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qubec, Travel Grant, Philadelphia

2004       Canada Council Travel Grant

                Canadian Embassy of Finland in Helsinki

2003       Canada Council for the Arts, Creation and Production Grant

                Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qubec, Creation and Production Grant

                Artist Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA

2000       The Mills Purchase Prize, Concordia University

Graduation Award, Most Outstanding Graduating Student of the Painting and Drawing Program of Concordia University

 

 

ACTIVITS PROFESSIONELLES | CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

 

2006          Galerie de CEDX at UQAM, Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, Montral, Qubec

                   Curator – DETOUR, an interactive Painting and Drawing Exhibition

2005          Articule, BAMBI, Curator of Special Projects

                   Galerie Art Mr, Lexposition Les paramtres de la peur

               Coordinatrice du projet Montral

                    Concordia University, Montral, Qubec Decalage, M.F.A. Student Exhibition

                    Jury Selection Member and Curatorial Assistant

2004           Concordia University, Montral, Qubec. Founding member and Affiliated Artist of

                    The art collective initiative: www.theartcollective.net

2003           Suite 316, Belgo Building, Montral, Qubec. A New Exercise in Drawing by The TranspeciesCollective, Concordia Painting and Drawing Initiative

2000           Galerie de I'UQAM, Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, Montral, Qubec.  Curatorial assistant to   

                    Visual Artist, Jana Sterbak for the exhibition: D'aprs Le Dpeupleur = After The Lost Ones

                    Concordia University, Montral, Qubec. Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery

                    Is this your final answer? Co-Curator in the position of VAV Gallery Director

                    The Delta Hotel, Montral, Qubec, Separate Rooms.  Co-Curator

                    A Concordia University Initiative    between M.F.A. students and the Undergraduate Students of the Studio Arts Department, Queens University

                     A collaborative student exchange

1999           Performance Art Week/ Concordia University, Montral, Qubec. 

                     Performatuation featuring prominent American visiting artist:  William Pope. L.

                     Galerie VAV Gallery/The Women and Painting Show, Kirbygrip

 

CONFRENCES | LECTURES

 

2006           Valand University, Gothenburg, Sweden and Visiting Artist Studio Visits

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Artist Talk: Fibres and Dye Studio Class

2005           Toronto International Art Fair represented by Galerie Art Mr

                    Museum of Contemporary Art | Mois de Photo:  Portfolio Review

                    Concordia University, Montral, Qubec fleeting arrivals/awaiting departure

                    VAV Gallery Art Matters Event  & Artist Talk Life after Art School:

                    How to Survive and Thrive

2003           Black Box Theater. The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida. USA

 

 

ASSOCIATIONS

 

Member of RAAV, CARFAC, CAA, Board Member of ELAN, Affiliate Member of the Drawing Art Collective, POP Start

 

QUALIFICATIONS | SKILLS

 

Macintosh, PC, digital photography and digital imaging, video and imaging applications including Adobe Photoshop CS2, Aperture, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Cleaner, iLife, Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Macromedia Dreamweaver

 

Jek/jan2007