Parallel (2009)


The Clothes Make the Man (2007-08)


Eric and Eric (2006)


Chicken Pox Scar (2004)


Self Portrait (2009)


Quality Time with the Family (2007)


Lost (2007)


Portrait of the Artist with his Family (2005)


Made Up (2008)

curriculum vitae

Owen Eric Wood

www.owenericwood.com
info @ owenericwood.com


SELECTED ART WORKS

• Holobomo (video, 2009)
• Parallel (video, 2009)
• Self Portrait (sculpture, 2009)
• Made Up (video, 2008)
• The Clothes Make the Man (video, 2008)
• The Clothes Make the Man (installation with performance, 2007)
• Momentum: a video series in four movements (video, 2007)
• Quality Time with the Family (video, 2007)
• Quality Time with the Family (installation with performance, 2007)
• Lost (video, 2007)
• Eric and Eric (video projection on sculpture, 2006)
• Portrait of the Artist with his Family (drawing, 2006)
• Two (photography and drawing series, 2005)
• Exit (photography series, 2004)
• Self Portrait (video, 2004)


AWARDS AND GRANTS

• "Parallel" is selected among the Jury Recommended works for the Japan Media Arts Festival (2009)

• "The Clothes Make the Man" wins the Toronto Urban Film Festival Category Award for Best Urban Diversity (2009)

• "Quality Time with the Family" receives a Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to support its exhibition at the Visionaria Film Festival in Italy (2009)


SELECTED FESTIVALS AND EXHIBITIONS

• Videoformes International Manifestation of Video Art and Digital Cultures (2010)
  Clermont-Ferrand, France

• Japan Media Arts Festival (2010)
  National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

• Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media (2010)
  Stuttgart, Germany

• Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (2009)
  Filmladen Kassel e.V. arthouse cinema, Kassel, Germany

• Festival du Nouveau Cinema (2009)
  Montreal, Canada

• European Media Art Festival (2009)
  Lagerhalle Großer Saal, Osnabrueck, Germany

• Visionaria International Video Festival (2009)
  Piombino, Italy

• International Video Art Festival Camaguey (2009)
  Camaguey, Cuba

• Mix 22 New York Queer Experimental Film Festival (2009)
  New York City, U.S.A.

• Cheries-Cheris GLT Film Festival of Paris (2009)
  Paris, France

• Festival International du Film sur l'Art (2009)
  Goethe-Institute, Montreal, Canada

• CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival (2009)
  Cumberland Cinemas, Toronto, Canada

• Torino International GLBT Film Festival (2009)
  Ambrosio Cinecafé, Torino, Italy

• Festival International Montreal en Arts (2009)
  Parc de l'Espoir/The Experimental Laboratory, Montreal, Canada

• Toronto Urban Film Festival (2009)
  Toronto, Canada

• Montreal Underground Film Festival (2009)
  Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada

• Canariasmediafest (2008)
  Gran Canaria Espacio Digital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

• Outsiders Liverpool LGBT Film Festival (2008)
  FACT Cinema, Liverpool, U.K.

• Mix Brazil Cinema and Video Festival of Sexual Diversity (2008)
  Mix Brazil Cultural Association, Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Zig Zag (2008)
  Gutleut 15 Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany


DISTRIBUTION

• Parallel and Holobomo are accepted for distribution by Videographe (2009)

• Made Up and The Clothes Make the Man are accepted for distribution by Videographe (2008)

• Self Portrait, Quality Time with the Family and Lost are accepted for distribution by Videographe (2007)


CATALOGUES

• Behind the Object: The role of action in contemporary sculptural practice (2008)


CONFERENCES AND ARTIST TALKS

• Back Off! Dissident Representations in Art and Social Movements
  The CEDA, Montreal, Canada (2009)

• Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
  Offenbach am Main, Germany (2008)

• Soiree Videographe
  Videographe Production, Montreal, Canada (2008)

• Artivistic: The Interplay Between Art, Information and Activism
  Eva B., Montreal, Canada (2005)

• Humanities MFA Program, Concordia University
  Studio Benim, Montreal, Canada (2005)


EDUCATION

B.F.A. Studio Art, 2003-2007
  Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

B.A.A. Journalism, 1996-2000
  Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada


COMMUNITY SERVICE

2009
• Web site designer for artist Eric Bond.
• Web site administrator for the Academy of Art Video Art, Concordia University.
• Member of artist-run centre Articule.

2007-2009
• Web site designer and administrator for photographer Vincent Chine.

2008
• Produced commissioned video for Videographe's online distribution system viTheque.
• Wrote artist statement and project descriptions for sculptor Andreanne Abbondanza-Bergeron.
• Performed in Ali El-Darsa's video Channel.
• Served on the pre-selection jury for the Academy of Art Video Art awards, Concordia University.
• Modelled for Trevor Gould's sculpture installation I am an Ape-man.
• Organized the successful nomination of video teacher Nelson Henricks for a teaching award.

2007
• Performed in Ali El-Darsa's video The Saturday of Every Weekend.
• Volunteered at the Artivistic conference.

2006-2007
• Teaching assistant in intermediate-level sculpture course at Concordia University.
• Edited Leslie Bronstein's Masters thesis on drama therapy.
• Recruited artists for Josh Usheroff's Video Party events.
• Photography assistant for Vincent Chine.
• Member of the Intermedia Cyber Arts Club, Concordia University.

2006
• 8mm camera operator for Trevor Wood's short film Terry and Barry.
• English copy editor for virtual art gallery Web site secteur54.com.
• Contributor to Karen D'Amico's contemporary art zine Tangent.
• Illustrator for Golf Magazine of Les Editions Gesca, La Presse.

2005
• Assisted set up of Laura Jeanne Lefave's video installation Four Corners.
• Technical support for David Karavechus' sculpture installation Home Automation.
• Appeared in Bardia Saadi-Nejad's video Two or Three Things I Know About Love.
• Organized the nomination of sculpture teacher Liliana Berezowsky for a teaching award.

2004-2005
• Member of the Association of Student Sculptors at Concordia University.
• Event organizer of six multi-disciplinary group art exhibitions, which together provided a venue for the artwork of more than 100 Concordia fine arts students studying painting, music, video, animation, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography and creative writing. Responsible for recruiting artists, advertising, speaking with media, mounting and dismounting the shows.