C'NT Programming - Pavitra Wickramasinghe

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2006-09   MFA major in Open Media, Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2003   BFA major in Media Arts and Digital Technologies, Alberta College of Art and Design,  Calgary, AB

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006    10th Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, US
The Mechanics of an Image, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
            Images 19th Festival 2006, Toronto, ON           

2005   Had I been kidnapped by myself? Banff Centre, Banff, AB
FOCUS: EMMEDIA Production Access Program Recipients, The Cantos Music Foundation, Calgary, AB
           Monitor, SAVAC Film & Video Festival, Camera Media Gallery, Toronto, ON
International Film & Video Festival, The Museum of New Art (MONA), Pontiac, Michigan, USA

2004   artrageous, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
           Calgary Underground Film Festival, EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB
    KaaDiki, Toronto Fashion Week Fall/ Winter 2004 Collections, Toronto, ON

2003   Student Shorts Film Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
                     i-Works, Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
                     untitled (Displacement Series #3), Truck +15 Window Project, Calgary, AB
                     Alberta College of Art and Design Graduation Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
                     Digital Sugar Cubed, EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB
                     ARTaWEARness, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB

2002   City Love, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB
Parcelpost, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB
                     Digital Sugar, EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB
                     Picture View, The Closet, Calgary, AB
                     Scend, The Closet, Calgary, AB

2001   The Three R Show, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB

1997   Public Sculpture, Inglewood Sculpture Garden, Calgary, AB

AWARDS/GRANTS

2006    Alberta Foundation for the Arts- Multidisciplinary and New Media Project Grant
Concordia University Tuition Remission Award

2005    Banff Centre Thematic Residency Scholarship
Canada Council for the Arts Research/Creation Grants to Film and Video Artists
EMMEDIA Bars ‘n’ Tones Scholarship

2003   Alberta College of Art and Design Graduation Exhibition Student Choice Award
ARTaWEARness Award for Innovative Wearable Art

2002   Jason Lang Scholarship
Millennium Bursary

2001   Jason Lang Scholarship

1998   Calgary Sketch-Club Award

1997   Heritage Scholarship

RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS

2005      Optic Nerve, Banff Center, Banff, AB
Bars ‘n’ Tones Residency, EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB

2003 Information Visualization Workshop, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, AB

ARTIST TALKS

2006             The New Gallery, Calgary, AB

2005             Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, AB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE /VOLUNTEER

2003-06 Assistant Director, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB

2005   Peer Assessment Committee, Canada Council for the Arts Grants to Film and Video Artists, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON

2003-06 Volunteer, Truck, Calgary, AB
Volunteer, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB

2004-05 Programming Committee, Calgary International Film Festival, Calgary, AB

2003-05 Board of Directors, EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB

2003 Programming Committee, HerLand Feminist Film and Video Festival, Calgary, AB

2000-02 Reception and Gallery Attendant, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB

1997-00 Volunteer, Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, AB

PRESS

2006             Phillip, Lincoln.  “Creative look colours artist’s closet.”  Calgary Herald, Calgary, AB
            Art-Post, “Galleries & Art.”  FFWD Weekly, Calgary, AB
Art-Post, “Galleries.”  Swerve, Calgary, AB
Radio Interview, CJSW 90.9 FM, Calgary, AB
            Images 19th Festival 2006 Program Guide, Toronto, ON
2005 handheld media EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society publication, Calgary, AB
Bailey, Cameron.  “New South Asian works score.”  NOW, Toronto, ON
MONITOR Program Guide, Toronto, ON
2003 Price, Ken.  “Experimenting with Personal Space.”  The Journal, Calgary, AB
handheld media EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society publication, Calgary, AB
Cho, Alan.  “i-Works Fuses Art and Multimedia.”  The Gauntlet, Calgary, AB
Artcity 2003 Festival Program Guide, Calgary, AB
2002 Li, Ben.  “Projecting the Future of Art in EMMEDIA.”  The Gauntlet, Calgary, AB

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