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