Books/Editions


Dialogues in Diversity: Art from Marginal to Mainstream, Pari Publishing, Italy, 2007
A Sculpture Reader: Contemporary Sculpture since 1980, isc press, Hamilton, NJ, 2006
(contributed two chapters, on James Carl, and Nils-Udo)
In Memory of the World, Go If Press, Montreal, 2006 (Martin Dufour typographer)
Mystical Mosquito, Prospect Press, Vancouver, B.C., 2005 (Ed. 100 with Arnold Shives)
Three Rivers (Margaret Atwood, John Raulston Saul, John Grande et al) Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, B.C., 2005
Dialogos Arte Naturaleza (Spanish ed.), Fundacion Cesar Manrique, 2005
Art Nature Dialogues, SUNY Press (State Univ. of New York), N.Y., U.S.A., 2004
Mouvement Inuitif: Patrick Dougherty & Adrian Maryniak,Atelier Muzeum 340,
Bruxelles, 2004
Nature The End of Art; Alan Sonfist Landscapes, Thames & Hudson, New York, 2004
(in collaboration with Robert Rosenblum, et al)
Balance: Art & Nature, Black Rose, Revised edition (3rd printing), Jan. 2004
Erik Kurdol:Perpetuum Immobile, Lillehammer, Norway, 2003
A Biomass Continuity. Coco Gordon & John Grande, Go If Press, Montreal, 2003.
Playing with Fire! Armand Vaillancourt: Social Sculptor (2nd printing), 2003
Nils Burwitz: Auf dem Hochseil Walking the Tightrope (co-authored with
Edward Lucie-Smith) Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttel, 2002
Jouer avec le Feu: Armand Vaillancourt sculpteur engage, Lanctot, 2001
David Sorensen: Abstraction From Here to Now!. Bombardier, Valcourt, 2001
Nils-Udo: Art with Nature Wienand Verlag, Koln, Germany, 2000
Playing with Fire! Armand Vaillancourt: Social Sculptor Zeit & Geist, Montreal,1999
Nils-Udo: Kunst mit Natur (Okologische Visionen in der zeitgenossischen Kunst),
Wienand Verlag, Koln, Germany, 1999
Nils-Udo: De l'art avec la nature, Wienand Verlag, Cologne, Germany, 1999
Intertwining: Landscape,Issues,Technology,Artists, Black Rose Books, Montreal,1998
Natural Disguise/Deguisement naturel: Judy Garfin, Vehicule Press, Montreal, 1998
Art, nature et societé, Editions Ecosociete, Montreal, 1997
Jumpgates: Bill Vazan Photoworks 1981-1995 Art Gallery of Peterborough, 1996
Luis Molina-Pantin: Past, Present, Future CSIS, Caracas, Venezuela, 1996
Balance: Art and Nature, 1996 ( 2nd Printing )
Balance: Art and Nature, Black Rose Books, Montreal, Canada, 1994
Art & Environment, The Friendly Chameleon, Toronto, Canada, 1992
Jean Pierre Raynaud, A. M. Hammacher, Editions Cercle d’Art, 1991 (photos)

Editorial

1998-2006 English language Editor, Vie des Arts Magazine, Montreal
1995-2007 Contributing Editor, Sculpture Magazine, Washington DC, USA
1996-2005 Contributing Editor, Art Papers, Atlanta, Ga., USA

1987-2006 Feature articles, profiles, interviews, reviews in :

Artforum (USA), Sculpture (USA), Public Art Review (USA), Fibrearts,
Art On Paper (USA), British Journal of Photography, Canadian Art ,
Vie des Arts, Adbusters, Art Vancouver, Art Papers (U.S.A.), Yishu
Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Arts West, Arts Review (UK),
Ottawa Magazine, Arts Atlantic, Espace, Border Crossings,
Canadian Forum, Ciel Variable, The Nation, CIRCA (Ireland),
Up Here: Life in Canada's North, Vice Versa, Parachute, Arts Review (UK),
Etc Magazine, Art & Antiques Monthly, Musicworks, Ceramics Monthly,
Modern Poetry in Translation (UK), The Structurist (U. of Sask.),
Journal of Comparative Literature & Aesthetics (India), The Trumpeter.

Selected Catalogues
Wlodzimiertz Ksiazek: Current Paintings, Kouros Gallery, New York, USA, 2006
Glenna Matoush Re-Quickening, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, 2006
Angel Orensanz; Reflectant Universe, Museu da Agua, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006
Steve Tobin: Exploded Earth Works, AMOCA, California, U.S.A., 2006
The Ties That Bind, MA Contemporary VisArts, Falmouth College, Cornwall, UK
Andy Berman, Floating Tilt Paintings, Toronto, 2006
Jean-Paul Riopelle: Force de la Nature, Galerie Orange, Montreal, 2005
Deon Venter, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, 2005
Peter Hoffer: Eden Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, 2005
The Tree Museum, Bracebridge, Ontario, 2005
Eco-Photo: Art as if Nature Mattered, Dorsky Gallery,Long Island City,New York, 2005
Armand Vaillancourt: Sculpture de masse, Musée du Bas-St-Laurent, Riv-du-Loup, 2004
Morton Rosengarten, Musée des Beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, 2004
Roger Gaudreau, Art Aktuel, St. Jean sur Richelieu, 2004
Cimes et Racines, Le Sabord, Trois Rivieres, 2003
Nils-Udo, Galway Arts Festival, Connemara, Ireland, 2003
Francois Vincent: Distant Observer, Galerie Lacerte, Quebec City, 2003
Linda Stanbridge: Point Counterpoint, Malaspina College, Nanaimo, B.C., 2003
Frank Mulvey: The Stillness of Time, Galerie Bellefeuille, Montreal, 2003
Pierre LeBlanc, Lachine Museum, Quebec, 2002
Reinhard Reitzenstein, Escarpment, Valley, Desert, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2002
David Bierk: Selected Histories, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, 2001
Jacques Payette, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, 2001
Arnold Shives: Delving into Nature, Galerie Forum Lindenthal, Koln, Germany, 2001
Fire: Dana Velan, McClure Gallery, Westmount, Quebec, 2001
Ruraltié in Instants ruraux, Haut 3e Imperial, Granby 2000
Sharon Kivland: Le bonheur des femmes Galerie Vu, Quebec, 2000
Holly King: Islands, Centre Expression, Ste-Hyacinthe, 2000
Nuclear Map of Canada: Robert del Tredici Photos, Confederation Centre, P.E.I., 1999
Song of the Nations, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, P.E.I., Feb. 1999 Tete des Eaux/Headwaters, Boreal Multimedia, Annonciation, Qc., 1998
Paysages Intersites, Langage Plus, Alma, Quebec, Canada, 1998
Blackboard Paintings: John O'Connor, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., 1998
Stephen Lack: Edge of Innocence, Lyman-Allwyn Museum, Cincinatti, U.S.A, 1998
David Sorensen: Dialogues, Galerie d'Avignon, Montreal, Canada, 1999
Harlan Johnson, Galerie 3 Points, Montreal, Canada, 1998
Spirit of Place: Kathryn Lipke Rovaniemi Museum, Finland, 1996

 

Hybrid Industrial, Galerie Occurrence, Montreal, Canada, 1996
Kunst und Natur Editions Inter, Quebec City, Canada, 1996
Peter Beckett Ad Axiom, Ontario, Canada, 1996
Pierre Granche: Mesure et Demesure Plein Sud, Longueuil, Qc., Canada1996
UnHuman Kind A Space, Toronto, Canada, 1996
Yasufumi Takahashi: Red Reflection, Skol, Montreal, Canada, 1995
Scott MacLeod The Starving Can't Eat Stone Verdun Cultural Centre, 1995
Kimio Tsuchiya: Provenance A Fragment of Silence, Plein Sud, Longueuil, 1994

Curated exhibitions
Eco-PhotoArt as If Nature Mattered, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York, 2005
(with Christo Jeanne-Claude, Chris Drury, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Nils-Udo, Egil Kurdol, Patrick Dougherty, Bruni Babarit, and Alan Sonfist)
Armand Vaillancourt Sculpture de masse,Musée du Bas-St-Laurent, Riv-du-Loup
Nature as Capital, Design Pavillion, Works Art & Design Festival,Edmonton, 2003
Nature Culture Nature Sculpture, Mont Tremblant, Quebec, August 2003
with Bill Vazan, Nils-Udo, Bruni Babarit, Roy Staab, and many others..
Transitions, Maison des gouverneurs, Sorel-Tracey July 2002 with Peter von Tiesenhausen, Chris Varady-Szabo, Alan Sonfist, Bob Verschueren, Sonia Robertson
Pierre LeBlanc, Musée de la Ville de Lachine, Lachine, Qc., 2002
Threshold 2001, Rodman Hall, St. Catherines, Ontario June - Sept. 2001. Site specific works by Alan Sonfist (USA), Jerilea Zempel (USA) Nils-Udo (Germany), Bob Verschueren (Belgium), Reinhard Reitzenstein, Shelly Niro & Chris Varady-Szabo.
David Sorensen: Abstraction from Here to Now! Fondation J.-A. Bombardier, Valcourt, and Orford Arts Centre, 2001.
Arnold Shives, Printmaker, SFAA, Cape Town, South Africa
Armand Vaillancourt: Song of the Nations Confederation Centre, Charlottetown
The Nuclear Map of Canada: Bob del Tredici, Confederation Centre, PEI

Recent Conferences/ Lectures/Symposia/Residencies

2007 Issues in Global Arts, Scarborough College, University of Toronto, Canada
Art in Nature, Bishops University, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada
The Writer in Art, Art in Nature, Queen`s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
2006 Art & the Media, Urban Ecology Centre, Montreal
Falmouth College, Artful Ecologies, RANE Conference, Cornwall, UK
Schumacher College, Art & Ecology, Totnes, Devon, UK
Art Nature Dialogues, Academy of Art, San Francisco, California
From the North to the South, The Beat Museum, San Francisco, California
Art Nature Dialogues, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Art & Landscape Network, London, United Kingdom
Centre for Art and the Natural World, Invited Speaker, Devon, England
Objects, Materials, Processes, Histories, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
International Sculpture Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio/Moderator: Ephemeral Art
Sculpture in situ, Ontario College of Art, Toronto
Art & the Media, St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre, Ontario
Sculpture as Site, Kenyon College, Ohio, U.S.A
2005 Writer in residence, Boreal Art Nature, l’Annonciation, Quebec
Identidad: lo local Simposio Internacional de Identidad y Cultura,
Universidad de Magallanes, Puntas Arenas,Chile
Dialogos Arte Naturaleza Escuela de Arte, Puniticia Universidads Catolica de
Chile, Santiago, Chile
Outdoor Ecological &industrial/historic art, Artery Gallery, Kitchener Waterloo
Gallery 96, Stratford, Ontario
2004 Printed Matter, New York City, U.S.A.(book signing with Coco Gordon)
Society, Nature and Art, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Art Talks, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario
Art & Nature at the Earthshack, Val Morin, Quebec
Eco-Art Festival Conference, Cape Jourimain Nature Centre, P.E.I.
2003 Géopoétique, Symposium with Kenneth White, U. de Quebec a Chicoutimi
Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario
700 Contemporary Art, London, Ontario
St. Thomas Art Centre, St. Thomas, Ontario
Gallery 96, Stratford, Ontario
ArtsSutton, Sutton, Quebec
FAVA (Acadian VisArts Festival) Caraquet, New Brunswick
Open Museum/ Art and Nature, Cegep Rivière-du-Loup & Musée du Bas-
Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Public Art in Nature and the City, Fordham University, New York
Eco-art in the Land, Clemson University, South Carolina
Art Nature Dialogues, Urban Ecology Centre, Park Ave., Montreal, Qc.
2002 Art, nature, Dialogues, GRAVE, Victoriaville, Qc.
Art, nature, societé, University of Moncton, Moncton, N.B.
Art social, Cinoche, Sorel, Quebec
Public Art? The Works, Edmonton, Alberta (Organizer, Chair)
2001 Art & Media, John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec
Landscape & Art, Concordia University, Montreal
Art + Nature, Galerie Horace, Sherbrooke, Quebec
2000 Earth Sensitive Art, Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver
Furniture 2000: Old & New Communities, Design Exchange Toronto
Sous les paves... CACQM, Montreal
Environmental Art Univ. of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
World Environmental Art, Atelier 340, Brusells, Belgium
Art Now! Concordia U., Montreal, Quebec
1999 Nils-Udo: Nature Works, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Art & The Internet, Arts Club, Montreal, Quebec
Recent contemporary art, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
The Place of Native Culture in Contemporary North America
Native Arts Centre, Université de Montreal
1998 The Toxic Landscape, Confederation Centre for the Arts, Prince Edward Island
Landscape Aesthetics Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
Art & Audience, Concordia University, Montreal
Public Art Graduate Art Education, Concordia U., Montreal
1997 Environment Canada Project Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
Landscape, Art & Permaculture DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
Art & Society Concordia U., Art Education, Montreal, Quebec
Environmental Aesthetics Graduate Art Ed, McGill University
1996 Balance: Art and Nature Lincoln Univ., Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
The Artist & the Media The Barnes School, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
Digital Gardens The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Critical Writing in the Media Graduate Art Ed., Concordia U.
L'Etat critique Musee de Joliette, Quebec
Which Public? Whose Art? Santa Fe Gallery, Gainsville, Fla., U.S.A.
Art, Nature & Society Lethbridge University, Lethbridge,Alberta
Ecological Paradigms Okanagan Univ. College, Kelowna, B. C.
Eco-Art Today Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
Balancing Art and Nature Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
The Earth is Our House - Not Bauhaus Univ. Art Assoc., McGill U.
1995 Art and the Public Le Lieu, Quebec City, Quebec
Art & Environment, Kinnear Theatre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
The Ecological Paradigm Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Quebec
1994 La critique d'art au Quebec Quebec Critics' Panel, Musee de Joliette
Conversations of a Particular Nature, RMOC Ottawa
1993 Une nature sans histoire, Societe d'esthetique, MAC de Montreal
Public Art, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1991 Art & Environment, Univ. Art Assoc. Canada, Queen's U., Kingston, Ont.

Prizes / Awards
2006 CALQ A Grant
2006 CALQ Travel Grant
2005 CALQ Travel Grant
2004 CALQ A grant
2003 Canada Council for the Arts travel grant
2002 CALQ A grant
2000 CALQ B grant
2000 Canada Council for the Arts travel grant
1999 Canada Council for the Arts travel grant
1998 Conseil des arts et lettres du Quebec B grant
1996 Woodcock Fund, Writer's Development Trust, Toronto, Canada
1994 Winner of Lison Dubreuil Prize for Art Criticism, Espace Sculpture

Teaching

1998-1999 FIN102 Survey of Western Art II (Bishops University Knowlton)

1998-2000 Fine Arts 310b Current Issues in the Theory and Criticism of Art

 

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