| Visual Artist - Photography/Cinematography/Painting/Drawing
Educational History:
Diploma in Visual Arts – John Abbott College, Montreal,
Quebec (1978-80)
Studies in Visual Arts – Concordia University, Montreal,
Quebec (1981-85)
B.A. Geography, special studies Human Adaptation - McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec (1981-85)
Solo Exhibits:
2006 – “Experiments in Remote Sensibility”
– Arts Underground Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon (photography,
inst)
2006 – “Apostrophes in Time” – Whitehorse,
Yukon (photography, stereoscopy)
2005 – “Experiments in Remote Sensibility”
– Other Gallery, Banff Centre, Alberta (photography,
installation)
2004 - “Remote Sensibility” - Whitehorse, Yukon
(photography)
2003 - “Fecundity” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
2002 - “Cascade of Light” – Whitehorse,
Yukon (photography)
2000 - “Silence in the Sea of Cortez” –
Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
1999 - “Dancing Shadows” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
1999 - “Chasms of Silence” – Whitehorse,
Yukon (photography)
1992 - “Two Extremes” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
1992 - “Islands” - Whitehorse, Yukon (photography)
Group Exhibits:
2007 – Members Exhibit, ODD Gallery, Kondike Institute
of Art and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon
2005 – “Life of Water” (curated by PhotoSensitive)
Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto (photography)
2004 - “Three Rivers: Wild Waters, Sacred Places”
YAC Grotto Gallery, Whitehorse (photography) with Fritz Mueller
and Courtney Milne
2003 - “Realism and Reality” YAC Grotto Gallery,
Whitehorse (photography)
2002 - 10th Anniversary Exhibit, YAC Gallery, Whitehorse (photography,
painting)
2001 - “Yukon Print Exhibition” YAC Gallery, Whitehorse
(lithography)
2000 - “Convergence” Yukon Arts Center Gallery,
Whitehorse (photography)
1999 - “Self” Studio Gallery, Whitehorse (painting/photography/sculpture)
1992 - “This Time, This Place” Yukon Arts Center
Gallery, Whitehorse (photography)
Cinematography:
producer, director, artistic director, director of photography,
camera, post production
Adrenaline Bach (art/experimental, Marten Berkman/National
Film Board of Canada) 2007 d, dop, c
Tending Toward Silence (drama, Arlin McFarlane) 2007 dop,
c, pp
Last Stop For Miles (drama, Celia McBride) 2007 dop,c
Yukon Quest (documentary) 2006 p,d,a,dop,c,pp
Cascade of Light (art film) 2006 p,d,a,dop,c,pp
Three Rivers (documentary, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society)
2004; d,a,dop,c,pp
Honourable Mention, Environment category, WaterWalker Film
Festival, Ottawa 2005
Certificate of Merit, NatureScreen , World Wilderness Congress,
Anchorage 2005
Additional Screenings: ReelHeART Film Fest (Toronto(; Global
Art Film Fest (Sacramento, Los Angeles, New York, San Juan,
Rio de Janeiro)
Mothers Day (drama, Richard Lawrence) 2004; dop
Winner MITY Award, Dawson City International Short Film Festival
2005
Yukon Quest 2004 (documentary, Yukon Quest International)
2004; p,d,a,dop,c,pp
Selection for Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2004-2005;
Montreal International Adventure Film Fest 2005
On Yukon Time (Yukon Tourism; Calgary, Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver)
2000-3; p,d,a,dop,c,pp
Beaver River (documentary, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society)
2003 a,pp
Reality Check; Moon Time Line (art videos, Marten Berkman)
2002 p,d,a,dop,c,pp
Santa Lucia (drama, Richard Lawrence) 2002; dop,c
Wind River (documentary, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society)
2002; d,a,dop,c,pp
This Too Shall pass; Mending Enchainement; Four Fridas (dance
video, Link Dance Company) 2001; dop,c,pp
Multimedia Performance:
2002 - “Reality Check”; “Moon Time Line”,
at Brave New Works, Whitehorse (videography)
1999 - “Arctic Silence”, at Brave New Works, Whitehorse
(photography, drawing, painting, lithography, poetry, music)
Photographic Collaborative Work:
1993-96 - "Yukon Wild" Matthew Lien concert multimedia
(photography)
1995 - “Celebration of Swans” Jerry Alfred concert
multimedia (photography)
1994 - “Land[e]scapes” play by Leslie Hamson (photography,
Jessie Award nominee)
1993 - “Running on Frozen Air” play by Gord McCall
(photography, image design and sequencing)
Books:
(exclusive)
“Chasms of Silence” (Berkman, Folio Gallery/ Waterous,
1999, ISBN 0-9680175-4-1):
limited edition portfolio of high arctic black and white landscape
photography, with a foreword by poet and novelist Anne Michaels
(finalist, Banff Mountain Book Awards, 2000)
(contributor)
Life of Water (Photosensitive, 2005, ISBN 0-9687061-1-8
Three Rivers: the Yukon’s Great Boreal Wilderness (Harbour
Publishing, 2005, ISBN 1-55017-365-0/978-1-55017-365-9)
Rendezvous With the Wild: The Boreal Forest (Raffan, Boston
Mills Press, 2004, ISBN: 1550464221)
Three Rivers: wild waters, sacred places (YAC Public Art gallery,
2004, ISBN: 0-9699219-4-2)
Supplementary Training:
John Walker: Documentary Film (2006)
Velcrow Ripper: Sound Design (2006)
Verclow Ripper: Cinema and the Sacred (2006)
Mark Hill: Screen Writing (2002)
John Banovich: Cinematography (2002)
Peter Wintonick: Social Documentary (2001)
Laura Taler: Dance Documentary (2000/1)
Affiliations:
YAAW (Yukon Artists at Work)
YAS (Yukon Art Society)
YFS (Yukon Film Society)
DCAS (Dawson City Art Society) |
