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EXHIBITIONS + SCREENINGS

2011

One and Two, solo exhibition, curated by Anne-Marie Ninacs,
Galerie B-312 as part of the Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2011, Montreal QC

So Many Letdowns Before We Get Up curated by JJ Kegan McFadden,
Platform Gallery, Winnipeg MB

C Magazine Art Auction
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto ON

Domestic Queens, curated by Evergon,
Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery (FOFA), Concordia University, Montreal QC

2010

Portrait Study
Video Installations by Jim Verburg
Nova Scena, Prague National Theatre, Mezipatra Festival, Prague CZ

That’s So Gay
Curated by Sholem Krishtalka, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON

Four Hikes
Curated by Silke Otto Knapp, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff AB

Works on Paper
With Mark Clintberg, Jeff Kulak, and Ryan Crouchman
Papeterie Nota Bene, Montreal QC

STEM Cell: Experimental Docs 1: Variations on the Home Movie
Metro Cinema, Edmonton AB

IM/POSSIBLE WORLDS
Curated by Jason St-Laurent, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton NB

2009

PROOF 16
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto ON

Hot Art Fair Basel
(Widmer+Theodoridis Contemporary), Basel Switzerland

For a Relationship Installation
Widmer+Theodoridis Contemporary Art Gallery, Zurich Switzerland

11th Annual FairyTales International Queer Diversity Film Festival
Calgary AB

Mixed Up in Philly, The Flickering Light Film Series
Philadelphia PA, USA

Reel 2 Real International Film Festival
Vancouver BC

Soup and Screen
Articule Artist Run Centre, Montreal QC

Kingston’s Still Burning
Reelout Queer Film and Video Festival, Kingston ON

2008

Mein schwules Auge 5
Werkstattgalerie, Berlin Germany

MIX 21 NYC
New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, New York NY

Queersicht Film Festival
Bern Switzerland

Mix Brasil
14th Festival da Diversidade Sexual, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Pink Screens Film Festival
Brussels Belgium

South by Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico, USA

LGBT Short Film Festival
Univeristy of Wilwaukee Film Department, Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA

International Competition
Queer Lisboa 12 Film Festival, Lisbon Portugal

Recovering Agnostic
Curated by Mark Clintberg, Faculty of Fine Arts (FOFA) Gallery, Montreal QC

Make Out
Curated by Malin Arnell, Studio, Stockholm Sweden

Shout Out
Curated by Erik Martinson, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor ON

6th Annual Graduating Students’ Exhibit
Curated by Lynn Beavis, Faculty of Fine Arts (FOFA) Gallery, Montreal QC

Outfest
Los Angeles International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Los Angeles CA

Frameline
San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, San Francisco CA

Fully Flared Films
International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany

All The Reel Boys
NewFest 2008, New York LGBT Film Festival, New York NY

Montreal mon amour
Curated by Jason St Laurent, Inside Out Film and Video Festival, Toronto ON

Vtape Screening, Oberhausen
The International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany

Verzaubert 17
Interationales Queer Filmfestival, Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin, Germany

Voice Over
Da Sodoma a Hollywood 23, Torino GLBT Film Festival, Torino, Italy

Everything Must Go
Curated by Donna Ackrey, Eva B Studios, Montreal QC

Reelout 9
Queer Film and Video Festival, Kingston ON

2007

The Quebec New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague du Québec)
Curated by Jason St Laurent, Inside Out, Ottawa ON

Inside Out
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, Toronto ON

Our Aim Is True
Curated by Lynn Beavis, Faculty of Fine Arts (FOFA) Gallery, Montreal QC

2006

AIDS WALK Public Photographic Installation
Storefront Windows, HIV/AIDS Regional Services, Kingston ON

Before the Winter, After the Fall
Visual Arts (VAV) Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal QC

Like a Kiss on the Wall
Galerie Art Mur, Montreal QC, Curated by Genevieve Cadieux and Marisa Portolese

Cash and Carry 2
Visual Arts (VAV) Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal QC

2005

Copenhagen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark

19th Festival Internationale di Cinema Gay Lesbico e Queer Culture di Milano
Milan, Italy

2004

Mix Brasil
12th Festival da Diversidade Sexual, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

9th Festival Internacional de Cine Gay Lesbico de Madrid
Madrid, Spain

Larzish International Film Festival of Sexuality and Gender Plurality
Bombay, India

VII Festival de CINE Gay Lesbico
Madrid, Spain

Local Heroes
Image + Nation Film Festival, Montreal QC

Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Austin, Texas

Inside Out
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, Toronto ON

Reelout
Kingston Queer Film and Video Festival, Kingston ON

2003

Circulation: Community Art Initiative, Art in the Streets Project
Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston ON

Fine Romances: Video Installation with Erik Martinson
Union Gallery Project Room, Kingston ON

Pictures of You: Photographic Installation
Melriches Coffee House, Vancouver BC

Pictures of You: Photographic Installation
Sleepless Goat Cafe, Kingston ON

RESIDENCIES, GRANTS, AWARDS + OTHER

2010

Figure in a Mountain Landscape (Reprise)
Thematic Artist Residency with Silke Otto-Knapp and Jan Verwoert, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff AB

Research and Creation Grant for Media Artists
Canada Council for the Arts

2009

Best Short Film, Audience Award
11th Annual FairyTales International Queer Diversity Film Festival, Calgary AB

Artist in Residency
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Spring/Summer 2009, Toronto ON

Shorts Jury Member
Inside Out Film Festival, Toronto ON

2008

Hothouse 5, Animation Production Residency
National Film Board of Canada (NFB/ONF), Montreal QC

Short listed for the Iris Prize for Short Film
Cardiff, Wales UK

Colin Campbel Award, Best Canadian Short Film
Jury Prize, Inside Out Film and Video Festival, Toronto ON

Travel Grant for Professional Artists
Quebec Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec

Undergraduate International Travel Grant
Concordia University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008

Co Director, Visual Arts (VAV) Gallery
Concordia University, Montreal QC

2007

Co Producer and Artistic Director
Art Matters Festival, Montreal QC

2003– 2009

Freelance Graphic Designer
Montreal QC

2003– 2009

Freelance Photographer
Montreal QC

2003

Community Artist/Facilitator with Robin Pacific
Circulation (part of the Art in the Streets project), Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre,
Kingston ON

2001–2003

Director of Programing, Reelout Queer Film and Video Festival
Kingston ON

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Distinction)
Major in Photography, Concordia University, Montreal QC, 2008

Independent Student
Sociology/Religious Studies, Queens University, Kingston ON, 1997 - 1999

ARTIST TALKS, LECTURES AND PANELS

2011

Panel, Questioning the Self, Lucidity. Inward Views, moderated by Anne-Marie Ninacs
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Montreal QC

Symposium, Domestic Queers Project, curated by Evergon
Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal QC

2010

Artist Talk, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff AB

2008

Artist Talk, Inside Out Film and Video Festival
Toronto ON

Artist Talk, Da Sodoma a Hollywood 23, Torino GLBT Film Festival
Torino Italy

Artist Talk, Reelout 9, Queer Film and Video Festival
Kingston ON

2007

Artist Talk, Faculty of Fine Arts (FOFA) Gallery
Concordia University, Montreal QC

2003

Panelist, Contemporary Art in Kingston: Community Connections
Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston ON

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2008

Within the Confines
Visual Arts (VAV) Gallery, curated with Karin Zuppiger
Including Emma Waltraud Howes,Johannes Abenroth and others.

2007

A to a: A Celebration of Text in Art
Visual Arts (VAV) Gallery, curated with Karin Zuppiger
Including Jim Bell, Juan Ortiz, Erik Osberg and others.

5th Annual Graduating Students Exhibition
Faculty of Fine Arts (FOFA) Gallery
Visual Arts (VAV) Gallery, Curated with Karin Zuppiger and Lynn Beavis
Including Andreas Rutkauskas, Jessica Auer, k.g. Gutman, Justine Tetreault and others.

Break In/Break Up/Break Out: Testing the Limits and Taking a Stand in Contemporary Cultural Practice
Art Matters Festival Panel Discussion, curated with moderator Mark Clintberg
Panelists: Dr. Cynthia Hammond, Raymonde April, Hannah Jickling, and Susannah Wesley & Meredith Carruthers of Leisure Projects

REVIEWS, ARTICLES, AND INTERVIEWS

Lucidity. Inward Views, Edited by Anne-Marie Ninacs, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2011,
Pages 64-71, 199, 269 and 331, ISBN 978-2-9808020-3-4

The Domestic Queens Project, Mark Clintberg, Pages 20-23, FOFA Gallery,
Concordia University Montreal QC, ISBN 978-0-9868715-0-4

That’s So Gay! The Review by Paddy Johnson, July 13, 2010
http://www.artfagcity.com/2010/07/13/thats-so-gay-the-review/

Mark Clinberg, Frottage: Love affairs in Photography (Part 2)
Blackflash Magazine, Art, Photography, New Media, Summer 2010, p 14-15, ISSN 0826-3922

Montreal Arts Feature, Interview with Arts Reporter Pierre Landry
Daybreak, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Radio One, Montreal, July 2, 2006

Words, Labels and (Ex) Lovers: Jim Verburg Explores Through Film and Photography
The Link, Arts Feature, February 2004 Issue 2.21

Trying to Document a Fine Romance, Examining the Social Labels We Place Upon Ourselves
The Queens University Journal, Issue 19, 2003 Volume 11

PUBLISHED AND PRINTED

2010

"I see you all the time"
in Open Heart curated by Ashley Neese (to be published in spring 2010)

2009

Portfolio 2 (with interview)
Manner 4.09, p 34-39, April 2009, ISSN 0935-8838 Berlin Germany

2008

Jif and Matt
Manner 12.08, p 34-41, December 2008, ISSN 0935-8838 Berlin Germany

Mein schwules Auge 5
Konkurbuch Verlag Claudia Gehrke, Herbst 2008, p 98, 211-217,240 and back cover, ISBN 0935-8838- Berlin Germany

Le Feuilleton, Le Magazine de nos preferences
PREF 24, p 120-123, Janvier/Fevrier, Paris, France