Curriculum Vitae
KATY McCORMICK
EDUCATION |
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| M.F.A. | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987 |
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| B.A. | The University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984 |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2012 | Destinies Made Manifest, Reading the Washington Mall, Pierre-Léon Gallery, Alliance Française de Toronto, Toronto, ON, curated by Dominique Denis” |
| 2009 | The Philosopher’s Garden : Still/Chroreography, Toronto Image Works Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| 2008 | Kew Settee, G+ Galleries, Toronto, ON |
| 2006 | The World in a Folly Garden: Dancing ‘Round the Ruins, WARC Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| 2005 | The Choreography of Ruin, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto |
| 2004 | Le royaume artificiel, Eleanor London Public Library, Montréal |
| 2001 | The Artificial Kingdom, The Photo Passage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto |
| 1998 | The Garden: A Singular Country, Alliance Française Gallery, Toronto |
| 1992-94 | The Secret Garden: Dream, Memory, Desire
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2016 | RUBIX: A Showcase for the Faculty of Communication & Design, October 31, 2016. |
| 2015 | 70th Anniversary Events, Atomic Photographer’s Guild, Hiroshima, Japan, organized by Robert Del Tredichi (Invited) |
| 2009 | Folly—The View From Nowhere, MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, curated by Philipp Kaiser, Frank Escher, and Ravi Gunewardena |
| 2009 | IAA Retrospective Exhibition: Reflections and Projections, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, curated by Anette Kubitza |
| 2006 | Choreographic, Images of Movement, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, curated by George Slade |
| 2004 | The Song Festival, St. Paul, Minnesota (exhibition and auction) |
| 2003 | The Toronto Grid Project, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, curated by Elaine Ling |
| 2002 | Critical Mass, Museum of New Art, Detroit, Michigan, curated by Steven Rost |
| 2002 | Photoecho, Alliance Française Gallery, Toronto, curated by Brian Damude |
| 2001 | Whispering Cities, (Two-person) Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto |
| 2000 | Toy Stories, Club Lucky, Toronto, curated by Diane Bos |
| 1997 | Individual Artists Awards Exhibition, The Ridley Tree, Santa Barbara |
REVIEWS AND CATALOGUES |
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| 2012 | Dominique Denis, “Pride, Prejudice and Protest,” curatorial essay, exh. brochure (Toronto: Alliance Française, 2012), 4 pp. (Juried) |
| 2012 |
Raphael Lopoukhine, “Un autre regard sur le Washington Mall,” Le Métropolitain, http://www.lemetropolitain.com/nouvelles.asp?jID=1&nID=16908#, October 10, 2012 Guillaume Garcia, “Un ideal qui reste critiquable: regard sur le Washington Mall,” l’Express, http://www.lexpress.to/archives/9744/, October 9, 2012 |
| 2009 | Heather Kerney, “Successful Gardens: A combination of architecture and landscape design,” Research News, Ryerson University, November 26, 2009 http://www.ryerson.ca/news/media/General_Public/20091126_rn_follies.html |
| 2006 | George Slade, “Choreographic: Images of Movement,” exh. cat. (Minneapolis: Minnesota Centre for Photography, 2006) 11 p (Curated) |
| 2006 | “The World in a Folly Garden: Dancing ‘Round the Ruins,” WARC Gallery Hard Copy, Spring/Summer 2006, exhibition brochure (Toronto: WARC), 5 p (Juried) |
| 2006 | “Parc de la Villette,” Critical Mass, exhibition catalogue published subsequent to an exhibition of the same name at The Museum of New Art, Detroit, 2003 (Detroit: FLAK, 2006), 50 p. (Curated) |
| 2006 |
Jeffrey Kalstrom, “Choreographic, World Class, Lots of Fun,” Mnartists.org (A project of The McKnight Foundation and Walker Art Center), Reviews http://mnartists.org/article.do?rid=112752, August 12, 2006 Gary Michael Dault, “Garden Party,” The Globe and Mail, May 19, 2006, “Exhibit A” Going Out, Globe Review 7, R22. (w/ colour reproduction) Peter Goddard, “Her Garden Grows with Thought,” Toronto Star, May 20, 2006, “At the Galleries,” Visual Arts Page, H7. (w/ colour reproduction) |
| 2000 | Deirdre Hanna, “Grids Locked, Katy McCormick: Stations of Desire,” Now Magazine, April 27–May 3, 2000, p. 70 |
| 1993 | Janette Platana, “Katy McCormick’s ‘Secret Garden: Dream, Memory, Desire,’” Blackflash 11, no. 3 (fall), cover, 14–18 |
GRANTS |
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| 2013 | Creative Fund Grant, Office of the Vice Provost, Research and Innovation, Ryerson University |
| 2013 | Exhibition Assistance, The Ontario Arts Council |
| 2011-12 | Team Grant, Co-PI with Samantha Wehbi and Sara Angelucci, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University |
| 2010 | Colloquia Grant, Faculty of Communication & Design, Ryerson University |
| 2009 | Project Grant, Faculty of Communication & Design, Ryerson University |
| 2009 | Mid-Career Grant, The Ontario Arts Council |
| 2008 | Travel Grant, Faculty of Communication & Design, Ryerson University, Toronto |
| 2008 | Faculty Project Grant, Faculty of Communication & Design, Ryerson University, Toronto |
| 2008 | New Faculty Grant, Office of the Vice Provost, Research and Innovation, Ryerson University |
| 2008 | Exhibition Assistance Grant, The Ontario Arts Council |
| 2007 | Faculty Project Grant, Faculty of Communication & Design, Ryerson University, Toronto |
| 2005 | Exhibition Assistance Grant, The Ontario Arts Council |
| 2004 | Exhibition Assistance Grant, The Ontario Arts Council |
| 2003 | Production/Creation Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts |
| 1994 | Artist in Residence Program, The Banff Centre for the Arts |
| 1991 | Project Grant in Photography, The Canada Council for the Arts |
HONOURS AND ACADEMIC AWARDS: |
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| 1985–87 | Full Tuition Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). |
| 1986 | Summer Travel Scholarship for study in Spain and Portugal, SAIC, Chicago. |
| 1996 | Individual Artist Award, The Arts Fund, Santa Barbara, CA |
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS |
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| (2017) | Presenter, Panel Discussion: Nuclear Families: From Trinity to Nagasaki, Society For Photographic Education National Conference. Orlando, Florida, March 9-12, 2017. (Peer-reviewed) |
| (2016) | Presenter and Co-author, with Dr. Samantha Wehbi, Engaging Communities Through the Classroom: Stories from an Interdisciplinary Research/Creation Seminar, Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning being held in Los Angeles, California, October 12-15, 2016. (Peer-reviewed) |
| (2016) | Co-author, with Dr. Samantha Wehbi, Engaging Communities through the Classroom: Notes on an Interdisciplinary Research/Creation Seminar, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning being held in Banff, Alberta on November 10-12, 2016. (Peer-reviewed) |
| 2016 | Co-Presenter, with Dr. Samantha Wehbi, Engaging Communities through EDI: Notes on an Interdisciplinary Research/Creation Seminar, Faculty Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 19, 2016. (Peer-reviewed) |
| 2016 | Presenter, Nagasaki, 11:02—Land of the Second Sun, Nuclear Light, 6th edition of the Toronto/Montreal/Lille biennial of artistic exchange; The Inventions of Light / Les Inventions de la Lumière, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February, 2016. (Invited) |
| 2015 | Presenter, The Ash Garden: Hiroshima Under A Rain of Ruin, Forensic Landscape and the Nuclear Paradigm, International Conference on Critical Topography: Investigations of Landscapes, Critical Topography Research Group, Trent University, Peterborough/ DMRC, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 20-22, 2015. (Peer-reviewed) |
| 2014 | Panelist, Home: Photographs by Jon Blak: A Conversation with Katy McCormick, Ikeila Wright, and Klive Walker moderated by Kenneth Montague, Toronto, February 9, 2013 |
| 2013 | Pictures By Indians: Decolonization and the Lens (symposium), conversation with Jeffrey Thomas, Ryerson University, Toronto, February 9, 2013. (invited) |
| 2012 | Catherine Sicot in conversation with photographer Katy McCormick on the occasion of Destinies Made Manifest exhibition (in French): Catherine Sicot en conversation avec la photographe Katy McCormick au sujet de l’exposition Destinée Manifestes, October 9, 6:30 pm, Galerie Pierre Léon, Toronto. (Invited) |
| 2010 | Curatorial Walk and Talk on Border Country (Lara Rosenoff and Melanie Friend) as part of the Canadian Art Foundation Art Hop, Gallery 44, Toronto, September 25, 2010. (Invited) |
| 2009 | Moderator and Presenter, The Book as Pedagogical Space: Where Image and Form Traverse Conceptual Pathways, Society For Photographic Education National Conference. Dallas, TX, March 26–29, 2009. (Peer-reviewed) |
| 2007 | Curatorial Walk and Talk on Rearrangements: Photography/ Performance/Sculpture (Three-person show with Canadian Lynda Gammon and UK artists, Adam Dade and Sonya Hanney), Gallery 44, Toronto, January 20, 2007. (Invited) |
| 2007 | Curatorial Walk and Talk on Event Cities: Architecture as Performance. (Three-person show with Canadians Scott Conarroe and Cheryl Sourkes and German-born Marco Bohr), Gallery 44, Toronto, February 25, 2006. (Invited) |
| 2006 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Images of Movement: Recent work by Katy McCormick, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. (Invited) |
| 2004 | Moderator, Panel, Copyright, Copy Left: Drawing from the Digital Stream, with Edward Slopek, Whitney Lee, and Daniel Ehrenworth, Gallery 44. (Self-initiated) |
| 2003 | Moderator, Photographic Practice, Collaboration and the Museum, Conference Panel Discussion with Patrick Altman, Jacques Doyon, Vid Ingelevics, Elizabeth Legge, Quebec/Ontario: NEW FORMS/NEW WORKS, Ryerson University, Toronto. (Invited) |
| 2003 | Co-organizer with Gary Hall, (TPW Gallery), Photographic Session, Quebec/Ontario Conference: NEW FORMS/NEW WORKS. A biennial of artistic exchange, Ryerson University, Toronto. (Invited) |
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS |
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| 2010 | Curator, Border Country, UK Artist Melanie Friend and Canadian artist Lara Rosenoff, Gallery 44, Toronto. (Juried) |
| 2007 | Curator, Rearrangements: Photography/Performance/Sculpture (three-person show with Lynda Gammon, Adam Dade and Sonya Hanney), Gallery 44, Toronto. (Juried) |
| 2006 | Curator, Event Cities: Architecture as Performance, (three-person show with Marco Bohr, Scott Conarroe, and Cheryl Sourkes), Gallery 44, Toronto. (Juried) |
| 1992–93 | Curator, Embodied Spaces: Photography and Contemporary Art; (eight-person exhibition with Stéphan Ballard, Edward Burtynsky, Christine Davis, Wyn Geleynse, April Hickox, Nicole Jolicoeur, Al McWilliams, and Jim Miller), Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, 1993. (Invited) |
SELECTED CRITICAL WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS |
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| (2017) | “The Ash Garden: Hiroshima Under A Rain of Ruin,” Proceeds from the International Conference on Critical Topography: Investigations of Landscapes, in Spatial Practices, Edited by Chirstoph Ehland and Chris Thurgar-Dawson, Brill. Accepted. (Peer-reviewed) |
| 2016 | “Socially Engaged Art and Social Work: Reflecting on an interdisciplinary course development journey,” Journal Of Progressive Human Services, Issue 27 (1), January 2016, 25 p. (Peer-reviewed) |
| 2009 | “Emergence/Legacies,” Emergence, (Toronto: Gallery 44 and Ryerson University). (Invited) |
| 2008 | “Lens, Site, Scene: Scene,” 25th Anniversary Feature Article, BlackFlash Magazine, issue 25.3 (Saskatoon: Buffalo Berry Press) June 2008. (Invited) |
| 2007 | Rearrangements: Photography/Performance/Sculpture in the Works of Lynda Gammon Adam Dade and Sonya Hanney. Curatorial essay, exhibition brochure, (Toronto: Gallery 44). (Juried) |
| 2006 | Event Cities: Architecture as Performance, Curatorial essay, exhibition brochure, (Toronto: Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography). (Juried) |
| 2005 | “Catalogue Entries,” Imaging a Shattering Earth, exhibition catalogue, (Rochester: Oakland University and Toronto: CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival), 69–71. (Invited) |
| 1992–93 | “Embodied Spaces: Photography in Contemporary Art,” Aspects de la Photographie québéçoise et canadienne, Curatorial essay, exh. cat. (Montréal: Vox Populi), 2–7. (Invited) |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY |
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| 2014– | Graduate Program Director, MFA Documentary Media |
| 2012–13 | Sabbatical, Ryerson University, Toronto |
| 2007–12 | Director, IMA/Ryerson Gallery, Ryerson University, Toronto |
| 2010– | Associate Professor (Tenured), School of Image Arts, Ryerson University |
| 2006–10 | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), School of Image Arts, Ryerson University |
| 2000–06 | Exhibition Coordinator, Managing Editor, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography |
| 1998–02 | Lecturer, Photography, Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University |
| 1999 | Four week visiting artist, Photography, The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University |
| 1994–96 | Lecturer, Studio Art, The University of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1992–93 | Lecturer, Saiyde Bronfman Centre Fine Arts School, Montréal, QC |
| 1992–93 | Curator and Member of the Festival Organizing Committee, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal (3rd ed.) |
| 1991–92 | Full-time Limited Term Appointment, Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, QC |
| 1989 | Lecturer, Fine Arts, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL |
| 1987–89 | Instructor, Norris Mini-course Program (Continuing Education), Northwestern University, IL |
COLLECTIONS |
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Bibliothèque nationale de France and private and corporate collections in Billings, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, Paris, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Toronto November 2016 |
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