Education:
-M.F.A. and Honours B.F.A. in Visual Arts, York University, Toronto
Awards:
-1995 -Bronze Apple Award for "Animation For Kids", National Educational Media Competition, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
Collections:
-Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; York University, Toronto; Canada House, London, England
Grants:
-2006 Ontario Arts Council Media and Visual Arts Production Grant
-2006 Canada Council Film Production Grant
-2004 Canada Council Research/Creation Grant, Media Arts
-Ontario Arts Council Film Production Grants; Canada Council "B" Grant, Visual Arts, Drawing
Arts Community Service:
-Past President: Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto
-Past Board Member: Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre and YYZ Gallery, Toronto
-Past Vice President: Funnel Experimental Film Theatre, Toronto
Professional and Work Experience:
-2008 -Completes "Labyrinth", a paint on glass animated film
-2007 -Two documentaries, directed by Patrick Jenkins, "Death Is In Trouble Now: The Sculptures Of Mark Adair" and "Of Lines and Men: The Animation of Jonathan Amitay" broadcast on BRAVO! Television.
-2007 -"The Skateboarder", selected as a finalist at the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International
-2007 -Curator: Museum Retrospective, "Death Is In Trouble Now: The Sculptures Of Mark Adair", Rodman Hall Art Centre, St. Catherines, Ontario
-2006 -"Daumen Kino", FotoMuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
-2006 -"The Skateboarder", shown at the Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, France;
Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal; Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver and
The Canadian Filmmakers Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
-2006 -Curator: John Straiton Retrospective, Ottawa International Animation Festival
-2006 -Curator: Beyond Cartoons-Animating the Personal, Cineworks, Vancouver, B.C.
-2005 -"Terrace Gallery" exhibitions of paintings, Toronto
-2005 -"The Skateboarder", Director/Animator, animated short film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival and the Ottawa International Animation Festival
-2005 -"Man Versus Geometry" shown at the Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, France; Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal, Canada; and Anifest 3, Budapest, Hungary
-2005 -Two Flipbooks by Patrick Jenkins included in a museum exhibition "Daumen Kino (The Flipbook Show)" at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
-2004 -"Man Versus Geometry", Director/Animator, stop motion animated short. Premiered at the 2004 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
-2003 -Visiting Filmmaker, Cineworks Production Co-op, Vancouver, B.C.
-2003 -"Ralph: Coffee, Jazz and Poetry", broadcast on Bravo! TV, Canada
-2003 -"Dancing Street", Director/Animator, animated music video
-2003 -Editor, "Dance That Makes A Difference", Dance Documentary
-2002 -"Ralph: Coffee, Jazz and Poetry" broadcast on CBC Television's "Canadian Reflections" and at "Night of the Living Independents" screening, TAIS, Toronto
-2002 to 2003 -Administrator, Toronto Animated Image Society's Animators' Production Co-op, Toronto
-2002 -Curator: Jonathan Amitay Retrospective, Ottawa International Animation Festival
-2001 -"Ralph:Coffee, Jazz and Poetry; The Poetry of Ralph Alfonso", Director/Animator, Documentary, premiered at the 2001 Montreal World Film Festival and the 2001 JVC Jazz "Reel Jazz" Film Festival, Toronto
-2001 -"Frame by Frame, Films by Toronto Animators", Curator and participating filmmaker, Ed Video, Guelph.
-2001 -"Crawling Around In A Fountain", Director/Animator
-2000 -"This is My Corner of the World", premiered at the Toronto Digital Image Festival
-2000 -"Can You Pretend?", directed and animated children's music video for Bullseye Records of Canada
-1999 -"The Goatee Club", premiered at the Toronto Digital Image Festival and at the screening: Recent Films By Toronto Animators at Cinecycle, Toronto.
-1998 -President, Toronto Animated Image Society
-1998 -"Other Worlds", exhibition of drawings, John B. Aird Gallery,Toronto
-1997 -"Venus In Violets", Director/Animator, animated music video of a song by Vancouver poet Ralph Alfonso, Bongo Beat Records, shown on MuchMusic.
-1996 -"Animal Tales", Director/Producer/Animator, a series of cut-out animated films.
-1994 -"Animation for Kids, How To Make Your Cartoons Move", Associate Producer, Writer, Animator and On Screen Host, an educational videotape.
-1993 -"Coca-Cola Alien", Animation Storyboarding, Character and Animation Design for CD ROM application, Coca Cola Limited and King West Communications.
-1993 -"Out of This World" and "The Magic Wand", two flipbooks, Animator.
-1992 -Animation Workshop, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
-1991 -"Flipbook Animation and Other Ways To Make Cartoons Move",Author/Illustrator, instructional book on animation for children, published by Kids Can Press (Canada) and the Addison Wesley Publishing Company (U.S.A.)
-1991 -"Skateboarding" and "Slap Shot!", two flipbooks, Animator.
-1990 -"The Flipbook Movie", Director/Producer/Animator, animated film.
-1990 -"Clutching The Heat", Cinematographer/Editor for movies created for the play,Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto.
-1989 -"The Amazing Children's Animated Movie Workshop", Associate Producer, Writer, Animator and On Screen Host, 1/2 Hour Television Program produced with and broadcast on the Roger's Cable Television System, Toronto.
-1989 -"Art In Animation", exhibition of animation artwork, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
-1989 -"Moving Images", TVOntario Television Network, Toronto, Canada.
-1988 -"Play Ball!" and "A Fishy Tale", two flipbooks, Animator.
-1988 -"Independent Animation", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
-1987 to 1998- Books That Move Flipbooks, Animator and Publisher. Clients include The Museum Company Stores, The Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rizzoli Bookstores and the M. H. De Young Museum, San Francisco.
-1987 -"Four Short Animated Films", Director/Producer/Animator, animated film.
-1987 -York/China Exchange Exhibition, art exhibition Hangzhou, China.
-1987 -"Toronto: A Play of History", Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
-1986 to 1998-Animation Workshops, directed for the National Film Board of Canada; the Art Gallery of Ontario; Harbourfront Centre; the Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Mohawk College; Humber College and school boards throughout Ontario.
-1985/87-Visiting Lecturer, Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, Canada.
-1983/85-Visiting Assistant Professor of Film, Production, York University, Toronto.
-1984 -"Uncommon Language", exhibition, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Canada.
-1983 -Broadcast of Films, WNED Channel 17, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. and Antennae 2 T.V., Paris, France.
-1983 -Film Screenings, Tyneside Cinema and Canada House Cinema, United Kingdom; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Oakville Art Gallery, Oakville, Canada.
-1982 -"Sign Language", exhibition of drawings, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
-1982 -Film Screenings, Millenium Film Theatre, New York City; Pasadena Film Forum, Pasadena, California; Akademie Der Kunste, West Germany; University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan; University of Victoria and Open Space Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia; Simon Fraser University and Metro Media Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia; Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.
-1981 -Visiting Filmmaker, National Film Theatre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
-1980 -Solo Drawing Exhibition, YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
-1979 -Film Screening, Funnel Film Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
-1979 -First Prize, Experimental Category for film "Fluster", Toronto Super-8 Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Films and Videotapes:
-2004 -"The Skateboarder" currently in production
-2004 -"Man Versus Geometry", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-2003 -"Dancing Street", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-2002 -"Jonathan Amitay: A Portrait", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-2001 -"Ralph:Coffee, Jazz and Poetry; The Poetry of Ralph Alfonso", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-2001 -"Crawling Around In A Fountain", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-2000 -"This is My Corner of the World", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-2000 -"Can You Pretend?", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-1999 -"The Goatee Club", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-1997 -"Venus In Violets", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-1996 -"Animal Tales", T.V. Series, Beta Sp, colour, sound
-1994 -"Animation For Kids", Beta Sp, colour, sound
-1990 -"The Flipbook Movie", 16mm, colour, sound
-1990 -"O.K. But I've Got To Get To Work...", 16mm, colour, sound
-1986 -"Four Short Animated Films", 16mm, colour, sound
-1982 -"Sign Language", 16mm, colour, sound
-1981 -"Shadowplay", 16mm, colour, sound
-1980 -"Ruse", 16mm, colour, sound
-1980 -"A Sense of Spatial Organization", 16mm, colour, sound
-1978 -"Fluster", 16mm, colour, sound
-1976 -"Wedding Before Me", 16mm, colour, sound
Bookworks:
-1995 -"The Innocent Bystander"
-1995 -"Fly In Your Eye"
-1995 -"Amber's Night Out"
-1995 -"Puff Of Smoke"
-1993 -"Out of This World", a flipbook
-1993 -"The Magic Wand", a flipbook
-1991 -"Flipbook Animation and Other Ways To Make Cartoons Move", published by Kids Can Press (Canada)/Addison Wesley Publishing Company (U.S.A.)
-1991 -"Skateboarding", a flipbook
-1991 -"Slap Shot!", a flipbook
-1988/1993 -"A Fishy Tale", a flipbook
-1988 -"Play Ball", a flipbook
-1987 -"In The Wink Of An Eye",
-1987/1993 -"The Magician's Hat", a flipbook
-1987 -"Making Faces", a flipbook
Writings:
-Catalogue Essay for the curated exhibition "Of Lines And Men: The Cinema Of Jonathan Amitay", retrospective screening at the 2002 Ottawa International Animation Festival, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, October 2002
-Review of "The Toronto Bank Robbery", a sculpture by Mark Adair, Parachute Magazine #41, December 1985, January, February 1986
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