Biography
CULTURAL and ETHNOGRAPHIC VIDEO with emphasis on RITUAL / MAGIC /
SACRIFICE / DIVINATION / HEALING and SUPERSTITION; edited, manipulated, combined and recombined into tales and chronicles and griot script from WEST and CENTRAL AFRICA 1984- 2002.
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DOCUDRAMAS - VIDEO 1989 - 2008
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Purefunk Apollonius
Tachambong's Golden Heart
Djele Stories from Balikumbat
The Sacrifice of Mami Wata
Initiation of Jengi
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THEATRICAL DRAMAS - VIDEO 1973 - 1986
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8 Dramas 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8.
Pratyhara
I Am a Living Creature (video)
Bargain Basement
Summer Sun
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THEATRICAL DRAMAS - FILM 1973 - 1986
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Final Cut
Bad Seed
Learning New Step
Mandritsa Time
Needed You
Hanoi Footage
1972 Kimi/ Masks: 1st prize Montreal International Experimental Film Festival
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MULTIMEDIA
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1982 - Nunavut....silver medal at International Film and Television Festival of New York
1978 - View
1973 - Drama EV
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COLLECTIONS:
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National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CA /
Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., USA /
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, USA /
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., CA /
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, FR. /
Martin Luther King Library, Washington, D.C., USA /
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC., CA /
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH., USA /
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON /
Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montreal, QC., CA /
Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON /
Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands /
Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB., CA. /
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON, CA./
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA. /
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA., USA. / Polariod Collection, Polariod Corporation, Waltham, MA., USA.
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EXHIBITIONS
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2003 – Diefenbunker, Carp, ON., CA.
1998 – Dalton in Furness, Cumbria, UK.
1997 – Isart Gallery, Montreal, QC., CA
1996 - Justina M. Barnicke gallery, Toronto, ON., CA.
1991 - Argus Photo, Los Angeles, CA., USA.
1983 - 1985 - FNAC Gallery, traveling exhibition, France, Belgium, Switzerland
1986- Galerie Vivien Esders, Paris, FR.
1982- The Photographers Gallery, London, UK.
1981 – Burton Gallery of Photographic Art, Toronto, ON., CA.
1978 - National Art Centre, Ottawa, ON., CA.
1977 – Canadian Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, ON., CA.
1977- NFB gallery, Ottawa, CA. travelling exhibition, Los Angeles, CA., USA., Halifax, NS., CA.
1976 – Monograph, NFB, Ottawa, ON, CA., travelling internationally
1976 - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA., USA.
1975 – Maine, USA Kodak International traveling exhibition, CA., USA, FR.
1974 – National Library of Canada, Ottawa, ON., CA.
1974 - University of Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON., CA
1973 – Nova Scotia School of Art, Halifax, NS., CA.
1973 - National Film Board Gallery, Ottawa, ON., CA.
1972 - Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC., CA.
1971- Nickle Art Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB., CA.
1965 - Canadian Art Gallery, Calgary, AB., CA.
1960 - (group) Spring Show- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC., CA
1959 - (group) Spring Show- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC., CA
1959 - St. Helen's Island Gallery, Montreal, QC., CA
1958 - Gallerie Simon, Quebec City, QC., CA
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MISCELLANEOUS
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1990 - June-December....Artist in Residence at Banff Centre, Banff, AB, CA.
1982 - 1983 - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa, ON., CA......Senior Advisor, Information and Communications.
1977 - 1981 - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and The Ministry of State for Urban Affairs, Ottawa, ON., CA.......Director Publishing and Audiovisual Division.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation sponsored films
Our People Our Houses / Self Sustaining House / Cape Dorset / St. Lawrence Neighbourhood /
Barrier Free Housing / Le retour à l'école
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BOOKS
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2002 - Finally At Last
1996 - Genocidal Famine : photographs from Sudan and Ethiopia
1976 - Athletes of the XXI Olympiad: photographs of the Summer Games
1973 - Earth Visions/ Erde Vizyess
1969 - I am a living creature / ich bin ah a lebedikeh bree'eh
SACRIFICE / DIVINATION / HEALING and SUPERSTITION; edited, manipulated, combined and recombined into tales and chronicles and griot script from WEST and CENTRAL AFRICA 1984- 2002.
_________________________
DOCUDRAMAS - VIDEO 1989 - 2008
_________________________
Purefunk Apollonius
Tachambong's Golden Heart
Djele Stories from Balikumbat
The Sacrifice of Mami Wata
Initiation of Jengi
_________________
THEATRICAL DRAMAS - VIDEO 1973 - 1986
________________
8 Dramas 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8.
Pratyhara
I Am a Living Creature (video)
Bargain Basement
Summer Sun
_______________
THEATRICAL DRAMAS - FILM 1973 - 1986
_______________
Final Cut
Bad Seed
Learning New Step
Mandritsa Time
Needed You
Hanoi Footage
1972 Kimi/ Masks: 1st prize Montreal International Experimental Film Festival
_______________
MULTIMEDIA
_______________
1982 - Nunavut....silver medal at International Film and Television Festival of New York
1978 - View
1973 - Drama EV
__________________
COLLECTIONS:
__________________
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CA /
Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., USA /
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, USA /
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., CA /
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, FR. /
Martin Luther King Library, Washington, D.C., USA /
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC., CA /
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH., USA /
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON /
Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montreal, QC., CA /
Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON /
Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands /
Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB., CA. /
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON, CA./
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA. /
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA., USA. / Polariod Collection, Polariod Corporation, Waltham, MA., USA.
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EXHIBITIONS
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2003 – Diefenbunker, Carp, ON., CA.
1998 – Dalton in Furness, Cumbria, UK.
1997 – Isart Gallery, Montreal, QC., CA
1996 - Justina M. Barnicke gallery, Toronto, ON., CA.
1991 - Argus Photo, Los Angeles, CA., USA.
1983 - 1985 - FNAC Gallery, traveling exhibition, France, Belgium, Switzerland
1986- Galerie Vivien Esders, Paris, FR.
1982- The Photographers Gallery, London, UK.
1981 – Burton Gallery of Photographic Art, Toronto, ON., CA.
1978 - National Art Centre, Ottawa, ON., CA.
1977 – Canadian Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, ON., CA.
1977- NFB gallery, Ottawa, CA. travelling exhibition, Los Angeles, CA., USA., Halifax, NS., CA.
1976 – Monograph, NFB, Ottawa, ON, CA., travelling internationally
1976 - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA., USA.
1975 – Maine, USA Kodak International traveling exhibition, CA., USA, FR.
1974 – National Library of Canada, Ottawa, ON., CA.
1974 - University of Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON., CA
1973 – Nova Scotia School of Art, Halifax, NS., CA.
1973 - National Film Board Gallery, Ottawa, ON., CA.
1972 - Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC., CA.
1971- Nickle Art Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB., CA.
1965 - Canadian Art Gallery, Calgary, AB., CA.
1960 - (group) Spring Show- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC., CA
1959 - (group) Spring Show- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC., CA
1959 - St. Helen's Island Gallery, Montreal, QC., CA
1958 - Gallerie Simon, Quebec City, QC., CA
__________________
MISCELLANEOUS
_________________
1990 - June-December....Artist in Residence at Banff Centre, Banff, AB, CA.
1982 - 1983 - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa, ON., CA......Senior Advisor, Information and Communications.
1977 - 1981 - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and The Ministry of State for Urban Affairs, Ottawa, ON., CA.......Director Publishing and Audiovisual Division.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation sponsored films
Our People Our Houses / Self Sustaining House / Cape Dorset / St. Lawrence Neighbourhood /
Barrier Free Housing / Le retour à l'école
______________________
BOOKS
__________________
2002 - Finally At Last
1996 - Genocidal Famine : photographs from Sudan and Ethiopia
1976 - Athletes of the XXI Olympiad: photographs of the Summer Games
1973 - Earth Visions/ Erde Vizyess
1969 - I am a living creature / ich bin ah a lebedikeh bree'eh