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Solo (and 2 person) Exhibitions

  • i and i, Art Space, (presented by Video Pool), Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2010.
  • Molly to Molly, Queen Specific. Toronto, 2009.
  • Citizen Dandy, Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario, 2008/09.
  • i and i, Confederation Centre for the Arts. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 2007/08.
  • Citizen Dandy, +15 Project Space programmed by Truck Contemporary Art. Calgary, Alberta, 2007.
  • Monument, Solo Exhibition, Toronto, 2002.
  • Shot in the Dark, Gallery I.I.I, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1990.
  • Missing: The American Family, Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, 1986.
  • Praxis Pictures, a Plug In Inc. presentation, Winnipeg, 1984.
  • Christine Turnauer/Michael Klein, Centre Eye Gallery. Calgary, 1983
  • Mistaken Identities – Plug In Inc., 1983.
  • Photographs by Michael Klein and Larry Glawson, Gallery I.I.I., 1982.

Selected Group Exhibitions (* publication accompanied or resulted from exhibition)

  • Family Ties, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, 2013.
  • All In The Family, Winnipeg Art Gallery (Curated by Alex King), 2012/13.
  • Bodies in Buildings, Nuit Blanche Toronto, (Curated by Christina Ritchie), 2012*
  • Wish You Were Here, Gladstone Hotel, (Curated by Katharine Mulherin) Toronto, 2009.
  • Here Now or Nowhere, Prairie Gallery, (Curated by Micah Lexier) Grand Prairie, Alberta, 2009.
  • Decade, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, 2008
  • Goin’ Postal, Art Metropole, (Curated by Miles Collyer) Toronto, 2007.*
  • Slideshow for Instant Coffee Nooks, Mercer Union, Toronto, 2007.
  • Wish You were Here, (with the Instant Coffee Collective), La Casa Del Encuentro. Medellin, Colombia, 2007.
  • nothing from nothing, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, 2005.
  • Centre of Attention, The Importance of Persona in the Work and Practice of Toronto Artists, A Tete-A-Tete exhibition, Toronto, 2004.*
  • Alchemy and Mysticism #2, The Instant Coffee Painting Show in Urban Disco Trailer, 2003.
  • Back In the Day, 2002 – 1972, Plug-In ICA’s 30th anniversary exhibition, Winnipeg, 2002/03.
  • Caffeine Screens; The Instant Coffee Screensaver Show, first launched at The Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2002.
  • Adventure Continued…, Gallery 1313, Toronto, 2002.
  • Eine.Klein.Sighn (With Cecelia Berkovic & Germaine Koh), Luft Gallery. Toronto, 2002.
  • The T-Shirt Show, Instant Coffee Project, 2001-2002.*
  • 13 Canadians in NYC, Star67 Gallery. New York, 2001.
  • Miniature Show: Urban Disco Trailer & Everyone, An Instant Coffee Project, Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, 2001.
  • Friendly Fire, Project, Toronto, 2000.
  • Children in Photography: 150 Years, (Curated by Jane Corkin) organized by the Winnipeg Art Gallery and presented in 9 Canadian Cities, 1990-1992*
  • Artware: Artists’ Bookworks, A Space (Curated by Nancy Paterson) Toronto, (travelling exhibition), 1989.
  • The Lunatic of One Idea, a Public Access project, videowall at Square One, Mississauga, Ontario, 1988.*
  • A Sense of Place, Winnipeg Art Gallery, (Curated by Shirley Madill) 1986.*
  • Gallery In Transit, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver, 1984*
  • Manitoba Juried Photography Exhibition, Provincial Archives Building, Winnipeg, (traveling exhibition), 1982*

Selected Videotape Screenings

  • (weewerk) is 6!, Whipper Snapper Gallery. Toronto, 2008.
  • Resolutions 07, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, New York, 2007.*
  • Reports: Recombinant TV, A V/Tape Exhibition project, (Curated by Dara Gellman) Toronto, 1998.*
  • The Parasite of Parasites: Artists and Advertising, A PleasureDome Program, (Curated by Chris Gehman) Cinecycle. Toronto, 1994.
  • A Critical Perspective – Trinity Square Video Retrospective, The Euclid Theatre. Toronto, 1991*
  • Ex Patria (with Susan Britton), A Video Pool Presentation, The Cinematheque, Winnipeg, 1990.
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1989.
  • Audio by Artists Festival, National Film Board Theatre. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1986.
  • A.T.V. Show, Videon Public Television. Winnipeg, 1986.
  • Just a Minute… TV Works!, California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, California, 1985.
  • P.R.I.M., Montreal, Quebec, 1983.
  • The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1983.

Selected Articles, Reviews, Published Projects, Documentation and Photographs

  • Again and Again: The First Ten Years published by MKG127, 2017
  • Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art (photo and video documentation of Nuit Blanche 2012)
  • Hunter And Cook #10, Looking Back, artist project, 2011
  • Canadian Art, “Toronto Now: To Watch”, photos by George Whiteside, Winter, 2007
  • National Gallery of Canada, Art Metropole, The Top 100, 2006
  • The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Live in the Centre: an incomplete and anecdotal history of Winnipeg performance art, 2004.
  • Plug In ICA promotional booklet (photograph of Laurie Anderson), 2002.
  • Canadian Photoguide, Michael Klein at Project, Jan/Feb 2001.
  • Public 6, Violence, (artist project), 1992.
  • Montage ’86, Floating Gallery Calendar, 1986.
  • Parallelogramme, (photograph pg. 54), vol.8, no.5, June-July-August, 1983.
  • Videoguide, Video Pool Inc., (documentation of Shot In The Dark), vol.5, no.5, issue 25, Winter 1983.
  • Midcontinental, Dual-Bi-Cycle-Duel (artist project with Micah Lexier), vol.1, no.2.

Collections

  • Ontario College of Art and Design, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Private collections

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, 1986.
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1983.

Grants

  • Ontario Arts Council exhibition assistance grant, 1990.
  • Canada Council project grants, 1980 & 1987.
  • Manitoba Arts Council project grants, 1982 & 1984.

Public Talks, Panels and Presentations

  • Book Club at Edition I, Toronto’s international art book fair, 2016.
  • Visiting artist, University of Victoria, BC. 2014.
  • Sunday Scene, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2014.
  • Book Club at The Power Plant, Toronto, 2011, 2013.
  • Guest speaker, University of Toronto, 2013.
  • In Conversation with Dean Drever, Robert Enright and Robert Stevens, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, 2013.
  • Panelist, Does Scotiabank Nuit Blanche influence the Art Market?, Nuit Talks, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, 2010.
  • Visiting artist, University of Western Ontario, London, 2010.
  • Forum chair, The Work Need Not Be Built, The Power Plant, 2009.
  • Artist talk, Fridays Live !, Art Gallery of Windsor,  2008.
  • Art In The Dark, Artists’ Talk, Hive Event at Luft Gallery, 2002.
  • Visiting artist, School of Art, University of Manitoba, 1990.
  • Slide Presentation/Lecture, Winnipeg Photographers Group, 1983. 

Related Activities

  • Director, MKG127, Toronto, 2007-
  • Member of board of directors, Art Metropole, 2015- 2018
  • Advisory committee, Art Toronto, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Art Advisory Committee, Canadian Art Auction, 2015
  • Committee member, Canadian Art Gala 2009 – 2014
  • Visual/Media Arts committee member, Toronto Arts Council, 2010 – 2012
  • Portfolio reviewer, CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, 2008.
  • Member of board of directors, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, 2002 – 2008.
  • External examiner, University of Guelph MFA program, 2007.
  • Co-curator of Plug – In ICA‘s 30th anniversary exhibition, “Back In the Day, 2002 – 1972”, 2002. 
  • Volunteer DJ for fundraisers for Mercer Union and Mix Magazine, Toronto, 2001. 
  • Participant in “Big City” residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, 2000. 
  • Member of Public Access collective, Toronto, 1990-96 and Coordinator of “Contested Spaces”, a Public Access project, Union Station, Toronto, 1994-95. 
  • Projects coordinator, Art Metropole, Toronto, 1988-90. 
  • Participant in Visiting Critics Forum (selected by Craig Owens), Maryland Arts Place, Baltimore, 1987. 
  • Exhibition selection committee, Plug In Inc., 1984. 
  • Juror of exhibitions for Winnipeg Photographers Group, 1983. 
  • Curator of video screenings and workshop instructor for Video Pool, Winnipeg, 1983.