Emily Vey Duke† & Cooper Battersby°
PLEASE NOTE: items marked ° pertain only to Cooper Battersby. Items marked † pertain only to Emily Vey Duke. Unmarked items pertain to both Duke and Battersby.
EDUCATION
| 2004 | Masters of Fine Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Illinois, full scholarship.° |
| 2003 | Masters of Fine Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Illinois, full scholarship. † |
| 1998 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax Nova Scotia. † |
| 1992 | Graduated Computer Information Systems, Okanagan College University, Kelowna BC.° |
AWARDS
| 2005 | Aliant New Media Award in the sum of $10,000 CDN. |
| Nominated for the Sobey Award, Canada’s most prestigious art award for young artists. | |
| Nominated for the Steam Whistle Art Award in the category “Best Solo Exhibition in an Artist Run Space” (The New Freedom Founders), Toronto ON. | |
| 2003 | Third Prize, Onion City Film Festival, Chicago Illinois (I am a Conjuror). |
| Prix de Varti, Ann Arbor Film Festival, (I am a Conjuror), Ann Arbor MI | |
| 2002 | Bronze Prize for Bad Ideas for Paradise, NYExpo, New York NY. |
| Honourable Mention for Bad Ideas for Paradise, Onion City, Chicago Illinois. | |
| 2001 | First Prize, Onion City Film Festival, Chicago Illinois, in the amount of $1000 USD. |
| Second Prize in the Videoex international competition, Zurich, Switzerland (for Being Fucked Up), in the amount of 1600 Swiss francs. | |
| Production Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts in the sum of $16,000.° | |
| Nominated for the Steam Whistle Art Award in the category “Best Solo Exhibition in an Artist Run Space”(The New Freedom Founders), Toronto ON. | |
| Production Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts in the sum of $16,000.° | |
| Jury award in the NoBudget Competition, KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg (for Being Fucked Up), in the amount of 2500 DM. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2006 | “Fantasia” (with Shary Boyle and Daniel Barrow). Jessica Bradley Art and Projects, Toronto ON. |
| 2005 | The New Freedom Founders, Video Pool, Winnipeg, MB. |
| 2004 | Curious About Existence. Mercer Union, Toronto ON. |
| Bad Ideas for Paradise. Eastern Edge Gallery, St John’s NL. | |
| The New Freedom Founders. Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago | |
| 2003 | Bad Ideas for Paradise. Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax, NS. |
| Untitled. Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL. | |
| 2001 | Strange Animals. Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver BC. |
| 1998 | Rapt and Happy. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 | “Canada Winter Games Art Expo”. Yukon Art Centre, Whitehorse YK. |
| 2006 | Being Fucked Up, “Video Users” Tokyo Wonder Site, Videoart Centre Tokyo, Tokyo; REMO, Osaka, Japan. |
| Being Fucked Up and Curious About Existence, “Satellite of Love”. Witte de With Contemporary Art Centre, Rotterdam, NE. Works will also be broadcast on a digital television channel hosted by the Rotterdam International Filmfestival in collaboration with Witte de With. | |
| 2005 | A Cure for Being Ordinary, “Split Decisions”, V-Tape, Toronto ON. |
| Attention Public, “Growing Up Absurd”, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent, UK. | |
| Being Fucked Up, “Video Users”, +gallery Nagoya, Japan. | |
| New Freedom Founders, “ArtPort” Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax NS | |
| 2004 | Rapt and Happy, “Locus Suspectus”, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast UK; Truck Gallery, Calgary AB. |
| 2003 | Bad Ideas for Paradise and Being Fucked Up, “3rd Annual UK/Canadian Video Exchange”, The South London Gallery, London UK. |
| Perfect Nature World and Bad Ideas for Paradise, “Super Modern World of Beauty”, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff AB. | |
| Childhood, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC. | |
| 2001 | Being Fucked Up and Curious About Existence, “Satellite of Love”. Witte de With Contemporary Art Centre, Rotterdam, NE. Works will also be broadcast on a digital television channel hosted by the Rotterdam International Filmfestival in collaboration with Witte de With. |
| Being Fucked Up, “These Days”, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC. | |
| Being Fucked Up, “We all Love”, The Mission, London, UK. | |
| 2000 | Moderately Paced Video, “Attack / Retreat”, Argos, Brussels, Belgium. |
COLLECTIONS
| The University of Illinois at Chicago, IL | |
| Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. | |
| Lewis Manilow, Chicago IL. | |
| Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. | |
| The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | |
| The University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON | |
| The University of Guelph, ON | |
| McGill University, Montreal, PQ | |
| Ontario College of Arts and Design, Toronto, ON | |
| The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design | |
| The University of Western Ontario, London ON | |
| Syracuse University, Syracuse NY. | |
| V-Tape, Toronto ON. | |
| Video Out, Vancouver BC. | |
| Argos, Brussels, Belgium. | |
RETROSPECTIVE SCREENINGS
| 2005 | Art Star, Gallerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON |
| 2004 | Pleasure Dome, Latvian House, Toronto ON. |
| Hallwalls, Buffalo NY. | |
| 2003 | Conversations at the Edge, Gene Siskel Center, Chicago IL. |
| 2002 | Everybody is Sick and Laughing a Little, Argos, Brussels, Belgium. |
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND SERVICE WORK
| 2005 | Visiting Artists: The University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax NS; Faucet Media, Sackville NB. |
| Juror, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa ON. † | |
| Juror, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa ON. ° | |
| Member of the Interdisciplinary Committee and Best Practices sub-committee, Syracuse University. † | |
| 2004 | Visiting Artists, Hallwalls, Buffalo NY; Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto ON; University of Central Florida, Orlando FL; University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY. |
| Programming Committee, Women in the Director’s Chair Festival, Chicago IL. † | |
| 2003 | Visiting Artists, Detroit Filmmaker’s Coalition. Held workshop on Writing for Experimental Film. |
| 2002 | Visiting Artists: Syracuse University, Syracuse NY; Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto. Juror, Women In The Director's Chair Festival, Chicago IL. |
| “Dynamic Duos”panel discussion on Magnetic North, The Power Plant, Toronto ON. † | |
| 2001 | Visiting Artists: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax NS; Concordia University, Montreal PQ. |
PUBLICATIONS
| 2005 | Spirituality and Endurance, Feature Article, spring issue of C Magazine. † |
| Suffering, Empathy, Art and the Greater Good, Feature Article, winter issue of C Magazine. † | |
| 2004 | Afterword, Witness My Shame, Shary Boyle, Conundrum Press. † |
| Essay for Don’t Let This Happen, an exhibition of works by Daniel Barrow at Mercer Union. † | |
| 2004 | Letter From Chicago, spring issue of C Magazine. † |
| Feature Article, fall issue of C Magazine. † | |
| 2003 | Letter From Chicago, fall issue of C Magazine. † |
| 2002 | The Fine Arts included on DVD for, Bridge Magazine. Other artists included David Cronenberg, Jim Trainor, Miranda July. |
| 2001 | Hollywood, Fuse Magazine |
| Childhood, Public Magazine. | |
| 2000 | Works included in Lux: Ten Years of Artist's Film and Video edited by Steve Reinke and Tom Taylor. |
| Untitled, Public Magazine. | |
| 1998 | Program notes for "Dan Graham: From Sunset to Sunrise". Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS. |
| 1997 | Program Notes for Alex Bag: The Artist's Mind, Pleasuredome screening, Toronto ON. |
| 1996 | "Robust Friendships and Lucid Dreaming", Mix Magazine. |
SELECTED SCREENINGS & BROADCASTS
| Zed TV, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | |
| The Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkley CA | |
| The Carnegie Institute, Washington DC. | |
| Walker Center, Minneapolis MN | |
| The Renaissance Society, Chicago. | |
| Cultural Centre, Chicago IL | |
| Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON. | |
| The Power Plant, Toronto ON. | |
| Art in General, New York, NY | |
| Centre d’art Contemporain, Basse-Normandie, FR | |
| Argos, Brussels, Belgium. | |
| Impakt, Utrecht, NL. (also chosen to travel in the Videogallery special selections program.) | |
| European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruek, DE | |
| Videoex, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam, NL | |
| Festival de Cinemas Different, Paris, France | |
| Transmediale, Berlin, DE | |
| Rencontres International Paris/Berlin, Paris FR | |
| Images Festival, Toronto ON. | |
| The Vancouver Film Festival, Vancouver BC. | |
| Women in the Directors Chair, Chicago, IL | |
| Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia. | |
| The UK/Canadian Video Exchange, curated by Cate Elwes and Maggie Warwick | |
| The New York Video Festival, New York NY. | |
| The NYExpo, New York NY. | |
| Mix NYC, New York NY. | |
| Cinema Project, Portland OR | |
| Lausanne Underground Film Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| L'Alternativa Festival, Barcelona, Spain | |
| TCorto Imola Festival, Imola, Italy | |
| Brighton Cinematheque, Brighton, UK | |
| Onion City Festival of Experimental Media, Chicago IL | |
| Splitski Film Festival, Split, Croatia. | |
| Sydney Film Festival, Sydney Australia | |
| L'Alternativa, Barcelona, Spain | |
| Dawson City Film Festival, Dawson City YK. | |
| The Vancouver Underground Film Festival, Vancouver BC. | |
| The Kino Arsenal, curated by Mike Hoolboom, Germany. | |
| Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland OR. | |
| Seattle Underground Film Festival, Seattle WA. | |
| Media City, Windsor ON. | |
| Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL | |
| Rotterdam International Filmfestival |
TEACHING & OTHER RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT
| 2005 | Visiting Assistant Professors, Transmedia Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse New York. |
| Individual Course Appointment, Advanced Printed Matter, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design | |
| 2004 | Teaching Assistant, Teacher of Record, Introduction to Time Based Media, University of Illinois at Chicago.° |
| Artistic Director, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax NS. (through 2005). | |
| 2003 | Teaching Assistant, Teacher of Record, Introduction to Time Based Media, University of Illinois at Chicago.° |
| Teaching Assistant, Teacher of Record, Introduction to Time Based Media and Video I (Spring 2003), University of Illinois at Chicago (Team taught). | |
| 2002 | Teaching Assistant, Teacher of Record, Introduction to Time Based Media. |
| Artist in Residence, Westtown Academy Alternative High School, Chicago Illinois (through spring 2004). | |
| 2000 | Distribution Manager, Video Out, Vancouver BC. (through 2001). |
| Lead Technician, Video In Studios, Vancouver BC. (through 2001)° | |
| Technician and Mentor, “Deaf @ VI”(a media access program for the deaf community in British Columbia; through 2001).° | |
| Instructor, Multimedia, Vancouver Community College.° | |