Duke and Battersby

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.°