Email: gremlino9@yahoo.com, Web-site: graemepatterson.com

Bio:
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1980

Education:

Fall 2000 - Winter 2002 : Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Degree

Fall 1999 - Spring 2000: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Arts and Science

Fall 1998 - Spring 1999: Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario Foundation in Visual Arts Diploma

Artistic Accomplishments:
Awards, Grants:

May 2009: 2009 Sobey Art Award Finalist(Atlantic Region)

June 2006: Emerging visual artist creation grant awarded by the Saskatchewan Arts Board for a sculptural installation project entitled “The Shop”

Jan 2004: Emerging artist video and film production grant awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts for an animation entitled "Monkey and Deer"

Sept 2003: 23rd Atlantic Film Festival, Direct Joy Award for most promising new director, sponsored by the Linda Joy Media Arts Society and the Director's Guild of Canada "Don't Ride Shopping Carts"

Sept 2003: Emerging artist creation grant awarded by Nova Scotia Tourism and Culture for a project to be produced from November 2003 to April 2004

April 2003: The Garden State Film Festival 2003, First Place for Short Animation, "Don't Ride Shopping Carts"

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

April-June 2010: "GrudgeMatch" Rodmann Hall Gallery, St Catherines, ON, CAN

Jan 2010: "Puppet Collective 2" & "Taming The Wild", Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, AB, CAN

Sept 2009: "Taming The Wild", Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal QC, CAN

Jan 2009: "Puppet Collective", Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, AB, CAN

July-Sept 2008: “Woodrow”, The Rooms provincial art gallery, St.John's, NL, CAN

April-June 2008: “Woodrow” , Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, CAN

Jan- March 2008: “Woodrow”, Illingworth-Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, AB, CAN

Sept-Nov 2007: “Woodrow”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, CAN

Jan-Mar 2007: “Woodrow”, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, CAN

June -July 2005: “The Games Room”, sculpture/video installation, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, CAN

Selected Group Exhibitions 2004-2009:

Sept 2009: 2009 Sobey Art Award Exhibition, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, CAN

Jan-April/Sept 2009: "Arena, The Road Game",
Just for Laughs Museum, Montreal, QC/ Mocca, Toronto, ON,/ Art Gallery of Alberta, AB, CAN

March-June 2008: “Arena”, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, CAN

Sept 2007: “Referencing Alexander Calder”, Eli Klein Fine Art Gallery, NY, NY, USA

Sept 2007: Toronto International Art Fair, Open Spaces, “Hockey Organ”, Toronto, ON, CAN

Sept-Oct 2007: "It's a wonderful Life", Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, CAN

May-July 2007: 2007 Montreal Biennial, “Woodrow”, Montreal, QC, CAN

July 2006: Artist in residence Intangible Evidence: creative cultural research, The Rooms, St. Johns, NL, CAN

October 2004: 2004 Symposium of Art, Struts Artist Run Centre, Owens Gallery, Sackville, NB, CAN

June-July 2004: “Art Nova Scotia” , William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA,

March-April 2004: 2004 Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB, CAN

Selected Screenings 2005-2007:

July 2007: Screening of “Don't Ride Shopping Carts" at the Gimli Film Festival 2007, Gimli, MN, CAN

May 2007: Screening of “Monkey and Deer” at the 2007 World Wide Short Film Festival, Toronto, ON, CAN

Sept 2006: Screening of “Monkey and Deer” at the 2006 Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, NS, CAN

Sept 2005: Screening of multiple animations “Ghosts of Woodrow” at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, ON, CAN

May 2005: Screening of “Don't Ride Shopping Carts" at Signal and Noise 2005, Video In, Vancouver, BC, CAN

April 2005: Screening of “Romancing the Farm”, Classical/Digital: new developments in animation art, Center for Art Tapes, Halifax, NS, CAN

January 2005: Screening of "Don't Ride Shopping Carts" at the International Festival of Animated Objects, Calgary, AB, CAN

Residencies:

March-April 2009: Artist in residence @ CFAT, Halifax, NS, CAN

Aug 2008: Artist in residence @ Baie St Paul International Symposium of Art, Baie St. Paul, QC, CAN

April-June 2008: Artist in residence @ the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, CAN

March 2006: Artist in residence Intangible Evidence: creative cultural research, The Rooms, St. Johns, NL, CAN

September 2005: Artist in residence at the Drake hotel with artist Ignacio Iturria, Toronto, ON, CAN

Aug-Sept 2004: Artist in residence at the Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, PEI, CAN

October 2004: Artist in residence at the Owens Gallery, Sackville, NB, CAN

Oct-Nov 2004: Artist in residence at Struts Artist Run Centre, Sackville, NB, CAN

Selected Work in Collections:

2008: The Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, "The Grain Bins"

2008: Simon Blais(private collection), "The Deer"

2008: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton, NB, "The Barn"

2006: National Art Gallery, Ottawa,
“The Grain Elevator, “Monkey & Deer”

2006: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, “The House”

2006: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, “The Hockey Rink”

2006: The Rooms , St John’s, Newfoundland, “The Church”

2006: The Sask Arts Board, “The Shop”

Selected Artist Talks/Workshops/Experience:

Jan 2009: Artist Talk, ACAD, Calgary, AB

October 2008: Artist Talk, Workshop, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON

October 2007: Artist Talk, Art Now, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta

Jan 2007: Artist Talk, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax NS

March 2006: Stop-motion animation workshop, Island Media Arts Cooperative, Charlottetown, PEI

October 2004: Workshop, Education to Schools Program 2004, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB

May 2004: Canada Council for the Arts, jury member for emerging artists
grants to film and video artists

May- Nov2003: Artist assistant and catalogue design for Rita McKeough
"Outskirts" Sculptural/electric art installation at the Owens Art Gallery in
Sackville, New Brunswick