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°1965 in Manila, Philippines, where he studied engineering, Paul de Guzman immigrated to Canada in 1986. He currently lives and works in Vancouver and has been exhibiting his work since 1997.
2011
MAA presents Digger – ephemera by Paul de Guzman, Galerie Transit, Mechelen, Belgium
2010
MAA - Museum for the Administration of Aesthetics, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, BC
2009
Une Autre Ville - Another City (with Yoshihiro Suda), Museé d’art de Joliette, Quebec (September 2009)
Parasite Paradise: 1999-2009, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, ON (May 2009)
Another City (with Yoshihiro Suda), Centre A, Vancouver, BC (March 2009)
2006
Situate This !!, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
(Fall 2006)
Text and the City, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
(Spring 2006)
2005
Doing Lines (with Christian Nguyen),
New General Catalog NGC 224 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
e(n)tre, Galerie Dominique Fiat - project room, Paris,
France
2003
Choice Cuts, Transit,
Mechelen, Belgium
Toronto International Art Fair, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto,
ON
looking
for Mies, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002
Invisible Cities, Atelier
Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Altered
Propositions, Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
2000
Dangling
Propositions, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Subtracted
Propositions, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
1999
Subtracted Edition, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1998
Building Blocks, Atelier
Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010
Everything Everyday, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (curated: Bruce Grenville)
Liberty Control, Stichting Duende Aktiviteiten, Rotterdam, Netherlands
No Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, UK
CODE: Screen 2010: Exhibition 9: Book, Records, Web-based Exhibition (curated: D. Dyment)
2009
Des fleurs pour décorer…, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON (curated: Sylvie Bélanger)
Novel Ideas, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON (curated: M. Fleming and G. Agoncillo)
# 'Another City ..... an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration', Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Two West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Canada
2008
Size Matters, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, SK (curated: L. Murray)
Between Us – A Toronto><Vancouver Exchange, Western Front, Vancouver BC
Between Us – A Toronto><Vancouver Exchange, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto, ON
Showroom, Centre A, Vancouver, BC (curated by Kristina Podesva and Inge Roecker)
La Galerie Trois Points a 20 ans!, Galerie Trois Points, Montreal, QC
2007
Outside the Box, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA (curated: Jay Auslander)
A Model Building, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto Art Center, CA, USA (curated: Signe Mayfield)
By Invitation Only, Kinz, Tillou + Feigen (formerly Feigen Contemporary) www.ktfgallery.com, NY, USA
Material Transfer, Dalhousie
Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (curated: Susan Gibson Garvey)
The Essential Works Show – the sequel, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006
Safe: An exploration of domesticity and alienation, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, NY, USA
Euclid to e-books: ideal books moving ideas, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA
ArtBrussels, galerie Transit – aktuele kunst, Brussels, Belgium
2005
2004
2003
2002
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS … continued
2001 Vancouver
Collects, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Talk
the Talk, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 e/rector/scape,
Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton, AB (curated: H. Hamel)
Double
Whammy, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999 Recollect,
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Verge
on 7, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON (juried)
1998 [incision], Galerie Trois Points, Montreal, Quebec
2009
Une Autre Ville – Another City, a limited edition boxed set containing ephemera – catalogue, photographs, DVD, wallpaper, blueprint and postcards – issued for the exhibition of the same title presented at Centre A, Vancouver, BC and the Musée d’art de Joliette, Québec.
2005
The Bibliography Project,
in conjunction with The fillip review. The fillip review is
a Vancouver-based contemporary art publication. For the inaugural
issue, The Bibliography Project was realized as a limited edition two-colour
screen print insert.
2002
Documenta. An
Echo, in conjunction with C magazine and Hans-Jurgen Hafner. The
original German text Documenta. Ein Echo.,
by Hans-Jurgen Hafner, was translated into English and published as a
mirrored article in the Fall 2002 issue # 75 of C magazine (pp. 42-43).
Trans-it/mit/fer/form,
in conjunction with YYZ Artist’s Outlet, Toronto, Ontario. The
text for the exhibition Trans-it/mit/fer/form was translated into a mixture
of languages (i.e. German, Spanish and French), printed as an advertising
insert in YYZine, and distributed to YYZ’s monthly subscribers.
2001
Thrust is an ongoing
commentary on the state of critical art writing which recognizes the genre
of "artspeak" as a dialect. Various art critical publications
were translated using an internet–based “Babelfish” program
and inserted back into circulation. Thrust "intervened" at
the following venues:
publication:
"…", Marina Roy’s press release for
Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Artspeak
Gallery, Vancouver, BC on March 16, 2001 (opening night)
comments:
press release translated into German, French, broken
English and Spanish and left at the gallery on opening night.
publication:
"Last Call", Belkin Gallery publication, U.B.C.,
Summer 2001 edition
Or
Gallery, Vancouver, BC on July 10, 2001 (German translation)
Artspeak,
Vancouver, BC on July 12, 2001 (German translation)
Charles
H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC on July 21, 2001 (French)
Belkin
Gallery, Vancouver, BC on July 28, 2001 (French translation)
comments: the
front page Rodney Graham article was translated into various languages
and left at the above venues for general circulation.
2010
The Western Front, Vancouver, British Columbia. Learning From Vancouver Symposium: Representation of Cities Rethought. A panel discussion with artists Althea Thauberger, Amy Zion, Paul de Guzman and moderated by Kristina Lee Podesva. Jan. 31, 2010
2009
University of Victoria, British Columbia. Coordinated through the Orion Visiting Artist Programme. Oct. 21-22, 2009
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec. Coordinated by the Musée d’art de Joliette’s presentation of Une Autre Ville and Concordia’s ART X program. Sep. 2009
Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec. Coordinated by the Musée d’art de Joliette’s presentation of Une Autre Ville and UQAM’s Programme de conférences Intervenants Culturels Internationaux – ICI. Sep. 2009
2007
Langscapes: On Language in Contemporary Art, The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario. Responding to Fiona Banner's interest in the visual and psychological impact of language, this panel explores slippages between image and word, object and idea. Speakers include Toronto based artists Robin Collyer and Laurel Woodcock, and Vancouver artist Paul de Guzman and the forum will be chaired by Jessica Wyman, critic, curator, and editor of Pro Forma: Language/Text/Visual Art, YYZ Books, Toronto, 2007. March 2007
Dalhousie School of Architecture, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In conjunction with the exhibition Material Transfer at the Dalhousie Art Gallery and arranged by Susan Gibson Garvey, Curator, Dalhousie Art Gallery and Dr. Terrance Galvin, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Dalhousie School of Architecture. March 2007
2010
Laurence, Robin, Paul de Guzman: Museum for the Administration of Aesthetics, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, Apr. 22-29, 2010, p.50 (review)
2009
Stevens, Joe, Grid, Rubric Issue # 2, Cardiff, Great Britain, pp. 15-17 (image portfolio)
Shelling, John, Love Letters to Architects: Paul de Guzman’s Parasite Paradise, Blackflash, Saskatoon, SK, Fall 2009, pp. 13-21 (essay and artist portfolio)
Whyte, Murray, A Photo A Day: Contact ’09, The Toronto Star, Toronto, ON, May 7, 2009, p.E8 (illus.)
Rubenstein, Bonnie, Feature Exhibition: Parasite Paradise 1999-2009, Contact: Toronto
Photography Festival: Still Revolution, Toronto, ON, May 2009, p.75 (catalog)
Bergman, Amarie, Review of Between Us @ Western Front, WM | Whitehot Magazine, http://www.whitehotmagazine.com/index.php?action=articles&wh_article_id=1769 Mar. 2009 (review)
Laurence, Robin, Cross-cultural urban maze stirs the senses, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, Apr. 9-16, 2009, p.50 (review)
Landry, Mike, Another City, http://thingsofdesire.ca/2009/03/12/another-city, Toronto, ON, Mar. 12, 2009 (interview)
Agoncillo, Gabby, Novel Ideas, Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square, Oakville, ON, Mar. 2009, p.3 (exhibition publication)
2008
Archer, Kent, From the Collection, On Campus News, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Oct. 3, 2008, p12
Lundh, Johan and Firth-Eagland, Alissa, Between Us ><A Toronto Vancouver Exchange, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto, ON, July 2008 (broadsheet)
2006
Wyman, Jessica, Pro Forma: Language/Text/Visual Art, YYZBooks, Toronto, ON, October 2007 (publication)
Barnard, Elissa, Everyday materials gain added value, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS, April 26, 2007, p.F6 (review)
Gazzola, Bart, A Challenge of Space and Place, planet S Saskatoon’s City Magazine, Saskatoon, SK, Jan. 18-31, 2007 (review)
Shelling, John, Dancing About Architecture, The Sheaf, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Jan. 4, 2007, pB6 (review)
Hannon, Bronwyn, Euclid to e-books: ideal books moving ideas, Hempstead, New York, USA, Sep. 18, 2006, pp. 31-32 (catalogue)
2005
_ , _ , The Blood Records, Vancouver Review, Vancouver, BC, Fall 2005, p.13 (colour centrefold)
Khonsary, Jeff and Strom, Jordan, The Bibliography Project, The fillip review, Vancouver, BC, Summer/Fall 2005, p.3 (with limited edition screen printed insert)
2004
Jenkner, Ingrid and Verna,
Gaëtane, beyond words/au delà des
mots, Mount St. Vincent
University
Art Gallery, Halifax, NS/Foreman Art Gallery, Lennoxville, PQ, (catalogue)
Rabinowitz,
Cay Sophie, Interruption, apexart Summer Program, New York, USA June
2004 (brochure)
Thill,
Robert, Clip Job, The Architect’s Newspaper, New York, USA June
8, 2004
Lambrecht,
Luk, Maniakale maquettes, De Morgen, Brussels, Belgium, Jan.
20, 2004, p.22 (review)
Vuegen,
Christine, Boeken op de operatietafel, De Huisarts Nr. 673, Belgium,
Jan. 14, 2004 (review)
2003
de Guzman, Paul and de Leenheer, Bert, Choice Cuts,
Transit – aktuele
kunst, Mechelen,
Belgium (catalogue)
Hirschmann,
Thomas, Top Ten Toronto Art Shows for 2003, Now Toronto, ON Dec.
25-31, 2003
Johnson, Take
Out at Zabriskie Gallery, The New York Times, New York, USA Jul.
4, 2003
Paul
de Guzman: Selected Works (2001-2002), Prefix Photo 7, Toronto, ON Spring/Summer
2003, pp. 6-9 (portfolio)
Milroy,
Sarah, Generation Next, The Globe and Mail (Visual Art), Toronto,
ON May
10, 2003, p.V1
Ball,
Dr. Norman, Less IS More, Canadian Architect, Toronto, ON May
2003, p.62 (profile)
Dault,
Gary Michael, Deconstructing Architecture, Globe and Mail, Toronto,
ON,Mar.
15, 2003 (review)
Hirschmann,
Thomas, Clever Cut-Up, Now Toronto magazine, Toronto, ON, Mar.
13-19, 2003
2002
Laurence,
Robin, Paul de Guzman: Extract, Canadian Art, Toronto, ON, Winter
2002, pp. 40-42 (Spotlight - profile)
Hafner,
Hans-Jurgen and de Guzman, Paul, Documenta: Ein Echo, C magazine,
Toronto, ON, Fall
2002 issue # 75, pp. 42-43, (translation project with Eileen Sommerman)
Priegert, Portia, Deconstruction as an art form, eVent, Kelowna,
BC,Aug.
8, 2002, p.8 (review)
McFarlane, Gary, Altered Propositions, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna,
BC, Aug. 2002 (brochure)
Wyman,
Jessica, Trans-it/mit/fer/form, YYZ publication, Toronto, ON,
Apr. 2002
2001
Brayshaw, Chris, Artists Weigh their Words ..., Georgia
Straight, Vancouver, BC, Mar. 29, p.54
Mogg, Kerry, e/rector/scape, Fuse magazine, Toronto, ON,
Feb. 2001, pp. 30-31 (review)
2000
Scott, Michael, Changing Views, Mix:
The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver,
BC, Oct. 7, 2000, p.D17 (review)
McFarlane, Gary, The Big Tease, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC,
Sep. 2000 (brochure)
Laurence, Robin, Trio Blazes Artistic Trails, The Georgia Straight,
Vancouver, BC,
Sep. 7-14, p.35 (profile)
Thorne, Kika, Artist-Run Culture, Mix magazine, Issue 25.4, Toronto,
ON,
Spring 2000, p.20
1999
Barrièri, Caroline, Une relève en sept
temps,
Le Droit, Ottawa-Hull, ON, Août
21, 1999, p.A13
Tahmane, Swapna, Verge on 7, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON,
Aug. 1999 (brochure)
Gustafson, Paula, Paul de Guzman, World Sculpture News, Hong Kong,
Spring 1999, p.70 (review)
1998
Laurence,
Robin, Real Estate, Canadian Art magazine, Toronto, ON, Winter
1998, p.69 (review)
2009
Canada Council for the Arts – Project Grant for Visual Artists
British Columbia Arts Council - Level II Project Assistance Grant
2008
British Columbia Arts Council Level II Project Assistance Grant
2005
Council for the Arts Creation/Production Grant (mid-career)
2002
Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2001
Canada Council for the Arts Creation/Production
Grant
2008
Member of the Board of Directors, The Western Front Society, Vancouver, BC
Member of the Design Committee, Centre A, Vancouver, BC
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada
Christian Keesee, USA
Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Pennsylvania, USA
Industrial Alliance Pacific, Vancouver, Canada
Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2010
Stichting Duende Aktiviteiten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands