CV - Jessica Bradley

TRICIA MIDDLETON (b. 1972, Canadian)
EDUCATION
2005
1997
MFA, Concordia University, Montreal
BFA, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2009
2007
2006
2005
2002
Injurious Nature, Axeneo7, Gatineau
Making friends with yourself, Jessica Bradley Gallery, Toronto
Last Night, collaboration with Joel Taylor, Galerie B-312, Montréal
Form is the Destroyer of Force Without Severity There Can Be No Mercy, Oakville
Galleries, Oakville
The Call is Coming from Inside the House, Mercer Union, Toronto
Work Friends, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver
Dark Souls, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal
Midnight Gallery Rambles, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
Ether Frolics, Third Space Gallery, Saint John
Video Art Stars 3, SAW Video Biennial, screening and panel discussion with Joel Taylor,
Ottawa
Mixed Signals, with Scott Rogers at TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, Calgary
Ether Frolics, Galerie Clark, Montréal
The Woods, Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Montréal
Vampyr, collaboration with Joel Taylor, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
SOS, collaboration with Joel Taylor, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
Joy is really just melancholy with a really strong sense of purpose, Dunlop Art Gallery,
Regina, Canada
Part of the Game, collaborative project with Folke Koebberling, nGbK (Neue Gesellschaft
für bildende Kunst), Berlin, Germany
Misled by Nature, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, curated by Catherine
Crowston, Josée Drouin-Brisebois and Jonathan Shaughnessy, Toronto, organized by the
National Gallery of Canada
Working Conditions, exhibited as part of Fall Open Studios, ISCP, New York;
Material Traces, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, curated by Amelia Jones, Montréal
Misled by Nature, Art Gallery of Alberta, curated by Catherine Crowston, Josée DrouinBrisebois and Jonathan Shaughnessy, Edmonton, organized by the National Gallery of
Canada
2010
2008
2007
2005
2004
2003
2002
Nothing to Declare: Recent Sculpture from Canada, Power Plant, curated by Helena
Reckitt, Toronto
Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme, Musée d’art Contemporain de
Montréal, curated by Paulette Gagnon, Josée Bélisle, Pierre Landry and Mark Lanctôt,
Montréal
Dé-con-structions, National Gallery of Canada, curated by Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Ottawa
Split Decisions, Vtape Video Salon, curated by Paul Wong, Toronto
Apartment Living & West-Nile Redux screened as part of anyspacewhatever montreal, at
the Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque, curated by Jake Moore, Winnipeg
Apartment Living & West-Nile Redux screened at the Detroit Museum of New Art, Detroit
Apartment Living & West-Nile Redux screened as part of Rendezvous du Cinema Québecois,
Cinematheque Québecois, Montréal
Lost in space screened as part of Perdidos en Espacio, at La Casa Encendida, curated by
Duero, Madrid
Lost in space screened at the Detroit Museum of New Art, Detroit
Ignition, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, curated by Michèle Thériault and François Dion,
Montréal
Video Heroes, Cambridge Galleries, curated by Sylvie Gilbert and Gordon Hatt,
Cambridge
Apartment Living & West-Nile Redux screened as part of 30 Festival Internacional de
Filmets Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Lost in space screened as part of 30 Festival Internacional de Filmets Badalona,
Barcelona, Spain
Lost in space screened as part of Recent Canadian Performance Video, at re: Lille 2004 –
Capitale europeenne de la culture, France, curated by Nicole Gingras
Lost in space screened as part of Chicago Filmmakers Spring Screening series, Chicago
Theme Song II screened as part of Lato Filmov, curated by Maija Martin and Winston Xin,
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Video Heroes, Saidye Bronfman Centre, curated by Sylvie Gilbert and Gordon Hatt,
Montréal
Lost in space screened as part of Recent Canadian Performance Video, at Split Film
Festival, curated by Nicole Gingras, Split, Croatia
Lost in space screened as part of Rencontres Video Art Plastique, Centre d’Art
Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Herouville Saint Clair, France
Lost in space screened as part of INT.VS.03, Platform Centre for Contemporary Art, Vasa,
Finland
Lost in space screened as part of Recent Canadian Performance Video, at Garage G-niale,
curated by Nicole Gingras, Straslund, Germany
Lost in space screened as part of the New York Video Festival, Lincoln Centre, curated by
Gavin Smith, Marion Masone, and Graham Leggat, New York
Lost in space screened as part of Recent Canadian Performance Video, at Musee d’art
Contemporain de Montréal, as part of FIFA, curated by Nicole Gingras, Montréal
Theme Song II screened as part of Rencontres Internationale Paris/Berlin, Podwil Centre
for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Theme Song II screened as part of Rencontres Video Art Plastique, Centre d’Art
Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Herouville Saint Clair, France
Theme Song II screened at Scratch Projections, curated by Maija Martin and Winston Xin,
Paris
Theme Song II screened as part of the WRO Media Arts Festival, curated by Maija Martin
and Winston Xin, Wroclaw, Poland
Backpacker, London Biennial, curated by Lee Plested, London
Wreck Room, Helen Pitt Gallery, curated by Lee Plested and Daniel Borins, Vancouver
Wreck Room, Art System, curated by Lee Plested and Daniel Borins, Toronto
Theme Song II screened as part of Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris
2001
Theme Song II screened as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver
attachments screened at the Detroit Museum of New Art, Detroit
Theme Song II screened at Argos Arts Centre, curated by Jen Weih, Brussels, Belgium
attachments screened as part of Creeped Out, Tranz Tech, Toronto International Video
Art Biennial, curated by Lisa Steele, Toronto
attachments screened as part of the New York Video Festival, Lincoln Center, New York
attachments screened as part of inVIDEOout, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver
attachments screened as part of Antimatter, Open Space Gallery, Victoria
attachments screened as part of the Strasbourg Media Arts Festival, Strasbourg, France
BIBLIOGRAPHY – BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2012
2009
2008
2007
2007
2005
Drouin-Brisebois, Josée. “Misled by Nature.” Finding Beauty and the Sublime. Ottawa:
National Gallery of Canada.
Marchand, Sandra Grant. Tricia Middleton, Dark Souls. Montreal: Musée d’art
contemporain de Montréal.
Gagnon, Paulette. “Distress and Re-enchantment.” Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout
se transforme. Montreal: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, La Triennale
Québécoise.
Chenet, Éric. “Relève et practiques émergentes: 10 ans de creation (1997-2007).” deux
relèves, etc 1987-2007.
Drouin-Brisebois, Josée. Dé-con-structions. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada.
Campeau, Sylvain. SKOL 2004-2005, Sites insignes et fables topiques. “De lieux et nonlieux” by Éric Chenet. Montreal: Centre des arts actuels, Skol.
BIBLIOGRAPHY – ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2010
Hampton, Chris. “Exquisite Collapse.” Canadian Art, Spring, Vol 32
Whyte, Murray. “Mislead by Nature not for the faint of heart.” The Toronto Star, 9
February.
Henry, Joseph. “Montreal – Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Material Traces: Time
and the Gesture in Contemporary Art.” esse. Issue 78.
Charon, Marie-Eve. Le Devoir, 30 March.
Baird, Daniel. “Middleton explores destruction and decay.” The Toronto Star, 25 October.
Hare, Anastasia. “Tricia Middleton.” Magenta Magazine, Fall/Winter, Vol. 4 No. 1.
Hyland, Matthew. “Tricia Middleton.” Border Crossings. Vol. 31 No. 1 Issue 121.
Simon, Cheryl. “Tricia Middleton.” Canadian Art. Spring, Vol. 27 No. 1
Campbell, James D. “Tricia Middleton: Dark Souls.” Spring, Vol. 105.
Ralickas, Vivian. “Montreal – Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.” esse. Issue 69
Mirandette, Marie-Claude. Vie des arts. No. 217.
Reckitt, Helena. SWITCH. Spring 2010, Issue 3.
2009
2008
2006
2005
Charron, Marie-Eve. “Bricolage parodique.” Le Devoir, 31 October.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. “BOUH!” Voir Montreal, 28 October.
Charron, Marie-Eve. “escales sur un nouveau sentier.” Le Devoir, 18 July.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. “Lancement capsules vidéo, Art et TV.” Voir Montreal, 22 May.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. “Qualité Québec.” Voir Montreal, 29 May.
Gessell, Paul. “Artists pull out all the stops at Québec Triennial.” Ottawa Citizen, 18 June.
Viau, René. “Au-delà du feminism.” Le Devoir, 12 November.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. “Jamais satisfaites.” Voir Montreal, 2 November.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. Voir Montreal, 3 November.
Delgado, Jerome. La Presse, 16 November.
Moore, Jake. “Art as Ectoplasm: Tricia Middleton.” Canadian Art. Vol.22 No.2.
COLLECTIONS
Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal
Télé-Québec
AWARDS
2014
2013
2010
2007
Artist-in-Residence, Cité internationale des arts de Paris, Paris, France
Artist-in-Residence, ISCP international studio and curatorial program, New York City, USA
Artist-in-Residence, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
Artist-in-Residence, SAGAMIE, centre of contemporary art, Alma, QC