Janet Cardiff

1217 - 6A Avenue South,
Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 1G9
(403) 329-1822 fax (403) 382-7127
email "cardiff@hg.uleth.ca"

Solo Exhibitions

1996
Gallerie Optica, Montreal
1995
Front Gallery, Vancouver, (collaboration with George Bures Miller)
Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's
The Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, (collaboration with George Bures Miller)
1994
The Powerplant Art Gallery, Toronto
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
1993
La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
1992
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax
YYZ, Toronto
1991
The New Gallery, Calgary
1990
Evelyn Aimis Gallery, Toronto
1989
Latitude 53, Edmonton
1988
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
K.A.A.I., Kingston
Neutral Ground, Regina
Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph
stART Gallery, Kitchener
1987
Glendon Art Gallery, York University, Toronto
University of Minnesota Art Gallery, Morris, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Evelyn Aimis Gallery, Toronto
1986
Evelyn Aimis Gallery, Toronto
1985
Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
Arts Centre Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo

Selected Group Exhibitions

1995
"Flux I Bels Truc Tur es...", curated by Harm Lux, Zurich, Amsterdam
"Think Big", curated by Nancy Hazlegrove, Erindale College, Toronto
1994
"Isea '94, Video Lounge (screening)", Helsinki, Finland
"The Table Project", The Power Plant
1993
"Science Fair", curated by Jon Winet, Southern Exposure Gallery at Project Artaud, San Francisco, U.S.A.
"Tuning of the World", curated by Katherine Ylitalo, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary
"Local Stories", curated by Kitty Scott, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
"Reflecting Paradise", curated by Jeff Spalding, touring Korea (Seoul, Taefu, Pusan and Kwangju)
"A Public Room", curated by Liz Wylie, Cambridge Library and Art Gallery, Ont.; Whitby Arts Inc., Whitby, Ont.; McLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ont.
1992
"Intimacies", performance with Charles Cousins, Nelson Henricks, & Jon Winet, sponsored by The New Gallery, Calgary
"Environment", The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
"A Public Room", curated by Liz Wylie,Glenhurst Art Gallery, Brantford, Ont.
1991
"Some New Alberta Art", curated by Elizabeth Kidd, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton
"Desert/ Irrigated/ Drought Resistant", curated by Donald Goodes, 113 10 St. S. Lethbridge
"Images for Life", Evelyn Aimes Gallery, Toronto
"A Public Room", curated by Liz Wylie , Extensions Gallery, Toronto
"Oldman River Expedition ", Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
1990
"Inaugural Exhibition", Extensions Gallery, Toronto
1989
"Dualisms: Janet Cardiff and William MacDonnell", curated by Vera Lemecha, Glenbow Museum
1988
"Scripta Manent", La Gallerie des Arts Lavalin, Montreal
"Chronicle & Symbol", Memorial Art Gallery, St. John's
"International Exchange", Galerie Carmen Waugh, Santiago, Chile
"Transgressions Figurative en Terrain Singular", Gallery III, Quebec City
1986
"British Biennale", Cartwright Hall, Bradford, England
"Works on Paper", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
"Action...Impression", Toured Ontario and Quebec
1985
"International Exhibition of Graphic Art", Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
"Miami International Biennale", Miami, Florida
1984
"Young Blood on Paper", Latitude 53, Edmonton
"British Biennale", Cartwright Hall, Bradford, England

Reviews/Articles

Peter Gard, "There's a lot to see at Eastern Edge", The Newfoundland Herald, (St. John's) May 20, 1995, p.19
Laura Marks, "Janet Cardiff", Artforum, (New York), Vol. XXXIII #7, March 1995, p.96
Nora Abercrombie, "Janet Cardiff: Playing with Sound", arts BRIDGE, issue 10, Spring 1995, p.5
Michele Litvin, "On Exhibit: hearing is believing", Chicago READER, Dec. 14, 1994, p. 7
Thomas Heyd, "Touching Us Softly", Border Crossings, Spring 1994, p.62
Phylis Matousek, "Art Watch", Culture Shock, (Edmonton) September, 1993
Georgina Spelvin, "The Tuning of the World", The Gauntlet, (Calgary) August 12, 1993, p.13
Nancy Tousley, "Sound ArtTunes in World", The Calgary Herald, August 14,1993, p.D2
Charles Mandel, "A new interpretation of art", The Edmonton Journal, Friday, August 27, 1993, p.C9
Barbara Lounder, "Janet Cardiff", Parachute, (Montreal), no.71, July, August, September, 1993, p.40, 41
Kate Taylor, "Art About", The Globe and Mail, (Toronto), Arts Section, July 17, 1992, p,C2
Nancey Tousley, "Feeling Intimate?", Calgary Herald, Scene, May 1, 1992, p.F11
Linda Genereux, "Janet Cardiff", Artforum, (New York) November 1990, p.179
Dierdre Hanna, "Janet Cardiff's Risky Photos Uncover Natural Memories", NOW Mag. (Toronto), Aug. 23, 1990, p.42
Helen Collinson, "Tabl'eau", Vanguard (Vancouver), Summer 89, p.33
Elizabeth Beauchamp, "A Fresh Look at Water", The Edmonton Journal, March 4, 1989, p. H1
Barry Kleber, "Including the Kitchen Sink: Opinion", Edmonton Bullit, April 1, 1989, p.9
Jerry McGrath, "Focus On Janet Cardiff", Canadian Art, (Toronto), Winter 1988, p.93
Helen Brimnell, "Today's Art Scene", Daily Mercury (Guelph), November 28, 1988,p.13
Peter Gard, "Chronicle and Symbol...", The Newfoundland Herald (St. John's), October 29, 1988, p.22
Peter Gard, "Chronicle and Symbol...", Arts Atlantic, Vol. 9 No. 2, 1989, p.5
Anne Lamar, "Printmakers' works at face value", Sunday Express, October, 2, 1988
John K. Grand, "Writing on the Wall", Montreal Mirror, Feb 19-March 3, 1988
Jean Dumond, "Le language de l'art", La Presse (Montreal), February 27, 1988
Jennie Punter, "Signs of Trouble or Salvation", Whig-Standard (Kingston), April 23, 1988
Jerry McGrath, "Janet Cardiff - Glendon Gallery", Vanguard (Vancouver), Summer 1987, p.37
Deirdre Hanna, "Looking in on Janet Cardiff's Voyeuristic Art World", NOW Magazine (Toronto), April 10, 1986, pp. 27-30

Catalogues/Publications(*Denotes solo)

*Laurel Woodcock, "Janet Cardiff", The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1994
*Kitty Scott, "To Touch, an installation by Janet Cardiff", The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1993
"Oldman River Expedition ", Odyssey Art Expeditions, 1991
Vera Lemecha, "Dualisms: Janet Cardiff and William MacDonnell", Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1989
Patrick Traer, "Chronicle and Symbol", Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's, 1988
Celine Marand "Scripta Manent", La Gallerie des Arts Lavalin, Montreal, 1988
*Ingrid Jenkner, "Tabl'eau", Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, 1988
*Liz Wylie, "Another Fiction", Glendon Gallery, Toronto, 1987
Geraldine Davis, "Printshops of Canada", Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, 1987
"British Biennale", Cartwright Hall, Bradford, England, 1986

Education and Residencies

1995 Media Residency, Western Front, February
1991 Artist in Residence, Photography Program, Summer, Banff Centre for the Arts
1983 M.V.A. University of Alberta, Edmonton
1980 B.F.A. Queen's University, Kingston

Awards

1994 Canada Council Travel Grant
1993 Canada Council Project Grant
1990 Canada Council Project Grant
1989 Alberta Culture, Project Grant
1988 Canada Council, Project Grant Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance Grant
1987 Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance Grant
1985 Award of Merit, Open Studio Juried Exhibition, Toronto
1984 Kenneth Hockney Memorial Award, British Biennale, Bradford, England
Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
Award of Merit, Open Studio Juried Exhibition, Toronto
1983 Canada Council Explorations Grant

Collections

Air Canada, Montreal
Canada Council Art Bank
Central Guaranty Trust, Toronto
Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto
Musée D'Art Contemporain, (Lavalin) Montreal
Saffer Advertising, Toronto
Steelcase Ltd., Toronto, Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Ab.

Visiting Artist Lectures

1995
Walter Phillips Art Gallery, Banff
Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay
1994
Bishops University, Lennoxville
Erasmus Gallery, Lennoxville, Que.
Sheridan College, Oakville
1993
Toronto School of Art
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
1992
London Regional art gallery
Concordia University, Montreal
Univ of Saskatoon
1991
Univ of Regina
1989
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
1988
Neutral Ground, Regina
Open Studio, Toronto
1987
Glendon Gallery, York University, Toronto
University of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota
Panel Member, P.D.C.C. International Symposium, Toronto
1986
Visiting Artist (6 weeks), Malispina Print Shop, Vancouver
1985
Visiting Artist (3 days), Queen's University, Kingston
1984
University of Waterloo, Waterloo
Sir Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo