STUDIO PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
2010-12 Inclusive Media and Design Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto ON
In partnership with the Alternative Sensory Information Display (ASID) research team to develop a series of workshops across Canada introducing Deaf and hearing artists and musicians to newly developed ASID research and technology that explores means of translating sound stimuli into alternative forms and sensations. In response to this research the participants will explore the new methods of artistic expression and create a work based on this workshop experience.
ARTISTIC AFFILIATIONS
VibraFusionLab - Founder and Coordinator
London Ontario Media Arts Association (LOMAA) - Chair
Sweet Magic London (with Peter Lebel and James Kirkpatrick)
Media Arts Network Ontario (MANO/RAMO) - Board Member
o'honey collective - with artist Leslie Putnam
Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival - Director of Development
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2010 Strand Fine Arts, London
2002 “The Paths that Differ”, McIntosh Gallery, London
1998 “The Twain Shall Meet”, Mercer Union, Toronto
1995-96 “Signing On - adopting a cultural perspective”. Catalogue and video publication. Essays by Heather Gibson and Dr. Anita Small (Deaf education and cultural specialists) and Dale Barrett. Project organized by McIntosh Gallery and toured to Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Thames Art Gallery and Glenhyrst Art Gallery.
1994 “Another Roadside Attraction”, White Water Gallery, North Bay
1993 Glendon Gallery, Toronto
1992 “Flowers of Wind, Fires of Time”, Artcite, Windsor
1991 “Stop Making Sense(s)”, Obscure, Quebec City
1990 “Winds of Change”, UNB Art Centre. Publication essay by Roslyn Rosenfeld
1989 “Ten Fan Habit And A One Man Band - In Concert”, Owens Art Gallery
1988 “Domestic Effects”, Memorial University Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Acadia University Art
Gallery. Publication
“ON SITE - The Artist in the Environment”. Outdoor installation organized by Memorial University Art Gallery
“Newfoundland Sound Symposium ‘88". Sound installation, LSPU Hall. Catalogue
1987 “Recent Stuff”, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton; Musee Madawaska, Edmunston;
Great George Street Gallery, Charlottetown
1985 Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catherines
1984 Forest City Gallery, London
“Eight Exhibitions”, College Park, Toronto
“He’s A Sculpture You Know!”, Artcite, Windsor
1981 London Regional Art Gallery
1978 Trajectory Gallery, London
TWO PERSON
1990-91 “Elan Vitale: The Comedy of David Bobier and Terry Graff”. Organized by Owens Art Gallery and toured to Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Aitken Bicentennial Art Centre. Curated and catalogue essay by Ted Fraser.
GROUP
2013 ``No Boys With Frogs``, DNA artspace, London, ON
“Real or Perceived - David Bobier, Grahame Lynch, Lorette C. Luzajic”, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON ``Observations Ongoing: Recent Acquisitions``, Museum London, London, ON
2011 Art Gallery of Windsor Biennial, e-Catalogue, Juried by Ian Baxter&
Nuit Blanche, "Fly By Night", The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto (as o'honey collective)
"Cooker Show 4", International Ornamental Metal Museum, TCB Sculpin' Team member (Ontario), Memphis,
Tennesse
2010 Lebel Gallery, University of Windsor (Faculty exhibition)
“Playing The Gallery” (Phase I-Symposium 2008), McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London, ON
2006 “Printed Matter: IMAGO, 20 years of contemporary printmaking”, Galerie d’art-Louise-et-Reuben Cohen, Universitaire de Moncton, Moncton
2000-02 “Dust on the Road: Canadian Artists in Dialogue with SAHMAT”, York Quay Gallery, Toronto; Galleries@Galleria, London; Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver; MIA, Montreal; Curators: Ron Benner and Patricia Deadman; Amir Ali Alibhai and Peter White. Organized by Hoopoe Curatorial
1994 “Catalyst”, London Regional Art and Historical Museums
1992 “IMPACT: Public Installations by Artists of Atlantic Canada”, Moncton, Curated and publication essays by Terry Graff and Luc Charette
1991 “New Art Brunswick”, Gallery Connexion and UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, Curated by Michael Lawlor
1990 “streetsmART”, Halifax. Juried storefront art project with catalogue
1989 “Art Takes All”. Provincial Invitational, former Moncton Library building
1988 “Printed Matter Beyond My Time Frame” Modern Fuel, Kingston and Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery. National juried print exhibition with catalogue
1987 “Innovation: Subject and Technique”, The Gallery, University of Toronto. National juried print exhibition
1984 “Southwest ‘44", Art Gallery of Windsor. Juried
1983 “Artcite Public Installations”, University of Windsor. Juried with catalogue
“Painting and Drawing”, Focus Gallery, Detroit. Juried, “Michigan-Ontario 4", Comerica Gallery, Detroit. Juried
1979 “Eleven London Artists”, The Gallery, Stratford. Invitational with catalogue
1978 “London-Banff Exchange”, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/INSTALLATIONS
2013 Haliburton Sculpture Forest Competition, Haliburton, ON, (Finalist)
2011 Tolpuddle Martyrs Public Art Commission, London and District Labour Council and
2009 Lansdowne Public Art Competition, Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto (Finalist)
“NEST”, Banting Secondary School, London (outdoor installation)
PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTATIONS
2103 * “Intersecting Abilities”, Common Pulse Festival, Durham, Ontario
* “@Word Hoard”, Art Lab, School of Visual Arts, Western University, London, ON
2012 * "Vibro-tactile As A Creative Medium", Ignite London, Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
* "An Occasion of Sound and Vibration", Nuit Blanche, Museum London, London, Ontario
with audiolodge, Dennis Siren and Transmorphous Sound Ensemble
* The UnLab, Convergence Centre, University of Western Ontario. Workshop on Vibrational Creation and
Composition with invited regional visual, performance and sound artists and musicians. January 27-29
2011 * "Creation Through Vibration", Subtle Technologies Festival, symposium presentation and demonstration,
Innes Town Hall, University of Toronto, May 28-June 5
* "Creation Through Vibration", Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival, Workshop on Vibrational
Creation and Composition with 6 invited Deaf filmmakers, Innes Town Hall, University of Toronto, ON;
May 12-25
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, PRESENTATIONS
``A Christmas Carol``, CBC Ontario Morning, Wei Chen. Collaboration with VibraFusionLab, Orchestra London & Unity Project. Centennial Hall, London, ON
``Christmas musical becomes Christmas miracle for deaf``, Mark Spowart, London Metro, November 28, 2013
``When life limits your senses, find a multi-sensory platform``, Mila Petkovic, London Metro, November 28, 2013
``VibraFusionLab partners with Orchestra London``, CTV London, November 28, 2013
``Chair allows deaf to `hear` music`` Ian Gillespie, The London Free Press, November 27, 2013
“Printed Matter: IMAGO, 20 years of contemporary printmaking”, exhibition catalogue, 2006
“Artists in body and soul”, Tess Parkins, Scene Magazine, October 3, 2002
“Show Kicks Up a Dust”, Robin Laurence, The Georgia Straight, March 14-21, 2002
“Passage to India”, Christine Redfern, Montreal Mirror, November 21, 2001
“Mouvances de l’Inde”, Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, November 11, 2001
“Dust on the Road”, Corinna Ghaznavi, Parachute, pg. 2-3, 2001
" Controversial Exhibit Comes to London”, Sue Mei, Scene Magazine, November 2, 2000
“Deaf Heritage Project”, Canadian Association of the Deaf. Art works and Signing On: adopting a cultural perspective (published catalogue) featured in cultural resource kit provided to public libraries across Canada. Fall, 1999 - present
“Bridging the Cultural Gap”, presentation to Ontario Association of the Deaf annual convention, Ottawa, November, 1998
“David Bobier at Mercer Union”, The Globe and Mail, March 7, 1998
“Reexamining Diversity: A Look at the Deaf Community in Museums”, Elana Kalisher, Curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York, March 1998. Feature article and cover
"Reading the Signs: Exploring Deaf Issues through the Art of David Bobier”, Catherine Elliot Shaw, Canadian Museums Association Conference, Ottawa. June 11-15, 1997
“Signing On: adopting a cultural perspective”, McIntosh Gallery catalogue and video publication. Essays by Dale Barrett, Heather Gibson and Dr. Anita Small. 1995
“David Bobier: Listen to the Silence”, Avril Flanagan, Scene Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 37, Dec. 96
“Exhibit melds the world of the Deaf and Hearing”, Debora Van Brenk, The London Free Press, September 21, 1996
“Elan Vitale: The Comedy of David Bobier and Terry Graff”, Roslyn Rosenfeld, Arts Atlantic 39. Winter, 1991. Feature article and cover
“‘Elan Vitale: The Comedy of David Bobier and Terry Graff”, Owens Art Gallery catalogue publication. Essay by Ted Fraser. July,1990
“David Bobier: Domestic Effects”, Janet Hammock, Artpost, Fall, 1988. Feature article
“Domestic Effects”, Cliff Eyland, Vanguard, September/October, 1988
“David Bobier: Recent Stuff”, Dennis Gill, Vanguard, Summer, 1987
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Robarts School for the Deaf, London, ON 1999- 2002
Fanshawe College, London, ON 1995
St. Michael's Printshop, St. John`s, NFLD 1990
Newfoundland Sound Symposium, St. John`s, NFLD 1990
GRANTS
The Canada Council Visual Arts Project Grant (3)
B/Creation Grant (3)
Atlantic Project Grant (1)
Short Term Grant (1)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (1) (in partnership with Dr. Deb Fels, Ryerson University)
Ontario Arts Council Visual and Media Arts (1)
Integrated Arts (1)
Mid-Career Grant (1)
Arts Education Project Grant (1)
Emerging Artist Grant (1)
New Brunswick Arts Board Creation Grant (1)
Exhibition Assistance Grant (3)
Travel Grant (3)
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
Owens Art Gallery;Mount Allison University; University of New Brunswick; Acadia University Art Gallery; Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery; University of Victoria; University of Windsor, Queens University; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Confederation Art Gallery; McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario; Thames Art Gallery; St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre; Glenhyrst Art Gallery; Deaf Culture Centre of Canada; Centre for Learning Studies, Ryerson University.
2010-12 Inclusive Media and Design Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto ON
In partnership with the Alternative Sensory Information Display (ASID) research team to develop a series of workshops across Canada introducing Deaf and hearing artists and musicians to newly developed ASID research and technology that explores means of translating sound stimuli into alternative forms and sensations. In response to this research the participants will explore the new methods of artistic expression and create a work based on this workshop experience.
ARTISTIC AFFILIATIONS
VibraFusionLab - Founder and Coordinator
London Ontario Media Arts Association (LOMAA) - Chair
Sweet Magic London (with Peter Lebel and James Kirkpatrick)
Media Arts Network Ontario (MANO/RAMO) - Board Member
o'honey collective - with artist Leslie Putnam
Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival - Director of Development
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2010 Strand Fine Arts, London
2002 “The Paths that Differ”, McIntosh Gallery, London
1998 “The Twain Shall Meet”, Mercer Union, Toronto
1995-96 “Signing On - adopting a cultural perspective”. Catalogue and video publication. Essays by Heather Gibson and Dr. Anita Small (Deaf education and cultural specialists) and Dale Barrett. Project organized by McIntosh Gallery and toured to Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Thames Art Gallery and Glenhyrst Art Gallery.
1994 “Another Roadside Attraction”, White Water Gallery, North Bay
1993 Glendon Gallery, Toronto
1992 “Flowers of Wind, Fires of Time”, Artcite, Windsor
1991 “Stop Making Sense(s)”, Obscure, Quebec City
1990 “Winds of Change”, UNB Art Centre. Publication essay by Roslyn Rosenfeld
1989 “Ten Fan Habit And A One Man Band - In Concert”, Owens Art Gallery
1988 “Domestic Effects”, Memorial University Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Acadia University Art
Gallery. Publication
“ON SITE - The Artist in the Environment”. Outdoor installation organized by Memorial University Art Gallery
“Newfoundland Sound Symposium ‘88". Sound installation, LSPU Hall. Catalogue
1987 “Recent Stuff”, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton; Musee Madawaska, Edmunston;
Great George Street Gallery, Charlottetown
1985 Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catherines
1984 Forest City Gallery, London
“Eight Exhibitions”, College Park, Toronto
“He’s A Sculpture You Know!”, Artcite, Windsor
1981 London Regional Art Gallery
1978 Trajectory Gallery, London
TWO PERSON
1990-91 “Elan Vitale: The Comedy of David Bobier and Terry Graff”. Organized by Owens Art Gallery and toured to Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Aitken Bicentennial Art Centre. Curated and catalogue essay by Ted Fraser.
GROUP
2013 ``No Boys With Frogs``, DNA artspace, London, ON
“Real or Perceived - David Bobier, Grahame Lynch, Lorette C. Luzajic”, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON ``Observations Ongoing: Recent Acquisitions``, Museum London, London, ON
2011 Art Gallery of Windsor Biennial, e-Catalogue, Juried by Ian Baxter&
Nuit Blanche, "Fly By Night", The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto (as o'honey collective)
"Cooker Show 4", International Ornamental Metal Museum, TCB Sculpin' Team member (Ontario), Memphis,
Tennesse
2010 Lebel Gallery, University of Windsor (Faculty exhibition)
“Playing The Gallery” (Phase I-Symposium 2008), McIntosh Gallery, UWO, London, ON
2006 “Printed Matter: IMAGO, 20 years of contemporary printmaking”, Galerie d’art-Louise-et-Reuben Cohen, Universitaire de Moncton, Moncton
2000-02 “Dust on the Road: Canadian Artists in Dialogue with SAHMAT”, York Quay Gallery, Toronto; Galleries@Galleria, London; Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver; MIA, Montreal; Curators: Ron Benner and Patricia Deadman; Amir Ali Alibhai and Peter White. Organized by Hoopoe Curatorial
1994 “Catalyst”, London Regional Art and Historical Museums
1992 “IMPACT: Public Installations by Artists of Atlantic Canada”, Moncton, Curated and publication essays by Terry Graff and Luc Charette
1991 “New Art Brunswick”, Gallery Connexion and UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, Curated by Michael Lawlor
1990 “streetsmART”, Halifax. Juried storefront art project with catalogue
1989 “Art Takes All”. Provincial Invitational, former Moncton Library building
1988 “Printed Matter Beyond My Time Frame” Modern Fuel, Kingston and Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery. National juried print exhibition with catalogue
1987 “Innovation: Subject and Technique”, The Gallery, University of Toronto. National juried print exhibition
1984 “Southwest ‘44", Art Gallery of Windsor. Juried
1983 “Artcite Public Installations”, University of Windsor. Juried with catalogue
“Painting and Drawing”, Focus Gallery, Detroit. Juried, “Michigan-Ontario 4", Comerica Gallery, Detroit. Juried
1979 “Eleven London Artists”, The Gallery, Stratford. Invitational with catalogue
1978 “London-Banff Exchange”, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/INSTALLATIONS
2013 Haliburton Sculpture Forest Competition, Haliburton, ON, (Finalist)
2011 Tolpuddle Martyrs Public Art Commission, London and District Labour Council and
2009 Lansdowne Public Art Competition, Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto (Finalist)
“NEST”, Banting Secondary School, London (outdoor installation)
PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTATIONS
2103 * “Intersecting Abilities”, Common Pulse Festival, Durham, Ontario
* “@Word Hoard”, Art Lab, School of Visual Arts, Western University, London, ON
2012 * "Vibro-tactile As A Creative Medium", Ignite London, Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
* "An Occasion of Sound and Vibration", Nuit Blanche, Museum London, London, Ontario
with audiolodge, Dennis Siren and Transmorphous Sound Ensemble
* The UnLab, Convergence Centre, University of Western Ontario. Workshop on Vibrational Creation and
Composition with invited regional visual, performance and sound artists and musicians. January 27-29
2011 * "Creation Through Vibration", Subtle Technologies Festival, symposium presentation and demonstration,
Innes Town Hall, University of Toronto, May 28-June 5
* "Creation Through Vibration", Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival, Workshop on Vibrational
Creation and Composition with 6 invited Deaf filmmakers, Innes Town Hall, University of Toronto, ON;
May 12-25
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, PRESENTATIONS
``A Christmas Carol``, CBC Ontario Morning, Wei Chen. Collaboration with VibraFusionLab, Orchestra London & Unity Project. Centennial Hall, London, ON
``Christmas musical becomes Christmas miracle for deaf``, Mark Spowart, London Metro, November 28, 2013
``When life limits your senses, find a multi-sensory platform``, Mila Petkovic, London Metro, November 28, 2013
``VibraFusionLab partners with Orchestra London``, CTV London, November 28, 2013
``Chair allows deaf to `hear` music`` Ian Gillespie, The London Free Press, November 27, 2013
“Printed Matter: IMAGO, 20 years of contemporary printmaking”, exhibition catalogue, 2006
“Artists in body and soul”, Tess Parkins, Scene Magazine, October 3, 2002
“Show Kicks Up a Dust”, Robin Laurence, The Georgia Straight, March 14-21, 2002
“Passage to India”, Christine Redfern, Montreal Mirror, November 21, 2001
“Mouvances de l’Inde”, Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, November 11, 2001
“Dust on the Road”, Corinna Ghaznavi, Parachute, pg. 2-3, 2001
" Controversial Exhibit Comes to London”, Sue Mei, Scene Magazine, November 2, 2000
“Deaf Heritage Project”, Canadian Association of the Deaf. Art works and Signing On: adopting a cultural perspective (published catalogue) featured in cultural resource kit provided to public libraries across Canada. Fall, 1999 - present
“Bridging the Cultural Gap”, presentation to Ontario Association of the Deaf annual convention, Ottawa, November, 1998
“David Bobier at Mercer Union”, The Globe and Mail, March 7, 1998
“Reexamining Diversity: A Look at the Deaf Community in Museums”, Elana Kalisher, Curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York, March 1998. Feature article and cover
"Reading the Signs: Exploring Deaf Issues through the Art of David Bobier”, Catherine Elliot Shaw, Canadian Museums Association Conference, Ottawa. June 11-15, 1997
“Signing On: adopting a cultural perspective”, McIntosh Gallery catalogue and video publication. Essays by Dale Barrett, Heather Gibson and Dr. Anita Small. 1995
“David Bobier: Listen to the Silence”, Avril Flanagan, Scene Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 37, Dec. 96
“Exhibit melds the world of the Deaf and Hearing”, Debora Van Brenk, The London Free Press, September 21, 1996
“Elan Vitale: The Comedy of David Bobier and Terry Graff”, Roslyn Rosenfeld, Arts Atlantic 39. Winter, 1991. Feature article and cover
“‘Elan Vitale: The Comedy of David Bobier and Terry Graff”, Owens Art Gallery catalogue publication. Essay by Ted Fraser. July,1990
“David Bobier: Domestic Effects”, Janet Hammock, Artpost, Fall, 1988. Feature article
“Domestic Effects”, Cliff Eyland, Vanguard, September/October, 1988
“David Bobier: Recent Stuff”, Dennis Gill, Vanguard, Summer, 1987
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Robarts School for the Deaf, London, ON 1999- 2002
Fanshawe College, London, ON 1995
St. Michael's Printshop, St. John`s, NFLD 1990
Newfoundland Sound Symposium, St. John`s, NFLD 1990
GRANTS
The Canada Council Visual Arts Project Grant (3)
B/Creation Grant (3)
Atlantic Project Grant (1)
Short Term Grant (1)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (1) (in partnership with Dr. Deb Fels, Ryerson University)
Ontario Arts Council Visual and Media Arts (1)
Integrated Arts (1)
Mid-Career Grant (1)
Arts Education Project Grant (1)
Emerging Artist Grant (1)
New Brunswick Arts Board Creation Grant (1)
Exhibition Assistance Grant (3)
Travel Grant (3)
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
Owens Art Gallery;Mount Allison University; University of New Brunswick; Acadia University Art Gallery; Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery; University of Victoria; University of Windsor, Queens University; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Confederation Art Gallery; McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario; Thames Art Gallery; St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre; Glenhyrst Art Gallery; Deaf Culture Centre of Canada; Centre for Learning Studies, Ryerson University.