Jude Norris aka Tatakwan – curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
2002 DOLL MAKING APPRENTICE
collaborative exchange program with Arapaho artist Dallin Maybe
1996-99 HIDE TANNING APPRENTICE
to various Okanagan artists
1996-99 BEADWORK APPRENTICE
to various First Nations artists across Turtle Island
1996-98 ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Toronto
integrated media
1992/93 MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY London, UK
sculpture major
1991/92 KENSINGTON & CHELSEA COLLEGE London, UK
painting and experimental sculpture
1988/89 THE WESTERN FRONT Vancouver
video production workshops/youth residency
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2010
HAMILTON ARTISTS INC Hamilton, ON
- Ekwa Buffalo Series paintings & 2 installation works
2009
ALTERNATOR GALLERY Kelowna, BC – Diary of a Nomad
HQ GALLERY NYC – Gratitude Code Root Mural
2008
PENTICTON ART GALLERY Penticton. BC – multi-series retrospective
HARCOURT HOUSE Edmonton, AB
- Affirm/Nation, antler, root, and Between the Lines series
2007
GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE NYC - installation work
GRUNT GALLERY Vancouver, BC - Affirm/Nation and antler series
CAMPBELL RIVER PUBLIC ART GALLERY, BC
– nest, scar & roots & braided series
GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE New York
- ‘original’ (site specific video installation/projection in window)
2006
imagineNATIVE MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL/TRINITY SQ VIDEO Toronto
- Between the Lines series
QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL/HUSH BOUTIQUE & YOGA Toronto
- braided & roots series
TRANE STUDIO Toronto - scar and braided series
2005
‘THE EVOLUTION OF A STORY’ – VTAPE CURATORIAL INCUBATOR
Toronto - Red Buffalo Skydive
URBAN SHAMAN Winnipeg - Affirm/Nation, antler and root series
2003
imagineNATIVE MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Toronto
- ‘The Most Beautiful Things’ (multi-media sculpture/installation)
2002
THEATRE ARTS COMMUNITY OUTREACH SOCIETY Edmonton
- exhibition of paintings
1999
ABORIGINAL VOICES FESTIVAL Harbourfront Centre Toronto
- ‘Buffalo Basket’ sculpture
1998
IMBOLC Ward’s Island, Toronto
- ‘Words for the Hearth of a Paper Lodge’ (interactive sculpture)
1996
IMBOLC FESTIVAL Whittier Park, Winnipeg
- ‘Burning Bride’ (pyrotechnic sculpture)
1993
TREATY STREET SHOW Treaty St. Council Estate, London, UK
- artist-initiated retrospective
1990
THE THREE GRACES Brighton Beach, UK
- site-specific installation
1989
THE ZAP CLUB Brighton, UK
- ‘Blue View’ (site specific installation commission)
1989
IN MOTION various outdoor sites Brighton, UK
- site-specific installation series
1989
MAZE GALLERY Brighton, UK
- ‘Room with a Blue View’ (installation)
GROUP SHOWS
2011
DIS MICRO-GALLERY Brooklyn NYC – ‘little wild places’ photographs
‘BODY TRACKS’ (3 ARTIST SHOW) @ GALLERY 101 Ottawa ON
- self-portrait in alterNation between between ascension & decension (video installation)
2010
‘AAYADAGON’ (3 ARTIST SHOW) @ ART GALLERY OF PETERBOROUGH
Ontario - self-portrait as a house full of good medicine (outdoor installation)
MCLAREN ART CENTRE Barrie ON
- a horse called Memory (single channel installation/loop)
2009
‘RELEVANT’ (AMERINDA) @ NATHAN CUMMING FOUNDATION NYC – antler series
UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS SYMPOSIUM NYC
- braided series, Strong Woman Dress
2007
WOODLAND CULTURAL CENTRE Six Nations ON
- braided and Affirm/Nation series
A SPACE GALLERY Toronto - Between the Lines series
‘THE WAR IS OVER’ @ SIDESHOW GALLERY NYC – root & scar series
2006 CANADIAN ABORIGINAL FESTIVAL Roger’s Centre, Toronto
- nest series
NEEKWANISIDOK FINE ART EXHIBIT Toronto City Hall - root series
2003
‘RONDEZVOUS’ CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL SYMPOSIUM Toronto - multi-media sculpture
2001
‘GATHERING OF WORLDS’ NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Edmonton
- paintings
‘SEVEN DEADLY SKINS’THE GRANT MACEWAN ROOM Edmonton
– paintings & sculpture
2000
SUN & MOON VISIONAIRIES GALLERY Edmonton
- paintings & sculpture
1998
‘REZERVED’ @ THE COLOURED STONE Toronto
- paintings & sculpture
1996
BELTANE FESTIVAL St.Paul, Minnesota
‘Flaming Maypole’ (pyrotechnic sculpture)
1996
‘EDGEWISE’ Downtown St.Paul, Minnesota
- 4 month collaborative installation project with 12 artists
1993
‘EYE TO HAND’ @ SPITALFIELDS SYNAGOGUE
(HERITAGE BUILDING) London, UK -paintings/sculpture
LIVE ARTWORKS (non-theatrical artworks enacted by artist in real-time)
1999
A LITTLE PIECE OF UNITY
Performance at the End of the 20th Century Festival Vancouver, BC
A WALK WITH THE BUFFALO BASKET
Aboriginal Voices Festival Fashion Show Toronto
1998
HOLY DOG ‘Pousse Café’ Performance Art Festival
Deleon White Gallery Toronto
1997
MY BRAIDS IN A KNOT University Cinema Façade Toronto
RATTLE DANCE OCAD Sumo Robot Challenge Toronto
RITUAL FOR IMBOLC Imbolc Festival Ward’s Is., Toronto
1996
A(U)NTI SANTA Hungarian Castle B & E Solstice Live Art Event Toronto
GRAFFITI FACE WOMAN Edgewise Artists’ Project St.Paul, Minnesota
1994
SOLSTICE SKYWALK OF THE SKELETAL & BLOOMING
St.Paul Skyway St.Paul, Minnesota
1993
PORTABLE TERRAVISION Birnham Performance Art Festival London, UK
DRINK MORE TRICKY NOTHING
The Exploding Cinema Does Dublin Dublin, Ireland
TENDER TRADING TIPI Exploding Cinema ‘Dive-In’ London, UK
RED BREATH Middlesex University London, UK
1992
OF LIQUID & GRAVITY Nosepaint Live-Art Venue London, UK
LIVE ARTWORKS FOR VIDEO/FILM
1998 TOXIC SOIL video approx. 15 min. Toronto
1998 RED CARPET video approx. 6 min. Toronto
1996 UNTYING THE KNOTS video approx. 18 min. Winnipeg
1992 URBAN GODS London, UK
16mm music video for Shriekback’s ‘Sacred City’ album
VIDEO & FILM PRODUCTION SCREENINGS
2011
EX-IS EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL Seoul, Korea
- self-portrait in alternation between ascension & decension
WINNIPEG CINEMATEQUE
- self-portrait in alternation between ascension & decension
2007
ifPOD IMAGES FESTIVAL ONLINE PROJECT - Red Buffalo Skydive
FREE SPEECH TV USA - Red Buffalo Skydive
DREAMSPEAKERS FESTIVAL Edmonton, AB
- Makekway Masinakatew (‘untitled’)
NATIVE SPIRIT FESTIVAL London, UK
- Red Buffalo Skydive, Intertribal Time
2006
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN NATIVE AMERICAN FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL New York, NY
- a horse called Memory
RED EYE – 1ST NATIONS SHORT FILM & VIDEO
Carleton University Art Gallery - Makekway Masinakatew (‘untitled’)
MESSAGE STICKS Sydney Opera House, Australia - Red Buffalo Skydive
WANTING & WAITING Berlin & Canada - Red Buffalo Skydive
GENE SISKEL FILM CENTRE – ‘THE SHARPEST POINT’
- Red Buffalo Skydive
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE– ‘THE SHARPEST POINT’
- Red Buffalo Skydive
SCHOOL OF ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO - Red Buffalo Skydive
2005
imagineNATIVE MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Toronto
- Red Buffalo Skydive, a horse called Memory
CURRENTS IN ANIMATION: MUSIC, METAMORPHOSIS, INFERNAL VISIONS Toronto - Red Buffalo Skydive
MUKWA GEEZIS FESTIVAL Toronto - Intertribal Time
PLEASURE DOME – NEW TORONTO WORKS Toronto - Intertribal Time
HERLAND FEMINIST FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL Calgary - Intertribal Time
PLANET IN FOCUS Toronto - Intertribal Time
2004
imagineNATIVE MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Toronto - Intertribal Time
MAORI TELEVISION New Zealand - Red Buffalo Skydive
WINNIPEG FILM GROUP Winnipeg - Red Buffalo Skydive
WANTING & WAITING TOUR Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
- Red Buffalo Skydive
EM MEDIA Calgary, AB - Makekway Masinakatew (‘untitled’), Lullabye
LAND IN SIGHT Montreal, PQ - Lullabye
HERLAND FEMINIST FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL Calgary
- Makekway Masinakatew (‘untitled’), Lullabye
2003
CANADIAN ABORIGINAL FESTIVAL MUSIC AWARDS Toronto
- Red Buffalo Skydive
imagineNATIVE MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Toronto
- Makekway Masinakatew (‘untitled’), Lullabye
24 HOURS - Barcelona - Red Buffalo Skydive
IMAGES FESTIVAL Toronto - Makekway Masinakatew (‘untitled’)
ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK
- Red Buffalo Skydive, Holy Dog, 10,000 yrs.
2002
ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK
- Red Buffalo Skydive, Holy Dog
TERRES EN VUES – FIRST PEOPLES FESTIVAL Montreal, PQ
- Red Buffalo Skydive
TEEN ACT Lillooet, BC - Holy Dog
IMAGES FESTIVAL Toronto, ON - Red Buffalo Skydive
GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE Rochester, NY - Red Buffalo Skydive
SIGNAL & NOISE FESTIVAL Vancouver, BC - Red Buffalo Skydive
PETERBOROUGH ARTS UMBRELLA Peterborough, ON
- Red Buffalo Skydive
METRO CINEMA Edmonton, AB - Red Buffalo Skydive
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Park City, Utah - Red Buffalo Skydive
A-Z GALLERY St.Paul, MN - Red Buffalo Skydive
2001
WALKER ART CENTER Minneapolis, MN - Hoy Dog
IMAGINATIVE FILM FESTIVAL Toronto, ON - Red Buffalo Skydive
NATIVE AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL Woodstock Museum, NY
- Holy Dog
2000
VIDEO RAMPAGE Video In, Vancouver - Holy Dog
FILM/VIDEO 2000 Montecatini, Italy - Holy Dog
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN NATIVE
AMERICAN FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL New York, NY - Holy Dog
MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL Mill Valley, California - Holy Dog
1999
ABORIGINAL VOICES FESTIVAL Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
- Red Carpet (lobby installation)
IMAGNATION Vancouver - Red Buffalo Skydive
SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS/AWARDS
2010
CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
- for ‘NY Tipi Project’
2009
ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL ABORIGINAL ARTS PROJECTS
- for Aniskomiw (‘Connected’)
2006
ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL ABORIGINAL ARTS PROJECTS
- for ‘root’ sculpture series
TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL MEDIA ARTS - for series of video shorts
2005
CHALMER’S ARTS FELLOWSHIP (OAC)
- for multi-media installation series ‘Between the Lines’
imagineNATIVE FESTIVAL Honourable Mention – Best Experimental Short
– for ‘a horse called Memory’
2004
ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL ABORIGINAL ARTS PROJECTS
– for ‘nest’ multi-media sculpture series
2003
ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
- for ‘Affirm/Nation’ multi-media sculpture/installation series
2002
CANADA COUNCIL ABORIGINAL PEOPLES CULTURAL EXCHANGE GRANT
- for traditional doll-making project with Arapaho artist Dallin Maybe
1999
VIDEO IN PRODUCERS GRANT
- for post production of Holy Dog
1998
NORMAN & MARGARET JEWISON CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AWARD
- for 1st Nations students @ OCAD (shared with Ron Desmoulins)
SUMO AWARD – for OCAD students working in robotic arts
RESIDENCIES
2007 THE WESTERN FRONT – Vancouver , BC
2005 GIBRALTAR POINT CENTRE FOR THE ARTS - residency program Toronto Island
COLLECTIONS/LIBRARIES
ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM Edmonton, AB
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY Vancouver, BC
ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS Edmonton, AB
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN NewYork, NY
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY Scarborough, ON
COMMISSIONS
2003
THE IMAGES FESTIVAL Toronto
- Makekway Masinakatew - for the ‘minute movie’ program
2002
NICHI INSTITUTE -poster/growth chart for tobacco use campaign
JURIES/PANELS/ETC
2010 ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL – visual arts jury
2009 CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS - visual arts jury
2007 ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL – Chalmer’s awards jury
2006 CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS - media arts jury
04/05 PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OF ALBERTA
- planning committee for new aboriginal gallery
2002 CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS – aboriginal media arts jury
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS/ESSAYS
2011
AYAADAGON CATALOGUE (3 artist show) essays by William Kingfisher
BODY TRACKS CATALOGUE (3 artist show) essays by Christine Redfern & Cathy Mattes
2008
EDMONTON JOURNAL Jan 4 review of Harcourt House exhibition
by Gilbert Bouchard
VUE WEEKLY Edmonton – Jan 31 – Feb 6 review by Amy Fung
2007
NOW MAGAZINE Nov 15 – 22 review of A Space ‘Re/Translation’ exhibition
by Fran Schechter
MIX MAGAZINE Toronto – grunt gallery exhibition listing
BRUNT MAGAZINE Vancouver – cover & article by Tania Willard
PREVIEW MAGAZINE BC – review of Campbell River Public Gallery Exhibition
2005
CMAGAZINE issue #88 - review of Affirm/Nation @ Urban Shaman
by Sandee Moore
DOSE June 10 ‘Art at 30 Frames Per Second’ interview with Ronit Novak
FIRST NATIONS CURATORIAL INCUBATOR CATALOGUE
– VTape screening of Red Buffalo Skydive & curators essay/publication
THE SHARPEST POINT: ANIMATION AT THE END OF CINEMA
published by YYZ Books, the Ottawa International Animation Festival & the Images Festival
2006
‘READING BETWEEN THE LINES’ Trinity Sq Video Exhibition catalogue
essay by Aubrey Reeves
2002
ARTISTS FORUM - St.Paul, MN interview with Stephen Rife
ONLINE INTERVIEWS & ARTIST TALKS
2008
Alternator Gallery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAu57u-X_8
Harcourt House artist talk www.asparagusgreen.ca/EPS_54/Pre_54.html
2005
Urban Shaman Gallery exhibition – interview with KC Adams
http://www.urbanshaman.org/video/index.htm
ONLINE REVIEWS & ARTICLES
2009
CHECKOUT ART – Ekwa Buffalo review by Athena Paradissis
http://www.checkoutart.ca/artists/checkout-artist-jude-norris/
THINGS OF DESIRE ARTBLOG
- Diary if a Nomad review by Lauren Raham
http://thingsofdesire.ca/2009/02/05/diary-of-a-nomad/#more-965
2008
THE TYEE – Paths to Fame for Young Native Artists
– Colleen Kimmett interview with Karen Duffek
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/01/31/NativeArtists/
2007
PREVIEW – THE GALLERY GUIDE
– review of Campbell River Public Art Gallery exhibition
http://www.preview-art.com/previews/04-2007/norris.html
NOW MAGAZINE Nov 15 – 22
- review of A Space ‘Re/Translation’ exhibitionby Fran Schechter
2005
C MAGAZINE
- review of Affirm/Nation at Urban Shaman Gallery by Sandee Moore
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-5732651_ITM
2004
‘The Most Beautiful Things: Textuality and New Media in the Work
of Jude Norris’ - review by Miriam Jordan & Julian Haladyn
