Risa Horowitz's interdisciplinary visual art practice centers on collecting, archiving and endurance. Risa has lived and worked in seven Canadian provinces and has exhibited in galleries including Plug In ICA, The Owens Art Gallery, The Saidye Bronfman Centre, The Mendel Art Gallery, and several artist-run-centres, as well as in the UK and Australia. Risa has received grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, and was honoured by the receipt of the K.M. Hunter award for excellence in Visual Arts in 2006. Risa was an artist in residence at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris during the spring and summer of 2008 and began her Doctorate in Visual Art at York University in fall 2008. In the upcoming year Risa will exhibit new work at MKG127 Gallery in Toronto, and at the Dunlop Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Represented in Toronto by MKG127 Gallery.
York University, Toronto, PhD Visual Arts, 2012
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Master of Fine Arts, 2000
Ryerson University, Toronto/Prince Edward Island, Image Arts Program, 1995
York University, Toronto, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours, 1995
2011 Blurry Canada The Dunlop Art Gallery, Sherwood Branch. Curated by Jeff Nye.Regina, Saskatchewan
2010 Pacing Time: of Presence and Meaning MKG127 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2010 melitzah and TrioGales Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Trio Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
2008 Trees of Canada MKG127 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Trees of Canada Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
2006 Trio Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
2004 Corners Arch 2 Gallery, University of Manitoba School of Architecture, Winnipeg
2003 girl before a mirror Niagara Artists Co., St. Catherine's ON
2002 melitzah Neutral Ground, Regina
2001 girl before a mirror Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax
2001 girl before a mirror The New Gallery, Calgary
2000 girl before a mirror M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Snelgrove Gallery, UofS
2000 gem digital photo/video installation The Workshop Gallery; The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1999 verso Photo installation The Workshop Gallery; The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon
1999 aut Photo/Video installation, in collaboration with Tetyana Gershuni Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, UofS
2010 "Aut", Thirtieth Year by Day curated by Tatiana Gershuni, Doroshenko Gryshchenko Clinic, Kiev, Ukraine.
2010 "Test Site", Beat the "Champ" Durham Art Gallery.
2009 "Best of Transmedia" International Film Festival Rotterdam, Studiopace curated by Michelle Kasprzak, Year Zero One/Transmedia
2008 "Unsettled" Instructional Diagram No. 1 B42 Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
2008 "Aussie Screen" Studiopace curated by Michelle Kasprzak, Year Zero One/Transmedia, Melbourne, Australia
2008 "Manchester Urban Screens" Studiopace curated by Michelle Kasprzak, Year Zero One/Transmedia, Manchester, UK
2007 "Corners/Dust" Corners Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
2006 Trio The Afterschool Supplemental, curated by Maiko Tanaka, Ontario College of Art and Design
2005 melitzah selected artist, FILE Electronic Language Interernational Festival, Sao Paolo Brazil
2005 Studiopace video screening every minute through October, Yonge-Dundas Square Year Zero One/Transmedia
2005 Intuned Silo collaborative sound performance with Linling Hsu and Mohammed AlRiffai. "Sound Madness II", curated by Alissa Firth Eagland. The Banff Centre, Walter Phillips Gallery
2005 Registration Trial Videothon video screenings, aceartinc.
2005 Registration Trial Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, F.A.S.T. Faculty Exhibition
2004 Corners, Platform Gallery, Winnipeg
2004 melitzah, Images Festival 2004, Images off Screen, Toronto
2003 melitzah, COSIGN: Conference on Computational Semiotics, University of Teeside, Middlesborough, UK
2003 "Daring Confessions: Romance and the Modern Day Woman" Thirtieth Year by Day, The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon. Curated by Alexandra Stratulat
2003 "Young Winnipeg Artists" melitzah, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg. Curated by Cliff Eyland and Carol Phillips
2001 The Power of Reflection, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Mois de la Photo a Montreal. curated by Martha Langford [inclusion of girl before a mirror website]
2000 Revolutions cd (curated by Steve Heimbecker) collection of local experimental audio Video Verite
2000 Travelling Light: video art from Saskatchewan. (curated) CFAT, Halifax
2000 It's a Long Haul M.F.A. student group exhibition St. T. More Gallery
2000 Performathon performance of chasing tail aka Gallery, Saskatoon
1999 Reconfigurations Curated Video Screening (Joanne Lyons and Donald Grylls) aut The AnteChamber, Regina, SK
1999 Mute Worth M.F.A. student group exhibition (performance and installation of Onion Joy) Gordon Snelgrove Gallery
1999 Bad Girls, Good Boys Francis Morrison Gallery, Sask.
1999 Site Saskatchewan local emerging artists AKA Gallery, Saskatchewan
1998 Not From Here· MFA Graduate Students Gordon Snelgrove Gallery
1997 Artropolis `97: Browser Box #279 The Roundhouse, Vancouver
2007 Trio on vvork.com
2005 Studiopace Year01/Transmedia web archive
2004 melitzah Year Zero One splash page project [spring], curated by Michelle Kasprzak
2003-2005 melitzah, on Samplesize, artist project page, curated by Kelly Mark
2008 Cité Internationale des Arts, 4 months at the Paris Studio, Canada Council International Residencies Program
2005 Sound & Vision Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts: 7-week residency, production of Trio
2001 SloMo Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts: 7-week residency, production of melitzah
2001 Wavelength: General Production Support Video Verite: production support for melitzah
2009 University of Toronto Master of Visual Studies
2006 Experimental Art Foundation
2007 Forest City Gallery
2006 Sheridan College
2005 The Banff Centre
2004 School of Architecture, Arch 2 Gallery, University of Manitoba
2003 University of Manitoba
2002 Ace Art Inc.
2002 Neutral Ground
2002 The Banff Centre
2001 The Banff Centre
2001 The New Gallery
2008 University Art Association of Canada, 2008 Conference "Graduate Students in Visual Arts" Panel Participant
2007 "You Gave Me Hope When I Was at the End" 11th Annual Symposium of Art, panelist for roundtable on the idea of Play, Owens Art Gallery/Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
2003 COSIGN: Conference on Computational Semiotics University of Teeside, Middlesbrough UK
2002 What Were you Thinking? Postmodernism and Constituency Comox Vallery Art Gallery Visual Arts Conference Presenter
1999 What I Wish I Knew When I Started This Job Panelist; Orientation for New Instructors, University of Saskatchewan
1999 Whatever; Why Bother: The Role of the Artist In the Dying Days of the Millenium Moderator; University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Art and Art History
1998 Art and TechnologyPanelist; University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Art and Art Hist.
2010 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2009 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2009 York University Scholarship
2008 York University Scholarship
2007 The Canada Council for the Arts International Residencies Program, Paris Studio, summer 2008
The Canada Council for the Arts Visual Arts Travel Grant - Australia [Trio]
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2006 The K.M. Hunter Foundation Award for Visual Arts
The Canada Council Research/Creation Grant
The Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Mid Career Grant
The Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2004 The Canada Council Creation/Production C Grant
2003 Manitoba Arts Council Creative B Grant
Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
Manitoba Arts Council Travel Grant
Winnipeg Arts Council Profeessional Development Grant
2002 Canada Council for the Arts Grant to Newmedia and Audio Artists
Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
Saskatchewan Arts Board Creative C Grant
2000 Graduate Teaching Fellowship University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art and Art History
1999 Graduate Teaching Fellowship University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art and Art History
1998 Graduate Service Fellowship University of Saskatchewan, College of Graduate Studies and Research
Private Collections [3] - Trees of Canada
Private Collection - Cupcake
The Canada Council Art Bank - Corners
Private Collection - Pearl Snare
University of Saskatchewan - girl before a mirror website on archive
2008/9 York University Course Director VISA 2064 Introduction to Colour Photography
2005-current InterAccess Electronic Media Art Centre Board Director and Programming Advisory Council Member
2006 YYZ Artists' Outlet Programming Coordinator
2005 Prefix Photo volunteer Artist DVD Coordinator, BLOWOUT fundraiser
2004 Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland Visiting Assistant Professor, Photography
2002-2004 Ace Art Inc. Programming Coordinator
2002 The Banff Centre for the Arts, Interactive Media Work Study
2001 The Mendel Art Gallery, Library Intern
1998-2001 The Photographers Gallery Board Member, Programming Committee, Volunteer
2000 BlackFlash Magazine, Administrative Assistant
1998-2000 Instructor lab Instructor, Teacher's Assistant: Introductory Photography University of Saskatchewan
1999 Teacher's Assistant: Digital Imaging University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Art and Art History
1999 Workshop Facilitator: Painting with Light; The Mendel Art Gallery with The Photographers Gallery
1998-1999 Darkroom Technician University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Art and Art History
1998 Graduate Service Fellow: University Collection Reproductions and Webworker University of Saskatchewan
1993-1995 Darkroom Technician York University, Department of Visual Arts
1999 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver Volunteer: slide library management and installation
1997 Vancouver Art Gallery, Photo/Archives Department Volunteer: reproductions of and referencing collections
Kasprzak, Michelle. Creating Spaces: Net Art in the "Real World". essay on Canadian media art, melitzah. Montreal: Centre Internationale d'art Contemporaine de Montreal's Electronic Magazine.
2009. Holubizky, Ihor. Practice Makes Imperfect (I'm Perfect)" catalouge for Trio, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide Australia. January 2008.
Sasano, Mari. Vast Canadian Wilderness... review of Trees of Canada. The Edmonton Journal. October 19, 2007.
Margo, Deborah. Horowitz, Schubert and Margo Perform exhibition essay for Trio at Owens Art Gallery, 2006.
Gilbert, André et al. Self-Portraits in Canadian Photography Montreal: Editions J'ai Vu, 2004.
Stratulat, Alexandra. Daring Confessions: Romance and the Modern Day Girl curator's essay. "The Mendel Art Gallery" fall 2003.
Karlinsky, Amy. Escape Velocity. "Galleries West" fall 2003. read this article
Walker, Morley. Ace Artist Heads Overseas. "Winnipeg Free Press" August 25, 2003.
Sengara, Lorissa. Fast Forward Manitoba. "Canadian Art" Summer, 2003. p. 18.
Gillmor, Alison. Home Invasion: The New Art of Decor. "The National Post" June 7, 2003. p. SP3.
Enright, Robert. The Spirit of the West. "Globe and Mail" May 10, 2003. p. V23. read this article
Enright, Robert. Nouveau Winnipeg. "Border Crossings" May 2003. p. 1516.
Skrobotniak, Tina. Sounds Like Canada. Interview on "CBC Radio One" May 8, 2003.
Roberts, Lorne. melitzah review. "www.newwinnipeg.com" April 23, 2003. p. V23.
Martino, Kelly. Youth Movement: Diverse Voices. "Uptown Magazine" March 20, 2003. p. 7.
Karlinsky, Amy. Young Winnipeg Artists. "Winnipeg Free Press" March 20, 2003. p. V23.
Walker, Morley. Art Attack! YWAs". "Winnipeg Free Press" March 13, 2003. p. D1.
Eyland, Cliff. Young Winnipeg Artists. Curators Essay "Plug In ICA" April 2003. read this article
Anderson, Jack. Work Points to Social Impact of Word Usage. "Regina: Regina Leader Post" 4 July, 2002. read this article
Langford, Martha. The Power of Reflection exhibition Catalogue. Montreal: "Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts" 2001.
Langford, Martha. The Power of Reflection. "Border Crossings #78" Manitoba: Arts Manitoba Publications Inc., 2001.
Shaw, Kyle and Tara Thorne. Art Beat: the Arts in Review. "The Coast" Halifax weekly November 18, 2001.
Muri, Allison. review of Girl Before a Mirror. "BlackFlash Journal of PhotoBased and Electronic Art Production." Vol. 18:3. Saskatoon: Buffalo Berry Press, 2000.
Bristol, Joanne. Travelling Light: Video Art from Saskatchewan exhibition catalogue essay. Halifax: "CFAT" 2000
Horowitz, Risa. review of On Kawara Exhibition "Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills". Border Crossings Magazine, Spring, 2006.
Horowitz, Risa. review of group exhibition curated by Christof Migone "Disquiet". C Magazine, Winter, 2006.
Horowitz, Risa. "The Unbearable Earnestness of Benny" review of "Neverending Song of Love". Canadian Art, Winter, 2004.
Horowitz, Risa. "Infest: International Artist Run Conference" feature article. Mix Magazine. Spring, 2004.
Horowitz, Risa, ed. "twitch" exhibition catalogue and curators essay, with Steve Dietz and Jennifer Woodbury. Ace Art Inc. Winnipeg, 2003. online catalogue
Horowitz, Risa, Lori Fontaine eds. "PaperWait 2003: Anniversary Issue" Ace Art Inc. Winnipeg, 2003.
Horowitz, Risa. "A Brief Utterance" for "COSIGN: Conference on Computational Semiotics for Games and New Media. University of Teeside, UK. 2003.
Horowitz, Risa. "The Decor Project" curators essay for The Decor Project: White on White by Hadley and Maxwell. Ace Art Inc. Winnipeg, 2003.
Horowitz, Risa. "Home and Garden" exhibition review of work by Andrew Wright, Oakville Galleries. "Border Crossings" Winnipeg, 2003.
Horowitz, Risa. "Before a Mirror. Again." review of The Power of Reflection curated by Martha Langford.BlackFlash Journal of PhotoBased and Electronic Art Production.Vol. 19:3. Saskatoon: Buffalo Berry Press, 2002.
Horowitz, Risa. "A Mad Tea Party IV" The Craft Factor. Summer 2001. Saskatoon: The Craft Council, 2001.
Horowitz, Risa. "Introut to a Third Millennium: a Response." Interplay Saskatoon: The Photographers Gallery, 1999.
Updated June 2010 | Acknowledgements | Copyright ©1998-2010 Risa Horowitz