Jean-Paul Kelly (Full version)

Education:

Masters of Visual Studies (M.V.S.), University of Toronto, 2005
B.F.A., Honors Studio Art, University of Western Ontario, 2001

Grants & Awards:

Canada Council for the Arts, Assistance to Visual Artists - Project Grant, 2009
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2008, 2002
Toronto Arts Council Media Artists Grant – Level One, 2007
Ontario Arts Council Media Arts Grant – Emerging Artists, 2006
David Buller Memorial Scholarship, 2004
University of Toronto Graduate Fellowship, 2004, 2003

Selected Exhibitions:

All Rag, No Bone, as Fennel Plunger Corporation: Jean-Paul Kelly, Steve Reinke and Anne Walk. Mercer Union, Toronto, ON, September 10-October 23, 2010.

Showcase.09, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 12 - Oct. 25, 2009. Curated by Sara Knelman and Ivan Jurakic.

“How to Die Like an Animal,” part of the screening series Empathy is a Tool for Making the Cruelty More Precise, Block Cinema, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May 27, 2009. Curated by Abina Manning and Steve Reinke.

“Between Animals 1,” part of the screening series How to Die Like an Animal, Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin, Germany, May 25, 2009. Curated by Steve Reinke.

And fastened to a dying animal, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada, October 2008.

art-action: rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid: Paris, France, Nov. 23 – Dec. 2, 2006; Madrid, Spain, April 28 – May 5, 2007; Mitte, Berlin, Germany, June 25th – 30th 2007.

Regarding the Pain of Susan Sontag (Notes on Camp), as Fennel Plunger Corporation: Jean-Paul Kelly, Steve Reinke and Anne Walk. Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada, June 2005.

Catherine Heard, Jean-Paul Kelly and Craig Leonard: University of Toronto MVS Programme Inaugural Graduating Exhibition 2005. University Art Centre, University of Toronto, April 2005. Curated by Peggy Gale.

The New Everyday (The Day Before Tomorrow), videos by Jean-Paul Kelly, Dani Leventhal, Harrell Fletcher, George Kuchar. Pleasure Dome, at CineCycle, Toronto, Canada, Nov. 2004. Curated by Steve Reinke.