Born in Montreal, Canada
EDUCATION
1999 Graduate Diploma in Translation, Concordia University, Montreal
1993 Workshops in Production Management, Video Production and Editing, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
1990 B.F.A, Sculpture Major, Concordia University, Montreal
1986 Semiology, Contemporary Dance, Université du Québec à Montreal
1985 Video Workshop (production), Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Ontario
1981 Certificate, Graphic Design, David Thompson University Centre, Nelson, B.C. (University closed in 1985)
1979 - 1980 Visual Arts, Foundation Year, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
1976 - 1977 Drawing and Painting, Spanish, Dawson College, Montreal
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS (official)
1992 Mural, GREAT WHALE, group project, 2033 St-Laurent Blvd., Montreal, Qc
1990 Mural, NITASSINAN, group project, corner Berri and Cherrier St., Montreal, Qc
1989-90 METRO D'ART, Installation, Snowdon Metro Station garden, Queen Mar Rd, curated by La Centrale (Powerhouse Artist-run centre) Montreal, Qc
1988, Untitled, 6 steel plates with iron oxide drawings and text, in the Concordia University Visual Arts building garden wall, 1395 René-Lévesque Blvd, Montreal, Qc
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS (solo clandestine)
2020 Pandemic Graffiti Project, messages of love and thanks on Montreal sidewalks
1994 Pour un lieu enneigé, an installation of a circle of twelve large bowls made of clear ice and plants, South-West corner of Girouard Park, N.D.G., Montreal, Qc
1989 ACCELERANDO, Drummond Bldg Tunnel, (demolished) DeMaisonneuve St, Mtl, Qc
1985-86 STOP BURNING DOWN, Graffiti in and around 50 burned-out buildings mostly due to arson, Mtl, Qc
WEB-BASED ART
2013 (ongoing) Joe Tehawehron David (photographs, poems)
SOLO/TWO-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
2002 L'ESTRAN (the foreshore), Arts N.D.G. Gallery, 5791 Sherbrooke St W., Montreal, Qc
1994 HERUY, multimedia installation with Solomon Tzeggai-Teferi, Hall Bldg. Concordia University, Montreal, Qc
1985 IN VITRO, sculpture, Galerie SKOL, Montreal, Qc
1981 RATS, installation, City Space, 343 Railway, Vancouver, B.C.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1996, INHERITANCE/HÉRITAGE, Centre Interculturel Strathearn, curated by Michael Molter and Heather Midori Yamada, Montreal, Qc
1995 Whapmagoostui, Grande Baleine, (curators and organizers Kevin Kelly and Doug Buis) Piano Fabriek, Brussels, Belgium;
1994 Whapmagoostui, Grande Baleine, Open Haven Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1993 Whapmagoostui, Grande Baleine, La Maison de la Culture du Plateau Mont-Royal, Montréal;
1992 Whapmagoostui, Grande Baleine, University of Vermont Art Gallery, Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A
1992 Whapmagoostui, Grande Baleine, La Gare, L’Annonciation, Qc (10 July – August 20)
1992 Le dessin rebelle, curated by Claire Gravel (catalogue), Saidye Bronfman Centre (now the Segal Centre), Montreal, Qc
1992 OKANATA, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario
1991 OKANATA, A Space, Toronto, Ontario
1989 L'art au travail, Liberté Yogourt, curated by Robert Milliken, Candiac, Qc
1987 Un Echange/An Exchange, Articule/Neutral Ground, curated by Linda Dornan, Regina, Sask.
1984 ONE NIGHT ONLY, curated by Robert Milliken, 699 St-Maurice, Montreal, Qc
VIDEO
1993 terra, part of Mekaron Project, a residency at Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta
RESIDENCIES
2024 (october) Créations-sur-le-champ Land Art, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec
1998 Est-Nord-Est, Centre de sculpture, St-Jean-Port-Joli, Qc (September to December)
1996 Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop, Raglan, Gwent, Wales, UK (June)
1995-1996 PROJET IMMIXTION/COMMUNITY: SITES OF ENGAGEMENT, Galerie dare-dare, Montreal
1993 MEKARON, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta (January to March)
1992 Great Whale Artists’ Project, 10 Indigenous and non-indigenous artist travelled to the Great Whale region, Cree and Inuit Territory, to hear and see first-hand how lives would be affected by the proposed Hydro-Québec James Bay II Hydro Project. (August-September)
PUBLICATIONS/ARTIST BOOKS
1996 Immixtion - Sites of Engagement, galerie dare-dare (30)
1996 L’attente, Artist's book (1)
1996 Whapmagoostui, Artist's book (10)
1995 Marginalia, Questions of Community, Banff Centre Press
1994 Associate Editor, and cover designer, Semiotext(e) Canada(s), an antholog of writing by Canadian authors, Jordan Zinovich, Editor, pub. by Autonomedia, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A
1991 For Tehawehron, two-page artwork, text and photos, commissioned by HARBOUR, Vol. 1 no. 3, Lani Maestro and Stephen Horne, Publishers
CONFERENCES/ARTIST’S TALKS
2002 Artist's Talk, Arts N.D.G. Gallery, in the context of my exhibition, L'Estran
1994 One week serving tea and discussing the life of the late HERUY TESFAY with the Eritrean Community, Concordia students, and visitors in the exhibition HERUY
1993 Community Symposium, Banff, Alberta (January)
1993 Art and Feminist Practice, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta (February)
1992 Conference in the context of Empreintes de distance (l'exil), Articule, Montreal
CATALOGUES
1999 Mémento, Centre de sculpture Est-Nord-Est, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Qc
1993 Whapmagoostui, Grande Baleine, Maison de la culture Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, Qc
1992 le dessin rebelle, Claire Gravel, Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, Qc
1987 Un Echange/An Exchange, Linda Dornan, Articule/Neutral Ground
EXHIBITION CURATOR/ORGANIZER
1992 Empreintes de distance (l'exil), Articule artist-run centre, Montreal
1989 Photomaton, Articule, Mtl, Le Mois de la Photo à Montreal,(Catalogue)
GRANTS/PRIZES
1996 Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, Travel Grant
1993 Canada Council for the Arts, B Grant
1989 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
1988 Sculpture competition prize: use of a studio for a summer and installation of my work in the Concordia University Visual Arts Building garden wall, corner of Crescent and René-Lévesque, Montreal, Qc
REVIEWS/PRESS COVERAGE/INTERVIEWS
2005 Rampike Magazine, 14/1, Interview for the Poésie en mouvement/Poetry in Motion project in Montreal city busses
1996 The Concordian, Sophie Tremblay and McGill Daily Culture, Simona Gheorghiu (Heritage)
1996 Vie des Arts, Bernard Levy (Heritage)
1995 Canadian Forum, Mathew Manera
1994 HOUR, Mark Shainblum, (Semiotext(e) Canadas)
1994 McGill Daily Culture, (HERUY) Remembering Through Art, Mebrat Beyene
1993 HOUR, Donald Goodes (Whapmagoostui)
1992 Le Devoir, Jean Dumont, (August) (Le Dessin Rebelle)
1992 The Gazette, Henry Lehman (August)
1992 PUBLIC POSSIBLE? Interview in a documentary by Donald Goodes, Vidéographe
1991 C magazine (Fall/Winter)
1990 Instabili: La Question du Sujet, Catherine Bédard, (Artexte et La Centrale).
1990 Parachute no. 58, Métro d'art, Joanne Sloane P.44
1990 Esse printemps/été, Quand le public assiste immobile dans le noir, Johanne Chagnon, P.26
1990 Voir, Galerie Souterraine, Marie-Michèle Cron
1989 Espace, (for Métro d'art)
1989 The Mirror, The Real Underground, Sheila Urbanoski, December 14
1989 C.B.C. Daybreak (radio), Henry Lehman, December