Richard Purdy

Richard Purdy

Richard_Purdy@uqtr.uquebec.ca
http://www.uqtr.uquebec.ca/dessin

CURATOR

2000-01   Co-ordinator, ART GALLERY r3 , University of Québec in Three Rivers.
2001        CENTRE D'EXPOSITION L'IMAGER, Aylmer (Quebec). Conception and curator for the exhibition The State of Time:
               The Millennium Stamps commissioned by L’atelier de l’île, Val David. 250 international participants.
               From September 9 to October 7.
2000        Canadian Postal Museum, MUSEUM OF CIVILISATIONS, Hull (Quebec). The State of Time: The Millennium Stamps,
               Febuary 16 to March 26.
               CENTRE D'EXPOSITION DU VIEUX PALAIS, St.- Jérôme (Quebec). The State of Time:
               The Millennium Stamps, January 9 to Febuary 13.
               ATELIER PRESSE-PAPIER, Trois-Rivières (Quebec). The State of Time: The Millennium Stamps, May 26 to June 18.
               Conference Les pays du temps, UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC AT TROIS-RIVIÈRES and ATELIER PRESSE-PAPIER. June 12.
               9th BIENNALE OF CERAMIC ART, GALERIE DU PARC, MAISON DE LA CULTURE, Trois-Rivières, (Quebec).
               Curator for parallel exhibition "La machine à voyager dans le temps" from June 16 juin to 1st September.

EXHIBITIONS / performances

2001        Chapelle HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR, Montreal (Québec) Le stûpa:environment of the vertical horizon
2000        Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY,
               Pittsburgh, Pen. USA. Skating on the Eye
2000        CENTRE D'EXPOSITION DU VIEUX PALAIS, St-Jérôme (Quebec). The Atlas of the Afterlife
2000        MAISON DE LA CULTURE, Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Patiner sur l’œil
               LA BOX, National School of Fine Arts, Bourges (France) Le big crunch 2: aréoarchéologie
1999        CARLETON UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Patiner sur l’œil
               SOUTH ALBERTA ART GALLERY, Lethbridge, Alberta. Patiner sur l'œil
               GALERIE PAUL-ÉMILE BORDUAS Trois Rivi_res, Quebec. Traverser des voies périlleuses
               GALERIE D'ART DU CENTRE CULTUREL DE L'UNIVERSITÉ DE
               SHERBROOKE, Sherbrooke, Quebec. progressions équivoques
1998        UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À TROIS-RIVIéRES, Quebec. Métro Trois-Rivi_res
               MAISON HAMEL-BRUNEAU, Sainte-Foy, Quebec. À ciel ouvert:Traverser des voies périlleuses
               THE MUSEUM FOR TEXTILES, Toronto, Ontario. Small World
               MISSISSAUGA ART GALLERY, Mississauga, Ontario. Bernini's Vomit
               GALERIE HORACE, Sherbrooke, Quebec. Patiner sur l 'œil
               KOFFLER GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario. Areoarchaeology
1997        AXE NÉO 7, Hull, Quebec. Residence and exhibition. Aréoarcheology
1996        LA GARE, L’Annonciation, Quebec. Patiner sur l'œil
               GLENDON GALLERY, York University, Toronto, Ontario. Patiner sur l'œil
1995        CHRISTIANE CHASSAY, Montreal, Quebec. Bernini’s Vomit
               L'OEIL DE POISSON, Quebec, Quebec. "
               MERCER UNION, Toronto, Ontario. Unrestored
               OTTAWA ART GALLERY, Arts Court Ottawa, Ontario. Bernini's Vomit
               GALERIE EXPRESSION, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec. The Tearing of Angels
1994        MUSÉE RÉGIONAL DE LA CïTE-NORD, Sept-"les, Quebec. The Tearing of Angels
1993��CIAS, CRESTET, Vaison de la Romaine, France. Patiner sur l'Ïil
1992        ART GALLERY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, Australia. At the Four Corners of a Round Earth
               GALERIE CHRISTIANE CHASSAY, Montréal, Quebec. "
               LONDON REGIONAL ART GALLERY, London, Ontario. The Poisoning of Reality
               GALERIE OBSCURE, Quebec, Quebec. "
1991        GALERIE CHRISTIANE CHASSAY, Montréal, Quebec. La Caduta di Lucifero
               MUSÉE REGIONAL DU RIMOUSKI, Rimouski, Quebec. The Poisoning of Reality
               GALERIE D'ART DU MATANE, Matane, Quebec. Progeria Longaevus/ Inversion of the World
1990        SAIDYE BRONFMAN ART GALLERY, Montréal, Quebec. The Poisoning of Reality
               GALLERI ANGKOKET, Göteborg, Sweden. Corpus Cristi, The inversion, Culture X
               CENTRE D'ACTION CULTURELLE Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
               DÉLÉGATION DU QUEBEC À PARIS, Paris, France. Progeria Longaevus
               ART METROPOLE, Toronto, Ontario. The Inversion of the World
1989        Crypt, MUSEUM OF SAINT JOHN, London, Great Britian. Progeria Longaevus
               GALLERI ENKEHUSET, Stockholm, Sweden. Corpus Cristi, The Inversion, Progeria
               GALERIE PENNYBANK, London, Great Britian. The Inversion of the World
               NATIONAL CIRCUS SCHOOL, Montréal, Quebec. "
               GALERIE CHRISTINE CHASSAY, Montréal, Quebec. Progeria Longaevus
               MUSÉE DE LA CIVILISATION, Quebec, Quebec. "
1988        GALERIE NOCTUELLE, Montréal, Quebec. The History of Culture X
               THE WORKS, Edmonton, Alberta. "
1987        RING HOUSE GALLERY, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Corpus Cristi, Natural Selection
1986        SAW GALLERY, Ottawa, Ontario. Natural Selection
               GALERIE OBORO, Montréal, Quebec. "
               A.R.C.,Toronto, Ontario. Corpus Cristi, Natural Selection
               GALERIE OBORO, Montréal, Quebec. East-West
               EYE LEVEL GALLERY, Halifax, N.S. East-West
               GALERIE D'ART DU CENTRE CULTUREL DE
               L'UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE, Quebec. Corpus Cristi
1985        GALERIE ARTICULE, Montréal, Quebec. Corpus Cristi
               GALERIE DU CENTRE CULTUREL D'AMOS, Amos, Quebec. "
               CENTRE D'EXPOSITIONS ARTISTIQUES Inc., Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Corpus Cristi
               GALERIE RESTIGOUCHE, Campbellton, Nouveau Brunswick. "
               MUSÉE DU BAS-SAINT-LAURENT, Rivi_re-du-loup, Quebec. "
               SOCIETE DES ARTS DE CHICOUTIMI, Chicoutimi, Quebec. "
               GALERIE MONTCALM, Hull, Quebec.
               UFUNDI GALLERY, Ottawa, Ontario. Yantra - Tantra
1984        GALERIE D'ART DE MATANE Inc., Matane, Quebec. Corpus Cristi
               MUSÉE PIERRE BOUCHER, Trois-Rivi_res, Quebec. "
               MUSÉE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, Montréal, Quebec. "
               GALERIE SAW, Ottawa, Ontario. East-West
               THE MUSIC GALLERY,Toronto, Ontario. Eschatology
1981        COLLEGE D'ART EMILY CARR, Vancouver, B.C. Eschatology
               GALERIE IOI, Ottawa, Ontario. "
               FACTORY 77, Toronto, Ontario. The Lost Civilisation of Ba Pe
               CABLE OTTAWA, Ottawa, Ontario. "
               GALERIE SAW, Ottawa, Ontario. The Lost Civilisation of Ba Pe
               LE GROUPE DE LA PLACE ROYALE, Ottawa, Ontario. "
               GALERIE OPTICA, Montréal, Quebec. "
               ARTSPACE, Peterborough, Ontario. "
               THE WESTERN FRONT,Vancouver, B.C. The Sacred Circuit
1980        MERCER UNION,Toronto, Ontario. "
               GALERIE SAW, Ottawa, Ontario. "
               MUSÉE D'ART VIVANT VEHICULE, Montréal, Quebec. "
1978        LE GROUPE DE LA PLACE ROYALE, Ottawa, Ontario. Paperworks
1976        GALERIE SAW, Ottawa, Ontario. White paintings
1975        ANNA LEONOWENS GALLERY, Halifax, N.S. "
               DALHOUSIE ARTS CENTER Halifax, N.S. Two Noh plays

GROUP EXHIBITIONS / performance

2001        Portable, invited artist. ATELIER PRESSE-PAPIER, Maison de la Culture de Trois-Rivières, Salle Anaïs Allard Rousseau.
               March 3, 2001. Curated by Gilles Devault.
2000        La Vivrière, ART PUBLIC À QUÉBEC, centre d'interprétation de la ville urbaine, City Hall of Quebec City (Québec).
               September 12, 2000 to May 15, 2001.
               D'Khil Khor , MANIFESTATION INTERNATIONALE D'ART DE QUEBEC, Quebec (Quebec), du 1er septembre
               au 15 octobre 2000. Curated by Andrée Daigle.
               Communauté d'auteurs dispersés en société et Cie, CITY HALL, Hull Quebec.
               Performance sponsored by AXE NÉO 7 and curated by Doyon/Demers, June 18.
               Monument virtuel, Participationin electronic doctoral thesis of Marie-Christine Mathieu, études et pratiques des arts.
               Métro Trois-Rivières, Hôtel de Ville, Trois-Rivières (Québec). Documents of the installation, March 22 to April 31.
               Curated by Louise Desaulniers.
               Les instantanés, GALERIE OPTICA, Montréal (Québec). April 7, curated by René Blouin.
               D'Khil Khor , installatio n at PASS ART, group art exhibition, Rouyn-Noranda Quebec.
               « Le scénario visuel de la page: 100 livres d'artistes ». BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE DU QUÉBEC, exhibition of Book works.
1999        Areorachaeology, The Big Crunch, GALERIE SERGE ABOUKRAT, Paris, France. Curated by Richard Leydier,
1999        Pain’t Misbehavin’. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge Alberta.
1999        D'Khil Khor , Hold, an artist’s collective on space, installation in Toronto, Ontario. 5 – 30 May.
1999        D'Khil Khor , Hold, installation in Ottawa, Ontario. 6 – 28 March.
1999        D'Khil Khor , Hold, installation at Montréal (Quebec). 7 - 25 April.
1999        Hivernage, installation with Boréal Multimédia, HAFNARFJARDARBAER, (Straumar Art Center), Hafnarfjöröur, Iceland.
               D'Khil Khor. Svernir Olafsson, commissaire.
1999        Hivernage, installation with Boréal Multimédia, CENTRE D’EXPOSITION AU VIEUX-PALAIS, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec.
1998        L'Orangeraie, artist's collectif on the minature. L'OEIL DE POISSON, Quebec, Quebec. Exit Inn
               Manifestation: Refus Globale, Galerie Paul-Émile Borduas, Université du Quebec à Trois-Rivi_res.
               Curated by Pierre-Simon Doyon.
               Hivernage, group environmental residency with BORÉAL MULTIMÉDIA, L’Annonciation, Quebec. D'khil Khor.
               Silence, on achète, PLEIN SUD, Longueuil (Québec).
               la chant profond, multidisciplinary choreographic work realized with Tedi Tafel, AGORA DE LA DANSE, Montréal,
               Quebec, and DANCE IN CANADA FESTIVAL, Courthouse Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario.
1997        Promote/Exhibit/Document, GALLERY IOI, Ottawa, Ontario.
               Manoeuvres, OTTAWA ART GALLERY, Ottawa (Ontario). July 10 to september 14.
               Be Cause Brancusi, AXE NÉO 7, Hull, Quebec
               Effet de lieu, HAUT 7e IMPERIAL, Granby, Quebec.
1996        Forest-frontière, Boréal Multimédia. Residence on Vancouver Island, B.C.
               Artist’ Writing Reading Room, Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, California, USA. Patiner sur l’œil and MoTel Do Tel.
1995-8     Ocean Planet, traveling exhibition organized by the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington D.C., U.S.A. THE PRESIDIO,
               San Francisco, CA, 1996; CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CENTER, Baltimore, 1996; AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY,
               New York, 1997; BISHOP MUSEUM, Honolulu, 1997; CHICAGO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,1998;
               MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, Boston, U.S.A. 1998. The Inversion of the World
1994        Représentation en sculpture: théâtre d'une répétition. SISEM,Vieux-port de Montréal, June 30 to Sept.3. M. Regimbald
               and G.Fucito curators. Aux quatre coins d'une terre ronde
               De causis et tractatibus, AXE NEO 7, Hull, Quebec. March 27 to April 24. Atlas of the Afterlife
               Le songe d'une nuit d'été, Maison Hamel Bruneau, St-Foy, Quebec. 14 June to 15 august, 1994�Group show with
               Louise Viger, Holly King, Françoise Girard, Andrée Pagé. La revision de la lune
1993��Book ends & odd books, WALTER PHILLIPS GALLERY, Banff, Alberta. Ashor Mathur curator.
               The Inversion of the World: a geo-metaphorical Atlas
               Substitute Teacher, GALLERY OF THE SAIDYE BRONFMAN CENTER, Montréal, Quebec. S. Horodner & R.Basha,
               curators. Inferno: a sketch
               Terra Incognita, LA GALERIE D'ART DU COLLÉGE ÉDOUARD-MONTPETIT, Montréal, Quebec. Francine Paul, curator.
               The flat earth (section of At the Four Corners of a Round Earth).
               Terra Incognita, MUSEE MARCIL, Longueuil, Quebec. Carte, l'Histoire de la Culture X.
               Cartographies variables, GALERIE UQAM, Montréal, Quebec. Francine Paul, curator.TheInversion of the World.
1992        Exposition of finalists, PLACE DES ARTS, competition for public sculpture for the quadrilatère of Place des Arts, Montréal,
               Quebec. March- April. De Opificio Mundi,
               La décennie de la métamorphose, MUSÉE DU QUEBEC, Quebec City, Quebec. Jan-March. Guy Mercier, curator. Carte,
               Culture X; Journal 1984-5
1987        Ressources techniques, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Art Gallery, Montréal. Sept. 8 to 16. Orrey from Culture X
1985        Gender confussion, A.R.C. Toronto, Ontario. June 30 - July 14. Splits,
               Gender confussion, GALLERY IOI, Ottawa, Ontario. March 13 - April 13. Splits,
               Absurde, Gallery YAHOUDA MEIR, Montréal, Quebec. Mar. 27- April 13. Sainte-Chantal
               Faculty show, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Montréal, Quebec. Sept.19- Oct.19.
1984        Faculty show, VISUAL ARTS CENTER, Montréal, Quebec. Sept.20- Oct 14. Death yantra
1977        Faculty show, ART GALLERY OF OSA, Ottawa, Ontario. May 11-16. "Nimitta Yantra"
               Maestro di Lavori, LA GALLERIA VILLA SCHIFANOIA, Florence, Italy.

PROJECTS AND EVENTS

1998        Métro Trois-Rivi_res, installation, performance, event and video production created with students in the corridors
               of the Pavillon Ringuet, Université du Quebec à Trois-Rivi_res (Quebec).
1998        Traverser des voies périlleuses, « À ciel ouvert », installation created with the students of course ARP 1042,
               MAISON HAMEL-BRUNEAU, Sainte-Foy, Quebec. Curated by Andrée Daigle.
1998        Manifestation: Refus Global, participation with students from course ARP 1036, GALERIE PAUL-EMILE BORDUAS,
               Université du Quebec à Trois-Rivi_res.
1991        Installation Camouflage at the UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À CHICOUTIMI, Chicoutimi, Quebec,
               created with students of course ART 109-01: experimental sculpture.
1981        Installation and performance of Eschatology with 60 students of the EMILY CARR COLLEGE OF ART, Vancouver, B.C.,
               invited by Sylvia Scott.
1981        Eschatology, installation/performance created with the experimental art class of the OTTAWA SCHOOL OF ART,
               presented at GALLERY IOI, Ottawa (Ontario).

PUBLIC ART and COMMISSIONS

2000        MONT-ROYALE METRO STATION, PLACE GÉRALD GODIN, Montréal, Quebec. Tango de Montréal . Integration in the Metro plaza,
               exterior installation in brick mosaic 7,23 x 7,23 m. Commissioned work of the City of Montréal.
1997��THÉÂTRE DU NOUVEAU MONDE, Montréal Quebec. Interior integration project: Bronze 45 x 241 x 20 cm.;
               ceramic 45 x 241 x 30 cm. and epoxy elements. 81.3 m2
1996-7     ÉCOLE DE L’AMITÉ, Commission scolaire La Gardeur, l’Annonciation Quebec. Le point de vue envolé eight permanent interior
               interventions. 6 modules in glass 16 x 16 in., wood sculpture 6,5 x 7 ft., mosaic of 49 square feet.
1995��UNITED NATIONS (Food and Agriculture Organization) and THE CITY OF QUEBEC. La Vivrière.
               permanent exterior sculpture/fountain. 25 ft.x 6 ft. Bronze. Private commission.
1995��CARBONE 14, Montréal, Quebec. Deus ex machina exterior sculpture on 120 ft. chimeny. 9 x 8,5 ft.,
               Corten steel & aluminium, electrical system.
1994��CÉGEP AHUNSIC, Montréal, Quebec. Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy... Diptych murals, sheet metal, oxides; 29 x 12 ft : 20. x 12 ft.
1993-4��CENTRE D'ENSEIGNEMENT PROFESSIONEL, Sainte Hyacinthe, Quebec. Exterior sculpture
               L'Horizon de l'avenir. 1524 m x 1,08 m. Brick mosaic.
1993-4��UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, Montréal, Quebec.Les jardins des Hespérides Two major exterior sculptures for the new
               Mathematics and Computer Pavillion ; 9 m. x 5m. and 7m.x 5m., bronze, granite, mosaic. National competion, project realized
               under the Art in Integration with Architecture program of the Ministry of Culture, Gouvernment of Quebec.
1994-5     ECOLE DE BOIS-DES-FILION, School Commission of the Mille-Iles, Quebec. De Opificio Mundi. Four interior sculptures and
               two murals. Art in Integration with Architecture program.
1992��RADIO QUEBEC, Montréal, Quebec. Expériences de Voyages Mosaic floor and large-scale galss sculpture for National Television
               Network of Quebec; stone, marble, granite, bronze, glass, electrical systems. Mosaic: 182,88 m2 Glass sculpture
               9,14 x 15,24 m. Realized under the Art in Integration with Architecture program of the Ministry of Culture,
               Government of Quebec.
1992��UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À MONTRÉAL, Montréal, Quebec. Intermezzo exterior mural for the Music/Dance Theatre
               Complex of the University. 11 x 11 meters, brick. Realized under the Art in Integration with Architecture 1%)
               program of the Ministry of Culture, Government of Quebec.
1992��CENTRE HOPITALIER DU ST-EUSTACHE, St-Eustache, Quebec. The Music of the Spheres large scale permanent exterior
               sculpture; steel, glass, aluminum, resin, electrical system. 5,0m. x 6,10 m. Realized under the Art in Integration
               with Architecture program of the Ministry of Culture, Government of Quebec.
1992��CENTRE HOPITALIER DU LACHINE, Lachine, Quebec. Five interventions in the hospital under the theme of
               Progeria Longaevus. Wood, steel, glass and paper. 120 m., realized under the Art in Integration with Architecture 1%)
               program of the Ministry of Culture, Government of Quebec.
1991��SOCIETE DES TRANSPORTS DE LA COMMUNATE URBAINE DE MONTRÉAL and WESTCLIFF CORPORATION,
               Les promenades de la cathedrale, Métro McGill, Montréal, Quebec.To rise, we must push against the ground onto
               which we have fallen large scale permanent relief sculpture; glass, resin and wood 7,62 x 2,74 m. Private commission.
1989        NATIONAL CIRCUS SCHOOL, Montreal, Quebec. Monumental mosaic; bronze, marble and cement, 4,70m. diameter, 76,2
               square meters.The Inversion of the World realized under the Art in Integration with Architecture program of the Ministry of
               Culture, Government of Quebec.

LECTURING (and Conferences)

2001        CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, School of Fine Arts, Pittsburg PA. USA.. Thursday, January 18.
2000        Curator and participant, UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS-RIVIÈRES, «Les pays du temps: autour les timbres du millénaire».
               June 14, 2000
2000        CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, «L'Espace traversé; colloque sur les pratiques interdisciplinares». February 24-27.
               Curated by Guy Laramé.
1999        CARLETON UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Ottawa, Ontario.
1999        « L’ART ET LA VILLE », Trois-Rivières (Quebec). Public art.
1999        UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À MONTRÉAL, Montréal, Quebec.
1999        ATELIER SCULPT, Montréal (Quebec). La sculpture dans tous ses états.
1998        SOUTH ALBERTA ART GALLERY, Lethbridge (Alberta). Progeria Longaevus.
               MUSEUM FOR TEXTILES, Toronto (Ontario). Canons.
               SHERIDAN COLLEGE, Oakville (Ontario). Small World: Fire and Water.
               UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, London, Ontario. Small World: Air and Earth.
               GALERIE HORACE, Sherbrooke, Quebec. Skating on the Eye.
               KOFFLER GALLERY, Toronto, Ontario. Archaeology on Mars.
1997        CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, Department of Printmedia. The Lost Industries.
               Axe NÉO 7, Hull, Quebec. Areoarchaeoplogy.
��   GALERIE IOI, Ottawa (Ontario). "Colloquia ".
1997        COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION, Febuary 12-15. New York City. Invited lecturer for «Doings in Art History, Criticism,
               Museum Studies and the Studio Arts. Progeria Longaevus.
1996        ATELIER DE L’ÎLE, Val David, Quebec. Artist’s books.
               GLENDON COLLEGE, York University, Toronto (Ontario). " Patiner sur l’oeil "
               CENTRE D’EXPOSITION DU VIEUX-PALAIS, Saint-Jérôme, Qué. Public art, Mod_les réduits.
1995        OTTAWA ART GALLERY, Ottawa Ontario. Geographies of the discharge.
               L'OEIL DE POISSON, Quebec, Quebec. Geographies of the discharge.
1994        UNIVERS ITY OF OTTAWA, Ottawa, Ontario. Jacquline Fry Memorial lecture.
               UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À MONTRÉAL, Montréal Quebec).
1993�� MUSÉE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, Montréal, Quebec. S.E.Q. Images de la Nature.
               CEGEP ÉDOUARD-MONTPETIT, Montréal, Quebec . Geographical lesson.
1992        GALERIE OBSCURE, Quebec City, Quebec.
               CANADIAN AND QUEBEC CARTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATIONS, McGill University, Montréal. The Inversion of the World.
               PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Perth, Australia, At the Four Corners of a Round Earth.
               UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À MONTREAL, Stûpa, psychological architecture.
1991        WALTER PHILIPS ART GALLERY, Banff, Alberta. Mortality and Art.
               UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À MONTREAL, Quebec.
1990        UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À CHICOUTIMI, Chicoutimi, Quebec.
               L'ART VERS L'AN 2000,�table ronde avec CRITQ, Montréal, Quebec.
               ENVIRONMENT 2000,�Gœthe Institute, Montreal.
               YORK UNIVERSITY, Master's department, Visual Arts.Toronto, Ontario.
               FANSHAWE COLLEGE and LONDON REGIONAL ART GALLERY, London, Ontario.
               UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR, Windsor, Ontario.
               L'ENVIRONNEMENT 2000,��Gœthe Institute, Montreal, Quebec.
               APOCALPSYE ET MÉTAPHORE, Presentation and round table, Saidye Bronfman Center, Montreal.
1989        Conference "L'art demaquillé" as part of ENTRÉE D'ART LIBRE, Montreal, Quebec.
               MUSÉE DE LA CIVILISATION, Quebec City, Quebec. Muséo-seduction.
               UNIVERSITIES ART ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, Winnepeg, Manitoba. Biography as Art.
1988        SHERIDAN COLLEGE, Oakville, Ontario.
               CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, Montreal, Quebec.
               UNIVERSITIÉ DU QUEBEC À LAVAL, Quebec City, Quebec.
1987        SHERIDAN COLLEGE, Oakville, Ontario.
1987        CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, Department of Religion, Montréal. The Stupa.
               CENTENNIAL COLLEGE, Montréal, Quebec.
1985        SAW GALLERY, Ottawa, Ontario. The Stupa.
1979-80   CARELTON UNIVERSITY, (H.S. of COMMERCE and others, Ottawa, Ontario. Japanese papermaking.

PUBLICATIONS

2002        THE GENERAL EXPLANATION OF ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, Nexus Press, Atlanta Georgia USA.
2001        « OPISCULE » : THE STATE OF TIME, Atelier de l’Île.
2000        9e BIENNALE NATIONALE DE CÉRAMIQUE, catalogue, curator's statement. Trois-Rivières (Quebec)
2000        THE ATLAS OF THE AFTERLIFE, Maison d'édition Le Sabord, Trois-Rivières (Québec).
2000        "The General Explanation of Absolutely Everything", in RAMPIKE Toronto:Vol.11 No.1, pp.68-69 été.
2000        MOVING&STORAGE, catalogue published by HOLD collective. D'Khil Khor
2000        LE BIG CRUNCH II, catalogue published by LE BOX, École des Beaux-arts, Bourges, France. Richard Leydier, curator.
2000        PROGERIA LONGAEVUS, Maison d'édition Le Sabord, Trois-Rivières (Quebec).
2000        "Art public: simplification pour stratégie", Actes of the conference ART ET LA VILLE, Trois-Rivières.
1999-00   Iconography (cover pageand artist's projet) "Imaginaire de la fin", PROTÉE, Vol. 27 no. 3. "L'Atlas de l'au-delà".
1999        Louis Cumming, FINET, SECRÈT ACRIEN. Published by le Conseil des arts du Bas Normandie, France.
1999        « Richard Purdy -æ TRAVERSER LES VOIES PÉRILLEUSES» invited artists, URAV, Section des arts plastiques.
               Université du Quebec à Trois-Rivières.
1999        PROGRESSIONS ÉQUIVOQUES, catalogue, with Philippe Boissonnet et Alessandra Di Noto. Galerie d’art du centre culturel
               de l’Université de Sherbrooke.
1999        3 MANIÈRES D’INSTRUIRE L’INVENTAIRE (R. Gagnier et Axe Néo 7, Hull 1999        ).
1998        EXIT INN, published for the exhibition Small Worlds, Museum for Textiles, Toronto, Ontario.
1998        SMALL WORLD, catalogue publiée par le Museum of Textiles, Toronto Ontario.
1997        SKATING ON THE EYE, Les Industries Perdues, Montréal, Quebec.
1995        LES INDUSTRIES PERDUES, catalogue printed for traveling show by Glendon Gallery, L'Oeil de Poisson,
               and Galerie Christiane Chassay.
               RHÉGORIQUE EXTRÉMISTE, catalogue printed for exhibition Unrestored at Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario.
1994        THREE MOTETS, artist's project based on Patiner sur l'œil. C magazine: Toronto, Ontario, fall issue.
               THE TEARING OF ANGELS, book published by Musée Régional de la Côte-Nord, Sept-"les, Quebec.
               SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, catalogue by the Saidye Bronfman Center, Montréal.
               CARTOGRAPHIES VARIABLES, catalogue by Université du Quebec à Montréal, including The Inversion of the World.
1993��L'IMAGE Memorial album in honour of cartographer Sylvie RIMBERT, publilished by U.R.A.D., Strasbourg, France.
               The Inversion of the World.
1992        LA DÉCENNIE DE LA MÉTAMORPHOSE catalogue by the Musée du Quebec, including Journal and Map #1, Culture X.
1991        DESCANT fall/winter. Toronto, Ontario. La Caduta di Lucifero.
1990        RICHARD PURDY catalogue by Centre d'action culturelle Pablo Neruda, France. Texts by Chantal Cusin-Berche and
               Céline De Guise.
1990        THE INVERSION OF THE WORLD: A GEOMETAPHORICAL ATLAS. Book published by Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario.
               Introduction by Christopher Dewdney.
1990        THINKER (vol.14, no.1). University of Kentucky at Louisville. Ratings against absolute truth.
1990        POSSIBLES (UQAM: vol.14, no. 2). Montréal. La Mer du Quebec section of The Inversion of the World. Pg.159-62.
1989        THREE HISTORICAL FICTIONS Catalogue. Produced by Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
1988        RAMPIKE,Toronto, (vol.6, no.2). Ratings against absolute truth.
1988        THE JOURNAL OF WILD CULTURE, No.3, Toronto. Natural Selection.
1987        RAMPIKE, Toronto. (vol.5, no.3). Kumbo Kingdom.
1987        RAMPIKE,Toronto. (vol.6, no.1). Corpus Cristi.
1987        RUBICON, No.#9, Montréal. The History of Culture X.
1985        NATURAL SELECTION, Catalogue, 22 pages, illustrated, typeset.
1984        PRÉSENT ANTÉRIEUR Produced by Musée D 'Art Contemporain. Catalogue containing Corpus Cristi.
1984        THE JOURNAL (JSPNEC) vol.1: THREE CULTURES 84 pages, illustrated
1982        BA PE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LOST CIVILIZATION.ORCSSB publication. 22 pages, illustrated.
1981        ESCHATOLOGY Catalogue, 40 pages, typeset, illustrated.
1974        LACRIMOSA, DAY OF TEARS.Artists book. Offset text with eight intaglio llustrations. Edition of 50.

COLLECTIONS

Canada Council Art Bank
Department of Foreign Affaires, Goverment of Canada
Prêt d’œuvre, Musée de Québe
Westcliffe Corp.
The city of Quebec
Private collections

VIDEO, AUDIO , WEB AND MULTIMEDIA

2000        « Monument virtuel » participation and collaboration in Marie-Christine Mathieu's PhD thesis exhibition in études et
��   pratiques des arts, an electronic performance supported through the SSHRCC.
2000        « Drawing as a research methodology» web site created at http: www.uqtr.uquebec.ca/dessin
2000        « Richard Purdy » selection of artwork in electronic image bank, Conseil de la culture des Laurentides.
��   « Artimage » selection of artwork in electronic image bank, taken from the collections of Musée d’art Contemporain,
��   Musée du Quebec and the Musée des Beaux-arts.
��   « Richard Purdy et Les Industries Perdues »101 artist's portfolios, electronic image bank, l'œil de poisson, Quebec.
��   WEB/internet site, « Projet Panthéon » for l'effet de Lieu. Granby, Quebec: Haut 7ème Impérial.
��   Métro Trois-Rivières, video production, 55 min. VHS, © Les Industries Perdues.
1997        Areoarchaeology , colour video, 17 min. Production by Pier Luigi Vecchi.1980
1994        Interviewed in film Blanc de mémoire, Jacques Giraldo: National Film Board of Canada.
1990        Eschatology on « Frequence » (radio program) London, Ontario.
1988        Richard Purdy, l'art et scénarisation pataphysique Interview on Fouin'arts,ácolourvideotape.
1986        Eschatology. March 16, 23, 30, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, N.S. (Radio program).
1983        Eschatology colour videotape, 3/4", 45 min. Directed by Alan Fox, Production by Christopher Mullington.
1982        The Ba Pe colour videotape,3/4",45 min . Producer Michel Goodwin for TV 12.
1981        « Eschatology on Radio » audio tape, 55 min. Produced by Sharon Burke for Chez FM Ottawa.
1980        The Lost Civilization of Ba Pe colour videotape, 3/4",55 min. Producer Terry Ruden, Skyline Cable Ottawa

TEACHING visual arts

1998        UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À TROIS-RIVIERES. Full-time professor.
��   ARP 1035:Drawing I. ARP 1036:Drawing II. ARP 1037:Drawing III. PBX 1014 Art and Research. PBX 1013 Art and Creativity.
��   ARP 1042 Introduction to painting. ARP 1041: Le langage plastique bidimensionnel,
��   ARP 1042: Le langage plastique tridimensionnel.
1997-98   UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À TROIS-RIVIERES. L.T.A. Professor.
��   ARP 1041: Bidimensionnel visual language. ARP 1042: Tridimensionnel visual language.
��   ARP 1036:Drawing II. ARP 1037:Drawing III
1996-98   CEGEP ST-LAURENT, Saint-Laurent Quebec. Full-time Professor.
��   510-232: Colour I. 511-002: Drawing I. 5II-401: Painting. 511-111: Materials and techniques.
��   511-101: Technical drawing.
1996        CENTRE DU VIEUX PALAIS, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. Tibetan Thanka painting.
1994-95   UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À MONTRÉAL, Montréal. Part-time, APL 1901: Artist's materials and techniques.
1990        UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À CHICOUTIMI, Chicoutimi, Quebec.Full-time, ART109-01: Experimental art.
1989        UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC À MONTRÉAL, Montréal. Part-time, APL 1901: Artist's materials and techniques.
1986-89   CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE (CEGEP), Montréal. Three years full-time, all subjects.
1984-86   CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, Montréal. Part-time, P200 painting. Part-time, C200 drawing II.
1986        SAIDYE BRONFMAN CENTER, Montréal. Multimedia.
1985-87   CENTRE DES ARTS VISUELS, Montréal. Multimedia.
1974-85   OTTAWA SCHOOL OF ART, Ottawa, Ontario. Studio art.
1980        CARELTON UNIVERSITY, Ottawa, Ontario. Life drawing.
1977-78   NEPEAN VISUAL ARTS CENTER, Nepean, Ontario. Studio art.

Art History:

1996- 97 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, Montreal, Quebec. ARTH 433: Materials and techniques in Western and Asian Art.
1984 -85 UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, Ottawa, Ontario. Art of the 20th Century.
1977-78   THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa. Docent giving tours and lectures.

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2000        NEXUS PRESS International residency award. Atlanta Gorgia, USA. "The General Explanation of Absolutely Everything"
1999        BORÉAL MULTIMÉDIA, La Minerve (Québec). "Hivernages"
1997        AXÉ NÉO 7, Hull, Quebec.
1996        ATELIER DE L’ÎLE, Val David, Quebec. «Millennium art stamp edition»
               BORÉAL MULTIMÉDIA, intervention «Art and Nature» in British Columbia.
1993��CIAS, Crestet, France.
1989-90   C.E.G.E.P. DE VIEUX MONTREAL, Montréal, Quebec.
1986-87   UNIVERSITÉ DE QUEBEC À MONTRÉAL, Montréal, Quebec.
1981        EMILY CARR COLLEGE OF ART, Vancouver, B.C.
1978-81   OTTAWA ROMAN CATHOLIC SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD Ottawa, Ontario.

AWARDS

2001        COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP, awarded by The International Council for Canadian Studies and the Government of Sri Lanka,
               Canadian Department of Foreign Affaires and International Trade. For period of summer-fall 2001.
2000        PUBLICATION GRANT, to realise the book " The Atlas of the Afterlife " with Éditions LE SABORD, Trois-Rivières (Québec).
2000        INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY AWARD to publish the book " The General Explanation of Absolutely Everything", NEXUS PRESS,
               Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta Georgia USA. Curated by Jo Anne Paschall.
2000        FIR, Institutional Research Fund, , UQTR. Grant to develop research project on "The Stûpa".
�� « La place de la FAO », jury prize, Citizen's committee of Vieux Quebec.
               Prix d’excellence, « La place de la FAO », free works catagory, Centre de recherche sur le pavé, Quebec.
               FEM, New Technology Teaching Fund, UQTR. Grant to develop Web site.
               FIR, Institutional Research Fund, UQTR. Grant to develop research project on "The Atlas of the Afterlife"
1998        CONSEIL DES ARTS ET LETTRES DU QUEBEC, Arts Grant «A»
1993��CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE L'ART ET SCULPTURE (CIAS), Vaison de la Romaine, France. Residency grant.
1991        MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES, Arts Grant "A".
1990        CANADA COUNCIL, "circulation grant".
1990        MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES, Arts Grant "A".
1989        CANADA COUNCIL "Aid for documentation".
1989        MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES, Délégation du Quebec à Paris.
1989        DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, Cultural Affairs, Government of Canada.
1988        MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES, Government of Quebec. Technical Resources.
1988        MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES, Government of Quebec. Soutien des Artistes Professionnelles.
1988        CANADA COUNCIL Arts Grant "B".
1987        CANADA COUNCIL Arts Grant "B".
1986        MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES and UQAM, Technical Resources .
1986        MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES, Government of Quebec. Soutien des Artistes Professionnelles.
1984        SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, Major Research Grant.
1982        THE CANADA COUNCIL. Short term grant.
1980        THE CANADA COUNCIL. Explorations grant.
1979        THE CANADA COUNCIL. Short term grant.
1978        THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY, Cultural Affairs Study grant.

EDUCATION

1998-2001        Ph.D., Research and practice in Visual Art, Université du Quebec à Montréal, Quebec. Thesis
                       « The stûpa, environment of the vertical horizon »

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

2000        COORDINATOR, Art Gallery of University of Quebec at Three Rivers.
2000        JURY, 9th Biennal of Ceramic Art, Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
1999        Board of Directors CACQM (Centre des arts contemporains du Québec à Montréal).
1996        JURY, Canada Council, Visual Arts.
1993��JURY, Manitoba Arts Council, "Winnepeg, Manitoba. A" grants.
1992        JURY, ministère des Affaires culturelles du Quebec,. Quebec) "A" grants.
1991        ASSISTANT DIRECTION, Neomythic residency, BANFF CENTER FOR THE FINE ARTS, Banff Alberta from January 7 to March 15.
1990-01 ��DIRECTOR, Les Industries Perdues.
1985-93 ��BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Oboro Gallery , Montréal, Quebec.
1982-86 ��BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Ottawa School of Art. Ottawa, Ontario.
1977-78   THEATRICAL CONCEPT DESIGNER, MUSEUM TRAIN PROJECT.
1975        ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario.