Carol Sawyer carolsawyer@telus.net EDUCATION 1998        Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary (Visual Art, Music, Theatre) School for the Contemporary Arts,                Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. 1982        Honours Diploma, Photography, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2004        Tribute to the Cambie Works Yard, Permanent public art project, City of Vancouver National Works Yard 2002        Aide-Mémoire: Memory Games, Gallery 44 Project Room, Toronto, Ontario 2001        Aide-Mémoire, Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1998        Amazon, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1996        Ophelia, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1995        Ophelia, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta                Mad Opera, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA                Anthropomorphs, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1994        Lucia, Gallery Sansair, Vancouver, BC                Vessels and Anthropomorphs, Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 1993        Vessels, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1992        New Work, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1990        Refuge, The Photographer’s Gallery, Vancouver, BC SELECTED TWO PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2005        ReCollect, A Space, Toronto Ontario 2004        Hitting the Wall, Collaboration with Ya-wen Vivienne Wang. Access Gallery, Vancouver BC                ReCollect, La Centrale, Montréal, Quebec                Going a Journey, Charles Scott Gallery, Vancouver BC                Carol Sawyer and Adalgisa Campos, Or Gallery, Vancouver BC                The Female Aim, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA.                Here, Artropolis 2003, Vancouver, BC 2001-5     Facing History, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver; Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris; and                  Centre d’Art Contemporain d’Herouville St. Clair, Basse Normandie, France 1998        On Longing: Laments and Raptures, The Koffler Gallery, North York, Ontario 1996        Wild Life, The Koffler Gallery. North York, Ontario 1995        Du réel subjugué: aspects de la relève canadienne, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Montréal, Québec.                Focus on the Figure: Twelve Northwest Photographers, Fisher Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA.                (dis)still(ed) lives, Houston Centre for Photography, Houston, Texas. 1994        Pushing the Portrait II, Fotobase Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1993        Latent Images, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario 1992        New Blood, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA SELECTED PERFORMANCES ongoing- ion Zoo – musical ensemble co-founded in 2002 with composer and reeds player Steve Bagnell. Numerous performances of original improvised music at various Vancouver venues including the Vancouver Art Gallery, Rime, Blinding Light, the Sugar Refinery, and 1067 Granville. Recent highlights: a collaboration with Seattle cellist Paul Rucker and Montreal pianist Marianne Trudell at Gallery 1412 in Seattle, and an evening at the Jazz Cellar with guest pianist Lisa Miller, curated by NOW. 2005 Sang the role of Alice in the Canadian premiere of the contemporary opera The Cry Pitch Carrolls, by Ruth Margraff, Produced by Proximity Lab, directed by Heidi Taylor. Two week run at Performance Works, Vancouver. Vancouver Creative Music Institute improvised music intensive with faculty including George Lewis, Mark Dresser, and Francois Houle. Two Vancouver International Jazz Festival performances. Co-created and performed two songs for the Song Project, curated by Tom Cone and David Pay. 2004 Newly rediscovered repertoire of Natalie Brettschneider. Performance with violinist Régis Huby. Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris. Presented in conjunction with Facing History, curated by Karen Love. 2002 Acted as the “guide” for Michael Fernandes’ work By Appointment Only, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver. Natalie Brettschneider: a Portrait. With pianist Patrick Dubois. Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver. Presented in conjunction with Facing History, curated by Karen Love. Duet with Alvin Erasga Tolentino performed for “The White Exhibition”, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver. Curated by Jay MacDonell. 2000 Shadow Machine, with collaborators Peter Courtemanche, Ken Gregory, and Alvin Erasga Tolentino. Part of “Industrial Ear”, a festival of sound art sponsored by the Western Front. Created the role of the Historian in More Than the Love of Women, a one act opera composed by Michael Kurek, libretto by Deborah Schnitzer. Workshop performance, Contemporary Dancers Studio. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1999 Long Distance: recital with pianist Vivienne Ya-Wen Wang, presented at the Community Arts Council, Vancouver, and at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby. 1998 Co-wrote and performed in Diva TV, a video produced by the Diva Research Team and the Western Front. Collaborated with Andreas Kahre to produce Newly Discovered Works by Brettschneider and Piscator, in “Such Sweet Compulsion” cabaret, part of the “Re-inventing the Diva Festival”, Western Front. Amazonia. Solo performance work. Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver. 1997 An Incompleat History of the Voice, in five acts. Masters thesis performance work, with pianist Vivienne Wang. Western Front, Vancouver. Daisy Del Monte performed in “A Handful and a Mouth Full” at the Western Front, and at the opening of “Good Sports”, Burnaby Art Gallery. 1996 Acted and sang in Kira Wu’s video Empty Orchestra. COLLECTIONS Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario City of Vancouver Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1999-2005 Sessional Instructor, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver. 2003        Artist in Residence, Banff Centre for the Arts. 2002-3     Public Art Commission, City of Vancouver, Cambie Works Yard Photographic Project                www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/publicart 2001–      Board member, Presentation House Gallery. 2001        Sessional Instructor: School for the Contemporary Arts, SFU.                Panel Member: Careers in Visual Arts, Arts Work, SFU. 2000        Guest lecturer, University College of the Fraser Valley.                Guest lecturer, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University. 1999        Panel member, “Divining for Lost Sound”, Ceperley House Gallery, Burnaby. 1997        Jury member: B.C. Cultural Fund grants for visual artists and craftspeople. 1995        Artist in Residence, Western Front, Vancouver. 1994        Artist in Residence, Banff Centre for the Arts. 1992        Artist in Residence, Banff Centre for the Arts. 1991–5    Board member, Or Gallery. 1991–      Board member, Canadian Photographic Portfolio Society. GRANTS AND AWARDS 2005        BC Arts Council grant 2004        BC Arts Council grant 2003        BC Arts Council grant 2002        Canada Council travel grant 2001        Canada Council grant                BC Arts Council grant 1999        Canada Council grant                BC Arts Council grant 1997        Canada Council grant 1994        Explorations grant, Canada Council 1993        BC Arts Council grant 1992        Canada Council grant                BC Arts Council grant SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY “A Meditation on Desire, Disappointment, and Detritus” Front (Vancouver), March/April, (2001). Amazonia: The Amazing Story of One Woman’s Transformation, plus: The Three Bad Sisters and the Cloud of Doom. Vancouver: Artspeak Gallery. 1998. (catalogue) “Art Illuminates Pioneering Divas”, The Georgia Straight (Vancouver). January 16-23, 1997. “Carol Sawyer draws on divas’ distress” Now. (Toronto) April 16-22, 1998. Du Réel Subjugué: Aspects de la relève canadienne. Montreal: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal. 1995. (catalogue) Elevator Music, Front (Vancouver) January/February, (2001). Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver. Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery / Arsenal Pulp Press. 2002. (catalogue) In Vision. Vancouver: Satellite Video Exchange Society, 2001. (catalogue) Recollect. Canadian Art (Toronto), vol. 21, no. 2 (2004). Visages de l’histoire: portraits de Vancouver. Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver. Paris: Centre culturel canadien, 2004. (catalogue) “Of Spaces and Places.” The Georgia Straight (Vancouver), July 24-31, 2003. On Longing: Laments and Raptures. Toronto: The Koffler Gallery. 1998. (catalogue) Ophelia. Vancouver: The Contemporary Art Gallery. 1996. (catalogue) “Penetrating Voices: Such Sweet Compulsion, the Re-Inventing the Diva Cabaret.” Re-Inventing the Diva. Vancouver: Western Front, 1999. (catalogue) “The Art of Place.” The Georgia Straight (Vancouver), June 5-12, 2003. Wild Life. Toronto: The Koffler Gallery. 1996. (catalogue) Yma Sumac, Front (Vancouver) September /October, (1998).