Ed Janzen

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Curriculum Vitae 

33 Park Lane, Kingsville ON, Canada N9Y 2C9
519 255-3364  ed.janzen@gecdsb.on.ca    
www.edjanzen.ca

EDUCATION

BFA, University of Windsor, 2006
Bachelor of Computer Science, University of Windsor, 1987         

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010    Good Dog Bad Dog, Artcite Inc., Windsor ON
2003    Pondscum & Jetsam, Common Ground, Windsor ON
2001    Jack Pine, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
  Paocalypse: Apocalypse, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit MI
  Basement Media Fest, Boston MA
2011
  Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria BC
  Love Letters: A Typographic Affair, Whitdel Arts, Detroit MI
  Basement Media Fest, Brooklyn NY
  Windsor Biennial, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
  Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival, Chicago,IL
  Fahrenheit Festival of Fire Sculpture, LaSalle ON
  Shelf Life, Artcite Inc., Windsor ON
  Visual Fringe, Windsor, ON
2010
  Politics of Fear, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI
  Media City16 -International Festival of Experimental Film & Video Art, Windsor ON
  Visual Fringe, Windsor ON
  Here In My Car - Beyone Autopia and Autogeddon, Artcite Inc./Art Gallery of Windsor ON
2008
  Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, MI
  Look 2008, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia ON
  Fahrenheit Festival, LaSalle ON
  Visual Fringe, Windsor ON
2007
  You Are Here: The Emotional Geography of Place, Eastern Front, Toronto ON
2006
  Installations - Media City International Festival of Experimental Film & Video Art, Windsor ON
  Fahrenheit Festival, LaSalle ON
  20th Anniversary Exhibition. Common Ground, Windsor ON     
2005
  In the Shadows, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton ON
  Installations - Media City International Festival of Experimental Film & Video Art, Windsor ON
  Soft Boundaries, Biggin Gallery, Auburn AL, USA
  Fahrenheit Festival, LaSalle ON
  Works on Paper, Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington ON
2004
  Members Exhibition, Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, Windsor ON
  Installations - Media City International Festival of Experimental Film & Video Art, Windsor ON
2003
  Artseen 11, Artcite, Windsor ON
  Exquisite Corpse, Common Ground, Windsor ON
2002
  2002 Southwest Open, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor ON
  Two DAM Weeks, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit
  Artseen 10, Artcite, Windsor ON
2001
  Corpses from Roses. Common Ground, Windsor ON  
2000
  Artseen 8, Artcite, Windsor ON
  Nobel Peace Project, Lebel Gallery - University of Windsor, Windsor ON
1999
  Duty Free, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit MI
  Notes to Kanata, 1999 International Canadian Studies Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland,
             and Lebel Gallery, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
  Our Town, Common Ground, Windsor ON
1998
  All Media Juried Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit MI
1996
  Identification Please, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax NS
1995
  In/Justice, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit MI
  Popsièckle 3.0, Arts Council Gallery, Windsor ON

RELATED WORK

2000
  Commedia Fantasia  - Contemporary Dance Film. Commission for costume design and construction.
              Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises, Windsor ON
1995
  Granite  - literary publishing venture, published by Scratch ‘n Sniff, Windsor ON

AWARDS & GRANTS

2005    Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant – for In the Shadows, Hamilton Artists Inc.
2004    Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant – for Installations, Media City Festival
2003    Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant – for Pondscum & Jetsam solo exhibition
2003    Pat Thibert University of Windsor Part Time Student Award

COLLECTIONS

Printmaking Collection, School of Visual Art, University of Windsor ON
Essex County Civic and Education Centre, Essex ON
Windsor Family Credit Union, Windsor ON

ORGANIZATIONS

2011 - present  Media City Film Festival,  Windsor ON - Board of Directors
2002 - present  Control Burn Collective (fire festival),  Windsor/Kingsville ON - Co-founder
1995 - 1998     Artcite Inc.,  Windsor ON - Board of Directors
1993 - 1998     Scratch ‘n Sniff Writers/Artists Collective,  Windsor ON - Co-founder

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor Biennial, exhibition catalogue, 2011
House of Toast, Media City 16, exhibition catalogue, 2010
Shaw,Ted. Annual Fahrenheit Festival celebrates awesome natural event, Windsor Star, September 25, 2008
House of Toast, Media City 12, exhibition catalogue, 2006
Hamilton Artists Inc./Artcite Inc., In the Shadows, exhibition catalogue, 2005
House of Toast, Media City 11, exhibition catalogue, 2005
House of Toast, Media City 10, exhibition catalogue, 2004
Guten Cohen, Keri. Museum’s First Shows are Eclectic, Detroit Free Press, February 4, 2001
Laycock, John. Art Piece Says “I am Canadian”, Windsor Star, February 8, 2001
Jocobsen, Carol. IN/Justice, Detroit Artists Market exhibition catalogue,