Paper Machete Sarnia (Visiting Artist Residency + Collaborative Exhibition) Featuring: Mark Laliberte leading local collaborators Norm Barney, Jessica Butler, Hailey McHarg and Melissa Upfold (plus a special appearance by gustave morin) Under the direction of Mark Laliberte, four local artists at various stages of their careers and with different artistic practices will have the opportunity to collaborate over the course of five days. By first scavenging the County for materials and then occupying the Sadie Knowles, Upfront and reception spaces, the impromptu team will decorate the walls with countless collages and objects of a spontaneous nature. Residency Dates: Jun 08 – 11, 2009 Exhibition Dates: Jun 12 – Jul 26, 2009 OPENING RECEPTION: Fri Jun 12 > 7-10pm @: Gallery Lambton (150 N. Christina St / Sarnia, ON) ph: 519.336.8127

Jun 12 - Jul 26, 2009: Of Sequential Desire group show Opening Reception: Fri Jun 12 @ 7pm @: Gallery Lambton (150 N. Christina St / Sarnia, ON) Invitational Group Exhibition on the theme of the Evolution of the Animation Cel Artist/Curators: Dermot Wilson and Mark Laliberte The exhibit, curated by Dermot Wilson and Mark Laliberte, brings together young and emerging artists who are expanding the notion of cartooning and "sequential art". The exhibit will include concrete poetry, flash animations, paintings, graphic novels and video. Includes works by: Robbie Adamson (Sault Ste. Marie) / Dan Kennedy (Toronto) / Mark Laliberte (Toronto) / Ian Patrick McAllister (North Bay/Toronto) / Sarah Moore (North Bay) / gustave morin (Windsor) / Marc Ngui (Toronto, currently in France) / Tanya Read (Toronto) / Chantal Rousseau (Toronto) :::::::::: For installation shots, visit: sequentialdesire.com This show began at the WKP Kennedy Gallery (Jul 19 - Aug 16, 2008 / North Bay, ON) and toured to the Art Gallery of Algoma, Gallery Lambton and Thames Art Gallery

film appearance: Stab: Repeat (1997) included in the feature film, The Con Artist (2010, formerly known as The Love Child of Andy Warhol and Yoko Ono) This comedy is directed by Risa Bramon Garcia, and features Rebecca Romijn and Donald Sutherland; it was shooting in Toronto and Hamilton back in 2009 (Canadian Distribution: Maple Pictures) Here’s the official plot synopsis: “When Vince is paroled from his five-year stint for a heist gone wrong, he finds life on the outside to be incredibly challenging. Forced back into a dangerous life of crime by his former boss Kranski, Vince is pressured with having to pay back a hefty debt for botching up the heist. Working as a welder in Kranski's garage/chopshop, Vince finds solace in making sculptures from metal shards and found objects in his spare time. But when his brilliant sculptures are discovered by the sexy, predatory art dealer Belinda, his chance for a new life starts to change as well as his problems. Caught between the pressure to pull off heists for Kranski and becoming the toast of the art world, Vince has to cleverly maneuver and fight his way out to become a free man and his own artist.”

logo|schema|centric ... a series of iconic "collapsed logo-environments", these fictional, referentially futuristic symbols adapt the body, weaponry, gadgetry, & military insignia into a unique graphic code-system. Through this collection or works, Laliberte explores many of his long-standing thematic interests: design as an expanded super-language; the ritual minutae of contemporary subcultures, the logo as an authoratative stand-in for god-worship. It should be noted that this series of energetic graphics was originally developed in b/w throughout 2002-03, appearing as a series of "pagework" projects for magazines such as BROKEN PENCIL, DESCANT, WEGWAY and others. The modified and colourized versions presented in this exhibit mark the first time that these images will be made available in a print format, and the first time they will appear in a gallery context. Exhibition Dates: November 18 – 30, 2008 OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday November 20 > 7-10pm @: INDEXg (50 Gladstone Ave, Toronto – map here ) ph: 416.535.6957 Gallery Hours:Tuesday - Sunday (1-6pm)

Sat Oct 25, 2008, 12-6pm: The Lab Sessions 4.0: Deconstructing Hip at Labspace (2A Pape Ave, Toronto) Visuals: Aaron Aujila (New York), Stephanie Avery (Toronto), Eric Chan (Toronto), Adebe D.A. (Toronto), Jesse Harris (Toronto), Shimrit Golan (Tel Aviv), Michelle Ford (Vancouver), Mark Laliberte (Toronto), Rea McNamara & Kevin Mayo (Toronto), John Loerchner & Laura Mendes (Toronto) Sounds: Alex Goodman (Toronto), Sarah Boothroyd (Ottawa), Times Neue Roman (Toronto) Performances: Larchaud Dance Project (Toronto), Kay-Ann Ward (Toronto), Ryan Ringer (Toronto) :::::::::: To view images from the event, click here

Sun Aug 24, 2008, 12-6pm: Zine Dream at Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto) / PWYC small press art fair, featuring over 40 local artists and zinesters! + All 3 rooms of the rooms of the tranzac, with music and performances all day! + Toronto Zine Library Open House

Jan 12 - Feb 11, 2008: Jolly Rogers group show Reception: Fri Jan 11 @ 7pm @: Forest City Gallery (258 Richmond St, London, ON) The other artists involved here are: Stephanie Davidson / Beth McEachen / Les Newman / Chantal Rousseau

CITY OF CRAFT December 1st, 2007 ... a celebration of all things crafty in Toronto :::::::::: cityofcraft.com :::::::::: Flickr group

HOTEL CANZINE Sunday, October 28 @ The Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. West/ Toronto), 1pm - 7pm As part of this annual fair, I showed the work Fadeout Element: Repetitive Stabbing Device (1997). Fadeout Element: Repetitive Stabbing Device is, at a surface reading, a large-scale neon sign of an arm holding a bloodied knife repeating a two-stage cartoonish stabbing motion. It is an object excerpted from a large audio-and-object-driven installation I created in 1997, The Suspended Room, (a special project originally commissioned by the Art Gallery of Windsor and supported through an audio residency at Charles Street Video, Toronto). 'The Suspended Room' has been described as a sonic, deconstructed murder tale; it is a noir-themed glimpse at the complexity of human behaviour where various characters are submerged in circumstances beyond their control. 'The Suspended Room' installation, and all its associated objects, has never been shown in Toronto. :::::::::: info on CANZINE

PAPER MACHETE (42¾ 59' N / 81¾ 14' W) EXHIBITION + MAGAZINE LAUNCH featuring: Dearraindrop / Mark DeLong / Jesse Harris / Jeff Ladouceur / Mark Laliberte / Jason McLean / Chantal Rousseau / Daryl Vocat July 14 – August 12, 2007 opening: Saturday July 14, 7pm @: Community Outreach (101 Stanley St / London, ON / N6C 1B3) ph: 519.438.6615 Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11am to 5pm :::::::::: PaperMacheteLondon project page :::::::::: communityoutreachgallery.com :::::::::: myspace.com/communityoutreach

Jun 16 – Jul 21, 2007: Dehuman tours to Gallery Lambton (Sarnia, ON) Jun 16 – Jul 21, 2007: Dehuman tours to W.P. Kennedy Art Gallery (North Bay, ON) Oct 20 – Nov 18, 2006: Dehuman tours to Definitely Superior (Thunder Bay, ON) Jul 06– Sep 15, 2006: Dehuman tours to Kenderdine Art Gallery (Saskatoon, SK) Jan 13 - Feb 12, 2006: Dehuman curatorial project for Thames Art Gallery (Chatham, ON) > I curated a show with the following artists (L to R, above) : DANIEL ERBAN (Montreal, QC), DENNIS MICHAEL JONES (Detroit, MI), ED PIEN (Toronto, ON), and BALINT ZSAKO (Toronto, ON). These prolific artists all create pieces that are figurative, gestural, linear, bestial, horrific, transformative and emotionally vibrant. The exhibit consists of a showcase from each artist. Additionally, all of the artists worked on a collaborative series of five drawings (completed through the mail), which debuted at this exhibition. This exhibit is touring to several other galleries during 2006-08; a small catalogue has been produced (including a curatorial essay, plus a guest essay by Robert Enright). :::::::::: Dehuman project site :::::::::: buy catalogue now

February 15th, 2007: Grimm Magazine presents… FREE! LIVE! INCREDIBLE! Cupid’s Hangover Ball / 8pm at The Circus Room: 729 King St E / Kitchener, ON Featuring: The Great Orbax Literary Readings by: Margaret Christakos, Jon Paul Fiorentino, and Mark Laliberte Music by: The Machines :::::::::: Contact jodi@grimmagazine.com for event details

Nov 29 - Dec 10, 2006: 'G(ift) HUNTING Exhibition' @: G+ Galleries (Toronto, ON) 50 Gladstone Ave, 2nd floor (one block north of the Gladstone) Gallery hours: Tues-Sun, 1-6pm / ph: 416.840.5549 Over 50 national and international artists will be offering unique artworks at awesome prices, ready to be the targets of your holiday gift-hunting expedition. All artworks in this exhibit are economically priced under $345, before taxes.

Jul 11 - 29, 2006: 'In the Folds of a Stone Rose' project for G+ Galleries (Toronto, ON) Opening reception - Thurs, Jul 13 @ 5:30 - 9:00pm @: 50 Gladstone Avenue / hours: Tues-Sun, 1-6pm / ph: 416.504.9387 > INDEXG is a new multi-space gallery complex located in Toronto's West Queen West art district. I've been invited to present some work in one of their G+ spaces; I'll be showing a series of granite pieces created in 2002/03 which have never been seen in Toronto. For this body of work, themes of love, sex, religion, advertising, birth & death are explored through the language of the 'icon' in visual groupings sandblasted onto black granite, a way of drawing on stone.

	Prefix Photo: v12, 2005 Self-destroying Postcard Worlds: The Synthetic Landscapes of Isabelle Hayeur by Jan Allen Life in Venice: Physical Sensations at the 51st Venice Biennale Featuring contributions by Michelle Jacques, Natalie De Vito, Roberto Pinto, Scott McLeod The Incidental Landscape: Photographs from Eric Klemm's B.C. Project and Other Recent Works by Gary Michael Dault Portfolios by: Olafur Eliasson / Carlos Garaicoa / Geert Goiris / Isabelle Hayeur / Eric Klemm / Mark Laliberte / Arnaud Maggs / Annette Messager / Hans Schabus / Greg Staats
Recent publication appearances: Prairie Fire: Vol. 26 No.4, 2006 issue (5 poems- 1/ Hurry 2/ Stars Drift 3-5/ Brick Poems: a. Verbeek b. McKean c. Larson) West Coast Line: 2005 issue (suite of 8 poems) Dandelion: 2006 issue, Vol. 32 No. 1 (suite of 4 Brick poems) Dandelion: 2006 issue, Vol. 31 No. 2 (suite of 4 Brick poems, 1 visual work: The Maze of Days) Descant: 2006 issue, 133 (suite of 8 poems)
for an archive of past magazine appearances, go here

Sep 23 - Oct 02, 2005: project for Contemporary Art Forum | Kitchener and Area 05: X Industria > the 5th annual international thematic exhibition of cutting-edge contemporary art took place in and around Kitchener City Hall from September 23 to October 02. The Forum, consisting of 22 projects by 29 regional, national and international visual and media artists, was accompanied by 2 video programmes, a guest lecture, a performance by MT Space, artists’ talks, round-tables, and daily tours. For X Industria, visual and media artists have been invited to consider the industrial past, obsolete and new technologies and the relationship of labour to prosperity, or the lack thereof, in local and global contexts. I exhibited at this event, one of 20 projects presented in and around the City Hall of Kitchener, ON, Canada. :::::::::: info: CAFKA.05 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Michael Jacob Ambedian (Kitchener), anti-cool (Japan), Thomas Bégin (Montréal), Philippe Blanchard (Toronto), Doug Buis (USA), Jillian Catton, Jahan Kargar and Stefan Smeja (Kitchener), Nicolás Dumit Estévez (USA), Adonis Flores Betancourt (Cuba), Laurent Gagnon (Québec), Seema Goel (Regina), Insoon Ha (St. Catherines), Ivan Jurakic (Hamilton), In-Sun Kim (Kitchener), Doris Kuwert (Germany), Mark Laliberte (Toronto), Paul Matosic (UK), Rick Nixon and Matt Millard (Waterloo), Marianela Orozco Rodriguez (Cuba), Tony Paginton and Roswita Busskamp (Toronto), Will Pappenheimer (USA), Michael Waterman (Guelph), and Dane Watkins (UK). The Video Programme includes work by Joe Hiscott (Montréal), Jacqueline Goss (USA), Pretty Big Dig , the award-winning short by Anne Troake (St. John’s), and many more. :::::::::: download the X INDUSTRIA poster [PDF, 270 kB]

 

Aug 04 - Aug 14, 2005: ( ( ( vvvvvvvv ) ) ) : solo exhibition at Paul Petro Gallery (Toronto, ON) > MFA Thesis Defense Exhibition. DVD Video installation in upper space. This quick, condensed and perceptually active artwork presents a scene whose content literally hangs in the air. ( ( ( vvvvvvvv ) ) ) is an intense video environment in which viewers engage with a parallel representation of the world. This DVD projection is comprised of an aerial view of a printed cartoon city, full of wandering sky movements, occasional reminders of gravity, and an enveloping soundtrack of droning voices. The title of this artwork is meant to allude to the vocalized sound of shivering, a way of grounding it within the physical. :::::::::: Reception: Thu Aug 11, 7-10pm

 

Jun 08 - Jul 05, 2005: TWITCH (single-channel video loop & sound, 2002/05): project for Fly Gallery 1172 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON... running 24 hours a day (optimal viewing @ night) > a single-channel video work in the Fly Gallery window space entitled 'Twitch', a kind of a spastic facial breakdown that runs its viewer through a broad range of feminine emotion & cartoon muscle twitching in a condensed amount of time... A moment of public hysteria designed to interact with street traffic... :::::::::: for a view of this work at night, a National Post review by R.M. Vaughan, and a sample of the animation, click here

 

Feb 17 - 20, 2005: project for Frost Free: The Culture of Cool > An interdisciplinary conference focusing on North American visual and material culture, Frost Free: The Culture of Cool hosts graduate students from across Canada to respond to topics that may include, though are not limited to, an examination of art and cultural traditions, myth and the construction of identity, post-colonialism, regionalism, nationalism, internationalism, or how popular culture throughout the history of North America has been sustained, investigated and/or challenged. I was one of 4 visual artists (Jason Hallows / Mark Laliberte / Craig Leonard / Steven Laurie) exhibiting in relation to this conference; exhibit took place at Artlab @ The University of Western Ontario. :::::::::: for an updated selection of installation images, click here Conference Participants Included: Angela Durante, York University; Jason Hallows, University of Guelph; Janelle Joseph, University of Toronto; Mark Laliberte, University of Guelph; Steven Laurie, University of Western; Craig Leonard, University of Toronto; Fiona McDonald, University of Alberta; Elayne Oliphant, Carleton University; Alison Taylor, University of Alberta; Andrea Terry, Queen's University; Carolyn Veldstra, University of Western; Andrew Vincent, Carleton University; Robert Zacharias, University of Manitoba.

Jun 07 - Jul 10, 2004 : Eyelevel Re-Shelving Initiative (Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS)

An exhibition of artist multiples and publications including zines, book works, sound pieces, postcards, manifestos, comics and anything else that has more than one copy and will fit on a shelf... I was asked to submit my recent 'b.1971' shirt edition and some CDs...