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Video Installation

Video Documentaries

Graffiti Slides

Publications
 

Janice Rahn
janice.rahn@uleth.ca


Since my doctoral research began in 1995, I have been interested in the poetics and politics of popular culture and their implications for education.

My book ‘Painting Without Permission: an ethnographic study of hip hop graffiti culture’, was printed by Bergin and Garvey of Greenwood Press, 2002. With my partner Michael Campbell, I collaborated to make a number of videos about hip hop culture and art videos.

I published a number of articles on the social construction of identity, and designed a graduate course in education called Visual Literacy for Teachers: The Social Construction of Identity. Most recently my paper Community, Collaboration: Multimedia Education and Change published by McGill University, (with accompanying videos), analyses the processes and techniques that were taught during three artist in the school multimedia projects. I received a Research Excellence Envelope grant to continue this research.

My own art practice involves audio and video installations.

 
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Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

 

 

1995- 1998       M Ed/PhD, Concordia University, Montreal

PhD thesis:    Evolution and change: hip hop graffiti subculture in Montreal  

Video documentary: Painting under pressure

Fellowships:  McConnell Fellowship for doctorate

 

1992 –1995       MFA, Concordia University, Montreal

MFA exhibition and paper:    She Cast Herself Adrift. A man and babies anchored her there. Exhibited at Bourget Gallery, Montreal, and at Dare Dare Gallery, Montreal.

 

1981-1982        B Ed, University of Toronto

 

1976-1980        BFA, Queens’ University, Kingston, Ontario

 

 

Reviewed Publications

 

Books

2010                  Co-Editor: Viewfinding: Perspectives on teaching new media in the arts.
New York: Peter Lang

2002                  Single Author: Painting without permission. Westport, CT:  Bergin & Garvey

Chapters in Books

2010                 Introduction Viewfinding: Perspectives on teaching new media in the arts,

                         New York: Peter Lang.

      2010                  New Media taught as art material: Tableau as inquiry,  Viewfinding:  

                         Perspectives on teaching new media in the arts, New York: Peter Lang.

      2010                  Video sketchbook. In Viewfinding: Perspectives on teaching new media in

                               the arts, New York: Peter Lang.

      2009                  Digital content: video as research.  Handbook of quantitative image-based

                         research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA:SAGE Press. 

2003                 Crossing over: negotiating specialization in an interdisciplinary culture. Keynote Address presented at Interdisciplinary Conference, 20 pages. Regina, SK: Canadian Plains Research Centre.

 

Published Juried and Invited Articles 

2006                 Pieces and exploration of hip hop grafitti.University Gallery catalogue. University of Essex.

 

2005                 Painting under pressure. Calgary, AB: Art Gallery of Calgary catalogue.

2003                 White, B. (Ed.). New media, curriculum and audience. National Symposium for Art Education catalogue, 10 pages. Montreal: McGill Press.  

2003                 Emme, M. (Ed.) Technology, contemporary art, and education. Canadian Art Teacher. Canadian Studies Education through Art.

2001                 White, B. (Ed.). Community, collaboration, and dialogue: New media curriculum and change. Canadian Review of Art Education, 28 pages. Montreal: McGill Press.

2001                 White, B. (Ed.). Video as ethnography and teaching resource. CSEA Journal.  Montreal: McGill Press. 

1999                 Art without permission. Material Culture Review. Ottawa: Museum of Science and Technology.

1998                 Zimmerman, E., & Sacca, E. (Eds.). Autobiography as a tool in artmaking and teaching practice. Herstories, Ourstories, Future Stories. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

1997                 Outside art, hip-hop graffiti subculture. Halifax, NS: Catalogue of Folk Art  symposium.

 

Exhibitions

Juried Solo Exhibitions

2000                 & Garden (Audio/Video installation), Stride, Calgary.

1997                 She Cast Herself Adrift, A Man and Babies Anchored Her There, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NF.

1996                 Compulse, Galerie Glace, Storefront window gallery, Montreal.

1996                 She Cast Herself Adrift, Dare Dare, Parallel Gallery, Montreal.

1995                 She Cast Herself, Bourget Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal.

1994                 Transforming Narratives, Bourget Art Gallery, Montreal.

1991                 Paper Marriage, Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto.

1991                 Paper Marriage, Malaspina Print Society Gallery, Vancouver.

1991                 Paper Marriage, Yukon Territorial Gallery, Whitehorse, YK.

1990                 From my sketchbook, Cultural Centre, Sienna, Italy.

Group Exhibitions (Recent) 

2011                  Sauna, Video installation, Penny building, Lethbridge, Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition.

2011                  Chateau D’Eau audio/video installation, Galerie de la Vidourle Prix. Sauve, France

2010                  Monoprints, Galerie de la Vidourle Prix. Sauve, France

2008                  In collaboration with Michael Campbell, Elephant’s Graveyard, 30 degrees Portside List, at Groundwater Institute for Contemporary Art and Culture, Courtney, B.C.

2006                 Elephant’s Graveyard, 30 degrees Portside List in Current,
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB.

2005                 Elephant’s Graveyard, 30 degrees Portside List in the Alberta Biennial, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton;
National Art Gallery in Ottawa.

2005-2006        A Look at Graffiti,Calgary Art Gallery, Calgary. As Assistant Curator, selected graffiti writers from across Canada and screened my four videos on hip-hop culture as part of the exhibition, December – May.

2001                 Pause, Assistant Curator of 5 storefront window exhibits in collaboration with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB.

2001                 I couldn’t put it into words in Pause, storefront window exhibits in collaboration with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB,

1999                 The End of the World (as we know it), audio installation, ARTWEEK, Calgary, curated by David Garneau.

1998- 2009       Exhibited new work each year at Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, in the annual U of L Fine Arts Faculty Show. For example: The Garden Show (audio video installation), Stumble, From my Sketchbook, Best in Show, Painting – 24 panels, etc.

1998                 Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal

1996                 Made, Quartier Ephemere, Montreal.

1996                 Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal.

1996                 The Delinquent Print, 372 Belgor Bldg., Montreal.

1996                 Finalistes du prix Albert-Dumouchel. La Bibliotheque Mille-End de la Ville de Montreal, Montreal.

1995                 Conseil Quebecois de l'estamp,  Montreal.

1995                 ENVOYS (a web site of my work accompanied this exhibition), Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland,  New Zealand.

1995                 Mobiliers d'artistes, Galerie Optica, Montreal.

1993                 False River, in collaboration with Michael Campbell, Bourget Gallery, Montreal.

1993                 International Papermaking Conference, Montreal. 

1992                 The 2nd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan.  Won award for best print, was published in catalogue.

 

 

Awards and Grants

2009                 Canada Council Initiative Grant

2005                 Alberta Fine Arts Council Media Grant

2001                 Alberta Fine Arts Council Media Grant

2000                 Canada Council Quest Grant

2000                 REE (Research Excellence) Grant, University of Lethbridge

1999                 AACES Grant 
(to make a series of videos on artist-in-the-school projects)

1999                 University of Lethbridge Teaching Development Grant
(for videos)

1999                 University of Lethbridge Research Grant
(to make documentary video)

1998                 Artist Development Grant Dickinson State University, ND.

1996-1997        McConnell Fellowship, Concordia University.

1995                 Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education

1992                 Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education

1992                 The 2nd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan. Won award for best print, was published in catalogue.

1990                 Yukon Advanced Artist Grant for Studies Abroad (Italy).

1988-1989        Explorations, Canada Council Grant, Northwest Territories Arts Advisory Council Grant

1986-1987        Northwest Territories Art Advisory Council Grant

 

Juried and Invited Paper and Video Presentations

 

2006                 Keynote speaker, studio visits, one-week artist residency: MFA program at Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax.  They invite two presenters a year, pay all expenses, per diem and $1,500 honorarium.

2005                 Art Now, dinner and honorarium, University of Lethbridge

2003                 Keynote speaker: Crossing Over: Negotiating Specialization in an Interdisciplinary Culture, Canadian Plains Research Center: University of Regina, Interdisciplinary Conference, all expenses paid and $450 honorarium.

2001                 Lecture in scholar series at the University of British Columbia, and again at the Vancouver East Side Community Centre.  All expenses paid and $1,500 honorarium

2001                 Vancouver Mayor and City Council invited me to present my video Underpressure and to organize a meeting with local graffiti “writers” and the city engineer to discuss legal walls

2001                 Where the Sidewalk Ends, video screening of Under Pressure at EM media, Calgary

 

 

Conference Presentations

 

2009                  NAEA, Advertising and art, Concordia University, Montreal

2008                  CSEA, Digital Content, McGill University, Montreal

2006                 Critical Thinking and Interpretation of the Visual in Everyday Life, Alberta Fine Arts Conference

2005                 Mass-Produced One of a Kind Pop Sculpture, Canadian Studies in Education through Art, Edmonton

2004                 Video Sketchbook, Alberta Fine Arts Conference

2003                 Visual Literacy, CSEA 

2002                 Semiotics and Silk Screening T-shirts, Alberta Fine Arts Conference 

2001                 Teaching Through Online and Face-to-Face, Canadian Society for Education through Art Conference, Toronto

2001                 Media Literacy, National Art Education Association conference

2000                 Hip-hop Culture and Ways of Learning, Canadian Society for the Study of Education conference, Edmonton

1999                 Artist in the School Projects, University of Victoria, B. C. Fine Arts Conference

1999                 Hip-Hop and Artist in the School Projects, University of Lethbridge, Alberta Fine Arts Conference

1999                 Hip-hop Culture and Ways of Learning, Canadian Studies in Education through Art conference, Nova Scotia School of Art and Design Video Screenings and Presentations (Recent)

 

2001                 Toronto CSEA conference, online teaching using video

2001                 Seattle American Education Research Association conference video screening of Women and Hip-Hop

2001                 Documentary Under Pressure broadcast on ACCESS Networking and Canadian Learning Channel.

2000                 New Orleans American Education Research Association conference video screening of Under Pressure

2000                 New York NAEA conference video screening of Women and Hip-Hop

1999                 Victoria, B.C., Renaissance conference video screening of LOST

1999                 Antimatter Film Festival, Rogue Art, Victoria, BC. Screened: REST STOP (collaboration with Michael Campbell)

1999                 University of Lethbridge screening of Under Pressure

1998                 Video screening, LOST, shown at Southern Alberta Art Gallery

 

 

Curated Shows and Artist Residencies (Recent)

 

2005 - 2006      Curated exhibition of graffiti writers from across Canada at the Art Gallery of Calgary: A look at Graffiti. December – May.

2001                 Curated artist residency with audio video artist Ken Dorin at Catholic Central High School, exhibited at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery; created educational video of process

2000                 Curated Under/over Exposure of artist-in-the-school projects with PSIII students

1999                 Curated student show from artist in the school project, University of Lethbridge Gallery to coincide with workshops for the AFAC

1999                 Curated artist residency with David Hoffos, U of L education students, and students at Catholic Central High School, Lethbirdge, AB, exhibited at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB; created video of process

 

last updated: October 27, 2011