Gordon Monahan

Selected Exhibitions + Performances

2009

Nuit Blanche, Massey Hall, Toronto (solo performance)
Lolafest, London, Ontario (installation and performance)
Open Ears Festival, Kitchener, Ontario (installation + performance)
MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria (performance collaboration with Akemi Takeya)

2008

Tonspur, Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria (solo installation)
Kontraste Festival, Krems, Austria (solo exhibition)
Elements Festival, Gabriola Island, BC (solo exhibition)
Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan (solo exhibition)

2007

Bilbao International Film Festival 'Zinebi 49', Bilbao, Spain (performance with Txuspo Poyo, video)
Western Front, Vancouver (installation)
Royal Conservatory of Music and Open Space, Victoria, BC (installation and performance)
Klangraum Flensburg, Museumsberg, Flensburg (group exhibition)
Claybank Brick Factory, Claybank, Saskatchewan (installation)

2006

Avatar, Quebec City (performance)
Gros Morne Project, Coleman-Lemieux Dance Co, Newfoundland (performance/installation)
Kunsthalle Krems Factory (solo exhibition)
Claybank Brick Factory, Claybank, Saskatchewan (group exhibition)
Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin (group exhibition)

2005

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (performance)
Donaueschinger Musiktage, Germany (performance)
Macdonald Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph (solo exhibition)
Voxxx Galerie, Chemnitz (solo exhibition)

2004

Galerija Kapelica, Ljubliana, Slovenia (solo exhibition)
Ars Electronica, Linz (performance)
Taktlos Festival, Bern, Switzerland (performance)
Klangraum Krems, Krems, Austria (performance)
Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan

2003

Podewil, Berlin (performance)
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (group exhibition)
Open Ears Festival, Kitchener, Ontario (performance + solo sxhibition))
Taktlos Festival, Bern, Switzerland (performance)

2002

Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (group exhibition)
Elektra Festival, Montreal (performance)
Art Gallery of Ontario 100th Anniversay Gala, Toronto (performance)
Daad Galerie, Berlin (solo exhibition)
MAK Museum, Vienna (performance)

2001

Venice Biennale, Canadian Pavilion Opening Gala, Venice (performance)
Haus der Kunst, Munich (performance)
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (performance)

2000

Sony Center, Berlin (group exhibition)
New Music Concerts, Toronto (performance)
Festival of Vision, Hong Kong (performance)
Sprengel Museum, Hannover (performance)

1999

Western Front, Vancouver (performance)
New Music Concerts, Toronto (performance)

1998

Institut fuer Neue Musik, Freiburg (performance)
Contained, Linz (performance)

1997

Maison des Arts National, Creteil, France (performance)
Schmalzwald, Berlin (performance)

1996

Donaueschingen Musiktage (performance)
Sonambiente Festival, Singuhr Hoergalerie, Berlin (solo exhibition)

1995

The Kitchen, New York (performance)
Galerie 0-Zwei, Berlin (performance)
Spaetverkauf, Berlin (performance)

1994

Donaueschingen Musiktage (group exhibition)
Daad Inventionen Festival, Berlin (performance)
Marstall Theater, Munich (performance)

1993

Kunstwerke, Berlin (solo exhibition)
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (performance)
Glowing Pickle, Berlin (installation collaboration with Laura Kikauka and Bastiaan Maris)

1992

Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (solo exhibition)
Freunde Guter Musik, Berlin (performance)

1991

Composers Forum, Merkin Hall, New York (performance)
Tone und Gegentone, Secession, Vienna (performance)
Mozarteum, Salzburg (performance)
The Exploratorium, San Francisco

1990

New York Hall of Science, New York (solo exhibition)
New Music America, Montreal (performance)

1989

U.S. Tour with The Kitchen, New York: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, etc.....
ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (performance)
Vancouver New Music Society, Vancouver (performance)

1988

New Music America, Miami
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (performance)
Wurtembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (performance)
The Kitchen, New York (performance)
Festival Musique Actuelle, Victoriaville, Quebec (performance)
Sound Symposium, St. John's (solo exhibition)

1986

Het Appolohuis, Eindhoven, Holland (performance)
Institut Unzeit, West Berlin (performance)
New Music America, Houston, Texas (performance)
Logos Foundation, Gent (performance)
Roulette, New York (performance)

1985

New Music America, Los Angeles (performance)
De Ijsbreker, Holland Festival, The Netherlands (performance)
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta (performance)

1984

CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers, Toronto (performance)
Western Front, Vancouver (performance)

1983

Newfoundland Sound Symposium, St. John's (performance)
New Music America, Hartford (group exhibition)
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax (performance)
Struts Gallery, Sackville (performance)

1982

Music Gallery, Toronto (performance)
Mercer Union, Toronto (performance)
Glendon Gallery, Toronto (performance)

1981

ARC, Toronto (performance)

1978

A Space, Toronto (performance)

 

Commissions

Music for dance production 'Gros Morne Project', Coleman-Lemieux Dance Co., 2006
Music for dance production 'Grasslands', Coleman-Lemieux Dance Co., 2004
Open Ears Festival, Kitchener, Ont., with Elektra Festival, Montreal (co-commission)
DAAD Inventionen Festival, Berlin, 2002

Music Canada Musique Foundation, 2000
Sony Center, Berlin, 2000
Western Front, Vancouver, 1998
Sonambiente Festival, Berlin, 1996
Donaueschingen Musiktage, 1996
The Kitchen, New York, 1995
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Inventionen Festival, 1994
BauhŸtte Klangzeit Symposium, Wuppertal, Germany, 1991
Vancouver New Music Society, 1989
Dade County Art in Public Places/New Music America, 1988

Two New Hours, CBC Radio, 1985

 

Awards

Honorary Mention, Computer Music, Ars Electronica 1998
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship, 1991
First Prize, CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers, 1984

Residencies

Kunsthalle Krems Factory, 2006
Knowhere Productions and University of Regina, 2006
Freunde Guter Musik, Berlin, 2004-5
Podewil, Berlin, 2002 (New Media Residency supported by the Canada Council)
D.A.A.D. Berliner Kunstlerprogram, 1992
The Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1991
Banff Centre for the Arts, 1990

Additional Activities

Jury member, Digital Musics, Ars Electronica, 2004, 2005
Guest Professor, Hochschule fuer Bildende Kunst, Hamburg 1998
Guest Lecturer, Institut fuer Neue Musik, Freiburg, 1998
Co-founder, Schmalzwald, Berlin 1996-2000
Co-founder, The Glowing Pickle, Berlin, 1993-95
Artist-in-Residence, Daad Kunstlerprogram, Berlin
Programming Committee, Composers Forum, New York, 1992
Artist-in-Residence, The Exploratorium, San Fransisco, CA, 1991
Artist-in-Residence, Media Arts, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Fall 1990
Artistic Advisory Board, New Music America/Montreal Musiques Actuelles, 1990
Board of Directors, Mystery Tape Laboratory, Toronto, 1986
Artistic Consultant, Newfoundland Sound Symposium, 1984-90
Co-curator, Sound Installations/Music, P.S. 1-The Clocktower, New York, 1987-89
Editorial Advisory Board, Musicworks, The Canadian Journal of Sound Explorations, 1985-93
Assistant Editor, Musicworks, 1983-85
Board of Directors, New Music Alliance (New Music America), 1986-89
Co-director, New Music Co-operative, Toronto, 1984-85
Visiting Lecturer, Music Dept., York Univ., Toronto, 1983
Piano Teacher, University Settlement Music School, Toronto, 1981-85

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