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Sheila
& Nicholas Pye |
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Sheila
Pye: |
| 1978 |
Born
near Hamilton, Ontario |
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Nicholas
Pye: |
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Education |
2001-
2003 |
M.F.A
Concordia University, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal.
? While pursuing my Masters degree in Film Production, I also continued
to work in various integrated media and photography projects, as
well as organizing screenings |
1997-
2001 |
AOCAD, Ontario College of Art and Design, Integrated Media, Toronto.
? Graduated winning the top scholarships for Graduate studies in
the College. Studies focused on Integrated Media, but also included
photography, drawing and painting |
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Awards
& Scholarships |
| 2005 |
Short
listed for the Cannes Festival du Residence, France |
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Toronto
International Film Festival Talent Lab, Toronto |
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Berlinale
Talent Campus, Berlin, Germany |
| 2004 |
Best
Experimental Film, Worldwide Short Film Festival “The Paper
Wall” |
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European
Media Arts Festival, Best of Selection Tour, “The Paper Wall” |
| 2003 |
Vision
Globale Graduate Award (film production) Concordia University |
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JW
McConnell Memorial Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University |
| 2002 |
Sir
Edmund Walker Scholarship, Graduate studies, OCAD |
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Mudge
Massey Scholarship, Graduate studies, OCAD |
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William
F White Award, excellence in film production |
| 2000 |
Best
Experimental Film, TVO Telefest Canada, The Lesson |
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George
A Reid Award, contemporary photography, OCAD |
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Ross
Fletcher Film Video Scholarship, OCAD |
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Integrated
Media Faculty Award, OCAD |
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William
F White Award, excellence in film production, OCAD |
| 1999 |
George
A Reid Award, contemporary photography |
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Sully
Corth Scholarship, drawing and painting, OCAD |
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William
F White Award, excellence in film production |
| 1998 |
George
A Reid Scholarship, excellence in integrated media |
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Research
/ Creation Grants |
| 2004 |
Canada
Council for the Arts, Film and Video |
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Ontario
Arts council, Film and Video |
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Du
Maurier Artistic Development Board |
| 2003
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CIAM
Centre Interuniversitaire des Arts Médiatiques, integrated
media research grant |
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Ontario
Arts Council, visual art, photography |
| 2001 |
Canada
Council for the Arts. Media Arts Sector. First Projects |
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Ontario
Arts Council. Media Arts: Emerging Artist Grant |
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Du
Maurier Arts Council, film production grant
176 7th Con.E phone. (416) 731 4082
RR#1 Millgrove, ON email: sheilapye@hotmail.com
LOR 1VO website: www.nickandsheila.com |
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Filmography
Director / Writer / Producer |
| 2007 |
“The
Crossing” 11 min. 16mm, co-director / writer / producer |
| 2006 |
“Empty
Room” 18 min. 35mm, |
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“A
Life of Errors” 13 min. 16mm, co-director, co-writer, co-producer |
| 2005 |
“The
Arsonist” 15 min, 16mm. director, writer, producer |
| 2004 |
“The
Paper Wall” 11 min, 16mm. co-director, co-writer, co-producer |
| 2003 |
“Prototype
for Pregnancy” 5 min, 16mm. director, writer, producer |
| 2002 |
"Untitled"
8 min., 16mm. director, writer, producer |
| 2001 |
“The
Lesson” 8 min., 16mm. director, writer, producer |
| 1999 |
“He’s
Showing Me his Shadows” 11 min., 16mm. director, writer, producer |
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Selected
Screenings |
| 2007 |
Locarno
International Film Festival, Switzerland |
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European
Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany |
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National
Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia |
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100
days=100 videos, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Copenhagen (+15 Cities) |
| 2006 |
Nuit
Blanche, Ontario College of Art & Design, video installation |
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Toronto
International Film Festival, Toronto |
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Locarno
International Film Festival, Switzerland |
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Atlantic
Film Festival, Halifax |
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Montreal
World Film Festival, Montreal |
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European
Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck Germany (Touring several cities) |
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January
“SLAMDANCE Film Festival” Park City Utah, USA |
| 2005 |
November
"Rencontres internationals, Paris/Berlin” Paris, France |
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Videomedja
Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia |
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Kassel
Documentary Film and Videofest, Kassel Germany |
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Impakt
Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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Rencontres
Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris France |
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Annexia,
Toulouse Mediatheque, Toulouse, France |
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SAT,
Societe des Arts Technologiques. Montreal, Quebec |
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European
Media Arts Festival, Osnabruk, Germany |
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Winnipeg
Cinematheque,“anyspacewhatever” curated by J. Moore |
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Regard
sure les Court Metrages au Saguenay, Quebec |
| 2004 |
Canadian
Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto |
| 2003 |
Suenos
Cortos Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Festival
des Film du Monde, Montreal World Film Festival |
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Los
Angeles Gay + Lesbian Film Festival |
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Jeojun
Art Centre, Jeojun, South Korea |
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42nd
Ann Arbor Independent and Experimental Film Festival |
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Vancouver
Underground Film Festival, Vancouver |
| 2002 |
Canadian
Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto |
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Solo
Exhibitions |
| 2007 |
Angell
Gallery, “A Life of Errors” part of Contact International
Photography Festival |
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Galerie
Adler, subZone, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2006 |
Rare
Plus Gallery, New York City |
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“A
Life of Errors” Curator’s Office, Washington DC |
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“A
Life of Errors” Kasia Kay Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2005 |
“Almost
Young” Angell Gallery, Toronto |
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“The
Paper Wall” Sixtyseven Gallery, New York City |
| 2004 |
Black
Haired Sister, Blonde Haired Brother” Angell Gallery |
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Selected
Group Exhibitions |
| 2007 |
“Like
There Is No Tomorrow”, Gallery Caprice Horn, Berlin |
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Smithsonian
Institute’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, “Highlights
of the
Permanent Collection” |
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“Love/
Hate” Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, video installation |
| 2006 |
“The
Inside Game” Portland Art Centre, Portland Oregon |
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“Satellite
Valencia” La Sala Naranja Gallery, Valencia Spain, curated:
Jillian Mcdonald |
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“Non-Celestial
Bodies” Begoña Malone Gallery, Madrid, Spain, curated:
David Liss |
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“TheSkinWe’reIn”
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, curated: David Liss |
| 2005 |
“Blame
Canada” Harve Levine Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2004 |
“The
Next Wave” Contact Photographic Festival, Toronto Image Works. |
| 2003 |
“Proof
10” Gallery 44, Toronto On. |
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Upcoming
Solo Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
404
Arte Contemporane, Naples, Italy; Gallery 44, |
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Toronto,
Curator’s Office |
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Collections
Smithsonian Institute, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and
many private collections |
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Selected
Press |
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- Anna
Sanson, "An interview with Nicholas & Sheila Pye"
EYEMAZING MAGAZINE, the
Netherlands, May 2007, http://www.eyemazing.com/
- Peter Goddard, "Scenes from a marriage" Toronto Star,
May 5th 2007
- Talia Shipman, "An interview, Nicholas & Sheila Pye"
Function Magazine, April 2007
- David Balzer, "Life of Pyes" TORONTO LIFE MAGAZINR,
April 2007
http://5.Von Sandra Danicke "Stumme Grausamkeit" Frankfurter
Rundschau, Febr. 7, 2007
- Liam Rosewood, “The Voracious” NY ARTS MAGAZINE, Oct.
2006
http://nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6191&Itemid=199
- Liam Rosewood, “A Life of Errors” D’ART INTERNATIONAL
MAGAZINE, Oct. 2006
- JESSICA DAWSON, “Marital Bliss for Artists” Washington
Post, Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
- Kristen Hileman, “exhibition essay” Curators Office,
D.C., Sept. 1st 2006
- PYW, Pardo News Switzerland, Les amants digitaux” August
8th, 2006, pg. 15
- Josh Tyson, Time Out Chicago, “A Life of Errors” June
29th, 2006, pg. 72
- Audrey Mast, Chicago, “Recent Projects: Nick and Sheila
Pye” May 30, 2006,
- Sarah Milroy, The Globe and Mail “The Odd Couple”,
Fr. June 10, 2005, r28, Toronto,
- David Balzer, EYE Magazine, “EYE Candy”, June 16/05,
p.50, Toronto, On.
- Jessica Goldman, Sketch Magazine, “Blurring the Lines”
spring 2005, pp. 20, 21, Toronto
- Barbara Black, Thursday Report, “Together For Their Art”,
Date and p. 6, Montreal
- Maisonneuve Magazine, “Good and Evil”, April-May 2005,
pp.35, 36 Montreal
- Kellie Holt, Pol Oxygen, www.poloxygen.com, Tue 31 May, 2005,
Redfern Australia |
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Teaching
Experience |
| 2007 |
present
Sessional Professor
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
Currently I am teaching Time Based Media to first year students.
I also taught Camera Art, an undergraduate studio course for artists
using
cameras as tools for creative expression when applied to drawing
& painting
practices. |
| 2003 |
Assistant
Professor
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal
I taught a third year undergraduate class entitled “Studio
X”, an expanded cinema
class that explores the boundaries of contemporary cinema and is
used as a lab
for ideas involving the integration of non-traditional media in
the production and |
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Artist
Talks |
| 2007 |
The
Power Plant, Toronto |
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Ryerson
University, School of Image Arts, Toronto |
| 2006 |
University
of Buffalo, Film & New Media, Master Class, Buffalo |
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Ontario
College of Art and Design, Toronto |
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Rencontres
International Paris/Berlin, Artists talk & Screening, Paris |
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