CURRICULUM VITAE

      b. 1945     Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Education:

         1970      M.F.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

         1966      B.Sc. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

Employment:

         2009      Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University

2001-2009      Professor, Visual Art School for the Contemporary
                       Arts, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC

1988-2001      Associate Professor, Visual Art School for the
                       Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University

1981-1988      Assistant Professor, Visual Art Centre for the
                       Arts, Simon Fraser University

1979-1980      Visual Arts Coordinator
                       Open Space, Victoria, BC

1976-1978      Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery
                       of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC

Selected Exhibitions:

         2012      Models for the Public Sphere: Tar Sands, Aircraft, Holocaust...
                       Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC

         2002      GLYPTOMANIA
                       Bartlett Exhibition and Performance Space,
                       Alexander Centre, Vancouver, BC
                       Curator: Greg Snider

         2002      Concrete Progress
                       Convocation Mall, SFU, Burnaby, BC
                       Curator: Greg Snider

         1993      Artropolis
                       Woodwards Building, Vancouver, BC
                       Curator: Robin Laurence (catalog)

                       Driven to Abstraction
                       Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
                       Curator: Liane Davison

         1992      Standard Stoppages
                       Cathedral Place, Vancouver, BC
                       Curator: Randall Anderson

         1990      Some Detached Houses
                       Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                       Curator: Bill Jeffries
                       (catalogue: Some Detached Houses)

                       Mowry Baden, Roland Brener, Greg Snider /Aspects of
                       Movement: Exertion, Labour and Enslavement
                       Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
                       Curator: Liane Davison

         1984      A REPRESENTATION OF THE GREAT LAKES IN INCH
                       AND A HALF GALVANIZED STEEL ARRANGED IN A
                       SPACE LIKE THIS
                       Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo) Curator: Ken Lum

                       Harbourfront Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
                       Curator: Alvin Balkind
                       (catalogue: 6 Vancouver 6)
                       Collection: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

                       Projection
                       Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, PQ
                       Curator: Diana Nemiroff
                       (catalogue: Drawing---Installation)
                       Collection: Canada Council Art Bank

Set Design and Objects for Performance:

         2011      The Alice, Written by Marc Diamond and Penelope Stella,
                       Directed by Penelope Stella
                       Faye & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre,
                       SFU Woodwards, Vancouver, BC

         2009      Relâche, Turning Point Ensemble,
                       Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, Vancouver, BC

         1997      Abandoned in Place, Choreographed by
                       Kathryn Ricketts and Greg Snider,
                       Music by Martin Bartlett, SFU Theatre, Burnaby, BC

                       Sled, Written by Judith Thompson,
                       Directed by Stephanie Kirkland,
                       Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC

         1996      The Balloonists, Written by Marc Diamond,
                       Directed by Penelope Stella, Music
                       by Martin Gotfrit. Performance Works, Vancouver, BC

         1995      The Madman and the Nun, Directed by Marc Diamond,
                       Bartlett Exhibition and Performance Space,
                       Alexander Centre, Vancouver, BC

         1990      The Satie Project: Geneviéve de Brabant,
                       Directed by Marc Diamond,
                       Co-Written By Marc Diamond and Greg Snider,
                       SFU Theatre, Burnaby, BC

Commissions:

2003-2004      Project for a Public Works Yard
                       National Street Works Yard, Vancouver, BC

Proposals for Commissions:

         2009      VANOC: Olympic Village Plaza; Central Library;
                       Mapping and Marking; Georgia Street; Vancouver BC

         2007      SeaTac RCF Proposal, Seattle WA

         2003      World Trade Centre Memorial Competition
                       New York, NY

         1986      Production of Value
                       Bank of B.C./Hong Kong, Vancouver BC
                       Vancouver, BC

         1985      Great Lakes Monumental Sculpture
                       Canadian Chancery - Arthur Erickson Architects
                       Washington, DC

         1985      Rock Fountain
                       Molson Bicentennial Aqua Sculpture Competition
                       Harbourfront, Toronto, ON

         1979      Captain George Vancouver Memorial Project
                       Vancouver Parks Board
                       Vanier Park, Vancouver, BC

Awards:

         1999      Canada Council Established Artists Grant

         1997      Nomination, Jesse Richardson Theatre Awards
                       (Outstanding Design Team,
                       Outstanding Set Design: Sled)

         1996      Nomination, Jesse Richardson Theatre Awards
                       (Outstanding Design Team, Madman and the Nun)

         1993      Canada Council 'A' Grant

         1987      Canada Council Project Cost Grant
                       SFU President's Research Grant

Collections:

                       Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC

                       Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON

                       City of Vancouver Public Art Collection, Vancouver, BC

                       National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON

                       Province of British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, BC


Community:

         2006      AGGV Round Table: Mowry Baden/Roland Brener:
                       Thirty Years in Victoria
                       Mowry Baden, Roland Brener, Greg Snider, Rob Youds
                       (catalogue and DVD)

         2003      Commission Jury: Cultural Development Authority,
                       King County, WA

         1994      Artist's Residency: May 9-June 3
                       (Glenn Allison, Director/Curator)
                       Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB

1991-1992      Board of Directors: Ruby Slippers Productions Society

         1991      Organizer: School for the Contemporary Arts Visual Art Intensive,
                       Summer Institute, SFU at Harbour Centre
                       (Rosalind Deutsche, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Allan Sekula)

1988-1990      Vancouver Art Gallery: Aquisitions Committee

1988-1990      Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts (VIVA) Jury.
                       (Doris and Jack Shadbolt)

         1987       Ad Hoc Committee on Public Sculpture,
                       Department of Social Planning, City of Vancouver

         1985      Mount Pleasant/Brewery Creek Urban Committee

         1983      Canada Council B Grant Jury

         1982      Canada Council Art Bank Jury


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