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