Kyla Mallett: Curriculum Vitae
Born in 1976 Vancouver, Canada | Lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.
EDUCATION
2004 – Master of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
2000 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Photography Major, Vancouver, British Columbia
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2009-Present – Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Visual Art and Material Practice, and Faculty of Graduate Studies, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009-2011 – Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Assistant Dean of Research and Collaborations, Faculty of Culture and Community, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004-2009 – Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Sessional Instructor, Vancouver, British Columbia
2006 – Simon Fraser University, Sessional Lecturer in Photography, School for the Contemporary Arts, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005 – University of British Columbia, Sessional Lecturer in Photography, Department of Art History and Visual Art, Vancouver, British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 – Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, British Columbia (Forthcoming January 2015)
2014 – Paris London Hong Kong, Personhood, Chicago, Illinois
2013 – Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, How to See and Read the Aura, Toronto, Ontario
2011 – Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Helping Yourself, Lethbridge, Alberta
2008 – Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery, Marginalia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2006-2007 – Artspeak, Marginalia, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005 – ThreeWalls, Gossip, Chicago, Illinois
2004 – Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Myfanwy MacLeod curates Kyla Mallett, Vancouver, British Columbia
2000 – Access Gallery, Legendary Teens, Vancouver, British Columbia
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2005-2006 – Aperture Project, Marginalia, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, British Columbia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, In a Word…, curated by Lon Dubinsky, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University, Youth Group, curated by Zoë Chan, Sherbrooke, Quebec (Forthcoming Fall 2014)
2013
SFU Audain Gallery, Parallel Biographies, curated by Sabine Bitter and Ruth Horak, Vancouver, BC
2012
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Tools for Conviviality, curated by Melanie O’Brian, Toronto, Ontario
Doris McCarthy Gallery, Age of Consent, curated by Talia Linz, Scarborough, Ontario
2011
Modern Fuel, Ordinary Language, Kingston, Ontario
Access ARC, Once it is a story it remains one or fades…, Vancouver, British Columbia
2010
Contemporary Art Gallery, Following a Line, curated by Jenifer Papararo, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009
Vancouver Art Gallery, How Soon is Now, curated by Kathleen Ritter, Vancouver, British Columbia
2008
Art Gallery of Alberta, Generation, curated by Catherine Crowston, Edmonton, Alberta
Presentation House Gallery, Moodyville, curated by Helga Pakasaar, North Vancouver, British Columbia
Emily Carr University Concourse Gallery, The Subject of Education, curated by Jonathan Middleton, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005
Vancouver Art Gallery, Classified Materials, Vancouver, British Columbia
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, curated by Karen Love, d’Herouville St. Clair, Basse Normandie, France
2004
Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Tickle Your Catastrophe, Vancouver, British Columbia
Canadian Cultural Centre, Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, curated by Karen Love, Paris, France
Artboat 2004, curated by Andrew Rigsby, Middlemanagement and Mixed Pallet, Chicago, Illinios
Belkin Satellite, Lucky 13, Vancouver, British Columbia
2003
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Seethe, Vancouver, British Columbia
Consolidated Works, Filter: Sorta, curated by Meg Shiffler and Brian Wallace, Seattle, Washington
Presentation House Gallery, Out of Sight: The Image Beyond the Index, curated by Christopher Brayshaw, North Vancouver, British Columbia
2002
Art Gallery of the Southern Okanagen, Out of Sight: The Image Beyond the Index, curated by Christopher Brayshaw, Penticton, British Columbia
2001
Vancouver Art Gallery, These Days, curated by Grant Arnold, Vancouver, British Columbia
Presentation House Gallery, Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, curated by Karen Love, North Vancouver, British Columbia
Or Gallery, Secondhand, curated by Damian Moppett, Vancouver, British Columbia
2000
Anodyne Contemporary, popular (collaboration with Karin Bubas), Vancouver, British Columbia
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Message by Eviction: New Art from Vancouver, curated by Ron Moppett, Calgary, Alberta
Kenderdine Gallery, Shoot! A Covert Optimism in New Vancouver Art, curated by Tim Nowlin, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Surrey Art Gallery, Out of Sight: The Image Beyond the Index, curated by Christopher Brayshaw, Surrey, British Columbia
1998
Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design Graduation Show, Vancouver, British Columbia
RESIDENCIES
2014 – Malaspina Printmakers Society, Collaborative Residency, Summer 2014 (Forthcoming)
2012 – Banff Centre for the Arts, BAIR Self-Directed Residency Program, Spring 2012
2005 – ThreeWalls, Chicago, Illinois
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2000 – Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Self-Conscious, Co-curated with Melanie O’Brian, Vancouver, British Columbia
SELECTED ARTIST TALKS
2013
SFU Audain Gallery, for Parallel Biographies, Vancouver, BC, June 2013
Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, for How to See and Read the Aura, Toronto, Ontario, January 2013
2012
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, for Tools for Conviviality, Toronto, Ontario, June 2012
Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario, June 2012
2011
University of Lethbridge, Art Now Lecture, November 2011
2010
Every Letter in the Alphabet, “How to See and Read the Aura: Finding the Invisible”, for Following a Line, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 2010
Artspeak Gallery, “Art & Research” with Kate Eichorn, Speakeasy: Writing and Contemporary Art, Vancouver, January 2010
2008
Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery, for Marginalia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2008
Art Gallery of Alberta, for Generation, January 2008
2007
Artspeak Gallery, for Marginalia, Vancouver, January 2007
2005
ThreeWalls, Chicago, Illinois, April 2005
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, January 2005
2001
Vancouver Art Gallery, for These Days, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 2001
Or Gallery, for Canadian Art Magazine’s Gallery Hop, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 2001
2000
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, for Message by Eviction: New Art from Vancouver, Calgary, Alberta, October 2000
CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
Solo Artist Book Project, edited by Helga Pakasaar, Presentation House Gallery, (Forthcoming 2014)
The Biography of Images – Parallel Biographies, exhibition catalogue, edited by Ruth Horak, SFU Audain Gallery and Austrian Federal Photography Collection, 2013
Emergence, essay by Lorna Brown, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario
How Soon is Now, essay by Kathleen Ritter, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2009
The Capilano Review: Moodyville, Series 3, No. 8, essays by Helga Pakasaar and Aaron Peck, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Spring 2009
Marginalia, (exhibition brochure) essay by Marnina Gonick, Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2008
Generation, essay by Catherine Crowston, Art Gallery of Alberta, 2008 (Forthcoming)
An Art of the Weak: Marginalia, Writers and Readers, essays by Denise Oleksijczuk and Rachelle Sawatsky, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver British Columbia
Gossip, ThreeWalls, essay by Shannon Stratton and Jeff M. Ward, Chicago, Illinois, 2005
Tickle Your Catastrophe, MFA Graduation Catalogue, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2004
Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, essays by Bob Sherrin and Karen Love, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France, 2004
Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, essays by Bob Sherrin and Karen Love, Presentation House Gallery and Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2002
Out of Sight: The Image Beyond the Index, essay by Chris Brayshaw, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC, 2000
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Published Writing on Kyla Mallett
Horak, Ruth. “DLF 1874: The Biography of Images”, The Biography of Images – Parallel Biographies, exhibition catalogue, edited by Ruth Horak, SFU Audain Gallery and Austrian Federal Photography Collection (pg 27-28)
McLellan, Ashley. “Self-Help Book Inspires Notable Kyla Mallett Work”, Canadian Art Online, January 28, 2013
2012
Krishtalka, Sholem. “Convivial Confrontations”, The Toronto Standard, July 9, 2012
McLellan, Ashley. “Tools for Conviviality: Social Works”, Canadian Art Online, August 2, 2012
Schecter, Fran. “Tools Rules”, Now Magazine, p. 58, July 19-25, 2012
Whyte, Murray. “Tools for Conviviality at the Power Plant: Review”, The Toronto Star, Tuesday July 17, 2012
2011
Gonick, Marnina. “Notes on Notes: Literacy in the Margins”, Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Vol. 27, No 1, North America, 27/8/04/2011 (http://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/315/104)
Springgay, Stephanie, Hannah Jickling and Helen Reed. “Summerhill Revised: Learning in/as Marginalia”, C International Contemporary Art, March 22, 2011.
2009
Laurence, Robin. “Artists Kyla Mallett and Samuel Roy-Bois look to library books and sound booths for inspiration,” The Georgia Straight, Arts Features, September 19, 2009
Laurence, Robin. “How Soon Is Now a thrilling mix that spans manga, ceramics, tattooed pigs,” The Georgia Straight, February 12, 2009
Pakasaar, Helga. “Moodyville”, The Capilano Review: Moodyville, Series 3, No. 8, 2009
Peck, Aaron. “Trees without Flowers”, The Capilano Review: Moodyville, Series 3, No. 8, 2009
Ritter, Kathleen. How Soon is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2009
2008
Bouchard, Gilbert. “Spotlight on Youth Culture”, Edmonton Journal, D-1, January 17, 2008
Bouchard, Gilbert. “Talkin’ bout their ‘Generation’”, Edmonton Magazine, February 20, 2008
Espezel, Mandy and Jill Stanton. “Generation Veneration? See Magazine, Edmonton, Alberta, March 6, 2008
Gonick, Marnina. “Comments on Comments, or How to While Away a Rainy Day”, Marginalia (exhibition brochure), Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2008
Jenkner, Ingrid. “Introduction”, Marginalia (exhibition brochure), Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2008
Jones, Susan. “Beauty exists in the mundane”, St. Albert Gazette, pp. 19-21, January 26, 2008
Laurence, Robin. “Moodyville”, Georgia Straight, June 5-12, 2008
McManus, Kelly. “Moodyville”, North Shore Outlook, p. 11, May 22, 2008
McPhee, Erin. “Picturing Moodyville as a state of mind”, North Shore News, A40, May 2, 2008
Montgomery, Shannon. “Art exhibit tries to understand challenges faced by youth in society”, The Canadian Press, January 18, 2008
O’Keefe, Mary Christa. “Awkward Times, Desperate Dreams: The GENERATION of youth”, Vue Weekly, Jan 17-23, 2008
Whitney, Paul. “Modern Firsts: Arguments For and Against Marginalia”, Amphora Magazine, No. 150 Supplement, November 2008
“See It – Kyla Mallett: Duly Noted”, Canadian Art Magazine (online), June 26, 2008
2007
Oleksijczuk, Denise. “Truth in the Margins: The Case of Virginia Woolfe”, An Art of the Weak: Marginalia, Writers and Readers, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Sawatsky, Rachelle. “The Margins of Discontent”, An Art of the Weak: Marginalia, Writers and Readers, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2006
Burnham, Clint. “Decrypting Messages from the Edge”, Vancouver Sun, D-20, December 21, 2006
Burnham, Clint. “Aperture program takes a chance again”, Vancouver Sun, D-33, April 27, 2006
Laurence, Robin. “Kyla Mallett: Marginalia”, Georgia Straight, December 7-13, 2006
Laurence, Robin. “Fall Arts Preview – Visual Arts – Critics’ Picks”, Georgia Straight, Sept. 14-20, 2006
2005
Rosenthal, Katherine. “Pssst Off in the West Loop”, Chicago Journal, May 19, 2005
Sisson, Patrick. “Sex, lies, and now, audiotape”, Chicago Tribune, May 20, 2005
Stratton, Shannon and Jeff M. Ward. Catalogue essay, Gossip, ThreeWalls, 2005
O’Brian, Amy. “Exploring the esoteric art of Marginalia”, Vancouver Sun, D-16, December 29, 2005
Workman, Michael. “Gossip Girl”, Newcity Chicago, May 26, 2005
2004
MacLeod, Myfanwy. “Just Kidding: Kyla Mallett”, Canadian Art Magazine, Summer 2004
MacLeod, Myfanwy. “Just Kidding”, exhibition companion, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
MacLeod, Myfanwy. “Artist talks to the Artist”, Vancouver Sun, C8, Feb 5 – 12, 2004
O’Brian, Melanie. “Behind Bedroom Doors”, catalogue essay, Tickle Your Catastrophe, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, 2004
Todd, Jeremy. “Foreword”, catalogue essay, Tickle Your Catastrophe, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, 2004
2003
Esquivel, Karla. “Sorta: Filtered Visuals at ConWorks”, The Tablet, Seattle, February 20 – March 5, 2003
Hackett, Regina. “ConWorks exhibits resonate with powerful perceptions”, Seattle Post-Intelligencier, Feb 22, 2003
Hall, Emily. “Sort Me: The World, Organized”, The Stranger, February 27, 2003
Kangas, Matthew. “Two exhibits confirm ConWorks’ rise in art world”, Seattle Times, February 28, 2003
Milroy, Sarah. “An artful anger, driven to extremes”, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, October 18, 2003
2002
Howatson, Rob. “The Burbs: Life on the Edge”, Vancouver Magazine, pp. 27-33, March 2002
Mallon, Matthew. “Picture Perfect”, Vancouver Magazine, p. 11, March 2002
Sherrin, Bob. Catalogue essay, Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia, 2002
2001
Brayshaw, Christopher. “VAG Finally Clicks Into Noisy World of Contemporary Art”, Georgia Straight, p. 59, May 31–June 7, 2001
Howard, Cori. “Vancouver Art Gallery focus is here and now”, National Post, April 18 2001
Laurence, Robin. “Show’s Humanity Helps Viewer Face the World”, Georgia Straight, p 60, Sept 27-Oct 4 2001
Milroy, Sarah, “Onward and Upward”, Globe and Mail, R1-3, August 15, 2001
Roy, Marina. “These Days”, Last Call, pp. 1-3, Fall 2001
Scott, Michael. “Art of global importance”, Vancouver Sun, H11, March 5, 2001
Scott, Michael. “Face to Face with our History”, Vancouver Sun, p. D7, September 17 2001
Turner, Michael. “Review: These Days”, Mix, pp. 48-50, Fall 2001
Turner, Michael. “Review: These Days”, Artexte, Fall 2001
2000
Brayshaw, Christopher. “Out of Sight: A Historical Context for Some Recent Photographs and Video”, catalogue essay, Out of Sight: The Image Beyond the Index, 2000
Brayshaw, Christopher. “Portrait of small city highlights intriguing ambiguity”, Vancouver Courier, p. 28, Wednesday March 8, 2000
Burnham, Clint. “Mallett”, exhibition companion, Legendary Teens, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Guhle, Shelley. “popular”, exhibition companion, Anodyne Contemporary, Vancouver, British Columbia
Johnson, Mia. “Kyla Mallett: ‘Legendary Teens'”, Preview, p. 30, February/March 2000
Laviolette, Mary-Beth. “Critic’s Pick”, Calgary Herald, October 26 – November 1, 2000
Nowlin, Tim. “Shoot! A Covert Optimism in New Vancouver Art”, exhibition companion, Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Scott, Michael. “The excitement of the everyday”, The Vancouver Sun, p. C3, Wednesday, April 19 2000
Thorne, Kika (ed.), Artist-Run Culture section, Mix, Toronto, Ontario, p. 9, 25.4 Spring 2000
Published Writing and Artist’s Projects by Kyla Mallett
2013
“The Library”, artist project, The Capilano Review, Winter 2013 (Cover Image)
2009
“The Library”, artist project, Prefix Photo, Fall 2009 (Cover Image)
2005
“Gossip”, artist project, Blackflash, Summer 2005
“Review: Germaine Koh”, C Magazine, Summer 2005
2004
“Review: Together Forever”, C Magazine, Autumn 2004
Kyla Mallett and Myfanwy MacLeod, “George and Rhonda”, d’Or, 25th Anniversary Catalogue, Or Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2003
“Bullies”, Made Magazine, Vancouver, British Columbia
“Arni Haraldsson: Up and Down: Downtown Eastside Architecture”, Postscript, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2000
“Cheap Thrills: Roy Kiyooka’s PNE”, exhibition companion, Roy Kiyooka: Filmic works 1977-80, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
“Introduction”, exhibition companion, Self-Conscious, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1999
“Between Implication and Narration: The Film Still in the Work of Gemma Iles”, exhibition companion, Access Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
“Between Implication and Narration: The Film Still in the Work of Gemma Iles”, catalogue essay, Openspace, Milan, Italy
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2010-Present – Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Photographic Portfolio Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009-2011 – Vice President, Board of Directors, Or Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
AWARDS
2010
BC Arts Council, Production Grant
Canada Council for the Arts, Research/Creation Grant
2009 – BC Arts Council, Production Grant
2008 – BC Arts Council, Production Grant
2007 – Canada Council for the Arts, Career Development Grant
2006
Canada Council for the Arts, Exhibition Production Grant
BC Arts Council, Production Grant
2005 – Visual Arts Development Award, The Vancouver Foundation with the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004 – Imperial Tobacco Canada, Artistic Development Donation
2003 – BC Arts Council, Senior Scholarship
2002
AIM Funds Management and Casey House, Investing in Artists Award
BC Arts Council, Senior Scholarship
2000 – Canada Council for the Arts, Quest Grant
COLLECTIONS
Various Private and Corporate Collections
Kyla Mallett
Associate Professor
Faculty of Visual Art and Material Practice
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
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