RANDY GLEDHILL / CURRICULUM VITAE
Randy Gledhill has a Canadian and International history spanning three decades describing a plethora of activities including performance, installation, public art commission, video, sculpture, critical writing, pedagogy, curation and cultural activism. His ground breaking collaborative partnerships in Randy & Berenicci enjoy a rare precedent of accolade and influence. He is currently Executive Director and Curator of Vancouver’s LIVE Performance Art Biennale, and is independantly researching new global performance art manifestations, movements, and networks.
CRITICAL WRITING
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil / Beyond Pressure International Performance Art Festival Catalogue, 2009
The Time Before The Time Before The End of Time,
Ironic to Iconic: The Performance Works of Tanya Mars
/ FADO 2008
The New Exhibitionists - Performance Art in the 21st Century /Canadian Art, Summer 2003
Cheezie Vogue: The Essential Cinema Povera of Colin Campbell
/Take One , March 2005
Princess Randy Blogs, 2011, contiuing
Venice Performance Art Week Website Reviews 2011
7A*11D Website Reviews 2012
A Few Dozen Odd Things About Performance Art in 2015
PUBLIC SCULPTURE
Social Theatre I - VI (1997) Six public sculptures for the Spadina LRT stainless steel & glass Toronto
Empress Colonettes (1998) Public sculpture for the McKenzie House Parkette copper-plated steel North York
Praxinoscopic Whirligig (1998)
Wind element - mirrored steel & painted aluminum Finch Parkette Toronto
RUNE (2001) cast bronze Hart House, University of Toronto
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES /
SCREENINGS / LECTURES
1976
A SPACE, Toronto
AGNES ETHERINGTON ART CENTRE, Kingston
ART GALLERY of GREATER VICTORIA, Victoria
BURNABY ART GALLERY, Burnaby
CONFEDERATION ART CENTRE, Charlottetown
EYE LEVEL, Halifax
NORMAN MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, Regina
OPEN SPACE, Victoria
OWENS ART GALLERY, Sackville
PLUG IN INC., Winnipeg
PUMPS, Vancouver
RED RIVER COLLEGE, Castelgar
WESTERN FRONT, Vancouver
WINNIPEG ART GALLERY, Winnipeg
1977
A SPACE, Toronto
ART SPACE, Peterborough
CINEMAMOBILE, Southern Ontario
VÉHICULE ART, Montréal
VIDEOCABARET, Toronto
1978
ART GALLERY of VICTORIA, Victoria
A SPACE, Toronto
ARTHUR STREET GALLERY, Winnipeg
FACTORY THEATRE LAB, Toronto
HIGH PERFORMANCE, Los Angeles
THE KITCHEN, New York
LA MAMELLE, San Francisco
PUMPS, Vancouver
S.A.W. GALLERY, Ottawa
TELE-PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL, Toronto
TORONTO FREE THEATRE, Toronto
VÉHICULE ART, Montréal
WESTERN FRONT, Vancouver
1979
CABANA ROOM, Toronto
FLASH THEATRE, Toronto
MUSIC GALLERY, Toronto
LIVING ART PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL, Vancouver
MONDO ARTE CABARET, Vancouver
CANADIAN VIDEO OPEN, Kingston & Toronto
HALLWALLS, Buffalo
SYMPOSIUM of PERFORMANCE ART, Nice
TRINITY SQUARE VIDEO, Toronto
WESTERN FRONT, Vancouver
1980
BHIRASRI INSTITUTE of MODERN ART, Bangkok
HARBOURFRONT/A SPACE/ART FAIR 80, Toronto
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY, Bangkok
UNIVERSITY of GUELPH, Guelph
MUSÉE DE BEAUX ARTS, Montréal
OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Japan
SONY BUILDING, Tokyo
TELEVISION BY ARTISTS, Cable 10, Toronto
TRINITY SQUARE VIDEO, Toronto
VIDEO ROMA 80, Rome
1981
ARTSPACE, Peterborough
GRANGE ART and PERFORMANCE, Toronto
KINGSTON ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION INC., Kingston
OFF CENTRE CENTRE, Calagary
PLUG IN INC., Winnipeg
TORONTO THEATRE FESTIVAL, Toronto
VIDEO/VIDEO, Toronto
WESTERN FRONT, Vancouver
1982
MUSIC GALLERY, Toronto
WESTERN FRONT, Vancouver
KIJKHUIS, Den Haag
LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE, Québec
SCOTTSDALE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, Arizona
VÉHICULE, Montréal
VIDEO ROMA, Rome
VIDEO/VIDEO, Toronto Film Festival
1983
ED VIDEO, Guelph
DANCEWORKS, Toronto
PERFORMANCE/ART/ACTION, Sherbrooke
NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE, Toronto
ATLANTA INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, Atlanta (AWARD)
CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE, Paris
CANKARJEV DOM, Ljubljana
MEDIATHEQUE de la COMMUNAUTÉ FRANÇAIS de BELGIQUE, Brussels
MONITOR NORTH, Thunder Bay
MUSEUM of MODERN ART, New York
OTTAWA CABLE, Ottawa
RED BAR, New York
1984
ART VISUELS ‘84, Québec
CANADA HOUSE, London
EVENTWORKS, Boston
MUSIC GALLERY, Toronto
ART GALLERY of HAMILTON, Hamilton
ART METROPOLE, Toronto
CANADIAN IMAGES, Peterborough
LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE, Québec
THE FRONTIER - PBS-17, Buffalo
THE FUNNEL, Toronto
INSTITUTE of CONTEMPORARY ART, London
LONDON REGIONAL ART GALLERY, London, Ont.
MUSÉE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Montréal
THE NEW WORK SHOW, Toronto
RIO BIENNALE, Rio de Janeiro
ST. GEORGE ST. GALLERY, Charlottetown
STRUTS GALLERY, Sackville
VIDEO 84, Montréal
1985
DE EFFENAAR, Eindhoven
TIME BASED ARTS, Amsterdam
KUNSTUITLEEN DELFT, Delft
SIMPLON/MEDIA-MATIC, Groningen
THE AIR, Tokyo
CANKARJEV DOM, Ljubljana
DE EFFENAAR/CYCLOOP, Eindhoven
FUKUI PREFECTURAL MUSEUM, Fukui
HARA MUSEUM, Tokyo
HOKKAIDO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Sapporo
INFERMENTAL, museums, festivals all Europe
MUSEO DEL ARTE MODERNO, Bogota
STUDIO 200, Tokyo
WINNIPEG ART GALLERY, Winnipeg
1986
LUMINOUS PERFORMANCES, Vancouver
COLOGNE ART FAIR, Cologne
THE NEW WORK SHOW, Toronto
WESTERN FRONT, Vancouver
LUMINOUS SITES, Vancouver
HARBOURFRONT ART GALLERY, Toronto
1987
MUSIC GALLERY/CULTURAL DESIRE PROJECTS, Toronto
WESTERN FRONT, Vancouver
STUDIUM GENERALE, Nijmegen
WALTER PHILLIPS GALLERY, Banff
1989
EMILY CARR COLLEGE, Vancouver
1990
ELECTRONIC MEDIA ARTS, Paddington, Australia
5th VIDEO & TV FESTIVAL, Montbeliard
IMAGES 90, Toronto
VIDEO IN, Vancouver
HARBOURFRONT ARTISTS GARDENS, Toronto
1991
AVE, Arnhem, Nijmegen
1992
IMAGES 92, Toronto
JOHN SPOTTON/NFB, Toronto
SAW GALLERY, Ottawa
YYZ, Toronto
1993
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, Los Angeles
MEDIAWAVE ‘93, Gyor, Hungary
MUSÉE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Montréal
YYZ-TV, Cable 10, Toronto
1994
DREAMING OF YOU, GARNET PRESS, Toronto
MEDIATRICS/COLD CITY GALLERY, Toronto
1995
WORLD TEA PARTY, PRESENTATION HOUSE, TRANSCULTURE, Venice
COLD CITY GALLERY, Toronto
1996
COLD CITY TEN, MERCER UNION, Toronto
1997
SPADINA LRT, TTC, Toronto
1998
MCKENZIE PARKETTE, Toronto
FINCH PARKETTE, Toronto
2000
INTERARTS2000, Montréal
2001
KITCHENER ART GALLERY, Kitchener
HART HOUSE, University of Toronto
2002
PUBLIC SPACES/PRIVATE PLACES: FADO Performance Inc., Toronto
2003
IAPAO, Essen, Germany
LIVE Performance Art Biennial, Vancouver
2005
DRAKE HOTEL, Toronto
2006
GLADSTONE HOTEL, Toronto
2007
ASIATOPIA, Chiang Mai Thailand
2008
ASIATOPIA, Bangkok Thailand
BEYOND PRESSURE, Yangon Myanmar
2009
CENTRE A, Vancouver
OPEN, Beijing China
2010
Infraction Séte International Performance Art Festival, Séte, France
Dimanche Rouge, Marceille, France
“Performancear o Morir” , Chihuahua, Mexico
2011
Venice Performance Art Week, Venice, Italy (Writer)
2012
M:ST Mountain Standard Time Performance Art Fstival, Calgary
7A*11D International Performance Art Festival, Toronto (Writer)
2013
Afrripepoma International Performance Art Festival, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014
Nan Arts Festival, Nan, Thailand
Undisclosed Territories, Solo, Java
Bangkok Contemporary Arts Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
University of Regina, Saskatchewan
Biennale de art performtif de Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec