DEBORAH CARRUTHERS
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    • Artist Statement
    • Bio
  • Performances
    • Ecstacies of Influence - Le Gesù, Amphithéâtre -Montréal - December 2018
    • slippages - The UBC Symphony Orchestra - Chan Centre - Vancouver - October 2018 >
      • slippages - Press
      • slippages - Instructions for play and score
      • slippages in the Studio: About my process >
        • slippages Athabasca -Photographs
        • slippages Immense Immensities
        • slippages Notebook
        • slippages Athabasca Painting
      • slippages - Performance Videos
  • Exhibitions / Residencies
    • Recent Exhibitions ... Now You See Me... >
      • The Aura of the Already Said - Zygote Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio - 2019 >
        • The Aura of the Already Said: Exhibition - Press
      • Souvenir / Souvenir - Montréal, Québec 2017 >
        • Souvenir / Souvenir - Press
        • Souvenir / Souvenir - Essay ​Culte du Souvenir
        • Souvenir / Souvenir: About the Exhibition ...
        • About ​Safe Passage
        • About the Paintings ...
        • About the Photographs ...
        • About the Vitrines ...
        • Souvenir / Souvenir : Invitation card
      • Souvenir sacré - Opasatika - Hearst, Ontario 2016
    • Residencies ... Home Away from Home >
      • Ecstasies of Influence : matralab, Concordia University - Montréal 2018 >
        • Ecstacies of Influence - December 16, 2018 - Le Gesù, Amphithéâtre - Montréal
      • The Past Sealed Away - Peter Wall Institute Artist in Residence - Vancouver, BC 2017 - 2018 >
        • The Past Sealed Away... Article
      • What's in a Song ? - Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta 2017
      • In The Hole - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2017
      • A Ubiquity of Sparrows : Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta 2016 >
        • A Ubiquity of Sparrows : Banff Installation
  • Graphic Scores
    • slippages - 2018 >
      • slippages - Press
      • slippages - Instructions for play and score
      • slippages in the Studio: About my process >
        • slippages Athabasca -Photographs
        • slippages Immense Immensities
        • slippages Notebook
        • slippages Athabasca Painting
      • slippages - Performance Videos
    • Between the Song and the Silence: Berlin 2017 - 2020 >
      • Between the Song and the Silence: Graphic Score- Banff Iteration
      • My Muses
      • What's in a Name?
      • Taking Flight ... The Process
      • Swan Song... A summary of my process for my MFA research
  • Portfolio
    • The Past Sealed Away ...
    • The Past Sealed Away... Prints
    • Immense Immensities
    • In The Hole
    • Mortsaf for My Father
    • Souvenir sacré
    • Fleurs sacrées
    • Mortsaf
    • Genetics for Cowboys
    • Beautiful Ghosts
    • Niagara Tondos
    • Twinned
  • C V
  • Contact

Curriculum Vitae

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All images: Money Doesn't Grow On Trees Does It? ​ No.85, No.91, No.96, No.95, No.86, No.83 , ​No.88, No. -  2015
Ongoing Project: Berlin 2018
EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES (SELECTED)
 
2021 (Upcoming) – displacements
Cuttle Lake, Ontario, Canada, Fall 2021
-performance of my graphic score for quintet and float planes, in which the conductor conducts through navigation of a float plane.
-The performance is to be filmed.
 
2021 (Upcoming) - Between the Song and the Silence - Reisenfelder
Rieselfelder im Mühlenbecker Land [June 2021]
-Artistic collaboration with Sandeep Bhagwati of a site-specific performance- installation based on my graphic score Between the Song and the Silence
 
2021 (Upcoming) – Canon in Bee
Berlin, Germany, 2021
-World premiere performance of graphic score by a new ensemble.
 
2021 (Upcoming) – Birds Do It, Bees Do It
Whitegrid Gallery, Berlin, Germany, July 2021
-Exhibition related to the graphic scores, Canon in Bee and Between the Song and the Silence.
 
2020 (Upcoming) – Ectasies of Influence - Montréal
Musée d'Art Contemporain Montréal (MACM), Montréal, Québec, Canada, September 2020
Artistic collaboration and interdisciplinary research: “Ecstasies of Influence” (E°I) [is a] research-creation project [which] explores inter-artistic ways of conceiving, creating and composing musical performances and productions, influenced by dialogues with and transfers from other artistic practices (excerpt from the grant application).
-Performance of collaborative compositions
 
2019 – Ecstasies of Influence - Pune
Flame University, Pune, Maharashtra, India, August 2019
Artistic collaboration and interdisciplinary research: “Ecstasies of Influence” (E°I) [is a] research-creation project [which] explores inter-artistic ways of conceiving, creating and composing musical performances and productions, influenced by dialogues with and transfers from other artistic practices. The session in Pune will includes exploration of Hindustani instrumentation and performance.
-Presentation of collaborative composition, Flame University, Pune, Maharashtra, India, August 2019
 
2019 - Regenerations
Zygote Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, US, March 2019
​-Group exhibition of international artists related to replication and regeneration
 
2018 – Ecstasies of Influence - Montréal
Concordia University, matralab, Montréal, Québec, Canada, September - December 2018
Artistic collaboration and interdisciplinary research: “Ecstasies of Influence” (E°I) [is a] research-creation project [which] explores inter-artistic ways of conceiving, creating and composing musical performances and productions, influenced by dialogues with and transfers from other artistic practices (excerpt from the grant application).
-Presentation of collaborative composition, Gesu Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 2018
 
2018 – slippages
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 2018
-World premiere performance of my graphic score, slippages, by the UBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Jonathan Girard, the Director of Orchestras at UBC and Wall Scholar for 2018-2019.
-Screening of slippages video, a collaboration with Edmonton artist Sydney Lancaster
-Painting installation
​ I would like to acknowledge the support of Canada Council for the Arts, the University of British Columbia School of Music , and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.
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2017 - Great and North
Palazzo Loredan, Venice, Italy, August - October 2017
​-Group exhibition of Canadian  works in the Luciano Benetton Collection
 
2017 - Mountain Dew
Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 2017
-Group Exhibition, Banff Centre Project Space

2016 - Souvenir / Souvenir 
Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2016
-Solo exhibition of multimedia works: large format photographs, paintings, assemblage, and sound.

2016 - Opasatika
Galerie 815, Hearst, Ontario, Canada
-Solo exhibition of large format photographs, paintings, video, and sound.
 
2016 - Canon in Bee
International Experimental Art Space, Berlin, Germany
-Solo exhibition of monoprints

2016 -A Ubiquity of Sparrows
36th Street Project Space, New York, New York, US
- Solo exhibition of photographs and text

2015 -Loose Affairs
Somos Project Space, Berlin , Germany
- Group exhibition

2013 - L’Héritage de Borduas: huit artistes autour de Françoise Sullivan
Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
- Group painting exhibition concurrent with Paul-Émile Borduas –les années new yorkaises (1953-1955), with catalogue

2012 - Genetics for Cowboys
WARC Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
− Multimedia installation including paintings, photography, and sound

EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES (CONTINUED)
 
2011 - Beautiful Ghosts 
CRAM International Gallery, St-Catharines, Ontario, Canada
− Beautiful Ghosts - Multimedia installation; Persistent Desire - Sound installation

2011 - Seeds in Disguise
Balls Falls Conservation Center, Jordan, Ontario, Canada
− Solo exhibition in conjunction with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) traveling exhibition

2011 - Nuit Blanche Toronto - Fly By Night: Beautiful Ghosts; Persistent Desire
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
− Beautiful Ghosts - Multimedia installation; Persistent Desire - Sound installation

2010 - Nuit Blanche Montréal – Poetics of Space
New City Gas, Montréal, Québec, Canada
− Screening of video documentation of performance piece

2009 - Second International Festival of Performance Art
Athens, Greece
− Screening of video documentation of performance piece Poetics of Space
 
2009- Poetics of Space
New City Gas, Montréal, Québec, Canada
− Multi-media performance piece co-created with musician Jen Reimer
 
RESIDENCIES AND CONFERENCES (SELECTED)
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2017-2018 - Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia ( Artist-in Residence )
The Institute brings together UBC scholars with leading international researchers to "work together on innovative research, develop new thinking that is beyond disciplinary boundaries, and engage in intellectual risk-taking." The Institute has a varied program of scholars in residence, visiting scholars, distinguished professorship, multiple speaker series, and major special events. I have been invited by the Institute to be its inaugural artist-in-residence.

2017 – Building Your Career – CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation – Le front des artistes Canadiens) National Conference – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Panel participant on professional development and copyright

2017 - Banff Centre for Creativity in the Arts: BAiR Spring Intensive (Residency) - Banff, Alberta, Canada, Spring 2017:
 An internationally juried residency at the Banff Centre where selected artists are invited to develop and create alongside other artists, writers, and curators from the Banff Centre and its International Curatorial Institute.

2016 - Banff Centre for Creativity in the Arts: BAiR Text (Residency) - Banff, Alberta, Canada Spring 2016
- An internationally juried residency at the Banff Centre, the Text Residency was a thematic residency in which artists whose practices engaged with text in some were invited to work with writers and critics.
 
2016 - If You Build It, Will They Come? - Transart Institute, New York, New York: Created and led professional development workshops regarding residency creation and practice development

2014 - Artists for Artists: Art, Activism, and Adaptation (Symposium): Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2013 - Artists for Artists: Mentorship, teaching strategies and other tools for visual artists: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada − Led workshops on mentoring strategies

2012 - Asa Wright Nature Centre (Residency) - Trinidad, est Indies
-Research with scientists and naturalists on cave-dwelling oilbirds.

2010 - The Automatiste Revolution: Its International Resonances (Symposium) - Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York, USA − Developed and presented international symposium in conjunction with the Albright-Knox Museum exhibition The Automatiste Revolution.  

ART FAIRS

2012, 2013, 2014 - Toronto International Art Fair

Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Corkin Gallery (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

2012, 2013 - The Armory Show
 New York, NY, with Corkin Gallery (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

​EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 
2017 - School of Art, Design, and Architecture, Plymouth University, United Kingdom (Transart Institute, New York and Berlin) - MFA Creative Practice: Recipient of Transart Earth Awareness Prize

1986 - Concordia University, Montreal, Québec, Canada – BA (Double Major) -Specialization in Psychology and Major in Applied Social Science 
 
2001 - Present – Mentorship with artist Françoise Sullivan 
 
1988-1990 (Incomplete) - Concordia University, Montreal, Québec, Canada - BSc Biology

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
 
2019 –  Present - Member - Berliner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik e. V. (Berlin Society for New Music e. V.)

2010 – 2016 - Member of CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation – Le front des artistes Canadiens) Executive - Board of Directors 

2010 – Present -  Member of RAAV 
(Regroupment des artistes en arts visuels du Québec) , Board of Directors - 2010 - 2018 , Vice President Executive - Board of Directors - 2012-2017

2013 - Present - Member of CARCC 
(Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective -also known as CoVA-DAAV) - Board of Directors - 2013 - 2018; Co-Chair Board of Directors 2015 – 2018
 
MY WORK HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES QUÉBEC, IN ADDITION TO PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS. IT IS HELD IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN CANADA, THE USA, AND EUROPE, AND NOTABLY, THE CANADIAN WOMAN COMPOSERS ARCHIVE.
​ We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Nous remercions le Conseil des Arts du Canada de son soutien.
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  • Home
    • Artist Statement
    • Bio
  • Performances
    • Ecstacies of Influence - Le Gesù, Amphithéâtre -Montréal - December 2018
    • slippages - The UBC Symphony Orchestra - Chan Centre - Vancouver - October 2018 >
      • slippages - Press
      • slippages - Instructions for play and score
      • slippages in the Studio: About my process >
        • slippages Athabasca -Photographs
        • slippages Immense Immensities
        • slippages Notebook
        • slippages Athabasca Painting
      • slippages - Performance Videos
  • Exhibitions / Residencies
    • Recent Exhibitions ... Now You See Me... >
      • The Aura of the Already Said - Zygote Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio - 2019 >
        • The Aura of the Already Said: Exhibition - Press
      • Souvenir / Souvenir - Montréal, Québec 2017 >
        • Souvenir / Souvenir - Press
        • Souvenir / Souvenir - Essay ​Culte du Souvenir
        • Souvenir / Souvenir: About the Exhibition ...
        • About ​Safe Passage
        • About the Paintings ...
        • About the Photographs ...
        • About the Vitrines ...
        • Souvenir / Souvenir : Invitation card
      • Souvenir sacré - Opasatika - Hearst, Ontario 2016
    • Residencies ... Home Away from Home >
      • Ecstasies of Influence : matralab, Concordia University - Montréal 2018 >
        • Ecstacies of Influence - December 16, 2018 - Le Gesù, Amphithéâtre - Montréal
      • The Past Sealed Away - Peter Wall Institute Artist in Residence - Vancouver, BC 2017 - 2018 >
        • The Past Sealed Away... Article
      • What's in a Song ? - Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta 2017
      • In The Hole - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2017
      • A Ubiquity of Sparrows : Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta 2016 >
        • A Ubiquity of Sparrows : Banff Installation
  • Graphic Scores
    • slippages - 2018 >
      • slippages - Press
      • slippages - Instructions for play and score
      • slippages in the Studio: About my process >
        • slippages Athabasca -Photographs
        • slippages Immense Immensities
        • slippages Notebook
        • slippages Athabasca Painting
      • slippages - Performance Videos
    • Between the Song and the Silence: Berlin 2017 - 2020 >
      • Between the Song and the Silence: Graphic Score- Banff Iteration
      • My Muses
      • What's in a Name?
      • Taking Flight ... The Process
      • Swan Song... A summary of my process for my MFA research
  • Portfolio
    • The Past Sealed Away ...
    • The Past Sealed Away... Prints
    • Immense Immensities
    • In The Hole
    • Mortsaf for My Father
    • Souvenir sacré
    • Fleurs sacrées
    • Mortsaf
    • Genetics for Cowboys
    • Beautiful Ghosts
    • Niagara Tondos
    • Twinned
  • C V
  • Contact