VAL DESJARDINS

Performance and digital media artist

info@valdesjardins.com

EDUCATION

2004-2006 M.A. in Studio Arts, New York University, NY

1999-2003 B.A. major Sociology, Concordia University, Montreal

1997-1999 D.E.C. in Creative Arts, John Abbott College, Montreal

AWARDS

2008 Grant for upcoming artists and writers

CALQ (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec)

Canada/Mexico ‘Scholarship for outstanding students’

M.A. program at New York University, 2005-2007

Winner of Best short video, for ‘JERKING’

Lower West Side Film Festival, New York, 2006

Selected EXHIBITIONS

‘PEUR LAINE’

Solo Live performance, EDGY Women Festival, Tangente, Montreal, 2009

‘JERKING’

Live Performance, Rendez-Vous Du Cinema Quebecois, NFB, Montreal, 2009

WHAT IS IMPORTANT?

Live performance during 7a*11d Performance Festival
Toronto free Gallery, Toronto, 2008

‘ÀPart!’

Group exhibition, Skol, Montreal, 2008

‘Ferment’

Group Exhibition, Long Hall Gallery, 2008

‘Hot Hot Gossip’

Lead role in live theatre multimedia piece (4 episodes)
Written and directed by Dayna Mcleod/produced by Miriam Ginestier and studio 303, Edgy women festival, Montreal, 2008

‘Peur Laine’

Live performance during ‘Fatale: A Dangerous night of femme performance’,
commissioned by the Canadian Literature Center and Exposure festival,
Galerie Latitude53, Alberta, 2007

‘Coming Home’

Curated and performed by VAL Desjardins
Galerie Espace, Montreal, February 2007
(Collaborative project including 10 Montreal-based artists)

‘Bringing sexy back’

Live performance, Sala Rosa, Montreal, 2007

‘Outbreak’

Group exhibition, Commons space, New York, 2006

‘M.A. thesis show’

Group exhibition, Washington Square East gallery, New York, 2006

‘Projet Projo’

Group multi-media installation, M.A.I. (Montréal Arts Interculturels), Montreal, 2006

‘Frankie and the fluff girls’

Live performance, ‘Murray Hill burlesque show’, Galapagos art space, Brooklyn, New York, 2005

‘Noise in the blue channel’

Group exhibition, Commons space, New York, 2004

‘Matante Ginette’

Live performance, Art Zone, Pierro Gallery, New Jersey, 2004

‘20 Hours with Robin’

Solo Photography Exhibition, Blizzarts, Montreal, 2003

‘Nouvelles Frontières’

Group exhibition, Musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal, 1999

Selected SCREENINGS:

Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois, Montreal, 2009

Back Off festival, Montreal, 2009

Le festival de films gays & lesbiens de Paris, 2008

M.U.F.F. Montreal underground film festival, May 2008

Inside Out, Toronto queer film festival, May 2008

‘Strange sisters’, Hysteria festival, Buddies in bad times theatre, Toronto, 2007

Pink Apple film festival, Switzerland, 2006

Straight outta girlville, San Francisco women’s center, San Francisco, 2005

Image et Nation film festival, Montreal, 2005

Outfest film festival, Los Angeles, 2005

Frameline film Festival, San Francisco, 2005

National queer arts festival, San Francisco, 2005

LWSFF, Lower west side film festival, New York, 2005

Now and Then, Curated by Gerry Pryor, Cantor cinema, New York, 2005