jillianmcdonald news

Le Nuit Blanche

performance / installation curated by Gordon Hatt
Toronto, Canada
October 4, sunset to sunrise, '08

The Headlands

artist-in-residence
Marin County, CA
Summer '08

Aferro Gallery

Biological Imperative
Newark, NJ
June 14 - July 26, '08

Obscolescence and the Culture of Human Invention

conference and exhibition
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Halifax, NS
May 26 -31, '08

La Chambre Blanche

artist-in-residence
Quebec City, QC
May 21 - June 4, '08

Reina Sofia Museum

video and film department
Streetwise, curated by Elga Wimmer
Madrid, Spain
May 18 - Jun 8, '08

Hudson, NY

Plugged In
May 17 - 31, '08
opening May 17, '08

Third Avenue Gallery *CURRENT*

solo show
Jillian Mcdonald: Superfan
1727 West Third Avenue
Vancouver, BC
May 1 - 31
opening May 1, '08
artist's talk at the gallery on May 3, 3PM

Slippery Rock University

visiting artist lecture
Apr 18, '08

La Sala Narańja

Jillian Mcdonald Horror Make-up and The Screaming
Valencia, Spain
Apr 11 - 26, '08

Three Walls Gallery *CURRENT*

solo show
Jillian Mcdonald
Chicago, IL
April 4 - May 10, '08
Artist's talk, Apr 5, 3PM
images from the show

Art Institute of Chicago

visiting artist lecture
Apr 4, '08

University of North Carolina, Asheville

visiting artist, Multimedia Arts and Sciences Dept.
March 27 - 30, '08

Superfan

exhibition of commissioned works by Art Engine
Ottawa, Ontario
opening March 20, '08

Three Walls Gallery

artist-in-residence
Chicago, IL
March 6 - 23, '08

1708 Gallery

solo show
Jillian Mcdonald, FANATIC
Richmond, VA
Feb 1 - March 1, '08

Artists Talk On Art (ATOA)

panel: Is video art new again?
moderated by Louky Keijsers
School of Visual Arts, NY
209 East 23rd St
Jan 25, '08, 7:00PM

A.M. Richard Gallery

No Wonderland in Winter
328 Berry Street, 3rd floor
Brooklyn, NY
Jan 18 - Feb 18, '08
Opening Jan 18, 6 - 9pm

LMAK Projects Gallery

Dress Code, curated by Liselot van der Heijden
526 W 26th Street, 3rd Fl
New York, NY
Jan 10 - Feb 9, '08
Opening Jan 10, 6 - 8pm

A.M. Richard Gallery

at Photo LA
Barker Hangar
Santa Monica, CA
Jan 10 - 13, '08

Purchase College, Neuberger Museum

lecture
Westchester, NY
Nov 7, '07

VertexList Gallery

Everyone Will Suffer animation
in B I T M A P: As Good as New
138 Bayard Street
Brooklyn, NY
Nov 24, '07 - Feb 3, '08
download catalogue as pdf

Purchase College, Neuberger Museum

lecture
Westchester, NY
Nov 7, '07

University of Western Michigan, Richmond Center for Visual Arts

Me and Billy Bob video in Keeping it Real exhibition, curated by Jerry Kearns
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Nov 15 - Dec 21, '07

Choate House Gallery

solo show
Pace University
861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, New York
November 5 - 30
opening Monday Nov 12th, 1-3pm
download Press Release

Moti Hasson Gallery

SCARY Hallowe'en performance and party
535 W 25th Street, New York
Oct 31, 7 pm

Austin Peay State University, Trahern Gallery

Snow Stories web project and Zombies in Condoland animaton in Terminal: New Media Practices, curated by Barry Jones
Clarksville, TN
Oct 29 - Nov 18, '07

Sara Nightingale Gallery

Chick Flicks
Long Island, NY
Oct 20 - Nov 17, '07

Krannert Art Museum

Facades, curated by Judith Fox
University of Illinois
Oct 19 - Dec 30, '07

Moti Hasson Gallery

solo show
Jillian Mcdonald, Waking the Dead
535 W 25th Street
New York, NY
Oct 11 - Nov 10, '07
Opening Oct 11, 6 - 8pm
Hallowe'en night performance, October 31

Rodman Hall Arts Centre

Objects of Affection, curated by Gordon Hatt
Brock University
St. Catherine's, Ontario
Oct 5 - Dec 2, '07
panel discussion with artists 2pm, opening 7pm: Oct 5

MICA

lecture
Baltimore, MD
Sept 25, '07

Long Island University Gallery

Digital Political Time Lapse
curated by Aron Namenwirth
Brooklyn, NY
Sept 3 - 28, '07
opening Sept 20, 7 - 9pm
click for directions

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

Alt.PictureShows, curated by Neil Kendricks
San Diego's premier short-film showcase and the definitive experiment in physical channel surfing.
As numerous short films screen on a loop throughout the Museum, MCASD becomes a movie funhouse featuring a cross-section of innovative cinematic works by filmmakers from around the globe.

San Diego, CA
Aug 23, '07

Galapagos Art Space

vertices, a selection of short works
presented by vertexList Gallery
70 N 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
Aug 12, 7 - 9:30pm

Parsons School of Design

visiting artist
New York, NY
July 16-17, '07

Jillian Mcdonald: Me and Billy Bob

solo project
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
June 29 - Aug 25, '07
also on view: Mark lee Morris, Hamartia

Collage in the Expanded Field

curated by Joel Carreiro
The Arts Center
St. Petersburg, Fl
June 8 - Aug 18,'07

Edith Russ Site for Media Art

my own private reality

Me and Billy Bob and Screen Kiss in My Own Private Reality - Growing up Online in the 90s and 00s
curated by Sarah Cook
Oldenburg, Germany
May 11 - July 1, '07

Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery

exhibition image

at Art Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 9 - 13, '07

Soap Factory

exhibition image

Jillian Mcdonald Zombielands
April 28 - Jun 10, '07

*OPEN STUDIOS*

exhibition image

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Residency Program open studios
120 Broadway, NYC
April 27 - 29. '07

University of Colorado, Boulder

lecture
April 12, '07

MARATHON!!!

exhibition image

Atlanta, GA
March 25, '07
click to read Beckley's blog report


The College of New Jersey Art Gallery

Dress Code panel discussion with artists
Ewing, NJ
Mar 21, '07

The Upgrade! New York

presentation
New York, NY
Eyebeam
Feb 22, '06

The College of New Jersey Art Gallery

Dress Code
Dress Code is an exhibition that emphasizes the role of clothes on a social and emotional level. Participating artists include: Elke Lehmann, Jillian Mcdonald, and Momoyo Torimitsu
Ewing, NJ
Feb 21 - Mar 28, '07

National Centre for Contemporary Art

Screen Kiss in Vidifestival 06
Moscow Russia
Feb 20, '07

Love

a special screening at the Sagamore Hotel,
guest curated by Kimberly Marrero and Louky Keijsers
Miami, FL
Feb 14, '07

Kulturzeit

exhibition image

interview on German TV with Stephan Mueller
Channel ZDF/3sat
Feb 14, '07

Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts

Screen Kiss in
Only Connect
"Only Connect brings together 5 video and new media artists whose works resonate with the inherent desire to connect, literally and metaphorically, whether that’s fulfilled through family, a lover, friends, partner, strangers or combinations thereof."
curated by Laura Donaldson
Boston, MA
Feb 2 - Mar 18, '07

School of Visual Arts

lecture
February 13th, 6pm

ArtMoving Projects

exhibition image

solo show
opening night performance, 8pm
Zombie Loop
Jan 27 - Mar 18, 07
166 N 12th Street
Brooklyn, NY
opening Jan 27, 7-9pm

NY Arts Magazine

profile, Jillian Mcdonald
January / February '07

Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery

Me and Billy Bob in
"Video Killed the Painting"
curated by Bart de Koning Gans
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dec 27, '06 - January '07

The Upgrade! Vancouver

artist's talk
Vancouver, BC
Dec 20 '06

Sagamore Collection

highlights from the collection
featuring Me and Billy Bob
Dec 6 - 11, '06
Miami, FL

Western Front

artist-in-residence
Vancouver, BC
mid-Dec '06

Stalking by Bran Nicol

exhibition image

book released!
published by Reaktion book
Me and Billy Bob featured on pages 71-72

The New York Times

The Silly, the Erotic and the Adorable
by BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO
Nov 11, '06

Moti Hasson Gallery

at The Toronto International Art Fair
Toronto, ON
Nov 9-13, '06

Hunter College at CUNY

lecture
1527 Hunter North
68th Street @ Lexington Ave
New York, NY
Nov 8, '06

Drain Magazine

article by Jack Anderson
"Desiring The Image: On Celebrity and Fetishization"
Desire issue
launched Oct 2006

Rockland Center for the Arts

State of the Art exhibition
curated by Joel Carreiro
West Nyack, NY
Oct '06

Austin Peay University

lecture
Clarksville, TN
Oct 9, '06

A.M. Richard Fine Art

at Photo New York
Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
Oct 5-8, '06

Val 06 International Video Festival

La Sala Naranja Gallery
Valencia, Spain
Oct 24 - Nov 5 '06
artist's talk Oct 25

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

Workspace Residency
Sept '06 - May '07

School of Visual Arts

Artist-in-Residence
Fall '06 - Spring '07

The Peekskill Project

"Horror Make-up" video installed at train station
curated by Trong Nguyen
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art
Peekskill, NY
Sept 16 - Oct 7, '06

All About Lies

showing "Screen Kiss" video
The Apartment Project
Istanbul, Turkey
Sept 12 - Oct 30, '06

ArtMoving

exhibition image

project space
Brooklyn, NY
Sept 8 - Oct 15, '06

FILE (Electronic Language International Festival)

SESI Art Gallery
Sao Paolo, Brazil
Aug 14 - Sept 3, '06

The New York Times

excellent feature article by Carol Kino
"Watch the Closing Doors, and Mind the Zombies" - Arts & Leisure
Sun, July 30, '06

CBC Radio

Socket - "a new show about the hottest new art makers in Canada".
Interview with Angela Antle
Wed, July 26th

Animal Series

exhibition image

Chester and Poncho video
Jillian Mcdonald and Nina Katchadourian
July 16 - Sept 20, '06
MMoCA
Madison, WI
curated by Jane Simon

Celebrity

exhibition image

group show featuring "Screen Kiss"
Sixtyseven Gallery, NYC
July 6 - Aug 12, '06
547 W 27th, 3rd Floor

Monkeytown

"Semiennial"
Brooklyn, NY
June 16 + 17, '06

NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art + Design)

artist's talk
Halifax, NS
June 13, '06

CFAT (Centre for Art Tapes)

artist-in-residence
Halifax, NS
June 11-24, '06

The Cook The Thief, His Wife, and Their Dinner Guests exhibition

Dinner for 2 performance with Beckley Roberts
9pm, May 12th, '06
New General Catalogue Gallery
140 Franklin Street, Brooklyn

Momenta Raffle

at White Columns
featuring Chester and Poncho, limited edition DVD
320 W 13th St., NYC
7-9pm, April 29th, '06

WPS1 art radio

Art + Technology
interview with Daniel Durning
"Daniel Durning discusses the work of guests Jillian McDonald and Carla Gannis. Both artists look at contemporary media and culture through the lens of obsessive vision and creative work in video, online and other media."
May 8, 06
and archived online
(click on "press" above to listen to mp3)

Fringeexhibitions.com

Snow Stories
curated by Jody Zellen
Los Angeles, CA
April '06

Rutgers University
artist's talk
New Brunswick, NJ
April 10, '06

*Jack the Pelican Presents*

exhibition image

solo show
Me and Billy Bob and related work
Mar - April 23, 06
Brooklyn, NY
opening March 24, 7-9pm

Jack the Pelican Presents

at Scope art fair New York
Mar 10-13, 06
New York, NY

Snow Stories

launch of web project!

Sagamie
artist's residency

Alma, Québec
January, '06

biteditions and vertexList

exhibition image

Brooklyn
opening December 17
Dec 17, '05- February, '06

Brunswick Window

158 Brunswick Street
Jersey City, NJ
Dec 4, '05 - Jan 4, '06

Scope Miami

Billy Bob Tattoo Star Edition, performance
Me and Billy Bob, video
Art Papers magazine
Dec 2, '05
Miami, FL

presentation

Dec 3, 3-5pm
with Zoe Beloff
Harvestworks at 15 Nassau Street, NYC

New Data

exhibition of Snow Stories web project
Harvestworks, NYC
Nov 17, '05
show runs through Jan 7, '06
15 Nassau Street @ Pine, NYC

Synthesis and Distribution: Experiments in Collaboration

exhibition of Ivy League web and performance project
Pace University Galleries
Nov 15 - Dec 16, '05

PPC Regina

Audiences and Economies
panel presentation at Performance Creation Canada conference
Nov 5, '05

MICA

artist's talk
Baltimore, MD
Oct 11, '05

Splashpage

featuring web project, To Vincent with Love
August + September '05

Art Papers magazine

"Jillian Mcdonald's Celebrity Relations"
article by Sylvie Fortin
with limited special edition artist's project for subscribers
Sept/Oct issue '05

Wish

group exhibition, featuring "To Vincent With Love" (web edition)
COCA - Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
curated by Jim O'Donnell
Sept 9 - Oct 2, '05

Transmedia :29:59

screening of video, Screen Kiss
on public video billboard - Dundas Square, Toronto
Year Zero One, Toronto
<Screen Kiss info>
Aug 1 - 31, '05

CINEMAscopeHamptons

screening of video, Screen Kiss
That Uncomfortable place between Beginning and Ending
curated by Lee Wells, with Trong Nguyen
July 15-17, 2005

Parkette exhibition

performance, Ivy League
with Beckley Roberts
Cecil Park + Gallery 1313, Toronto
June 18, '05

SCREEN KISS

critical writing by Jack Anderson
launch of web project
Soil New Media Commission*

Seoul Net Festival

exhibition of web project, Stand By Your Guns
Seoul, Korea
May 1 - June 30, '05

Manifestation d'Art Internationale de Québec

3rd biannual exhibition, theme = Cynicism
exhibition of web projects, 'Things Are Okay', 'Stand By Your Guns' and Ivy League'
Québec City, QC
April 30- Jun 15, '05

Toronto Star

article by Murray Whyte - Mar 26, '05

Toronto Star

article by Peter Goddard - Mar 05, '05

YYZ Gallery

solo exhibition
To Vincent with Love
Toronto, ON
Feb 23 - Mar 26, '05

CAA 2005

Contact: Works that Create a Community through Physical, Virtual, or Momentary Relationships’
presentation panel chaired by China Blue
Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 16 - 19, '05

To Vincent, with Love

web project
Whitney Artport Gate Page
commissioned by Christiane Paul
Launching Feb 14 (Valentine's Day), '05

Topographic

xhibition of web project, Home Like No Place
Spaces Gallery
Cleveland, OH
Jan 21 - Mar 11, '05

Sundance Online Film Festival

exhibition of web project, Stand By Your Guns
Park City, Utah
Jan 20 - 30, '05

vertexList gallery

exhibition, Bring in the Clones
curated by Jillian Mcdonald
Brooklyn, NY
Jan 15 - Feb 6, '05

The Americas

exhibition of 2-channel video, Beavers for Cherries curated by Yucef Merhi
Klein Gallery, Science Centre, Philadelphia
Jan 14 - Feb 25, '05

curating: Location is Everything

online exhibition
Rhizome.org
launching Jan 3, '05

404

exhibition of website, Stand By Your Guns at International Festival of Electronic Art at the Juan B Castagnino Museum and CEC
Rosario, Argentina
Dec 7 - 12, '04

NYC ACM SIGGRAPH WORKZONE

*digital artists discuss recent work*
featuring Jillian Mcdonald and Bruce Wands
produced and moderated by Trilby Schreiber
209 E 23rd Street
School of Visual Art, NYC
Dec 1, '04 6:30 - 8pm

TPW Gallery

solo exhibition, Me and Billy Bob at the Drake Hotel
Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON
November 1 - 29, '04

Vox Populi

exhibition of videos, To Vincent With Love and Me and Billy Bob
Philadelphia, PA
video lounge artist
December '04

Cyberpitch

competition at FCMM, Festival of New Media
Montréal, PQ
finalist
collaboration with Turbulent
Oct 21, '04

New Forms Festival

exhibition of web projects, Advice Lounge and Stand By Your Guns
Vancouver, BC
Oct 14 - 28 '04

Arts of the Virtual: Poetic Inquiries in Time, Space, and Motion

exhibition of web project, Advice Lounge
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Sept 30 - Oct 2 '04

Desert - 6th Manifestation

Video et Art Electronique exhibition of video, Me and Billy Bob at the International Bienniale, held at the site of the historical des Carrieres incinerator
Champ Libre, Montréal
Sept 20 - 27 '04

Drawn to the Present

exhibition of photos, After Billy Bob's Tattoos
curated by Linda Gottesfeld and Jane Dickson Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
Sept 13 - Oct 31 '04

Samplesize

artist's photo project
After Billy Bob's Tattoos
September '04

Galerià Galou

exhibition of 2-channel video, Beavers for Cherries, in 'Americas' exhibition, curated by Yucef Merhi
Brooklyn, NY
Sept 9 - Oct 3 '04

Edge Intermedia

solo show of video installation, The Starlight Lounge
Eastern Edge Gallery
St John's, Newfoundland
opening Aug 31, artist's talk Sept 1

ISEA 2004

live performance of Advice Lounge at the International Symposium of Electronic Art
Tallinn, Estonia
Aug 17 - 18 '04

Infinite Fill

exhibition of video, Billy Bob Tattoo June 2004, in exhibition curated by Cory Archangel
Foxy Productions Gallery, NYC
July 22 - Aug 20 '04

NY Times Review

Infinite Fill show, curated by Cory Archangel

Alternator Gallery

<Seams> performance and residency
Kelowna, BC
July '04 - artist's talk July 10

BananaRAM

exhibition of Stand By Your Guns, Interactive section
curated by Brendan Klinger
Ancona, Mole Vanvitelliana, Italy
July 6 - 11 '04

Centre for Art Tapes

Fantascape, exhibition of Home Like No Place website
Halifax, NS
opening June 23 '04

DigitalVisions

online exhibition and writing about website, MeAndBillyBob.com
University of British Columbia, BC

Spasm II

live performance of Advice Lounge for 2nd Public Art Festival
Paved New Media, Saskatoon
June 3 - 5 '04

curating: EBay - Buy or Sell or Buy

online exhibition and artists talks
Pace Digital Gallery, NYC
May 6 - Sept 6 '04

From New York, with Love

exhibition of Starlight Lounge installation, curated by Trong Nguyen
Covivant Gallery, Tampa
Apr 9 - May 9

To Vincent, with Love

video installation
Vertex List Gallery, Brooklyn
Feb 14 - Mar 7, '04

Starlight Lounge

solo show. Video Pool at Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg
Jan 9 - 31 '04

Stand By Your Guns

launch of website, commissioned by Turbulence.org

Miraculous

exhibition of To Vincent With Love in exhibition of 'ex votos' paintings, curated by Trong Nguyen
ChezTGN, Brooklyn
Dec 10 - Jan 5, '04

curating Screen Kiss

exhibition of 5 videos by artists, featuring a kiss
Pace Digital Gallery, NYC
Oct 12 '03

Gifted

Rare Art, NYC
curated by Lilah Freedland
Nov 15 - Jan 17

17e Rencontres d'Art Vidéo Plastique.

exhibition of website MeAndBillyBob.com in this international exhibition of video art
Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie
Caen, France
Nov 25 - 29 '03

Accélérateur/Fusion des Codes

FCMM, Montréal and Pace Digital Gallery, NYC
curated by Marie-Christiane Mathieu
Oct 10 - 12 '03

Probing into the Distance - Mile Share

Kitchener's Contemporary Art Forum
September 20 - 27 '03

Not Sharing

'Anti-performance' action, curated by Praxis
LMCC Benefit opening
Woolworth Building, NYC
Sept 18 '03

Conjunction - Seams

performance and conference
Neutral Ground Gallery
Regina, Saskatchewan
August 12 - 20 '03

AIM 23

Bronx Museum of the Arts
July 16 - Sept 27 '03

DAIMON

digital art residency May - Jun, '03
Artist's Talk, June 17
- Hull, Québec

Performance Art Festival

Cleveland, Ohio
June '03

MeAndBillyBob.com

web launch

Misplacement of Intimacy

VisualEyez
Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton
May 23 - 31 '03

The Dialogue

screening of Me and Billy Bob
Thomas Erben Gallery, NYC
May 6 '03

i-highway

Canadian web art
Javamuseum.org

Love Tattoo

performance at Grand Central Station, NYC
Feb 14 '03 Valentine's Day

Borrowed Objects

performance-installation
SAW Gallery, Ottawa
Jan 9 - Feb 15 '03

Video Zone

Video Art Biennial in Tel Aviv
New York work curated by Rachel Melman

Looking In

Houseplant, intervention
site-specific exhibition in 20 storefronts
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Dec 9 - 31 '02

Looking In

Seams, intervention
site-specific exhibition in 20 storefronts
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Oct 29 - Nov 29 '02

Toronto International Art Fair

part of collage party
curated by Paul Butler
for the Power Plant - booth 935

Year Zero One

Transmedia 2002: 15 seconds of Fame
site specific exhibition on LED sign, Toronto
Oct 24 - Nov 15 '02

Cross Platform

New Digital Work:
Juliet Martin & Jillian Mcdonald
Choate House Gallery
Pace University
Pleasantville, NY
Oct 23 - Dec 30 '02

Freight Elevator II

curated by Ombretta Agro
DUMBO, NYC
performance, Alien Tattoo
Oct 18 - 20 '02

Tailor Made

performance-installation
Headquarters, Toronto

Park it!

video screening
Art in General, New York

Houseplant

performance in Concerning Nature
curated by Louise Weinberg
Queens, NY

VideoMinuto PopTV

Firenze, Italy

Free Manifesta

Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany

La Biennale de Montréal 2002

curated by Anne-Marie Boivert
web project, Home Like No Place

No Live Girls

Lance Fung Gallery, NYC

Power to the People

Kitchener's Contemporary Art Forum
performance, Power Tattoo
Sept 21 - 29 '02