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2015
book chapter (as author) "Alone Together in the Dark: Horror-Based Artworks and Fan Participation in Urban
and Extra-Urban Space ", in Media Art in the Urban Environment ed. by Francis T. Marchese, Springer, pp 99 - 116
book "Elements and Principles of 4D Art and Design", by Ellen Mueller, Oxford University Press
article "Valley of the Deer: Jillian McDonald at Squeaky Wheel", by Jack Foran, The Public, Buffalo, May 26
book "The Transatlantic Zombie: Slavery, Rebellion, and Living Death", by Sarah Juliet Lauro, Rutgers
University Press, pp 165-70, 177, 221
essay "Valley of the Deer" by Ivan Jurakic - for UWAG exhibition brochure
download pdf (2.2MB).
2014
book chapter "Brad Pitt as Art Muse" by Sarah
Juliet Lauro, in Christopher Schaberg (editor), Deconstructing Brad Pitt -
Bloomsbury Academic Press.
documentary " Doc of the Dead" by Alexandre O. Philippe
view trailer.
article "Getting to Know Zombies"
- by Kristen Hutchinson, Hyperallergic
read online.
2013
radio program "Valley of the Deer"
CBC, IDEAS with Paul Kennedy, Jan 25 -
listen online
artist's project "Valley of the Deer" 6-page photography spread launching
augmented reality videos, Blackflash Magazine, Vol 30, Issue 1, Feb - May, 2013, pp 25 - 31
visit website / download pdf (1MB)
catalogue "Alone Together in the Dark" exhibition, text by John Spiak, Stefan St-Laurent,
and Jillian McDonald
Avilable on Blurb.com
review "The Modern Monster at Queen's Nails, San Francisco"
- by Leora Lutz, San Francisco Arts Quarterly
read online.
review "No Dull Affairs at Onsite OCAD" - by Caitlin Sutherland, Daily Serving, Aug 29
read online.
article "Woman to Watch: Jillian McDonald" - by Barry Chong,
Toro Magazine, June 18, 2013 read online.
article "Q&A: Jillian McDonald On Highland Noir" - by David Balzer, Canadian Art, Summer 2013
read online.
2012
catalogue for "Electric Speed" exhibition, edited by Kate Armstrong
download pdf
interview "Electric Speed" - by Cedar Tavern Singers, Vague Terrain online publication
read online.
article "Edmonton horror film artist Jillian Mcdonald talks being named this year's
Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence" - by Rachel Phan, The National Post, June 25
read online.
catalogue "Faster Forward" - essay by Frank McCauley
article "For the Ethical Treatment of Zombies", by Sarah Juliet Lauro,
Incognitum Hactenus, Volume 3
read online.
article "Audience Participation: The Social Network", by Anuradha Vikram, Artillery Magazine, April / May
article "Latest Distillery Project Turns into Horror Story", by Andrew Youngson, The Press and Journal, Scotland, Sept 28
article "Favourite Haunts", Mercedes-Benz Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012
2011
book chapter and cover "Zombies Invade Performance Art...and your Neighbourhood" by Sarah Juliet Lauro, in
Better off Dead, eds. Sarah Juliet Lauro and Deborah Christie,
Fordham Press.
article "Beyond Galleries" by Claire Lieberman, in
Art Experience NYC magazine, Fall 2011, pp 16 - 33
read online.
review "Suicide and Satan at Delaware County Community College"
- by Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, Apr 13
read online.
review ""My sweet, sweet", a funny, icky, outstanding show at Agnes Scott"
- by Felicia Feaster, ArtsCriticATL.com, Feb 23
catalogue "Horrified" - essay by Virginia Spivey
download pdf file (16 pages).
2010
essay "Say Like...If Someone Burns Toast..." - by John Massier, for Hallwalls exhibition catalogue.
download pdf file.
essay "Zombies" - by Kimberly Rhodes, for Drew University exhibition brochure.
download pdf file (2 pages including images).
review "The Horror, The Horror: Jillian Mcdonald" - by Robert Enright, Border Crossings Magazine, December
read online.
essay "Performativity and the Web" - by Joanne Lalonde, for La Chambre Blanche.
review "Exhibit Bloody Good...and Good and Bloody" - by Alison Gillmor, Winnipeg Free Press, Oct 14
read online.
essay "RedRum: Jillian Mcdonald" - by Milena Placentile, catalogue essay, Gallery One One One, University
of Manitoba,
read online.
essay "Jillian Mcdonald: RedRum" - by Cliff Eyland, catalogue essay, Gallery One One One, University
of Manitoba,
read online.
article "The Wildest Faculty Web Pages" - by Don Troop, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec 10
read online.
2009
interview "Brookyn DIY", documentary film by Marcin Ramocki
TV feature "Zombier" - Skräckministeriet series, SVT Television, Oct 1
feature "Jillian Mcdonald", e-magazine,
pp 94-97, august issue
book Art and the Subway: New York Underground by Tracy Fitzpatrick, Rutgers University Press,
pp 168-169
review "Jillian Mcdonald, Monstrosities" - Shotgun Review,
by Genevieve Quick, July 22
review "We Walk with a Zombie: Nights and Days of the Dead Economy and Culture in Art, Movies, Books,
and Song" - San Francisco Bay Guardian,
by Johnny Ray Huston, Cheryl Eddy, + Tony Papanikolas, July 8
review "Det er bare mega uhyggeligt!" - Kunsten.nu,
by Sanne flyvbjerg, June 12
article "Zombiefest" - Malmö Lund CITY,
by Tara Moshizi, May 26
download pdf file (2-pages including cover).
TV feature "Zombievandring i mörkret" - SVT Television, May 25
article "Zombierna Anfaller" - People Magazine (Sweden), by Mirjam Johansson, No 4
article "Odödliga drömmar" - Sydsvenskan, by Karin Arbsjö, May 6
review "Vad är det som finns i skogen?" - Sydsvenskan, by Ann Heberlein, May 31
article "Rädslan för det okända" - Sydsvenskan, by Fredrik PÅlsson, May 30
article "Tre kilometer skräck" - DN.se Kultur & Nöje, by Rikard Loman, May 30
article "De ska skrämmas i skogen" - Skånskan.se, by Yvonne Erlandsson, May 25
review "Osäkrad föreställning" - Kvällsposten Kultur KVP, by Malena Forsare, Jun 3 -
read online.
radio interview "Skräckperformance i Malmö" - Sveriges Radio P1, by David Richter, May 26 -
listen online.
2008
feature "Dead Sexy: Jillian Mcdonald Makes Zombie Art You Can Really Sink Your Teeth Into"" - Bust magazine,
by Molly Simms, Oct / Nov
read online
feature "Nuit Blanche: Getting your Zombie on" - The Toronto Star, by Marlene Arpe, Oct 4 -
read online
feature "Jillian Mcdonald: Zombies Attack" - MOW Magazine, by David Jager, Oct -
read online
review "Night of the Living, When Zombies can get 15 Seconds of Fame" - The Toronto Star, by Martin Knelman, July 10 -
read online
review "Jillian McDonald: Richmond, VA" - Art Papers magazine, by Virginia B. Spivey, May/June, pp 72 -72
read online
feature "When She Screams, Monsters Run: Performance
Artist Jillian Mcdonald" - American Classic Television Channel's "Who Loves Horror", by Christine Fall, March 25
read online
review "New York, NY" - Rhizome.org, by Marisa Olson, May 9 -
read online
2007
review "Jillian Mcdonald at Moti Hasson" - ARTCAL, October 25, 2007
- read online
review "Last Chance: Trent Morse on Jillian Mcdonald at Moti Hasson, New York" by Trent Morse,
The Saatchi Gallery Daily Magazine, November 9th, 2007
- read online
review "ART MORE OR LESS" by Julia Morton, New York Press, 2007
- read online
review "Night of the Living Awes" - BUST magazine online, November 1, 2007
- read online
review "Daydream Believer" by
Caitlin Jones - Rhizome.org, Oct 8, '07 -
read review
feature "Jillian Mcdonald" - NY Arts, Jan / Feb
2007 - read online
review "Political Timing" by
William Hanley - Rhizome.org, Oct 5, '07 -
read article
tv program "VirtuelleLiebe" - Kulturzeit, Channel
ZDF/3sat (Germany) with Stephan Mueller, Feb 14, '07 - watch interview!
review "Zombie Lands" - City Pages Minneapolis, by John Behling, May '07 -
read
online
review "A Flirtation with Desire" by
Cate McQuaid - The Boston Globe, Feb 22, '07 -
read
online
review "Assembly Required" by Lennie Bennett - St. Petersburg Times, June 29, '07
review "Art on a Blender" by Megan Voeller - Tampa Creatiev Loafing, June 20 - 26, '07
2006
book Stalking by Bran Nicol, Reaktion Press,
UK, pp 71-72 plus illustration download
pdf
review "The Silly, the Erotic and the Adorable"
by Benjamin Genocchio - The New York Times, Nov 12, '06
- read
onlineor download
jpg
article "Watch the Closing Doors, and Mind the Zombies"
by Carol Kino - The New York Times, July 30
download pdf or
read web version
article "Desiring The Image: On Celebrity
and Fetishization" by Jack Anderson - Drain Magazine, Fall
'06 read
online
interview CBC "Socket" with Angela Antle,
July 26 - listen
to mp3
interview WPS1.org Art Radio "Art + Technology"
with Daniel Durning, May 8 - listen
to mp3
review "Jillian Mcdonald: Stand By Your Guns"
aminima magazine, no. 16 - Spain -
read pdf
interview CKDU (Halifax) "Art Smarts"
with Darla Kitty, June 14 - listen
to mp3
article "The
Art of the Interstitial" by Michelle Kasprzak - Glowlab.org,
Jan / Feb
review "Doin'
Miami" by D. Dominick Lomabardi - NY Arts magazine, Mar
/ Apr, Vol. 11, No. 3/4, and d'Art Magazine, Spr 06
catalogue "TransHudson" Fall 06
article "The
Little DiVA that Couldn't" by Paddy Johnson - The Reeler, Dec 15 '06
2005
review "Jillian
Mcdonald: Me and Billy Bob" by Valentina Culatti - neural.it,
Dec 19
article “Jillian Mcdonald's Celebrity Relations"
by Sylvie Fortin - Art Papers magazine - cover + article + limited
edition artist's project
Sept / Oct - download
pdf
review “
This week” - Eye Weekly, Aug '05
review “The
Big Picture” by RM Vaughan – The National Post,
Aug 13
essay “Desiring
the Image: on Celebrity and Fetishization” by Jack Anderson
article “She’s
Soaking in the Art of Obsession” by Peter Goddard –
The Toronto Star, Mar 5
article “Random
Acts of Weirdness” by Murray Whyte – The Toronto
Star, Mar 26
review “Preview:
Me and Billy Bob” by Johnny Dee – The Guardian,
Aug 21
2004
artist pages “Web
Link - Jillian Mcdonald” – Blackflash Magazine,
vol 22-1
review “A
Last Look at Web Destinations” by Pamela LiCalzi O’Connell
-The New York Times, August
review “Auction
Action” by Kevin McGarry – Rhizome Net Art News,
Aug 18
review “The
Infinite Fill Show” by Roberta Smith – The New York
Times, Aug 6
review “Violencia y cultura popular”
by Juan Gonzalo, Arte, Spain - download
pdf
catalogue "Spasm
II"- exhibition at Paved Arts/AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
catalogue ISEA2004 Exhibition, Helsinki and Tallinn
review "Love
from N.Y." by Joanne Milani - Tampa Tribune, April 25
catalogue "Live at The Centre, Performance
Art in Winnipeg", curated by Shawna Dempsey
review "Eye
Candy - Jillian Mcdonald" by David Balzer - The Eye Weekly,
Toronto, Nov 4
essay “Home Like No Place: Jillian Mcdonald”
by Pascale Malaterre – Bulletin vol 28, La Chambre Blanche
Galerie
2003
interview CBC Ottawa - Brent Bambury’s ‘All
in a Day’, Jan 8
interview CBC Ottawa - Brent Bambury’s ‘All
in a Day’, Jan 14
review “AIM
23” by Brian Boucher – Flash Art, October
review “Market
Share” by Karen Rosenberg – The Village Voice, Aug
22
review “Me
and Billy Bob” by Pamela LiCalzi O’Connell -The
New York Times, July 3
review “Adaptation”
by Curt Cloninger -Rhizome Net Art News, June 9
article “Power
Trip” by Ben Woodeson -a/n magazine, January
review “Avid for Art? Look In to This”
by Carly Burton - LowerManhattan.info
catalogue essay "Probing
into the Distance"- CAFKA exhibition, Kitchener, Ontario
article “Stalking Billy Bob, for Art’s
Sake” by Gilbert Bouchard -The Edmonton Journal, May28
interview CBC Edmonton -Gilbert Bouchard ‘Radioactive’,
May 27
2002
review "Peepshow
on Tour" Artnet.com, Feb 6
article "Jillian
Mcdonald - Home Like no Place" by Anne-Marie Boivert for
the Biennale de Montréal catalogue
review "Second
Sight" by Holland Cotter - New York Times, Mar 22
review "Peeping. Art in the World of Wadded-up
Kleenex" by Bethany Jean Clement - Seattle Weekly, Feb 13 -
19
review “So This is Fame? 15 Seconds on the Street”
by R.M. Vaughan - The Globe and Mail, Nov 2
review “Fleeting Fame” by Peter Goddard -The
Toronto Star, Oct 28
review “Looking In Brings Art to the Passerby”
by Geoffrey Jacques and Lizanne Merrill - TheTribeca Tribune, Oct
catalogue essay “Subject Matters” by Allyson
Spellacy - for Second Sight exhibition
interview ‘Sex TV’ Toronto
review “Porn in the USA” by Bill Picture
- San Francisco Examiner, Feb 20
1998 - 2001
catalogue essay “Never Ending Stories”
by Rachel Echenberg - Pink Link ou La Proposition Rose
review “Silence, Elles Performent”
by Bernard Lamarche -Le Devoir, Nov 17
review “Elles Attendent Votre Performance”
(La Presse, Nov. 19) by Jérôme Delgado
article "Laughing" by Blair Martin -
Tea and Sympathy, Plug In Cahier