ic: the full CV

ic : shows


2013.05.11-2014.04.27
the hero, the villain, the salesman, the parent, a sidekick and a servant sfu teck gallery

2013.04.27-05.25
take the easy way (video) mkg127

2013.02
chair design for blue dot

2013.01.16-24
i sent you vancouver

2012.09-anon
perpetual sunset (video) vancouver

2012.08.09-09.08
as part of toolkit mkg127

2012.07
office make over asian pacific foundation

2012.05-anon
nothing happens in good weather (video) vancouver

2012.02.17-04-07
feeling so much yet doing so little (fb) (video) western front

2011.11-12
light bar hoorn nl

2011.01.08-02.05
there is no romance in taking a risk (star) mkg127

2010.07.28-29
ic_chilliwack internatinal chilliwack biennial

2010.02.12-03-20
bright light: light bar (fb) vancouver

2010.01.13-30
astronomical frontiers copenhagen

2009.08.26-09.06
sum up disco fallout shelter subvision. kunst. festival

2009.08-10
solyst artist in residence centre, jyderup

2009.05.06-09.15
disco fallout shelter toronto sculpture garden

2009.02.07-05.03
how soon is now vancouver art gallery

2009.01.30-04.04
assume nothing: new social practice art gallery of greater victoria

2009.01.10-04.30
a bright future 88 BLOCKS*art on main

2008.10.18-11.15
say nothing in bright colours MKG127

2008.08
say nothing in bright colours school for non-productive learning, rum46 aarhus

2008.05.15-08-15
kuenstlerhaeuser worpswede

2008.04
light bar flaggfabrikken bergen

2008.02.09-06.06
what we bring to the table oakville galleries

2007.09.14-10.20
nooks mercer union

2007.08.31-09.03
nooks henry at bumbershoot

2007.11.24-12.22
pattern theory mkg127

2007.11.22-2008.02.05
common threads illingworth kerr

2007.06.30-09.01
happy birthday & friendly greeting mkg127

2007.06.03-09.23
common threads confederation centre

2007.05.18-07.08
wish you were here york quay centre

2007.04.13-06
encuentro internacional medellin columbia

2007.02.10-03-03
romance series poster show art metropole

2006.12.15
static wallpaper lobby gallery

2006.09.30-10.01
dark hart hart house

2006.08.26
rest stop carmada, l.a.

2006.05.12-06.10
one is never enough or gallery

2006.04.09-23
welcome to the limelight css bard

2007.03.25-04.07
beautify york quay centre

2006.03.24
perfect lobby gallery

2006.01.13-03.26
peer pleasure 1 yerba buena center for the arts

2005.12.29-2006.01.22
spring sale paul petro msw

2005.10.05-29
year of perfect days sparwasser, berlin

2005.04
presentables hoffmann's house, santiago chile

2005.02.19-03.13
what do we do when we can't be 2gether 69 pender

2004.12.04-2005.03
instant coffee: bass bed san juan poly/graphic triennial

2004.09.10-10.23
sorry, we're open / the way we work southern exposure

2004.09.10-10.23
connect the dots leroy neiman gallery

2004.09.04 1-4pm
*candy factory and instant coffee

2004.03
make-out party: second-base

2004.02.14-05.17
soundtracks mackenzie art gallery

2004.02.06
stencils just seemed like the right thing to do art metropole

2004.01.09-02.01
mellow drama kmart

2003.12
xxx natural light window

2003.11.21
instant MAKE OUT party

2003.11
Bienal de La Habana

2003.10.22-12.14
soundtracks the blackwood gallery

2003.10.10-14
as a satellite for instant coffee the americas society

2003.09.20-28
UDT 2.0 CAFKA Contemporary Art Forum

2003.09.13-10.25
U-TOPOS / UDT 2.0 Tirana Biennale 2

2003.09.03-10.18
psychotopes yyz artists' outlet

2003.08.23
alchemy and mysticism #2 with hive magazine

2003.07.8-08.31
buy-sellf : import / export Quartier Éphémère

2003.06.28-09.14
soundtracks edmonton art gallery

2003.06.2-30
Un© black lab gallery, seattle

2003.04.2-30
front room off the map gallery, toronto

2003.03.13-15
i've got an answer/i've got an anthem I.A.E. portland

2003.01.2-15
january show zsa zsa

2002.12.15 TO
instant coffee: caffeine screens

until 2002.11
the t-shirt show

2002.10.11-11.09
instant coffee: on a stick
concept album: mexican pop videos screening
helen pitt, vancouver

2002.07.12-08.25
TEKKO 02 mural.exhibition

2002.05.31-06.02
photo show UDT.01

2002.04.05
pleasure dome presents concept album: mexican pop videos

2002.02.08
UDC + friends garesh galleria, mexico city

2001.11.14
another slide show + tshirt show launch

2001.09.06
instant coffee UDT SAW, ottawa

2001.08.2-27
oasis : soft show in the UDT SBCA montreal

2001.06.27
sometimes, nothing much la panaderia mexico city

2001.05.25-27
overtime@workplace

2001.03.28/04.20
the waiting room the physics room NZ

2001.03.09
TEKKO 01

2001.02.09/03.16
being + nothingness

2000.12.06-03.18
instant coffee UDT + everyone the AGO
. 6 Dec 2000
logo show
. 13 Jan 2001
miniature show
. 18 Feb 2001
video show

2000.10.28
instant coffee currency project poster launch

2000.10.21
slide show

2000.08.18
whorehouse opening party + show

2000.07.27 9pm screening
why do bad things happen to good people?

2000.07.27 9pm screening
first or the worst





Instant Coffee Nooks
How Soon Is Now:
Contemporary Art from Here

Vancouver Art Gallery

Feb 7 - May 3, 2009
Curated by Kathleen Ritter, Assistant Curator


Contemporary art from here. Now.

How Soon Is Now is a selection of recent art from the province of British Columbia. Drawing on diverse formal, material and conceptual approaches, the exhibition brings together a dynamic group of artists who work in a range of media, with a mix of sculpture, painting, video, audio works, architectural interventions, site-specific projects and events.

A number of recurring metaphors and motifs run throughout the exhibition: the recording studio, the rehearsal space, the devalued object, the space of social interaction, architecture, the unconscious, literature and narrative, and a sense of experimentation and risk. Artworks are situated inside and outside of the gallery space proper; on the grounds, at the entrance, in the windows, in the lobby and behind gallery walls, inviting viewers to look awry and question the conventions of spectatorship.

Taking a cue from a song by English rock band The Smiths, the exhibition title evokes a central characteristic of the work - a sense of immediacy that speaks to the present moment. Bringing together divergent forms of artistic practices, How Soon Is Now recognizes some of the important shifts in contemporary art that privilege event over object, process over product, interaction over contemplation. Organized according to shared connections between works rather than a single theme, gallery spaces become a venue for a range of experiences, be they transformative, social, sensory, introspective or political.

Artists in the exhibition:
Jackson 2bears
Abbas Akhavan
Sonny Assu
Noah Becker
Raymond Boisjoly
Cedric, Nathan and Jim Bomford
Aaron Carpenter
Hadley+Maxwell
Antonia Hirsch
Allison Hrabluik
Instant Coffee
Christian Kliegel
Germaine Koh
Laiwan
Kristi Malakoff
Kyla Mallett
Luanne Martineau
Damian Moppett
The Music Appreciation Society
Lucy Pullen
Marina Roy
Samuel Roy-Bois
Carol Sawyer
Kevin Schmidt
Kathy Slade
Ken Singer
Mark Soo
Erica Stocking
Dan Starling
Brendan Tang
Kara Uzelman
Holly Ward
Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky
Paul Wong

How Soon is Now is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Kathleen Ritter, Assistant Curator. This exhibition is presented with Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad and is supported by the British Columbia Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia.








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