Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Website: http://collinzipp.info/
E-mail: collin.zipp@gmail.com
Read the review and interview by Mike Landry (Thing of Desire)
Collin Zipp is a multidisciplinary artist who obtained his BFA from the University of Manitoba's School of Art in 2005. His work has been included in exhibitions and screenings across Canada and internationally, including: an artist-in-residence at Winnipeg's Living Prairie Museum; the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia; PAVED New Media in Saskatoon; Wynick/Tuck Gallery in Toronto, Winnipeg's Plug In ICA; at Modern Fuel in Kingston; Exchange Square in Manchester, UK; and the One Minute Film & Video Festival in Aarau, Switzerland. Upcoming exhibitions include Revolver at Gallery 111, found at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba in Brandon, and a two-person exhibition at aceartinc in 2009.
EDUCATION
University of Manitoba - BFA; First Class Honors; 2005 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009
(three person exhibition) "found"; Aug 27-Oct 3; AGSM, Brandon, MB
(two person exhibition) currently untitled; March; aceartinc; Wpg, MB
Revolver; TBA; Gallery 111; Wpg, MB 2008
"Infra-Ordinary"; Aug 2 - Sept 6; Modern Fuel Gallery; Kingston, ON
"Our Friends Our Electric"; March 29 – 31; Frederation Square; Melbourne, AUS
"Off the Grid"; Feb 13; Cinematheque; Wpg, MB
(three person exhibition) "Video Forced"; Jan 17 - Feb 23; eyelevelgallery; Halifax, NS 2007
"East Meets West"; Oct 26 - Nov 24; Gallery Connexion; Fredericton, NB
"Urban Screens"; Oct 11-14; Exchange Square; Manchester, UK
"WNDX"; Oct 7-10; Cinematheque; Wpg MB
"Scratching the Surface: Post Prairie Landscape"; Sept 8 - Nov 26; Plug In ICA; Wpg, MB
(solo exhibition) "Between One and Zero"; Jan 26 - Feb 24; Paved New Media; Sask, SK
"In the Blink of an Eye"; Jan 25 - March 31; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Wpg, MB 2006
"Modernism and Manitoba Media"; Oct 19, Winnipeg Art Gallery; Wpg, MB
"WNDX"; Oct 6-9; Cinematheque; Wpg MB
"Photophobia 8"; Aug 10; Art Gallery of Hamilton; Hamilton, ON
"From the Peg"; July 28-30; Harbourfront Center; Toronto, ON
"Road Runner"; June 17 - Sept 10; Art Gallery of Kelowna; Kelowna, BC
(solo exhibition) "Between One and Zero"; Feb 16 - March 5; Eastern Front Gallery; Tor, ON
"And See if Memory is There"; Feb 20-25; Adhere and Deny Production; Wpg, MB
(solo exhibition) "Between One and Zero"; Jan 19 - Feb 23; Gallery 803; Wpg, MB 2005
"Some Take, Some Get Took"; Nov 1 - Dec 3; Gallery Deluxe Gallery; Halifax, NS
"Dislocations"; Oct 6; Lowell, MA
"Antimatter"; Sept 15-24; Victoria, BC
"Regina Festival of Cinematic Arts"; Sept 15-18; Regina, SK
"Cut Out"; Sept 6 - Oct 6; Leonardo Gallery; Tor, ON
"The Horse they Rode in On"; June 25 - July 23; Wynick/Tuck Gallery; Tor, ON
"Sample Size Gallery"; May 1-Aug 31; http://www.samplesize.ca/galleryschedule.html
"Boston Underground Film Festival"; April 6-10; Somerville, MA
"FIFA"; March 10-20; Musee d'art contemporain deMontreal; Montreal, PQ
"Free Sample"; March 5 - April 24; Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery; Halifax, NS
"Best of Collage Party"; Jan 29-30; Outpost for Contemporary Art; Los Angeles, USA
"One Month Free Rent"; Jan 7-28; Label Gallery; Wpg, MB 2004
"Saturated in Electricity"; Dec 3; Cinematheque; Wpg, MB
"Aesthetically Pleasing"; Nov 22 - Dec 3; GOSA; University of Manitoba; Wpg, MB
"Collage Party"; Nov 11-18; organized by Paul Butler; MoCA; Los Angeles, USA
"Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film"; Aug 12 - Sept 19; Durham Art Gallery; Durham, Ontario
"Photophobia 6"; Aug 12; Art Gallery of Hamilton; Hamilton, ON PUBLICATIONS
catalogue; "Scratching the Surface; The Post Prairie Landscape"; 2007
catalogue; "East Meets West"; 2007
catalogue; "Road Runner"; 2006
interview; "FORUM"; newsletter; Summer 2005
catalogue; "untitled (book)"; University of Manitoba School of Art Publication; 2005
catalogue; "Free Sample"; 2005
catalogue; "One Month Free Rent"; 2005
online video; "untitled (sailboat); www.samplesize.ca/artistprojects.html RESIDENCIES
Winnipeg Art Council/Living Prairie Museum - June 5, 2006-June 7, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press; Oct 25, 2007; "Exhibit looks at..."
Uptown; Oct 4, 2007; "Art Against the Grain"
The Uniter; Oct 4, 2007; "Northern Enlightenment"
cmagazine; Summer 2007; "In the Blink of an Eye"
The Sheaf; Feb 1, 2007; "Destroying the Preconceived Notions of Art"
Winnipeg Free Press; Jan 25, 2007; Life and Arts; "Poetry in Motion"
Kelowna Daily Courier; July 4, 2006; eVent; "Art and Cars"
Winnipeg Free Press; Feb 23, 2006; Life and Arts; "Art Review"
Uptown; Jan 20, 2005; "Eclectic Extravaganza”
The Manitoban; Jan 19, 2005; "One Month Free Rent"
Winnipeg Free Press; Jan 13, 2005; Life and Arts; "A Strong Artbeat
Broken Pencil; July 2004
Milo Magazine; Issue Five, 2004 GRANTS
Travel/Professional Development Grant; Manitoba Art Council - 2007
Individual Artist Grant - B; Winnipeg Art Council - 2006
Creation/Production Grant - C; Manitoba Art Council - 2006
SIGPAC Travel Grant - University of Manitoba Student Union - 2005
SIGPAC Travel Grant - University of Manitoba Student Union - 2004 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Video Editor for Minerva Cuevas; "LANDINGS"
Artist Talk; Paved New Media, Sask, SK; Jan 2007
Assistant to Rebecca Belmore; Architecture for a Colonial Landscape
Administrative Coordinator; Platform Gallery; July 2006 - present
Artist Talk; Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC; June 2006
Board Member; Platform Gallery, Wpg, MB; July 2005 - July 2006
Sessional Instructor; Fall 2005; Video Department; School of Art, U of M, Wpg, MB | 
