SELECTED GALLERY/FESTIVAL SCREENINGS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2012 Little Girl/Ugly Girl/Not bad/Just Evil Girl: The Films and Videos of Ariel Smith Retrospective Screening, Ottawa, Ontario 2011 In an Expression of the Inexpressible, WARC Gallery, Images Festival, Toronto,Ontario Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Dawson City, Yukon 2010 Images Festival, Toronto, Ontario Acting Up, Acting Out,Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick I Heart Video Art 3, CAFKA, Kitchener, Ontario Boston GLBT Film Festival, Boston, Massachusetts 2009 Hochelaga Revisited, MAI Gallery, Montreal, Quebec 2008 Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba Mix NYC, New York, New York 2007 (post) Colonial Stress Disorder: imaging a way out,WARC Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2006 Video Store,PAVED Arts, Saskatoon,Saskatchawan Red Eye:First Nations Short Film and Video, Carlton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario 2005 Inside Out, Toronto, Ontario 2004 ImagineNative, Toronto, Ontario 2003 Media City, Windsor, Ontario The Living Room and The Toilet: Deconstructing Reality by Decontextualizing Daily-lifeSpaces, Cold Creation Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2001 Queer City Cinema, Regina, Saskatchawan Out On Screen, Vancouver B.C. SELECTED CRITICAL REVIEWS 2009 Andre Seleanu, “L’art actuel des premieres nations: L’esthetisme d’un discours critique”, Vie Des Arts, Autumn 2009 Jason Rehel, “A Slice of Pie, a hunk of cake, and a week of experimental film”, National Post, April 3rd, 2009 2008 T.S. Warren, “Celluloid Celebration, Ottawa Xpress, Feb 2008 2006 Deirdre Swain, “Lightningchild’s Disturbing Trio”, NOW Magazine, June 2006 SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS 2012 K.M. Hunter Artist Award (Nominee), Ontario Art’s Foundation 2011 Ontario Arts Council Production Grant (Mid Career) 2009 Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant (Mid Career) 2008 Best Experimental (Nominee), Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival 2006 City of Ottawa Production Grant Ontario Arts Council Production Grant (Emerging) Ontario Arts Council Access and Career Development Grant 2004 Cynthia Licker-Sage Award for Emerging Talent, ImagineNative Film Festival 2003 Jury Third Prize , Media City Festival of Experimental Film and Video RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE 2008-Present SAW Video Media Arts Centre Technical Coordinator (Production) 2010-2012 The Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) Ontario Regional Director 2010-Present Media Art Network Ontario (MANO) Board Member 2010-Present National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC) Current Co-Chair FILMOGRAPHY Target Girls 7 min/2012/HD/experimental Director/Writer/Producer/Editor Little girl/ugly girl/not bad/ just evil girl Video Based Installation Dear Diary 3min/2009/Super 8 mm/experimental Director/Writer/Producer/Editor To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before 5min/2009/35mm /Experimental Director/Writer/Producer/Editor Saviour Complex 6min/2008/16mm /Experimental Director/Writer/Producer/Editor 1, 2, 3, Knockup 7min/2006/digital video/Experimental Director/Writer/Producer/Editor Lessons in Conquest 10 min/2004/digital video/Experimental Director/Writer/Editor Swallow 11 min./2002/digital video/Experimental Director/Writer/Producer/Editor Deconstructing Crack Ho (a memoir) 7 min./2001/digital video/Experimental Director/Writer/Producer/Editor |
| Ariel Smith Filmmaker/Media Artist/Critical Thinker |