Curriculum Vitae and Chronological Biography of Michael T. Bidner

1944, August 31, 8:20 p.m.

Born, St. Joseph's Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada. Son of Thomas David Bidner and Violet Agnes Gilmore.

1965-1966

West Side Story (cast member), London Little Theatre, London, Ontario, Canada.

1966

Music Man (cast member), London Little Theatre, London, Ontario, Canada.

1966-1967

H.B. Beal Technical School, 1^st year Special Art Program, London, Ontario, Canada.

1967-1968

H.B. Beal Technical School, 2nd year Special Art Program, London, Ontario, Canada. (graduated)

1968

Moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1968

Accepted into 2^nd year Advertising Arts program, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Dropped out after two months in November)

1968-1969

Employed as cook at Sutton Place Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1970 April 3-18

Third Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Society of Canadian Artists, Eaton's College Street Store, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Juried group exhibition. Exhibited "Desk Top Version" (painting) and "Stereo Vision U.S.A." (collage).

1970 October.

Canadian Printmakers Showcase, Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Juried show of prints. Exhibited Mr. Bradish prints. Catalogue produced.

1970

Art Sensual, Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invitational exhibit of erotica. Exhibited two large collages.

1970

98^th Annual Juried Show, Ontario Society of Artists, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Juried exhibition of works. Exhibited collage: "The Joy of Being in Ecstasy Over Five". Awarded the Reeves and Sons (Canada) Limited award to young artists.

1970

CKOC Arts Exhibit, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Juried group show. Exhibited standing mixed media vertical paintings.

1970

30^th Annual Western Ontario Exhibition of juried art, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Canada.

1971

Acquired a studio in Sheffield, Ontario, Canada.

1971 January

Mr. Bradish, Gallery Pascal, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Two-man show with Robert Savoie. Exhibited a suite of metal stamp prints entitled "Mr. Bradish".

1971 February

Galt Public Library, Galt, Ontario, Canada. First one-man show of paintings and collages. Mixed media painting on masonite retained by Library on permanent loan.

1971

Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Juried show of prints.

1971

Canadian Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. International juried group show of prints.

1971

Glenhyrst Arts Council, Brantford, Ontario. Annual juried show.

1971 April

4^th Annual Juried Show, Society of Canadian Artists, Eaton's Art Gallery, College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1971

Canadian Printmakers Showcase, Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Juried show of prints. Catalogue produced.

1971

31^st Annual Western Ontario Exhibition, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Canada. Juried Show.

1971

Southwest 31, Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Juried show. Exhibited collage: "Cheap Trip". Awarded the Ada M.C. Wrong prize.

1971 June-August

9^th International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. (Mr. Bradish prints exhibited).

1971 April 26-May 21

McIntosh Art Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Two man show of graphics with Wyn Geleynse. Exhibited collages.

1971

Moved to London, Ontario, Canada.

1971 September-October

Artists in the Schools, Participated with the Province of Ontario Council for the Arts under the auspices of the Ontario Department of Education on testing their new program initiating visits on a professional level of artists in the schools by visiting some dozen schools in three Ontario counties giving workshops and making presentations and reporting on the experience back to the Council.

1971

10 London Printmakers with H.J. Ariss, Kim Ondaatje, Wym Geleynse, Bert Kloezeman, Rudolf Bikkers, Penny Moore, Eric Atkinson, Roly Fenwick and John O'Henly. Travelling show of prints to England ending at Canada House, London, England. An exchange with Leeds in England, organized by Nancy Poole's Studio in London, Ontario, Canada.

1972 January 29

Hosted with artist Hendrikus Bervoets a social evening for the London Chapter of the Architects Association and Canadian Artists Representation to encourage dialogue between architects and artists.

1972 October 12

Artario 72. Sponsored by the Province of Ontario Council for the Arts. A travelling juried show of 20 multiple works produced by and for the participating artists by the Arts Council in conjunction with various industries. 500 identical self-contained exhibition packages were produced for a simultaneous opening in as many centres. Works could be ordered by the general public. Produced die-cut plastic entity serigraphed in colour.

1972

Artario Exhibition, Arts Gallery Building, Canadian National Exhibition grounds, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Group Show. Exhibited collage "Requiem for a New Morning" (Collection Walter Grasser).

1972 January 11 - February 10

Nancy Poole's Studio, London, Ontario, Canada. One man show of collages.

1972 March

The Great Canadian Super Show of Canadian Ideas, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Juried show (exhibited 1^st slides as art).

1972 April - August

Resided in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and operated a small studio. Returned to London, Ontario, Canada in September.

1972 October 23-27

Canadian Printmakers Showcase, Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Juried show of prints. Exhibited Xerox Symphony. Catalogue produced.

1972

Scan 72, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Juried group show of 20 slides per exhibiting artist. Catalogue produced.

1972 October

London Collects, London Public Library and Arts Museum, London, Ontario, Canada. Group show of works by London artists loaned by London, Ontario, Canada collectors. Exhibited Mr. Bradish print. Catalogue produced.

1972 - 1973

Posters. Produced serigraph and lithographed posters announcing entertainment acts for the Alumni Hall performances at the University of Western Ontario. Acts included the Everly Brothers, The Guess Who, Valdy, Moe Koffman, Billy Preston, Bruce Cockburn, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, etc. Posters were commissioned by Walter Grasser, entertainment co-ordinator for the university students council.

1973 September - October 1

Graphics, Polyglot Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada. One man show of graphics (prematurely closed by the fire marshal as a fire hazard).

1973

33^rd Annual Western Ontario Exhibition, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Canada. Juried show. Juror: Patterson Ewen. Exhibited sculptural piece entitled "Objects d'art".

1973 June 14 - September 1

Canada Trajectories '73 Exhibition, Musee D'Arte Modern de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France. Exhibited Xerox Symphony (suite of 12 SCM 144 wet copy electrostatic prints, first mail-art piece to be shown).

1973 November 1-25

7^th Burnaby Biennial, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Open juried show of edition art. Exhibited Xerox Symphony.

1973

Canyon, Joined with Canyon Production (Canada) Limited, London, Ontario, as resident artist. Canyon Production (the corporation) acted as agent and representative, while the company monitored/assisted with my work. The corporate cover of Canyon functioned as "base operations", and offered "administration and business control" to many projects undertaken by myself.

1973

Commissioned by Hilary Anderson, proprietor of Say Cheese in London, Ontario, to produce a series of collages for her collection. 29 Say Cheese collages were produced.

1974 January 4 - February 10

London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario. Two man show of prints with Ben Linssen. Exhibited wet copy SCM 144 electrostatic prints in transparent vinyl sleeves and small sculptural pieces attached to the wainscoting in the exhibition space of the gallery.

1974 February

Video Cloud. One-man show of slide and photography generated with the use of video equipment and presented at Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario. Sponsored by the Province of Ontario, Council for the Arts and the Brock University Student Union.

1974 June

Slides Eye View, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario. Group exhibition of 12 artists (with Clare Bice, Ron Bowman, Bob Bozak, Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe, Kee Dewdney, Murray Favre, Roly Fenwick, Kerry Ferris, Robert Fones, Dave Gordon) commissioned to provide a series of 20 35mm colour transparencies "Reflecting the City's identity in relation to the Artist's identity. Curator: Bryan Maycock.

1974 September 17 - October 20

Scan 74, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. Juried show of 20 slides per exhibiting artist. Catalogue produced.

1974

Plexiglass Deposit Boxes, National Research Library, Ottawa, Ontario. From January 1 to December 31, 1973, the New York Corres-sponge Dance School of Vancouver initiated a mail-art project co-ordinated by Glenn Lewis a.k.a. Flakey Rose Hips by inviting submissions of contents and reservation(s) for 365 plexiglass deposit boxes which were eventually constructed to for a wall 'mural' 25'6" x 8'4" for the National Research Library then under construction. Each box is 9" deep x 8.21" high by either 9.85", 10.18" or 10.81 wide. They are all clear except for a reflective, black back. The clear front is screwed on sealing the deposits received within.

1974

The Brig, (cast member). Directed by Don Bonham under the guidance of Ken Livingstone for a small alternative free theatre in London, Ontario. Produced serigraph promotional poster for show.

1974-1975

Received two Ontario Arts Council grants. The first to set up a silk-screening studio within the studios of Canyon Production. The second was a photographic technical assistance grant also utilized within Canyon.

1975

Western Front, A Space, Toronto, Ontario. Part of a group travelling show organized by Western Front of correspondence art. Xerox Symphony exhibited.

1975 April

Artists With Their Works, travelled to Atikokan, Ontario under the Artists-With-Their-Works program sponsored by the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) extension services. Mounted a one-man show of portfolio works and conducted workshops and presentations for the members of the community at the Atikokan Centennial Museum and at Quetico Centre.

1975

Commissioned to produce silk-screened election campaign posters and related promotional materials for John Eberhard (Conservative candidate) London, Ontario.

1975 August 3-28

Business As Usual, A Space, Toronto, Ontario. An exhibition of works-for-sale by artists associates of A Space.

1976

10 Minutes With Colour Xerox, Awes Studio, London, Ontario. Assisted in the production of a multi-image AV slide show entitled "10 Minutes With Colour Xerox" which was presented in conjunction with the colour xerography show both at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto and the McIntosh Gallery in London.

1976 March 3-4-5

McIntosh Art Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. Exhibition with Michael Hayden of Colour Xerography using a Xerox 6500 Colour Copier provided by Xerox of Canada Limited for the duration of the exhibition. Catalogue produced.

1976 March 26-28

50 Ways to Heat Your Video, ATA Building, Toronto Waterfront, Ontario. A video symposium. Exhibited Video Cloud slides.

1976 April 3 - May 2

Graphics and Photographics, London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario. Invitational group show of works utilizing photographic technology. Exhibited photo silkscreen print. Catalogue produced.

1976 May 16 - 31

Cinema Lumiere, Gallery of Photography, Toronto, Ontario. One-man show of photographs. Exhibited series of self-portraits.

1976 May

Printmakers Workshop, York University, Toronto, Ontario. Invited with 4 printmakers (Deli Sacilotto, Joy Walker, Kazys 'Otis' Tamasauskas, John Palchinsky) to produce an Oympic commemorative print under the guidance of master printmaker Deli Saciloto. Co-ordinator : Doug Tomlinson. Produced Referee (serigraph), Space Mandala (serigraph), Victory (stone lithograph) and the official Olympic print (serigraph and metal plate litho).

1976

Olympic Plaques, Toronto-Montreal, Canada. Commissioned by Peter Whitelaw and Ken Beaune of London, Ontario to produce a series of wooden Olympic Commemorative Plaques bearing silk-screened images. These were then shipped to Montreal for sale and distribution. At least one of these plaques was purchased for the Royal Yacht Britannia while in dock for the '76 Olympics.

1976

Aberfolye, Cablecast, London, Ontario. Recorded 6-9 hours of colour video tape at the Cablecast television studios. Utilized this tape to produce photographic, xerographic and slide works. Producer: Ron Tipping.

1976 May 2-9

International Postcard Show, Arisonono, Arizona State University Art Department. Exhibited Jettison works.

1976 June 15-30

Serigraphs + Drawings, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. One-man show. Curator: Flavio Belli.

1976

Commenced publication of Adz Magazine - the magazine as art.

1976 October 27 - November 2

Colour Xerography, Art Gallery of Ontario, Walker Court, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Group show of Colour Xerography with Michael Hayden, Flavio Belli, Barbara Astman, Jaan Poldaas and Robert Arn. First exhibit of colour xerox in a public gallery in Canada. Public workshops were conducted utilizing a 6500 Colour Copier provided by Xerox of Canada Limited for the duration of the exhibit. Curator: Karyn Allen. Catalogue produced.

1976 October 31 - November 24

Open Colour Xerography Exhibition, The Western Front, Vancouver, British Columbia. Curator: Michael Morris.

1977 March 8 - March 27

Areas + Spaces, Trajectory Gallery, London, Ontario. One-man show of works. Curator: Stephen Joy. Produced catalogue and commemorative serigraph poster.

1977 March 28 - April 18

Order of the Broom: Travelling Shows of Photography, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. Invitational group show of photography with Thaddeus Holownia and Shirley Puckering organized by Flavio Belli under the auspices of the Order of the Broom - a fellowship of photo-artists.

1977 April 15 - May 20

Recap: 1972 -77, Trajectory Gallery, London, Ontario. Group show of works by artists who had exhibited at the gallery. Curator: Stephen Joy.

1977

Awarded Design Canada certificate of merit for the Adz Magazine: Mr. Print-Print 44.

1977 April

Best of the Broom, Cinema Lumiere, Toronto, Ontario. Invitational group show of photography. Curator: Flavio Belli.

1977 November 16 - December 11

London/Saskatoon Exchange Exhibition, Medel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Invitational exchange group show with Greg Curnoe, Don Dunsmore, Gil Moll, Stephen Livick, Pat Thibert, Eric Anderson, Paterson Ewen. Assistant curator: George Moppett. Exhibited Techniques - a suite of colour xerox prints. Catalogue produced.

1977 - 1979

Conditions: slide show travelled by the London Regional Art Gallery extension department to 22 secondary schools in Southern Ontario. 1977…January 29 - October 13: North Middlesex District High School, Parkhill. October 20 - November 3: Strathroy District Collegiate, Strathroy. November 10 - 25: Glencoe District Collegiate, Glencoe. December 2 - 16: Lord Dorchester Secondary School, Dorchester. 1978 … January 4-18: Medway Secondary School, Arva. January 23 - February 6: F.E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham. March 3-30: Central Huron Secondary, Clinton. April 7-21: Seaforth District High School, Exeter. May 18 - June 5: Aldborough Public School, Rodney. July 11 - August 5: Crouch Branch Library, London. September 12 - 21, College Avenue Secondary School, Woodstock. September 27 - October 11: Tecumseh Secondary School, Chatham. October 18 - November 1: Tilbury District High School. November 8-22: Wallaceburg District High School. Wallaceburg. November 29 - December 13: Lambton-Kent Composite School, Dresden. 1979 … January 4 -18: Ridgetown District High School, Blenheim. February 12-26: Arthur Voaden Secondary School, St. Thomas. March 2-30: East Elgin Secondary School, Aylmer. April 6-20: West Elgin Secondary School, West Lorne. April 27 - may 11: Central Elgin Secondary School, St. Thomas.

1977 - 1983

Rude Magazine, was conceived and evolved until its demise in 1983 as a prolegomena journal (fundamentals of knowledge and culture) and began as a co-publishing venture with Joe Thomas, printer, in London, Ontario. Production of the eventual 9 issues initiated in an office, studio and print shop in London in 1977 until quarters for workshops, printing and offices were acquired in 1978 in Stratford, Ontario. A second facility in Stratford was opened in 1979 to accommodate artists, writers, printers who produced the editorial work on the premises for the various issues. Joe Thomas was proprietor of the facility known as Acme Print & Litho.

1977

Moved to Stratford, Ontario.

1977 November 6-26

Intending Bookness: an exhibition of unique books, Centre for Experimental Art and Communication (CEAC), Toronto, Ontario. Exhibition of books. Presented personal journal and publisher's dummy of Rude Magazine. Works also went on view at the North York Public Library, Fairview Branch, North York, Ontario. Curator: John Faichney.

1978

Art In The Mail, Correspondence art show. Group. New Zealand.

1978 March 1-14

CEAC Library Archive Exhibition of Editions by Artists, Toronto, Ontario. One-man show. SCM 144 wet copy electrostatic prints exhibited. Curator: John Faichney.

1978

At the invitation of Doreen Sanders, editor of Business Quarterly Magazine issued out of the School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, audited a 12 week course in publishing entitled "Magazine Publishing as it Relates to the Canadian Business Press". This was an intensive extensive investigation into aspects of publishing in Canada and was held at the University of Western Ontario campus.

1978 March 7-28

Button Button, 1^st international photographic button show, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Division of Art and Design, N.Y.S. College of Ceramics, Alfred, New Jersey, U.S.A. Group Show. Curator: Harold Snodgrass. May 2-20: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A. . May 2-13: Applegarth Follies London, Ontario, Canada. June 1-18: Northland Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, New Jersey, U.S.A. . September - October: Photoworks, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. . October 9 - November 1: University of Minnesota, Tweed Museum, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A. . November 6-30: University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A. . November 20 - December 16: Albion College, Albion, MI, U.S.A. .

1979 November 15 - December 20

Apropos T-Shirt Show 1979, Appropos Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland. International show of t-shirt art. Exhibited photographs, slides and colour xerox works. Co-ordinated by R + S Schill.

1979-1980

Publisher The London District Union/Times, London, Ontario. The Union began as an attempt to commence publication of a weekly newspaper for London, Ontario which would celebrate arts, culture and entertainment for the community audience expressing an interest. Four issues were published as a market probe: September/79 - Dummy Issue, November/79 - King Tut Issue, December/79 - Christmas Double Issue, January/80 - Final Edition, August 30/80 - Extra featuring the comic strip exclusive Captain Canuck by Richard Comely. Working staff involved some 35 volunteers and 5000 square feet of studio space. Co-operative editorial policies were forged together under the guidance of founding editor Carol Off.

1979

Cablecast Television, London, Ontario. Broadcast one hour of a live, free-form happening with guests. Program was re-broadcast several times to the London audience. Moderator: Gary Webb-Proctor.

1979

Moved to Toronto, Ontario. Retained London studio.

1979

Rag Magazine, Toronto, Ontario. Published 6 issues of Rag Magazine in partnership with Don Gaul and Gary Jack. The Rag was a streetwise chapbook for a specialized audience expressing interest.

1979 December 21 - 1980 January 27

Order of the Broom, Fourth Anniversary Exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario. Invitational group exhibition with Flavio Belli, Paul Collins, David Hlynsky, Thaddeus Holownia, Micheal Snowdon, John Taylor, Rick Simon, Bobbe Besold, Isobel Harry, Ben Holzberg, Sue King, Jim Lang, Shirly Puckering, Jermiah Chechik. Curator: Flavio Belli.

1980-1982

Hung and mounted art shows for Flavio Belli Galleries Limited, Toronto, Ontario. Represented by the gallery during its existence. Director: Flavio Belli.

1980

Spadina Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. One-man show of serigraphs. Exhibited the Disintegrating Boy suite (serigraphs). Curator: Flavio Belli.

1980 November 4-8

Suicide in B Flat (cast member), Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario. A play by Sam Shepard with Herman Gooden, Ron Benner, Heather O'Hagen, Don Bonham, Janet Jones. Director: Ken Livingstone.

1980

Geneen Motor Company showroom, Toronto, Ontario. One-man show of serigraphs. Disintegrating Boy suite of serigraphs exhibited. Curator: Flavio Belli.

1981 January 9 - February 1

Art On The Run, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario. Two-man show with Joe Thomas of new images and processes. Curator: John Silverstein. Catalogue produced. This exhibition marked the culmination of a 3-year collaboration between artist Mike Bidner and printer Joe Thomas. The gallery room was covered wall to wall and floor to ceiling with hundreds of images printed in a variety of manners using processes related to offset lithography. Namely: photography, platemaking, design, colour separation, (photographic and mechanical), inking, xerography, and lithography. All works were produced in Stratford, Ontario at the printing facility of Acme Print & Litho of which Joe Thomas was proprietor.

1981

Comdex 81, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. . Commissioned by Ron Gregory, of Gregory Associates, Toronto, Ontario to produce two serigraph commemorative posters for display and distribution at Comdex 81 to announce the introduction of the Eagle II microcomputer developed by Audio Visual Laboratories Inc. (New York) and subsequently manufactured and marketed by Eagle Business Computers Inc. (California).

1981 October - 1982 November

Freelance artist for City Nights Publishing. Duties included the preparation, design and production of camera-ready art for advertising posters published by City Nights Publishing Company and displayed on kiosks and in the metro subway system involving some 2,000 locations. Designed and formatted in metric, a prototype cinema promotional advertising poster.

1982 December - 1982 January

Snow Show, Idee Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Invitational group show.

1982 January

Ink, produced and assembled a book of cartoons by artist/cartoonist Peeter Sepp, Toronto, Ontario in conjunction with his exhibition at Studio Gallery Nine, Toronto held from January 8 - 24.

1982 January 14 - February 7

Canada Council Art Bank Exhibition, IGA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Group Show of works from the Art Bank collection. Mixed media drawings exhibited.

1982 February 22

AMSDAS Publishing, box #15, Adelaide Station, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5C 2H8. Established proprietorship as a publisher.

1982 April 1

Artistamps, Commenced the compilation of the Standard Artistamp Catalogue + Handbook (Canada + World-wide).

1982 April 7-25

Xerox Fever, Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Group show of photocopy art.

1982 November

Please Post, Rochester, New York, U.S.A. . An international mail-art show posted on boarding at a downtown Rochester demolition/construction site. Curator: Bananaco North.

1982 December - 1983 January

Snow Show, Idee Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Invitational group show.

1983

1983 Haywood Annual, England. Contributed to soundtrack of recorded work courtesy C.A.T. Gallery, Toronto, Canada who submitted upon the invitation of Audio Arts, (invited by the Arts Council of Great Britain to participate in the Haywood Annual concentrating on the various manifestations of sculptural practice in Britain) to produce a (2 minute) sound tape (recording) description of a space (Escal) that is used regularly and one object (Santec printer) within that space. This material was run as sound sculpture during the exhibition. An EP (extended play) flexi vinyl disc was incorporated into the exhibition catalogue. Broadcast of the work occurred on BBC and via satellite to Australia.

1983 June 2

Prepaid Miniature Art Sale, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario. Invitational group show and sale of miniature works, (2" x 2") commissioned by the London Regional Art Gallery as a fund raiser. Exhibited colour Xerox block-of-four Artistamps.

1983

Disarmament Exhibit, Embassy Cultural House, London, Ontario. Group show with Eddy Aitken, Ron Bender, Leif Bender, Julie Booker, Cathy Destine, Stephen Electron, Wen Geleynse, Mara Gleans, Oliver Grilling, Jamie Hussein, Tarring Hussein, Jean Hay, Stephen Best, Bob Boseki, Robert Lutochinski, Kim Moody, Al Matheson, Stuart Hilton, John Old, Paul Nicholson, John Tamblyn, Wisteria Pickle-Sickle, Vaughn Peruse, Mathew Teitelbaum, Jaycee Slalom, and Irene Xanthos.

1984 June 1-9

Artistampex, Philatelic Artistamp Exposition + Bourse, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario. Compiled and curated first international philatelic exhibition and bourse of Artistamps. Produced serigraph commemorative poster, video, photographic and audio documentation.

1984 June 30 - July 1

Artistampex Review, C.A.T. Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Hosted by M.Bidner and organized by Peeter Sepp + Lisa Sellyeh to celebrate the closing of pARTiciFAX. Installed Artistamp exposition, held workshops and presented review of documentation generated at Artistampex in London, Ontario. Video documentation of this event generated by videographer Derek Drakes.

1985 October

11 Electrographs, Goethe Institute Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Exhibition of an edition of 11 colour Xerox 6500 prints published by Georg Muhleck and produced with the assistance of Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, Ontario and Centre Copie-Art, Montreal, Quebec. Participating artists in the portfolio: David Anderson, Sheila Ayearst, Michael Bidner, Dominique Blain, Philippe Boisonnet, Jacques Charbonneau, Robert Flack, Georg Muhleck, John Scott, JW Stewart and Ariane Theze.

 1986 January - March

Medium Photocopy, Travelling exhibition of photocopy art to galleries in the Federal Republic of Germany. Curator:Georg Muhleck. With artists: David Anderson, Sheila Ayearst, Michael Bidner, Dominique Blain, Philippe Boisonnet, Jaques Charbonneau, Evergon, Robert Flack, John Scott, J.W. Stewart, Adriane Theze and Sandra Tivy. Produced with the assistance of Centre du Copie-art in Montreal and Visual Arts Ontario in Toronto. Galleries: Atelier Rolf Glasmeier in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Museum fur Fotokopie in Muhlheim/Ruhr, Galerie Broetzinger Art e.V. in Pforzheim-Brotzingen, and Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart in Stuttgart where works by Albrecht/d, Ulrich Bernhardt, Dominique Blaine, Carl Camu, Jurgen Elsasser, Wolfgang Hainke, Gerit Hoogerbeets, Jurgen O Olbrich, Werner Reichhold, Hans H Rustige, Angelika Schmidt, Timm Ulrichs and Klaus Urbon were added. Serigraph poster and postcards produced. Radio, TV and newspaper reviews were generated.

1986 August 1 - 31

World Postex 86, Proposed international philatelic and mail-art event featuring Cinderellex and Artistampex in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Theme: Transportation and Communications Celebrating Pacific Rim Consciousness. Submissions were received from 125 members of the mail-art + philatelic community for a period of 2 years prior to the scheduled event. Since no venue was obtained in Vancouver the works were exhibited at Ya Da Da Ya Da Da in London, Ontario.

1986 October 4 - 31

Ya Da Da Ya Da Da, Temporary City Gallery, London, Ontario. Group invitational show with Dave Andrews, Michael Beck, Margaret Dinsmore, Henry Eastabrook, Verne Harrison, Joe Lima, James O'Reilly, Stephen Ross, Daniela Snepp, Kerry Thompson, Paul Vanderborne, Carolyn Vesely + Jeff Willmore.

1987 June 13 - 21

Capex 87, Canadian International Philatelic Exhibition, Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

1988

Olympex 88, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. International philatelic exhibition and bourse of Artistamps.