Resume

JEFF WINCH
jw@jeffwinch.com

INSTALLATIONS

BLUE - A multi-screen video grid containing the personal histories of ordinary people. Sponsored by Samsung Canada. Continuous loop, 2008.

Always Wanting What I Do Not Have - An interactive video projection involving a live camera feed and the viewer’s own desire for change. 15 minute loop, 2007.

FLOW - A video triptych that explores the beauty and tension of bodies in motion underwater. Experimental, 11 minute loop, 2004.

Habitat - Installations exploring the photographic construction of space and values associated with the family home, 1999 – 2001.

THE HOUND PROJECT - A public-space photo installation commenting on the relationship between politicians and voters, 2000.

FILMS / VIDEOS

disobey - A young man decides he can no longer sit by while his people are being brutalized. An unsettling look at the seeds of hatred and the complex zone between justice and revenge. 9 minute drama, 2008.

Still Light - A moment from Hitchcock’s Vertigo provokes this exploration of loss and lineage. Experimental 16mm and Super 8mm. 4 ½ minutes, 2007.

close & low - Avideo that explores a dog’s raw and noble qualities and how they elude one man. Experimental, 4 ½ minutes, 2006.

Anonymous - Producer/Writer/Director/Editor. A half-hour drama, 1998.

Animal Tracks - Co-Producer/Writer/Director/Editor. A 28-minute experimental documentary, 1995.

The Royal Conservatory of Music - Producer/Director/Editor. A 20-minute documentary, 1993.

Hall Noises - Director/Co-Producer. A 24-minute film drama, 1992.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Capital – New work, in progress. Large format colour photos of living spaces dominated by large HD televisions. 2007 – present.

Sleepwalk - A series of colour night photographs exploring the dramatic potential of mundane places, 1996 - 2000.

Vet Clinic - a series of 15 black & white photos depicting the activities and emergencies in a suburban veterinary hospital, 1988.

ZOO - A series of 25 black & white photographs examining human/animal relations, 1987.

Golden Years - A series of 20 black & white photographs depicting life in a nursing home, 1985.

AWARDS / GRANTS

close & low wins the Lodestar Award at the Dawson City International Film Festival. April 2009.

BLUE wins the OCAD medal, the university’s highest honour, in the Integrated Media department. May 2008.

close & low wins Best Live Action Short at Festival 50 / 104. Saskatchewan Canada, September 2007.

close & low wins a Significant Achievement Award at the Alternative Film / Video Festival in Belgrade, Serbia. December 2006.

FLOW wins the Golden Cat Award for the Best International Experimental Entry at the Izmir International Film Festival in Turkey. November 2005.

Recipient of an Arts Promotion Grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 2005.

Recipient of a Film and Video Artist grant from the Canada Council, 2004.

Recipient of a Media Arts Grant from the Toronto Arts Council, 2003.

Recipient of a Media Arts Grant from the Ontario Arts Council, 2003.

Recipient of an Arts Promotion Grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 2001.

Recipient of a Canada Council Travel grant, 2001.

Recipient of an Ontario Arts Council Grant for Visual Arts, 2000.

Recipient of an Exhibition Assistance Grant from the Ontario Arts Council, 1999.

Animal Tracks nominated for Best Short Film and also nominated in 4 Craft categories (Direction/Editing/Photography/Music) at HOT DOCS! Toronto, March 1996.

Recipient of Canada Council Media Arts and Explorations Grants, 1994/5.

Hall Noises wins a Bronze apple at the National Educational Film and Video Festival in Oakland, California. 1994.

Recipient of assistance from the National Film Board's PAFPS program and the Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP), 1994.

Recipient of a production grant from the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), 1994.

Hall Noises wins the Best Overall Student Entry at the CAN PRO Competition. 1993.

The Royal Conservatory of Music wins Best Corporate Video at TVOntario's Telefest, 1993.

At TVOntario's 1992 Telefest Competition Hall Noises wins:
- Chairman's Award for Best Overall Production - Best Direction - Best Script - Best Performance.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS

close & low screens at the 10th Dawson City International Short Film Festival. April, 2009.

close & low included on Independent Exposure’s Relevant a DVD compilation of outstanding international short films.

Still Light screens at 12th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic. October 2008.

Still Light screens at EXiS 2008 Experimental Film & Video Festival, Seoul Korea. September 2008.

Still Light screens at fLexiff 2008 Experimental Film Festival, Sydney Australia. September 2008.

Still Light screens at the Rehab Parkdale Film Festival, Toronto Canada. July 2008.

close & low screens at the 30th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France. February 2008.

Still Light screens at the Alternative Film / Video Festival in Belgrade, Serbia. December 2007.

close & low screens at CinéGlobe 2007 International Short Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland. November 2007.

close & low screens at the eDIT 10th Filmmaker’s Festival, Frankfurt, Germany. October 2007.

close & low screens at Mecal 2007, the International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain. September 2007.

FLOW screens at the closing gala of Hamilton Filmweek. August 2007.

close & low broadcast on Spanish Television RTVE “arte y animals”. March 2007.

close & low screens at the 7th International Izmir Short Film Festival in Izmir, Turkey. November 2006.

close & low screens at the 23rd Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival in Kassel, Germany. November 2006.

FLOW screens at the Sopot Film Festival, New Forms and Visions, Sopot, Poland. October 2006.

close & low screens at the 50th London Film Festival in London, England. October 2006.

FLOW screens at the EXiS 2006 Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, Korea. September 2006.

Habitat installation exhibited at the Gladstone Hotel with paintings by Scott Waters. September / October 2005.

FLOW and 5 images from Sleepwalk show at the Michael Gibson gallery in London, Ontario. January 2005.

FLOW installation exhibits at the Toronto Zoo in the polar bear underwater viewing area, June - October 2004.

Habitat installations participate in group exhibit The Home Show at the Winnipeg Art Gallery from Sept. 2002 to Jan. 2003.

THE HOUND PROJECT display of two light boxes with duratrans images. Gallery 44 members space, Oct 22 to Nov 7, 2002.

Habitat installations in solo exhibition at Gallery 44 in Toronto from February 7 until March 13, 2002.

Sleepwalk co-exhibits with Master photographer Bill Brandt at the Kendal Arts Centre in Kendal, England. Dec 2001 to Feb 2002.

Sleepwalk co-exhibit with Master photographer Bill Brandt at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool England. July 21 to August 18, 2001.

Sleepwalk co-exhibit with Christopher Landis at the Blue Sky Gallery in Portland Oregon, USA. April 5 - 28, 2001.

THE HOUND PROJECT light boxes on display at the New Groove event. This show combined the visual arts with live music and
featured Colm McCool, Leslie Peters and Duncan MacDonald among others. Toronto, March 2001.

Sleepwalk exhibit in group show titled The Documenting Eye with Merry Alpern, Toni Hafkenscheid, Isabelle Hayeur and Greg Staats at ARTCITE INC. in Windsor. October 27 to November 25, 2000.

THE HOUND PROJECT. Public space installations at various locations around downtown Toronto and the GTA. October 16 to November 27, 2000.

Sleepwalk solo exhibit at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery in the University of Toronto’s Hart House, May/June 2000.Show registered as part of Contact 2000.

Habitat installations debut at the Arcadia Gallery in co-exhibit with Edie Steiner. Toronto, May 2000.

Sleepwalk series solo exhibition of at ARTCITE INC. in Windsor Ontario, January 2000.

Sleepwalk co-exhibit with Edie Steiner at the Arcadia Gallery. Toronto, May 1999.

Sleepwalk series solo exhibition at the David Scott Gallery, Toronto. November 1998.

Anonymous screens at the International Festival of New Film and Video. Split Croatia, October 1998.

Anonymous screens at the 27th International Film Festival of Figueira da Foz. Portugal, September 1998.

Animal Tracks airs on Spanish Television, TV3 Televisio de Catalunya. Summer 1998.

Anonymous screens at Hero Soup Festival. Edmonton, Alberta. March 1998.

Anonymous screens at the Victoria Film & Video Festival. March 1998.

Hall Noises airs on the Knowledge Network's Independent Eye series, British Columbia, January 1998

Animal Tracks screens at Encontros Internacionais de Cinema, Portugal. November 1996.

Animal Tracks screens at the 20th Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil. October 1996.

Animal Tracks screens at the 16th Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax NS. September 1996.

Animal Tracks screens at the 45th Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia. July 1996.

Animal Tracksscreens at the Ambiente-Incontri Film Festival in Pordenone Italy, June 1996.

Animal Tracks screens at the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, June 1996.

Animal Tracks airs on TVOntario's From the Heart series, June 1996.

Pressurehead airs on CBC's 'Open Wide' program. Spring/Summer 1994.

PBS broadcasts Hall Noises, December 30, 1992.

EDUCATION

2008 – 2010. MFA Documentary Media in progress. Ryerson University, School of Image Arts.

1999 – 2008. BFA with Distinction from the Ontario College of Art and Design, Integrated Media department.

1989 – 1992. Honours Diploma in Film and Television Production. Humber College, School of Media Studies.

TEACHING

Instructor - Humber College. Cinematography and Video Production courses. Fall 2000 to present. Courses delivered include Intro 16mm Cinematography, Intro Videography and Video Production to first-year Film & TV students, Multimedia and Media Foundation students. Design of course outline and curriculum delivery strategy. Production and delivery of course content and relevant teaching materials.

Instructor - Haliburton School of the Arts, Beyond the Borders installation course. December 2006. Course curriculum design and delivery focused on the production of unconventional photographic imagery and strategies for exhibition.

Instructor - Sheridan College. Digital Editing second-year course. September - December 1999. Non-linear picture editing course delivered to film students. Design of course outline and curriculum delivery strategy. Production and delivery of course content and relevant teaching materials.

Instructor - Humber College's DND Summer Workshop. May & June, 1993-1997.

Instructor - TV Production & Operation. Humber College Continuing Education. 1993-1995.

RELATED WORK

Director / Editor / Camera operator on several episodes of The Artist’s Life and The Writing Life series for BRAVO! Television.

Instructor of 16mm Cinematography and Videography at Humber College, 2000 to present.

Member of Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography.

Artist talk at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool England, July 2001.

Chair of Editing Jury at HOT DOCS! International Documentary Film Festival 1997 and 1998.

Memberships with LIFT, CARFAC, the CFMDC and Visual Arts Ontario.

PUBLICATIONS

“Jeff Winch” The Artist’s Life. Dir. Michael Glassbourg. BRAVO!,Toronto. February 6, 2005

Satterthwaite, Amy. “Habitat”, January 2002. Essay on photo-based installations to accompany solo exhibit at Gallery 44.

Baxter, Lew. The Daily Post, August 7, 2001. Review of Illuminate exhibit in Liverpool with Bill Brandt.

Pomerance, Murray, “Public Trust”, Canadian Art, Spring 2001. Article and interview regarding The Hound Project.

b+a blood and aphorisms new writing, No. 42. 10 photographs reproduced. Spring 2001.

Smith, Foster. “Art project lets dog loose on voters”, The National Post, November 10, 2000. Article on The Hound Project.

Wong, Jaime. “The Documenting Eye and its Frozen Truths”, The Lance, October 31, 2000. Review and interview.

Milberry, Kate. “Artist unearths magic in mundane”, ROOM, January 2000. Review and interview regarding Sleepwalk exhibit in Windsor.

Neilsen, Mia. “Sleepwalk, Jeff Winch” Keylight Communications, January 1999. Article on the series of colour night photographs.

Dicenzo, David. Vue Weekly, March 18, 1998. Film review of Anonymous.

Atherton, Tony. “Animal Tales - Silly and sad”, Ottawa Citizen, June 9,1996. Article on the film Animal Tracks.

Fisher, Deanne. “Jeff Winch makes Tracks”, The Annex Gleaner, June 1996. Review and interview about Animal Tracks.