contact:
office@danielasneppova.org
Education
1994 M.F.A., University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Exhibitions
2010 I think love you, but I have chosen darkness, 3 channel video installation,
McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario
2006 In Good Company, McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario
2004 Waiting for the Man, video installation, UWO faculty and staff exhibition,
ArtLab, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
2005 July 9, 1990, two channel video installation with surround sound,
curated by Wyn Geleynse at Studio 432, London, Ontario, March
2004 Condensation, site-specific video installation (alley),
in collaboration with Wyn Geleynse, Dundas St E., London, Ontario, August 2004
Flit, Installation collaboration with Terry Billings,
Paved Art and New Media, Saskatoon, March-April
2002 Cas, Prostor, Laska, Svoboda [Time, Space, Love, Freedom].
Site-specific sound installation, curated by Ivana Lomova,
Mikulov Castle, Czech Republic
Caska [Section] Photo/sound installation for Dilna ‘02,
curated by Ivana Lomova, Mikulov Museum, Czech Republic. Catalogue
Ladies! Sculpture, video projection, micro-FM radio transmission
for 20 External v.1.0, curated by Christine Burchnall,
Artcite, Inc. Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
Ladies! Site-specific installation, video projection and
micro-FM broadcast, Faculty of Science Greenhouses,
University of Western Ontario, London Ontario
Can U read me? 4 min. Video screened as part of film/video programme
curated by Mark Atkins at Zoopraxiscope,
CCCP (Cambridge Festival of Contemporary Poetry), Cambridge, UK
2001 Transposition, Video/multi-media performance, in collaboration with
Kim Truchan, at "Body Machine" conference, Moving Pictures Festival,
Toronto, Ontario, October
1999 A Moment in Progress. Video/sound installation for Communism Dead or Alive,
curated by Dermot Wilson, Niagara Artist Centre, St. Catherine’s, Ontario
Blind Ambition Video and object installation, Artscene
(satellite space of Artcite Inc. Gallery), Windsor, Ontario
1998 Virtual Revolutions Web and CD project collaboration with
Sera Ferneaux (England) and Nivez Kreuh (Slovenia), prototype presented at
ISEA (Inter-Society for Electronic Arts)
1996 Random Memory, installation, White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
20 minutes of water, performance, Meridean Crossing,
Plasy Cloister, Czech Republic
1995 Violet Responded, performance, The Old Town Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Violet, performance, Libenska Synagoze na Palmovce, Prague, Czech Republic
Skinned, performance, Stermberk International Art Symposium,
Stermberk, Czech Republic
Curatorial Projects
2011 Upcoming: "Samizdat: The Materiality of Czech Resistance 1969-1989,"
Bohemian National Hall, The Czech Centre, New York, USA
Opening Nov. 4, 2011
2009 Song Show, Oct 29-Nov. 21, 2009, collaboration with
Kathleen Pirrie Adams, Artlab, UWO, London, Ontario
www.songshow.org
2004 Block Party, 2 programs for outdoor public screenings.
19 independently-produced Canadian short films and videos,
Western Fair grounds, London, Ontario
1997 SPRAWL, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
Co-curator with Sylvie Fortin, Richard Hill and
David Merritt of a public exhibition for Mercer Union, Toronto.
Catalogues and bookworks
Flit Catalogue for exhibition, essays by Sheila Butler and Alison Hearn, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Paved Art and New Media, 2009.
Landschaft. Exhibition catalogue essay for Landscape Stories Chatham, Ontario: Chatham Gallery touring exhibition, Chatham, Ontario, 2007.
Dilna Catalogue for residency and exhibition, Mikulov, Czech Republic, 2003
Subterranean Tours, Plasy book of portraits documenting performance, artist book published, 2003
"Trans-mute."
Ephemera: Critical Dialogues on Organization Volume 3, Number 4. Article and interactive multi-media project for on-line journal, “Silent Sounds” issue, November 2003, University of Warwick, UK.
http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/3-4/3-4sneppova.htm
Palmovka: Sbornik Synagogy na Palmovce, Vol. I, 1996. Catalogue of performances, Prague 1996
Meridian Crossings Catalogue for Hermit V Metamedia Symposium, Prague 1995
Artwork Published
Photographs published for cover of book,
Travels in Wonderland by Ulla Ryghe (Ingmar Bergman's film editor in the fifties/sixties) Montreal: Conundrum Press, 2008.
"As Good as it Gets", Featured Artist, Photo spread,
Matrix Magazine # 78, (Montreal) 2007.
Film/Videography
2009 60’ Under, video projection 8 minute, underwater world.
Vamps, video loop, 12 minutes for installation with video
Orlav, 12 minutes
2007 Viva La Vida, video 9 min. collaboration with poets,
Penn Kemp and Gloria Alvarez
2006 Idolette, documentary, 24 min. video screened at Kenny’s Castaway’s,
live performance venue, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, February
2006 Psi Vojaci[Dog Soldiers], 5 min, surround sound video for installation.
Vecernicek[Little evening person], 4 min, sound, video for installation.
Butt.erfly, video loop, 3 minutes, third in the “In.Sex” series
which includes BeeGrrl and Ladies!).
2004 Condensation, collaboration with Wyn Geleynse,
video loop for installation, 4 minutes.
Transmutation1 and 2, video loops for installation ("Flit"),
in collaboration with Terry Billings, 12 minutes each.
Branching, video loop for installation ("Flit"),
in collaboration with Terry Billings, 10 minutes.
Waiting for the Man, video loop for installation, 5 minutes.
Revival, music video, Director of Photography and Editor,
for HooHaa Productions, 5 minutes. Video screened at
London Lesbian Film Festival, Ontario
2003 Translation, video for performance projection, 14 minutes.
2002 Ladies!, video loop for installation, 4 minutes.
Can U read me?, single channel video, 6 minutes.
Video screened as part of film/video programme at Zoopraxiscope,
CCCP (Cambridge Festival of Contemporary Poetry), UK
2001 Transposition, video for performance projection, 10 minutes.
1999 Subterranean Tourists, single channel video, 9 minutes.
Blind Ambition, video loop for installation, 4 minutes.
1998 The end of it all, 16mm film loop for Random Memory installation, 3 minutes.
Killer Rabbit, video for performance projection, in collaboration with
Kim Truchan, 14 minutes.
1997 D.O.A.I., video for performance projection, in collaboration with Kim Truchan
1996 Flesh-O-Tech, video for performance projection, in collaboration with Kim Truchan
On-Line Works – website: www.danielasneppova.org
2005 Cas Laska Prostor Svoboda [Time Love Space Freedom]
www.fuzzycore.org/mikulov
2003 Trans-mute
http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/3-4/3-4sneppova.htm
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2006-2007
Visiting Artist/ Researcher, Virtual Environment Technologies Centre
Research Park, London, Ontario.
2004 Wherehouse, Experimental Virtual New Media residency at
Paved Art and
New Media in Saskatoon (June 2003-June 2004). Included participation in
virtual round tables, development of on-line software allowing artists
(who have never met in person) to collaborate in a 3-dimensional,
virtual, on-line environment for the development of projects for exhibition in
"real" world venues. Culminated in the development of 2 collaborative
installations with Terry Billings (Flit), curated by Dermot Wilson.
2002 Dilna. International artist residency curated by Ivana Lomova,
Mikulov Castle, Mikulov, Czech Republic. (catalogue)
1998 Polar Circuit, International New Media Artist residency curated by
Tapio Makela, Tornio, Finland.
1995 Hermit V, International Artist residency and symposium organized by
Milos Vojtechovsky. Group of 7 Canadian artists curated by Catherine Crowston,
Plasy Cloister, Plasy, Czech Republic. (catalogue)
Grants/Awards
2010 Hatch, Harbourfront Studio Theatre Residency for
Mrtvolka,
Multi-media performance, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Poetry Projections, Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto,
production grant, Toronto, Ontario
Ontario Arts Council Project Grant,
"SongShow", curatorial project
in collaboration with Kathleen Pirrie Adams.
Research grant, "SongShow", Research Western,
University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
2006 International Research Grant, UWO,
"Samizdat Materiality: Czechoslovakia 1969-1989"
2003-2004
Canarie and Department of Canadian Heritage, ARIM-e program
(Applied Research in Interactive Media), matching funds for research
for Wherehouse project, facilitated by Paved Art and New Media, Saskatoon.
Funding for "Flit" collaboration with Terry Billings curated by Dermot Wilson.
Conference Presentations, recent
2010 "When dreams do come true," Conference on "the Image",
UCLA, USA, Dec. 2010
"The Materiality of Dreams: Who Wants to Kill Jessie?"
SIAF, Sydney International Animation Festival, Australia.
Related Employment
Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Current
Freelance Media Design, print and web design for arts-related projects, including
Fuse Magazine, Moving Pictures Festival (Toronto), Images Festival (Toronto), 1996-2006
Festival Coordinator, Northern Visions, The Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto, 1996-1999
Freelance Translator, Czech to English translation of arts related texts, catalogues, including publications for the SOROS Foundation, Prague, Czech Republic, 1996
Consultantships
2005 Canada Council, Jury for Emerging Artist Grants, Ottawa, June 2005
2001 Digital Body, Consultant for a conference on the body and technology,
part of the Moving Pictures Festival, Toronto, 2001.
2000 Media City Festival of Independent Film and Video,
International Jury Member, Windsor, Ontario. February 2000.