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Current
"Men 2B" by Dan Bodan, Mathieu Malouf, Kayla Guthrie, Asher Penn and James Whitman
at Blim, April 20, 2007, Vancouver, BC
Mathieu Malouf is an artist born and raised in Montreal Quebec who is finishing his BFA at Concordia University. Exploring future primitivism through paint, installation and digital works, Mathieu references pyschedelia and magic in contemporary settings. His work, both independently and as a member of the art collective Fynal Glayse, has seen him show in solo and group exhibits in Montreal, Toronto and Glasgow. Exhibitions have included the Glasgow Center for Contemporary Art (Glasgow, 2006), residency and exhibition at the Drake Hotel (Toronto, Canada), Werner Whitman Gallery (Montreal, 2007).
http://www.fynalglayse.com/malouf
Dan Bodan currently lives and works out of Montreal and also attends the fine-arts program at Concordia. Working in photography, video, digital media and music, Bodan blends these elements to create new forms that riddle as much as comment. Playing upon recent-past and lost-past oedipal iconography, Bodan employs his art to reveal the meanings embedded within the intangible media that surrounds and invades us. His work has been seen in exhibits throughout Montreal, as well as in Edmonton. As a musician, Bodan has collaborated with artists throughout the nation and has performed in venues throughout east and western Canada.
http://danbodan.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/noot
Slated to graduate with a BFA from Emily Carr this May, Kayla is already a widely-exhibited Vancouver artist including showings at the Helen Pitt Gallery, Dadabase, Access Arc's Project Room amongst others. Kayla's use of media, colour and design ignores rules and conventions bespeaking of undreamt dreams and new visual languages. She also writes about art for "Only" magazine and is an active musician in the experimental music scene. Kayla also has several upcoming group shows (Emily Carr, Les Gallery, Helen Pitt) as well as an upcoming solo show at Dadabase.
Asher graduated from RISD (Providence) in 2004 with a BFA in photography before returning to Vancouver. He makes videos, paintings, zines, sculptural objects and photos. Asher also maintains the art website "the free store" and writes for the Only magazine. He has an upcoming show at Goon Pack this May.
www.asherpenn.net
www.the-free-store.com
James Whitman is a member of the drawing group "The Lions" who have exhibited substantially through Vancouver and Canada. In drawing, James has also collaborated with the likes of 536, Owen Plummer, and Jo Cook. Musically, James was part of the noise band "Kiku-Jaux" and will be performing new solo project for the Men2B exhibition.
www.lionspile.ca/james
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Past Presentations
Helicopter is God. January 2007, Toronto, Canada.
A video art-documentary portraying truth, psychosis and virtue as seen from the perspective of people living with no money. Directed by and starring Matt Moroz, Produced by Mary-Catharine Anderson and Vice TV / VBS.
Daddy's Hands and Corpusse. October 2006, Zoobizarre, Montreal, Canada.
Idiosynchratic and solipistic to the point of greater understanding, Future Mall Art coupled two of Canada's most influential underground musical acts of the East and the West in Montreal's favorite Francophone show-cavern. RIP CC.
http://www.myspace.com/daddy39shands
http://www.myspace.com/corpusse
