Born 06.06.66 (Canada)
Lives in Rotterdam (Netherlands)

EXHIBITIONS

2017
DEAD DAD, FOFA Gallery, Montreal, CANADA, April 2017.

2015
Past Imperfect, Hydrogenfabrieken, NORWAY, September 2015.
Past Imperfect, Galleri Ruth, between Moss and Fredrikstad, NORWAY, June 2015.

2012
Cosmos in the Dunes, CBK Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. May 2012.
Secret Gardens, TENT Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. April 2012.

2011
Still Films, Yukon Art Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon, CANADA. March 2011.

2010
Long Long Weekend, Tent-CBK, Rotterdam. NETHERLANDS. November 2011.
The Open Secret, The Green Lantern Gallery - The Corpse Performance Space, Chicago, USA. October 2010.
Four Years! Groupshow, BuroDijkstra ArtGallery, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. April 2010.

2009
AIRY Gallery, Kofu City, Yamanashi, JAPAN, October 2009. (soloshow)
The Frontier is Here, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Cape Breton, NS, CANADA. August 2009.
Knock on Woods - Dwelling for Intervals, Pilotprojekt Gropiusstadt, Berlin, GERMANY. June 2010. (duoshow)
Three Years! Groupshow, BuroDijkstra ArtGallery, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. February 2009.

2008
Special Projects, articule, Montreal, QC, CANADA. September 2008.
Forest Station, Modern Fuel, Kinston, ON, CANADA. September 2008. (duoshow)
Between Artist and Subject,  ABC Gallery, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS. September 2008.
Time No Time 1, SubUrban Video Lounge, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. August 2008.
Roving Projects, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON, CANADA. August 2008.
KOW, Quartier Ephemere, Montreal, QC, CANADA. August 2008.
KOW, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vanvouver, BC, CANADA. June 2008. (soloshow)
KOW, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, with Core490, Mayne Island, BC, CANADA. July 2008.

2007
Ouve, O Seculo, Lisbon, PORTUGAL.November 2007.
Knock on Woods, Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. August 2007.
Wrong Time Wrong Place, TENT, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. May-June 2007.
W139/BASEMENT, Buro Dijkstra, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS. April 2007.
Filmfrontfestival, Gorcums Museum, NETHERLANDS. February 2007.
Video Vareo, Sub Urban Video Lounge, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. February 2007.
The Vegetarians, The Lab, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, CANADA. January 2007. (soloshow)
ONE YEAR, ONE PIECE, Buro Dijkstra, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. January 2007.

2006
This Neck of the Woods, Project Room, ramfoundation, Rotterdam, NL. July-September 2006.
ici³, Buro Dijkstra, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. October 2006.

2005
Duplicitous, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, CANADA. November 2005.
Kierkegaard is a Graveyard, de Vrije Schuur, Rotterdam, NL. June 2005. (collaboration with Tulle Ruth).
Re-Cycling Story-Bikes, Apertomentum, Oslo, NORWAY. May 2005. (collaboration with Tulle Ruth)
Torunski Festival, Warszawa, POLAND. April 2005.”
Alles Van Waarde Moet Weg, Cacaofabriek, Helmond, NETHERLANDS. January 2005.

2004
VS, Vrije Schuur, Phew,” Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS. November 200.
I'll Wait for You, Station21, Zurich, SWITZERLAND. October 2004.
Start Here, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon, CANADA. June 2004. (with Donna Akrey)
The Continuous Surface, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, CANADA. May 2004. Video installation. (soloshow)
I'll Wait for You, 17th International Toronto Images Festival, Toronto, ON, CANADA. April 2004.

2003
Stump, Centre d'ART EN MOUVEMENT, Paris, FRANCE. September 2003. (soloshow)
forty-hour-work-week, Sox36, Berlin, GERMANY. June 2003. (soloshow)
The Complete Owner's Manual, Dare-Dare, Montreal, CANADA. January 2003.
(collaboration with Annika Grill and Lance Blomgren)

2002
Gender and Globalism, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, JAPAN. October 2002.
A Wilderness of Elsewheres, rad'a Gallery, Montreal, QC, CANADA. April 2002. (soloshow)
Hybernation Dervish, rad'a, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA .March 2002.
ColeGrayPoorter, NMSU Gallery, Las Cruces, NM, USA. May 1999.

2001
Oasis, Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, QC, CANADA. July 2001. (with Lance Blomgren)
High Pathetic, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB CANADA. March 2001.

2000
Lapping It Up, eyelevelgallery, Halifax, NS CANADA. October 2000.
Palindrome, Quartier Ephemere, Montreal, QC. CANADA. July 2000. (collaboration with Donna Akrey)

1998
Root Route, Corbett Gallery, Las Cruces, NM, USA. August 1998. (collaboration with Loretta Lowman)
The USWest Juried Exhibition, Silver City, New Mexico, USA. November 1998. (with Loretta Lowman)
Stick in the Mud, PlanB Evolving Arts, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA. May 1998.
It Is What It Is, Mesilla, New Mexico, USA. May 1998.
Southern Exposure, ASA Gallery, University of Albuquerque Gallery, NM, USA. January 1998.
Glass Island Revisited, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA. January 1998.

1997
Quit Making All That Noise, V.A.V. Gallery, Montreal, QC. January 1997. (collaboration with Donna Akrey)

1996
Blind Date, L'Oeil de Poisson, Quebec, QC, CANADA. March 1996.
Proximité/Nearness, Articule, Montreal, Quebec, May, 1996.
Blind Date, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC, CANADA. September 1996.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, BC, CANDA:

Special Practices (Summer Studies intensive studio/theory course) , 05/2008 - 07/2008.
Instructor for third-year level, directed studio and contemporary practice course, with focus on in-situ-ations and para-sites. Readings (both critical texts and alternative writings), studio and gallery visits, students presentations, and studio practice made up the course work.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA:

Sculpture 200 Introduction to Sculpture: Spatial Practices, 09/2001 - 04/2002.
Instructor for this beginning level sculpture class.  Course included ideas in object-making, functionality, installation-based practice, interactivity, nomadism, ephemerality and permanence, and sound. Readings (both critical texts and alternative writings), studio and gallery visits, students presentations, and studio practice made up the course work for this full year studio class.

FFAR 250 The Performing and Visual Arts, 09/2000-04/2002
Tutorial Instructor for two sections of this lecture-based course.  Duties included: clarifying and elaborating on the topics raised in weekly lectures; facilitating class discussions; development of assignments and essay topics; grading coursework.

Ceramics 399 Art and the Everyday, 09/2000-04/2001.
Teaching Assistant to Gisele Amantea, Ingrid Bachmann, and Annie Martin.  Duties included:
organization of a class exhibition presented in the VAV Gallery; helping students with work-in-progress by problem solving and trouble-shooting; assisting the professors in organizing coursework and other activities; critiques of student work.

Sculpture 400, 09/1999-04/2000.
Teaching Assistant to Andy Dutkewych and Trevor Gould.  Duties included:  ongoing assistance to the students in developing their ideas and projects; fielding questions and directing discussions; presentations on the work of professional artists; introducing critical readings; critiques of student work.

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, USA:             

Introduction to Sculpture, 01-05/1998, 01-05/1999.
Teaching assistant to Rachel Stevens.  Duties included: instruction in molding and casting, woodwork and welding
techniques; introduction to ideas on installation, context, and contemporary art practice.

Visual Methods and Media, 08-12/1998. 
Responsible for conducting a weekly studio seminar lectures on methods and media in the visual arts. Duties included: review of concepts introduced in the lectures; development of studio and written assignments and evaluation of student work and  papers.

Orientation in Art, 01-05/1998.
Responsible for conducting a weekly seminar  following a lecture on the visual arts.  Duties included: review of concepts introduced in the lectures; development of practical and written assignments and evaluation of student work and papers.

Monitor and Technician, 01/1998 - 05/1999
PHOTO: Lab monitor and technician for the colour photography processors and studios.
SCULPTURE: Instructing in use of shop equipment including mould-making, woodwork, and welding.

PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING REVIEWS AND ESSAYS

"Still Life in Motion" by Lance Blomgren, Yukon Art Gallery exhibition catalogue, Canada, 2011.

"Pandora's Forest - Dwelling for Intervals by Yvette Poorter" by Megan Stewart, Rover - Montreal Art Uncovered, 2011.

"Still Films: Freeze Frames" by Bryne Mclaughlin, Canadian Art, 2011.

"In the Woods and Out for the Territory: The Spacial Practices of Para-sites 'Dwelling for Intervals,' Yvette Poorter's Artists Residencies, 2001-2010" by Jennifer Gabrys, conundrum Press, 2010.

"A forest for the trees" by Arts and Culture editor Adele Barclay, The Journal, Kingston, ON, Canada, 2008.

"Forest Station" by Michael Davidge Modern Fuel Gallery exhibition catalogue, Kingston, ON, Canada, 2008.

"A Slice of Canada among the Wilds of Rotterdam" by Maria Russo,The Times - The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, NL 2008.

"A Wilderness of Elsewheres" by Irma Verhoeven,Canada Magazine, Arnhem, NL 2007.

"Wasting Time" by Jennifer Gabrys, Toronto Images Festival and Trinity Square Video, Toronto, 2004.
see: http://www.signalspace.net/waste_time.htm

"Yvette Poorter: The sculpture of time for an ordinary moment" by Teiko Hinuma, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, exhibition catalogue. Aomori, Japan 2002.

"Unfolding Origami Gallery" by Joni Murphy, Intrepid Tourist Press, Montreal, 2002.

"A Week in the Woods" by Andy Brown,. Broken Pencil Magazine,Toronto, 2002.

Mix Magazine, by Dayna Mcleod. Toronto, ON, spring 2001.

"Art at eyelevel" by Kaitlin Naugler.The Gazette, Halifax, NS, 2000.

"Best Art Exhibit of 2000" voted by public poll, Montreal Mirror.

"Headlight Anthology",Broken Pencil Magazine, Toronto, ON, fall 2000.

"Rearranging the Furniture - Palindrome turns everything upsidedown" by Dayna Mcleod, Hour Magazine, Montreal, 2000.

"Enticing contrasts rampage at Art Gallery" by Liz Carrricut, Round-up, Las Cruces, NM, 04/1999.

"Stick in the Mud" by Diane Armitage,The Magazine, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 1998.

"City Focus: Santa Fe" ARTnews, 1998.

"Negotiating a Change in the Exchange" by Ellen Berkovitch,The Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe, NM, 1998.

"Comings and Goings",Pasatiempo Magazine, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 05/1998.

"Public Art or Environmental Menace?" by Laura Lee Bennett, Speakeasy, Seattle, WA, February 1998.

"Sound Sense and Surplus" by John Kerkhoven, Volute (volume 9), Montreal, QC, Fall 1997.

Times Colonist, "Arts grads' exhibit offers some surprises" by Robert Amos, Victoria, BC, 04/1995.

EDUCATION

HKU, Utrecht, NL,
2014-2016. Bachelor of Arts in Education.

Concordia University, Montreal, QC,
1999-2002. Master of Fine Art - Sculpture.

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA. 1997 - 1999. Master of Arts - Photography.

University of Victoria, British Columbia, September 1991 - May 1995. Bachelor of Fine Arts. (Honors)

Ontario College of Art, Toronto, September 1986 - April 1987. 16mm film production, life drawing.

Sheridan College of Art and Design, Oakville, Ontario, 1983, 1985. Photography, pattern drafting, drawing.

AWARDS

Canada Council for the Arts, Publishing Grant (awarded to Conundrum Press), 2009.

Canada Council for the Arts, Inter-Arts Grant for Established Artists, Production/Creation Grant, 2007.

Canada Council for the Arts, Inter-Arts Grant for Established Artists, Production/Creation Grant, 2004.

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Creation Grant for professional artists, 2003.

Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, 2002.

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Travel Grant for emerging artists, 2002.

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Travel Grant for emerging artists, 2001.

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Project Grant for emerging artists, 2001.

Field Foundation Purchase Prize, for “Desert Storm” Toronto, Ontario, 1999.

NMSU Gallery Award. Juried by Louis Grachos of Site Santa Fe, 1998.

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Project Grant for professional artists, 1998.

Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, 1997.

bpNichol Chapbook Award 1996, First Prize for Manual for Beginners, 1996.

Helen Pitt Award, British Columbia Provincial award for graduating students, 1995.

B.C. Ministry Responsible for Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Project Scholarship for artists, 1994.

Pat Martin Bates Scholarship, Visual Arts award for highest achieving female artist, 1994.

Rita Lovitt Award, UVic Visual Arts Award, 1994.

Heather Cragg Memorial Scholarship, UVic Visual Arts, 1993-4.

RESIDENCIES

AIRY, Artist in Residence Yamanashi, Kofu City, JAPAN, September-October 2009. (artist residency)

Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS, March 2006. (participated in "Ad Hoc" a residency in the gallery)

Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, CANADA, May-June 2004. (collaborative artist residency with Donna Akrey)

Kunstcentrum Haagweg 4, Leiden, The Netherlands, May-July 2003. (collaborative artist residency with Tulle Ruth)

Four Hands Studios, Socorro, New Mexico, February-March 2003. (collaborative artist residency with Loretta Lowman)

Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan, September-November 2002. (artist residency)

Stichting Kunst and Complex, Rotterdam, Netherlands, April-May 1997. (artist residency)

GUEST ARTIST, LECTURER, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES

Arctic Perspective Initiative, HMKV Dortmund, GERMANY. 24-26 September, 2010.

Artist in Residence Yamanashi (AIRY), Kofu City, Yamanashi, JAPAN, September 2009.

University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CANADA, January 2007. (VA - Visiting Artist Program, MFA program, Honors seminar)

Concordia University, Montreal, QC, CANADA, January 2007. (Department of Visual Arts, Visiting Artist Program)

CBK and Stichting Kunst en Complex, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS, October/November 2005. (studio workshops)

Strykejernet Art Institute, Oslo, NORWAY, February 2005. (visiting artist for studio visits and lecture)

Concordia University, Montreal, QC, CANADA, November 2003. (guest artist for critiques and lecture in sculpture department)

Concordia University, Montreal, QC, CANADA. February 2003. (book-making workshop for interdisciplinary students)

Toronto District School Board, CyberArts Program, Toronto, ON, CANADA, March 2003. (guest artist lecture)

Four Hands Studios, Socorro, New Mexico, February-March 2003. (workshop about desktop publishing for artists books)

Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan, September-November 2002. (workshops on locality and territory)

Centre d'ART EN MOUVEMENT, Paris, France, July 2001. (lecture series and workshop)

Concordia University, Montreal, QC, CANADA, November 2000, and October2001. (guest artist in sculpture classes)

PUBLICATIONS OF CREATIVE WORK including fiction, poetry, essays, photographs, drawings

Jacket 2, online magazine, "A Website for One Shoe - Review of the Ministry of Walking" (essay) 2011.

"European Identities - an essay after Archis RSVP Conference in Brussels" online in the Archis Archives.

Mercer Union, "Samantha Rees - Favorite Places" Toronto, ON, 2004.
(catalogue essay about the paintings of S. Rees)

Ribsauce: a cd/anthology of words by women, "The Worker" & "The Fisherman's Friend" Vehicule Press, Montreal, QC, 2002.

You and Your Bright Ideas: New Montreal Writing, "Proposals " Vehicule Press, Montreal, QC, 2002.

Headlight Anthology: Poetry Fiction, "Open Face" Concordia Uni. English Department, Montreal, QC, 2000.

Matrix Magazine(#53), Montreal, Quebec, 1999.

Stir Stick, Intrepid Tourist Press, Union Bay, BC. A book of poems, 1997.

Manual for Advanced, ITP. A book of black and white photographs with story by Joshua Lovelace, 1997.

Index Magazine, Montreal, Quebec, 1996. Excerpts from the texts of SOUNDTRACK.

Vanishing Point, Intrepid Tourist Press, Union Bay, BC,1997. A full-colour book that documents and is an art project.

Manual for Beginners, Intrepid Tourist Press, BC, 1996. A black-and-white book of photos with an text by Lance Blomgren.

Gravity's Embrace, Intrepid Tourist Press, BC, 1996. Miniature catalogues of the sculptural piece by the same name.

Susurrus, Victoria, British Columbia, 1995.

Time as Horizontal, Intrepid Tourist Press, Union Bay, BC, 1994-5.