christian nicolay

Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre - Medicine Hat AB

Self-Portrait as Hunter S. Thompson's Addiction

Barnicles for Past Pressed Flowers

It's like a kitten in a bottle

self-portrait as one of Rumplestilskins dreams

Pedestrian hitch-hiker with a chair, performance

Driver's who picked me up sign the chair

Leaning against a 1950's pillow

SOLO INTERDISIPLINARY EXHIBITIONS

2009
Collections in Faith, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC
Hope Floats, Chatter and Whirr Festival, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC, solo installation & collaborative sound work w/ Brian Gotro
2008
Open Spaces, The Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC
2007
Project Flyleaf II, The Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC
2006
Project Flyleaf, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC
ACTions of mass construction, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC
(un)common (playing)ground, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
2003
Conversations with a brick wall, Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach BC
2002
Stoopid, The Church of Pointless Hysteria, Vancouver BC
Systematic Confusion, Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver BC
Pedestrian Hitch-hiker with a Chair, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver BC

SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2009
Ampli-Sk8, Various Ice Rinks, Lower Mainland BC
2008
Atlantis, Vancouver Fashion Week, the Chapel, Vancouver BC w/ Pacificthorn
Birdman, Old San Juan Square, Puerto Rico
Soundwave>Series ((3)), Juried, ME’D1.ATE Network, San Francisco CA, w/ Sam McKinlay
2007
Rob Me-Grift Me, Interactive Happening,
Undisclosed Location, Istanbul Turkey.
No Record exists, Interactive Happening,
Brasov to Bucuresti Nord, Train 3 Seats 72, 74, 76 and 77, Romania Europe.
Strangers on a Train,
Munster to Dusseldorf HBF, Train IC 2115, Germany, Europe
Dracula vs. Jesus (Vote 2008 series),
Piazza San Marco, Venice Italy, Europe
2006
BLIM does FUSE, Vancouver Art Gallery, selected sound artist, Vancouver BC
Taking the Bridge, Deep Wireless Festival – New Adventures In Sound Art, Toronto ON
Canadiana & All Places In Between, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver BC, w/ Lisa Birke
2005
Amplify, Chief Dan George Centre, Vancouver BC
AMPTANK, Klondike Route Claim #6, Dawson City, YK
Signal & Noise 2005, Juried, Video In Studios, Vancouver BC
In Search of Pretty Plates, BLIM Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004
Legion of Flying Monkeys Horn Orchestra, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC
Raw & Cooked, The Western Front, Vancouver BC, w/ Sam McKinlay & Eli Bornowsky
2002
The Rita is in the Hospital, Miss T’s Cabaret, Vancouver BC, w/ Sam McKinlay
2001
Lucille Balls, The Last Chance Saloon, Wayne AB, w/ N.Peters
York Hotel: Grande Prairie, The York Hotel, Grande Prairie AB w/ Neil Peters & Brian Gotro
2000
Pedestrian Hitch-hiker with a chair, Hitch-hiked across Canada (BC – QC) with a wooden Chair, Gallery Exchange with Alternator Gallery, supported by the Canada Council
399, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC, w/ Shayne Brandel
1999
The Reverend, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
Solo, Kastpo Castle, Kalymnos Greece, Europe
Question Christian, Voinkirche Cathedral, Vienna Austria, Europe
Growl, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC, w/ Nobuo Kubota

SELECTED VIDEO SCREENINGS

2009
VIDEOHOLICA, International Video Art Festival,
2nd Edition/ Peking Duck or Video in time of crisis,
Varna, Bulgaria
2008
HI MOM FILM Festival #10, Juried, Chapel Hill, Carrboro NC, USA
Intersection For the Arts, San Francisco CA
2007
International Short Film Festival, Juried, Fundacion Octaedro, Quito-Ecuador, South America
2006
NEXTFest, Next Generation Arts Festival, Juried, Edmonton AB
HI MOM FILM Festival #9, Juried, Chapel Hill, Carrboro NC, USA
Signal & Noise 2006, Juried, Video In Studios, Vancouver BC
2005
Temporal Transmissions, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s NF
Neighbourhood, Centre A Gallery, Vancouver BC
HI MOM FILM Festival #8, Juried, Chapel Hill, Carrboro NC, USA
Temporal Transmissions, Juried, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
Duotone Arts Festival 2005, Kelowna BC
2004
Bien jouer, love, Underground, Calgary AB
2001
Asleep at the wheel, Trinity Square Video, Toronto ON, w/ Stephen Foster, Gary Pearson and Brian Gotro.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
Once Upon a Pond....pond hockey and global warming, Esplanade Art Gallery,
Medicine Hat AB, 3 Person show, Catalogue.
Drawn, Festival of Drawing, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC. Performance and exhibition.
Stone Soup, Grace Gallery, Vancouver BC, 3 Person show, Catalogue.
2008
Made in the West, Travelling Exhibition, Art House Gallery, Calgary AB, The Works –
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Catalogue
Unite with Art, Arthouse Gallery, w/UNICEF, Vancouver BC
The Cheaper Show No. 8, Old Storyeum Building, Van BC
2006
Regeneration, Arthouse Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005
moja moja, Arthouse Gallery, Vancouver BC,
Duotone Arts Festival 2005, Kelowna BC
Return to Sender, 69 Pender Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004
Soft Emergencies, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham WA, USA
Life on Exchange, 2 Person Show at The Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC, w/ Jenny Long
Cheaper than a one night stand, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003
Artropolis 2003, Juried Exhibition, CBC-TV Studios, Vancouver BC
Old Guard/New Guard, 3 man show at The Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC
2002
Art on the Fringes, 2 Person show, Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver BC, w/ Davida Kidd
Time On It 2, The Morris Building, Vancouver BC
O2txt: celebrating the visual word, Juried, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ohio USA
2001
Helen Pitt Triennial Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC. Catalogue
Asleep at the Wheel, Trinity Square Video, Toronto ON, w/ Stephen Foster, Gary Pearson, & Brian Gotro. Artist Run Gallery Exchange Exhibition with The Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
The Land, The Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna BC
2000
Unstable Motion, Juried, Gallerie Verticale, Laval QC, East and West Gallery Exchange
w/ Alternator Gallery. Catalogue
I.N.W.I.P.I, The Alternator Gallery (The Lounge), Kelowna BC w/ Shayne Brandel
With Seven Fingers, OUC Graduation Show 2000, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Emerging, Juried, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC w/ Diana Thornycroft
1996-97
Land Biography: Pa(y)ssages of the Okanagan, Juried, Kelowna Art Gallery

AWARDS

2006
Canada Council Media Arts Travel Grant
New Adventures in Sound Art Commission Residency, Deep Wireless Festival CBC Radio One co-produced by OutFront & Charles Street Video, Toronto ON
2004
Video Production Grant, for Temporal Transmissions, Alternator Gallery Kelowna BC
Canada Council Visual Arts Travel Grant
Helen Pitt Award (2000, 1999, 1998) / UBC Okanagan Traveling Exhibition Award
1999
Tuition Scholarship Entrance Award, UBC Okanagan
4th Place in the 19th Annual College Photographer’s Forum Contest
1998
Tuition Scholarship Entrance Award, UBC Okanagan
Kelowna & District Arts Council Bursary / UBC Okanagan Traveling Exhibition
Turik Crawford Architects Award

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

San Francisco Weekly, San Francisco CA, "The Grindermen", Silke Tudor, Issue 6/25, 2008
Galleries West, Vancouver BC, "Previews and Profiles", Portia Priegert, V. 6 N. 1, Spring 2007, pg.34
The Georgia Straight, Vancouver BC, "Space, Place, history in the Neighbourhood", Robin Laurence, V. 39 N. 1969 Sep 15-22 2005, pg.77
Terminal City, Vancouver BC, "Signal & Noise Festival", Luke Meat, Issue 5.40.179 Apr 2005, pg. 11
Event, Kelowna BC, "Taking the common…someplace else", Portia Priegert, May 2004, pg. 10
Woo Magazine, Vancouver BC, "Christian Nicolay", Eli Bornowsky, Issue 5, V. 23 Feb 2004, pg. 7-10
COLOR Magazine, Vancouver BC, "Performance, Material and the Aesthetic", Sam McKinley, Issue 2 Sep 2003, pg. 12-15
Vancouver Lifestyles Magazine, Vancouver BC, "Making Marks", Christine Hill Riley, Jan 2002 Issue, pg. 18
Showcase, Kelowna BC, "Winning Works", Neal McKenna, Sep. 20-26, pg. 1 & 3
Mix Magazine, Toronto ON, "Mouvement Instable", Nathalie Dussault, V.26 No.2 Fall 2000, pg. 46-48
The Okanagan Sunday, Okanagan Valley BC, "Artist will sit across the Country", Portia Priegert,
Jul 23, 2000, E-C6
The Mirror, Montreal QC, "Avant-garde Laval", Cozmik Kay, Aug 3-10, 2000, pg. 49
Capital News, Kelowna BC, "Happenings", Jean Russell, Apr 2000, Showcase, pg. 2
The Phoenix, Kelowna BC, "Fourth Year…", Chris Mazur, Mar-Apr 2000, pg. B6
OUC Journal, Kelowna BC, "Second Take", Allan Coyle, Apr/May 1999, pg. 4
The Standard Exhibit, Kelowna BC, "Beware, the Performance Artist Nurtures",
M. Scott Ault, Mar 1999, pg. 5
Photographers Forum, San Diego CA, USA, "Best of College Photography Annual 1999"
The Daily Courier, Kelowna BC, "Of Earth and Body", Turnbull, Oct. 1998, Showtime-C1.

TELEVISION & RADIO

2006 Fanny Kiefer Show, SHAW TV / The Pitch, SHAW TV, Vancouver BC
CBC RADIO Freestyle / CBC RADIO The Early Edition, Vancouver BC
Panel Discussion, Free 103point9 radio broadcast, Toronto ON to Brooklyn New York USA
North by Northwest-CBC Radio One, Interview with Paul Grant
2002 John Doe (Television-Series I), Vancouver BC, Episode 114/10, Jerry Wanek (Production Designer), Contributing Artist
Dark Angel (Television-Series II), Vancouver BC, Episode 10, Jerry Wanek (Production
Designer), Cover Book Artist Designer
CBC News World, Vancouver BC, Interview with Sudha Krishna, Nov. 2001
2000 CBC City Beat Television, Montreal QC, "Gallerie Verticale", Anna Simacapoulos,
Aug 3, 2000

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

2008 Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC
UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC
2006 Langara College, Vancouver BC
Rutland Middle School, Art Starts Workshop, Kelowna BC
2005 McRoberts Secondary, Richmond BC
Langara College, Vancouver BC
UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC
2004 UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 Curator, Pacificthorn & Flywheel Screen printing, Vancouver BC
2004-09 Instructor: Painting / Drawing & Mixed Media, Arts Umbrella, Vancouver BC
2001-08 Gallery Technician / Preparator, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006-07 Gallery Technician / Preparator, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004-06 Gallery Technician / Preparator, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 Juror, CRES Media Arts Committee for Artist Residency with CFRO Radio, Vancouver BC
2001-02 Production Designers Assistant, Vancouver BC
Scenic Painter, ACFC Film Guild, Vancouver BC
2001 Artistic Director, Arthur Erickson’s Waterfall Building Grand Opening, Vancouver BC
1997-00 Board Member, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC

EDUCATION

1996 – 2000 BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Honors),
Okanagan University College – UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC

christian nicolay

soundartmadnessinabox

Video Bar

Amplified Tennis Racket

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES

Video Projects

Music & Sound Compositions

Signal & Noise Performance

Western Front Sound Performance

the polite anarchist series

Taking the Bridge, Sound Art

Music and Sound Compositions

Video Art

Visual Work

Vote 2008

CV

Its like a kitten in a bottle