Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2009 - 2011 Transart Institute, Donau University Krems, Berlin, DE, MFA in New Media
2004 – 2007 Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
MFA in Photography
1999 Yale University, Summer School of Music & Art, Norfolk, CT
1994 – 1999 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, B.F.A. Honors, Painting
GPA : 4.26, Dean’s Honor List

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Erlking, Curated by Ryan Doherty, Lethbridge, AB
2011 Cultural Capital of Canada Legacy Project, Do Less Slowly, Billboards Throughout the City of Winnipeg, MB
2010 Gallery 1C03, Dominique Rey: Pilgrims, University of Winnipeg, MB
2008 La Maison des artistes, Projections, Winnipeg, MB
2007 Truck Gallery, Sisters of the Cross, Calgary, AB
2007 Gallery TPW, Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir, Toronto, ON
2007 Alternator Gallery, Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir, Kelowna, BC
2006 Galerie Sans Nom, Filles de la Croix, Moncton, NB
2005 Plug In ICA, Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir, Winnipeg, MB
2005 Michael Gibson Gallery, Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir, London, ON
2005 Le Centre d’art et de diffusion Clark, Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir, Montreal, QC
2002 Gallery One One One, The Bathers, University of Manitoba
2002 Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, Au-délà de l’image – L’être et l’autre, Winnipeg, MB
2001 Collège Universitaire de St-Boniface, Reflets du miroir, Winnipeg, MB

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Red Roots Gallery, Macabre & Mysticism, New York, NY
2011 Galéria HIT, Objavenie Pomalosti, Tabacka Art Center, Kosice, Slovakia
2011 MMX Open Art Venue, Unterwegs, Berlin, DE
2011 MKG127, Go Figure, Toronto, ON
2011 AXENÉO7, Quelle dérive: Le possible et le réel de Winnipeg, Prairie Scene Festival, Abzurbs collective, Gatineau, QC
2010 Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, MMMWOW, Winnipeg, MB
2009 Winnipeg Art Gallery, She Works Hard, Winnipeg, MB
2009 Video Pool Inc, Escape, Touring Video Exhibition, International
2009 Platform Gallery, Alternator, Partnership with Wasagaming Community Arts Inc., MB
2009 Gallery One One One, Revolver Downtown One, Winnipeg, MB
2006 Esther M. Klein Gallery, Whisper Down The Lane, Philadelphia, PA
2003 L’AGAVF, Parallaxe, St.Boniface, MB
2003 The Other Gallery at Gallery Neubacher, Another Other, Toronto, ON
2003 Plug In ICA, Young Winnipeg Artists, Winnipeg, MB
2003 Ace Art Inc., Jenny O’s Rolodex Show, Winnipeg, MB
2002 Michael Gibson Gallery, West of Wawa, London, ON
2002 The Other Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2001 Galerie Sans Nom, Histoire de sens – L’Échangeur II, Moncton, NB
2001 Ace Art Inc., Arrivals /Departures, Winnipeg, MB
2001 The Other Gallery, The Other Exhibition, Winnipeg, MB
2000 & 2001 Saint Norbert Arts & Cultural Centre, Paint, Saint Norbert, MB
2000 SITE Gallery, Figuring the Future, Winnipeg, MB

HONORS AND AWARDS

2011 Sobey Art Award Long List Nominee
2010 Visual Arts Ambassador of Winnipeg Cultural Capital of Canada 2010
2010 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts “A” Grant
2009 & 2005 Baxter & Alma Ricard Foundation Graduate Scholarship
2008 Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant
2008 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts “A” Grant
2009 & 2007 Video Pool Inc Media Production Grant
2006 Manitoba Arts Council Video Production Grant
2006 La Vague Judith Hamel Prize Best Media Art
2006 & 2005 Winnipeg Arts Council Arts Grant
2005 National Magazine Awards Foundation Gold Medal Award for Photojournalism & Photo Essay
2004 Canada Council for the Arts Grant to Professional Artists in Visual Arts
2003 Manitoba Arts Council Video Production Grant
2003 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to Professional Artists
2003 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts “B” Grant
2003 Video Pool Inc, First Video Fund Production Grant
2002 & 1999 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts “C” Grant
2002 & 2000 Winnipeg Arts Council Arts Grant
2001 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Art Grant
1999 University of Manitoba Gold Medal for highest standing in the School of Art

PERFORMANCES & ART ACTIONS

2011 National Arts Centre, SWARM, Prairie Scene Festival, The Abzurbs, Ottawa, ON
2011 AXENÉO7, Quelle Dérive, Prairie Scene Festival, The Abzurbs, Ottawa, ON
2010 Gallery 1C03, Triple Abzurbs Threat Most Talented, University of Winnipeg, MB
2010 On the Road, The Abzurbs, Winnipeg and surrounding areas, MB
2009 Viva! Art Action, The Abzurbs, Bain St-Michel, Montreal, QC
2008 Manif d’art 4: Leurre Juste, The Abzurbs, Quebec, QC
2008 Cre8erypARTY, The Abzurbs, Winnipeg, MB
2007 Platform Gallery, The Abzurbs in Concert, Winnipeg, MB
2007 Edge Gallery, The Abzurbs Celebrating Five Years, Winnipeg, MB
2006 Platform Gallery at the Warehouse, The Abzurbs, Winnipeg, MB
2001 Cream Gallery, The Abzurbs New Year’s, Winnipeg, MB

VIDEOGRAPHY

2011 Tundrunning, Creator /Director, Length 2:50
2010 Sisters of the Cross, Creator /Director, Length 9:47
2007 Corridor: Sisters of the Cross, Creator /Director, 4:36 Loop
2007 Window: Sisters of the Cross, Creator /Director, 2:32 Loop
2007 Wall: Sisters of the Cross, Creator /Director, 3:23 Loop
2007 TV: Sisters of the Cross, Creator /Director, 1:08 Loop
2005 Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir, Creator /Director, Length 17:05
2004 Pump up the Jam, Creator /Director, Length 6:59
2003 City of St. Boniface, Creator /Director, Length 10:50
2003 Sandra, Beaudry Park, Creator /Director, Length 4:41

COLLECTIONS

  Winnipeg Art Gallery
  Province of Manitoba
  Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface
  International Private Collections

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

  ArtStars*, August 9&10, 2011, “Wish Box”, by Nadja Sayej, nadjasayej.tumblr.com
  Winnipeg Free Press, February 8, 2011, “Slow Down, Stat”, review by Carolin Vesely
  La Liberté, February 9,2011, “Vivez lentement”, article by Jocelyne Nicolas
  Winnipeg Free Press, September 30, 2010, “Her Imagination Runs Away With the Circus”, review by Alison Gillmor
  The Uniter, September 23, 2010, “Exploring our urges to play with the grotesque”, by Robin Dudgeon (cover)
  La Liberté, September 8, 2010, “Invitation au voyage”, article by Daniel Bahuaud
  Galleries West, Fall 2010, “Dominique Rey, Pilgrimsr”, review by Patricia Dawn Robertson
  Winnipeg Art Gallery: Guide to the Collections, Ed. Stephen Borys, 2010
  Sillons: hommage à Gabrielle Roy, Ed. Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Les Éditions du Blé, 2010
  Winnipeg Free Press, March 6, 2009, “Enjoy the fruits of this labour”, review by Stacey Abramson
  Border Crossings, Volume 28 Number 2, Issue No. 110, “Worker Be”, review by Robert Enright
  Uptown, May 1, 2008, “Head in the clouds”, review by Whitney Light
  FFWD Weekly, November 8, 2007, “Get thee to a gallery”, review by Indrani Kar
  Art Le Sabord, Special Edition No. 78, “Au bout du monde: apprivoiser le paysage”, by Jocelyne Verret
  Torontoist, May 23, 2007, “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall”, review by Stephanie Hart
  CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival, May 1-31, 2007, “Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir”
  NOW, May 17 – 23, 2007, “Dominique Rey”, review by Bjarke Madsen
  Eye Weekly, April 26, 2007, “Contact Sports”
  eVent, January 17, 2007, “Sex as a Commodity”, article by Portia Priegert
  Liaison, Fall 2006, “Dominique Rey, le portrait de Venus ou l’icone contemporaine”, article by Francois Chalifour
  Frieze, March 2006 Issue, “City Report: Winnipeg”, article by Robert Enright
  Dominique Rey: Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir, Plug In Editions, essays by Cliff Eyland, Steven Matijcio, Marie Bouchard, 2005
  The Globe and Mail, April 27, 2005, “In the skin of the sex kitten”, review by Robert Enright
  Border Crossings, Volume 24 Number 2, Issue No. 94, “Photo Diary: Selling Venus / Vénus au miroir”
  Bravo! News, April 2005, interview with Bernard Gauthier, Bravo! News Producer
  Canadian Art, Spring 2005, Fast Forward / Manitoba
  Gazette des femmes, May-June 2005, “Femmes-mirages”, article by Pascale Guéricolas
  Winnipeg Free Press, April 14, 2005, “Bringing Venus down to earth”, review by Lorne Roberts
  Western Living, April 2005, “Selling Venus, Photographs from behind the velvet curtain”, review by Adriana Barton
  La Liberté, April 6, 2005, “Vénus au miroir: des effeuilleuses se mettent à nu”, article by Sophie Allard
  TV5, March 26, 2005, PassepArt, hosted by Pénélope McQuade
  The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2003, “The Spirit of the West”, review by Robert Enright
  Border Crossings, May 2003, Volume 22 Number 2, “Nouveau Winnipeg”, review by Robert Enright
  Maclean’s, March 24, 2003, “Hey, we’re from Winnipeg too”, article by Amy Cameron
  TVA, March 22, 2003, “Les arts et les autres” interview with Genevieve Pelletier
  Winnipeg Free Press, March 20, 2003, “Young Winnipeg Artists”, article by Amy Karlinsky
  Winnipeg Free Press, March 13, 2003, “Art Attack“, article by Morley Walker
  CBC Radio 3, March 3, 2003, Volume 1 Issue 15, www.cbcr3.com, article by Alicia Smith
  The Globe and Mail, November 2, 2002, “Permission to dream is granted”, review by Robert Enright
  Histoire de sens, Éditions d’art Le Sabord, Trois-Rivières, Canada, 2002
  Scene, June 13, 2002, “West of Wawa”, article by Tess Perkins
  La Liberté, June 13, 2002, “Au-delà de l’image”, article by Daniel Bahaud
  Where Winnipeg, May / June 2002, “Through Local Lenses”, article by Lindsay Stewart
  Winnipeg Free Press, March 14, 2002, “Visually resonant exhibition broadens viewers’ thinking”, article by Sigrid Dahle
  ETC Montréal, March, April, May 2002, Number 57, “Histoire de sens : un carrefour de signes”, article by Monique Langlois
  Border Crossings, Winter 2002, Volume 21 Number 1, “Mirror, Mirror in the Hand, Who’s Most Reflected in All the Land”, review by Robert Enright
  La Liberté, October 12, 2001, “Échanges créatifs”, acticle by Mylène Crête
  L’Accent Acadien, October 5, 2001, “Une histoire de sens qui interpelle la vie”, article by David Lonergan
  L’Acadie Nouvelle, Sept 14, 2001, L’Échangeur de passage à Moncton, article by Sylvie Mousseau
  La Liberté, May 25, 2001, “La femme mise en valeur”, article by Sandra Poirier
  Border Crossings, August 2000, Volume 19 Number 3, “Go Figure”, review by Robert Enright
  Uptown Magazine, July 6, 2000, “Go Figure”, review by Marnie Butvin