BRUCE EVESBRUCE EVES
Toronto
Ontario
ArtLexis (New York). Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation (New
York). SoundVision (Portland).
Digital Mutations (Berlin). Raven Gallery (Fort Lauderdale).
Gay Art Gallery (Fort Lauderdale). Guild.com (Madison). James Baird Gallery
(St. John’s). Burdett-Coutts International Online (Toronto).
EXHIBITIONS (Solo)
2003 MY IDEA OF FUN: A RETROSPECTIVE OF SELECTED MULTIPLES
(1996-2003),Gallery X (Toronto) 7/14-8/8.
2002 MEINE IDEE DES SPASSES, Digital Mutations (Berlin) 1/1-2/24.
2001 http://www.gayartgallery.com (Fort Lauderdale); ongoing.
2000 Lenin Tireworks Media Salon (New York). 10/5-21.
1994 THEORETICAL PEOPLE, A Space Members Wall (Toronto) 7/15-31.
1993 INTERROGATION: AIDS FORUM (a site-specific installation),
Artist's Space (New York); 4/13-5/30. MY LIFE AS A NERD, The Bar (New York,
NY); 3/5-29.
1992 THE SEX PICTURES, Dick's Bar (New York, NY); 7/17-8/27.
ANTI-
CENSORSHIP WINDOW (with Ron Giii) Pages Bookstore (Toronto);
7/14-8/8. THE BLACK PHOTOS OF SNOW WHITE (Two-person show with Ron Giii) La Hacienda
(Toronto); 2/22-3/31.
EXHIBITIONS (Group)
2004 SKIN DEEP: THE ART AND IMAGE OF THE GAY MALE BODY. I-Space
Gallery,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Chicago) June.
ARTCONCEPT. Halls of Union of Artists, Saint Petersburg (Russia); April.
2003 RENCONTRES
INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN, various locations (dates
and venues TBA). MAD’03.
2nd Encuentro Internacional de Arte Experimental de Madrid,
(various locations); 10/30-11/20. ANIGMA: 1st
International Festival OF DIGITAL IMAGING AND ANIMATION. Club Rock City
(Novosibirsk); 10/18-19. MEDIA ART FESTIVAL FRIESLAND. Fries Museum
(Leeuwarden); 9/28-10/15. WIE GESTALTEN SIE IHRE GESELL-SCHAFT? Historisches
Museum Frankfurt; 9/10-11/16. CAMBRIDGE ART GALLERIES OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION.
Cambridge Art Gallery; 9/5-10/12. VIOLENCE ON-LINE FESTIVAL: VERSION 0.8.
Electronic Language Festival Sao Paolo, 8/14-27; Nonetart Festival – Arte
Digital Rosario 2003, 8/15-27; Open Air at Royal Gardens Copenhagen, 8/10-31.
DIGITAL VISIONS. University of British Columbia http://www.ontherundesign.com
(Vancouver); 5/9-ongoing. 2003 LESBIAN AND GAY PHOTO BIENNIAL: THE KISS.
Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation (New York); 5/20-6/28. MULTI@RTS DIGITAL
PARTY. Haverhill Arts Centre (Haverhill UK) 4/28. SKIN/STRIP ON-LINE
http://www.skinstrip.net plus live feeds: Site Gallery (Sheffield UK) 3/28-5/10
and Deluxe Gallery (London UK) 3/28-30. BOUNCE. Gala Gallery (Brighton UK)
3/28-4/13. VIDEOFORMES - 18th INTERNATIONAL VIDEO AND MULTI-MEDIA FESTIVAL
(VIOLENCE ON-LINE FESTIVAL – VER-SION 5.0) (Clermont-Ferrand France); 3/19-23.
100 x 100. Sound-Vision (Portland); 1/24-2/6.
2002 NIGHT OF 1000 DRAWINGS. Artists Space (New York), 12/11.
BEAR ICONS
AND BEYOND IV. National Hall, Washington Plaza Hotel
(Washington D.C.) 11/8-10. EVOLUTIONÄRE ZELLEN. Neue Gesselschaft für Bildende
Kunst (Berlin) 11/2-12/1. (curated by Arbeitsgruppe finger). DISEMBODIED.RECON-FIGURED.
SoundVision (Portland); 11/1-23. SOLIDARITY ORIGINALS. Casa Amatller
(Barcelona); 9/19-10/10. MEDIA ART FESTIVAL FRIESLAND. Museum Smallingerland
(Drachten); 8/29-9/14. SELF-PORTRAITS. Gay Art Gallery (Fort Lauderdale)
http://www.gayartgallery.net (ongoing.) WHAT’S THE PLAN THAT LOUISE BOURGEOIS
HAS IN MIND? An ongoing e-mail project, Vortice Argentina (Buenos Aires).
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS. Erotic Male Art Gallery (Vermont)
http://www.erotic-maleart.com (ongoing.) SELL OR DIE. Art Systems (Toronto);
4/11-13.
2001 BODY LANGUAGE: EXPLIC-IT/IMPLICIT. Leslie/Lohman Gay Art
Foundation
(New York); 11/7-12/21. 4TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF SOUND
AND VISUAL POETRY. Espacio Giesso (Buenos Aires); 10/26. EURO-ART 2001. Sala
Marqués de Comillas (Barcelona); 10/5-8. OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION. Cambridge Art
Galleries (Cambridge); 9/8-10/7. MEDIA ART FESTIVAL FRIES-LAND. Fries Museum
(Leeuwarden); 9/6-22. FAMILY: IT’S PERSONAL. I Gallery (New York); 6/15-3/31. A
LOVE STORY. Mercer Union (Toronto); 2/8-10.
2000 ALTARS AND OTHER SACRED SITES. Clemente Soto Velez Cultural
Center
(New York); 11/1-12/9. UNIVERSAL DIVERSITY 8. Clemente Soto
Velez Cultural Center (New York); 9/13-31. ARTEXPO 2000. http://art-channel.net
(Hanover); ongoing. WORLD ART ON COLLECTION. Ministry of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment (The Hague); 11/13-24. EROTIC ART SHOW. Pegasus
(New York); 9/9-10/10. WORLD FESTIVAL OF ART ON PAPER. Kranj Commune (Kranj,
Slov-enia); 9/1-15. 9th GAY & LESBIAN PHOTO ANNUAL. Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation (New York); 5/16-6/25. REFLECTIONS OF MYSELF. Clemente Soto
Velez Cultural Center (New York); 5/3-20.
1999 STUDIO 211 WEBSITE. http://www.studio-211.com (ongoing). THE
ARTGROUP
FOR LESBIAN AND GAY ARTISTS WEBSITE.
http://www.artgroup-nyc.com (ongoing). EROTIC SHOW. Sacred Body Art (New York);
11/4-28. UNIVERSAL DIVERSITY 7. Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (New York);
10/6-31. THE MILLENNIUM ART COLLECTION: 2000 REASONS TO LOVE THE EARTH. The Art
Open, Essen; 7/10-8/8. HONING THE EDGE. Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
(New York); 5/6-30.
1998 http://info-true.com Click on International
Association of Lesbian and Gay Chil
dren of
Holocaust Survivors; click on Memorials (ongoing). UNIVERSAL DIV-ERSITY 6. Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation (New
York); 7/14-8/15. PRIDE '98. Vincent Louis Gallery (New York);
June16-7/4. BODY PRIMITIVE. O'Connor
Gallery (Toronto); 6/18-7/18.
SEXUALITY/OBJECT: THE BACKROOM. New
Century Artists Gallery (New York); 6/3-28.
7th GAY & LESBIAN PHOTO ANNUAL. Leslie/Lohman
Gay Art Foundation (New York); 5/12-6/27.
OUT ON THE EDGE. Clemente Soto
Velez Cultural Center (New York); 5/6-17.
1997 THE LIGHTBOX. Williamsburg
Art & Historical Center (New York); 10/18-11/24.
UNIVERSAL DIVERSITY 5. LaMama LaGalleria (New York); 7/24-8/16. GALLERY ARTISTS.
O'Connor Gallery (Toronto); 7/3-9/2. STRENGTH IN UNITY. 24 Hours For Life (New
York); 6/11-8/2. HARTFORD PRIDE. Pumphouse Gallery (Hartford, CN); 6/4-29.
1996 SEXUAL PRIMER. O'Connor Gallery (Toronto); 6/6-7/14.
1995 GALLERY ARTISTS. O'Connor Gallery (Toronto); 12/12-1/9.
REVIEWS (EXPERIMENTAL: ART AND IDEAS) Mercer Union (Toronto); 11/9-12/23. PRIDE
'95. O'Connor Gallery (Toronto); 6/15-7/7.
1993 SOUVENIRS OF THE REAGAN/BUSH YEARS. Puchong Gallery (New
York,
NY);
1/20-2/17.
1992 MIRROR, MIRROR,
ON THE WALL – CONTEMPORARY SELF-PORTRAITS.
Richmond International Airport (Richmond VA) organized by
the Richmond Council on the Arts; 10/15-12/18. QUEER BODIES. Evergreen
Galleries, Evergreen State College (Olympia WA); 4/3-30.
1991 ALL GROWN UP. CUNY Graduate Center Library (New York);
10/4-11/1. AIDS:
FEAR, RAGE, HOPE. Traveling exhibition, various locations in
San Diego; 9/27-10/20.
1990 POSITIVE ACTIONS. The Clocktower (New York); 11/29-1/20.
STYLES AND
AESTHETICS. La Mama LaGalleria (New York); 11/15-12/2.
QUEER: OUT IN ART. Wessel/O'Connor Ltd. (New York); 9/5-29. GAY ALL THE WAY 2.
The Tunnel (New York); 3/18.
1989 GAY ALL THE WAY. The Tunnel (New York); 11/19.
1978 NEW WAVE ON FILM/TAPE. The Funnel (Toronto) 12/6.
1977 De Appel (Amsterdam)
1976 Center for Experimental Art and Communication (CEAC,
Toronto).
1975 CEAC (Toronto)
1973 Gallery Z (Toronto). University of Alberta Law Centre,
curated by the Edmonton
Art
Gallery.
1972 GREAT CANADIAN ART SHOW. Edmonton Art Gallery; CHRISTMAS
SHOW.
Isaacs
Gallery (Toronto); Gallery 76 (Toronto); Gallery 76 (Toronto).
PERFORMANCE WORKS (site-specific)
1997 Out on the Edge Festival. Clemente Soto Velez Cultural
Center (New York).
1977 Studio 16/e (Turin); Museo di Arte Moderna, Bologna (with
Arturo Schwartz);
Students' Cultural Centre (Zagreb); Podroom (Zagreb); Ghen
(Lecce); Alternative Space (Detroit).
1978 London Art Gallery (Ontario); Franklin Furnace (New York);
Pier 52 (New York);
Joseph Beuys' Free International University at Documenta VI
(Kassel); Palazzo Diamante (Ferrara); Arte Fiera (Bologna); Remont Gallery
(Warsaw); Karoly Gallery (Lublin); DeAppel (Amsterdam); Gallerie Monnae
(Brussels).
1974 CEAC (Toronto).
1972 Gallery
76 (Toronto).
1985 CRUISING THE MOVIES by Boyd McDonald, Gay Presses of New
York.
1977 RAW/WAR,
45 rpm, Crash & Burn Records (Toronto).
1999 Photography Roundtable,
Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation (New York), 6/2.
Studio 211
Artist in Residency Program (Denver), 3/15-6/15.
1985 Over All Design Award for Christopher Street magazine (Gay and Lesbian Press Association).
1976 Travel grant for European tour (Canada Council for the Arts,
Ottawa).
1977 Project grant (Ontario Arts Council, Toronto).
1973 Project grant (Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa).
ARTICLES/CATALOGUES/REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS
gay immigration and same-sex marriage. The University of
Toronto Radio station (CIUT, 86.5 FM); 9/13. Q NORTHEAST MAGAZINE (Utica) cover
story, interview and portfolio; September issue. DIGITAL VISIONS: AN INTERVIEW
WITH AND ESSAY ABOUT BRUCE EVES by Tony Hu, University
of British Columbia, Department of Art History and Theory. http://www.on
the-rundesign.com 5/9-ongoing
2001 UNDER CONSTRUCTION: BEAR ICONS AND BEYOND IV. A report by
curator
Les Wright. Verisimilitude
[Cultural Quarterly for] Engaging Masculinities. Winter Issue. BODIES IN
WORK: Another First Thursday, Another Gallery Hop by Richard Speer, Willamette Week On-line (Portland)
11/13. REVIEW: DISEMBOD-IED.RECONFIGURED by Chas Bowie, Portland Mercury (Portland) 11/7-13 issue. “THE STUDIO”, an
Interview by the Editors, StylusArt
(Barcelona) August issue. FREE SPEAK by Mark Brodsky: “Voice Strangled”, Xtra (Toronto) 6/27-7/10 issue. “The
Controversy That Remains: Gay Art”, an interview by Geoffrey Young, The Voice (Kitchener) May/June issue.
SEX CITY: A Live Interview hosted by Louise Bak and Coman Poon for the
University of Toronto Radio station (CIUT, 86.5 FM); 2/27.
2001 AIDS
Council of South Australia (work used for brochures and advertisements) 2000 WORLD ART ONE COLLECTION; 2000 Foundation, Netherlands.
2000 5000 ARTISTS RETURN TO ARTISTS SPACE: 25 YEARS edited by
Claudia Gould and Valerie Smith.
1998 BECOMING VISIBLE: AN ILLUST-RATED HISTORY OF LESBIAN AND GAY
LIFE IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA by Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman;
Penguin/Putnam, New York.
1994 REVIEWS (EXPERIMENTAL: ART AND IDEAS) catalogue with an
essay by curator Tom Follard. MEN'S STYLE
(commissioned photograph and works on paper to illustrate "Risky
Business" by David Thomas) 5/6/issue.
1995 INTERROGATION: AIDS FORUM (photograph of installation used
to illustrate "Acts of Memory" by Simon Watney) OUT magazine (New York), 9/issue.
1992 "Art With Ideas", interview/review of
INTERROGATION: AIDS FORUM and MY LIFE AS A NERD by David Hirsh, New York Native, 5/24 issue. WPIX,
"A New York Minute".
1993 "The Chill Factor" (News story by Lloyd Wong) PARALLELOGRAMME magazine, (Toronto)
Winter issue. "Obscenity Chill, Artists in a Post-Butler Era" by
Elaine Carol, Fuse magazine
(Toronto), Winter issue. "The Body As Target", interview/review of
THE SEX PICTURES by David Hirsh, New York
Native, 8/2 issue. QUEER BODIES catalogue with forward by curator Huey
Lentz. FUSE magazine, Toronto (a
commissioned portfolio) Summer issue. "Choices", interviewed by David
Hirsh, New York Native, 3/12 issue.
"Restaurant Obscenity Raid Bodes Ill For Artists Creating Sexual
Imagery" (news story by Glenn Cooly) NOW
magazine (Toronto), 3/2 issue. "Police Warn Restaurant Photos May Be
Obscene" (news story) Globe and Mail,
Toronto, 2/28.
1990 “PERFORMANCE IN/AU CANADA, 1970-1994” by Alain-Martin
Richard and Clive Robertson (Coach House Press/Editions Intervention; Toronto,
Montreal). REPORTS FROM THE FRONT (a portfolio of recent work), Christopher Street magazine (New York),
Issue 164. "Exhibit Shows Many Types of Victims" (review of AIDS:
FEAR, RAGE, HOPE) by Chris Jenkins, Los
Angeles Times, 9/21.
1991 "New York Adventure", review of STYLES AND
AESTHETICS by David Hirsh) New York
Native, 12/3 issue. "Tribal Art", (photograph accompanying
interview with William O'Connor about the exhibition QUEER: OUT IN ART, by
David Hirsh) New York Native, 9/24
issue. "An Original Chaos", review of GAY ALL THE WAY 2 by David
Hirsh, New York Native, 4/16 issue.
1989 "The Warmth and the Heat", review of GAY ALL THE
WAY by David Hirsh) New York Native,
12/4 issue.
1986 "The CEAC Was Banned in Canada", (historical
overview by Dot Tuer) C magazine
(Toronto), 9/issue.
1978 An interview with the publisher of FUORI! (Bologna),
published in The Body Politic
(Toronto)
1975 An
interview with Coco Rico, published in TOIKE
(University of Toronto).
CURATORIAL/PEER REVIEW
1999 Curator: Universal Diversity 7; Soto Clemente Velez Cultural Center (New York)
1995 Brooklyn
Arts Council peer-review panelist.
1984 Co-founder and curator (1979-88) of International Gay
History Archive, now a part of the Research Collections, Rare Book and
Manuscripts division of the New York Public Library.
1987 Historical consultant: “Before Stonewall”, a film by Robert
Rosenberg, John Scagliotti, and Greta Schiller. Historical consultant: “The
Celluloid Closet” by Vito Russo (Harper & Row).
1975 Curator: Bound Bent and Determined: A Look At
Sado-Masochism; CEAC (Toronto).
ARTS-RELATED
EMPLOYMENT
1997-98 Photo Editor, In
Theater Magazine (weekly), New York.
1981-96 Art Director of Publications for That New Magazine Inc.,
publisher of New York
Native (weekly), Christopher
Street magazine (monthly), TheaterWeek
magazine (weekly), New York.
1981-84 On-call Night Art Director for The Village Voice (weekly), New York.
1976-78 Assistant Programming Director, Centre for Experimental Art
and Communica
tion (Toronto).
http://zed.cbc.ca
(Visual Art: Eros Goes Sideways). http://www-
digitalmutations.de (Past Exhibitions). http://www.artgroup-nyc.com (Member’s Page) http://www.arturge.com. http://www.gayartgallery.net. http://artistsownreg-istry.com. http://www.eroticmaleart.com. http://www.theartists.org/exh/artprints-/guild.e.html. http://www.absolute-arts.com/portfolios. http://www.geocities.com/-~info-true/memday2.html. http://www.jamesbaird-gallery.com. http://www.studio-211.com. http://www.stylusart.com (Solidarity Originals.) http://www.artists-space.org/afonline/afonline_bottom.html. http://www.gala.eu.-com. http://www.fur-therfield.org. http://www.b-gay.net/artists/list.php?exhibition=14
COLLECTIONS
Public
Collections: Franklin
Furnace Collection at the Museum of Modern Art, (New
York); Fries Museum (Leeuwarden); New York Public Library,
Rare Books & Manuscript division; York University, (Toronto); Canadian Gay
Archive, (Toronto); Edmonton Art Gallery; AIDS Committee of Cape Breton, The
Tom of Finland Foundation (Los Angeles); Archivo Vortice Argentina de
Documentación de Arte Alternativo (Buenos Aires); CaixaForum Mediateca
(Barcelona); Modern Props (Los Angeles).
Private
Collections: Berlin,
Denver, La Jolla, New York, Seattle, Toronto.
EDUCATION
1970-74
Ontario College of Art, graduated with honors (AOCA).