Curriculum vitae >> (way more than you'll ever need to know...)

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Current Positions (2003 – now)
• Arts columnist - National Post
Weekly reviews and opinion articles on the Toronto art scene for the Saturday edition
• Freelance journalist

Recent Positions (1997 – 2003)
• Editor-in-chief, Lola magazine
Co-founder of the independent Toronto arts and culture magazine, Lola, published three times a year. 1997 – 2003.
• Consulting editor
Elm Street magazine: Three-month contract as managing editor, 2003
Gasoline magazine: Three-month contract as managing editor, 2004

Tokyo Years (1989 - 1994)
• Feature writer and regular art columnist for Tokyo Journal. 1992 – 1994
• Art critic for The Daily Yomiuri. 1992 - 1994
• Arts editor for the Hara Museum Review. 1993 – 1994
• Art correspondent for Asian Art News, WSJ, Galleries Magazine. 1993 - 1994
• Editor-in-chief for City Life News Tokyo. 1989 – 1991

Publications / newspaper, magazine, journals
Artnews, Asian Art News (Hong Kong), Broken Pencil, C Magazine, Canadian Art, City Life News (Japan), Current Biographies (New York), Daily Yomiuri(Japan), Fuse, Globe and Mail, IHT, Lola, National Post, Parachute, POL/Oxygen (Australia), This magazine, Tokyo Journal (Japan), Toronto Life Fashion, Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong), World Art (Australia)

Articles (selected)
Bruce Mau, upcoming profile for POL/Oxygen, Australia 2004
Jakub Dolejs, East International catalogue, UK 2004
Nancy Fox, "Invisible Furniture" Open Studio, Feb. 2004
Images Festival 2004 "Frame-throwers" National Post Apr 10, 2004
Lisa Klapstock "The Girl Stays In The Picture" National Post Apr 17, 2004
Janet Werner "Painter Gets Down To Basics" National Post Apr 17,2004
Scott Waters "Army Daze" National Post Apr 24, 2004
Jason McLean "Sweet & Sly Lexicon" National Post Dec 13, 2003
Graham Gillmore "Mars-Venus Painting" National Post Dec 13, 2003
Tanya Reid "Who Knows Art? Nooooo-body" National Post Dec 27, 2003
Come Up To My Room "Deconstructiong IKEA" National Post Feb 14, 2004
Stephen James Kerr "Shallow Works Run Deep" National Post Feb 21, 2004
Clint Roenisch Gallery "A Factory For Oddball Ideas" National Post Feb 24, 2004
Guido Molinari Tribute "Nine Thing You Need To Know" National Post Feb 28, 2004
Vim Delvoye "Sure It's Crappy-But Is It Art?" National Post Mar 27, 2004
Contact Photo Festival 2004 "Behind The Lens" National Post May 1, 2004
Jack Burman "He Sees Dead People" National Post May 15, 2004
Maura Doyle (interview) "A Sly Comment On Hype" National Post Nov 1, 2003
Toronto International Art Fair "Show Bouyed By Feverish Optimism" National Post Nov 15, 2003
David Kramer "Sad Sack Makes Good" National Post Nov 22, 2003
Persona Cantare "Uneven Group Show Disappoints" National Post Nov 22, 2003
Elizabeth MacIntosh "The Circle's Edge" National Post Nov 28, 2003
Steve Payne "Motel Confidential" National Post Oct 11, 2003
Tranz --Tech "Mondo Video" National Post Oct 11, 2003
Pete Smith (interview) "ET Come Home" National Post Oct 18, 2003
Drue Langlois "Begone Killer Leeches!" National Post Sept 20, 2003
Godzilla vs. Skateboarders "Public Menace Or Urban Transformers?" National Post Sept 20, 2003
Massimo Guerrera "New Twist On Wearable Art" National PostSept 27, 2003
Kelly Mark "Rubber Maid" National Post Sept 27, 2003
Goodwater Gallery "Renewal and Loss at the Galleries" National Post 2003
Wang Qingsong "Present-Past Epics" National Post 2003
Mitch Robertson "Mitch’s 16th Minute" National Post 2003
Lori Millan and Shawna Dempsey "Archeology And You" National Post 2003
Paul Butler "The Old Collage Try" National Post 2003
"Having Its Moment," Toronto’s growing art scene. Artnews Nov 2001
"Rodins at the ROM: Real or Fake?," news report. Artnews. Sept 2001
"Up close, very personal," on Geneiève Cadieux. National Post, July 20, 2000
"Bruce Mau's Cultural Revolution," profile. Quill & Quire, Nov 2000
"Wanted: A Visible Face For Contemporary Art" Globe and Mail, Oct 25, 1999
"Malevich’s Ghost," on artist Taras Polataiko. World Art (Australia) fall 1998
"Hitting the Wal," on the fight against Wal-mart. This magazine, summer 1998

Catalogue essays
• Tom Bendtsen Arguments for Southern Alberta Art Gallery. 2001
• Steven White State of Repair for Edward Day Gallery. 1999
• Install Art Collective Work Re: Work for Cambridge Galleries. 1998
• Yoshiko Shimada Divide and Rule for A Space. 1997
• Age of Anxiety A New Cultural Frontier for Power Plant. 1995

Curatorial
• Big In Japan: Six contemporary artists from Japan. Cambridge Galleries, Saidye Bronfman Centre (Montreal) and Gendai Gallery (Toronto). 2001-2002
• Door Prize: Six Toronto artists whose works are inspired by street culture. Held in conjunction with the international courier racing event Alley Cats Scramble. Cinespace. 1998
• LOMO: Over 2000 photographs taken with the Russian toy camera Produced in conjunction with the International Society of Lomography in Vienna. AREA Gallery and Photo Passage. 1997 & 1998
• Selfish Slaves: 16 female artists producing zines and low-fi videos. A Space. 1998
• Divide and Rule: Recent work by Yoshiko Shimada. A Space. 1997

Education
• Queen’s University at Kingston. BFA 1985
• Ryerson University, journalism. 1989

Awards
• NMA Magazine of the Year finalist for Lola magazine, 2002
• NOW’s Best of Toronto for Lola magazine, 2002
• NMA Magazine of the Year Honourable Mention for Lola magazine, 2001
• Japan Foundation Research Fellowship Award, 2001
• OAAG Curatorial Writing Award, 1998

Teaching and Guest Speaker (selected)
• Critical Voices/Critical Writing: Panel discussion with Mark Cheetham and Sarah Milroy. Sponsored by OCAD. Feb 2003
• Blue Soup Workshop: On art writing and curating with Kathleen Pirrie Adams. Organized by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. Jan, Feb, and Mar 2004
• Mags University panel: On how to start a magazine, June 2003
• Art in the Dark: Panel on Toronto’s growing art community with Clint Roenisch and David Liss. Luft Gallery, Apr 2002
• University of Toronto at Scarborough: Credit course instructor "Art, the Museum, and the Gallery," Fall 2000, 2001, 2002
• Ryerson University, guest speaker, Dec 2001
• OCAD guest speaker, 2000, 2002
• Power Plant, guest speaker: Panel on Techno-animism, Shinto Shrines and Madonna: Impressions of Contemporary Japan and Its Visual Arts with Barbara London. 1995

Professional Affiliations and Committees
• Ontario College of Art & Design graduation award juror, 2002, 2004
• National Magazine Award juror, 2004
• Artscape Selection Committee for the Distillery District, 2002
• Board of Directors vice-president at Art Metropole, 2002
• Lifetime honorary board member at Art Metropole, 2001

Media coverage (mostly to do with Lola)
Radio
CBC This Morning. On the new Walrus Magazine. 2003
CBC This Morning. On sell-out art exhibitions. 2003
CIUT 89.5 Visual Voice. 2002
CIUT 89.5 Visual Voice. 2002
CBC Radio One with Avril Benoit. Review of Lola 11. 2002
CBC Brave New Waves, Montreal. Interview about Lola. 2001
CBC This Morning. On the new GG Awards for the visual arts. 1999
Television
Bravo! Citytv. Profile on the editors of Lola, June 2001
CBC Hot Type. Report on women and zines, Jan 1998
Rogers CableTV. Spotlight on women and zines, Jan 1998
Print (selected)
Niedzviecki, Hal, "Exhausted and infuriated" Globe and Mail, Aug 13, 2003
Whyte, Murray, "Love affair with Lola ... " Toronto Star, Aug 9, 2003
Agrell, Siri "Alas, Poor Lola, I knew her well" National Post, Aug 16, 2003
Devereaux, Michelle, "The Outsiders" Ryerson Review of Journalism, Spring 2003
Whyte, Murray, "You have to pay for that" Toronto Star, Dec. 15, 2002
Staff, "Best of Toronto NOW, Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2002, vol. 22 no. 9
Carson, Andrea, "Toronto: A city set ... " Contemporary magazine (UK), Oct 2002
Staff, Masthead, Sept 2002
Staff, "Nitpicks," Masthead, Aug 2002
Staff, "Lola hires first publisher" Masthead, Feb. 15, 2002
Goddard, Peter "Lola’s got great legs ... " Toronto Star, Dec. 29, 2001 , J14
Brown, Sandy "Art mag ... uber-hip niche" Strategy Marketing Report, July 30, 2001
Gordon, Daphne "Lola takes grass roots approach ..." Toronto Star, Jan. 20, 2001
Govani, Shinan, Daily Dish National Post, July 12, 2001
Smith, Russell "A postcard from the margins ..." Globe and Mail, May 17, 2001
Staff "Toronto Life, Saturday Night win big ..." Globe and Mail, June 2, 2001
Dault, Gary Michael "The real women behind Lola" Globe and Mail, Nov. 4, 2000
Fleck, R.J. "Lola: Vibrant local arts magazine ..." West End Revue, Oct. 2000
Jurakic, Ivan "The Appendix" Hamilton Arts Beat, Feb-Mar. 2000
Fulford, Robert "For heaven’s sake ... " Globe and Mail, July 3, 1999
Staff (Hal Niedzviecki) "Lola" Broken Pencil, Winter 1999. No. 8, p. 61
Staff (Hal Niedzviecki) "Lola" Broken Pencil, Spring 1999, No. 9, p. 60
Staff (PVP) "Lola" Broken Pencil, Fall 1999, No. 11, p. 43
Mays, John Bentley "Lola’s tart tongue invades ..." Globe and Mail, Jan. 22, 1998
Niedzviecki, Hal (no title) Exclaim! Aug. 1998
Staff (Hilary Clark) "Lola" Broken Pencil, Summer 1998. No. 7, p. 57
Staff "Lola 2" MIX, Summer 1998. Vol. 24, p. 18
Staff "This Weekend in T.O." Toronto Star, July 14, 2000, C-12
Staff "Say something, for arts’ sake" Xtra! Jan. 15, 1998 no. 345
Staff (D.R.) "This headline doesn’t mean anything" Masthead, Apr. 1998. p. 16
Vaughan, R.M. "Did I really say that?" Eye weekly Dec. 23, 1999, p. 45