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Solo (and 2 person) Exhibitions

  • i and i, Art Space, (presented by Video Pool), Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2010.
  • Molly to Molly, Queen Specific. Toronto, Ontario, 2009.
  • Citizen Dandy, Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario, 2008/09.
  • i and i, Confederation Centre for the Arts. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 2007/08.
  • Citizen Dandy, +15 Project Space programmed by Truck Contemporary Art. Calgary, Alberta, 2007.
  • Monument, Solo Exhibition, Toronto, 2002.
  • Shot in the Dark, Gallery 1.1.1., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1990.
  • Missing: The American Family, Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, 1986.
  • Praxis Pictures, a Plug In Inc. presentation, Winnipeg, 1984.
  • Christine Turnauer/Michael Klein, Centre Eye Gallery. Calgary, 1983
  • Mistaken Identities – Plug In Inc., 1983.
  • Photographs by Michael Klein and Larry Glawson, Gallery 1.1.1., 1982.

Selected Group Exhibitions (* publication accompanied or resulted from exhibition)

  • Family Ties, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, 2013.
  • All In The Family, Winnipeg Art Gallery (Curated by Alex King), 2012/13.
  • Bodies in Buildings, Nuit Blanche Toronto, (Curated by Christina Ritchie), 2012*
  • Wish You Were Here, Gladstone Hotel, (Curated by Katharine Mulherin) Toronto, 2009.
  • Here Now or Nowhere, Prairie Gallery, (Curated by Micah Lexier) Grand Prairie, Alberta, 2009.
  • Decade, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, 2008
  • Goin’ Postal, Art Metropole, (Curated by Miles Collyer) Toronto, 2007.*
  • Slideshow for Instant Coffee Nooks, Mercer Union, Toronto, 2007.
  • Wish You were Here, (with the Instant Coffee Collective), La Casa Del Encuentro. Medellin, Colombia, 2007.
  • nothing from nothing, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, 2005.
  • Centre of Attention, The Importance of Persona in the Work and Practice of Toronto Artists, A Tete-A-Tete exhibition, Toronto, 2004.*
  • Alchemy and Mysticism #2, The Instant Coffee Painting Show in Urban Disco Trailer, 2003.
  • Back In the Day, 2002 – 1972, Plug-In ICA’s 30th anniversary exhibition, Winnipeg, 2002/03.
  • Caffeine Screens; The Instant Coffee Screensaver Show, first launched at The Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2002.
  • Adventure Continued…, Gallery 1313, Toronto, 2002.
  • Eine.Klein.Sighn (With Cecelia Berkovic & Germaine Koh), Luft Gallery. Toronto, 2002.
  • The T-Shirt Show, Instant Coffee Project, 2001-2002.*
  • 13 Canadians in NYC, Star67 Gallery. New York, 2001.
  • Miniature Show: Urban Disco Trailer & Everyone, An Instant Coffee Project, Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, 2001.
  • Friendly Fire, Project, Toronto, 2000.
  • Children in Photography: 150 Years, (Curated by Jane Corkin) organized by the Winnipeg Art Gallery and presented in 9 Canadian Cities, 1990-1992*
  • Artware: Artists’ Bookworks, A Space (Curated by Nancy Paterson) Toronto, (travelling exhibition), 1989.
  • The Lunatic of One Idea, a Public Access project, videowall at Square One, Mississauga, Ontario, 1988.*
  • A Sense of Place, Winnipeg Art Gallery, (Curated by Shirley Madill) 1986.*
  • Gallery In Transit, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver, 1984*
  • Manitoba Juried Photography Exhibition, Provincial Archives Building, Winnipeg, (traveling exhibition), 1982*

Selected Videotape Screenings

  • (weewerk) is 6!, Whipper Snapper Gallery. Toronto, 2008.
  • Resolutions 07, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, New York, 2007.*
  • Reports: Recombinant TV, A V/Tape Exhibition project, (Curated by Dara Gellman) Toronto, 1998.*
  • The Parasite of Parasites: Artists and Advertising, A PleasureDome Program, (Curated by Chris Gehman) Cinecycle. Toronto, 1994.
  • A Critical Perspective – Trinity Square Video Retrospective, The Euclid Theatre. Toronto, 1991*
  • Ex Patria (with Susan Britton), A Video Pool Presentation, The Cinematheque, Winnipeg, 1990.
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1989.
  • Audio by Artists Festival, National Film Board Theatre. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1986.
  • A.T.V. Show, Videon Public Television. Winnipeg, 1986.
  • Just a Minute… TV Works!, California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, California, 1985.
  • P.R.I.M., Montreal, Quebec, 1983.
  • The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1983.

Selected Articles and Reviews

  • Esse 108 -Resilience, review of Supply Chain Issues by Adam Lauder, 2023
  • Public 58, review of Record Shop by Nathan Heurvingh, 2018
  • Canadian Art, (review of Semicolon Hyphen Bracket by Shannon Anderson), Winter 2014
  • Toro Magazine (Toro’s Guide to Nuit Blanche 2012 by Erin Hershberg and Jesse Skinner), September 27, 2012
  • BlogTO (Nuit Blanche 2012 Q&A: Zone B Curator by Ab Velasco), September 26, 2012
  • Plaid Magazine (Nuit Blanche: Plaid’s Picks for This Year’s Overnight Art Fest by Erin Lucuik), September 27, 2012
  • Toronto Life (Our picks for Toronto’s Seventh Annual All-Night Crawl), September 27, 2012
  • Canadian Art online (Canada in Miami: Not So Cold Comforts by Leah Sandals), December 8, 2011.
  • Wallpaper, Toronto’s New ‘Hood, pg.20, November, 2011
  • Uptown, (Private (and public i) by Sandee Moore), May 20, 2010
  • Winnipeg Free Press, (review of i and i by Alison Gilmor), May 20, 2010
  • Canadian Art online, (School of Art: Dog Day Lesson Plan by Byrne McLaughlin), August 20, 2009.
  • Akimblog (School of Art at MKG127 by Terence Dick), August 20, 2009.
  • Toronto Star.com, (Going home again: School of Art @ MKG127 by Murray Whyte), August 13, 2009.
  • The Globe and Mail, (review of School of Art by Gary Michael Dault), June 27, 2009.
  • The Globe and Mail, (review of Molly to Molly at *QueenSpecific by Gary Michael Dault), June 27, 2009.
  • Torontoist.com (Four Generations in Four Square Feet By Amanda Happe), June 26, 2009
  • Akimblog, (Michael Klein at Art Gallery of Windsor by Lee Rodney), December 23rd, 2008.
  • Border Crossings, (review of Pattern Theory by Gary Michael Dault), February 2008.
  • Canadian Art, Toronto Now (To Watch), Winter, 2007.
  • The Toronto Star, Art That Reads Between The Lines, (Peter Goddard), August 2, 2007.
  • The Globe and Mail, (review of Happy Birthday at MKG127 by Gary Michael Dault), July 21, 2007.
  • Canadian Art, Fast Forward, (photograph from Back In the Day: 2002-1972) and Rewind, (review of Monument by Kyo Maclear), Winter, 2002.
  • Winnipeg Free Press, (review of Back In The Day: 2002-1972 by Amy Karlinsky) November 21, 2002.
  • National Post, (article on Back In the Day: 2002-1972 by Alison Gillmor) November 16, 2002.
  • C magazine, Notes on a “Town Without Pity” by Wayne Baerwaldt, Spring 2002.
  • Fuse Magazine, Public Space, Virtually, (review of Contested Spaces by Earl Miller), vol 18, no. 4, Summer 1995.
  • Poolside, The Physics of (High) Light(s), (article by Althea Lahofer) issue 5, summer 1991.
  • Canadian Art, Fast Forward (greg Curnoe: Rubber stamp Books and Collages by Christopher Dewdney), Fall 1989.
  • Vanguard, (review of A Sense of Place by Sheila Butler) April/May, `1987.
  • Border Crossings, (review of A Sense of Place by Helen Wright) Spring 1987 and (photograph pg. 76), Fall 1986.
  • Calgary Herald, (review by Nancy Tousley) June 1983.

Published Projects, Documentation and Photographs

  • Again and Again: The First Ten Years published by MKG127, 2017
  • Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art (photo and video documentation of Nuit Blanche 2012)
  • Hunter And Cook #10, Looking Back, artist project, 2011
  • Canadian Art, “Toronto Now: To Watch”, photos by George Whiteside, Winter, 2007
  • National Gallery of Canada, Art Metropole, The Top 100, 2006
  • The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Live in the Centre: an incomplete and anecdotal history of Winnipeg performance art, 2004.
  • Plug In ICA promotional booklet (photograph of Laurie Anderson), 2002.
  • Canadian Photoguide, Michael Klein at Project, Jan/Feb 2001.
  • Public 6, Violence, (artist project), 1992.
  • Montage ’86, Floating Gallery Calendar, 1986.
  • Parallelogramme, (photograph pg. 54), vol.8, no.5, June-July-August, 1983.
  • Videoguide, Video Pool Inc., (documentation of Shot In The Dark), vol.5, no.5, issue 25, Winter 1983.
  • Midcontinental, Dual-Bi-Cycle-Duel (artist project with Micah Lexier), vol.1, no.2.

Collections

  • Ontario College of Art and Design, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Private collections

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, 1986.
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1983.

Grants

  • Ontario Arts Council exhibition assistance grant, 1990.
  • Canada Council project grants, 1980 & 1987.
  • Manitoba Arts Council project grants, 1982 & 1984.

Related Activities

  • Director, MKG127, Toronto, 2007-
  • Art Toronto, advisory committee, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Canadian Art Auction Art Advisory Committee, 2015
  • Canadian Art Gala committee member, 2009.-2014
  • Sunday Scene, The Power Plant, 2013.
  • Book Club at The Power Plant, Toronto, 2011, 2013.
  • Visual/Media Arts Committee member, Toronto Arts Council, 2010, 2011, 2012.
  • Book Club at The Power Plant, Toronto, 2011, 2013.
  • Panelist, Does Scotiabank Nuit Blanche influence the Art Market? Nuit Talks, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, 2010.
  • Visiting artist, University of Western Ontario, London, 2010.
  • Forum chair, The Work Need Not Be Built, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2009.
  • Artist talk, Fridays Live!, Art Gallery of Windsor, 2008.
  • Portfolio reviewer, CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, 2008.
  • Member of board of directors, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, 2002 – 2008.
  • External examiner, University of Guelph MFA program, 2007.
  • Co-curator of Plug – In ICA’s 30th anniversary exhibition, “Back In the Day: 2002 – 1972”, 2002.
  • Art In The Dark, Artists’ Talk, Hive Event at Luft Gallery, 2002.
  • Volunteer DJ for fundraisers for Mercer Union and Mix Magazine, Toronto, 2001.
  • Participant in “Big City” residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, 2000.
  • Member of Public Access collective, Toronto, 1990-96 and Coordinator of “Contested Spaces”, a Public Access project, Union Station, Toronto, 1994-1995.
  • Visiting artist, School of Art, University of Manitoba, 1990.
  • Projects coordinator, Art Metropole, Toronto, 1988-90.
  • Participant in Visiting Critics Forum (selected by Craig Owens), Maryland Arts Place, Baltimore, 1987.
  • Exhibition selection Committee, Plug In Inc., 1984.
  • Slide Presentation/Lecture, Winnipeg Photographers Group, 1983.
  • Juror of exhibitions for Winnipeg Photographers Group, 1983.
  • Curator of video screenings and workshop instructor for Video Pool, Winnipeg, 1983.