| Jeremy Isao Speier is a Japanese-Canadian Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist who graduated from Emily Carr College of Art & Design in 1992. He works in film/video, kinetic sculpture and sound, and installation. He has exhibited extensively across Canada in numerous solo and group exhibitions. He will be exhibiting in 2011 at Blim Arts Society and Powell Street Festival, and in 2012 at National Nikkei Museum. |
| 2008 Blim Residency, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2006 Western Front New Media Residency, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1992 Graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Solo Exhibitions 2008 Mechanical Universe, Blim Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2008 Hero, Rio Theatre, Vancouver, BC 2006 Kinetics: Made in Japan, Artist-in-Residence, Swarm7, Western Front, Vancouver, BC 2005 Oratory, Western Front, Vancouver, BC 2003 Kinetics, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON 2003 Kinetics, Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture, Edmonton, AB 1992 Iris, The Bee Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1992 Iris, A Walk Is Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1990 Touched Universe Combined, The Smash Gallery of Modern Art, Vancouver, BC Two Person Exhibitions 2008 Salvage: Made in Japan, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2003 Counterpoint: local hangouts, Kinetics, Everybody Hz, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver 2003 Electric City: a city-wide festival organized by Vancouver New Music, Vancouver, BC |
| 2010 MAA, Museum for the Administration of Aesthetics, Vancouver, BC 2008 Ground Zero Redux: Kinetics, Helen Pitt Gallery ARC, Vancouver, BC 2007 Tales From The Cyclops Library, Third Space Art Gallery, Saint John, NB 2006 Merzbau: Kinetics, Western Front, Vancouver, BC 2005 Cyclops Dreams: Artist’s Books, Comics and Zines, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, BC 2005 Raise Hands All Those, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON; The Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC 2005 The Infinity Project: Kinetics, The Helen Pitt Gallery ARC, Vancouver, BC 2004 Clean Cut: Kinetics, p|m Gallery, Toronto, ON, (Abelow, Corsano, Licari, Smith, Sola, Speier) 1997 Urban Aesthetic, 0-Rpm, Am & Fm, Cali, A Walk Is Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1996 Clock work, A Walk Is Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1996 Stranger Than Outer Space, Pacific Space Centre, Space Arm Museum, Vancouver, BC 1992 Nexus 8, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1992 Iris, programme 3, Emily Carr College Of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC 1991 Iris, Studio One EN>tu 1987 Self Portrait, juried exhibition (VSB), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| Vancouver Sun, Griffin, Kevin, The decayed and discarded as art, One show – two versions of salvaged art, Dual show features sculptures and photos based on similar themes, April 9, April 10, 2008 Preview, Johnson, Mia, Previews, Made in Japan 2 (train), April 1st, 2008 Akimblog, Peck, Aaron, Ground Zero Redux, March 24th, 2008 Front Magazine, Artist-in-Residence Presents, Kinetics: Made in Japan, 2006 Sept/Oct 2006 Artpost.info, Interview with Jeremy Isao Speier by Otino Corsano, July 24, 2006 Post Script, URL www.artpost.info excerpt: http://otinocorsano.blogspot.com/2006/07 Front Magazine, Artist-in-Residence, Kinetics: Made in Japan, 2006, May/June 2006 Front Magazine, The premiere screening of ORATORY a film by Jeremy Isao Speier, Western Front Media, Sept/Oct 2005 Vancouver Sun, Lanthier, Nancy, A flip through the zine scene. August 6, 2005 Only Magazine, Grahauer, Curtis, Infinity Project Forever Ends On Saturday. Feb. 2005 Edmonton Journal, Bouchard, Gilbert A, Found objects comment on human activity; Junk shops and air travel industry supply raw materials for artistic pieces, Jeremy Isao Speier and his found-object art. Visual Arts, Kinetics, September 12, 2003 Vue Weekly, Matejko, Agnieszka, Throwing it all away; Jeremy Isao Speier rescues the detritus of everyday life in Kinetics. Visual Arts, September 11-17, 2003 Collectif, Riddock, Craig, IRIS, A brief history of Nostalgia, Memory, & Resurgence. June 1992 AF Magazine, Hagey, John, IRIS, Critic’s review of film. Feb. 1992 Rogers - Shaw Cable Four Networks, Iris (Director: J. Speier), Interviewed by Peter Helm, featuring a promotional clip of film shown on, SOUNDPROOF. Sept. 1991 Moutn Magazine, Vidaver, Aaron, The American Standard installation and the multi-linked cosmos, an interview with Jeremy Speier. May 1991 Mouth Magazine, Vidaver, Aaron, A Fraction Of, A Rear View Window. April 1991 Foward Future Flyer, Pilon, Mark, Stranger Than Outer Space, Jeremy Speier Sept 1996 Vancouver Step Magazine, Bee Gallery, Keith, Melissa, IRIS, Film Still, 90/91 Sept 1992 |
| 2005-present Instructor for Douglas Park Association (DPCC) 2005-2009 Art workshops with children for NSGP, funded by Vancouver Foundation |
| 2009 University of British Columbia, Hero, preview & talk for Manuel Pina, Vancouver, BC 2008 Blim Arts Society, Blue Velvet limited edition, Oratory screening, Artist-Talk, Vancouver, BC 2008 Emily Carr University, Interview in the studio by Sandra Semchuk, Vancouver, BC 2007 VIVO CUE-UP, Excerpt screening of Jeremy Isao Speier’s film Oratory, Vancouver, BC 2006 Kinetics: Made in Japan, Artist-in-Residence, part of Swarm7, Western Front, Vancouver, BC 2005 Upgrade 2.0: Jeremy Isao Speier, Curated by Kate Armstrong, Western Front, Vancouver |
| Grants 2005 FAP Filmmakers Assistance Program: HERO, (Colour, HD DV, 68:00) Director Jeremy Isao Speier NFB ONF Pacific & Yukon Centre 2004 FAP Filmmakers Assistance Program: ORATORY, (B&W, 16mm - DVCAM, 28:04) Director Jeremy Isao Speier NFB ONF Pacific & Yukon Centre $43,000 Total Budget 2004 P.A.F.P.S., Program to Assist Films in the Private Sector: ORATORY, (B&W, 16mm, 27:41) Director Jeremy Isao Speier NFB National Film Board of Canada Vancouver $40,000 Budget |