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Alexis Kyle Mitchell
Education
PhD (Communication and Culture) // Ryerson University / York University 2012-Present
M.F.A (Film Production) // York University 2008 - 2010
Coursework for M.F.A (Documentary Media) // Ryerson University 2007 - 2008
B.A. with Honours (Stage and Screen Studies) // Queen’s University // 2002 to 2006
Awards
Ryerson Graduate Fellowship // Ryerson University 2012-2015
Canada Council for the Arts // Media Arts Production Grant, 2012
Ontario Arts Council // Travel Grant, 2012
Kodak Imaging Award // Best New Canadian Student Director for CAMP
Ontario Arts Council // Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2011
Nuit Blanche // Special Projects Acceptance Grant, 2011
Toronto Arts Council // Media Artists Grant, 2011
Canada Council for the Arts // Media Arts Production Grant, 2010
York Graduate Scholarship // York University, 2008
Ryerson Graduate Scholarship // Ryerson University, 2007
Dean’s List // Queen’s University 2005 - 2006
Aiming for the Top Scholarship // Queen’s University, 2002
Selected Exhibitions
Film Festivals
International Multimedia Arts Festival // Yangon, Myanmar, November 2012
CologneOFF: Cologne International Video Art Festival // World Tour, August 2012-August 2013
Parkdale Film & Video Festival // Toronto, Canada, June 2012
Reelout - Queer Film Festival // Kingston, Ontario, February 2012
Merlinka International Queer Festival // Belgrade, Serbia, December 2011
28th Kasseler DokFest // Kassel, Germany, November 2011
Rebels with a Cause Film Festival // Toronto, Canada, October 2011
Festival des Films du Monde (The World Film Festival) // Montreal, Canada, August 2011
NewFest – New York LGBT Festival // New York, New York, July 2011
Paranoid Paradise and Bildwechsel // Leipzig and Hamburg, Germany, July 2011
Entzaubert Queer Film Festival // Berlin, Germany, July 2011
Some Prefer Cake // Bologna, Italy, 2011
CGLA Canadian Filmmakers // Toronto, Ontario, September 2010
Austin Gay and Lesbian International Festival // Austin, Texas, September 2010
Rostock Queer Film Festival // Rostock, Germany, July 2010
Milan Gay & Lesbian Film Festival // Milan, Italy, June 2010
SASOD Lesbian & Gay Film Festival // Georgetown, Guyana, June 2010
BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival // London, England, March 2010
A Million Different Loves // Touring Festival, Poland, February 2010
Queer Screen // New South Wales, Australia, February 2010
Stem Cell: Experimental Documentaries // Edmonton, Alberta, February 2010
The Queer Fest // Delhi, India, October, 2009
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival // London, England, March, 2009
Kansai Queer Film Festival // Kyoto, Japan, January, 2009
Madurai International Documentary & Short Film Festival // South India, November, 2008
International Queer Film Festival // Lodz, Poland November, 2008
Image Out - Queer Film Festival // Rochester, NY, October 2008
Fairy Tales - Queer Film Festival // Calgary, Alberta, May, 2008
London Lesbian Film Festival // London, Ontario, April, 2008
Reeling - Queer Film Festival // Chicago, Illinois, November, 2007
Reel Pride - Queer Film Festival // Winnipeg, Manitoba, October, 2007
Out on Screen - Queer Film Festival // Vancouver, British Columbia, August, 2007
Inside Out - Queer Film Festival // Toronto, Ontario, May, 2007
Gallery Exhibitions
A Long Winter at the Great Hall // Citizen Kenney // Toronto, ON, January 2013
VideoFAG // Citizen Kenney // Toronto, ON, November 2012
Access Gallery // Performing CAMP // Vancouver, BC, September 2012
Living Arts Centre Gallery // Decent Exposure // Toronto, ON, June 30 – August 19, 2012
Magmart Video Art Festival // Online, 2012
Hidden and Forbidden Identities, International Art Expo // Venice, Italy, February 2012
Catalyst Arts // Border Sounds // Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 2012
Nuit Blanche // Border Sounds // Toronto, ON, October 2011
Propeller Gallery // Here and There // Toronto, ON, March 2011
XPACE Cultural Centre // The Greatest Show on Earth // Toronto, ON, July 2010
VMAC Gallery // Paper Planes // Toronto, ON, August 2009
The Goldfarb Centre Gallery // Toronto, ON, June 2009
The Drake // Video Art is Queer // Toronto, ON, Summer, 2008
TTC // Pride Toronto // on 40 public transit platforms, Toronto, ON, June 23-29, 2008
The Gladstone Hotel // Video Art is Queer // Toronto, ON, June 25, 2008
Cultural Events
Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis // University of Amsterdam, April 2013
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference // Boston, Massechessets, March 2012
Worldwide dissemination of a transgender rights media campaign with Chase Joynt // Fall 2011
Pervers/Cité: The Underside of Pride // Montreal, Aug 13, 2011
Camping: Queer Digital Activism for Palestine // Toronto, June 2011
18th Annual Lesbian Lives Conference // Brighton, UK, February 2011
Mayworks: Festival of Working People and the Arts // Buddies and Bad Times Theatre // Toronto, April 2010
LadyFest // The Gladstone Hotel // Toronto, November 2009
Toronto Pride // Toronto, Ontario, June, 2008
Queer Cab // Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Youth Program // Toronto, ON, June, 2007
Collections, Catalogues and Publications
Popular Culture, Nelson Textbooks, 2nd Edition
No More Potlucks, 22, Record
Fuse Magazine, Forms of Struggle 35-1
Art Attack, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Art Auction
Bildwechsel Archives Hamburg, Germany
YorkUniversity
Seneca College
Ryerson University
University of Toronto
Critical Writing and Reviews
Xtra Magazine // Lampooning Jason Kenney // November 21, 2012
Wounded by Their Wounds: The post-Zionist turn in feminist Holocaust art // Reena Katz, 2012
The Whig Standard // Funny and Outrageous // February 3, 2012
Fuse Magazine // Forms of the Struggle // Winter 2011/2012
Xtra Magazine // September 22 – Oct 6, 2011
Now Magazine // September 22 – 28, 2011
Now Magazine // May 13 - 20, 2009 Vol. 28 No. 37
Artist Residencies and Commissions
NES Residency // Skagaströnd, Iceland // April 2012
Pride Toronto Commission // Video Art is Queer // Summer 2008
Artist Talks and Conferences
Guest Lecture // Queering Documentary Practices // University of British Columbia, Sept 2012
Artist Talk // (In)Formal Disclossures // Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Sept 2012
CAMP // Congress: Film Studies Association of Canada // Wilfrid Laurier University, May 2012
CAMP // Kassel DokFest // Kassel, Germany Nov 2011
Queer and Trans Activism // Panel for Rebels With a Cause Film Festival // Toronto, ON Oct 2011
CFRC Pride Show // Radio Interview about CAMP’s Premier // Kingston, ON June 2011
Lecture // York University // Dr. Alison Bain’s Urban Geography Course // Toronto, ON, Feb 2011
Lecture // Ryerson University // School of Social Work Seminar Series // Toronto, ON, Jan 2011
Panel Discussion // Reelout Film Festival // Kingston, ON, Jan 2011
Queering Urban Geographies Panel // ShOUT Unconference // Toronto, May 2010
Inextricable: Queering Diaspora // Contested Spaces: The Reorganization of Schooling under Neo-Liberalism // University of Toronto OISE // Toronto, April 2010
Cinema and Media Studies Colloquim // York University // Toronto, December 2009
Granny Boots // Curated a Night of Queer Video // Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, 2009
Panel Discussion, Straddling the Mainstream, Fairy Tales Panel Discussion // Broadcasted for NUTV // Calgary, AB, Jun, 2008
Panel Discussion, Kingston Queer Film Festival // Kingston, ON January, 2008
Recent Projects
STEALTH (In Progress) // Video, experimental documentary, co-director with Chase Joynt
The Break (2013) // short experimental documentary (Director, Editor)
Citizen Kenney (2012) // Video Art with Sharlene Bamboat
Performing CAMP (2012) // 3-part structural and video installation
Please Don’t Insult Me (2011) // online distributed poster campaign with Chase Joynt
Border Sounds (2011) // sound and video installation for Nuit Blanche with Sharlene Bamboat
CAMP (2010) // 25 mins, experimental video essay (Director, Editor, Producer)
50 Plus Women (2010) // 6 mins, performance and video installation with Karine Silverwoman
Inextricable (2009) // mixed media, video art installation with Sharlene Bamboat
Queeropolis (2008) // 5 mins, new media, Documentary with Tori Foster for Pride Toronto commission
Circus Geeks & Sideshow Freaks (2008) // 12 mins, HD, Documentary with Tori Foster
Rubb My Chubb: Fat Activism and the Fat Femme Mafia (2006) // 9 mins, video, Documentary (Director, Editor, Producer)
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant // Ryerson University Film Theory // September 2012-Present
Instructor // The Living Arts Centre: Movie Makers Program // July 2012 - August 2012
Video Workshop Facilitator // Ontario College of Art & Design (OCADU) // December 2011 – March 2012
Tutor // Master’s of Social Work Student // November 2010 – March 2012
Video and Editing Workshop Facilitator // Various Organizations // June 2010 - Present
Teaching Assistant // York University // September 2009 – May 2010
Graduate Assistant // Ali Kazimi and Brenda Longfellow // York University // Sept 2008 – June 2009
Research and Teaching Assistant // Ryerson, Fall 2007
Programming and Curation
Programmer // Regent Park Film Festival // Toronto, Summer 2012
New Toronto Works // Pleasure Dome co-curated with Zoe Heyn-Jones & Sharlene Bamboat // Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, March 2012
Granny Boots // Queer Video Art // Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, March 2009
Other Activities
Intern // Feminist Art Gallery // November 2011 – March 2012
Research and Production // National Film Board & University of Toronto // HIGHRISE Project //August 2012-Present
Board Member and Curator // Pleasure Dome Film and Video Collective // July 2011 – Present
Artist-Run Centre Member // Trinity Square Video // September 2010- Present
Artist-Run Centre Member // SAVAC // June 2009 - Present
Freelance Videographer and Editor // Various, July 2009 – Present
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