Curriculum Vitae
Personal Chronology
2021 – University of Victoria Honorary Doctorate
2008 Nominated into the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts (R.C.A.)as a life member by Jeffrey Spalding.
2002 – Present Honorary board member at the Vancouver Island School of Arts
2002 – 2006 Present Honorary Board Member – Vancouver Island School of Art (VISA),Victoria, B.C
1975 – 2000 Curator, Music and Performance Art, Western Front
1973 Co-founder and co-director of the Western Front Society
1970 Created Dr. Brute as a metaphysical performance sculpture
Education
BFA. (Visual Arts) With Distinction, University of Victoria, Victoria
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) conferred by Emily Carr University in 2015, Vancouver,B.C.
Teaching
2006-2007 University of British Columbia, Visiting Artist (BFA and MFA programs)
1994-2005 Emily Carr University of Art & Design School of Media Arts, Foundation & Critical Studies.
1977 University of British Columbia (Winter), Drawing
1975-77 Adult Education, Vancouver School Board, Figure Drawing Painting, and Mixed Media
Consultations and Adjudications
1981/83/85 Served on Juries; Canada Council Multi-Media
2010 judge for San Juan Islands IMA Musuem of Art: Friday Harbour, Washington State, U.S.A. (an internationally juried show)
2013 judge for Performing Arts Lodge, Vancouver, B.C. (Nov.)
2013/4/5 judge for the Pumpkin contest at the Kingsgate Mall. Vancouver,B.C.
Slide Lectures and Workshops
2016 Lecture at Emily Carr University ‘Materials and Domesticity’
2013 Lecture at University of Lethebridge (April)
2011 Lecture at the Vancouver Art Gallery with Marina Roy for ‘Unreal Exhibition”(March)
2011 Lecture, Columbia University, New York City. ’Discursive Improvisation’ with Jason Moran
2010 Lecture, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
2009 Lecture, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, B.C.
2008 Lecture, University of Victoria: a media presentation and visits with the graduate students
2008 lecture: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon; and visits with graduate students
2007 Lectures: University of Lethbridge (on Film Noir Architecture)
2006 Lecture tour: Vancouver Island School of Art, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia
2005 Lecture tour: University of Lethbridge, University of Calgary, Alberta College of Art, Univeristy of Regina, Dunlop Art Gallery, University of
Saskatchewan, University of Victoria
2000 University of Victoria, September
1999 University of Lethbridge, March
1998 University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
1997 University of Lethbridge, March and June, Lethbridge, Alberta
1994 Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver
1992 Kamloops Art Gallery, October, Kamloops, British Columbia
1992 Plug In Gallery, June, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1987 Brock University, October, St. Catharines, Ontario
1985 Workshop at Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver
1984 Visiting artist at Nelson Summer School, Nelson, British Columbia
1984 Slade Art School, London, England
1984 Chelsea Art School, London, England
1983 Visiting artist at David Thompson University Center, Nelson, British Columbia
1983 Visiting artist at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1983 Visiting artist at Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver
1982 Visiting lecturer at University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
1981 Lectures & presentations at Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver
1981 Guest Artist at University of Manitoba, School of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1980 Lecture & presentation at Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver
1980 Lecture & presentation at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1972-79 At University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver School of Art- Capilano College, Matsqui Penitentiary; Phoenix Art College, Arizona; Art School of Ontario; Alberta College of Art; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Lethbridge Art Gallery; Victoria Art Gallery; Nova Scotia College of Art & Design; Dalhousie University Art Gallery
Curatorial Projects
1999-2000 Industrial Ear: a Millennium project involving visual & sound artists in site-specific situations referencing a post-industrial state.
1999 Live at the End of the Century Performance Arts Festival: Celebrating 20 Years of Performance Art in Vancouver (1979-1999)
1998 Re-inventing the Diva. Involving international, national and local artists.
Panel Discussions
2011 ‘Recursive Improvisations’ chaired by professor George Lewis, with Naomi Beckwith and Jason Moran, Columbia University, N.Y.C
2007 Steinecker Lecture Series: Conversation with Eric Metcalfe, University of Regina (on Laura co-presented with Dunlop Art Gallery, MacKenzie Art Gallery)
2003 Chair of ‘Process’ panel (with Eric Cameron, Andre Stitt, and Laura Baird) during LIVE Biennial of Performance Art. Nov 9
1999 Performance Art Symposium at S.T.R.U.T.S Gallery, Sackville, NB DOP Nov 8-13
1999 Plop Goes the World! – “Media, Medium, or Message” Roundtable Discussion – a critical re-evaluation of the sixties art scene in Canada (also Michael Morris, John O’Brien, Richard Cavell, Ira Nadel) University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1998 College Art Association 86th Annual Conference (page 39 of catalogue), Toronto
1994 Performance Art Symposium (Rebecca Belmore, Simon Herbert, Alan Kaprow- Shawna Dempsey), Winnipeg
1985 Canadian Video Mosaic (also from Canada: Ed Mowbray, Barbara Steinman) Hara Museum, Tokyo.
1981 Panel discussion on Video atPlug-in Gallery Elizabeth Chitty, Ron Gabe (of General Idea), Kim Tomcak, Lisa Steele, Moderated by Jon Tupper
Exhibitions
Solo
2022 University of Victoria Legacy Gallery, Victoria B.C., ‘Eric Metcalfe: Pop Anthropology’
2017 West Vancouver Museum, Vancouver B.C. ‘Gargoyles Improvisations‘
2010 MacDonald Stewart Art Gallery in conjunction with the Guelph, Jazz Festival presenting ‘IKONS’ with GeorgeLewis, Guelph, Ontario (August & September).
2010 Gallery 560, Vancouver, B.C. ‘IKONS’ a commissioned work by the Cultural Olympiad (VANOC) with George Lewis’s musical compositions.
2007 Dunlop Gallery, Regina, Laura (produced with Curtain Razors Theatre Company)
2007 Stride Gallery, Calgary, Laura
2006 Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, The Attic Project
2006 Winchester Gallery, Victoria, Recent Gouache Paintings
2005 Open Space, Victoria Laura
2004 Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver Laura curated by Lorna Brown*
2003 Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver with Gary Lee Nova, curated by Scott Watson
2002 Charles H Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design. The Attic Project June 11-September 3
2002 Kitchner/Waterloo Art Gallery Kitchner, Ontario. ‘The Attic Project’ January 11-March 21
2001 Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC. The ‘Attic Project’ Feb 17- Mar 31(Tour)
2000 Maltwood Museum of Art, Univ. of Victoria in September. The ‘Attic Project’
2000 The ‘Attic Project’ originating at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in March. Curated by Joan Stebbins, with catalogue essay by Peter White.
1999-2000 National Gallery, Ottawa: Eric Metcalfe – Dr. Brute and Friends (Dec 7, 1999 – April 2, 2000)
1994 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1993 Winnipeg Art Gallery
1992 Vancouver Art Gallery
1992 University of B.C. Fine Arts Gallery (Belkin Gallery)
1977 Artons, Calgary
1973 A Space Gallery, Toronto
1968 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Exhibitions
Group
2019 Terminal Creek Contemporary Art Society, Bowen Island, B.C. , curated by Kate Bellringer
2019 Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C. ‘IONIC BONDS’, curated by Charo Neville
2019 KunstWerke Gallery, Berlin, Germany, ‘Image Bank Show’, curated by Scott Watson
2018 Audain Art Museum, ‘POP!’, curated by Dr.Curtis Collins with cooperation from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
2016 Griffin Art Projects ‘Kitchen Midden’ group exhibition
2016 Burnaby Art Gallery, ‘Recent Acquisitions’
2015 Vancouver Art Gallery, “Between Object and Action” curated by Daina Augatis with Kate Craig, Carol Itter, Evelyn Roth, Gary Lee Nova and Gathie Falk. Evelyn Roth
2015 Vancouver Art Gallery, Material Future: The Architecture of Herzog & de Meuron. March 27-October 4. Curated by Bruce Grenville
2015 University of Victoria Legacy Art Gallery; ‘Making the Victoria Scene in the late 1960’s’
2015 West Vancouver Museum presents the Gordon Smith collection
2015 Burnaby Art Gallery presents at Burnaby Public Library; ‘Capture Festival’; a photo exhibition with a cover of ‘Due West’ 1972 by Dr. Brute
2014 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria. B.C. ‘Through the Looking Glass’
2014 Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamlops, B.C. ‘Unreal” travelling show
2013 Evergreen Art Centre; Port Coquitlam, ‘Unreal’ travelling show originating from the Vancouver Art Gallery. Curated by Diana Augatis
2013 Morris and Belkin Art Gallery, Univ. of B.C. ‘Full Frontal’ (satelitte) curated by Katie Shroeder
2013 Morris and Belkin Art Gallery, U.B.C. ‘Special Collection’ (summer)
2013 Round House Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. ‘Memory Festival’ Geist Magazine
2013 Kelowna Art Gallery: Kelowna, B.C. ‘Unreal’ traveling show (see below)
2012/2013 Sax Island screening at the OR Gallery in Berlin, Germany. Curated by Eli Bornowsky
2011 Vancouver Art Gallery; ‘Unreal’ curated by Daina Augaitis, Vancouver, B.C. (February-September)
2008 Helen Pitt Gallery, ‘The Set Up’ with Vanessa Kwan an installation project curated by Allissa Firth Eagland and Johan Lundh, Vancouver,B.C
2008 Maltwood Art Museum,University of Victoria,B.C. ‘P/OP’
2008 National Art Gallery, ‘Governor General’s Awards Winners, Ottawa, Ontario(March-July),Ottawa,Ontario
2008 Self (Auto) Portrait Exhibition at the Royal Canadian Academyof Arts,Toronto,Ontario (June)
2007 Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver The Performed Object: Against A Pathetic Falacy. Curated by Todd Davis
2007 Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. The Monochromatic Field: Works from the Collection
2005-06 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Classified Materials
2004 Burnaby Art Gallery (Ceperly House), A Ceramic Sampler
2003 Charles H. Scott, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver Cutbacks (Faculty Show)
2002 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Unravelled (works from the collection)
2002 Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Missisauga Golden Streams curated by Luis Jacob
2002 Gallery at Ceperley House, Burnaby New Media: Artwork from the 60s and 70s in Vancouver curated by Glenn Lewis
2002 Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver Dust on the Road curated by Peter White
2002 Drawing Show (Faculty Show) Charles H Scott Gallery, ECIAD
2001-2 Vancouver Collects Vancouver Art Gallery curated by Melanie O’Brien
2001 Sea of Paths (International Contemporary Art) Collection of the Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida. Touring: Musum of Arts & Science, Daytona Beach, Florida. curated by Jeffery Spalding
2000 Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery, Cut & Paste , Oct-Dec Vancouver
2000 Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario’Canadian Neo-Dada’ site-specific installation
1999-2000 Recollection, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Tribute to Jack Shadbolt, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Vancouver Vernacular Faculty Show, Charles H. Scott Gallery
1998 Chery Coles Museum, Soup to Nuts – Pop Art and Its Legacy, Spokane, WA
1998 Vancouver Art Gallery, Dressed Up: Fashion and Costume in Art
1997 Artropolis, Browser, Vancouver
1996 Kamloops Art Gallery, Culture of Nature
1995 Presentation House, World Tea Party, North Vancouver
1995 Or Gallery, Drawing Show, Vancouver
1994-96 Charles H. Scott Gallery, Faculty Show, Vancouver
1995 Vancouver Art Gallery, Contexts and Influences: 1965-75
1993 Prior Editions, Cat Show, Vancouver*
1993 Charles H. Scott Gallery, VIVA Awards Show, Vancouver
1993 Atelier Gallery, Drawings by architects, artists and sculptors, Vancouver
1992 Post West, 4 Front, Adelaide, Australia
1991 Community Arts Council Gallery, Fourth Annual Celebration of Sound, Vancouver
1987 Power Plant, From Sea to Shining Sea, Toronto
1985 Canadian Video Mosaic (with Barabara Steinman & Ed Mowbray) Hara Museum, Tokyo
1984 Montgomery Café, Sax Island, drawings and videotape, Vancouver
1984 Galerie Donguy, two man show with Hank Bull, Paris
1984 2nd International Video Demonstration, Montebeliard, France
1983 October Show (video), Vancouver
1983 Akademie der Kunste, OKANADA Video Show, West Berlin*
1983 London Regional Art Gallery, The Prepaid Miniature Art Sale, London, Ontario
1983 Kunsthaus, video show, Stuttgart, West Germany
1983 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art and Artist (1931-1983), installation and video, Vancouver*
1982 Vancouver Art Gallery, MANNERsm: A Theory of Culture, Vancouver
1980 Robson Square Exhibition Area, Celebration of Wood (with Rick Ross), Vancouver
1979-80 Western Front, Dr. and Lady Brute Present “Spots Before Your Eyes”, Vancouver; Tour to Montréal, Charlottetown, Halifax, Toronto, Hamilton, Calgary and Victoria*
1979 Pumps Gallery, For the First Time, two man show with Robert Young (mini-retrospective), Vancouver
1979 And/Or Gallery, Chair Show, organized by Buster Simpson, Seattle, Washington*
1978 Vancouver Art Gallery, From this Point of View, Vancouver
1977-78 Transparent Things, nation-wide tour organized and curated by Geoffrey James of the Canada Council*
1977 National Art Gallery, 03-23-03, documents from the Parachute Magazine Show (organized in Montréal), Ottawa
1977 Helen Pitt Gallery, Malaspina Printmakers Show, Vancouver
1977 Mail and Art Correspondence Show, Zur/Budes Gatshau*
1977 9th Annual Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby*
1977 A Space Gallery, Off the Wall, five sculptors, Toronto (catalogue: Only Paper Today)*
1977 Pumps Gallery, Western Front at Pumps, Western Front artists show individual work, Vancouver
1976 North Caroline Museum of Art, Letters of Ray Johnson, Raleigh, North Carolina*
1976 CAYC, Experimental Architecture in South America, Buenos Aires*
1976 Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Bated Breath (Erotic Art), Vancouver
1976 The Saidye Bronfman Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario (and a tour on the Ontario Extension Circuit until October 1977), Imprint 76, received Nazdar Award*
1976 Victoria Collects, Victoria
1976 The Mask Show, organized by Terry Reid, Mildura, Australia*
1976 Chair Show, touring on the Art Gallery of Ontario Extension Circuit
1975-76 First New York City Post Card Show, nation-wide tour of U.S. campuses, September 1975 to December 1976
1975 Western Association of Art Museums, Mills College Touring Show, Image Bank Postcard Show, Oakland, California
1975 Art Information Festival, Bleeshal Townshall, Nederland
1975 A Space Gallery, Spots Before Your Eyer, with Kate Craig, Toronto
1975 Kansas City Art Institute, Pictorial History of the World, Kansas City, Missouri
1975 Simon Fraser University Gallery, Pacific Rim Consciousness, Burnaby, British Columbia
1975 Saidye Bronfman Centre, Current Energies British Columbia ’75, Montréal
1975 Art Gallery of Ontario, Chair Show, curated by Alvin Balkind, Toronto*
1974 Vancouver Art Gallery, Scan Slide Show, Vancouver*
1974 Western Front, The Hollywood Show, Vancouver
1973 Art Gallery of Victoria, Librations, Coast Kinesis, Victoria
1973 Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Trajectories — Canadian, Paris
1973 Vancouver Art Gallery, Pacific Vibrations, Leopard Realty wall painting on wall of the gallery, Vancouver
1972-73 Evergreen State College, University of Washington, Microprosophus, International Poetry Show (Visual), Seattle, Washington
1971 Burnaby Art Gallery, Alphabet Show, organized by Image Bank- Busnaby, British Columbia
1971 Image Bank Postcard Show, exhibited post cards by Dr. Brute and Leopard Realty, circulated by the National Gallery
1971 Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1970 New York Correspondence School: A correspondence art show conducted by Ray Johnson at Whitney Museum, New York*
1969 The Pascal Gallery, Summer Group Show, Toronto
1969 Bau-Xi Gallery, two man show with Peter Dagleish, Vancouver
1969 Print Gallery, two man show with Peter Dagleish, Oak Bay, British Columbia
1968-69 Group show organized by Glenn Toppings 1967-68 Two man touring show with Maxwell Bates, curated by Alvin Balkind:
November 1 – 30, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
December 3 – 24, Summerland, British Columbia January 5 – 26, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta February 2 – 23, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia March 6 – 27, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta April 8 – 29, Moose Jaw Art Museum, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan May 6 – 27, New Westminster Public Library, New Westminster, British Columbia
July 15 – August 5, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
1967 Pandora’s Box, three man show, Victoria, British Columbia.
Reviewed in ‘Canadian Art ‘ magazine by Tony Emery
1966 Pandora’s Box, The Nude, Victoria, British Columbia
*INDICATES THAT A CATALOGUE OF THE SHOW WAS PRODUCED
Performances
2007 LIVE Performance Art Biennial Gala Event, Vancouver, Hotel Patricia Opening Act with Hank Bull
2003 Western Front, Vancouver McBooty Bros.at Cabaret Vulgare
1994 Performance Art Symposium (talk and performance), Winnipeg, Manitoba
1988 Banff Centre on the Arts, MacBooty Brothers performance and documentation of Horse Opera on radio, Banff, Alberta
1987 Café New York, Documenta ’87; Snowball Project, Kassel, Germany
1985 Railway Club, 2 nights with Hank Bull and the Animal Slaves, Vancouver
1985 Beaux Arts Ball, Commodore Ballroom, with Hank Bull, Colin Griffiths and Andy Graffiti (also acted as a judge in Beaux Arts Ball Costume Competition, Vancouver
1985 Savoy Club, 3 nights with Hank Bull and Herald Nix, Vancouver
1985 911 Gallery, MacBooty!Brothers (Performance Festival included performances by Herbert!Blau, Vanalyne Green and Spalding Gray), Seattle Washington
1985 MacBooty Brothers European Tour:
Luton Art Centre, Lutoo, England
Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales
Gwent Art Academy, Newport, Wales
Theatre a Dejazet, Paris, France
Video Forum, Freidburg, Germany
Café Spinx, Cologne, Germany
Kijkhui, Hague, Holland
Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, Holland
1984 Musiccity Festival, with Hank Bull, Vancouver
1983 Music Gallery, Sax Island with Andrew Patterson, Hank Bull and the CCMC, Toronto, Ontario
1980 Savoy-Tivoli, with Willy Boy Walker, Dana Atchley and Lowell Darling, San Francisco
1979 Pumps Gallery, For the First Time, with Robert Young and Hank Bull, Vancouver
1979 Oh Yes! — Oh No!, with Jane Ellison at the Actors Workshop for the Living Art Performance Festival
1978 Piranha Farms on tour with Jane Ellison and Hank Bull at:
SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada St. Lawrence College (of Art), Kingston, Ontario
Art Space, Peterborough, Ontario
Forrest City Gallery, London, Ontario
Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Optica Gallery, Montréal, Québec
The Kitchen Gallery, New York
1976 Parachute (Artons), cabaret-style, Calgary
1976 Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1976 Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1975 A Space Gallery, Nite Spots (cabaret-style performances), Toronto
1974 The Deccadance at the Elks Lodge, Dr Brute & His Saxes along with the Deccadance All Stars, Los Angeles
1973 The Western Front Pacific Vibrations Show, Brute Sax
1973 A Space Gallery, Solo: Dr. Brute & Sax, Toronto
1972 Vancouver Art Gallery, first appearance with Brute Sax with the New Era Indo-Arabian Nipponese Space Band, r
1972 University of British Columbia, first appearance of The Brute Saxes (see Source Magazine, Spring), for The F. Scott Fitzgerald Tea Party.
1970 Dr. Brute as a performance vehicle
Video Productions
2002 These Days: A Portrait of Doris Shadbolt Directed by Karen Henry, Edited by Shawn Chappelle, Co-Produced by Eric Metalfe & Scott Watson- Western Front Media Programme & Belkin Art Gallery
2000 Alison Knowles interview with Sharla Sava (Western Front and M.H. Belkin Gallery Video Production)
1995 Carolee Schneemann interview with Judy Radul (Western Front Video Production)
1995 Name the Speaker with Andy Paterson and special guests Margaret Dragu and the Vancouver All-Stars(Western Front Video Production)
1991 Duster, with Hank Bull, a collaboration with Warren Arcan, Rebecca Belmore, Fraser Finlayson, Leonard Fisher, David Hay, Robert Kozinuk, and Cornelia Wyngaarden
1986 Crime Time Comix presents Peepshow with Hank Bull
1985 Ninjazz in Tokyo, Japan with Ko-nakajima and Ed Mowbray
1983 Crime Time Comix presents Sax Island with Hank Bull
1980 Crime Time Colix presents Steel & Flesh with Dana Atchley
1979 Three Musicians with Robert Young and Hank Bull. Producer: Kim Tomzak (Pumps!Video)
1978 Piranha Farms, by Bruce McCrimmon (B.C. Institute of Technology)
1977 Spots Before Your Eyes by Doctor and Lady Brute
1977 Spruce Goose (Western Front Video)
1976 The Brute Saxes with Clive Robertson (Western Front Video)
Video Screenings
2007 Bit Paint (Collaboration with O. Hockenhull) Filmer la Musique/ Filming Music Festival, Paris
2007 World Briefing (Collaboration with O. Hockenhull), Western Front
2003 Sax Island at Artspeak Gallery through the ‘Video Nomad’ presented by Video Out
2001 Sax Island at Video Out at the Cinematheque Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver
2001 Sax island at ID Video Festival Gallerie Connexion, Fredricton, New Brunswick
2000-01 Videotime, Museum of Modern Art (Roy & Nivta Titusz Theatre), New York
2000 Sax Island at ‘New Worlds-Digital Visions’ at the National Gallery of Iceland
1999 Sax Island at IMAGES ’99 Festival of Independent Film & Video Spotlight on the Western Front. The Music Gallery, Toronto.
1994 Duster, moma , New York New Canadian Video, Barbara London, curator
1994 Steel & Flesh, TVO and La Chaine (Supported by the Ontario Arts Council)
1994 Steel & Flesh, “VideoArtVideo”, curated by Peggy Gale, T.V. Ontario broadcast
1994 Duster, Vancouver May Works Festival
1994 Duster, Northwest film and video festival, Seattle, Washington
1994 Duster, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
1993 Peepshow, Video In 20th Anniversary, Sara Diamond , Curator
1993 Duster, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California
1993 Duster, Kei, Japanese television broadcast
1992 Steel & Flesh, Edition 3/92, Basel Art Fair, Art Metropole
1991 Duster, Images ’91, Toronto
1990 Peepshow, Poetry and Images Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
1985 Sax Island’ at Funnel Gallery, January, Toronto
1984-85 The Second Link – Viewpoints on Video in the 80’s, 2nd tour:
October 22 – November 4, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
February, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Japan Tour:
Fukuoka Museum of Art
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
Asahikawa Museum of Modern Art
Sapporo Education and Culture Hall
March 7 – April 22, Ringhouse Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1984 Video Art Network, Tokyo
1983 OKANADA (January), Akademie der Kunste, West Berlin*
1983 Video showing (February 7 – March 25), Kunstgerhaus, Stuttgart
1983 Art Video – Retrospectives et Perspectives, Palais Beaux Arts, Chaleroi, Belgium
1983 Solo screening at La Mamelle Gallery, San Francisco
1983 The Second Link – Viewpoints on Video in the 80’s (1983/84/85), Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta. Touring to:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
A Space Gallery, Toronto
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
1983 La Maison de Culture de Saint Etienne, France
1983 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
1983 International Festival of Video Arts, organized by SAW Gallery of Ottawa, Video Inn and The Western Front of Vancouver; tour to all three centres
1982 Vancouver Art and Artists (1931-1983), (October 15 – December 31)- Vancouver Art Gallery
1982 New narratives for living room viewing, (November/December), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1982 New Imagery, (June/July), curated by Barbara London, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1982 Vehicule Art Presents @ Terrasse Bar Errans Multiples, (June), Montréal
1982 MANNERsm, (March/April), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
1982 RAW (Real Art Ways), February 22-26, Hartford, Connecticut
1982 Canada Festival, (February), Scottsdale Art Centre, Scottsdale, Arizona
1981 Steel and Flesh at Plug-In Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1981 Steel & Flesh, finalist in 7th Annual Ithaca Video Festival, travelled 25 major cities across the U.S.A.
1981 Video Video Festival, (September), Toronto
1980 San Francisco Video Festival, Invitational and juried, October*
1980 California College of Arts & Crafts
1980 University Art Museum, Berkeley
1980 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1980 Savoy-Tivoli, San Francisco
1980 KCSM-TV (Channel 60), San Francisco
1980 JVC’s 3rd Annual Tokyo Video Festival
1980 Athens Video Festival, performance finalist, Athens, Ohio
1980 The Best of Gina, Vancouver Art!Gallery, Vancouver
1979 Spots Before Your Eyes, Aspen Desing Conference, Aspen, Colorado
1979 Spots Before Your Eyes and Piranha Farms, Center for Art Tapes, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1978 Spots Before Your Eyes, And/Or Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1978 Spots Before Your Eyes, Video Portraits, Vancouver Art Gallery
1978 Spots Before Your Eyes, Media Arts Conference, Graz, Austria
1978 Spots Before Your Eyes, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977 Spots Before Your Eyes, Video Inn, Vancouver
1975 Videoscape: Instant Death by Dana Atchley – Dr. Brute*
*INDICATES THAT A CATALOGUE OF THE SHOW WAS PRODUCED
Sax Island Screenings
Neighborhood Project (International House) (January – February),
1985 Philadelphia
Video Expo (February), San Francisco
Honolulu Academy of Art (February – March), Honolulu
Infermental Vol. 5, Berlin. Infesmenual, Gymnich, West Germany
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Kingston Artists Association, Kingston, Ontario
San Francisco International Video Festival (travelling show):
April 22 – 26, Einhorn, Basel, Switzerland
May 3 – 10, Newport Harbour Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
May 13 – 23, Kulturreferat Der Hochschulerschaft An Der Technischen Universitat Graz, Graz, Austria
June 6 – 9, Detscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (Daad), Berlin, West Germany
June 12, Instituto De Estudios Norteamericanos, Barcelona, Spain
October, Fine Arts Gallery, Ohio State University
Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
A Delicate Time (Recent Videotapes) (April 18 – May 19), Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canadian Video Mosaic (June 22 – July 12), Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Perronal appearance at opening and panel discussion)
Talking Back!To The Media (November), Amsterdam
Stockholm International Video Festival (November 2 – 8), Stockholm, Sweden
Video Culttre International (September), Toronto
New Canadian Video (November), Museum Ludwig, Cologne, West Germany (personal appearance at screening)
1984
ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), Boston. Curated by Bob Riley
ICA, London, England. Exchange group show in January and February
2nd International Video Demonstration (March 13 – 18), Montebeliard, France
Event Works ’84, Canadian Video, curated by Keith Kurman for Interrelated Media, April 15, Boston Arch
San Francisco Video Gallery, personal appearance with Dana Atchley, April 26, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, New Acquisitions, curated by Barbara London; screenings ran from May 7 – August 31, New York (the show toured the following year)
Montgomery Café (video café), June 28 – July 6, Vancouver
Festival Québec 1534 – 1984, July/August, Québec City
4th Locarno Video Festival, August, Locarno, Switzerland
Tour of South America organized by Canadian Ministry of External Affairs, Museum of Modern Art, Bogata, Columbia and Mtseul of Modern Art, Medellin, Columbia
Ontario College of Art, Art Metropole, September, Toronto
World Wide Video Festival, September 4 – 9, Kijkhuis, Amsterdam*
American Film & Video Foundation, National Video Festival, September, Los Angeles
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Video 84 Festival, September 27 – November 4, Montréal
San Francisco International Video Festival, October, San Francisco
European tour, October – November:
Slade Art School, London, England
Chelsea Art School, London, England
Luton Art Centre, Luton, England
London Video Arts, London, England
Glamorgan Art Institute, Cardiff, Wales
Gwhent Art & Design, Newport, Wales
Galerie Donguy, Paris, France
Video Forum, Friedburg, Germany
Café Spinx, Cologne, Germany
Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, Holland
Kijkhauis, Den Haaf, Holland
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, November – December, Kingston, Ontario
Minneapolis College of Art & Design, November, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Museum of Contemporary Art, November ’84 , January ’85, Ghent, Belgium
*INDICATES THAT A CATALOGUE OF THE SHOW WAS PRODUCED
Catalogues & Publications
2013 GEIST MAGAZINE, Summer Issue, (cover) ‘Spots Before Your Eyes’ by Michal Kolowski, pgs 33-41
2010 “IKONS’ essays by Eli Bornowsky and Judy Radul on Eric Metcalfe and George Lewis, published by VANOC 2010
2007 Sherlock, Diana Laura at Stride Gallery, Stride: Calgary
2004 Harris, Mark Laura, Postscript: Artspeak Gallery
2004 Laura (Catalogue), Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver
2003 Golden Streams: Artists’ Collaboration and Exchange in the 1970s. Luis Jacob, ed. Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga
2002 New Media: Artwork from the 60s and 70s in Vancouver text by Glenn Lewis, Visual Arts Burnaby / Gallery at Ceperley House, Burnaby
2000 Magnetic North: Canadia n ExperimentalVideo. Jenny Lion,ed. University of Minnestota Press, Video Pool, Walker Art Centre. p27, 349, 350
2000 ART BC: Masterworks From British Columbia Ian Thom published by Douglas & McIntyre. p.14,122,123
2000 Canadian Art: from it’s beginnings to 2000 . Anne Newlands published by Firefly Books p. 215
2000 The Attic Project, Kamloops Art Gallery & Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Essay by Peter White.
1992 Back to Brutopia, University of British Columbia, Fine Arts, Scott Watson and Peggy Gale
1985 Cover of Parallelogramme, February/March (MacBooty Bothers on the steps of the Slade)
1984 Sax Island. Co-produced by Music Gallery, Toronto & Western Front Publications, Vancouver.
1983 Cover of Parallelogralme, October 1983 (Sax Island drawing)
1983 The Second Link Catalogue, by Video Art Network, Steel & Flesh (for Japanese tour), printed in Japanese
1982 Playboard Magazine (cover), November issue, Vancouver
1981 Page design for 1980/81 San Francisco Video Festival Travelling Show, p. 26
1981 Page design for Image Nation – Soyora Spot Mutilated photography
1981 Cover of Vanguard Magazine – Still from Steel & Flesh, photo credit: Jim Gorman
1980 Video 80, San Francisco Video Festival Catalogue (drawings of Crime Time Comix)
1979 Illustrations for Broadcasting Small-format Video & Audio by M. Goldberg
1979 Performance by artists,!A.A. Bronson and P. Gale, eds. Art Metropole, p. 278-80
1979 Hindsight II, from And/Or Gallery, Seattle
1977 One Post card published by Image Bank Post Card Edition
1976 Transit Two, Mirror Issue, Veuningan, Nederlands
1976 Down Beat Magazine (October 7), Photo credit — photo of Leo Smith
1976 Illustrations for Accessible Portapack Manual by M. Goldberg
1976 Video Catalogue for Canada Council, illustrations
1976 IS Magazine, Erotic Issue
1975 Strange Faeces #17 (cover drawing), Opal Nations
1975 IS #16 Summer (cover drawing), Editor: Victor Coleman; Publisher: Eternal Network Press, Toronto
1975 Illustrations for Vancouver Ltd. by D. Gutstein, Publisher: James Lortimer & Sons
1975 Impressions #13 Photo Magazine (cover pose)Toronto.
1974 Roundstone #2, Council for the Arts and Canadian Art Pubs, Toronto, pp. 130, 143
1973 Early issues of FILE magazine, Toronto.
1972 Early issues of FILE magazine,Toronto.
1972 IS magazine, Editor: Victor Coleman; Publisher: Coach House Press
1972 Capilano Review (cover), Editor: P. Coupey, Vancouver, B.C.
1971 Space Atlas, by Dana Atchley, Victoria, B.C.
1971 Two Postcards for Image Bank Post Card Show, Publisher: Coach House Press
1970 Snore Comix, edited by Michael Tims; Publisher: Coach House Press. Toronto
1970 Note Book, by Dana Atchley, Victoria, B.C.
Awards
2021 University of Victoria Honorary Doctorate
2008 Governor General’s Award( laureate) in visual and Media Arts:The Canada Council for the Arts
2006 Audain Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
2000 Canada Council Production Grant (senior level)
2000 Victor Martyn Lynch – Staunton Award in Visual Arts for Special Achievements and Excellence
1999 Canada Council Travel Grant
1998 Canada Council Travel Grant
1993 Special Donor Award — Under the auspices of VIVA
1992-93 Governor General’s Citation and Medal (for significant contributions to the arts), Commemorative Medal and citation for 125th anniversary of Canadian Confederation (1867 – 1992)
1991 Canada Council post-production grant for Duster
1990 Canada Council – Video production grant for Duster
1990 Harbour Front Corporation, Toronto — commission for Endangered Species
1988 Grant from Canada Council, via Vancouver Art Gallery, to design sets, costumes and poster for Vancouver Opera Company production of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale
1987 Department of External Affairs grant for Documenta ’87 Performance
1986 Canada Council — Video production grant for Peepshow
1985 Canada Council travel grant, Tokyo, Japan
1984 Department of External Affairs grant for Europe Tour
1983 Commission from the Music Gallery (Toronto) sound/music track for Sax Island
1983 Canada Council Video production grant for Sax Island
1980 Canada Council Video production grant
1980 JVC’s 3rd Annual Tokyo Video Festival, Citation and Prize for Steel & Flesh
1978 Canada Council Multi-media performance
1977 Canada Council Video production grant
1976 Nazdar Award for Silkscreen Print
1974 Canada Council Short Term Grant
1974 Ontario Arts Council grant
1973 Canada Council Arts grant
1970 Canada Council Travel grant
1969 Canada Council Short Term Grant
Collections
Akademie der Kunste, West Berlin, Germany
American Film and Video Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Art Bank, Canada Council
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Banff Centre School of Arts, Banff, Alberta
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
Concordia University
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, British Columbia
Galeria Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Donguy, Qaris, France
Government House, Victoria, British Columbia
Kamloops Art Gallery
Kijkhauis, Den Haag, Netherlands
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Québec
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
New York Public Library (video), New York, New York
Palais Beaux Arts, Chaleroi, Belgium
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Stichting Behoud Moderne Kunst, Amsterdam
The Legacy Gallery (formally the Maltwood Museum), University of Victoria, British Columbia
University of British Columbia, Helen and Morris Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
University of Saskatchewan
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
West Vancouver Museum, The Gordon Smith Collection, West Vancouver, B.C.
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Radio Appearances
2017 CBC Margaret Gallagher Hot Air interview in October
2016 CBC Margaret Gallagher interview on Façade Festival 2016
2010 CBC Early Edition with George Lewis interviewed by Rick Cluff re; ”IKONS’
2007 CBC Hot Air (August 4 55min.) interview with Paul Grant
2006 CBC Early Edition interview by Rick Cluff
1994 Arts Report (January 14 – 20), CBC, interview with Barbara Carver
1993 Brand X (September 11), CBC, interview with Jeff Goodes re: WAG Show
1988 Morningside, CBC Toronto, talk with Peter Gzowski re: Performance Art
1981 Stereo Morning (November 25), CBC-FM Winnipeg, interview with Robert Enwright re: Winnipeg Video Forum
1979 Ideas (December), CBC Halifax, interview with Lon Dubinsky re: Correspondence
1975-76 Jazz Realty, CFRO-FM, Vancouver Cooperative Radio, a weekly one-hour jazz show, originated by Eric Metcalfe
1973 This Country in the Morning (December 15), CBC Toronto, interview
Television Appearances and Performances
2008 Studio 4, SAW T.V April 16;interview with Fanny Keifer re; Govenor General’s award in visual and media arts
1993 CVND-TV, Winnipeg City Watch, Lise Best, Thursday, 10:30, August 12
1981 CBC-TV, Winnipeg, (November 24), Interview with Robert Enwright re: Winnipeg Video Forum
1978 The Vancouver Show (May 7), CKVU, Interview with Pia Shandel re: Video Portraits at Vancouver Art Gallery
1977 90 Minutes Live with Peter Gzowski (November 4), CBC, Performance with the Brute Saxes
1977 Evening news (May 22), BCTV Vancouver
1975 Bob McLean Show, CBC Toronto, Performance
1975 William Roland Show, Channel 19, Toronto, Brute Sayes and Interview
1974 On the Road with Ace Space and Dr. Brute, Cable 10, Vancouver
1974 Decca-Dance (in Hollywood), Dr. Brute Saxes, by Ant Farm of San Francisco
1974 Video Sampler on the Robert Filliou Show in Berlin
1973 Survey on Canadian Artist Life Styles, National German TV, Dr. Von Bonim
1973 Ace Space and Dr. Brute, Evening News, NBC Affiliate, Houston, Texas
Appearances in Videotapes by Other Artists
2013 ‘Life/and Like Know/Totally Right’ (as Dr. Brute) by Issabel Pauwells
2008 ‘Down’ by David Yonge; performed
2008 ‘Easter Everywhere’ by Jeremy Todd; performed
2007 ‘World Briefing by Owen Huckenhull: performed and did art work.
1996 Nancy Drew by Marusya Bociurkiw
1992 Legal Memories by Kim Tomczak and Lisa Steele
1981 Out of Control by Noel Harding
Bibliography
2010 Vancouver Sun; Cultural Olympiad’s presentation of ‘IKONS’ at 560 Seymour St. by Kevin Griffiith (pg E6 feb 2).
2008 Galleries West (fall/winter)Win Placepgs 47/52 by Heather Ramsay
2008 Fillip 8 (fall Issue)”Looking Glass Noir”;pg 12 by Jeremy todd
2008 SchoolTies (fall issue)St.Michael’s University School:pg 19 by Cliff Yorath
2008 TheTorch; University of Victoria; Eric Metcalf artist pg 15 by Miguel Strother
2008 Times Colonist, Vicyoria,B.C. may 22 onP/OP art at the Maltwood Art Museum,U.V.I.C. by Robert Amos
2008 Sunday Magazine april 10 pgs 18 onP;op art at the Maltwood art Museum at U.V.I.C. by Amanda Farrell, Victoria,B.C.
2008 VancouverSun Vancouver, Govenor General’s Award winner Eric Metcalfe, march 26 p C1,C2
2008 the Province, Vancouver, Governor General’s Award winner Eric Metcalfe march 26 pgsB6
2008 the National Post, Governor General’s Award winners, March 26 pg B8
2008 the Globe and Mail. Governor General’s Award winners March 26 pg R2
2008 Georgia Straight, Governor General’s Award winners.pgs 47
2008 24 HOURS Briefs Section; Governor General’s Award winners March 26.
2007 Splice Magazine (Saskatchewan Film Pool) Laura et al. by Dr. Christina Stojanova, Summer Issue
2007 Leader Post, Regina Laura, March 1 p.D3
2007 Prairie Dog, Regina Laura March 1-14 p. 21
2006 Times Colonist, Recent Gouache Paintings at Winchester Art Gallery by Robert Amos, Feb 16
2005 Times Colonist, Victoria Laura at Open Space, by Robert Amos, Dec. 1
2005 Monday Magazine, Victoria Laura by Wendy Welch, Dec. 1
2003 Georgia Straight, July 3-10 Fluxus Fathers by Robin Laurence
2003 Vancouver Sun, June 21 Diagrams of desire Kant by Michael Harris
2003 West Ender, March 6-12, pg8. Urban Legends by Mary Francis Hill
2002 Vancouver Sun, August 29 Attic Project by Michael Scott
2002 Border Crossings – Issue # 82(p 71-72) Attic Project by Ann Marie Larsen
2001 Review of Sax Island by Flick Harrison – Sept 28, p16 Terminal City Weekly
2000 Lethbridge Herald, Review of Attic Show, April
1999 Ottawa Citizen, Review by Paul Gessell, p. C14, December 28, 1999
1999 Shadbolt Tribute, Bau-Xi Gallery Feb 11, 1999. Georgia Straight, Robin Laurence
1994 Monday Magazine, Victoria, British Columbia, January 20 – 26, p. 25, Look Homeward, Eric by Yvonne Owins
1994-95 BorderCrossings Review of Back to Brutopia by Kevin Much
1994 Victoria Times Colonist, January 22 pp. c7-8, Brute Force by Robert Amos
1994 Victoria News, January 19, cover story, p. 5, The Multifarious World of Metcalfe by There Britton
1993 Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday, August 24- p. B11, Dr. Brute surfaces in exhibition by Terry Weber
1993 Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, August 21, p. B4, Leopard spots lifetime motif by Allison Gillmor
1993 New York Times, Friday, April 2, p. A6, A Summit Meeting with Clinton & Yelstsin by Clyde Farnsworth
1993 Vancouver Sun, Thursday, April 1, p. A4, UBC Ready for Historic Meeting by Mark Hume
1992 Canadian Art, Fall 1992, p. 18, Eric Metcalfe and History
1992 Vancouver Sun, Saturday, October 3, Visiting Dr. Brute by AnnRosenberg
1991 Arts Magazine, Vol. 65, No. 6 (USA), p. 3 photo, p. 38-9 photo and text
1991 The Vancouver Sun, p. D9, by Ann Rosenberg, VAG’s Diamond Jubilee
1991 The Vancouver Sun, p. D9, by Ann Rosenberg, Celebration of Sound
1991 Performance in Canada, Alain-Martin Richard & Clive Robertson, eds., Coach House Press, Toronto
Photos and text from Endangered Species Project:
1990 Toronto Stas, Jun 7, p. A28, Toronto
Globe & Mail, June 8, p. D9, National
Now Magazine, June 14, p. 48, Diedre Hanna, Toronto
The Province, June 17, p. 8, Vancouver
Calgary Herald, July 5, p/ A2, Calgary
Times-Colonist, July 22, p. C16, Victoria
Toronto Star, July (Arts Section), Christopher Hume, Toronto
1990 Vancouver Magazine, p. 38-9, The Artropolitans by Joanne Birnie Danzker
1990 Globe & Mail, September, The Arts, p. 22, by Liam Lacey
1988 V. Magazine, p. 28-9, 45, All Not So Quiet On The Western Front by Anne Templeman-Kluit
1987 November Art Forum, p. 147, From Sea to Shining Sea by Richard Rhode
1985 The Vancouver Sun, March 9, p. D2, Artvid by Eve Johnson
1984 Globe & Mail, May 2, View from the North, review by Anthony Reveaux of Sax Island (San Francisco)
1984 Banff Letters, p. 5-6, The New Narrative: Video in the 80s by Marie Morgan
1983 OKANADA Catalogue, Akademie der Kunste, West Berlin, Germany. Performance Art, p. 321-3 (photo) by Peggy Gale, Video section, p. 317
1983 Parachute Magazine, January, p. 28-9 (photo), Colour Video/Vulgar!/Potential
1983 Video Communication Mag., No. 8, interview with Jou Nakajima, p. 154-7
1982 Video Guide, Vancouver, Vol. 20, p. 7, review by Lorri Zippay of New Imagery show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1982 Playboard Magazine, November, cover photo and p. 24, Adventures in Video by Kevin Barker
1981 Fuse Magazine, November/December p. 267, by Clive Robertson
1981 Vanguard Magazine, November, cover and p. 16, by Jennifer Oille
1981 Globe & Mail, September, a review of Video festival by Carole Corbeil
1980 Artweek (Video), November 8, San Francisco, California
1980 Fuse Magazine, July/August, pp. 290-1, review by John Greyson of Steel & Flesh
1980 The Calgary Herald, April 10, Visual Arts
1980 Fuse Magazine, March, pp. 153-4, Correspondence from the Wester Front, review by C. Robertson
1980 Hamilton Spectator, February (Hamilton)
1979 Evening Patriot, November 2 (Halifax)
1979 Performance (Live Art, 1909 to tie Present), p. 117, by Roselee Goldberg, Abrams: New York, NY
1979 Fuse Magazine, 1st Issue, review by Hank Bull on Performance Art Festival in Vancouver
1978 Only Paper Today, December, Phranha Farms by D. Young and V. Coleman
1978 Centerfold, December, p. 68, Piranha Farms by Clive Robertson
1978 Arthur, November 7, p. 14, Piranha Farms, Peterborough by Deborah Kirkgaard
1978 Peterborough Examiner, October 25, Piranha Farms by David Burcsi
1978 Ottawa Journal, October 24, Piranha Farms at SAW Gallery, Ottawa by B. Kay
1977 The Globe and Mail, November 5, Off the Wall at A Space Gallery, Toronto, by James Purdy
1977 ARTSCANADA, Winter, p. 65, Of the Wall by Robert Handforth
1976 ARTSCANADA, December, p. 49, by Bill Kirby
1976 Arts Magazine, No. 28 (Summer), p. 99
1975 Village Voice, November 3, pp. 106-7, New York
1974 MacLeans, December, Style on a Shoestring by Marcia MacDonald
1974 Esquire, Hollywood Decadance August
1974 Coast, July
1974 ARTSCANADA, Spring, Pacific Vibrations by Joan Lowndes
1974 Source Magazine, Spring, music magazine reviewed by Ken Friedman
1974 Vie Des Arts, Spring, The Western Front by Brad Collins
1974 Art Week, February 23, Deccadance reported from San Francisco
1973 Proof Only, December, Leopard Realty at A Space Gallery by V. Coleman and D. Young
1973 Time, October 1, Review of Pacific Vibrations Show at Vancouver Art Gallery
1973 Avalanche, Summer & Fall, The Western Front interview with Willoughby Sharp and Liza Bear
1973 Art and Artists, April, Canada Fragments by Annabelle Nicholson
1973 Art in America, January, Correspondence Art by David Zack
1972 ARTSCANADA, Xmas, review of IS by Victor Coleman
1972 Village Voice, February 3, under Post Cards by Image Bank, New York
1972 ARTSCANADA, Spring, re: Image Post Card Show Prominent Buildings)
1970 ARTSCANADA, Xmas, first mention of Dr. Brute as mythological sculpture
1968 ARTSCANADA, Xmas, Eric Metcalfe and Max Bates at the University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery by Richard Simmins
1967 ARTSCANADA, Spring, Eric Metcalfe at the Pandora’s Box by Tony Emery
Poster Commissions
1986 Music Gallery; Toronto for the Yamaha Piano Festival. The Tradition of Inovation. Illustration by Eric Metcalfe
2005 Coastal Jazz &Blues Society 20th anniversary
2009 38th Annual John Donald Robb Compser’s Symposium;The University of New Mexico
Record Cover Designs/Commissions
2018 Paul Plimney, Title TBA
1992 Francois Houle et cetra HACIENDA, Songlines Vancouver,B.C.
1998 Ross Taggart & Co Boathousr Records/Significant Silence Productions
2001 George Lewis and The N.O.W. Orchestra, Canada:Line !3 spool improvisers series
2008 The Ross Taggart Trio: Cellar Live Productions; Vancouver, B.C.
2011 George Lewis and Owen Underhill’s “Standing Wave’; music for ‘IKONS’: John Zorn Productions, New York City, N.Y.
2012 Jennifer Scott & Brasileira ‘Sonho Meu’ Cellar Live Records, Vancouver
2013 Frances Houle & Havard Wick ‘AVES’ Songlines Recordings, Vancouver
2013 Evan Parker ‘Live at the Western Front’ 1978 ‘Vaincu.Va’ Western Front, New Music (long play record)
2016 ‘Live at the Western Front’ ‘Past *Piano* Present a long play record with Paul Plimney, Anthony Davis, Al Neil and John Kameel
Mural Commissions
1973 Vancouver Art Gallery, ‘Pacific Vibrations’
2005 University of Victoria: Fine Arts Bldg.(Lobby) on campus
2008 University of Saskatchewan; Physics Bldg(lobby)on campus
2012 Sophie’s Café on 4th avenue and Arbutus, Vancouver, B.C.
2014 Burrard Arts Foundation ‘STELLAR’ in the lobby of the Burrard Bldg. on Georgia and Burrard
Eric Metcalfe’s work is represented by;
V.I.V.O. formally the Video Inn, Vancouver, B.C.
Netherlands Media Arts Inst. (Time Based Arts) Amsterdam, Holland.
V-Tapes Toronto, Ontario