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'''Isabelle Pauwels''', born in 1975, Kortrijk, [[Belgium]],<ref>Juan A. Gaitán, Monika Szewczyk, and Scott Watson, Exponential Future, 2008 (Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2008), 78.</ref> is a Vancouver-based artist who works primarily in video-based art.<ref>“Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/</ref> Pauwels attended the [[Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design]] for her BFA and her MFA from the [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. Pauwels' work explores narrative structures, forms of storytelling and how they shape moral and emotional experiences.<ref>“Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/</ref> The narrative in her work does not follow causality; instead it performs in a twisting loop that circles around itself.<ref>Helga Pakasaar, and Jonah Gray, Isabelle Pauwels, 2013 (North Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, 2013), 20.</ref> Her interests include hybrid cultural forms, prosumer production, early history of television and film, and narratives of colonial-era exploration.<ref>“Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/</ref> Pauwel’s first exhibition at [[Or Gallery]] in 2001 has been followed by multiple local and international exhibitions including at the Galerie Tatjana Pieters in Belgium, the [[Henry Art Gallery]], the [[Vancouver Art Gallery]] and the Power Plant. Pauwels was shortlisted for the 2013 [[Sobey Art Award]].
'''Isabelle Pauwels''', born in 1975, Kortrijk, [[Belgium]],<ref>Juan A. Gaitán, Monika Szewczyk, and Scott Watson, Exponential Future, 2008 (Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2008), 78.</ref> is a Vancouver-based artist who works primarily in video-based art.<ref>“Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/</ref> Pauwels attended the [[Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design]] for her BFA and her MFA from the [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. Pauwels' work explores narrative structures, forms of storytelling and how they shape moral and emotional experiences.<ref>“Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/</ref> The narrative in her work does not follow causality; instead it performs in a twisting loop that circles around itself.<ref>Helga Pakasaar, and Jonah Gray, Isabelle Pauwels, 2013 (North Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, 2013), 20.</ref> Her interests include hybrid cultural forms, prosumer production, early history of television and film, and narratives of colonial-era exploration.<ref>“Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/</ref> Pauwel’s first exhibition at [[Or Gallery]] in 2001 has been followed by multiple local and international exhibitions including at the Galerie Tatjana Pieters in Belgium, the [[Henry Art Gallery]], the [[Vancouver Art Gallery]] and the Power Plant. Pauwels was shortlisted for the 2013 [[Sobey Art Award]].


==Work==
==Notable Works==
'''LIKE…/ AND, LIKE/ YOU KNOW/ TOTALLY/ RIGHT.'''
'''LIKE…/ AND, LIKE/ YOU KNOW/ TOTALLY/ RIGHT.'''
This work is a video work made in 2012, Pauwels created this work as a part of her 2011 [[Western Front]] Media Arts production residency. Performers in the video include her twin sister Valerie, and [[Eric Metcalfe]], [[Glenn Lewis]], and [[Hank Bull]], from the Western Front. Pauwels engages with the oppressive force of stories and storytellers by utilizing repetition, cliché, and satire in her work.<ref>Scott Watson, Special Collection, Acquisition and Archives, 2013 (Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2008), 22.</ref> The work references the site specific histories of the Western Front and numerous other fictions while simultaneously pointing at the viewer and their act of looking.<ref>Helga Pakasaar, and Jonah Gray, Isabelle Pauwels, 2013 (North Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, 2013), 21.</ref>
is a video work made by Pauwels in 2012, as a part of her 2011 [[Western Front]] Media Arts production residency. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/|title=Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT. - Western Front|website=front.bc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref> Performers in the video include her twin sister Valerie, and [[Eric Metcalfe]], [[Glenn Lewis]], and [[Hank Bull]], from the Western Front. Pauwels engages with the oppressive force of stories and storytellers by utilizing repetition, cliché, and satire in her work.<ref>Scott Watson, Special Collection, Acquisition and Archives, 2013 (Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2008), 22.</ref> The work references the site specific histories of the Western Front and numerous other fictions while simultaneously pointing at the viewer and their act of looking.<ref>Helga Pakasaar, and Jonah Gray, Isabelle Pauwels, 2013 (North Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, 2013), 21.</ref>


'''W.E.S.T.E.R.N.'''
'''W.E.S.T.E.R.N.'''
W.E.S.T.E.R.N. is a video piece made in 2010 which juxtaposes film footage of the artist's parents' home in Richmond with home movies shot in her grandfather’s home in the Belgian Congo. The video aims to create space for the viewer to negotiate colonial history that resonates throughout the film.<ref>“Isabelle Pauwels,” Canadian Art, accessed March 11, 2017, http://canadianart.ca/artists/isabelle-pauwels/</ref> The video is accompanied by stills that are a part of the collection of the [[National Gallery of Canada]]. The stills act as objects of evidence that simultaneously complicate and provide fragmentary evidence towards an understanding of the video projections.<ref>“Photography by the Principal Agronomist, Mwenga Territory, circa 1958. Pencil Edits by his Wife. Scanned and Re-arranged by his Granddaughter, Vancouver, 2009, 2009,” National Gallery of Canada, accessed March 11, 2017, http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=216731</ref>
is a video piece made in 2010 which juxtaposes film footage of the artist's parents' home in Richmond with home movies shot in her grandfather’s home in the Belgian Congo. The video aims to create space for the viewer to negotiate colonial history that resonates throughout the film.<ref>“Isabelle Pauwels,” Canadian Art, accessed March 11, 2017, http://canadianart.ca/artists/isabelle-pauwels/</ref> The video is accompanied by stills that are a part of the collection of the [[National Gallery of Canada]]. The stills act as objects of evidence that simultaneously complicate and provide fragmentary evidence towards an understanding of the video projections.<ref>“Photography by the Principal Agronomist, Mwenga Territory, circa 1958. Pencil Edits by his Wife. Scanned and Re-arranged by his Granddaughter, Vancouver, 2009, 2009,” National Gallery of Canada, accessed March 11, 2017, http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=216731</ref>

''',000,'''
is a work produced by Pauwels' through a residency with [[Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center]]. The work debuted as a live performance which premiered at EMPAC in 2014, and was later adapted to a single channel video<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2017/spring/watering-flowers/isabelle-pauwels|title=Isabelle Pauwels live-narrates material figuring into her UFC-inspired film-in-progress|website=Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)|language=en|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref> and a radio play.  <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orgallery.org/isabelle-pauwels-000|title=Or Gallery: Isabelle Pauwels: ,000,|website=www.orgallery.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref>


==Solo Exhibitions==
==Solo Exhibitions==

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Isabelle and Valerie Pauwels in LIKE.../ AND, LIKE/ YOU KNOW/ TOTALLY/ RIGHT., 2012

Isabelle Pauwels, born in 1975, Kortrijk, Belgium,[1] is a Vancouver-based artist who works primarily in video-based art.[2] Pauwels attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design for her BFA and her MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. Pauwels' work explores narrative structures, forms of storytelling and how they shape moral and emotional experiences.[3] The narrative in her work does not follow causality; instead it performs in a twisting loop that circles around itself.[4] Her interests include hybrid cultural forms, prosumer production, early history of television and film, and narratives of colonial-era exploration.[5] Pauwel’s first exhibition at Or Gallery in 2001 has been followed by multiple local and international exhibitions including at the Galerie Tatjana Pieters in Belgium, the Henry Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Power Plant. Pauwels was shortlisted for the 2013 Sobey Art Award.

Notable Works

LIKE…/ AND, LIKE/ YOU KNOW/ TOTALLY/ RIGHT. is a video work made by Pauwels in 2012, as a part of her 2011 Western Front Media Arts production residency. [6] Performers in the video include her twin sister Valerie, and Eric Metcalfe, Glenn Lewis, and Hank Bull, from the Western Front. Pauwels engages with the oppressive force of stories and storytellers by utilizing repetition, cliché, and satire in her work.[7] The work references the site specific histories of the Western Front and numerous other fictions while simultaneously pointing at the viewer and their act of looking.[8]

W.E.S.T.E.R.N. is a video piece made in 2010 which juxtaposes film footage of the artist's parents' home in Richmond with home movies shot in her grandfather’s home in the Belgian Congo. The video aims to create space for the viewer to negotiate colonial history that resonates throughout the film.[9] The video is accompanied by stills that are a part of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The stills act as objects of evidence that simultaneously complicate and provide fragmentary evidence towards an understanding of the video projections.[10]

,000, is a work produced by Pauwels' through a residency with Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center. The work debuted as a live performance which premiered at EMPAC in 2014, and was later adapted to a single channel video[11] and a radio play.  [12]

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2013 - In it for the lifestyle, CSA Space, Vancouver
  • 2012 - LIKE…/ AND, LIKE/ YOU KNOW/ TOTALLY/ RIGHT., Grand Luxe Theatre, Western Front, Vancouver
  • 2010 - Incredibly, unbelievably/The complete ordered field, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle

B&E, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent

  • 2009 - June 30, CSA Space, Vancouver

B and E, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver

  • 2008 - Triple Bill, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga

Triple Bill, Artspeak, Vancouver

  • 2006 - Isabelle Pauwels, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver
  • 2004 - 37A Lisgar Street: A Few Situations, Mercer Union: A Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto
  • 2003 - Unfurnished Apartment for Rent, Contemporary art gallery, Vancouver
  • 2001 - Untitled, Or Gallery, Vancouver

Group Exhibitions

  • 2013 - Special Collection: Acquisitions and Archives, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver [13]
  • 2012 - The Distance Between You and Me, 3 Artists from Vancouver, Los Angeles and Guadalajara, Vancouver Art Gallery

Movable Facture, VIVO Media Arts Centre

  • 2011 – The Plot: Keren Cytter, Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys, Isabelle Pauwels, The Power Plant, Toronto

Elastic Frames, Transmission Gallery, Edinburgh

  • 2009 – Morality, Witte De With, Rotterdam

Transcontinental Divide/Division Transcontinentale, Helen Pitt and Gallery 101, Vancouver and Ottawa

  • 2008 – Keep the IS in FEMINISM, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver

Exponential Future, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver

  • 2007 – The Lotus Eaters: New Vancouver Video Art, Western Front, Vancouver

Twentyfourseven, Signal, Malmö, Jason Mclean and Isabelle Pauwels Occasional Art, St. Paul

  • 2006 – SPEC: Mediated Identities, Busker, Chicago

274 East 1st, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver New Wight Biennial: Anxiety of Influence, New Wight Gallery, Broad Art Centre at UCLA, Los Angeles

  • 2005 – And to stop you interfering, I shall have to dematerialize you again, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver

Re: Building the World, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton White Noise: A Trapp Edition Project, State Gallery, Vancouver

  • 2003 – Seethe, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver

Drawing on Architecture, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver

  • 2001 – Grad Show, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver

References

  1. ^ Juan A. Gaitán, Monika Szewczyk, and Scott Watson, Exponential Future, 2008 (Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2008), 78.
  2. ^ “Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/
  3. ^ “Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/
  4. ^ Helga Pakasaar, and Jonah Gray, Isabelle Pauwels, 2013 (North Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, 2013), 20.
  5. ^ “Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT,” Western Front, accessed March 11, 2017, http://front.bc.ca/events/isabelle-pauwels-likeand-likeyou-knowtotally-right/
  6. ^ "Isabelle Pauwels LIKE…/AND, LIKE/YOU KNOW/TOTALLY/ RIGHT. - Western Front". front.bc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  7. ^ Scott Watson, Special Collection, Acquisition and Archives, 2013 (Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2008), 22.
  8. ^ Helga Pakasaar, and Jonah Gray, Isabelle Pauwels, 2013 (North Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, 2013), 21.
  9. ^ “Isabelle Pauwels,” Canadian Art, accessed March 11, 2017, http://canadianart.ca/artists/isabelle-pauwels/
  10. ^ “Photography by the Principal Agronomist, Mwenga Territory, circa 1958. Pencil Edits by his Wife. Scanned and Re-arranged by his Granddaughter, Vancouver, 2009, 2009,” National Gallery of Canada, accessed March 11, 2017, http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=216731
  11. ^ "Isabelle Pauwels live-narrates material figuring into her UFC-inspired film-in-progress". Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC). Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  12. ^ "Or Gallery: Isabelle Pauwels: ,000,". www.orgallery.org. Retrieved 2017-03-19. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 30 (help)
  13. ^ "Special Collection: Acquisitions and Archives". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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