EXHIBITIONS + FESTIVALS
2018
30/80— A telecom-performance long-distance with Kunstradio in Vienna, Austria at Western Front, July 2018. Group event.
2017
Reading The Migration Library, conceived & curated by Lois Klassen, Group Show, Yactac Gallery
Slow Takes, Photographic Project at Converge, curated by Candie Tanaka. Lipont Centre for the Arts, Richmond, BC
The Obsolescence Project [Photographs], Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver
Underwater Chinatown | Installation in Common Voices: The Cultural Legacy of Cantonese + Italian Opera in Canada | with Faith Moosang, Il Museo, Vancouver
2016
Pier D, Installation (Photographic + Interactive Digital), Public Art Project, Vancouver City Centre Skytrain, Vancouver, BC, May – October, 2016
Underwater Chinatown | Interactive Website | https://underwaterchinatown.com |
with Faith Moosang, Commissioned by Cinevolution Media Arts Society
Lulu Sweet: A Gold Rush Tale, iPhone App, with Faith Moosang, Next Horizons, ELO Festival, Victoria, BC, June 2016
Island, video projection with sound, with Faith Moosang, Britannia Heritage Shipyards, permanent installation as of June 2016
2015
The Obsolescence Project, Installation, ISEA 2015: Disruption, 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, August 2015
La Mer, iPad app, beta version premiere ELO 2015: The End(s) of Electronic Literature, Bergen, Norway, August 2015
Island, video projection with sound, with Faith Moosang, Ships to Shore Steveston, 2015
Lulu Sweet: A Gold Rush Tale, interactive walking tour iPhone App, with Faith Moosang, Fraser River, Richmond, BC, 2015. Download Lulu Sweet App on iTunes | Download Lulu Sweet App on Amazon (android)
Lulu Suite: Interviews with Athletes | Video | Permanent Installation | with
Faith Moosang | Richmond Olympic Experience Museum | Richmond, BC
2014
Island, Video Projection w/ Sound (Installed in a shipping container). Your Kontinent Film and Media Arts Festival, with Faith Moosang, Richmond, BC,
2013
17 Films for 17 Islands, Video Installation with Faith Moosang, Permanent Public Art Installation, Richmond Olympic Oval, BC
2012
Abédécédaire du Web, Laboratoire NT2. Group show. UQAM, Montreal, QC
Lulu Suite, Video Installation with Faith Moosang, Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC
2010
Twitter/Art + Social Media, Group show. Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
A Book About Death, Group show. The Tabernacle, MOMA Wales, Machylleth, Wales, UK
Lulu Suite, Interviews With Athletes – with Faith Moosang, O Zone (Olympic Zone)
2008
Electrofringe Festival, Electronline – Alexandria NSW, Australia
2007
FILE, Electronic Language Art Festival, Rio, Brasil
Art’s Birthday, Event Western Front, BC
Translations/Traductions , La Chambre Blanche (QC)
Shift,
Small Axe – online, A Caribbean Platform for Criticism
2006
The Ark Project, Group Show, Touchstone Museum, Nelson, BC. Catalogue
FILE, Electronic Language Art Festival, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Mahwrin-Skel, Robotics Exhibition, Western Front, BC
2005
Upgrade, Group Show, Eyebeam Gallery, New York, NY
2004
FILE, Electronic Language Art Festival, Sao Paulo, Brasil
2003
Resident. Works on Paper, Group Show. CCA7 Gallery, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Sphere. Group Show. Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC Catalogue
final requests. Solo Show. Modern Fuel Artist-Run Center, Kingston, ON. Catalogue
2002
Immedia 2002: The Senses, Digital Arts Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
In -Aperçu, Group show, Centre d’Ile Arts, Geneva, Switzerland
FILE, Electronic Language Art Festival, Sao Paulo, Brasil
2001
Maid In Cyberspace/Les HTMlles, Le festival de cyberart du Studio XX,
Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montreal, QC.
2000
Genealogies, Miscegenation , Missed Generations, William Benton Museum of Art,
Connecticut. Catalogue
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Memorial University of Nfld, Visiting Artist at Department of Fine Arts, Cornerbrook Campus, Fall 2008
Mahrwin-Skel: Group residency on robots at the Western Front, Vancouver, BC, Fall 2005-Spring, 2006
Artist-in-Residence at La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, QC, Spring 2005
Studio XX, Montreal, QC – Artist-in-Residence (1/2 virtual) at StudioXX, Feb-April, 2005
Caribbean Contemporary Arts (CCA), Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Fall 2003
COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS
City of Vancouver Public Art Commission, 2016
Canada Council Media Arts Travel Grant, 2015
Cinevolution Media Arts Society | Interactive Website Commission| with Faith Moosang, 2015-16
Olympic Oval Front Lobby Artwork, Public Art Commission with Faith Moosang, Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond BC, permanent installation, 2013
Lulu Suite: 17 Short Takes for Lulu Island, Public Art Commission with Faith Moosang, Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond BC, permanent installation, 2012
Being Olympian, Public Art Commission with Faith Moosang, for The Richmond O-Zone, Richmond, BC, temporary installation, 2010
Canada Council Media Arts Travel Grant, 2009
Canada Council Media Arts Travel Grant, 2005
Canada Council International Residency Grant, 2003
British Columbia Cultural Grant, 2001, 2002
Canada Council Media Arts Travel Grant, 2002
Canada Council Production Grant, 2001
Canada Council Travel Grant, 2000
PUBLICATIONS et al: Reviews | Interviews | Talks | Conferences
Public Art Bus Tour Talk, Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC, June 2018
Thrive Talks, Artist Talk, The Profile, North Vancouver, March 2018The Arts in A Digital World Summit | Le Sommet sur les arts à l’ère numérique | Canada Council For the Arts – Le Conseil des arts du Canada, invited participant, Montreal, QC, March 2017
The Obsolescence Project, The Visual Quality of being Old, Neural Magazine, Neural 53, Obfuscate or Die, Winter 2016, Italy
Underwater Chinatown, with Faith Moosang. Interactive website commissioned by Cinevolution Media Arts Society, 2016. http://underwaterchinatown.com/
Artist Talk with Faith Moosang | Next HorizonsElectronic Literature Festival, Victoria, BC, June 2016
Artist Talk, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Professor, Writer/Artist Nicola Harwood’s Class — Creative Writing Department, October 2015
PechaKucha Night Richmond Volume 7, Artist Talk in 20 x 20 format, with Faith Moosang, July 2014, Richmond, BC
De Forest, Ann, 365 Days of Obsolescing | Watching Technologies as They Wane, Review of “The Obsolescence Project”, April 2013
Fading Paper, Archives, Deanne Achong, PaperBlog,http://www.paperblog.fr/5846288/archives-deanne-achong/ , Review of “The Obsolescence Project and Excerpts From An Archive”, Paris, 2013
Pecha Kucha Richmond, Artist Talk in 20 x 20 format, with Faith Moosang, 2012, Richmond, BC
Lalonde, Joanne, Abécédaire du web, Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2012
Artist’s Talk, Kwantlen University College, December 2009
Lalonde, Joanne, Review of Excerpts from an Archive in online nt2 Nouvelles Technologies Nouvelles Textualités, UQAM, September 09, 2009
Artist’s Talk, Kwantlen University College, November 2008
Elene Tremblay, L’image ramifiée – le photographique du web, book on photography and the web, published by Editions Vu, Quebec City, launched February 2008.
Cozier, Christopher – included“Shift” for Small Axe Works, a Carribbean journal of criticism
Klobucar, Andrew, essay on “FlightPath: A bird in the google”, a web project by Deanne Achong featured in BlackFlash magazine, Fall 2005.
Talk with David Clark + Jocelyn Robert, Rouge/La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, April 2005
CKUT Radio, Montreal — interviewed by Valerie Walker, May 2005
Laiwan, essay for “Sphere”, exhibition catalogue book by Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, 2004
Upgrade, presentation at the Western Front for Upgrade, curated by Kate Armstrong, October 2004
Bell, Lynne, essay for “MAWA: Culture of Community“, ABC Books, 2004
Artists’ Talk, Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, December 2003
Artists’ Talk, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, October 2003
Visiting Artist, Kwantlen University College, Surrey, BC, October 2003
Guest Artist, Art + Technology Lecture Series, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design , Vancouver, April 2003 Panelist,’net_work: net.artists talking offline’, Surrey Art Gallery, March 2003
Darrah, Ben, Review of “Final Requests”, Kingston-Whig Standard, March 15, 2003
Visiting Artist Presentation, Camosun College, January 2003
Race in Digital Space, A conference held at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Presented
“Shift”, a website project exploring slavery and the digital archive, October 2002
Konart,Tomasz, Selected web project Excerpts from An Archive as a participant of the 2nd ed. of
Planetary Vigil of Net art. www.chairetmetal.com, a site exploring digital culture, 2002
Neural Online | www.neural.it . “Excerpts from An Archive” reviewed, March 12, 2002
Jan 2001, For “Maid in Cyberspace/Les HTMLles festival” radio interview at CBC Radio, Montreal, —
interviewed by Meredith Dellandrea + CKUT Radio, Montreal, — interviewed by A. Cotic & V. Walker
Karmel, T., The Chronicle, Review of Genealogies, Miscegenation , Missed Generations, March 2000
Bell, Lynne, Engaging the Digital: Methods, Materials and Meanings, Universities Art Association Conference, Toronto, ON, November 2000
—The Future of the Page Conference, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, 2000
WRITING by Deanne Achong
Catalogue Essay for The Blair Bush Project, video installation by Faith Moosang & Christopher Runne at Alternator, Kelowna, August, 2008
Gallery essay & Press-release for Proper Research, exhibition by Randall Steeves , Kwantlen Art Gallery, Fall 2006
Catalogue essay for The Egg Throwing Apparatus, an installation by Alison MacTaggart, ACCESS, Fall 2002
Valuing the Overlooked, Catalogue essay for A Sadness Without the Object, exhibition by Howard Ursuliak at the Centre de photographie, Universidad de Salmanca, Spain
Catalogue essay for deliverance, installation by Fiona Bowie, OR Gallery, Vancouver, Fall 1998
Catalogue essay for fluid space, video installation by Antonia Hirsch, ACCESS, Fall 1997
BOARD MEMBER
Other Sights, non-profit collective for temporary public art projects, Vancouver, BC 2008-2012
Artspeak, an artist-run centre, Vancouver, BC , 2003-2005
EDUCATION
MFA, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Diploma, Western Front Multimedia Program, Vancouver, BC