Alek Green
B. 1997, Victoria, B.C.
EDUCATION
2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts - NSCAD, Halifax, NS
2019 Diploma in Visual Arts- Camosun College, Victoria, BC
2015 Dogwood Diploma - Parkland High School Sidney, BC
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2023 Arthur Lismer Award for Academic Excellence
NSCAD Travel Bursary
2021 John Thetan-Caines Floyd Scholarship
2019 Jessie A. Forsyth Memorial Award of Excellence
2015 Dogwood District/Authority Award
RESIDENCIES AND REPRESENTATION
2024
CFAT Sound Art Residency, NS
MORESO Collective, NS
2023-2024
Creative Music Workshop x EVERYSEEKER Emergent Artist Residency, NS
2023
Handmade Film Collective Mentorship Program, NS
Lunenburg Documentary Festival “The Launch” Pitch Contest and Mentorship Program, NS
2021-2023
Representation through Sweetpea Gallery, BC
2019-2021
Better Together Collective, BC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
O - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES AND FESTIVALS
2024
EVERYSEEKER - Halifax NS
Special Characters Group Show - Halifax, NS
2023
Body/Language - Offsite, Halifax NS
Bleep in the Dark - Radstorm, Halifax, NS (Curated by Bleep in the Dark collective)
LA Art Book Festival- Los Angeles, California, as a member of Special Characters Press
In Defense of Bogus - Halifax NS (Curated by Galerie Cecile)
Traverse Vidéo Film Festival - Toulouse, France
Pages Turning - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS (Curated by Neil Kehler)
Mycelia - Anna Leonowens Gallery, (Curated by Keely Hopkins)
Sculpture Showcase - Los Angeles, USA (Curated by L. Coates)
Let it Out - Khyber, Halifax NS, as part of Fervor Collective
2022
HEXENNACHT - Online + Live at the Carlton Project, Victoria BC
Hex App, produced by the Oddfellows society, housing site and city-specific field recordings from artists across the globe on an interactive map, available on Google Play and Apple.
2021
NOISER Moron Industries - Lot 8 Victoria BC
Music Waste - Online. (Curated by CiTR + Discorder Mag.)
HEXENNACHT - Online. (Curated by The Oddfellows Club of Victoria)
Video Mix Tape II - Ministry of Casual Living (FILM + SOUND collective) Victoria BC + Online
2020
BETTER TOGETHER URL - Online (Curated by Jackson Love)
Eventide Online, in assn. With Girls Rock Camp Victoria (Curated by CFUV)
Video Mix Tapes - Ministry of Casual Living (FILM + SOUND collective) , Victoria BC
2019
BETTER TOGETHER - Outer Heaven, Victoria BC Canada
VERBODEN - Rickshaw Theater and The Astoria, Vancouver BC, Canada (Curated by Robert Katerwol)
International Women’s day: Reworked - Roxy Theater Victoria, BC (Curated by Ciel Bohme)
Lucid - Uptown, Victoria BC (JURIED)
ZINE DAZE - Victoria Public Library, Victoria, BC (Curated by Gart Darley)
Eventide - Victoria BC (Curated by CFUV)
Music Waste - Vancouver BC (Curated by CiTR + Discorder Mag.)
2018
Out of the Gray - Camosun College, Victoria BC
ZINE DAZE - Victoria Public Library, Victoria, BC (Curated by Gart Darley)
Does Anyone Shoot Film Anymore? - Gallery 49 Victoria, BC (JURIED)
OBSESSION - Musee de Wax, Victoria BC
YARDSALE II - Intrepid Theater, Victoria, BC (Curated by Gabby Twerdohlib)
JUXTAPOSITION II - The Avant-Garden, (Curated by Baby Lee-Young, Vancouver, BC)
JUXTAPOSITION I - The Avant-Garden, (Curated by Baby Lee-Young, Vancouver, BC)
Eventide - Victoria, BC (Curated by CiTR + Discorder Mag.)
2017
Otalith - Tofino, BC
Eventide - Victoria, BC (Curated by CiTR + Discorder Mag.)
COMMISSIONS
(Public)
2023
Everyseeker shirt design and branding consultation
Poster design for NEXT.O shows
2021
Habit Coffee logo and tshirt design
2020
Nature Walk album design
Nature Walk single design
Nature Walk promotional materials design
2019
Good Party festival poster and logo
Event poster design (VARIOUS)
PRESS, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DISCOGRAPHY
2024
Ampelos - prosepoem published in print in Cephalophore #3, Capitol
Beneath the Parish, a Putrid River - prosepoem published in print in Cephalophore #3, Capitol
2023
Complete Book of Thrumantology - in collaboration with Andrew Hill, published through Special Characters Press.
Rencontres Internationales Traverse; Variabilitès en Échos - Catalogue (French only). Essay written by Simone Dompeyre
Untitled 1+2 - Collages distributed online by Ctrl+v in Summer 2023
Untitled 1+2 - Collages distributed by Eyelevel artist run center in association with NSCAD Printer Matter Department in Untitled
CAR RING - Poemstory 1/1 artist book made for Pages Turning
SACCULUS - Autotheory and poetry collection
OCTOBER - Poetry and photo/video collection
2022
Emotional Magazine 1- published through Sweetpea Gallery, February 2
2021
meadowrunning - redress released online June 6
Carol, Michelle, Paul - event released online September 27
2020
peacebird - redress released online April 27
queer, rave, space published through RadStorm, Halifax NS, November 21
2019
event01- event project works released online January 23
Above All Else - redress album released on cassette and online February 14
harmony in tunnel - event album released online and microcassette April 18
2018
form unbound - Event album released on micro cassette and online December 12
Bump Television Online television, broadcasted worldwide. September
Diamond 24 page zine, self published
Understanding Self 38 page zine, self published
High Road// Low Road 4 page zine, self published
2017
Miffed - Miffed Neighbors album released on cassette and online through Toska Tapes. March 11
INTERVIEWS, ARTIST TALKS, AND PRESS
2023
Anna LeonOwens Gallery, in-person discussion of O
Rencontres Internationales Traverse; Variabilitès en Échos - Catalogue (French only). Essay written by Simone Dompeyre
2022
Sweetpea Gallery Live Series - Online, March
2018
Where, What, Why Gabby Twerdohlib, Victoria, B.C. Luxury-ish Productions, May, Online article
Here Tell Joshua P., Victoria, B.C., Self Published, October, Print Magazine
Chaotic Music Meetings Myles Black, Vancouver B.C., CiTR/Discorder, December, Live radio show/ Podcast
Venus Wave Alba Patricia Victoria, B.C. CFUV, November, Live radio show/ Podcast
2017
Listen Local Max Monday, Victoria B.C. CFUV, October 2017, Live radio show/ Podcast
FACILITATION and WORKSHOPS
2019 - 2022
Sound Studies Reading and Discussion Group, with Alba Patricia. (research, syllabus design, facilitation)
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 - Current
Studio Assistant for Charles Bishop
2023-2024
In-house graphic designer for Canadian College of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
SELECTED FILM + TV
Director/ Editor/ Sound
“Glass Palace”, mini-dv + pixelcam short film
“Contact”, HD + animated short film.
“Sparagmos”, mini-dv short film
Assistant Director
“Hungry Saints”, 16mm short film, A. Laurel Lawrence.
Assistant Camera OP
“Morality Play” (working title), 16mm short film. Dir. Sean Mayheux-Galway
Sound Editor/ Score
“Perennials”, NSCAD Student Film Awards top prize winning HD short film. Dir. Grant MacIntosh
“i+i”, 16mm short film. Dir. Marnie Richardson
Boom Op/ Recordist
“Son of Man”, mini-dv short film. Dir. Malcolm MacMasters
Grip
“Morality Play” (working title), 16mm short film. Dir. Sean Mayheux-Galway
Production Assistant
“Amazing Race Canada” Season 9
-Acting
“Knife Play”, Collectif Jeune Cinema award winning 16mm + mini-dv short film. Dir. A. Laurel Lawrence
“There, There”, HD feature film. Dir. Heather Young