S. Jaleen Grove
31 Detmer Rd., Setauket, NY 11733 631-675-9117
jaleen@gmail.com
www.groveartworks.com
Education
2007
Commenced Ph.D studies in Art History and Criticism at SUNY Stony Brook, with
Certificate in Cultural Studies
2006
MA, Communication and Culture, Ryerson and York Universities, Toronto
2000
Certificate of Multimedia, Vancouver Community College
1999
BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (Studio Practice), Vancouver
1990
Diploma of Visual Communications, (3 years; graphic design major) Medicine Hat College
Awards
2007
Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, SUNY Stony Brook ($ 22,000)
2006
Rogers Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)
2005
SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship ($17,500)
Ryerson Top-up Award ($4,500)
External Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($20,000; declined)
1st Prize, Habitat For Humanity Society Photography Competition (vacation; declined)
1999
1st prize for adult fiction, Southwest Regional Arts Council, Vancouver, BC ($500)
1995
Member of the Year, Island Illustrator Society, Victoria, BC (gift)
Community Arts Activity
2007
Contributor, www.drawn.ca (prominent cartoon and illustration blog)
2005-06
Elected MA Student Rep; and Grad Students’ Conference and Creative Night
committee member, Comcult Students’ Union, Ryerson University
2002-04
Founder/Manager, UBC Farm Artist-in-Residence Program
2000-01
Co-ordinator, Hyperspace artist-run gallery
1996
Member and Volunteer, Open Space, Victoria, BC.
Studio space member, XChanges artist-run gallery, Victoria, BC
1995
Curator, Royal BC Museum Illustrators Showcase, Victoria, BC
1994-96
President, Island Illustrators Society
1992-96
1991-94
Founder, manager, life drawing group, Artspace, Victoria, BC
Editor, Island Illustrators Society public newsletter magazine
Employment
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, ARH 102: Western Survey Art History, SUNY Stony Brook (2007)
- Preparation and delivery in a recitation; to two classes of 23 pupils each; marking,
office hours, and invigilation
Teaching Assistant, ACS 205: Writing as a Cultural Act, Ryerson (2005)
- Preparation and delivery in a tutorial setting to two classes of 25 pupils each; marking,
office hours, and invigilation
Multimedia Developer, UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems (2001-2004)
- Workshops and one-on-one help in graphics software and studio art materials,
scanners and plotters on ongoing basis
Research
Research Assistant Visible City Project and Archive, York University (2005)
- Office duties, web design, course materials preparation, interviews
Research Assistant, FH Varley Art Gallery, City of Markham (2005)
- Primary research on McKay collection
Independent Catalogue raisoonne of Olive Allen Biller (1996-ongoing)
Creative
Multimedia Developer, UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems (2001-2004)
- Illustration: technical, teaching materials, posters, web graphics
- Web design: creation and maintenance of two sites; WebCT graphics
- Identity: updating legacy branding; adherence to UBC standards; logos
- Print design: annual reports, newsletters, prepress
- Management: multimedia lab, petty cash, equipment loans, purchasing, calibration of
monitors, maintenance, supervision
Senior Designer, User Friendly Media, New Westminster, BC (2000-2001)
- Strategic/conceptual: creation and development of ad campaigns for the company and
their clientele
- Print design: corporate ID, cobranding, prepress for offset and silkscreen
- Web Design: look and feel of three sites; banners and tiles
- Moderator: policing and community enhancement of online forum
Freelance (1990-present)
- Illustration: cartoon, editorial, book, advertising; several styles
- Graphic Design: web, print, identity
- Visual art: see Exhibitions below
Subject Areas
Visual Communication/Art History/Visual Culture
Illustration
Graphic Design
Commercial art
Canadian art
Relational aesthetics
Contemporary art
Other interests
Communication theory
Environmental studies
Victorian studies
Feminism
Semiotics
Literature
Skills and Expertise
Creative
Writing
 Editing, proofreading
 Articles for general reading or academic audiences
 Copy writing
Gallery
 Handling, packing and hanging
 Artist-run space co-op; Gallery sitting
 Jury duty
Art and design
 Design and layout
 Preflight, colour separations
 Conceptualization (ad campaigns, logos, characters, etc)
 Drawing, painting, other traditional studio skills
 Photography – digital and 35mm
 Book arts; antiquarian binding
Research Methods
 Archival
 Interviews
 Surveys
 Textual interpretation
 Focus groups
Computer Literacy
Software
 Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, Pagemaker
 Macromedia Dreamweaver, Director, Fireworks, Flash
 Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel
 Basic Video and Audio editing
 WebCT, Blackboard
Hardware
 Mac and Windows platforms
 HP Colour Laserjet; HP and Epson plotters
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Nikon slide scanner; HP and Epson flatbed scanners
Digital, video, and mechanical cameras
Publications
Submitted
In process
2007
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2006
2005
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2001
1999
1998
1994
1992
"Modern Girls’ Innocence as Empowerment in Olive Allen’s Writing and
Illustrations.” Children’s Literature Quarterly.
"The Uncool Outsiders". OUTSIDERS ON THE INSIDE: THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF OUTSIDER ART Ed. Bill Jeffries. SFU Gallery, Burnaby.
VISUAL COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY "Listening Eyes" (images and
statement). Edited by Paul Martin Lester.
One Shot 2006 (Blind peer-juried art book). Visual Codec.
“The Catch.” (poem) TRANSVERSE Journal of Comparative Literature, Ed. Andres
Perez Simon. U. of Toronto.
VISIBLE CITY PROJECT AND ARCHIVE York U. www.visiblecity.ca
INTERACTIONS FEMINIST RESEARCH GROUP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
(CD), “The Life and Work of Olive Allen Biller.” Windsor.
EARTH RITES: IMAGINATION AND PRACTICE IN SCI-ARTS ECO-CULTURES.
"Artist in Residence Programme at UBC Farm". Conference Proceedings. U of
Washington, Seattle, WA.
VANCOUVER SUN “Featured Letter of the Week” to the Editor
TALES OF SLACKER BONDING “Lisa Birke” website art show review
ANTHOLOGY 1999 "Old World Roses" Southwest Regional Arts Council,
Vancouver.
THE MODEL BOOK self produced etiquette guide for artists and models
LA ROSA "The Tragic Tale of an Artist" ed; Gregory Hartnell; Victoria.
ILLUSTRATOR "David Goatley" Island Illustrators Society. Victoria.
ILLUSTRATOR "Malcolm Gatt" Island Illustrators Society. Victoria.
Conferences and Presentations
2007
2006
2005
Nov. 2. UAAC. “Illustration, Post-Illustration, and Those Who Draw.” U. of Waterloo. Paper.
June 14: VISCOM 21: "The Modern Art of Illustration". Estes Park, CO. Paper.
May 31: Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities: "The Impact of Illustrators'
Online Communities on Recent Visual Communication". U. of Saskatchewan. Paper.
Nov. 2. UAAC. “Illustration in Action.” Panel Co-Chair. “Moden Girlhood and Womanhood in
the Work of Olive Allen Biller.” Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax. Paper.
Nov 11: UAAC. “Twins Separated at Birth: Sister Arts Reunited at Last.” U. Victoria. Paper.
Oct. 25: PHILOSOPHY CAFÉ, “Art Intervention in the DTES” Ryerson U. Guest Speaker.
June 25: VISCOM 19. “The Work of Art in the Age of Apathy.” Banff Centre. Paper.
May 20: EARTH RITES: IMAGINATION AND PRACTICE IN SCI-ARTS ECO-CULTURES.
“Artistic Practice at UBC Farm.” U. of Washington, Seattle. Poster presentation.
May 10: ENTANGLEMENTS, Carleton U. of Ottawa. “Artist or Social Worker? A Case
Study in Moving From Theory to Praxis.” Paper.
May 7: INTERACTIONS – (FEMINIST RESEARCH GROUP), U. of Windsor. “The Life and
Work of Olive Allen Biller.” Poster presentation.
March 30: ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE AT YORK: A WORKSHOP. York U. “Mind the
Gap.” Panel/short presentation.
Selected Exhibitions
2007
EXPERIMENTS
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto
2005
EVOLUTION
CURRENT COLOUR
ECO-ARTS MEDIA FESTIVAL
Emily Carr Institute Alumni Retrospective
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto
York University
2004
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY’S
PHOTO COMPETITION
NEW FORMS FESTIVAL
DIGITALIS III
Harbour Centre/Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC
(1st Prize winner)
Electra Building Basement Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003
LISTENING ROOM
DIGITALIS II
Vancouver Planetarium
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Port Coquitlam, BC
2002
CONDENSATION
RUST
Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
Glass Onion, Vancouver, BC
2001
DIGITALIS I
IMMITATION AND EFFIGY
EMERGING ARTISTS’ AUCTION
IDES OF MARCH ART PARTY
Moonbase Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Glass Onion, Vancouver, BC
Hyperspace Studio, Vancouver, BC
Hyperspace Studio, Vancouver, BC
2000
GROOPED (Swarm 1)
ART THROB II
Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
Glass Onion, Vancouver, BC
1999
GRAD SHOW
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
Emily Carr Institute
Concourse, Emily Carr Institute
1998
FREE FROM THE ART WORLD
Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver BC (solo)
1997
SHE
CHRISTMAS SPIRITS
VICTORIA
XChanges Artist Run Gallery, Victoria, BC (solo)
Talisman Fine Arts, London, England
Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC
1996
KARNA BONWICK - JALEEN GROVE Rogue Arts, Victoria, BC.
MOSS ST. PAINT-IN
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
QUICKSILVER
Focus on Women Arts Festival, Rogue Arts,
Victoria, BC
1995
ROYAL BC. MUSEUM
ILLUSTRATORS SHOWCASE
Crystal Gardens, Victoria
13th EROTIC ART FOR APRIL FOOLS Brand New Era Studio, Victoria, BC
ILLUSTRATORS STUDIO TOUR
Victoria, BC
1994
12th EROTIC ART FOR APRIL FOOLS
LIFELINES
DRAWING A FINE LINE
ILLUSTRATORS STUDIO TOUR
Brand New Era Studio, Victoria, BC
XChanges, Victoria, BC
Roving Eye, Victoria, BC
Victoria, BC