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Overhead projection performance with On Sparrow Hills at SuperSketch 2nd Anniversary Party, Seoul.
http://www.myspace.com/onsparrowhills
Photography by Courtney Chatham
http://www.ctessphotography.comhalmoni (grandmother)
graphite on cardboard
jonna pedersen
2011Portrait of a Korean survivor of sexual slavery in the “Comfort Stations” during the Japanese occupation.
Private collection.halmoni (in progress)
graphite on cardboard
jonna pedersen
2011Portrait of a Korean survivor of sexual slavery in the “Comfort Stations” during the Japanese occupation.
halmoni (in progress)
graphite on cardboard
jonna pedersen
2011Portrait of a Korean survivor of sexual slavery in the “Comfort Stations” during the Japanese occupation.
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with PATTY HOGAN, AIDAN COWLING and NICHOLAS ROCCO at the AWEH launch party, Laughing Tree Lab, Gyeongridan Seoul.
with PATTY HOGAN and AIDAN COWLING at the AWEH launch party.
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JONNA PEDERSEN | CURRICULUM VITAE 2013 | www.jonnapedersen.com | http://mangwonarthole.tumblr.com
Collectives
Doodle Club
Korean-Expat collaborative drawing group.
Jazoo Yang, Junk House, Phyio Hico, Jonghyun Hong,
Jonna Pedersen, Aidan Cowling, Patty Hogan, Nicholas Rocco
est. 2010 (Defunct)
Mangwon Arthole
Expat Artist-Run Centre. Founding Member.
Studio space, art shows, rehearsal+jamspace, film screenings, graffiti bee workshops, music performances, meeting space, community hub.
Founding members: Michael Joseph Oakley, Benjamin Bruneau, Jonna Pedersen, James Stickel, Aidan Cowling, Nicholas Rocco, Patty Hogan.
est. 2009 (Extant)
Media work
Instant Coffee
Current Toronto Mailing List Moderator, September 2012-Present
Service-oriented artist collective est. 2000.
Arts Network for Children and Youth / Youth Arts Week
National Outreach Coordinator, November 2012-Present.
Teaching Experience
2006-2007 Canadore College’s Artsperience Program: Fine Art Workshops
Designed , taught and promoted 4 week-long intensive workshops designed for high school students wishing to pursue art as a career. Topics included experimental art, acrylic painting, colour theory, working with found and unconventional materials, figure drawing and mindful critiques.
North Bay, Canada
2009-2010 Worwick Franklin Language Studios: Head Drama Teacher
Designed original drama curricula for15 classes of ESL kindergarten students aged 5-7 whose skills ranged from no English spoken to near-native proficiencies. Taught full-time, subbed for absent teachers and mounted a Christmas musical production that included scripts, costumes, props and set for over 100 students over the course of 4 performances in 2 locations.
Seoul, South Korea
2010-2011 Alliejam Kids English
Students aged 5-12. In charge of curriculum development, teaching, event planning, homework grading, material development and report cards. Taught Art, Drama, English, Science, Math, History, Literature, Creative Writing.
Bundang, South Korea
2012-2013 Freelance Art Workshop Coordinator
Button Factory Waterloo Community Arts Centre, Lakeshore Arts Etobicoke, Private Homes
Built, promoted and taught one-off workshops, longer courses, summer camps and birthday parties for children and youth ages 5-17 in close collaboration with their parents, the mandates of the spaces, and the children themselves.
Exhibitions
2012 First Dance
Site specific installation for Pat the Dog Theatre Company - guest artist
The Button Factory Waterloo Community Arts Centre
Waterloo Canada
2011 Liberating Herstories
Group Show and Sale benefiting Korea’s “Comfort Women”, Duraebang & House of Sharing
Curated by Fielding Hong and Mikyoung Kim
Seoul South Korea
2011 AWEH.TV Launch Party
Laughing Tree Lab, Noksapyeong
Live Street Art Performance ft. James Tucker, Anna B, Mangwon Arthole Members, and various musical acts.
Seoul South Korea
2011 Encyclopaedia Show: To the Moon
Site specific installation ft. Jonna Pedersen and Aidan Cowling
Seoul South Korea
2011 SUPER SKETCH
Overhead Projector Performance Ft. On Sparrow Hills
Pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20543520@N00/sets/72157627275143538/
Seoul South Korea
2011 Bulgasari/Mangwon Collective Show
Yogiga Gallery, Hapjeong
Curated by Benjamin Bruneau and Hanjoo Lee
Seoul, South Korea
2011 Mangwon Collective Show, Sale & Party
Mangwon Arthole
Seoul South Korea
2011 V-DAY
Group show and auction benefiting women’s shelters
Seoul South Korea
2010-2011 Graffiti Bee Series #1-4
Organizer, Mangwon Arthole
Collaborative artmaking bee, party, and Hongdae street art throwdown.
Seoul, South Korea
2009 Queen West Art Crawl
Toronto Canada
2007 Webs, Collaboration with Catherine Toth
Nuit Blanche at 401 Richmond, Toronto
2007 Tour De Force! OCAD Graduate Exhibition, Toronto ON.
Ft. the 2007 graduating class. Painting wing curators: Anda Kubis, Dan Solomon
2007 Heads of Industry, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay ON.
Solo show of painting/installation work. Curator: Dermot Wilson.
2007 More Than Enough, OCAD Gallery, Toronto ON.
Five-artist group show and installation ft Liz Pead, Stacey Sproule, Randall Gagne, Nina Bickram and myself. Curators: Christine Swiderski, Lisa Deanne-Smith.
2006 Sleep Is For Dead People 2, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto ON.
Group show and 24 hour art-athon on the periphery of Nuit Blanche.
2006 All Art On Deck! WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay ON.
Group fundraiser. Curator: Dermot Wilson.
2006 Square Foot, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto ON.
Group fundraiser. http://www.awolgallery.com/
2006 Diversity, Gorilla Monsoon, Toronto ON.
Group show. Curator: Kendra Sartorelli.
2006 Myocad Uncancelled, Xpace, Toronto ON.
Juried group show. Head curator: Kathryn Bondy
2006 Happy Medium, Gorilla Monsoon, Toronto ON.
Ft. Myself, Kendra Sartorelli, Joel Sartorelli. Curator: Kendra Sartorelli.
2005 Sleep Is For Dead People! Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto ON.
24-person juried group show. Curators: Ryan Hughes, Patrick Struys,
Luke Correia-Damude http://www.whippersnapper.ca
2005 Myocad does OCAD, held inside the OCAD, Toronto ON.
Juried group show. Curators: the myocad community
2002 Christmas Exhibition and Sale, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay ON.
Group show. Curator: Dennis Geden
http://www.kennedygallery.org/
Teaching Experience
2011-2013 Freelance Workshop CoordinatorPlanned and taught Visual Art workshops, camps, and parties in private
homes as well as in The Button Factory Community Arts Centre in
Waterloo and Lakeshore Arts in Etobicoke.
2009-11 Various private schools in Seoul, South Korea
Planned and taught Visual Art, English, Drama, and other various subjects
to students aged 5-17
2006/07 Artsperience Program, Canadore College, North Bay, ON
Planned, taught, and promoted two week-long courses for teens
“Intro to Acrylics” and “Figure Drawing and Portraiture”.
Average course length: 35 hours. Average course size: 15 students.
Publications and Commissions
2012 Korea Moments Podcast
Speaking about my involvement in Mangwon Arthole. http://www.spreaker.com/user/koreamoments/ben_and_joanna_1
2012 Freelance Illustration
Various private commissions.
2011 AWEH.TV
Featured on website. http://www.aweh.tv/jonna-pedersen/
2006 The Grapevine
Illustration for a piece of short fiction called “Wet Spot”
http://grapevine.theorem.ca/view.php?aid=38559
2006 Misunderstandings Magazine, Issue 3
Toronto-based poetry and art zine
www.misunderstandingsmagazine.com
2003 Life is Incredible! Geraldine Lightfoot.
15 Illustrations for a small press compilation book.
Eyes Publishing
Involvements and Events
2010 Graffiti Bee Tutorial and Workshop series (ongoing through 2011)
Mangwon Arthole, Hongdae Seoul South Korea
2006 One Big kNOw, Artists Against War
Curator, main area: Textile exhibition
http://www.artistsagainstwar.ca
2006 The Queen of Hearts, Newmindspace.
A community arts installation, Queen Street West (North and South sides,
between Yonge and Bathurst), Toronto.
Description and photos here: http://newmindspace.com/queenofhearts.php
2004 Swing! Theatre OutReach On Stage
Set painting, fly design.
Technical Skills
o Painting – Acrylics, Oils, Watercolour, Large-Scale (Sets, Murals, etc)
o Painting on unconventional materials, found objects
o Drawing – Graphite, Ink, Marker, Conte, etc.
o Figurative and portrait work
o Illustration (Digital and traditional)
o Basic woodshop skills/woodburning
o Sculpture – Installation, Handbuilding, Throwing, Mouldmaking,
o Block printing
o Monoprinting
o Screenprinting
o Fibre – Sewing, Knitting, Design, Embroidery, Applique
o Bookbinding/altering
o Western papermaking/Japanese papermaking
