Awards and honours / Education and Experience / Public Art Projects / Solo Exhibitions / Group Exhibitions / Bibliography
Awards and Honours
2009
finalist for the Mapping and Marking Public Art Competition, 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Vancouver, BC
2008
finalist for the Cloverdale Public Art Competition. Surrey, BC
finalist for the Green Timbers Greenway Public Art Competition, Surrey, BC
finalist for the Harbourfront Plaza Public Art Competition, Nanaimo, BC
2007
finalist for the Bastion Square Public Art Competition, Victoria, BC
2006
finalist for the Pacifica Development Public Art Competition, Nanaimo, BC
2005
finalist for the Rutledge Park Public Art Competition, Saanich, BC
2004
finalist for the Oak Bay Recreation Centre Public Art Competition, Oak Bay, BC
2003
finalist for the Greater Victoria Multipurpose Arena Public Art Competition, Victoria, BC
2002
recipient of B.C. Arts Council project assistance grant for visual artists, for materials and living expenses for continued work on the “Home Dialects” series
2001
recipient of B.C. Arts Council project assistance grant for visual artists, for materials and living expenses while beginning work on "Home Dialects" , exhibited at Open Space Gallery 2001
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Education and Experience
2009
steering committee for City of Victoria revised public art policy
2008
lecturer for the Land Marks lecture series on public art, City of Victoria
2005
jury member for B.C. Arts Council Scholarship Awards program
1999-2000
design team member for the Broad Street Revitalization Project
1993
made Honourary Associate of the Victoria College of Art (equivalent to completion of the four year program).
1987-1990
completed three year program at the Victoria College of Art; graduated with honours.
1986-1987
completed first year Arts program at the University of Victoria
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Public Art Projects
2011
Glass Half Full completed for Holland Point Park, Victoria, BC
2010
Watch This Space (temporary installation) installed in Calgary, AB
Gateway completed for the Gateway Theatre, Richmond, BC
2007
Topography completed for the Burnside Gorge Community Centre, Victoria
2006
Rings completed for Centennial Trails Project, District of Saanich
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
(September) Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue?, installation at The Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
(July) The Storage Room and The Corridor, exhibition with John Luna at Deluge Contemporary
2009
(April) Please Try Again, installation at The Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2007
(February) Artifacts : Project Models and Drawings, exhibition at The Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art
2006
(May) Scan, window installation at The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective
2005
(April) Please Try Again, window installation at The Ministry Of Casual Living
2003
(March) The Work Project, performance installation in “The Lab” at The Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria
2001
(October) Home Dialects, installation at Open Space Gallery
1997
(February) Art Walk, photographic installation at the MacPherson Library Gallery, University of Victoria
1997
(January) Shape in Time, solo show at the Greater Vancouver Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
1994
(November) Narrative from the Shape in Times series, an installation in Open Space's Vertical Gallery
(September) Point/Line/Weight and Shape In Time, solo exhibition at the Victoria College of Art Gallery
1992-1993
(December-January) Bridge and Line Variations at the Alexander Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1992
(September-October) Bridge and Line Variations, solo exhibition at the Victoria College of Art Gallery
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
(April) RPM: The Lost Art of LP Covers, group exhibit at Deluge Contemporary
(February) Fantasy Island, group exhibit at The Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art
(January) Public Realm, group exhibit at The Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2009
(December) Horizontal Line, group exhibit at The Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art
(December) Wish List, group exhibit at Polychrome Fine Arts
(April) RPM: The Lost Art of LP Covers, group exhibit at Deluge Contemporary
2008
(October) Fusible Link, group exhibit at PIP Gallery, Portland, Oregon
(May) Cassette, group exhibit at The Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art
(March) RPM: The Lost Art of LP Covers, group exhibit at Deluge Contemporary
2007
(March) RPM : The Lost Art of LP Covers, group exhibit at Deluge Contemporary
(February) Heartburn, group exhibit at the Truck Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2006
(November) Analog, group exhibition at the Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art
(June) Flow, group exhibition at the Truck Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2005
(July) Ad Hocracy, group exhibition at the Rebel, Rebel store space
2001
(November) Building Collaborations: Artists, Architects, Developers. curated group exhibition at S.A.R.C. Gallery
2000
(April) Quick Draw, group exhibit, Open Space Gallery
1999
(July) 12th Annual Moss Street Paint-in, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1998
(July) To Remain at a Distance, group exhibit at Open Space Gallery
1997
(October) 25 Pieces of Art, 25th Anniversary group exhibit at Open Space Gallery
( All galleries listed are in Victoria, BC, unless otherwise noted.)
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Selected Bibliography
Alanna, Deborah. http://exhibit-v.blogspot.com/2010/08/john-luna-tyler-hodgins-storage-room.html
"Burnside Revisited." ArchitectureBC, Architectural Institute of B.C., April, 2009, issue 31, pp 14, 15
Campbell, Sarah. "Come for the crosswords, stay for the chaos!" Kelowna Art Gallery Dossiers, Kelowna Art Gallery, 2009
Dove, Amy. “Centennial art project unveiled.” Saanich News, May 23, 2007, section A, pp.1, 6
Lafortune, Wes. “Absurdist humour creates a flood of ideas.” FFWD Weekly, Vol. 11, #27, June 15, 2006, p. 15
Luna, John. “Afraid To Look.” http://www.stride.ab.ca/project.htm#text
Luna, John. “Scratch That Art.” Monday Magazine, Vol. 31, #16, April 24-May 4, 2005, p. 16
McCulloch, Sandra. “Art with heart and sole.” Victoria Times Colonist, March 19, 2007, section C, p. 4
Priegert, Portia. "Losing scratch tickets create a winning exhibition." eVent. May 6, 2009, p. 2
Sanroman, Lucia. “Sidewalk Art: Artwork’s meaning rises out of walkers’ own footsteps”. Monday Magazine, Vol. 23, #11, March 6-12, 1997, p.14
Tupper, Jon. "Why Victoria deserves great public art." Victoria Times Colonist, May 23, 2010, Section D, p.3
Youmans, Jason. "The Others." Monday Magazine, Vol. 35, #10, March 5-11, 2009, pp.8, 10
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria: www.aggv.bc.ca
Open space: www.openspace.ca
Truck Gallery: www.truck.ca
Ministry of Casual Living: www.ministryofcasualliving.ca
Fifty Fifty Arts Collective: www.fiftyfifty.fantanstudios.com
Kelowna Art Gallery: www.kelownaartgallery.com
The Slide Room Gallery: www.slideroomgallery.com
Landmarks - Public Art in the Capital Region: www.landmarkspublicart.ca
Biography
Tyler Hodgins graduated in 1990 from The Victoria College of Art diploma program, and was made an Honorary Associate of the college in 1993. He has exhibited widely, and has work in public and private collections in Canada and the United States. He lives in Victoria with his wife and three children.
Tyler’s work is primarily sculptural, and includes video, photography, installation works and public art. Studio based projects focus on themes of home, language, repetition/reproduction, and chance. In 1999 he was a member of the design team for public art on Broad Street in Victoria, and in 2009-2010 was on the steering committee for a new Public Art Policy for the City of Victoria. He has been short listed for numerous public art competitions, and has completed three public commissions, “Rings” for the District of Saanich, “Topography” for Victoria, and "Gateway" for the Gateway Theatre in Richmond. "Glass Half Full" will be completed for The City of Victoria during the summer of 2011.