CHAD PRATCH
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2004-2009: B.F.A.; Visual and Media Arts; University of British Columbia Okanagan
Awards
2005: Wearable Art Gala, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna B.C Awarded Best Performance 2008: Helen Pitt Artist Graduating Award
2008: Canwest Global Video Artist Award 2009: Wearable Art Gala, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna B.C Kelowna, B.C Awarded Most Outrages Scholarship2008: Canwest Global Video Artist Scholarship
Public Art
upcoming 2012: Movement, Permanent public work to be installed at The Kelowna General Hospital. (juried by the City of Kelowna Public Art Committee)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011: Inanimate Phenotypes. Kelowna Art Gallery (curator Liz Wylie) Group Exhibitions
2009: Green, Alternator Gallery Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C
2009: BFA Exhibition: Content University British Columbia Okanagan Creative and Critical Studies, Fina Gallery, Kelowna, B.C
2009: Content, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, B.C Collaborations
2009: Facebook invitational, With Scott Rogers: Alternator Gallery Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C
2010: Destroy Art, With Darren Sim: Reimaging Street Art. Penticton, B.C
Artist Assistant
2008: Worked for artist Byron Johnson On large untitled Dysfunctional Chair, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna B.C
2010: Assisting artist Jasmine Reimer in her work: 1000 Ibs, 3 Days. Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna B.C
Art Commission
2005: Sculpture Commission by CATCH/ Okanagan Aboriginal2006: Video Commission by CATCH/ Okanagan Aboriginal
2010: Design Commission by Bodyfit Kelowna, B.C
Committee Involvement
2009: University of British Columbia Okanagan VACU Course Union
2009: Board member at the Alternator Gallery Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C
2009: Programming Committee Member at the Alternator Gallery Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C
Bibliography
Barschel, Marion. Mourning Show, CBC Radio One, Kelowna, November 16 2008
Barschel, Marion. Mourning Show, CBC Radio One, Kelowna, June 7 2011
Disberry, Catherine, Chad Pratch: Children at the centre of Community, CATCH Magazine: Connecting Hearts and Minds, Vancouver, November 2008, Pages 14-15
Dixon, Cory, Apathy Sucks. So What? Ironic Title For the Sarcastically Uniclined Hipsters Out There, The Phoenix Newspaper, January 28 2009, Page 13
Campbell, Jude, The Art of Chairs, Daily Courer Newspaper: Event, Kelowna, August 23, 2011
Choo, Amber, To Destroy Art or Not to Destroy Art? Chad Pratch is up to his antics again!, The Phoenic Newspaper: Arts, November 15 2009, Page 14
Priegert, Portia, UBCO profs display work in Kelowna gallery, Daily Courer Newspaper: Event, Kelowna, November 28, 2008, Page 9
Smith, Jenniffer, Worn our Chairs make an artistic statement, Kelowna Capital News, May 27, 2011
Smith, Jenniffer, What was junk gets new life as art in Kelowna, Kelowna Capital News, July 7, 2011
Wylie, Liz, Are chairs just chairs if they're in an art gallery?, Kelowna Capital News, July 28, 2011
2004-2009: B.F.A.; Visual and Media Arts; University of British Columbia Okanagan
Awards
2005: Wearable Art Gala, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna B.C Awarded Best Performance 2008: Helen Pitt Artist Graduating Award
2008: Canwest Global Video Artist Award 2009: Wearable Art Gala, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna B.C Kelowna, B.C Awarded Most Outrages Scholarship2008: Canwest Global Video Artist Scholarship
Public Art
upcoming 2012: Movement, Permanent public work to be installed at The Kelowna General Hospital. (juried by the City of Kelowna Public Art Committee)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011: Inanimate Phenotypes. Kelowna Art Gallery (curator Liz Wylie) Group Exhibitions
2009: Green, Alternator Gallery Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C
2009: BFA Exhibition: Content University British Columbia Okanagan Creative and Critical Studies, Fina Gallery, Kelowna, B.C
2009: Content, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, B.C Collaborations
2009: Facebook invitational, With Scott Rogers: Alternator Gallery Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C
2010: Destroy Art, With Darren Sim: Reimaging Street Art. Penticton, B.C
Artist Assistant
2008: Worked for artist Byron Johnson On large untitled Dysfunctional Chair, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna B.C
2010: Assisting artist Jasmine Reimer in her work: 1000 Ibs, 3 Days. Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna B.C
Art Commission
2005: Sculpture Commission by CATCH/ Okanagan Aboriginal2006: Video Commission by CATCH/ Okanagan Aboriginal
2010: Design Commission by Bodyfit Kelowna, B.C
Committee Involvement
2009: University of British Columbia Okanagan VACU Course Union
2009: Board member at the Alternator Gallery Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C
2009: Programming Committee Member at the Alternator Gallery Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C
Bibliography
Barschel, Marion. Mourning Show, CBC Radio One, Kelowna, November 16 2008
Barschel, Marion. Mourning Show, CBC Radio One, Kelowna, June 7 2011
Disberry, Catherine, Chad Pratch: Children at the centre of Community, CATCH Magazine: Connecting Hearts and Minds, Vancouver, November 2008, Pages 14-15
Dixon, Cory, Apathy Sucks. So What? Ironic Title For the Sarcastically Uniclined Hipsters Out There, The Phoenix Newspaper, January 28 2009, Page 13
Campbell, Jude, The Art of Chairs, Daily Courer Newspaper: Event, Kelowna, August 23, 2011
Choo, Amber, To Destroy Art or Not to Destroy Art? Chad Pratch is up to his antics again!, The Phoenic Newspaper: Arts, November 15 2009, Page 14
Priegert, Portia, UBCO profs display work in Kelowna gallery, Daily Courer Newspaper: Event, Kelowna, November 28, 2008, Page 9
Smith, Jenniffer, Worn our Chairs make an artistic statement, Kelowna Capital News, May 27, 2011
Smith, Jenniffer, What was junk gets new life as art in Kelowna, Kelowna Capital News, July 7, 2011
Wylie, Liz, Are chairs just chairs if they're in an art gallery?, Kelowna Capital News, July 28, 2011