ZACH PEARL

2018–2023
University of Waterloo
PhD Candidate in English Language & Literature
Specializations: New Media; History & Theory of Literary Criticism
Dissertation title:Fictocritical Cyberfeminism: A Paralogical Model for Post-Internet Communication

2010—2012
OCAD University (OCAD U) (f.k.a. Ontario College of Art & Design)
MFA in Criticism & Curatorial Practice
Specialization: New Media Curation

2002—2006
Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD)
BFA in Illustration & Graphic Design w/ honours

CERTIFICATIONS

08/2020
Certificate in Teaching Art & Design Online
Issued by OCAD University; course facilitated by Travis Freeman

GRADUATE SEMINARS

09-12/2019
Professionalization (Teaching & Research)
Doctoral Seminar led by Dr. Jennifer Harris
University of Waterloo, Ontario

01-04/2019
Undergraduate Pedagogy
Doctoral Seminar led by Dr. Linda Warley
University of Waterloo, Ontario

03/2011
What difference does it make who is speaking? Examining the Curatorial Author Function
Curatorial Master’s Seminar with Felix Vogel
University of Toronto, Ontario

10/2010
Media Art Politics: Issues in Curating New Media
Curatorial Master’s Seminar with Christianne Paul
OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario

10/2010
The Artist or the art work?: From Craftsman to Shaman
Curatorial Master’s Seminar with Edward Lucie Smith
St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto, Ontario

Hands-on
Life drawing; technical illustration; comic illustration; graphic design, typography, painting (including acrylic, watercolour and gouache), printmaking (including block and intaglio), photography (film and digital), bookmaking; art handling and installation.

Software
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and XD CC, Adobe Acrobat X+, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, & Excel, Adobe Media Encoder, Switch, Quicktime Pro, SketchUp 2019, Processing, Arduino, Brackets, Cyberduck & Fetch

Web
HTML5, CSS3, Javascript & jQuery, with working knowledge of PHP and AJAX, some Python
Proficient in most CMS interfaces, including Tumblr & Wordpress.

Languages
Native proficiency in English
Limited working proficiency in French
Elementary proficiency in Japanese

CURRENT

05.2012—present

OCAD University
100 McCaul St. • Toronto, ON • Canada • 1.416.977.6000
Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Design, Graphic Design Courses delivered:
GDES-3007 Wayfinding Systems
GRPH 2010 Graphic Design 2
GDES 3091 Interactive Media: Web
GDES 3091 Interactive Media: Web
GRPH 2005 Communication Design: Surface, Object, Space
GDES 1018 Drawing in Translation

Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Art, Integrated Media & First Year Art
Courses delivered:
INTM 2010 Contemporary Issues (in Media Arts)
GART 1036 Creative Process: Art & Code
INTM 2B21 Online Art & Website Creation
GART 1B03 Introduction to Digital Practices: Globalization
GART 1B06 Introduction to Digital Practices: Body & Technology

PREVIOUS

2021

University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W. • Waterloo, ON • Canada • 1.519.888.4567
Graduate Instructor, Faculty of Arts, English Language & Literature
Courses delivered:
ENGL 193: Communication in the Sciences

2019

University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W. • Waterloo, ON • Canada • 1.519.888.4567
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Arts, English Language & Literature
Courses assisted:
ENGL 208B: Issues in Science Fiction
ENGL 109: Introduction to Academic Writing

09.2010—06.2012

OCAD University
100 McCaul St. • Toronto, ON • Canada • 1.416.977.6000
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Courses assisted:
VISC 1001: Global Visual and Material Culture: Beginnings to 1800
VISC 1002 Global Visual and Material Culture: 1800 to the Present
VISC 2016 Art History & Visual Culture

09–12.2005

Minneapolis College of Art & Design
2501 Stevens Avenue • Minneapolis, MN • U.S.A. • 1.612.874.3701
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Liberal Arts
Courses assisted:
HUSC 4010 Postmodern Theory in Popular Culture, led by Dr. Frenchy Lunning

09.2005—07.2010

Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 3rd Avenue • Minneapolis, MN • U.S.A. • 1.612.870.3207
Lead Instructor, Youth Programs
Responsible for creating & teaching curriculum based on the Institute’s collection, scheduling gallery visits & field trips, generating budgets and directing teaching assistants.

CURRENT

02.2023–PRESENT

PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas
303A Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts • York University • Toronto, ON • Canada • publicjournal.ca
Managing Editor
Responsible for all daily operations of the journal, including organizing and arranging issue production, including working closely with skilled vendors such as graphic designers and printers; budgeting; grant writing; leading regular meetings with editors and collective members; distribution; record and database management.

PREVIOUS

02.2018—01.2022

Mechademia
2501 Stevens Avenue • Minneapolis, MN • USA • mechademia.net
Board Member, Editorial & Design
Responsible for providing artistic and editorial guidance to the publication in collaboration with other board members and guest editors; vetting and soliciting submissions; copyediting and proofreading. Fall 2021

Publications Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS21)
Co-ordinated by University of Waterloo & University of Guelph
Research Assistant
Responsible for compiling and formatting accepted paper-presentations as well as overseeing the documentation of nearly 20 special sessions, designing front matter, and designing and managing several aspects of the conference's website and online presence.

2020—2021

Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W. • Waterloo, ON • Canada • 1.519.888.4567
Research Assistant
Worked for a full year as the sole research assistant on the SSHRC-funded project "Entangling the Media History Archive," supervised by principal investigator Dr. Henry Adam Svec. Responsible for culling relevant articles and artefacts, creating annotated bibliographies and contributing to planning meetings.

2013—2019

KAPSULA Press
44 Hedges Boulevard • Toronto, ON • Canada • http://kapsula.ca
Managing Editor & Art Director
Responsible for overseeing the workflow of publishing projects and providing critical direction for the organization. As art director: responsible for designing interactive PDFs and stand-alone web applications, generating promotional materials and establishing guidelines of the brand and visual identity.

11.2014—07.2017

Subtle Technologies
720 Bathurst Street • Toronto, ON • Canada • http://subtletechnologies.com
Artistic Director
Responsible for programming an annual festival exploring practices that integrate arts, sciences and technology, as well as steering the creative vision of the organization, including fostering partnerships, outreach and grant writing.

10/2012—03/2013

OCAD University
100 McCaul St. • Toronto, ON • Canada • 1.416.977.6000
Event Coordinator, Office of the President
Responsible for organizing Euphoria & Dystopia—a two-tier symposium and book launch centred around the legacy of the Banff New Media Institute. This included managing large-scale budgets, overseeing marketing and communications, and dealing with various vendors and stakeholders.

09/2010—05/2012

OCAD University
100 McCaul St. • Toronto, ON • Canada • 1.416.977.6000
Outreach Assistant, Marketing & Communications (work study)
Responsible for assisting to coordinate non-profit promotional events, supervision of student monitors, liaising with donors & event partners, inventory and general correspondence.

07/2011-12/2011

Inclusive Design Research Centre
205 Richmond St. • Toronto, ON • Canada • 1.416.977.6000
Curatorial Research Assistant
Responsible for research and exhibition design for a participatory gallery space that gathers user-end feedback on accessibility through interactive, digital interfaces. Specific duties include drafting 2-D & 3-D floorplans, sourcing fixtures and display technologies, concepting user interfaces, preparing budgets and writing copy for didactics and interpretive content.

05.2011—07.2011

Textile Museum of Canada
55 Centre St. • Toronto, ON • Canada • 1.416.599.5321
Intern, Curatorial & Education departments
Duties included exhibition-related research, youth tours, liaising with artists, art handling and installation, graphic design and development of a strategic plan for social media intiatives.

09.2010—04.2011

Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St. W. • Toronto, ON • Canada • 1.416.979.6648
Intern, Contemporary Art
Duties included co-curation of an exhibition in the Irena Moore Gallery and related symposium in Jackman Hall, including generation of label copy, press releases and blog content.

06.2007—07.2010

Susan Hensel Gallery
3441 Cedar Avenue S. • Minneapolis, MN • U.S.A. • 1.612.722.2324
Assistant Coordinator
Duties included exhibition-related research, art handling & installation, graphic design, data-base management, press releases, catalogue texts and blog and website maintenance.

05.2008—05.2010

Apotheca, Inc.
2929 Lyndale Avenue S. • Minneapolis, MN • U.S.A. • 1.612.821.9000
Production Artist, Marketing & Development
Duties included product label design, web design, product research and development, creation and management of online advertising and social media initiatives.

05/2005-06/2006

Minnesota Center For Book Arts
1011 Washington Avenue S. • Minneapolis, MN • U.S.A. • 1.612.215.2520
Assistant to the Creative Director
Duties included designing promotional material for the annual Holiday Book Arts Festival, researching potential artists & photographing the permanent collection and gallery space.

10.2020

Photo-Fiction & the Amenable Object: Complementary Models of Indeterminacy
Virtual Proceedings over Zoom
Paper-Presentation — University Arts Association of Canada (UAAC)
10.2019

Art of Smart: The Role of Canadian Art Institutions in Shaping Smart Infrastructure
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Roundtable — University Arts Association of Canada (UAAC)
10.2018

Programming Online Exhibitions in a Post-Internet Ecology
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
Paper presentation at Ideas Digital Forum 2018 (Ontario Association of Art Galleries).
10.2018

Roving, Mining, Extracting: The Artist’s Studio in the Post-Internet Imaginary
University of Waterloo
Paper presentation at the 2018 University Arts Association of Canada (UAAC) conference.
02.2017

Adapting Arts Management to New Technologies
Centennial College, Toronto
Keynote address at Engaging Millenials: Adapting the Field of Arts Management.
06.2015

Location, Location, Location
InterAccess, Toronto
Panel discussion with Adrienne Crossman about site-specificity in media art curation.
04–12.2015

Integrated Circuit: Bodies and Technologies
Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
7-part lecture series examining cybernetics and posthumanism through popular culture.
11.2014

The Nitty Gritty
Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
Professional development workshop for artists focusing on formatting proposals, CVs and budgets.
10–12.2014

Some Disassembly Required
Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
3-part lecture series deconstructing complex issues in contemporary art and art theory.
05.2014

Sustaining Best Practices in the Changing Publications Field
OCAD U, Toronto
Panel discussion as part of THIS MUCH Professional: Art & Publications Conference.
09.2012

Strategies for Online Exhibitions
OCAD U, Toronto
Guest-lecture to Dr. Andrea Fatona’s Criticism & Curatorial Practice masters class.
07.2012

Curating New Media
University of Toronto
Guest-lecture to Dr. Leah Modigliani’s undergraduate Introduction to Curatorial Practice class.
04.2012
Software Curation and Other Functional Sites
University of Southern California, L.A.
Paper presentation at New Institutions, 5th Annual Visual Art Graduate Student Conference.

2022

"Up on the Toe (Unbuilding a Body v.1.0)," After Progress. 11 March 2022. https://www.afterprogress.com/up-on-the-toe-unbuilding-a-body-v-1-0

“Brandon is a Network Not a Name: Fictocriticism & the Cyberfeminist Art of Shu Lea Cheang”, Open Library of Humanities vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.6391

2021

[with Svec, H.A.] “Fictocritical Improv for a New Author Paradigm, or How to Render the Messiness of String Figure Research.” TEXT, vol. 25, no. 2, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.52086/001c.29497.

“Consciously incoherent: anti-aesthetics & associational networks in fractured horizon—a view from the body.” Peripheral Review. June 15, 2021. http://www.peripheralreview.com/2021/06/15/consciously-incoherent-anti-aesthetics-associational-networks-in-fractured-horizon-a-view-from-the-body/

“The lasting influence of Cybernetics in Contemporary Art; theory into praxis.” 2021 IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century (21CW), 2021, 1-5, DOI: 10.1109/21CW48944.2021.9532580.

2020

“Break-And-Enter: On the Exhibition Undomesticated.” Peripheral Review, January 09, 2020, peripheralreview.com/2020/01/09/break-and-enter-on-the-exhibition-undomesticated/.

2019

“Ghost Writing the Self: Autofiction, Fictocriticism, and Social Media.“ English Studies in Canada, Special Issue: Autofiction in the Age of the Self(ie), vol. 45, no. 1 & 2, 2019, 161-188. DOI: 10.1353/ESC.2019.0004.

“The Problem of Having Pets: A Response to the Artwork of Kimystree Loves.” June 2019. LOOP Gallery, Toronto, www.loopgallery.ca/2019/ 06/07/the-problem-of-having-pets-a-response-to-the-artwork-of-kimystreeloves/

“The Gift of Bread: A Response to Letters from Auschwitz (2019) by Thelma Rosner.” LOOP Gallery, Toronto, www.loopgallery.ca/2019/06/07/the-gift-of-bread-a-response-to-recipes-from-auschwitz-2019-by-thelma-rosner/

2018

Ladybird Bug Boy: Poems. Montreal: Vallum Society for Education in Arts and Letters. Limited edition of 115. 2018.

"Revolution! (If You Can Find It): Gauging Diversity in Contemporary Art After the Internet." POINT 5 Magazine, Issue 4: PLATFORMS, Jan 2018. p. 18-21.

2017

"leaning over." Vallum Magazine, 14:2: LIES & DUPLICITY. Oct 2017. p. 44.

"the lowering of ears." Vallum Magazine, 14:2: LIES & DUPLICITY. Oct 2017. p. 45.

“Plurality of Being: Tracing A New Era of Ecology in Cultivars (Possible Worlds).” Cultivars (Possible Worlds) Toronto: InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre. 2017.

2016

“Parallax is Practical: Perceiving the Digital Textile.” Picks Per Minute: The Language of Digital Textiles. Toronto: InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre. 2016.

2015

“That Teenage Feeling”, in ///WADE IN: an internationational artist share and video art festival. St. John's, NL: Eastern Edge Gallery. 2015.

2014

“Screen Test”, in The Curatorial Incubator v.11. Toronto: Vtape. February 2014. p. 30-40.

“The Cyborg Epiphany of Pascal Dufaux”, in The Cosmos in Which We Are by Pascal Dufaux. St. John's, NL: Eastern Edge Gallery. Jan 2014. p. 1-2.

2012

“Bridging Realities: The Exhibition of Net Art as Activism”. Art and Education (e-flux/Artforum), June 2012. web.archive.org/web/20120806195318/
http://www.artandeducation.net/paper/bridgingrealities-the-exhibition-of-net-art-as-activism/

2020   Sharing Remote Teaching Experiences, Guest Speaker, Design Faculty, OCAD University
2019   Jury Member, 4th-Year Medal Awards, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
2017   Guest Critic, Graduate Student Colloquia, Ryerson University
2014   Faculty Advisor, 4th-Year Self-Directed Study, OCAD U
2013   4th-Year Media Arts Showcase, juror, Ryerson University
2012   President's Speaker Series Selection Committee, OCAD U
2012   Price Award for Excellence in Teaching, juror, OCAD U
2011   Centre for Innovaton in Art + Design Education, advisor

2022  David Nimmo Graduate Scholarship
2021-22  Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2021-22  President’s Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2020-21  Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2020-21  President’s Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2020  Jack Gray Fellowship Award, University of Waterloo
2019   Arts Senate Graduate Scolarship, University of Waterloo
2015   Teacher-in-Residence, Artscape Youngplace
2014   Teacher-in-Residence, Artscape Youngplace
2013   Vtape's Curatorial Incubator v.11, resident
2010   OCAD U Graduate Entrance Scholarship
2009   Golden Paintbrush Award, Business Category
2006   MCAD Student Scholar Program, supvr. Dr. Frenchy Lunning
2005   MCAD Student Curator
2003   Alis Foundation Liberal Arts Merit Scholarship
2002   Friends of MCAD Portfolio Scholarship

2019–present   Critical Media Lab, University of Waterloo
2019–present   Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
2019–present   Internet Society, Canada Chapter
2018–present   University Arts Association of Canada (UAAC)