Bio
With theatrical absurdity, Pugen explores the relationship between performance and the artificial, the natural and the virtual through altering and manipulating media. Working with video, film, and photography in the digital realm Pugen renders situations that examine our perceptions of how history, documentation, and simulation intersect. His videos and art have been exhibited nationally and internationally in places such as Berlin Transmediale, New York, Australia International Digital Art Awards, Poland 12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07, England Moves 08, Vancouver, Toronto - Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art and World Wide Short Film Festival.
Geoffrey Pugen is a graduate in Theatre Arts from the University of British Columbia and in Integrated Media from the Ontario College of Art And Design. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, The National Film Board of Canada, and Bravo!FACT. He is a recipient of the K.M Hunter Award for Interdisciplinary art.
Selected Bibliography
Adbusters #88: The Post - Postmodernism Issue, March/April 2010, Front Cover and Inside Spread.
David Liss. “Hybrids.” Future Species, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, 2009, Pg. 12-13, 27-30.
Leah Sandals, Now Magazine, “Subtle Pugen,” May 13-20, 2009. Vol 28 No. 37
Derek Flack, CONTACT Report: Questioning Conventionality, BlogTO.com, May 5, 2009
Ben Kaplan, National Post, “Short Reviews of Short Films,” June 10th 2008, AL4
Dale Hudson and Sharon Lin Tay, FLEFF, ubuntu.kuqala, 2008, pg. 21
Sketch Magazine, Pugen ’s Future of Wild, May 2008, pg. 18
Descant 139, Winter 2007. Utopics. Volume 38 Number 4, Pg. 135- 145
David Jager, Now Magazine, "Angel 10: Top 10," December 7-13, 2006, Vol.26 No.14
Robert Everett-Green, Globe and Mail, "Nifty ideas prove elusive to net", Saturday, May 13, 2006
Broken Pencil Magazine, Aerobia! 7 Steps to True Love, Issue 29, Pg. 83
Ben Kaplan, The Bayview Post, “Art Imitates Life – Geoffrey Pugen’s new sport” August 2005, 34, Toronto, On.
RM Vaughan, National Post, The Big Picture, Saturday, July 23, 2005, TO 14, Toronto, On
Peter Goddard, The Star, “Our Inner Animal”, Thursday July 14, 2005, G1, Toronto, On.
Betty Ann Jordan, Art, Toronto Life, July 2005, pg. 101
Susan Walker, The Star, “Beast in show: seeing our animal future”, Saturday, June 11, 2005, H5