Bio
Wynne Palmer is an interdisciplinary artist and curator, who has a fondness for
new media, possibly from her years spent as a professional graphic
designer and photographer for various companies and foundations, and later for
her own freelance business. Her work is often informed by issues
concerning identity, the body and modes of communication.
Wynne received a Certificate in Administration Assistant from
Vancouver Community College in 2006, a BFA in Visual Arts from Emily
Carr Institute of Art + Design in 2003, a BFA in Design from the
University of Alberta in 1985, and a Diploma in Visual Communication Design from Medicine Hat College in 1981.
She is currently a Vancouver Experimental Theremin Orchestra (VETO)
Co-founder + Member, and a VIVO
Media Arts Centre Member. From 2003 - 2010, she held a position on the Board
of Directors + Gallery Committee for the Emily Carr University of Art +
Design Alumni Society. Highlights include curatorial work for Evolution: 80
Years of Emily Carr Institute Alumni exhibition and working in partnership
with a guest curator and VANOC Cultural Olympiad Committee member, for
the Olympic 2010 exhibition, Before & After. From 2003 - 2008, she was a
Co-founder + Board Member + Co-Curator of the Cue Up Collective, featuring
monthly local screenings and guest producer talks/events.
Wynne has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally including,
Utopia Festival of Women in Digital Culture and Signal + Noise Festival
in Vancouver; The Gallery Factory in Seoul, Korea; The Arbetets Museum
in Norrkoping, Sweden; Zita Cinema in Stockholm, Sweden; Galerie
Kulturhaus Schoneberg in Berlin, Germany. She has received a number of
awards and her work is in a number of collections including Canada, USA, UK and Germany.
Originally from Ontario, Wynne has lived coast to coast in Canada, but
considers Vancouver, BC her permanent home where she now lives and works.
