BIMPE VI Jury

Joseph Montague was born in Montreal and moved to Vancouver in 1968, where he studied at Langara College (Fine Arts Diploma), UBC (B.Ed.) and Emily Carr (photography and printmaking).  In 1979 he moved to New York to continue studying printmaking, and was employed as Assistant to the Director at Pratt Graphics Center.  Later he worked in the storage and preparations department at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and set up and ran the etching department at Watanabe Studio Ltd.  Since moving back to Vancouver in 1992, he has continued to work in a variety of media.  He won the public art competition for Library Square in 1995.  Aside from teaching and commissions he has worked in the motion picture industry since 1994 in various capacities, chiefly as a scenic painter.  In 2003 he was one of the team of draughtsmen who executed Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing #1100 at the Pearson Airport in Toronto.
 
Recently Joseph collaborated with Greenpeace Canada as graphic designer for the CD titled Amchitka - The 1970 concert that launched Greenpeace featuring Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs.  It was released on November 10,2009.

Vanessa Hall-Patch lives on Bowen Island, BC and commutes to Vancouver where she works as both a technician and instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Hall-Patch received her Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Alberta in 2004 and prior to that her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Queen’s University in 2001. Hall-Patch has participated in national and international exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan and is the recipient of various grants and artist residencies. She creates works on paper through a combination of mixed media printmaking, photography and collage. As inspiration for her art, she continually draws upon her surroundings as she currently explores concepts of home and the emotional and physical attachments to it.

Sean Caulfield was born in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1967. After completing his MFA in printmaking  at the University of Alberta in 1995, Sean spent five years working in the United States, first at Northern Illinois University as a Visiting Professor, and then at Illinois State University as an Assistant Professor. He returned to Canada in 2001 to work at The University of Alberta as a junior Canadian Research Chair in printmaking.
During the last five years Sean Caulfield has participated in a wide range of national and international exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan.